81: Chapter 81 Family Development Plan

It must be said that the wealth accumulated by the Li Family over a century is truly astonishing.

Pei Qingyun ordered people to pull thirty carts in a row before all the treasures could be taken away.

By the time he returned to the ancestral house, it was already the third watch of the night.

After taking a nap, Pei Qingyun's mental state recovered to its Peak.

For an old man of his age, working hard every day is not sustainable.

Fortunately, after taking down the Li Family, he could relax for a while and study the Dao of health preservation. Wouldn't it be wonderful to just bask in the sun when there's nothing to do?

Early in the morning.

The servant Qinghe brought the prepared breakfast and knocked gently on the door, "Old Ancestor, your breakfast has arrived."

"Come in."

Pei Qingyun put on his clothes and got out of bed. At the same time, after Qinghe entered, she placed the breakfast aside and fetched a basin of clear water to serve him as he washed up.

After washing up, Qinghe then opened the breakfast food boxes one by one.

"A large bowl of blood-nourishing medicinal diet, Red Spirit Rabbit head... Multi-tailed Green-spotted Fish soup. Today's breakfast is quite sumptuous." Pei Qingyun glanced at it and identified them one by one relying on his memory. The blood-nourishing medicinal diet was a regular breakfast, but the latter two were quite precious, far exceeding the dietary standards set by his predecessor.

In fact, it was not just Pei Qingyun who was like this. The entire Pei Family, from the Family head to the direct descendants, had a set of free dining standards based on status and strength, ensuring basic Qi and blood supply.

If they wanted a better life, the clan members had to earn it through contributions.

The reason for doing this was, firstly, to increase income and reduce expenditure, and to gather enough funds to purchase the divine power transformation potion. Secondly, Pei Qingyun's predecessor did not want a large number of arrogant and extravagant parasites to appear in the Family.

As someone who had undergone Transmigration, Pei Qingyun agreed with this.

Having received the memories, there was a hint of doubt in Pei Qingyun's eyes as he looked at Qinghe.

Seeming to notice Pei Qingyun's abnormality, Qinghe explained, "Old Ancestor, this was personally arranged by the Family head. Yesterday, the Family head worked through the night to count the supplies harvested from the Li Family and organized them. The quantity of exotic beast meat jerky and spirit fish was particularly huge. The Family head said that the Old Ancestor was tired for a day, so he arranged for the kitchen to prepare these things."

Upon hearing this, Pei Qingyun was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.

It was true that he had set the dietary standards back then. Because he had always been at the Early stage of Five Viscera Realm, his strength had long had no room for improvement.

Therefore, his breakfast standard was actually considered low.

But now, he was at the Late Stage of Five Viscera. Regardless of reason or emotion, this standard had to be raised a notch.

Moreover, having harvested such rich supplies from the Li Family, Pei Tianrong being able to think of him first made him feel very gratified.

However.

This also made Pei Qingyun realize a problem.

That was, the dietary standards originally set by the Family were no longer suitable for the current Pei Family.

Destroying the Li, taking in the Wang Family.

The Pei Family was now the undisputed hegemon within Wuyang County.

The closed loop formed by the assets of the three families merging into one was not as simple as one plus one plus one equals three.

As long as the Pei Family digested the assets of the two families and operated them for a period of time.

Pei Qingyun believed that the Pei Family's scale would at least increase fivefold, or even more, which was not impossible.

But to control such a large territory, the strength of the Family members naturally had to be improved accordingly.

Otherwise, with too many assets, it would easily become a mess.

As for the problem of insufficient manpower, some reliable people could be temporarily transferred from the Pei Family's subsidiary family for management.

With the current scale of the Pei Family, changes were needed not only in terms of diet.

In terms of personnel arrangements, the Family contribution system, exchange system, task execution system, and other aspects all needed to be adjusted accordingly.

Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun only felt his head throbbing; this was much harder than fighting. If he had to formulate, arrange, and execute these, his brain would be fried.

Regarding this, Pei Qingyun expressed great relief.

Fortunately, he had handed over the position of Family head to Pei Tianrong back then, which allowed him to be as leisurely as he was now.

After finishing breakfast, Pei Qingyun welcomed Pei Tianrong's morning greeting.

Just by looking at him, Pei Qingyun knew that Pei Tianrong hadn't slept all night. However, looking at his spirit, it was still quite good.

On one hand, it was because Pei Tianrong was a Divine Strength Martial Artist and was in the prime of his life, his energy far exceeding that of an ordinary person by ten times. On the other hand, it was also the most important.

The harvest last night was too great, and Pei Tianrong was too excited to rest at all.

In just one month, the Pei Family had reached the Li Family. From the weakest of the three families to now unifying all three.

All of this felt like a dream.

Once upon a time, he was just working diligently and cautiously to protect the Pei Family.

With the destruction of the Li Family, all of this was in the past.

Under his hands, the Pei Family had achieved what he dared not even dream of.

Subsequently, the two chatted for a while longer.

In the coming period, the Pei Family would enter a period of stable and high-speed development.

Pei Tianrong also brought up some reform measures for the Family that he had in mind.

The first thing was about personnel arrangements.

It was true that the Li Family was gone, but the Li Family's assets were indeed significant. Receiving the Li Family's assets in the name of the Pei Family was not a big problem.

It was true that Magistrate Tang Mu had a grudge against the Pei Family, but he would definitely not dare to cause trouble at this time.

The Pei Family had a total of ten Elders, among whom three were responsible for the mines, and one was responsible for the Family assets within Qingyang Town.

In addition, one Elder was permanently responsible for the breeding farm. There was also an Elder permanently assigned to the pharmaceutical industry. There was also an Elder of the Pei Clan far away in the Prefecture city outside of Wuyang County.

Counting it up like this, only four Elders in the Family could be mobilized.

The problem was that among these four Elders, two held important positions in the Family, responsible for the Family's daily security affairs.

Since the mines adopted a rotation system, the other two Elders were responsible for some miscellaneous tasks. When it was time for rotation, they would then be assigned to the mines.

In the above positions, not only was management experience required, but strength was also of paramount importance.

After all, these places were not within Wuyang City.

There were quite a few bandits outside the city, not to mention exotic beasts and Demons.

If there was no Elder at the Mid-Stage Divine Strength level or above stationed there, Pei Qingyun would not be at ease.

Among the younger generation, only Pei Kong took the lead, with Divine Power Perfection strength, looking down upon his peers.

The other Pei Family disciples of his generation were at most at the Early Stage, which did not meet the conditions for guarding.

Their strength couldn't keep up, and they had no experience.

When something went wrong, there would be nowhere to regret.

In this way, the Elders that the Pei Family could actually mobilize were only two, and they were also on rotation.

"How about this, you make Elders Tianming, Tianhe, and Tianquan work hard; for this half year, temporarily cancel the rotation system, and double the contribution rewards."

"In addition, arrange for Elders Tianyang and Tianwu to be responsible for the Li Family's assets. Elder Tianyang will be responsible for the Li Family's beast park, and Elder Tianwu will be responsible for the Li Family's grain industry. As for the original affairs of these two Elders, pick some reliable ones from the younger generation of the Family to take over these tasks; treat it as training for the younger generation. For those who perform well, do not be stingy with resources." Pei Qingyun thought for a moment and stated his ideas.

"Now that the Family's business is so big, cultivate the younger generation as quickly as possible so they can be independent. Also, the younger generation should produce more children; the Pei Family can afford it now. Clan members who are sixteen years old and not yet married will all be arranged to work at the grassroots level, and their contributions will be halved."

At this moment, Pei Tianrong was also mourning for the younger generation of the Family in his heart. Thinking back to when he was a dissolute Young Master. If his father hadn't forced him, he wouldn't have gotten married and had children at eighteen.

Looking at it this way, his father was actually quite gentle to him back then.

If this were the case now, he would surely be forced into it by the Old Ancestor.

Recalling the past, Pei Tianrong couldn't help but think of his eldest son, Pei Sili, who was studying at the Kaiyuan Academy far away in Jinhuai Prefecture city.

If he remembered correctly, Pei Sili had just turned sixteen this year.

"I don't know how Li'er is doing in the Academy. With Elder Tianqi taking care of him, and being in the Prefecture city, safety shouldn't be a concern. Once the trade routes open, it will be time to arrange a marriage for Li'er." Pei Tianrong glanced at his Old Ancestor and secretly calculated in his heart.

Little did he know, Pei Sili, far away in Jinhuai Prefecture city, inexplicably shivered.

It wasn't even the Winter Solstice yet, why was it suddenly so cold?

Fearing that the Old Ancestor would notice him spacing out, Pei Tianrong hurriedly said, "Old Ancestor, I will go make the arrangements now."

"Don't rush, what's the hurry? Sit for a while, I haven't finished speaking yet." Pei Qingyun glanced at him and continued.

"As for the other assets of the Li Family. Drive out all members with the surname Li, and leave the other personnel alone for the time being. After this period, recruit some manpower from the subsidiary family to manage them on our behalf."

Coming back to his senses, Pei Tianrong also realized, "Most of these personnel with the surname Li are the Li Family's in-laws. I can understand firing them all, but why not drive out the other personnel as well? We could fully recruit a batch of new people."

"I won't explain the reasons in detail one by one. Recruiting new people must be done, but these members related to the Li Family's assets cannot be removed all at once, otherwise it would not be conducive to the rapid operation of the assets. Moreover, intimidated by the might of our Pei Family, they will certainly work diligently during this period."

"The Pei Family can also use this period to observe who can be kept and who can be loyal to our Pei Family. At the same time, they might possibly provide clues to find the remnants of the Li Family."

Pei Tianrong immediately flattered him, "The Old Ancestor is still the most thoughtful; there is still much for me to learn."

But Pei Tianrong then threw out another question: how to arrange the Wang Family.

After thinking for a moment, Pei Qingyun said, "As for the Wang Family, follow the subsidiary family agreement. Eighty percent of the resources accumulated by the Wang Family over the years should be handed over to our Pei Family at once."

"The Wang Family's assets can be left untouched for now, and managed by the Wang Family on our behalf. But the cash flow and business situation of the assets should be reviewed once or twice every quarter. During this period, the Wang Family only needs to hand over sixty percent of the profits generated from the business annually; this is considered a reward for the Wang Family this time."