Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 79 - 066, Business Tips [Please Favorite!]

"The number of martial artists is sufficient; it's time to replenish the personnel of the Hou Clan.

At the Upper Hou Gate, out of ten department heads, currently, there's only Hou Fei, the leader of the Kui Sector, along with thirty people. For the Lower Hou Sect, although all twelve factions have their leaders, only the Zishu Faction has a full complement of a hundred men. The rest need more people.

This time, a total of 404 martial artists of Three Levels of Body Opening and above have been recruited. All of these people will be incorporated into both the Upper and Lower Hou Gates. From now on, the living forces of the clan will all be concentrated here!"

Hou Yuxiao paid no attention to the huffing Old Fifth but continued to arrange everyone's positions for the future.

"The Upper Hou Gate will add four new sectors, named Si, Geng, Xin, and Ren. Their leaders will be Gao Hu, Su Li, Xiong Nutao, and Zhang Kong respectively. Each sector will provisionally have thirty people, and you will recruit these members from the clan yourself. Their cultivation must not be below five levels of body refinement."

"Your subordinate obeys your command!"

Gao Hu and the other three knelt excitedly, their tones extremely respectful.

"The heads of the twelve factions of Lower Hou Sect will remain unchanged. The twenty-four Seventh Level martial artists newly joined the family will be divided among the factions, two for each, to serve as deputies to the original faction heads.

Each faction will temporarily have a hundred people, with the minimum cultivation level being Three Levels of Body Opening. Priority will be given to filling up the ranks of the Chenlong Gang; the rest of the factions can recruit their people themselves!"

Standing at the back, the twenty-six Seventh Level martial artists, including Hou Ying Hou Cun, also knelt and shouted in unison, "Your subordinate obeys your command!"

Realizing that all martial artists above Three Levels of Body Opening would be absorbed into the Hou Clan in the future, the individuals who had become leaders and faction heads within the clan understood how important their positions would become. Everyone felt slightly exhilarated at the thought.

"I have placed the strongest martial artists in the Hou Gate, but it's not just for show. From now on, you will be the sharpest blade in the hands of the Hou Family, understand?"

"If the Family Head has any commands, we shall not hesitate even if it means death!"

The more than thirty individuals, all Seventh Level martial artists or above, brimming with vigorous blood and vital energy, shouted together. Their voices reverberated in every direction, full of imposing momentum.

"Of course, with such a heavy responsibility, there will be benefits for you as well. From now on, the third-rate martial arts of the clan will only be open to members of the Hou Clan, and all of the family's cultivation resources will also be skewed towards you. Your families will be supported by the Hou Clan, and in the case of an accident, the compensation will be generous. As for your descendants, as long as they have the talent for martial arts, the Hou Family will treat them all equally."

It was only then that the expressions of the crowd truly showed excitement, especially at the mention of compensation and provisions for descendants, which warmed their hearts.

"We are willing to lay down our lives for the Hou Clan!"

Only then did Hou Yuxiao turn his head towards Hou Yuduan, noticing he was still muttering to himself, seemingly crunching numbers. With a light chuckle, Hou Yuxiao asked, "So, have you figured it out? Based on the current personnel, how much will be the monthly expenses for what I've just declared?"

Hou Yuduan closed his eyes in contemplation and continued to mutter for a while before speaking.

"It's too much, way too much. Just the monthly salary alone will amount to at least 22,000 taels. Then, there's the Body Strengthening Pill; one pill per person for those Three Levels and above each month, with the market price being one hundred taels each—that's 40,400 taels a month. Just these two items together come to 62,400 taels.

Now we're also supporting the orphans in the city, not just their daily living expenses but also teaching them martial arts, costing at least 1,000 taels per month.

And there are so many dependent family members; allotting three taels of silver per family amounts to at least 3,000 taels as a starting point.

That's without counting other unforeseen expenses, and it's already nearly seventy thousand taels. It's not enough, not enough. Big brother, setting it up this way will bankrupt us sooner or later!"

Seventy thousand taels a month—this was the monthly expenditure! The Hou Clan's annual spending hadn't even amounted to thirty thousand taels in previous years, and now it had nearly multiplied by twenty...

At this point, the people realized why Hou Yuduan had that expression earlier, and they too began to sweat nervously.

Splurging is fun for a moment, but what should we do if we really go bankrupt? For a time, Hou Yucheng and others all looked up at Hou Yuxiao, wanting to offer words of comfort. Yet, recalling how their big brother had just made his declaration only to regret it immediately, they thought it would look too shameful to retract their words now, so they all fell into silence.

"Don't panic. Tell me, Old Fifth, with a monthly spend of over seventy thousand taels, can you estimate the clan's expected monthly income going forward? How much might that be?"

Hou Yuduan was thoroughly familiar with these matters. After pondering for a moment, he immediately began to answer, "I've estimated this before; let me address it item by item.

We are in control of Zhaoyang City, with its four streets, which can bring us a revenue of four thousand taels per month—that's one item.

Then there are the iron mine and medicinal herbs on Nanling Mountain. Now that we own the entire mountain, profits will naturally greatly increase.

The medicinal herbs are a small matter, bringing in no more than two thousand taels a month. The main source is the iron mine, with a monthly production of five thousand iron ingots, it accounts for thirty thousand taels. Even after deducting forty percent for taxes, we still have an income of eighteen thousand taels.

The clan's current income sources are these three, adding up to a monthly revenue of twenty-four thousand taels…"

Twenty-four thousand taels are nearly three times less than seventy thousand.

After Hou Yuduan stated that final figure, he looked at Hou Yuxiao with eyes full of resentment, resembling a thrifty little wife looking at her husband who can't earn money.

Ahem

Hou Yuxiao felt somewhat embarrassed under Old Fifth's gaze, and gave a light cough twice, but said nothing; he simply turned his eyes towards Wang Gong and Gao Cheng.

The only ones present today who had not been assigned roles were these two. Seeing that Hou Yuxiao's gaze finally rested on them, both immediately knew they were about to be given tasks, and a flicker of excitement stirred in their hearts.

"Money will come slowly, we will have it eventually. We own a city, and the entire population within it, as well as the vast Nanling Mountain, all belong to our family. A little silver should not be so hard to come by; I have had ideas already!

I plan to take over the operations of the Flying Eagle Sect's escort agency. Wang Gong, you will handle this entirely. Whether it involves employing people or spending money, or if there's any other trouble, come directly to me. In one month's time, you must get the escort business up and running."

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Wang Gong knelt respectfully and said excitedly, "Your subordinate obeys!"

His original occupation was in running an escort agency, and when he was brought back by the Hou Family, he had already anticipated this day, but to be entrusted by Hou Yuxiao with complete responsibility for the escort agency business was somewhat unexpected, stirring emotions within him.

"Gao Cheng, you can't neglect your Happy Forest assassination business, but you can't continue doing it in Zhaoyang City. Once everything is settled here in the clan, you'll come with me to the county to move the assassination operations underground."

"Gao Cheng accepts the command!"

Running an escort agency and managing assassinations—one was immensely profitable, and the other was all gain with no cost. Both were guaranteed money-making professions, and Hou Yuxiao already had many ideas in his mind. Using the upcoming trip to the county, he intended to personally expand both ventures.

Everyone's tasks were arranged, and although the financial issues had not been fully discussed, Hou Yuxiao had no intention to explain further. After all, the clan's current silver reserves amounted to over two hundred thousand taels, enough to support them for four or five months.

Then, considering the gold mine, there was no need to worry about money for quite some time, and by then, money-making schemes should be mostly laid out.

"Alright, you may all leave! Spread word of these measures. Make haste to replenish the Hou Clan's personnel thoroughly. For the martial artists of the Upper Hou Gate, each person will be allocated a horse. We currently have sixty-nine idle Black Scaled Horses in the clan, available on a first-come-first-served basis!"

Upon hearing this, the four appointed as heads of the Upper Hou Gate's sectors, including Su Li, couldn't stay put a moment longer and immediately turned to leave.

How can one roam the martial world without a horse…