Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 227: Resource Center (Thanks to the book friend for the reward, this chapter is added.)
"Master, everything has been checked clearly." Lu Yuan walked into the spacious and bright hall from outside, his face full of joy. He bowed to Song Xian and handed him a thick pile of accounts.

"These are all of Tianshan's account books for the past ten years. The detailed income of each industry is in the inner room."

"There are a total of twenty-six resource areas in the entire Tianshan Territory. In addition to this second-level low-grade spiritual vein, there is also a second-level low-grade spiritual field."

"There are five other areas with first-class resources."

"Among them are two first-grade superior spiritual fields, one first-grade superior spiritual pond, one first-grade superior spiritual garden, and one mineral resource production area."

"There are eight areas under the jurisdiction of first-level medium-quality resources."

"Among them, there are two first-class mid-grade spirit ponds, two first-class mid-grade spirit fields, one first-class mid-grade spirit vein, and three ore producing areas."

"Eleven locations with first-level low-grade resources."

"Among them, there are two first-grade low-grade spirit veins, three first-grade low-grade spirit fields, two first-grade low-grade spirit gardens, and four first-grade low-grade ore production areas."

"In addition, the Tianshan Sect has several shops in the market of Dongluo City and Bianxi City on the Muhe Grassland, doing various businesses."

"The Tianshan treasury currently contains 70,000 to 80,000 spirit stones, 300 talismans, over 40 magical instruments, and 200 bottles of elixirs. Various cultivation materials are not included."

Song Xian was overjoyed when he heard this. He flipped through the account book and found that it was not uncommon to have dozens of resource-rich areas in the thousands of miles of Tianshan Mountains.

The entire Bianxia Town is not much bigger than Tianshan, but it is occupied by six independent cultivator forces of varying sizes. Each independent cultivator force has several resource territories, which together are no less than those in Tianshan.

The Hunyuan Sect originally had no resource jurisdiction except for the low-grade spiritual vein of Guzi Peak. Now it has occupied more than 20 resource jurisdictions, which can be said to be a sudden rise to fame.

There are several spiritual veins alone. In addition to the second-grade low-grade spiritual vein at Puqing Peak, the main mountain gate, there is also a first-grade medium-grade spiritual vein and two first-grade low-grade spiritual veins. The disciples of Hunyuan Sect finally don't have to worry about training rooms.

Just as Song Xian was happily flipping through the accounts, Zhang Ningyuan walked in from outside: "Master, the leader of the Tianshan Sect stationed in Luofeng Valley, Mo Dezhenhan, has led a group of monks to the outside of the formation to request an audience."

"They are here, that's great. Let's go and welcome them together." Song Xian was even happier and strode out of the room.

Since he had just taken over the Tianshan Sect, the situation had not yet been completely stabilized, so the formation had been kept open, and the entire sky above the mountain was covered in golden auspicious clouds.

Outside the formation, Mod Zhenhan led about twenty monks and stood there.

George Lam also led a group of monks to guard the formation, and it looked like two hostile monks were confronting each other.

"My dear Daoist friend Mo Dezhenhan, I have been eagerly awaiting your return."

Song Xian strode past Lin Zixiang and others, came up to them, and smiled friendlyly.

"We are here on the orders of Senior Jiang to visit the boss and follow his arrangements. I hope you can put aside past grudges and accept us." Modzhen rarely bowed.

Although he was unwilling, the situation was stronger than him. Jiang Feng had already said that if they didn't surrender, they would be wiped out, so it was definitely not just talk.

A person of this level would not speak as if it were a fart. If he said something, he would definitely do it. He had no choice but to either surrender or disband the team and wander around the world as a casual cultivator.

Even if he mustered up the courage to resist, his subordinates would not follow him and die in vain.

"The reason our sect assisted Fellow Daoist Chen in intervening in the Tianshan civil strife was only because of Senior Jiang's orders, not because of any enmity with Fellow Daoist Helian Quan or the others. To be honest, I never expected Senior Jiang to give me full responsibility for Tianshan's affairs. But since Senior Jiang has given it to me, I have no choice but to devote myself to it until my death. From now on, the affairs of Tianshan will still be led by you, the elders of the Tianshan Sect."

After Song Xian said this, he directly pulled up his arm.

"Don't stand outside. We are all family. It would be strange if we were strangers. Brothers, please follow me inside! Brother Zixiang, please take good care of us brothers and arrange for their accommodation and food."

"Yes." George Lam replied in a deep voice.

Modzhenhan was being held by the arm by him, and it was difficult for him to break free, so he could only follow him inside.

Several of his confidants wanted to follow him, but were stopped by George Lam.

"Brothers, I will take you to the mansion to rest."

They looked at each other and could only nod and say, "Thank you, fellow Taoist."

Lin Zixiang then ordered the Hunyuan Sect disciples behind him to take all these monks to different mansions for settlement.

In the spacious and bright hall, Song Xian led a few people into the hall.

"Fellow Taoist, please sit down."

"Thank you, boss." Modzhenhan sat down as he was told.

Song Xian sat down at the main seat and said, "Senior Brother Ning Yuan, Senior Brother Lin Quan, go and invite Huang He and Zhang Miao over."

"Yes." The two of them responded and left.

"I long for your return, just as a drought longs for rain. Tianshan suffered heavy casualties after this turmoil and can no longer withstand further turmoil. The grudge between Fellow Daoists Chen Yunlong and Helian Quan, regardless of who was right or wrong, has vanished with their deaths. Let us not mention this matter from now on. Brother Mo Dezhenhan, shouldn't there be more people in Luofeng Valley than just the few you brought with you? Are the others unwilling to return with you?"

"No, it's because Luofeng Valley needs someone to guard it, so I didn't bring everyone with me this time. I only brought half of the brothers to show my obedience. The others are in Luofeng Valley to prevent them from being plundered by other forces."

"Okay." Song Xian nodded. "How many people are there in Luofeng Valley now?"

"Including the brothers stationed in other resource areas, there are fifty-six of us in total."

"How many people here are in the late Qi Refining stage, the middle Qi Refining stage, and the early Qi Refining stage?"

Song Xian chatted with him, comforting him while asking about the basic situation of his subordinates.

Soon, Huang He and Zhang Miao arrived in the hall one after another.

At this moment, the representatives of the three forces of Tianshan Sect finally reunited.

Huang He is a relatively neutral representative of the cultivators in the Tianshan Sect, while Zhang Miao is Chen Yunlong's confidant.

After the deaths of Chen Yunlong and Zhou Bo, he was considered a relatively prestigious figure in Chen Yunlong's faction. "I invited the three of you here today to discuss the future direction of Tianshan." Song Xian invited the two to take a seat with a friendly smile.

"After so many twists and turns, Tianshan cannot be divided any longer. From now on, we must unite as one and work together. Since Senior Jiang has appointed me to be in charge of Tianshan affairs, I must do my best to fulfill my responsibilities."

"I promised you all before that you will maintain your current positions and responsibilities, and that this will remain unchanged."

"The first thing we have to do is to complete the task assigned by Senior Jiang and ensure that no spiritual beasts are sold by the trade caravans from Bianxi City to Dongluo City."

"Previously, Fellow Daoist Chen Yunlong was in charge of trade inspections in the eastern Tianshan region. This part will be handed over to Brother Zhang Miao from now on.

Helian Quan was previously in charge of trade inspections in the western Tianshan region, but this will now be handed over to the Modzhenhan brothers."

"But we need to change the previous way of checking and stopping people on the road."

"I plan to set up a material trading inspection area in the eastern and western parts of the Tianshan Mountains. All transactions from Bianxi City to Dongluo City will have to pass through these areas for inspection."

"It's much more convenient to have them come to the inspection area we set up on their own initiative than for us to organize teams to search everywhere."

"For those independent cultivator teams that run businesses, we charge a tax of 10% of the price of their goods."

"For teams buying supplies from Qin's western border city and selling them in Dongluo City on the Muhe Grassland, the Tianshan Eastern Inspection District will be responsible for collecting a 10% tax."

"Conversely, teams buying supplies from Dongluo City on the Muhe Grassland and selling them in Xicheng on the Qin State border will be subject to a 10% tax from the Western Tianshan Inspection District."

“This way, it’s convenient and provides a stable income.

Half of the collected taxes will be given to Senior Jiang.

I will give a portion to you who are in charge, and the rest will go into the treasury."

"In short, I promise that if you follow my instructions, your income will be no less than before."

In Song Xian's eyes, the most valuable thing that Tianshan Sect possesses is not this second-grade inferior spiritual vein, nor the cultivation resources, nor the cultivators of Tianshan Sect.

It’s the geographical location he occupies and the support of the Beastmaster Sect behind him.

If we can make use of these, this place will be a treasure trove.

The previous method of robbing passing caravans and extorting a small amount of money is simply too stupid.

He wanted to build Tianshan into the most prosperous trading zone between Qin State and Muhe Grassland, and use Tianshan as a transit station for commodity trade between Qin State and Muhe Grassland.

Of course, this has to be done step by step.

The first step is to standardize the trade caravans.

After hearing this, the three people sitting below fell silent.

The three people had different thoughts. Modzhenhan wanted to occupy the resource area of ​​Luofeng Valley and dominate the area. If there was a chance, he could take back Tianshan.

Zhang Miao wanted to seize as many cultivation resources as possible in Mount Tianshan.

Huang He wanted to gain more benefits for himself, but Song Xian didn't even mention him just now.

The three of them had an instinctive resistance to Song Xian's reforms.

"Brothers, if you have any opinions, feel free to speak up."

"Well, Master Song, forgive me for being frank, but this may not be easy to accomplish." Zhang Miao coughed.

"Previously, all caravans traveling to and from West City had to obtain a pass from Senior Yang. In other words, the right of West City caravans to trade was controlled by the head of the Beastmaster Sect.

"If we set up an inspection area here, wouldn't that be competing for power with the Beast Taming Sect's leader? Furthermore, asking the caravans to pay a 10% tax on their goods is unlikely. They already have to pay a sum of spirit stones to the Beast Taming Sect's leader, and now they have to pay a large sum to us. This way, they'll have almost no profit."

Song Xian smiled faintly: "Don't worry about that. I will persuade Senior Jiang to give up the pass fee. From now on, all teams that want to go to Muhe Grassland to do business will be able to travel freely. They only need to go to our inspection area to pay a 10% tax on the goods."

"There are several benefits to doing this. First, it can increase revenue."

"Second, it reduces trouble. If they come to pay their taxes themselves, we won't need to send patrols to intercept caravans and inspect their goods."

"Third, the cancellation of the pass has made it easier for caravans to do business. In the past, those caravans needed to obtain a trade pass, and not everyone could see Senior Yang and get a pass. Now that trade is free, there will definitely be more people doing business."

When the three heard this, they were all shocked.

It was not that he was surprised by the benefits proposed by Song Xian, but he did not expect that his relationship with Jiang Feng was so close that he could persuade Jiang Feng to give up his own interests.

Song Xian's words were certainly not groundless or exaggerated.

When Jiang Feng came to Tianshan and appointed him as the boss, he reported this idea to him. Although Jiang Feng did not agree at that time, he did not refuse either. He just said he would consider it.

But Song Xian could see that he was somewhat moved.

This matter is actually beneficial to Jiang Feng. Yang Jinzhang's previous method of collecting peer certification fees was not only troublesome, but also had a bad reputation.

Those caravans that paid the pass fees naturally had nothing good to say about Yang Jinzhang.

Now Song Xian proposed that the Tianshan Sect should collect taxes from the caravans, and Jiang Feng would not need to come forward. This would save him the trouble and protect his reputation.

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