Chapter 332: Preparing for the Construction of the Affairs Pavilion (Repair)
On the top of Taiqiu Mountain, the third-level high-grade green plum tree and the third-level mid-grade spiritual peach tree each cast a shadow on both sides of the plain, with some residual leaves falling underneath.
Li Xuangang asked Li Xuanyu to come and sit under the peach tree, then he turned to his seventh uncle Li Changzhi and nodded slightly, reached out and took out the two jade tubes from the storage bag and handed them over.
Since Li Xuanyu had been in seclusion before, he didn't know much about what we were talking about today.
Therefore, while the seventh uncle Li Changzhi was checking the contents recorded in the jade tube, Li Xuangang turned to him and gave him a brief overview of the current situation of the family's Shanggong Hall.
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It's late autumn now, and the wind blowing in from outside the mountains is a little cold.
Moreover, some yellow fallen leaves from the back mountain were brought here by the wind. They were convolved in mid-air, rubbing each other and making a "shuttle, shuttle, shuttle" sound. However, when they landed on the ground, they scattered separately and finally lay on the ground.
Everywhere on the bluestone slab, a static picture is formed.
Only occasionally when some naughty wind comes from the sea of clouds and passes low over the bluestone slabs, do they move again, from one bluestone slab to another.
Luo Ye didn't pay attention to the three people in the middle of the plain, and those three people naturally didn't pay attention to it either.
They are each doing their own thing. One is quietly waiting to wither and melt into the soil soon, while the other is quietly telling family affairs and waiting to make the final decision.
The lonely beauty in the autumn wind seems to calm everything in the world at this moment, eliminating all irritability.
Li Changzhi read the contents of the jade tube and then put it down on his forehead. His originally slightly impatient temper actually calmed down like the fallen leaves lying on the bluestone slabs around him.
He did not rush to speak, but continued to listen to Li Xuangang's story with Li Xuanyu.
Then the latter's calm voice drifted slowly in the autumn wind.
"Nowadays, the family's external properties are spread all over the city, and the number of new tribesmen entering the mountain every year is also increasing. Correspondingly, the number of family tasks and other chores issued in the Shanggong Hall have inevitably increased."
"The past few years were fine. Although I was a little busy, I was still able to handle everything."
"But some time ago, the internal affairs of Shanggong Hall began to show sluggishness. Until now, this sluggishness has intensified, and now it has reached the point where it has to be resolved immediately. Otherwise, it will definitely affect the family's future.
develop."
"When Yuxian mentioned this matter to me two months ago, I was alert. During this time, I have been thinking about a solution in the Shanggong Hall."
"At the beginning, I placed more tribesmen stationed in the Shanggong Hall, hoping to rely on the increase in the number of people to share the many complicated affairs in the hall."
"But this method only alleviates the situation slightly, and the problem has not been fundamentally solved."
"There are still many tribesmen whose normal affairs in the Shanggong Hall have been disturbed, which has delayed their cultivation time."
Li Xuanyu's clothes danced slightly in the wind, sometimes lifting up, sometimes clinging tightly, and changing shape as the wind direction changed.
Since he had never seen the jade tube, he didn't know Brother Ninth's specific plan. Therefore, during Li Xuangang's pause, he directly asked:
"Then Brother Ninth, what are you going to do?"
Li Xuangang separated his lips up and down, stopped talking, then closed his eyes and meditated. When he opened his eyes again, he said:
"The first option is to expand the Shanggong Hall."
"The second option is to set up another affairs pavilion to separate part of the affairs of Shanggong Hall and let it take over."
"Both options have their own pros and cons. Although I am inclined, this is a major family matter after all, so I want to ask your and seventh uncle's opinions before making any plans."
Li Changzhi had seen the two jade tubes carved by Li Xuangang, so he was very clear about the pros and cons of these two options. He said:
"Expanding the Shanggong Hall is not a hassle. After all, it only consumes some resources. But if it goes too long, there is no guarantee that the current situation will not happen again in the future."
"Building a new service pavilion is not only labor-intensive, but also time-consuming. We must not only arrange the early construction matters, but also consider the subsequent business arrangements, clan selection, reorganization of the service framework, etc."
"The most important thing is that the sudden appearance of the Affairs Pavilion, after sharing the affairs of the Shanggong Hall, may have an impact on the family's current good situation."
Li Xuanyu was silent. Through the previous conversation, he understood the inner meaning of the two choices given by Ninth Brother.
So after thinking silently for a while, he took over the words of his seventh uncle Li Changzhi and said in a deep voice:
"But if the Affairs Pavilion is really successfully completed, and can share some of the current affairs of the Shanggong Hall after its completion, then for a long time in the future, the family should be able to effectively eliminate this kind of bloat that appears in the Shanggong Hall today.
'situation."
"The affairs in the family can continue to run stably as expected, which will be of great help to the clan's future cultivation..."
Having said this, Li Xuangang raised his hand to block Li Xuanyu's opening. He already knew the latter's tendency.
So the next moment he looked at his seventh uncle Li Changzhi, and asked softly:
"Seventh Uncle also read my plan in the jade tube just now. My tendency is actually the same as Xuan Yu's. It cannot be destroyed or established. The affairs of Shanggong Hall are now too complex and too bloated. It is time for the family to completely solve this problem.
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"Well... I have already deduced that setting up an affairs pavilion can indeed completely solve the family's current problems... But, seventh uncle, what do you think this matter should be?"
Facing the slightly inquiring looks of Li Xuangang and Li Xuanyu, Li Changzhi hesitated for a while. After a long time, he raised his head, looked at the two of them, and responded:
"I'm not good at making decisions, and I don't have much insight into this kind of thing."
"But since you two agree, and Fifth Brother and Chang Ji have handed over the family affairs to you, Xuan Gang, before they left, I must be at ease with you... I have no objection to this matter.
Just move forward according to your two ideas."
After saying that, Li Changzhi crushed one of the two jade tubes in his hand, leaving only the other one still in his hand.
The jade tube left by Li Changzhi records all of Li Xuangang's inferences and predictions about establishing the Family Affairs Pavilion.
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In the quiet autumn wind, Li Xuangang, Li Changzhi, and Li Xuanyu made the most important decision after some discussion.
Therefore, all that remains are some implementation details regarding the establishment of a family affairs cabinet.
Moreover, since Li Xuangang had been thinking about establishing the Affairs Pavilion for many days, almost all the possibilities and solutions he could consider had been burned into the remaining jade tube in Li Changzhi's hand.
After Li Xuanyu also took the jade tube handed over by his seventh uncle Li Changzhi and put it to his forehead for inspection, Li Xuangang asked:
"how?"
He did not answer immediately, but handed the jade tube back first, and then responded:
"Brother Ninth has thought everything through, and there are no major omissions. Well...even if there are any unexpected changes in the future, I think they are just minor problems, and we will just make adjustments directly at that time."
"However, how do you think about the choice of Ninth Brother to implement this plan? The plan to build an affairs pavilion is too big and too complicated. It not only requires the coordination of resources in the warehouse, but also involves the daily cultivation arrangements of many tribesmen.
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"If the clan member responsible for this matter is not determined, the development of subsequent plans may have an impact on the development of the family and the cultivation of the clan members."
In fact, this issue raised by Li Xuanyu is also an issue that Li Xuangang has been worried about before.
Building a new building to handle family affairs will inevitably have many impacts, so you must be careful when selecting the clan member responsible for this matter.
In fact, if the eighth uncle Li Changji still stayed in the family at this time, then he would undoubtedly be the best candidate to build the Family Affairs Pavilion. However, unfortunately, according to the current situation of the Shanggong Hall, it will definitely collapse before he can return to Taiqiu Mountain.
And if Li Xuangang didn't have to refine the Ten Thousand Qi Pill and deal with other family affairs, he should be able to preside over the advancement of this plan.
But he spends too much time on this, which will definitely affect the progress of other family matters.
Nowadays, the expansion of the family is also a major matter, so he naturally will not care about one thing and lose the other.
After much thought, he finally had a suitable candidate in his mind.
Therefore, after his twelfth brother Li Xuanyu asked for an answer, the corners of his mouth curled up a little, and then he turned his head towards the top of the mountain and said a few words via voice transmission.
After finishing speaking, Li Changzhi and Li Xuanyu both turned around and saw a black figure crossing the protective light curtain and appearing in front of them.
"Yu Xian has met Uncle Ninth and Uncle Twelve."
"I've met Uncle Changzhi."
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Li Yuxian's ability to do things is sufficient, but he may still have some flaws in some aspects. However, after Li Xuangang arranged for several tribesmen to assist him, there is no big problem in advancing the plan to build the Affairs Pavilion.
So next, the three elders of the Li family in the foundation building stage, together with Li Yuxian, a clan member in the Qi refining stage, began to discuss a major matter related to the future development of the family on the top of Taiqiu Mountain.
By the time it gets dark, all the details have been discussed.
The Li family will build a new affairs pavilion on Taiqiu Mountain to share some of the pressure of the current Shanggong Hall.
After that, the Affairs Pavilion will distribute family tasks, clan members will receive tasks, return tasks, and family contributions obtained after completing tasks.
In the future, Shanggong Hall will only be responsible for the storage of family resources, the exchange of clan members' training resources, and other smaller matters.
After Li Xuangang arranged for Li Yuxian the various resources needed for the early construction of the Affairs Pavilion, the manpower of the tribe, and the subsequent arrangements for the tribesmen stationed in the Shanggong Hall and the Affairs Pavilion.
The latter resigned and immediately turned around and left from the top of the mountain to make preparations for the official construction of the Affairs Pavilion in advance.
After Li Yuxian resigned, Li Changzhi, who was in the middle stage of foundation building, did not stay here for too long. After staying for a while, he turned into a ray of light and returned to Qi Peak.
So only two brothers, Li Xuangang and Li Xuanyu, were left here.
The autumn wind is already a bit cold, and it becomes even more so at night.
Li Xuangang stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the outline of the mountains outside the mountain at night. There was no special expression on his face. Li Xuanyu, who was standing one step behind him, didn't know what Brother Ninth was thinking at the moment.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars dotted in the galaxy.
The cool starlight shone down from an unknown distance in space, covering the top of Taiqiu Mountain with a layer of light silver gauze.
Regarding the issue of Shanggong Hall, Li Xuangang knew that Fifth Uncle, Eighth Uncle and others could not have been aware of it before.
The two of them had a tacit understanding and kept delaying the solution. In fact, they just wanted this problem to explode in their own hands.
In a sense, this is a test for the next generation of inheritors of the family.
Li Xuangang is not afraid of the test, he just doesn't want to take over the whole family by himself one day.
Silently thinking about what might happen in the future, a trace of resistance suddenly arose in my heart.
But he soon realized the emergence of this emotion and forcibly dispelled it in his heart.
Turning his head and looking towards the north of Taiqiu Mountain, his gaze seemed to be like the starlight at this moment, crossing the unknown distance in space and falling to the extreme north of the mainland.
In fact, among the members of the Xuan generation of the family, Li Xuangang knew that he was not the most suitable person to take charge of the family. His second brother Li Xuancai was.
But things are unpredictable and fate is unpredictable. No one knows whether Li Xuantian, the most respected and anticipated member of the Li Jiaxuan clan, will come back.
If you can come back, when will it be?
Before leaving, the fifth uncle Li Changqing told Li Xuangang to pay attention to the genealogy.
Therefore, he would go to the ancestral hall to take a look every once in a while. Whenever he looked at the name that was still shining with red light, he still had a glimmer of hope in some of his conjectures.
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His eyes changed correspondingly with the thoughts in his mind, and Li Xuanyu noticed this change in Ninth Brother. He vaguely guessed something, but he tacitly agreed not to reveal it.
I don’t know how long it took, but Li Xuangang finally withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the side peaks outside the mountain, and kept his gaze on the third side peak.
"Xuanyu."
"Well, Ninth Brother."
Li Xuanyu followed his gaze and looked in that direction, and saw the huge buildings on Qi Peak that had only a rough outline in the dark night.
Li Xuangang received a response and continued to speak:
"Seventh uncle has changed."
Li Xuanyu's face darkened for a moment, and he suddenly recalled in his mind the scene where the seventh uncle shouted at those uncles on Mount Taiqiu many years ago.
So he took a step forward, level with Ninth Brother Li Xuangang, looked at the dark night over there, then lowered his head again, and responded in a low voice:
"I know!"
Li Xuangang stood with his hands behind his back. After Li Xuanyu gave his answer, he did not speak again. Instead, he stood like this, letting the night wind blow and not opening up his body-protecting energy.