Eternal Beast Taming Family

Upon hearing Chu Qinhui's words, the two deputy mayors relaxed.

"Mayor, please speak."

At the town hall, Chu Qinhui instructed the two clan heads of servant families to address each other by their official titles.

"Qixia Town's population is nearing saturation, and expansion is imperative. The reason for setting aside today is to ask you to come up with a plan and strategy."

The two deputy mayors exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing excitement.

Three years ago, they were forced to become servants of the Chu family. Although they submitted to the Chu family, they dared not resist in any way.

However, when it comes to doing things, they are not exactly dedicated, and they tend to avoid certain non-mandatory tasks whenever possible.

However, over the past few years, the Chu family has been rewarding a group of public officials, students, and commoners every month to become contract masters.

After three years of development, in addition to the aristocratic families and the contract masters brought by the three servant families, nearly five thousand people from the Chu family have awakened their spiritual awareness.

Nearly one-fifth of the town's total population, a proportion even higher than that of the county seat of Paper Kite County.

As the number of contract masters increased, so did the demand for consumer goods. Surprisingly, the three companies' various businesses did not suffer much loss in revenue after relocating there.

Compared to the contract masters in the county town, the "newly rich contract masters" in Paper Kite County are more willing to spend money.

The two deputy mayors understood that this was because these "newly rich" individuals had stable sources of income from source stones.

Most of the independent contract masters in those counties could only obtain Source Stones by going to the outer realms and risking their lives to fight. Naturally, they were extremely cautious in using the Source Stones they obtained.

However, these were not the points that excited the two deputy mayors. What excited them was that the expansion of Qixia Town meant that more public officials would be needed.

Previously, members of their family avoided these public positions, but now they all aspire to become public servants in Qixia Town.

After all, the welfare benefits for public officials in Qixia Town are much better than those in the county seat.

Anyone selected, regardless of whether they are a contract master or not, will receive a Source Stone as a reward, even at the lowest level. Ordinary people can participate in work evaluations every now and then and be rewarded with the opportunity to awaken their spirit.

These are not the main points. The main point is that as the importance of the work increases, the monthly salary in Source Stones will gradually increase. By the time you reach the position of deputy mayor, the monthly salary has reached 100 Source Stones (one Source Spirit Stone).

Even the monthly allowance of the direct descendants of an eighth-rank aristocratic family is only this much, which is why it can attract those aristocratic family scions who are focused on cultivation and do not care about business.

What attracts them most is Qixia Town's unique merit system, where public officials can earn varying amounts of merit points each month based on their performance.

These merit points can be exchanged for rare materials, weapons, source beasts, or evolution opportunities for some of the previously announced source beasts.

The materials and weapons were sourced from the prefectural city outside of Paper Hawk County through special channels, and the source beasts were rare finds, only available at the Treasure Pavilion or auctions in Qixia Town.

The opportunities for evolving into Source Beasts are mostly for common Source Beasts, making them quite universally applicable.

Each person has a limited number of points, and even the clan leader, who is also the deputy mayor, cannot meet the needs of all the clan members. With such an opportunity for expansion and more positions available, they cannot help but be excited.

The two deputy mayors had made many suggestions regarding the expansion, so when Chu Qinhui asked for the "rules," the two took out several prepared plans from their spatial devices.

"These are some plans that we came up with through the collective wisdom and efforts of the town government. We would like to ask the town mayor to take a look."

Chu Qinhui took the paper and examined it carefully.

The first option is to build an outer city directly outside the existing Qixia Town, with the inner and outer cities separated by a city wall. The inner city will be changed so that only those who become contract masters can enter, while ordinary civilians will live in the outer city.

Without even finishing reading it, Chu Qinhui immediately rejected the plan. Of course, this wasn't because Chu Qinhui himself thought it was wrong to differentiate between contract masters and commoners.

Rather, it's because this plan would clearly impact the future development of Qixia Town, and all the welfare benefits and perks of Qixia Town were determined by Chu Zu.

If he were to present this proposal, which clearly reflects class differences, the old man Chu Zu would surely scold him.

So Chu Qinhui casually tossed the first proposal to his left.

The second option is to build satellite towns in areas slightly further away from Qixia Town to disperse population pressure and extend the influence of Qixia Town.

This plan has its merits, Chu Qinhui nodded silently. Since it had its merits, he placed the plan on his right.

Seeing Chu Qinhui's obvious preferential treatment, the two deputy mayors had a general idea of ​​his inclinations.

The third option appears particularly simple, merely expanding outwards along the original Qixia Town without altering the original layout.

That's feasible, and Chu Qinhui also put this plan on his right.

The fourth option is to renovate and rebuild the original Heyu Town, using its convenient access to the outside world to build a second new town under the Chu family.

Upon seeing this plan, Chu Qinhui pondered for a long time, seemingly having some concerns. Under the tense gazes of the two deputy mayors, he finally placed it on his left.

Chu Qinhui picked up the two proposals on his right and handed them back to the two deputy mayors.

"Both of these plans are good. Go back and combine them to come up with a new plan for me. This time, I need specific details on the site selection, management scope, construction area, and architectural style, understand?"

The two deputy mayors breathed a sigh of relief. Although their cultivation levels were higher, under the suppression of their bloodlines, it seemed as if Chu Qinhui was the superior being on that level of life.

They had never experienced this kind of oppressive feeling from the county magistrate or the previous Huo family patriarch, so unless absolutely necessary, the people from the three great families didn't like to get close to the Chu family.

They even thanked the head of the Chu family countless times for not actually making them serve as slaves in the Chu family mansion. Moreover, the Chu family had few members, so even if they worked in Qixia Town, they could not meet them often.

"Understood, Mayor."

Chu Qinhui briefly inspected the rest of the town hall's work, and after confirming that there were no problems, he strolled back.

However, what Chu Qinhui didn't know was that in the restaurant next to the street he had just walked by, Chu Shengfan had summoned Zhao Xuanlang, the future husband of his sworn sister Chu Suyuan.

Zhao Xuanlang lived up to his name, possessing a dignified bearing and a bright and cheerful disposition.

The moment Chu Shengfan saw him in person, he seemed to understand why Chu Suyuan would like such an ordinary person with a different level of life.

His eyebrows and eyes were sharp as swords, his nose was high and his lips were neither thick nor thin. He greeted people with a smile, which softened the sharpness between his eyebrows and added a touch of friendliness.

Seeing his appearance, Chu Shengfan couldn't help but nod. This temperament could be described as that of a gentle young master from a noble family. No, it was even better than the temperament of those eighth-rank noble young masters he had seen.

They've passed the appearance test, but their character and speech still need further examination.