Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

“What a difficult choice…”

Song Changsheng sighed quietly. One was his nephew who had grown up with extraordinary talent under his watch, and the other was an elder who had made great contributions and stood silently behind him, helping him stabilize the family.

The palms and backs of his hands are all made of flesh, and it would feel inappropriate not to give it to anyone, but he only has one piece of [Amethyst Chalcedony], so he can't have both.

Seeing the confusion on his face, Song Xianming thought about it and decided to give him some direction.

“In fact, in your position, making a choice can be difficult or easy, the key lies in what approach you take.

When you are undecided, you might as well ask the two parties involved and other family members for their opinions first. The wisdom of one person may be limited, but the wisdom of many people may be greater.

The choice made by the public may not be what you most want, but it is definitely what most people in the family want.

The minority is always right to obey the majority. "

Song Changsheng nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. Instead of getting entangled here, why not listen to other people's opinions first."

After figuring this out, Song Changsheng directly decided to convene a clan meeting and summoned all the elders, deacons and the two parties involved in the clan.

He originally planned to ask the two for their opinions in private, but later thought it was inappropriate.

If we approach them privately, given Song Qingxing's personality, he would definitely withdraw proudly when he finds out there is only one piece of [Amethyst Chalcedony].

Song Luzhou probably couldn't bring himself to compete with his grandchildren for the opportunity to break through.

So after much deliberation, Song Changsheng finally decided to convene this clan meeting to let everyone decide the ownership of this [Amethyst Jadeite].

Everyone who came to the meeting hall did not know the news that Song Changsheng had retrieved the [Amethyst Jadeite], and they thought it was just a simple clan discussion.

So, after taking their seats, everyone began to report their work spontaneously according to the procedure.

Song Luzhou first reported the family's recent situation, and then Song Yushi, who was in charge of the inner treasury, stood up and said with a smile: "After the clan leader signed the [Spiritual Charcoal] contract with the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce, the family immediately sent a part of the [Golden Wire Charcoal] mined during this period.

The feedback from the Bandung Chamber of Commerce is very good. We are currently organizing manpower and increasing the intensity of mining. We should be able to complete the orders from Luoxia City and the Bandung Chamber of Commerce before the New Year.

In addition, we previously sent a batch of newly brewed tea to Taoist Zhang Sheng, a disciple of Tianxiao Sect's True Man Zhaoming, and the feedback was very good.

Fellow Daoist Zhang Sheng even said that he would come on behalf of Tianxiao Sect to discuss subsequent cooperation matters with the family in the near future. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to sign a big order before the end of the year.

This year, I can conservatively estimate that I can earn 500,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

As soon as these words were spoken, joy appeared on the faces of everyone present. The family's current economic situation was very good, and they were overwhelmed with orders of all kinds.

In comparison, Wangyue Market only accounts for a small share.

Having said that, the revenue at Wangyue Market is also increasing year by year, but the increase is not that large.

Those elders and deacons who originally felt that the family had invested too much in the wine-making workshop in recent years had nothing to say at this moment and could only praise its wisdom.

Song Changsheng was also a little surprised when he heard this. During the Jiazi clan meeting, the Song family's annual income was about 300,000 low-grade spirit stones. In just a few years, it had increased so much.

Originally, he was thinking of taking some time to mine the meteorites in the Wutong world, taking some of them to the black market to cash in, and giving benefits to the tribesmen at the end of the year. Now it seems that there is no need for this.

He cleared his throat and said, "Tianxiao Sect has always acted fairly and has a good reputation in the Great Yu Cultivation World. When negotiating with them, we can give them some benefits and use this opportunity to make friends with them and provide conditions for the family to open up the market in the Great Yu Cultivation World."

Upon hearing this, the Foreign Affairs Elder Song Luyun stood up and said, "The clan leader's idea coincides with mine. Before the New Year, I sent people to the Dayu Cultivation World to look for two shops. One of them happens to be in the territory of the Tianxiao Sect. It is necessary to establish a good relationship with them."

"We've rented two more shops. Can we keep up the staffing?" Song Changsheng widened his eyes.

Maybe because they were afraid of being poor in the past, the Song family kept buying things after they had enough money, which led to the expansion of their business.

Let’s not talk about the shops in Wangyue Market for now, let’s just talk about Luoxia City. In addition to the original Wangyue Pavilion, they rented a shop in the south and north of the city to sell spiritual wine.

Dingyuan City in Tuozhou rented a shop to purchase the fur, bones, flesh and other materials of monsters from independent cultivators and monster hunters.

Three shops were opened in Yangzhou, covering spiritual medicine, refining equipment, and spiritual wine.

A grocery store was also opened in the Qingyuan Mountains of Xiangzhou.

Including the two spiritual wine shops in the Dayu cultivation world, there are ten shops outside. With the one in Sifang City, there are eleven shops in total.

This is very close to the number of stores that the Song family has in Wangyuefang Market.

If the Song family had not started encouraging childbirth in the early years, they would now be in the embarrassing situation of being short of staff, after all, people are needed everywhere.

"The stall is so big, can the wine-making workshop keep up with the output?" Song Changsheng looked at Xia Yunxue curiously.

He hadn't been in the family for more than half a year, so he didn't know that the family had opened so many spirit wine shops at once. He couldn't help but start to worry about the production.

“We were able to keep up originally, but after the mass production of [Hanchi Dew] began, most of the workshop’s manpower was devoted to brewing [Hanchi Dew].

This has led to a large shortage of other first- and second-tier spirit wines. If we want to maintain production, we must add more staff to the workshop, otherwise nearly half of the stores will face the dilemma of being out of stock. This is what I am going to bring up at today’s meeting.”

Hearing that more manpower was needed, Song Changsheng felt a slight pain in his head. This meeting was obviously held today to discuss the ownership of [Amethyst Jadeite], so how did it turn out like this?
But since his mother had spoken, the problem had to be solved. He could only look at Song Luzhou and said, "Fifth Uncle, how many people can the family spare to supplement the winemaking workshop?"

Song Luzhou spread his hands and said, "Wangyue Market needs people, all the major stores need people, Fengyu Palace needs people, Zhangye County needs people, and the academy in Mingxiu Mountain has begun to finish, so it will definitely need people by then. Where do you want me to go to transfer people now?"

Make bricks without straw.

Although after years of recuperation, the number of monks in the Song family has reached more than 1,100, the Song family has raised the age for monks to practice in the family from 18 to 30, so there are actually not many monks who can contribute to the family.

When manpower is needed everywhere, Song Luzhou can do nothing even if he has extraordinary abilities, unless he lets the cultivators under 30 years old serve the family in advance, but this would go against their original intention of raising the age limit.

He didn't want to go that far until it was absolutely necessary.

Song Changsheng frowned slightly, and when he saw Song Yushi standing beside him, he suddenly had an idea and asked, "Do you have any free people over there?"

Song Yushi didn't expect Song Changsheng to ask her about this, so she quickly responded, "Yes."

"Well, find some time to contact Brother Yulong and see how many people you can spare. Send them here. The family will give extra salary to those who contribute here."

"Okay, I'll find a chance to ask." Song Yushi responded with joy on her face. This was a good job.

Song Changsheng was just about to get to the point when Song Qingshi, who was sitting in the corner, stood up and said, "Patriarch, Fengyu Palace has been expanding rapidly recently, and there is a big gap in funding. What do you think..."

"Hasn't the inner treasury always been in charge of funding matters?" Song Changsheng asked with some surprise.

Song Qingshi scratched his head and said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Well, the amount of funds I need this time is quite large, and Aunt Yushi hasn't approved it yet." Seeing him like this, Song Changsheng immediately had a bad feeling in his heart, and looked at Song Yushi and asked: "How much funds does he need?"

Song Yushi said with embarrassment: "Elder Qingshi wants 200,000 low-grade spirit stones?"

"Two hundred thousand?"

Everyone in the hall widened their eyes upon hearing this, and couldn't help but admire Song Qingshi's courage.

Before the business of spiritual wine and spiritual charcoal took off, the Song family's annual income was only about 300,000 spiritual stones. Now Song Qingshi asked for 200,000. His courage was unparalleled.

Song Changsheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He finally understood why Song Yushi didn't approve it. Who else except him, the clan leader, would dare to approve such a large amount?

"The funding of the Wind Whispering Palace has always been the highest among all the palaces. How come there is such a huge funding gap?"

Song Qingshi immediately presented the memorial that he had prepared long ago.

Song Changsheng took it and took a glance at it, and immediately understood where the funding gap came from.

Over the years, Fengyu Palace has absorbed a large number of non-Cultivators from Yangzhou and trained them. These people were sent to various places, some disguised as independent cultivators, and some entered families and sects to act as spies, radiating from Lingzhou to the surrounding areas.

The intelligence network has gradually expanded and now includes Lingzhou and Yangzhou. It can be said that any movement in the two states cannot be hidden from the eyes of Fengyu Palace.

In addition, Fengyu Palace has established strongholds in more than a dozen states including Bianzhou, Tuozhou, Xiangzhou, Linzhou, etc., and is still expanding.

This is just what is available now. In addition to continuing to supplement and improve this part, Song Qingshi will also send people to establish strongholds in the Lu State Cultivation World, the Dayu Cultivation World, and the Gusu Cultivation World.

Although the intelligence network constructed by the Wind Whisper Palace is still a bit sparse, the general outline has been formed.

To maintain such a large intelligence network, the funds required are indeed not a small amount.

What's more, Song Qingshi not only wants to maintain, he also wants to expand.

Two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones is already a huge saving.

“The money that needs to be spent still needs to be spent.”

Song Changsheng could only comfort himself in this way.

He looked at Song Qingshi and said, "I can approve this amount of funding for you. As for whether there will be more next year, it depends on your performance."

Song Qingshi looked delighted. He had already prepared himself to be beheaded by Song Changsheng, but he did not expect that he could get the full payment.

He quickly agreed, fearing that Song Changsheng would go back on his word.

"Clan leader?" Song Yu Shi was so shocked that she stood up. Although the Song family's income is high now, the annual expenses are also not small.

The last time Song Changsheng went to Sifang City, he took away 500,000 spirit stones.

After she came back, she was asked to support Lu Tianchou in building a second spaceship, which was another huge expense.

It’s not that the two hundred thousand from the inner treasury cannot be taken out, but after taking it out, the whole family will have to tighten their belts this year.

Song Changsheng stretched out his hand to interrupt her and said, "I haven't used up all the spiritual stones I drew last time. I will pay for this year's spiritual stones. I will find a way to pay for the rest in the future."

After hearing what he said, although Song Yushi was full of doubts, he didn't say anything else. Anyway, it would be fine as long as they didn't have to pay from the inner treasury.

"Are you all done talking? Then it's my turn."

As he spoke, Song Changsheng took out a brocade box amid everyone's puzzled gazes.

"Inside this is the bounty that Luoxia Auction House promised to give me for killing the Purple Mansion evil cultivator Dong Tianxie thirty years ago. I just got it yesterday. It's a piece of [Amethyst Jadeite]."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire meeting hall was in an uproar, and everyone was looking at the small box in front of Song Changsheng with fiery eyes. They knew very well what this meant, it was an opportunity to lead to the Purple Mansion.

"I am calling this meeting today to confirm the ownership of this piece of [Amethyst Chalcedony]. You are welcome to express your opinions."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, their eyes moving back and forth between Song Qingxing and Song Luzhou in the front row.

Everyone understood that the candidate could only be chosen between the two of them.

However, no one spoke rashly. Everyone was observing the reactions of the two parties involved, and Song Changsheng was also observing.

The expression on Song Qingxing's face was still as calm as ever, and this piece of [Amethyst Chalcedony] did not seem to cause any waves in his heart.

There was a burning desire in Song Luzhou's eyes, but he did not see much desire in that burning desire.

The performance of the two was almost the same as he expected, which made him even more confused for a moment.

The meeting hall was also silent, and no one dared to be the first to speak.

Seeing this, Song Changsheng had no choice but to add fuel to the fire and said, "Since no one wants to express their opinions, then let's vote. Those who vote for Wu Bo raise their left hands, and those who vote for Qing Xing raise their right hands."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Qingxing stood up and said, "I don't need this thing, don't give it to me."

After saying that, he turned and left.

His "arrogant" remarks made everyone a little overwhelmed, but more of them felt relieved.

No matter which choice the two of them make, they are worried about offending the other. Now, there is only one option left, and no one has to worry about it.

However, whether Song Qingxing withdraws or not, the result will be the same.

Song Luzhou has more experience, more power, and is older. Apart from his qualifications, he can be said to have completely crushed Song Qingxing. Even most people in the voting hall want to vote for him.

Therefore, this result is welcomed by most people.

Unexpectedly, Song Luzhou also stood up, he looked at Song Changsheng and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, clan leader, but family members know their own business.

I am old, not only in appearance, but also in mentality.

So I won't get involved this time, Chief, please give the limited opportunities to the young people."

After saying this, Song Luzhou also stood up and left.

...(End of chapter)