Cultivation in the Family: Everyone is a villain

Bang...bang...bang...bang...bang...

In the former Sword Master's Office, which is now the main hall of the Hou Mansion, Hou Yujie ordered ten Hou family warriors to place five heavy boxes on the ground, making five loud noises. The audience, including Hou Yuxiao, was more than thirty people.

Both eyes were fixed on the box.

The five boxes are all of the same size. Each box is about three meters long and two meters wide. It is a bit big. In fact, the size is second. It takes two warriors to lift it. This is enough to show that the weight of this box is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

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Cough cough cough......

This strange atmosphere was silent for more than ten breaths. After hearing Hou Yuxiao's cough, everyone came back to their senses and hurriedly calmed down their unsatisfactory expressions.

Hou Yuxiao didn't laugh at everyone, because his own mood at the moment was similar to theirs, because the senior executives of the Hou family gathered here today all knew what these five boxes represented.

After the Rakshasa Festival Demon Rebellion, the Daluo Sect, the Lingcheng Escort Bureau, the Longyue Sect, and the Qijue Sect were also wiped out one after another; then the Holy Cult army went out to conquer Hexi, Wanyang County Tianding Sect and the four factions in the city.

The third-rate forces of the family were also destroyed one after another after the city was broken. Finally, on the second day of September, at the meeting held in Jinfeng Xiaoyu Building three days ago, Hou Yuxiao personally killed the leaders of seven third-rate forces...

After destroying so many incoming forces, the Hou family has not even taken stock of it once. In the past three days, it has almost been settled in the three counties of Hexi Province. Hou Yuxiao summoned all the senior officials of the Hou family to come over at this moment, intending to have a large-scale

Take stock and see how much Hou has gained from the night of Rakshasa Festival to now!

Just looking at the weight of the five boxes, he knew that the harvest was definitely not cheap. Hou Yuxiao suppressed the excitement in his heart slightly. After all, he was still the head of the family and he had to pay attention to his image in front of everyone.

"Fourth, tell me about these five boxes, one by one."

"yes, Sir!"

Hou Yujie bowed forward, walked to the first box in person, and gently opened it with his hand. The moment the box was opened, the whole room was suddenly covered with a layer of golden light. Everyone's mood had just calmed down.

When I saw the mountains of gold nuggets stacked up in the box, as well as the precious and inexplicable martial arts classics, my eyes immediately widened.

"This first box was sent by Third Sister from Tongling to search the properties of Daluo Sect and three other influential families. It took Third Sister a full twenty-five days to completely count all the properties of the four families. This

What’s in the box at the door is only the physical property plundered from the four factions. There is also an account book attached, which records all the properties of the four mainstream factions. I will report it to the elder brother first.”

After Hou Yujie finished speaking, he saw that everyone could not move their eyes away, and he couldn't help but smile. When he first saw so much gold, his reaction was similar to everyone else's, so he was not in a hurry and waited for everyone to calm down.

After he calmed down, he took the account book at the top of the box and started reading.

"There is a total of 17 million taels of silver in the Daluo Sect's warehouse, and there are also silver notes from Dajin Tongbao and Rakshasa Silver, each worth 3 million taels. In addition to the silver notes, this box of gold has a total of four thousand taels.

Jin, that is, 72,000 taels of gold, converted into silver taels, that is, 7.2 million..."

"Seventeen million plus six million, plus 7.2 million, the total is 30.2 million taels. How can Daluo Sect have so much money?"

Hou Yuduan was the first to calculate the total amount of silver deposited by Da Luo Zong. He was shocked, but he still raised questions. Da Luo Zong, a second-rate power in a county, had more than 30 million taels of silver. In his opinion, this number was indeed

It's a bit exaggerated...

Of course, it's not just Hou Yuduan. Many people present had slightly doubtful looks on their faces, especially Li Sanyun, Bai Yunfan, Nie Xinchuan, and Liu Jianghong. Before joining the Hou family, they were also the masters of the mainstream forces, so naturally they were even more

clear.

No matter how powerful a third-rate force is, its sphere of influence is only one county at most, and its population is basically between 300,000 and 500,000. Even if it has its own unique resource industry, its normal income per year is only 200,000 at most, more than 200,000.

Those with 200,000 yuan are either extremely powerful third-rate forces, or they are engaged in some disgraceful business.

This sounds like 200,000 a year, 20 million in a hundred years. A second-rate force like Daluo Sect, which not only makes more money than a third-rate force, but has also been based in Tongling for hundreds of years, has 30 million in cash.

It doesn't seem like much.

The problem is, this only counts in, not out.

According to the classification of the world's first-rate forces, the requirements of the third-rate forces are that there are more than a thousand warrior disciples, and warriors are not the same as ordinary people. Ordinary people can basically deal with them for a year with three to five taels of silver, but warriors can deal with three to five taels of silver, even if they are

The most basic food is only enough for a month, not to mention their supporting martial arts, training, and weapons, which are all more expensive than each item.

Ordinary Kaishen realm warriors, no matter how poor a third-rate force, spend at least twenty taels per month. In other words, just supporting disciples is twenty thousand a month, and twenty thousand a year.

Forty thousand, not to mention other weapons, horses, martial arts skills, cultivation elixirs, Yuan Gang beads, etc...

In fact, if a mainstream force is not strong enough and does not control enough profitable business, it will be difficult to maintain so many warriors. It is their normal state to make ends meet.

For example, when the Hou family was just qualified to be promoted to the third class and had nearly a thousand disciples, Hou Yuxiao made two rules at that time.

The first is the basic salary, which ranges from 10 to 200 taels for a tenth-level warrior. The higher the level of cultivation, the more you will get.

The second item is the training subsidy. Disciples with a cultivation level of three or above can receive a body-opening pill worth 100 taels every month.

These two items were the family's largest expenses at that time, amounting to more than 60,000 taels per month. At that time, the family's business consisted of medicinal materials, iron ore and taxation, and they could only earn more than 20,000 taels a month at most.

Hou Yuxiao set these two rules at that time, and Hou Yuduan, who was responsible for managing money, had a lot of opinions, but in fact he had no worries.

If it weren't for Ren Feng's small gold mine, the family's finances would have collapsed long ago before the Qinglong Society and Zhaoyang Escort Bureau could make money.

From the end of last year to September this year, in the past year, the family's rapid development is inseparable from Hou Yuxiao's large amounts of money.

Because of this, as of the eve of the Tongling Rebellion, the Hou family's finances were still unable to make ends meet. Although the businesses of Qinglong Society and Zhaoyang Escort Bureau later also generated income, they still could not keep up with the speed of spending money.

Even if the Hou family is prospering like this, the situation of other weaker third-rate forces can be imagined. Those who can maintain a balance of payments are all third-rate forces that are developing well. If they can still save some, they are on a rapid rise.

It’s due.

"The reason why Da Luo Zong has so much cash in cash has been explained by Third Sister in the account book!"

Not only were everyone confused, Hou Yujie was also a little confused, but as he flipped through the account book, he quickly saw the reason Hou Yuling wrote in it.

“According to Third Sister’s investigation, Daluo Sect has three most basic industries. The first is the taxation of shops within its sphere of influence, with an annual revenue of 700,000;

The second item is the Huangxuan Iron Mine with amazing reserves in the northern suburbs of Tongling County. This Huangxuan Iron can be used to forge high-quality weapons. The price per kilogram is about fifty taels. The annual output is 20,000 kilograms, and the annual revenue can reach one million taels.

above.

In addition to these two items, Daluo Sect also has three residences, seven rented shops, and one Daluo Inn in Xingnan Fucheng. These combined have an annual revenue of 400,000 taels.

Daluo Sect's annual fixed revenue is 2.1 million, but they support nearly 20,000 disciples, and their total annual expenditure is about two million. It is said that they can maintain a balance of income and expenditure at most. Let alone the remaining money, the sect just wants to

It is impossible to increase the speed of development. Originally, their warehouse should not have so much cash, but..."

Hou Yujie turned over a page in the account book and continued: "Daluo Sect also has one of the most profitable businesses, which is Daluo Ticket Account!"

Hou Yuxiao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard the words "Daluo bank account". The bank account number is equivalent to the official bank in this world. This is a big business with guaranteed profits. If he remembered correctly,

In other words, there are three companies in Tongling County, namely Luosha Yinhao, Dajin Tongbao, and Daluo Piaohao.

“There are generally three ways for banknotes to make money, one is to collect and sell gold, the other is to lend money, and the third is to issue banknotes.

In fact, among the three ticket companies in Tongling, Daluo Bank is the least profitable. But even so, Daluo Sect relies on this bank account to earn at least more than two million yuan every year. Daluo Sect can continue to do so over the years.

It can be said that the development is all due to this bank."

Now, everyone's doubts were finally solved.

"With the collapse of Daluo Sect, the third sister has taken over all the original debts in the banknotes. Before September 30th, she had spent money to recover all the banknotes issued in the county and reissued them with my Hou family name.

All businesses with marked banknotes and ticket numbers will resume normal operations within this month, with the same rules as the original operation of Daluo Sect, covering Wanyang County and the three counties under its jurisdiction."

Hou Yuduan couldn't sit still and said directly: "No, my Hou family's current scope of influence does not only extend to Tongling County. We can open semicolons in the three counties and twelve counties in Hexi!"

When everyone heard Hou Yuduan's words, they were stunned at first, and then quickly reacted. Looking at the gold in the box, their eyes suddenly burst into light, and their breathing became heavier.

The Daluo Piao account, which is limited to one county and three counties, has an annual income of more than two million silver. If all three counties and twelve counties in Hexi were included at once, how much would the annual income be...

Mr. Hou, this time, he really got mad...

"Ahem, cough, cough, I've never seen the world, it's just a little money, what's the fuss about!" Hou Yuxiao calmly waved his right hand to everyone to calm down.

When everyone saw Hou Yuxiao's calm expression, they immediately felt admiration in their hearts. After all, he was the head of the family, and he could still be so calm with such a large sum of money.

As everyone knows, Hou Yuxiao's left hand behind his back is shaking all the time.

"Fourth, go on!"

When Hou Yujie saw Hou Yuxiao's calm expression, he couldn't help but feel that he was too petty to be so excited about a little money. He must work hard to learn from his elder brother in the future. He quickly calmed down and continued to open the account book and read back.

"In addition to cash and these properties, the Da Luo Sect's warehouse found a first-class martial arts book "Da Luo Buddha's Hand", three second-class martial arts books "Tianfeng Sword Technique", "Pingtian Palm" and "Wangchuan Sword Technique".

There are also a total of seventeen books on third-rate martial arts.

There are a total of 35 high-quality weapons, a total of 109 Fanpinzhen and other weapons, and a total of more than 2,000 elixirs of various types, mainly Kaishen elixirs, and there are also some healing and detoxifying elixirs, all of which are third-rate elixirs."

Hearing the words "Da Luo Buddha's Hand", Hou Yuxiao's mind immediately recalled the scene of Ding Buhai fighting the demon. The eyes of the others also lit up when they heard so many names of martial arts.

For these warriors who are above the Gang Qi realm, the attraction of martial arts is much more direct than money. Now that they are all members of the Hou family, they will definitely have the opportunity to practice these martial arts in the future.

"The first box contains basically these. The second box contains all the properties looted from the residences of the three leading forces, the Obscure Moon Gate, the Lingcheng Escort Bureau, and the Qijue Gate, which amounts to a total of two million in cash and nine third-rate martial arts schools;

In addition, the third sister has sent people to take over the Baiye County where the Qijue Sect was originally located, as well as the Lingcheng Escort Bureau and the Longyue Sect's headquarters in Tongling County. The various industries of the three companies have also begun to continue to recover, and it is estimated that the number will increase every year.

It should be worth 600,000 taels."

This is the gap between third-rate forces and second-rate forces. One industry of Da Luo Zongguang can equal the revenue of the three companies combined.

"The third box belongs to the Tianding Sect. After the holy army broke through the city five days ago, the master ordered to kill all the Tianding Sect. Peng Yuhu led the army to go up first and looted. All our harvests are from behind.

In the past few days, I have been hunting down the Tianding Sect members and found out that they have slipped through the net.

There are currently five million taels of silver, and there are eight third-rate martial arts, two second-rate martial arts, and the unique skill of the Tianding Sect, the first-rate martial arts "Tianding Divine Fist"."

Hou Yuxiao's eyes narrowed slightly. He could get so much money from the escaped Tianding Sect members. The Tianding Sect's family fortune was originally even more amazing than that of the Daluo Sect, but it was Peng Yuhu's advantage.

"According to the order of my elder brother, I went to Yeyin County, Jinxiang County, Longxiang County and Yangping County in the past two days to kill all the disobedient disciples of the seven third-rate families. In addition,

We also sent people to stay in each place and took over the properties of seven of their families. This fourth box is the entire property of those seven families."

Hou Yujie said that the seven families were third-rate forces without any explanation. Everyone knew immediately that they were the seven families from Jinfeng Xiaoyu Tower three days ago.

"The seven forces have a total of five million taels in cash, a total of twenty-three third-rate martial arts schools, and two second-rate martial arts schools. There are more than 4,000 people from the seven families who have expressed their willingness to join the Hou family, and they have a five-year background.

There are more than a thousand warriors above the level, but I did not agree. I just asked the Gang Qi realm warriors from my clan who stayed there to take them first. When I come back this time, I plan to discuss with you, eldest brother, whether to accept these people."

Hou Yuxiao's eyes flashed slightly. With so many warriors, it would be a lie to say that he was not tempted, but the problem is that these people all came from the Huangshan Sect and other seven powerful families. The seven people Hou Yuxiao killed with his own hands were all their sect masters and clan leaders.

, master, and even relatives.

There are definitely many people in this group who have evil intentions and even hate Hou Yuxiao deeply. If they rush into the Hou family, they will definitely lay the seeds of disaster.

Hou Yuxiao's eyes moved slightly and he thought for a moment. Seeing Hou Yujie still looking at him, he immediately shook his head and said: "You can continue talking about the fifth box. We will discuss other issues later!"

Hou Yujie nodded and pointed to the fifth box.

"This is the money spent by the 28 influent forces in the three counties of Hexi to redeem people. There are a total of 13,291 people imprisoned in the sky prison, and there are 13,202 warriors in the body level. Each person is 1,200 taels, which is 15,842,400 taels; Gang Qi realm

There are 89 warriors, each with 12,000 taels, which adds up to 106,800 taels. There are also two master-level warriors, Li Wenxuan and Gui Zhaoqi, with 120,000 taels each, and they have collected 240,000 taels.

After excluding the fractions, the total of the three items is equivalent to 17,150,000 taels of silver. Wow, they are really happy to pay this money."

"This is the money they paid to buy their lives. The total of 28 factions paying 17 million is not a big deal. They should have found out the specific amount of the ransom of the Holy Religion in the past few days, right?"

Hou Yuxiao sneered and asked suddenly.

Hou Yujie nodded and replied: "It has been spread for a long time that the ransom price of the holy religion is one thousand taels for the Kaishen warrior, 10,000 taels for the Gangqi warrior, and 100,000 for the master warrior. We have added 20% to each of them. They have already

After asking around clearly, I thought that there would be some trouble caused by some unsighted people, but unexpectedly, they were really willing to suffer the loss of being dumb. It seems that the elder brother killed those seven people in Jinfeng Xiaoyu Tower and shocked these people.

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"Of course, if you ask me, brother should not just kill those seven, but kill a few more. Not only can we grab more territory, but we can also make these people more honest!"

Hearing Hou Yucheng's commotion, Hou Yuxiao shook his head slightly. Although a larger territory can make money, it also requires more manpower to manage. The Hou family has expanded too fast in the past year, not to mention whether it has the ability to occupy more

It really takes up a lot of territory, and I can’t find so many people to manage it right now.

"Lao Wu, calculate how much cash there is in these five boxes!"

Hou Yuduan nodded, stepped forward in front of everyone, picked up the account books from the five boxes one by one, and began to calculate all the property.