130: Chapter 130 The Development of the Pei Clan

Furthermore, Pei Qingyun discovered that after his Evergreen Art broke through to Minor Achievement, the progress of his Yimu Bloodline on his Bloodline tab had also increased by two hundred.

This discovery made him realize that many Legacies regarding Martial Artists were not as accurate as they were in his memories.

According to the memories of his predecessor, Bloodline Power would increase by a small amount when the Cultivation Technique of the corresponding rank broke through to Perfection.

Now it seemed that not only at the time of Perfection, but every time the Cultivation Technique advanced, it would drive the enhancement of his Bloodline.

It was just that the improvement brought by the Minor Achievement of the Cultivation Technique was too small, which was why people ignored its effect.

Only with the attribute panel could he understand this point more intuitively.

[ Name: Pei Qingyun ]

[ Lifespan: 39 years and 10 months ]

[ Cultivation: Six Bowels Realm Early Stage ( 120 / 10000 ) ]

[ Cultivation Technique: Evergreen Art Middle Volume Minor Achievement ( 5 / 2000 ) ( Profound Grade Peak Quality ), Yellow Grade Cultivation Technique Hidden ]

[ Bloodline: Yimu Fourth Rank Initial Stage ( 220 / 5000 ), Yanhuo Third Rank Initial Stage ( 1 / 500 ) ... ]

[ Family Luck: 240 ( 720 ) ( Note: Family Luck can be recovered, 36 points can be naturally recovered every day. ]

In addition, the upper limit of the total Family Luck during these past half a month had also increased slightly.

The development of the Wuyang Pei Clan could be described as flourishing.

During this half month, he had not been idle either. He spent three hours every day Cultivating, which was the limit for a Martial Artist's daily Cultivation.

It did not mean that if one could Cultivate for twelve hours a day, one could increase efficiency by three times.

Through unremitting efforts, Pei Qingyun's Cultivation had also increased by thirty points, an average increase of two points of Cultivation per day.

In other words, with his current Martial Dao Aptitude, if there were no Medicinal Pill assistance, under normal Cultivation, he would be able to break through to the Six Viscera Realm Middle Stage in fourteen years.

This Aptitude could not be considered a Genius in the Six Viscera Realm, but it could squeeze into the middle tier. However, if his Bloodline Power could not break through, the Six Bowels Realm Middle Stage would be his limit.

It could be said that the vast majority of Six Viscera Grandmasters were like this.

Closing the attribute panel, Pei Qingyun turned his attention to the heavy snow.

It is said that a timely snow promises a good harvest.

For ordinary people, the arrival of heavy snow foretold a bountiful harvest in the coming year.

But who knew how many people would die in the cold winter covered by this heavy snow.

The next day.

The entire Great Jing Dynasty was shrouded in a festive atmosphere. On New Year's Eve, every household rose early to clear the snow in front of their doors.

Great Families like the Pei Clan were all the same.

Every year, as the end of the year approached, the Pei Clan would give their servants time off and provide them with a bonus.

Most of the servants who still had relatives alive would choose to return home, while a small number of servants chose to stay at the Pei Clan for the New Year.

Of course, there were also some orphans who had been raised by the Pei Clan since childhood. Those orphans who performed well and contributed to the Pei Clan would be granted the Pei surname.

The lowest status ones were the servants who had sold themselves to the Pei Clan.

With fewer of these servants, logically speaking, the Pei Clan Estate should be quieter.

In fact, the opposite was true; the Pei Clan Estate was even livelier.

At this time, some clansmen stationed in other places would basically return, leaving only a small number of personnel to stand guard.

During festivals like the end of the year, ordinary families mainly gathered to have a reunion dinner.

But for Great Families like the Pei Clan, it was not just about that.

It was more like a summary of the Pei Clan's development over the year, as well as an assessment of the clansmen of various branches.

In particular, the heads of major industries mainly reported on the business situation of the year. This served as a criterion for judgment by comparing it with previous years.

And the younger generation mainly competed in the progress of their Cultivation.

Every March, the younger generation of the three Great Families in Wuyang City would even hold arena competitions.

It was a pity that the other two families had either been destroyed or had surrendered.

After this year, they would naturally cease to exist.

In Pei Qingyun's view, the competition among the younger generation was a good thing.

Without comparison, there is no progress.

In Wuyang City, the Pei Clan's younger generation had no opponents, but that did not mean that there were none in other prefectural cities.

Pei Qingyun strongly encouraged the younger generation to compete.

Especially next year, Pei Qingyun wanted to reform the Wuyang Pei Clan.

In his view, the younger generation was still too comfortable.

His predecessor lived for over eighty years, yet the Wuyang Pei Clan could not even produce a successor in the Five Viscera Realm.

Perhaps there were many reasons, but the younger generation being too comfortable was definitely one of them.

Three words: get competitive.

And to make the younger generation compete, the most direct measures were rewards and punishments.

This alone was not enough; Pei Qingyun intended to set up a leaderboard for the younger generation.

He could even promote it to a certain extent in Wuyang City.

The younger generation of the Pei Clan was indeed not something that those unranked Great Families could compare with.

But the weakest among the younger generation might not necessarily be immune to being compared.

He could also set up some prizes for this, encouraging young people in Wuyang City to challenge the Pei Clan Disciples.

If the Disciples of a Great Family could not even beat the Disciples of an unranked Great Family, then he did not believe these young people would still be able to sit still.

Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun thought it was highly feasible.

Just as the Pei Clan's younger generation was chatting and laughing, Pei Qingyun made a decision on his own.

Soon, the time came for the dinner party.

After the dinner party, the heads of the major industries began to report on the situation of their respective industries.

For a long time, mines had been the Pei Clan's main business. Even after taking over the Li Family's industries, this remained the case.

The heads of the three major mines were the first to report on the mining revenue.

The total revenue of the three major mines was 100,000 taels, of which 40,000 taels were expenses, and the net profit reached 60,000 taels.

Compared with previous years, the actual revenue was not much different.

Next was the livestock industry.

The total revenue of the livestock industry was 60,000 taels, of which 30,000 taels were expenses, and the net profit was only 30,000 taels.

Then there was the pharmaceutical industry, as well as some miscellaneous industries, with a net profit of 20,000 taels.

Looking at the net profit of 100,000 taels in previous years, this year the Pei Clan's industrial revenue actually exceeded that by 10,000 taels.

In addition, the relevant person in charge of the Li Family's industries also reported on the revenue situation for the past few months.

Except for that batch of grain, in the four months since the Pei Clan took over, the Li Family's industries had brought 80,000 taels of revenue to the Pei Clan.

Hearing this report, Pei Qingyun's first reaction was a bit of disbelief.

The Li Family's industries' ability to make money was indeed stronger than the Pei Clan's industries. But the gap between the two industries could not be that large.

Over the course of a year, the Li Family's industries could provide the Pei Clan with 240,000 taels.

A 30% or 40% difference in revenue might exist, but it was unlikely to be more than double.

Even in Wuyang City, the Pei Clan was already the sole dominant force.

Even after the Pei Clan had integrated the resources, it could not have been that large.

But upon careful thought, Pei Qingyun understood the reason. The Li Family's industries naturally had a large number of Li clansmen to support.

Now that it was being managed by the Pei Clan, a huge expense was obviously saved.