Sixth Great-Uncle Wang Xiaohan was somewhat uncertain, but in the end, he still respected Wang Shouzhe's decision.
Shouzhe was now the Clan Leader, the dignified head of the household. If he strongly opposed selling the immature five-hundred-year Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng, then naturally no one would dare sell it.
After that, Wang Shouzhe asked about the remaining six or seven fen of mid-grade Spirit Fields.
Those fields were also planted with Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng, with plants of all ages from low to high. The poorest were ten-year plants, while the oldest had astonishingly reached seventy years.
"We do not sell Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng to outsiders. Instead, we use it to slowly accumulate the family's foundation," Wang Xiaohan explained. "Thus, although these two mu of mid-grade Spirit Fields produce considerable value, at least half the profits are still reinvested into expanding the cultivation of Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng."
"Not bad." Wang Shouzhe nodded in praise. "If a family wishes to prosper generation after generation, it cannot rely on short-term windfall profits, but rather on long-term investments and returns. Only then will the family foundation steadily grow richer. When good years come, it can ride the tide and rise; when famine strikes or crises descend, it can also rely on that foundation to endure."
These two mu of mid-grade Spirit Fields had been secretly operated independently of the clan estate. In theory, that violated a taboo of Profound Martial Family Clans.
But this was not some clan member running private property. Broadly speaking, it was still part of the clan estate. While building up this estate's foundation, it also sent a transfusion of resources to the clan from time to time.
For clan members to operate private businesses and seek personal profit had always been one of the greatest taboos among Profound Martial Family