In recent years, monks have successively broken through the realm. After Zhang Zhifan became a ninth-level Qi-training monk, the number of ninth-level Qi-training elders in his family has exceeded seven, which is more than when Zhang Zhixuan just came down the mountain.
This shows that after about thirty years of development, the Zhang family has basically stopped losing blood, and the monks of the same generation have grown up and become the backbone of the family.
In the more than thirty years since Zhang Zhixuan came down, the family's population has also increased by 20,000. Among the 20,000 increased population, except for the thousands of Zhou family members who have integrated into the family, the rest of the population has grown naturally.
The relationship between mortals and monks is closely interdependent. The stronger the monks are, the more mortals they can use to reclaim farmland and occupy territory.
In the three southeastern counties close to the Southern Wilderness, there are deserted wilderness everywhere. As long as there are monks to protect them, the population can grow at least dozens of times.
With a sufficient population base, enough children with spiritual roots can be born and raised. When these children grow up, they can in turn open up living space for human beings.
In the past thirty years, although the development of the Zhang family has had twists and turns, it has always been growing rapidly.
The clan leader recovered from his injuries and his cultivation level increased to the sixth level of foundation building.
Han Yan also built the foundation of Qingxuan Sect and became a fifth-level monk.
Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan built the foundation without using the foundation-building pill, which saved the family a huge amount of resources.
Although several ninth-level qi-training elders have passed away, the foundation-building monks are the family's support. Their magic power is more powerful and their lifespans are longer. With the support of the foundation-building monks, a family can survive and develop.
The three-color spirit fish raised in the deepest pool of Wanshe Cave has matured. The maturity period of this kind of fish monster is relatively short. It only takes two or three years to grow up and mature.
In order to sell these three-color spiritual fish at a good price, the family opened a new inn in Xihefang.
Since the Xihefang War more than thirty years ago, the control of this city has fallen into the hands of the Hu family in Jiuhuashan. In order to control this city, their family must send foundation-building monks to guard the city.
After Zhang Zhixuan and the clan leader killed Hu Boren outside Jiaohefang ten years ago, the Hu family was left with only one monk, Hu Boyu, who was in the foundation building period.
After that, Hu Boyu went to Qingxuanzong and asked Hu Peiyu to make the decision for him. Although he failed to achieve his goal, Hu Peiyu still found a way to get a Foundation Building Pill for Hu Boyu.
Relying on this foundation-building pill, the Hu family trained another foundation-building monk.
This person's name is Hu Tonghai, he is three generations younger than Hu Boyu, he has been building the foundation for less than five years, and he is less than sixty years old. He is almost the same age as Zhang Zhixuan.
Now, Hu Tonghai, who has just established his foundation, is sitting in Xihefang, guarding the Hu family's largest financial resource.
Xihefang City is the only city for monks in Taicheng County. It has thousands of monks from Taicheng County as customers, and can earn a large amount of spiritual stones every year. Although half of the income has to be divided among the five major families in Taicheng County, but one year
The income is also around one thousand spirit stones.
The Hu family accounts for half of the forty-eight shops in Xihefang. Even if they do nothing and rent out all twenty-four shops every year, they can still get five hundred spiritual stones in rent per year.
The city of Xihefang has been established for a long time, and its history is much older than Heishan, Jiaohe and other large cities. When Patriarch Chuyun was still there, the Zhang family also controlled the ownership of Xihefang.
After Patriarch Chu Yun passed away and Wu Sixeng opened the Zifu, the Zhang family gave up control of Fangshi to the more powerful Wu family.
During the Fangshi War thirty years ago, the Hu family relied on Hu Peiyu's support and took control of Xihefang.
In this market, the Hu family occupies twenty-four shops. The Wu family’s share is only half of the Hu family’s. It still controls twelve shops. The third one is the Zhang family, which relies on its old foundation.
, they still have four shops, and the remaining eight shops belong to the other three major families.
In order to build the name of Fangshizhong Inn, all three monks from the Zhang family in the foundation-building stage came to Xihefang City, and more than twenty monks from the family in the qi-training stage also came to help with the opening.
The presence of so many people from the Zhang family made Hu Tonghai feel uneasy.
Although the Hu family had no evidence about what happened to Hu Boren back then, the Zhang and Wu families were the subjects of suspicion. Today, the Zhang family came to Fangshi in large numbers, which made Hu Tonghai worried.
He was very afraid that the Zhang family would get carried away and attack Fangshi.
Once the three foundation-building monks of the Zhang family decide to fall out, the guarding monks of the Hu family will hardly be spared.
Even if Qingxuanzong Hu Peiyu makes the decision for them in the future, what's the use of dying today?
Fortunately, Zhang Zhixuan and others still have sense. The control of Xihefang falls into the hands of the Hu family, which is endorsed by the Qingxuan Sect. If they dare to fall out today, they must be prepared to flee as a family.
The Zhang family has been rooted in Taicheng County for hundreds of years, and they would never do such stupid things until they are completely helpless.
Zhangjia Inn is the first inn in the entire Xihefang City.
There is a reason why the monks in the past did not open inns in the market.
First, Xihefang serves casual cultivators and small family monks. These monks are very weak and do not have extra spiritual stones in their hands. After they come to Xihefang to exchange for things, they are reluctant to spend spiritual stones on food and accommodation. Usually,
He will leave Fangshi soon and return to the cave where he lives.
Secondly, although some wealthy casual cultivators don't care about one or two spiritual stones, except for the Wu family's white-tailed reed fish, the other major families don't have any special delicacies.
When people come to Fangshi to eat, they can't just eat Lingmi, right? Instead of eating Lingmi, why should they spend more money if they can't eat it?
The Wu family's white-tailed reed carp can be sold as far away as Qingxuanzong and Heishan, especially Jiaohefang controlled by Wu Siheng, which consumes a large amount of white-tailed reed carp every year. This delicious monster has become the specialty of Jiaohefang, and any
A monk who comes to Jiaohefang for the first time will always try and take a look.
The supply of white-tailed reed carp almost exceeds the demand. Although their family has the ability to open an inn, they simply cannot afford the small amount of money that Xihefang can earn.
Although the three-color spiritual fish raised by the Zhang family is far less delicious than the white-tailed reed fish, it is still a delicious delicacy.
Even without adding any seasoning, this kind of fish is still delicious. Moreover, the Zhang family can now produce eight kinds of spiritual wine and five kinds of spiritual rice, so they already have enough resources to support this inn.
The shop is owned by his own family and does not cost rent, and the spiritual wine, three-color spiritual fish, and spiritual rice are all produced by the family. At the suggestion of his seventeenth uncle Zhang Mengqian, Zhang Zhixuan and the clan leader agreed to open an inn in Xihefang for a trial.
Give it a try.
Anyway, the affairs of this stall in Xihefang are under the control of Uncle Seventeen. If it fails, not much will be lost. Even if the three-color spiritual fish cannot be sold, it can still be distributed as welfare to the family monks.
The inn was ready to be opened in a few days. In order to build a good reputation, the Zhang family spent more than a hundred spirit stones to promote it. The first three guests every day could get a three-kilogram three-color spirit fish for free, eight taels per pot.
of spiritual wine and rice made from half a pound of spiritual rice.
This kind of discount will even last for a month. Relying on this method, Zhangjia Inn quickly became famous and had some regular customers. It can earn more than a dozen spirit stones every month. In this way, only
This inn can also bring in two hundred spirit stones a year. Of course, the Zhang family has to invest a lot of resources.