Probably because he had long been accustomed to Zhou Yang's various performances beyond ordinary people, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan was not too surprised that he had practiced the first layer of the "Flying Star Sword Technique" in less than two months, but just praised a few words as usual.

And as they returned to the family, as Zhou Yang expected, the entire Yuquan Peak was hung with white flags, and the Zhou family members who had lost their loved ones could be heard weeping and crying everywhere.

On this Yuquan Peak, there are not only the monks of the Zhou family who live, but also the direct descendants of the monks of the Zhou family within two generations, like Zhou Xuanyu's two sons who have no spiritual roots, and they live next to her courtyard with a family of dozens of people.

This kind of scene full of vegetarian food, Zhou Yang has seen it for the first time in decades, and at first glance, he is really touched.

"Is it uncomfortable? It's uncomfortable!"

"Why is the cohesion of our family monks stronger than that of casual monks or even sect monks? It is because every monk in our family has lived and practiced together since childhood, and in addition to having the same ancestor, we also have friendship in addition to family affection, and we should mourn and remember the death of relatives and friends. ”

"On the other hand, although the monks of the sect also have the friendship of master and apprentice and the love of the same sect, it is absolutely impossible to be like our Zhou family now, the death of some low-level monks can trigger the mourning and remembrance of the whole sect. ”

"You see that this mountain is full of vegetarian food, all of them are spontaneous actions of the clansmen, and the cry is also sincere. ”

At the top of Yuquan Peak, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan didn't know when he came behind Zhou Yang, and the words just now came out of his mouth.

"What the great-grandfather meant, the grandson understands, but compared with the current mountain of vegetarians, the grandson is more willing to let this mountain be hung with red silk, let the clansmen use wine as a song, and celebrate the family monk's new promotion of the foundation, the new purple mansion, and even the new Jindan!" Zhou Yang turned his head to look at the old patriarch and muttered in a low tone.

When Zhou Minghan heard this, his face moved, and he couldn't help but look at him deeply and said: "The old man is looking forward to the arrival of that day, if there is really that day, you must go to the old man's grave and hang a red silk, so that the old man will also rejoice and congratulate!"

Zhou Yang couldn't help frowning when he heard his somewhat frustrated words: "Great-grandfather, you are too pessimistic, the longevity of the monks in the foundation building period can reach two hundred and forty years, and you are now less than two hundred years old. ”

"Stop, about taking over as the patriarch, Xiao Jiu, you don't need to persuade again, the old man has made up his mind, it's useless to persuade anyone, you better think about how to reform the family after you take over as the patriarch, now that the Zhou family has two more foundation building monks, your father and son, some of the previous systems should also be changed!"

Zhou Minghan waved his hand, he didn't want to discuss the succession with Zhou Yang at all, obviously he had really made up his mind to retreat into the background as he said.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang didn't mention how helpless he was.

Since returning to the family, he talked about it with his father Zhou Xuanhao, who stayed in the family, and asked his father and Zhou Xuantai and other family elders to persuade the old patriarch to retract the decision, but the result was not ideal at all.

Zhou Xuanhao and the others not only did not persuade the old patriarch to retract the decision, but they were reversed by the old patriarch and changed to support him to take over the position of patriarch, which made him feel uncomfortable.

However, it is uncomfortable to be uncomfortable, and what needs to be done still has to be done.

Half a month after returning to the family, Zhou Yang took over the genealogy handed over by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan in front of the monks of the whole clan, and officially became the fourth generation patriarch of the Yuquan Zhou family, and the old patriarch Zhou Minghan retired and became the first elder of the family.

After taking over as the patriarch, Zhou Yang's first job was to listen to the family elders' reports on the family's internal affairs, personnel, finances, etc.

"My Zhou family currently has one monk in the late stage of foundation building, two monks in the early stage of foundation building, four elders in the ninth layer of qi training, six monks in the late stage of qi training, eight monks in the middle stage of qi training, three monks in the early stage of qi training, and two innate realm monks of the Guangzi generation, a total of twenty-six people. ”

"In terms of relatives, there are currently five monks and relatives, including two monks in the late stage of Qi cultivation and three monks in the middle stage of Qi training. ”

"In terms of secular clansmen, according to the statistics of three years ago, the number of mortals with the blood of my Zhou family on several oases is 113,720, and there are also 38,465 mortals with foreign surnames. ”

After the elders of the Zhou family returned to the family in Zhou Yang for adjustment, the elder who was responsible for managing the family personnel had become the second elder Zhou Xuanbin, for example, Zhou Yang held a family meeting, and he was the first to speak and report.

And after listening to the data reported by him, even if Zhou Yang and other participants had already prepared for the bad data in this regard, their hearts sank after hearing it at this moment, and everyone's faces were very ugly.

Zhou Yang still remembers that when he first came down the mountain at the age of seventeen, the Zhou family did not count the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, the only "Ming" generation monk, and the number of monks of the three generations of Guang, Xuan, and Yuan added up to forty or fifty people.

But now, just over ten years have passed, and all the monks of the "light" generation have sat down, and there is no one left.

And the "Xuan" generation monks, who were originally the backbone of the family, also lost two important figures Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Xuanjing one after another, plus Zhou Xuantai, who had a broken arm, is three people.

The monks of the "light" character died of light, the monks of the "Xuan" character were hit hard, the monks of the "Yuan" character have not grown up, and the monks of the "Guang" character are still children......

Only then did Zhou Yang know how bad the situation of the Zhou family was, and why the old patriarch Zhou Minghan insisted on retiring.

"What about the financial income and expenditure? Uncle Seven, go on!"

He looked at Zhou Xuanlin, the third elder who succeeded Zhou Xuanyu as the elder of the family's general affairs, with a solemn face, and said.

The family finances have always been managed by the general elder, so the general affairs elder has always been the patriarch's confidant, but the current situation of the Zhou family, as long as Zhou Xuanlin does not do anything, Zhou Yang will not be able to replace him.

"In terms of finance, my Zhou family currently has a third-order medium-grade spiritual vein, a third-order lower-grade spiritual vein, a second-order lower-grade spiritual vein, two hundred and twenty acres of spiritual field, thirty acres of elixir garden, a large red flame iron mine, and a medium-sized refined iron mine. ”

"For these industries, the annual net income of Lingtian is around 1,500 spirit stones, the elixir in the elixir garden is average, and it can provide a net income of about 700 spirit stones every year, and the net income of refined iron ore is around 500 spirit stones, and the red flame iron ore vein has not been mined, so it is impossible to calculate the income for the time being. ”

"In addition, the family now has a third-order spiritual creature [Diyuan Spirit Milk] production place, a second-order high-grade spirit wood dragon scale tree, six second-order lower-grade spirit fruit fire crystal jujube trees, three second-order lower-grade spirit fruit topaz pear trees, thirty-two first-order high-grade sand camel beasts, thirty-four first-order high-grade spirit fruit white jade grapes, and 134 first-order middle-grade spirit beasts phoenix crown turkeys. ”

"Let's talk about the treasure house, there are currently four third-order lower-grade magic weapons in the family treasure house, nineteen second-order high-grade magic weapons, thirty-three second-order middle-grade magic weapons, fifty-seven second-order lower-grade magic weapons, and twenty-seven second-order high-grade spirit runes, forty-nine second-order middle-grade spirit runes, twenty-one second-order lower-grade spirit runes, two sets of second-order middle-grade formations, and five sets of second-order lower-grade formations. ”

"In addition, there are still a lot of demon beast materials and refined iron and other materials in the treasure house, the value of these things is not easy to calculate, if you only count the value of materials, it should not exceed five thousand spirit stones. ”

"Finally, when it comes to expenditure, the biggest expenditure of the family at present is the worship of the family monks, according to the standard of the clan rules, the monks in the later stage of foundation building can receive 500 spirit stones from the family every year, the monks in the early stage of foundation building are 300 spirit stones for worship, and the ninth-layer elders of the Qi practice are 150 spirit stones for worship, and these monks of my Zhou family now, remove the monks who do not meet the conditions for the distribution of offerings, and the annual expenditure of other monks on the worship of spirit stones is about 2,200 spirit stones. ”

"The second major expenditure is the offering to Huangshamen, every ten years the family needs to pay tribute to Huangshamen, the total value of the previous tribute materials and spirit stones shall not be less than two thousand spirit stones, now the family has two more foundation monks, and the next tribute will be increased to three thousand spirit stones. ”

"The third major expenditure is the subsidy for family monks who study the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, and this expenditure is a special expenditure and is not included in the total annual expenditure. ”

"In the end, the number of spirit stones currently in the family's account is 2,478, which is barely enough to distribute the next year's family monk offerings. ”

Zhou Xuanlin held a thick account book in his hand, and told the Zhou family's financial income and expenditure one by one.

After listening to his report, Zhou Yang was actually relieved in his heart.

From the perspective of income and expenditure, the Zhou family's financial state is still good, not only does it not have a financial deficit, but there is still a lot of surplus every year.

This is still not counting the income of the two shops in the Fang City, "Yuquan Building" and "Zuixian Building", and the Red Flame Iron Vein has not been mined.

The Chen family has made it clear that once the Fang City is rebuilt in the future, the shops owned by the various families in the original Fang City will be returned in full, and the rent will be discounted.

The mining of the Red Flame Iron Vein can also be carried out immediately.

Therefore, if it is actually calculated, the current financial operation of the Zhou family is still very good.

"Okay, now that the personnel and financial situation of the family is clear, let's talk about internal affairs. ”

Zhou Yang stood up from his seat and looked at the four elders who participated in the meeting and the elders of the "Xuan" character who were listening.

"First of all, it is the matter of opening up the branch of the Baisha River Oasis family, the ancestor of the Chen family has agreed that our Zhou family will occupy a second-order spiritual vein in the Baisha River Oasis to open up a family branch, and allow our Zhou family to migrate mortals to live in the past. ”

"In return, my Zhou family needs to send a foundation building monk to be stationed in the Baisha River Oasis to obey the Chen family's dispatch, and send at least five monks who have cultivated above the middle stage of Qi cultivation to join the Baisha River Oasis Monk Patrol. ”

"Secondly, since my Zhou family now has three foundation building monks, the Red Flame Iron Vein can be officially put into mining, and my foundation building celebration will also be held on the Haoyang Cave Oasis in the future. ”

"In the end, after my discussion with my father and great-grandfather, we decided to carry out a reform of the Zhou family's current family rules and regulations, and the main aspects of the reform are as follows. ”