Probably because he has long been accustomed to Zhou Yang's extraordinary performance, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan was not too surprised that he had mastered the first level of "Flying Star Sword Art" in less than two months, and just praised him a few times as usual.
sentence.
And as they returned to the family, as Zhou Yang expected, white flags were hung on the entire Yuquan Peak, and the Zhou family members who had lost their loved ones could be heard crying and crying everywhere.
On Yuquan Peak, not only the monks of the Zhou family live, but also the mortals who are the direct descendants of the monks within two generations of the Zhou family. For example, Zhou Xuanyu's two sons without spiritual roots live with her and dozens of their families.
Next to the yard.
This was the first time Zhou Yang had seen this scene of mountains covered with vegetation in decades. At first glance, he was really touched.
"Does it feel uncomfortable? Just feel uncomfortable!"
"Why is the cohesion of monks in our family stronger than that of casual cultivators or even sect monks? It's because every monk in our family has lived and practiced together since childhood. In addition to sharing the same ancestor, we also have friendships and relatives besides family ties.
When a friend passes away, we should mourn and remember him."
"Looking at the monks of the sect, although they also have the friendship between master and disciple and the same sect, it is absolutely impossible to be like our Zhou family now. The death of some low-level monks can trigger the mourning and remembrance of the whole sect."
"Look at the mountains covered with snow, they were all done spontaneously by the tribesmen, and the weeping sounds are also sincere."
At the top of Yuquan Peak, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan came behind Zhou Yang at some unknown time, and the words just now came from his mouth.
"My grandson understands what my great-grandfather meant, but compared to the current mountain covered with cloth, my grandson is more willing to have the mountain covered with red silk, and let the clansmen sing songs over wine, happily celebrating the new monks in the family who have established foundations.
The new Zifu, or even the new Golden Pill!" Zhou Yang turned back to look at the old patriarch and murmured to himself in a low tone.
When Zhou Minghan heard this, his expression changed. He couldn't help but look at him deeply and said, "I'm looking forward to that day. If that day comes, you must go to my grave and hang a piece of red silk on it, so that I can also hang it on my grave."
Let’s rejoice and congratulate you together!”
When Zhou Yang heard his somewhat depressing words, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Great-grandfather, you are a little too pessimistic. The lifespan of a monk in the foundation-building period can be two hundred and forty years. You are less than two hundred years old now, and you are getting stronger with age."
At that time, the big ship of the Zhou family still needs you to be at the helm."
"Stop, Xiaojiu, you don't need to persuade me about taking over as the patriarch. I've made up my mind. No one can persuade me. You should think carefully about how to reform the family after you take over as the patriarch. Now the Zhou family has more of you.
Between father and son, two foundation-building monks, some of the previous systems should also be changed!"
Zhou Minghan waved his hand, not wanting to discuss the succession with Zhou Yang at all. It was obvious that he had made up his mind to retreat behind the scenes as he said.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang felt extremely helpless.
Since returning to the family, he talked about this matter with his father Zhou Xuanhao, who stayed behind in the family, and asked his father, Zhou Xuantai and other family elders to persuade the old patriarch to retract his decision, but the result was not ideal at all.
Not only did Zhou Xuanhao and others fail to persuade the old patriarch to retract his decision, but he himself was instigated by the old patriarch to support him in taking over the position of patriarch, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
However, it is uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable, but you still have to do what you should do.
Half a month after returning to the family, Zhou Yang took over the genealogy handed over by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan in front of all the monks, and officially became the fourth generation patriarch of the Yuquan Zhou family. The old patriarch Zhou Minghan was
He retired and became the first supreme elder of his family.
After taking over as the clan leader, Zhou Yang's first job was to listen to the family elders' reports on the family's internal affairs, personnel, finance and other situations.
"My Zhou family currently has one monk in the late stage of foundation building, two monks in the early stage of foundation building, four elders in the ninth level of Qi training, six monks in the late stage of Qi training, eight monks in the middle stage of Qi training, three monks in the early stage of Qi training, and more
There are two Xiantian realm monks of the Guang generation, totaling twenty-six people."
"As for relatives, there are currently five monks and relatives, including two monks in the late stage of Qi training and three monks in the middle stage of Qi training."
"As for secular people, according to statistics three years ago, there are a total of 113,720 mortals with the blood of my Zhou family in several oases, and there are also 38,465 mortals with other surnames.
people."
After Zhou Yang and the others returned to the family for adjustments, the elders of the Zhou family had become the second elder Zhou Xuanbin. For example, when Zhou Yang held a family meeting, he was the first to speak and report.
After listening to the data he reported, even though Zhou Yang and other participants had already prepared for the bad data in this area, their hearts sank after hearing this, and everyone looked ugly.
Zhou Yang still remembers that when he first came down the mountain at the age of seventeen, the Zhou family had forty or fifty monks from the three generations of Guang, Xuan, and Yuan together, not counting the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, the only monk of the "Ming" generation.
people.
But now, just over ten years have passed, and all the monks of the "Light" generation have died, died, and fallen, and no one is left.
The monks of the "Xuan" generation, who were originally the backbone of the family, also lost two important figures, Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Xuanjing, plus Zhou Xuantai, who had a broken arm, so there were three people.
The monks of the "Guang" generation died, the "Xuan" generation monks were seriously injured, the "Yuan" generation monks have not yet grown up, the "Guang" generation monks are still children...
Only then did Zhou Yang know how bad the Zhou family's situation was, and why the old patriarch Zhou Minghan insisted on retiring.
"What about the financial income and expenditure? Uncle Qi, please go on."
He looked solemnly at the third elder Zhou Xuanlin who succeeded Zhou Xuanyu as the family's general affairs elder and said.
The family's finances have always been managed by the general affairs elders, so the general affairs elders have always been the clan leader's confidants. However, the current situation of the Zhou family means that as long as Zhou Xuanlin doesn't cause trouble, Zhou Yang will not be able to replace him.
"In terms of finances, my Zhou family currently has one third-level mid-grade spiritual vein, one third-order low-grade spiritual vein, one second-order low-grade spiritual vein, 220 acres of spiritual fields, 30 acres of elixir garden, a large red flame iron
One mine and one medium-sized concentrated iron ore.”
"From these industries, the annual net income of the Lingtian is around 1,500 spiritual stones. On average, the elixirs in the spiritual medicine garden can provide a net income of approximately 700 spiritual stones per year. The annual net income of the refined iron ore is around 500 spiritual stones."
The red flame iron ore veins above and below the Bailing Stone have not yet been mined, so the income cannot be calculated for the time being."
"In addition, the family now has a third-level spiritual object [Earth Spiritual Milk] production site, a second-level high-level spiritual wood dragon scale tree, six second-level low-level spiritual fruit fire crystal jujube trees, and a second-level low-level spiritual fruit yellow jade pear tree.
Three trees, thirty-two first-grade top-grade sand camel beasts, thirty-four first-grade top-grade spiritual fruit white jade grapes, and 134 first-grade medium-grade spiritual beasts phoenix-crowned turkeys.”
"As for the treasure trove, there are currently four third-level low-grade magical artifacts in the family treasury, nineteen second-order high-grade magical artifacts, thirty-three second-order medium-grade magical artifacts, fifty-seven second-order low-grade magical artifacts, and two more
There are twenty-seven high-grade spiritual talismans, forty-nine second-grade mid-grade spiritual talismans, twenty-one second-order low-grade spiritual talismans, two sets of second-order mid-grade formations, and five sets of second-order low-grade formations."
"In addition, there are a lot of monster materials and refined iron in the treasure house. The value of these things is difficult to calculate. If we only count the material value, it should not exceed five thousand spirit stones."
"Finally, let's talk about expenses. Currently, the family's biggest expense is the family monks' offerings. According to the clan rules, monks in the late stage of foundation establishment can receive 500 spirit stones from the family every year. Monks in the early stage of foundation establishment can receive 300 spirit stones as offerings.
150 spirit stones are offered as offerings. For the current monks in my Zhou family, excluding the monks who do not meet the conditions for the offering, the other monks’ annual expenses for offering spirit stones are about 2,200 spirit stones.”
"The second largest expenditure is the tribute to Huangshamen. The family needs to pay tribute to Huangshamen once every ten years. In the past, the total value of tribute materials and spiritual stones should not be less than two thousand spiritual stones. Now the family has two more monks.
Brother Ji, the tribute paid at the next tribute will be increased to three thousand spirit stones."
"The third largest expenditure is subsidies for family monks who learn to cultivate immortality and various arts. This expenditure is a special expenditure and is not included in the total annual expenditure."
"Finally, the current balance of the family's account is 2,478 spiritual stones, which is barely enough to distribute the family monks' offerings for the next year."
Zhou Xuanlin held a thick account book in his hand and told the Zhou family's financial income and expenditure item by item.
After Zhou Yang listened to his report, he actually felt relieved.
From the perspective of income and expenditure, the Zhou family's financial status is still good. Not only does it not have a financial deficit, but it also has a lot of surplus every year.
This still does not include the income of the two shops in the city, "Yuquan Tower" and "Zuixian Tower", and the Chiyan iron ore vein has not yet been mined.
The Chen family has made it clear that once Fangshi is rebuilt later, all the shops originally owned by various families in Fangshi will be returned, and they will also be given discounts on rent.
The mining of the Red Flame Iron Ore Vein can begin immediately.
Therefore, in actual calculation, the current financial status of the Zhou family is still very good.
"Okay, now that everyone knows the family's personnel and financial situation, let's talk about the internal affairs."
Zhou Yang stood up from his seat and looked at the four elders participating in the meeting and the "Xuan" elders who were listening.
"The first thing is to open a family branch in the Baisha River Oasis. The ancestor of the Chen family has agreed that our Zhou family will occupy a second-level spiritual vein in the Baisha River Oasis to open a family branch, and has allowed our Zhou family to move mortals to live there."
"In return, my Zhou family needs to send a foundation-building monk to the Baisha River Oasis to obey the Chen family's dispatch, and send at least five monks with middle-level Qi training and above to join the Baisha River Oasis monk patrol."
"Secondly, since my Zhou family now has three foundation-building monks, the Red Flame Iron Ore can be officially mined. My foundation-building celebration will also be held at the Haoyang Cave Oasis in the future."
"Finally, after discussions with my father and great-grandfather, we decided to reform the current family rules system of the Zhou family. The main aspects of the reform are as follows."