Family Cultivation: My Comprehension Can Be Stored

After getting the secret method of Replacing the Robbery, Chen Daoxuan bid farewell to Zhang Yu without further delay.

Watching Chen Daoxuan leave.

There was a look of deep thought in Zhang Yu's eyes.

The southwest sea area of ​​Wanxinghai.

Shuanghu Island in Guang'an Prefecture.

A ray of light streaked across the sky and landed outside the large formation protecting the mountain on Shuanghu Island.

When the protective formation was opened, Chen Daoxuan's figure melted into the fourth-order protective formation like foam into the water curtain.

Back on Shuanghu Island, Chen Daoxuan immediately unfolded his spiritual consciousness.

In an instant, he locked on to the target.

The Hall of the Chen family on Shuanghu Island.

Chen Daolian only feels a headache these days.

Ever since she was appointed by the young patriarch as the Minister of Finance of the Chen family and took charge of the family's financial power, monks of the Dao and Fu generations in the clan came to her one after another and asked her for funds from various departments.

Naturally, Chen Daolian did not dare to delay such important departments as the military department, the Ministry of Education, and the Academy of Magical Artifacts, and the funds that should be given will not be less.

However, some departments whose framework had just been established also asked her for funds, which made Chen Daolian very headache.

Especially the Lingmai management department newly established by the family.

The Lingmai Management Department, referred to as the Lingguan Department, is responsible for the management of all Lingmai within the Chen family's sphere of influence, including the use, maintenance, promotion, and collection of Lingmai tax.

It can be said that this is a department with considerable power in the Chen family.

Leaving aside the use, maintenance and promotion of spiritual veins, just collecting the spiritual vein tax gives the spiritual management department great power.

Actually.

The Lingmai tax of Chen Jialing's department was learned from Qianyuan Jianzong.

As the ruler of Wan Xinghai, Qianyuan Sword Sect has adopted the method of spiritual pulse tax for the fiefdoms of all states except for the areas directly under its own jurisdiction, to collect taxes from the major cultivating families of Wan Xinghai.

The so-called spiritual vein tax is to collect taxes according to the level of each spiritual vein.

Qianyuan Jianzong's spiritual vein tax is collected every ten years, and the tax is collected from the third-order spiritual vein.

Based on the fact that the Chen family currently has two third-order spiritual veins.

Each third-order spirit vein needs to pay a spirit vein tax of 100,000 spirit stones to Qianyuan Jianzong every year.

Ten years is the spiritual pulse tax of two million spiritual stones.

This tax burden is not insignificant.

This is also the reason why the Yang family in Guang'an Prefecture has the ability to cultivate the fourth-order spiritual veins, but they did not.

Because the annual spirit vein tax for the fourth-order spirit veins is as high as one million spirit stones, and ten million spirit stones in ten years.

Ten million spirit stones are enough to buy a Zifu Pill and add a Zifu monk to the family.

The Yang family naturally didn't want to waste it in vain.

Only a big family with a deep heritage like the Zhou family can afford the tax burden of the fourth-order spiritual vein.

Compared with the spiritual vein tax collected by Chen Jialing's management department, compared with the spiritual vein tax of Qianyuan Jianzong, the main difference is that the objects of collection are different.

The Qianyuan Sword Sect collects taxes from the cultivating families who have spiritual veins, while the Chen family collects taxes from merchants and casual cultivators within their sphere of influence.

In fact, every fairy city has such a tax department.

Such as the fairy city of Guang'an Prefecture.

The Chen family has to pay taxes to the Zhou family for the magic weapon business they run in Sanxiufang City.

When the Yang family formed the Guang'an Xianmeng, it was because of this benefit.

In the entire Guang'an Mansion back then, only the Xiancheng family of Guang'an Mansion was the dominant family. The taxes paid by casual cultivators and other families in Guang'an Mansion belonged to the Zhou family, except for the fixed spiritual vein tax for Qianyuan Sword Sect.

This naturally dissatisfied the other big families headed by the Yang family.

But now, the Chen family has also established the Guanhai Immortal City, so it is natural to hold this part of the interests in their hands.

The escape light landed.

Chen Daoxuan's figure appeared in the side hall of the meeting hall.

Lift your legs and step into the side hall.

After several turnarounds, Chen Daoxuan found Chen Daolian who was working at his desk.

Beside Chen Daolian, there are several young maidservants who are helping her sort out various accounts.

Young Patriarch!

When a maid saw Chen Daoxuan, she was taken aback for a moment, and then saluted in surprise.

Hearing the maidservant's voice, the busy Chen Daolian raised her head.

When she saw Chen Daoxuan, she quickly stood up and said in surprise, Young patriarch, are you back?

Chen Daoxuan nodded with a smile, and then waved to the maid in the room.

see.

The maids saluted one after another and stepped back slowly.

Chen Daoxuan walked to the chair opposite Chen Daolian and sat down, waved his hands and said, What are you looking at me for? Sit down.

Hearing this, Chen Daolian laughed foolishly, and sat down delicately.

Look at your frowning face just now, why, the family's financial power is not easy to grasp?

really.

When Chen Daolian heard this, her small face wrinkled again, and she said coquettishly: Young patriarch, why don't you transfer me back to the pharmaceutical factory, it's much more worry-free there than here.

You,

Chen Daoxuan pointed at the tip of Chen Daolian's nose, shook his head and said, It's not good to want to worry about it, now there are not many people in the family who have seniority and ability, and can make me feel at ease.

And you are one of them, so you must manage the family finances for me.

Hearing Chen Daoxuan's praise, Chen Daolian's wavering mind slowly became firm again.

Um.

She nodded vigorously towards Chen Daoxuan.

Chen Daoxuan smiled and said, Tell me, what difficulties did you encounter?

It's a matter for the Spiritual Management Department.

Chen Daolian quickly explained the problems encountered by the Lingguan Department.

You mean, the Spiritual Management Department encountered resistance in collecting spiritual pulse tax from casual cultivators?

right!

Chen Daolian nodded, The Spiritual Management Department has been asking my Finance Department for money these days, saying that they have no money to be promoted to the Spirit Vessel!

Speaking of this, Chen Daolian was a little angry.

The Spiritual Management Department is responsible for collecting the tax on the use of spiritual veins from merchants and casual cultivators, so it is strange that they have no money.

In fact, Chen Daolian didn't know.

Every year, the Chen family needs to consume a considerable amount of spiritual stones just for the maintenance of each spiritual vein.

And cultivating and promoting spiritual veins is even more costly.

A dozen years ago.

Shuanghu Island has a radius of thousands of miles, and it is a barren place. Not to mention spiritual veins, there are not even a few duckweed-like spiritual eyes.

In just ten years.

Not only did Shuanghu Island have a third-order spiritual vein, but the nearby Sequoia Island also cultivated a third-order spiritual vein.

In addition, there are first-order and second-order spiritual veins in the surrounding thousands of miles of sea area.

The number of spiritual veins currently held by the Chen family has reached three digits.

To cultivate so many spiritual veins in such a short period of time, it was a huge amount of spiritual stones that were thrown down.

It can be said.

Among all the departments of the Chen family, the Spiritual Management Department is the one that consumes the most money.

The newly appointed Chen Daolian was not aware of the consumption of the Spiritual Management Department. As the person in charge of the Chen family's overall situation, Chen Daoxuan naturally knew how terrifying the cost of the Chen family's cultivation of spiritual veins was.

He thought for a while, and said: The Spiritual Management Department directly collects taxes from casual cultivators, and casual cultivators who are used to being free and undisciplined are naturally unwilling.

In fact, we can change the way and collect taxes from casual practitioners.

Another way?

Chen Daolian was slightly taken aback, not knowing what Chen Daoxuan meant.

How does the Spiritual Management Department collect spiritual pulse tax from casual cultivators?

Just like merchants, according to the length of time that casual cultivators stay in each spiritual vein, they will be collected once a year.

hear this.

Chen Daoxuan shook his head.

The loose cultivators deducted to death one by one, how could they pay this tax obediently.

When you really want to collect taxes, others will run away in advance.

Anyway, all the major fairy cities in Guang'an Prefecture are now absorbing casual cultivators to increase the popularity of the fairy cities.

The Chen family still has the energy to catch these casual cultivators who don't pay taxes in advance and run away?

If the casual cultivators are pushed into a hurry and they run away collectively, Guanhai Fairy City may follow in the footsteps of Cangzhou Fairy City and become a ghost town.

Therefore, compulsory taxation is absolutely unacceptable.

Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan had an idea, and said: Since this kind of taxation is not desirable, we can use another method, such as selling the Lingfu to casual cultivators!

Sell the Lingfu?

Chen Daolian was stunned, not knowing what kind of medicine Chen Daoxuan was selling in the gourd.

But young patriarch, according to the rules of the major fairy cities, the Lingfu has always been rented and not sold. Selling the Lingfu means selling the spiritual veins? At that time, will the spiritual veins belong to my Chen family, or to casual cultivators? ?”

Chen Daolian said anxiously, Besides, the price of the Lingfu is high, how can ordinary casual cultivators come up with so many spirit stones all at once?

This kind of prodigal behavior can only be imagined by Chen Daoxuan.

Seeing Chen Daolian's eager look, Chen Daoxuan smiled and said, Don't worry.

He cleared his throat, and said slowly: The price of the Lingfu is high, we can ask casual cultivators to pay in installments.

installment?

Chen Daolian was attracted by Chen Daoxuan's new term.

Although she didn't know the meaning of payment in installments, she could make a rough guess.

Young patriarch means that casual cultivators only need to pay a small amount of spiritual stones every year to own a spiritual mansion in the fairy city of Guanhai?

right!

Chen Daoxuan nodded.

But what if the casual cultivators don't pay later?

Then according to the contract, my Chen family naturally has the right to take back the Lingfu.

this

Chen Daolian frowned, she felt that this approach was unreliable, but she didn't know how to refute it.

Because for wandering casual practitioners, it can be said that it is the common wish of all casual practitioners to have a spiritual land of practice that is completely their own.

In fact, casual cultivators are at the bottom of the world of cultivating immortals.

Their life is much more difficult than before the Chen family made a fortune.

Not to mention cultivating spiritual veins by themselves, even going to the major fairy cities to rub their spiritual veins for a few days is like cutting flesh for them.

Especially before the establishment of Guang'an Xianmeng.

The lives of the casual cultivators are even more miserable. There are often casual cultivators who go to Guang'an Mansion Immortal City to rub their spiritual veins during the day, and at night, they will be driven out of Guang'an Mansion Immortal City by the monks of the Zhou family.

After all, not every casual cultivator has the courage to go to the battlefield of Izumo country and desperately gain a future.

If I remember correctly, most of the Lingfu in Guanhai Fairy City are vacant, right?

seems like it.

Chen Daolian nodded. Although she was not specifically responsible for the management of Guanhai Immortal City, she had heard about the vacant Lingfu of Guanhai Immortal City.

That's why.

It is because casual cultivators dislike paying a large amount of spiritual stones every year, but they can only rent the Lingfu, which is very uneconomical.

Generally, only the children of the family who have been running business in Guanhai Immortal City for a long time will rent the Lingfu in Guanhai Immortal City.

Look, casual cultivators have such a great demand for the Lingfu, and our Lingfu is so empty. Tell me, is this a waste?

Young patriarch, no matter how much you waste, those Lingfus belong to my Chen family!

You, take a long-term view. The Lingfu is indeed a resource for us, but it is not the most scarce resource in my Chen family.

Hearing this, Chen Daolian lowered her head and began to think.

For Chen Daolian to be valued by Chen Daoxuan, she is naturally a smart person, and she quickly understood Chen Daoxuan's deep meaning.

Chen Daoxuan looked at her: What do you think is the most scarce resource in my Chen family?

A monk?

That's right!

Chen Daoxuan immediately showed a teachable expression, and then he said in a deep voice: Now that the Cangzhou Business League is newly established, the major families in Cangzhou seem to be harmonious on the surface, but in fact, everyone wants to fight for the leadership of the Cangzhou Business League .

The Zhou family is like this, the Zhang family in Jin'an Mansion is like this, and my Chen family is naturally not far behind.

But if you want to control the dominance of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the most important thing is not the so-called Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce's right to draft votes, which is just a false name and has no practical effect.

For my Chen family, the most important thing is to build Guanhai Fairy City to be as prosperous as Cangzhou Fairy City back then, and even form a master-servant relationship with the major fairy cities in Cangzhou.

And to achieve this, I think the scale of Haixian City must be expanded by at least ten times!

Do the math, how many casual cultivators are needed to achieve this?

hiss!

After a little calculation, Chen Daolian only felt his scalp go numb.

Now Guanhai Immortal City has nearly 500,000 permanent monks, although it is not comparable to the scale of nearly a million monks in Guang'an Immortal City, and even compared with Lingri Immortal City, the two are only on par.

But you must know that Guanhai Fairy City is the newest fairy city in Guang'an Prefecture.

Moreover, the background of the Chen family is also the shallowest among the major families in Guang'an Prefecture.

It can be regarded as a miracle that Guanhai Fairy City can develop to this point in such a short period of time.

But, what do we need so many monks for? After all, casual monks are still too poor. Although there are many of them, their spending power is far inferior to that of family monks.

On the face of it, it does.

Chen Daoxuan nodded, But think about it, what if they were allowed to enter the magic weapon factory in the future?

A magic weapon factory?

heard the words.

Chen Daolian was completely stunned.

Even after the establishment of the pharmaceutical factory, the profit of the magic weapon factory has fallen far behind that of the pharmaceutical factory, but the magic weapon factory of the Chen family is, after all, a sharp weapon for the rise of the Chen family.

Just let casual repairers enter the factory

But the young patriarch, wouldn't it expose the family's secrets?

A part of it will indeed be exposed, but as long as our strength is strong enough, this risk is completely acceptable.

Chen Daoxuan paused, The biggest secret of the Magical Artifact Factory is the melting furnace. As long as you guard the refining method of the melting furnace, you will not be afraid of being exposed. In Wanxinghai, which powerful family has no secrets?

Only the weak will do everything possible to keep secrets, the strong don't need it.

Besides, it's not like letting casual practitioners enter the factory right now, why are you in a hurry.

Chen Daoxuan shook his head and smiled, Daolian, you have to remember that as the helm of the family, everything we do is not only for immediate benefits, but also for the future.

The same is true for issuing banknotes, and it is also the same for allowing Guanhai Xiancheng to absorb casual repairs.

talking.

Chen Daoxuan waved his hand.

A map image of Cangzhou appeared in front of the two of them.

Chen Daoxuan stretched out his hand and said, Look, this is all the fairy cities in Cangzhou.

On the map, around Guanhai Fairy City, red dots are densely distributed throughout Cangzhou.

Among them, the red dot of Guanhai Fairy City is the largest and brightest.

These red dots are connected by dotted lines. These dotted lines are the routes of the large transport ships of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce.

When the time is right, these fairy cities and their families will become my Chen family's raw material suppliers and commodity export places.

At that time, you will know that in this world, the truly terrifying plunder is often bloodless.