Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 589 Warrior Salary

The residents of the island were very obedient to the management of the government office. Although many things the government office did made some residents very confused, they did not dare to resist the Yang family.

There is no need to say much about the Yang family's servants. They are most familiar with and understand the Yang family, and they are also the most important grassroots management of Xingyue Island.

The tenants and ordinary people who moved from Dayong would not have any opinions about the Yang family. Tenants were tenants after all, and ordinary people were mainly from the Yang family.

These members of the Yang clan are actually a group of ordinary people. Although the Yang clan has risen for many years, there are still ordinary people in Yangjia Village.

If they were not ordinary people, they would not have moved to Xingyue Island so easily.

As for the islanders who moved here, they had long been accustomed to being enslaved.

That's right, slavery.

The islanders that Luo Jinsong found were all slaves of the Xingyue Sect. They were not allowed to live on the Xingyue Island before and could only live on those barren islands, making a living by farming the barren land and fishing.

They had long been accustomed to being enslaved, and there were many such islanders in the southeastern waters.

In fact, they are similar to serfs, enslaved and driven by some martial arts forces.

But now on Xingyue Island, whether they are the former slaves of the Yang family, the islanders who moved here from other islands, or the Yang clan, they are all ordinary people of Xingyue Island.

Of course, if you say that they are all servants of the Yang family, that is not wrong.

The difference is not that big.

Ordinary people and slaves are all the same to Yang Zhengshan. These people work for him, whether they are farming or serving as officials or soldiers, they are all working for Yang Zhengshan and the Yang family.

The same goes for the Luo family and the Zhen family.

There was definitely no indenture, but the government compiled a yellow book for them.

After the six offices of the government office were established, Jiang He began to compile yellow books and fish scale books for the residents of the island, and then divided the island into villages and established primary schools.

It took me two months of busy work to sort out things on Xingyue Island.

On the other hand, Luo Shang and Zhen Yang also spent two months setting up the Yang family business.

Currently, the business scope of Yang's business is mainly trade. Yang's business has set up stores in Chongshan Pass, Fuzhou City, Tenglongwei, several prefectures in Jiangnan, and several important cities in Fuhai.

These shops were provided by Luo Shang and the Zhen family, and will later belong to the Yang family. There is a word "Yang" on the signboard of each shop.

The shop deals in a wide range of businesses, including refined salt, glass products, medicinal materials, silk, porcelain, furs, etc.

Luo Shang and Zhen Yang sold all their previous businesses, leaving only some relatively good properties and land.

They have already planned to move their home to Xingyue Island and follow the Yang family forever.

As a result, the amount of money they had was a bit scary.

A large amount of silver and money was transported to Xingyue Island, filling up two large warehouses.

That day, Yang Zhengshan was invited by the two men. Looking at the silver in the two warehouses, he was a little confused.

"Are you showing off your wealth to me?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhen Yangshi and Luo Shang strangely.

Look what’s in this warehouse, boxes of gold and silver, and all kinds of valuable jewelry and jade.

"Well, no, it's just that what should I do with so much money?" Luo Shang said embarrassedly.

Yang Zhengshan was also confused. What should he do?
Damn, how would he know?

There are still several million taels of silver lying in his Lingquan space, and he doesn't know what to do with it now.

"How much silver is here?" Yang Zhengshan said with a headache.

Luo Shang said: "Our Luo family has brought a total of 320,000 taels of gold and 5,680,000 taels of silver this time. As for the other jewels and jadeite, the quantity is too large and we have not yet estimated the exact number!"

Zhen Yang said: "Our Zhen family has less, only 230,000 taels of gold and 3,750,000 taels of silver!"

"What does this mean? Will there be a next time?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the two of them in a daze.

Luo Shang replied: "There are still some difficult family businesses that have not been dealt with. If all of them are dealt with, there will probably be half of what is here!"

Zhen Yang also nodded, "Our Zhen family is similar."

What is a wealthy businessman?

Is this the rich businessman?
Yang Zhengshan knew that the Luo family was wealthy, but he never expected that the Luo family was so wealthy.

It can be said that he is rich enough to rival a country!

"You guys really know how to make money!" Yang Zhengshan could only sigh.

"The main reason is that the profit of glass is very high." Luo Shang said.

Yang Zhengshan smiled, "Fortunately you left Darong!"

The two were puzzled.

"If you stay in Dayong, sooner or later you will be slaughtered like fat pigs!" Yang Zhengshan smiled and shook his head.

He is not talking nonsense.

Once the court is out of money, it will inevitably target wealthy businessmen.

The Luo family alone can come up with tens of millions of taels of silver. What does this mean?

As long as the Luo family is confiscated, the court's finances can breathe a sigh of relief.

Luo Shang and Zhen Yang looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

This is also one of the reasons why they are willing to follow Yang Zhengshan until the end.

Sometimes being too rich is a sin.

Wealth is exciting!
Over the years, countless people have coveted their wealth, but because of the Yang family's protection, those people dare not do anything reckless.

If it weren't for the Yang family, they might have been swallowed up without leaving anything behind.

"Island Master, what should we do with these gold and silver?" Luo Shang asked again.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head and said, "You guys can handle it. There's not much money to spend on the island!"

Xingyue Island is just a small island. Even if you sell it, it is not worth so much silver.

"Why don't we give some to the government office?" Zhen Yang suggested.

Yang Zhengshan said: "The government office is not short of money! Forget it, let me divide it!"

Naturally, he would not seize the wealth of the Luo and Zhen families. There was no need and no need.

And there was one issue he had never considered, and that was the island's economic problem.

The residents of the island need money to buy various daily necessities, and the prices on the island must be controlled at a reasonable level.

There cannot be too much silver and money in circulation. If there is too much, inflation will occur.

How much rice can a commoner produce in a year, how much is needed to feed themselves, how much money can the extra rice be sold for, and how much necessities can be bought with that money. How can the income and expenditure of ordinary people, the income and expenditure of warriors, and the income and expenditure of high-level warriors be balanced?
Ordinary people must not be unable to afford things, nor must high-level warriors be unable to buy what they need with their money.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and said, "You can give some to the Yang family business as its start-up capital, and give some to the government office as its reserve capital. You can keep the rest! It should be useful in the future."

"How much gold and silver can you come up with?"

Luo Shang thought for a moment and said, "Our Luo family doesn't need too much money right now, so let's take out 300,000 taels of gold and 5 million taels of silver first!"

"Then what about our two hundred thousand taels of gold and three million taels of silver!" Zhen Yang said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "Okay, 30% for the government office and 70% for the business!"

"The Luo family has eight million taels, and the Zhen family has five million taels!"

"I'll write these down for you, and I'll find you a place to spend the money later!"

That's right, he just wanted to find a place for these people to spend their money.

Not only them, but others need it too.

For someone like Luo Jinsong, how much is an appropriate salary to give him?
It's impossible to pay a half-step innate warrior a few hundred taels of salary a month, right?
Well, before, Yang Zhengshan only paid Luo Jinsong a few dozen taels of salary.

Of course, salary is just salary, and what Yang Zhengshan gave to Luo Jinsong cannot be measured by gold or silver. A three-yellow plum cannot be bought with silver.

After separating from Luo Shang and Zhen Yangshi, Yang Zhengshan began to set wages for everyone.

The salary is divided into two parts, one part is based on cultivation, and the other part is based on the specific position.

First of all, it is about cultivation. For innate warriors, every year they will have one Sanhuang plum, one Bingxin fruit, twelve jars of wine, one jar of royal honey, and ten kilograms of Donglingchun.

Half a step to the innate, every year you will receive one Sanhuang plum, one Bingxin fruit, ten jars of wine, one jar of royal honey, and ten kilograms of Donglingchun.

A ninth-level acquired warrior who breaks through to the ninth-level warrior level three years later can get a Sanhuang plum, a Bingxin fruit, eight jars of wine, and five kilograms of Donglingchun every year.

For a post-natal eighth-level warrior, eight jars of wine and five catties of Donglingchun.

A seventh-level acquired warrior should receive six jars of wine and three pounds of Donglingchun.

For a sixth-level acquired warrior, four jars of wine and one pound of Donglingchun.

A fifth-level acquired warrior is given two jars of wine and half a pound of Donglingchun every year.

A fourth-level acquired warrior is given a jar of wine every year.

Martial artists at the third level of acquired cultivation and below do not receive any salary.

As for official salaries, they were only given in silver. The highest-ranking officials, such as councillor, military advisor, naval commander, etc., received only one thousand and two taels of silver per month.

Silver is just a bonus, the main thing is the resources for cultivation.

Now there are the most Ice Heart Fruits grown in the Lingquan space, so the most Ice Heart Fruits are distributed.

As time goes by, he will have more and more spiritual fruits in his hands, so he won't have to worry about not being able to pay his salary.

In a few years, the Xingyuan Fruit and Yulu Lingtao will also bear fruit, and then they can be added to the salary.

As for the money that the Luo family and the Zhen family took out, Yang Zhengshan would not treat them unfairly.

He would convert the money into spiritual fruits, wine and Donglingchun and give them to the Luo and Zhen families.

In the end, Yang Zhengshan gave the Luo family and the Zhen family two Sanhuangli each, two Yugu Bingxin Dan, and some wine and Donglingchun.

The wine and Dong Lingchun are now left to the Luo family.

As for the Sanhuangli and Yugu Bingxin Dan, they will be put on account first. It is not that Yang Zhengshan does not want to give them, but no one in the Luo family and the Zhen family can eat these two things now.

Neither of their families have even a martial artist above the fifth level of the acquired realm, so it would be a waste to give them one now.

It would not be too late to give the Sanhuangli and Yugu Bingxin Dan to them once both families have warriors at the ninth level of the acquired realm.

As for the salary set by Yang Zhengshan, everyone on Xingyue Island almost dropped their jaws in shock.

In the government office study, Luo Jinsong and Wu Zhan looked at the salary lists in their hands with an expression of disbelief on their faces.

"Island Master, is this true?" Luo Jinsong felt like he was dreaming.

A half-step innate person can get one Sanhuang plum and one Bingxin fruit every year. This is simply incredible.

Even Darong doesn't have that luxury.

"Of course, we will follow this in the future. But please keep it confidential and don't leak it to outsiders. You should understand the principle of being guilty of possessing a treasure. Don't expose these to avoid trouble!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Wu Zhan nodded and said doubtfully, "I understand, but where did these spiritual fruits come from?"

Yang Zhengshan glared at him and said, "Don't worry about it. Come to me at the end of each year to claim it. If I give it to you, just take it. If you don't want it, you don't have to come to claim it!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I want it!" Wu Zhan said with a chuckle.

Yang Zhengshan said calmly, "You guys pass this salary list around. Remember, people with low cultivation cannot know the salary of people with high cultivation. That is, a person at the sixth level of acquired cultivation cannot know what the salary of a person at the seventh level of acquired cultivation is. Do you understand?"

The rest doesn’t matter, the main purpose is to hide the existence of the spiritual fruit.

He trusts his men, but the more people who know, the greater the risk of being exposed.

The effect of the Ice Heart Fruit is not very useful. It just gives people a special ability to resist cold. On the Star Moon Island, this special ability is of no use at all.

But if the Ice Heart Fruit is refined into the Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill, it will be different. Beauty and skin care are secondary. The key is to cleanse the meridians and blood vessels. This is of great benefit to warriors. It can eliminate impurities in the warrior's body, treat hidden injuries, enhance potential, and help warriors to open up the meridians.

It would be fine for Yang Zhengshan to brew wine and fry tea. After all, this can be done in batches and does not take too much time.

But refining the Jade Bone Ice Heart Pills is different. One can only refine a few pills after a whole day of work. Yang Zhengshan does not have the time to refine the Jade Bone Ice Heart Pills for them, so he can only directly distribute the Ice Heart Fruits.

Let them find someone to refine it themselves in the future.

However, this requires the training of alchemists. Let's see who on the island is interested in alchemy, and then Yang Zhengshan can teach them.

It's a pity that Wang Mingzhe didn't come along. This kid is still learning medicine and alchemy from Sun Wanzhen. It will take him ten or eight years to learn all of Sun Wanzhen's skills.

After the salary standards for warriors were distributed, everyone's enthusiasm for work and cultivation increased immediately. To be honest, everyone's enthusiasm for work was not very high before. Who are the people around Yang Zhengshan? If you pick a few of them and put them in the town camp of Chongshan Town, they will at least be a captain. For example, Yang Chengche and Yang Qinwu, there will be no problem for them to be guerrillas or lieutenant generals.

But what are they doing now? Each of them is in charge of only dozens or hundreds of people. It is definitely a waste of their talents.

So everyone just dealt with the things at hand casually and didn't really take them seriously.

Once everyone's enthusiasm for work increases, Yang Zhengshan can rest assured and be a hands-off boss.

Jiang He was in charge of the government office, Luo Jinsong was in charge of the navy, Luo Shang and Zhen Yang were in charge of the business, and Yu Qingyi was in charge of household affairs, so Yang Zhengshan was completely free.

As the twelfth lunar month approached, immigrants from Tenglongwei arrived at Xingyue Island.

The military households that moved from Tenglongwei were almost all teenagers. Yes, they were all teenagers. The oldest was only fifteen years old and the youngest was only ten years old.

There were both boys and girls, a total of two thousand young people.

To be honest, when Yang Zhengshan saw these boys and girls, he was stunned.

(End of this chapter)