Resource Accounting and the Ya Household's Caravan
"The Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation is still the most powerful."
When the eldest brother, Kong Wenzhang, and the others finished off the remaining First Tier Lightning Falcon demonic birds, they looked at Kong Wenxuan and discovered that he had already killed the two Second Tier Lightning Falcon demonic birds that they had been unable to deal with. They said with a hint of envy:
"Unfortunately, I only awakened two Peacock Feather feathers, one black and one white. I couldn't gather all five Five-Colored Peacock Feather, so I couldn't forge the complete ' Five Elements Divine Swords ' or set up the ' Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation.'"
Upon hearing this, Kong Wenxuan smiled and shook his head, saying:
"The ' Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation ' can be set up by one person refining five ' Five Elements Divine Swords,' or by multiple people working together."
"Big brother, you've refined the ' Black Water Divine Sword ' and the ' White Metal Divine Sword,' Uncle has refined the ' Crimson Fire Divine Sword,' and Third Aunt has refined the ' Azure Wood Divine Sword.' If someone else refines the ' Yellow Earth Divine Sword,' then you can all join forces to set up the ' Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation.'"
Upon hearing this, the eldest brother, Kong Wenzhang, nodded and said, "There are several members of the Lineage who have refined the ' Yellow Earth Divine Sword ' and are about to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage Realm, including Sixth Uncle Kong Yushan, Ninth Kong Yuchui, Nineteenth Uncle Kong Yugui, and four Kong Wenjun, among others."
"I just wonder which of them will be the first to successfully Foundation Establishment."
Although the Kong Household has successfully Star Inlaying and has the "Peacock True Spirit Star" suppressing it, it is still a life-or-death ordeal for the Lineage's cultivators to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Therefore, none of them wanted to discuss the Foundation Establishment matter any further. Kong Wenxuan turned to look at the mountaintop where the Lightning Falcon was perched and asked:
"Isn't it said that there's Primordial Magnetism ore vein on this mountain? Where is it?"
"Here." Upon hearing this, the eldest brother, Kong Wenzhang, changed the subject and led him to a huge pit on the mountaintop. Lightning was even flashing and lingering in the pit. If there hadn't been a lack of gathered lightning, it would have resembled a "thunder pool".
And indeed, Kong Wenxuan saw the Primordial Magnetism Ore Vein within this giant pit, shook his head and sighed:
"It's a pity it's only Second Tier Primordial Magnetism ore vein. If it were Five Elements Divine Swords -Fourth Tier, that would be much better." Once the "Five Elements Divine Swords" reaches the Fourth Tier Law Treasure level, it can be refined with Fourth Tier Primordial Magnetism spiritual materials to enhance its power. But it's too early now, and the tier is too low.
Upon hearing this, the eldest brother immediately shook his head and said, "Even this Second Tier Primordial Magnetism Mine has attracted Second Tier Lightning Falcon demonic birds, which we can't handle. If it were Fourth Tier Primordial Magnetism Mine, who knows what powerful Demon Beast and birds it would attract, which would be even more beyond our ability to deal with."
"Furthermore, if Fourth Tier mineral vein really does attract Fourth Tier Demon Beast and birds to settle here, our Kong Household won't need to develop and establish ' Peacock County ' here. Otherwise, we might attract attacks from Fourth Tier Demon Beast and birds at any time, which would be a crisis of annihilation for our entire clan."
"Yes, I was overthinking it," Kong Wenxuan said with a self-deprecating laugh.
At this moment, the eldest uncle Kong Yushuo, had already begun directing the Kong Household members who had followed him to set up an array on the mountain peak.
It's just a simple First Tier formation, not very effective for defense. Its main purpose is to mark the area, indicating that the resources, mineral veins, and spiritual objects on this mountain belong to the Kong Household and that outsiders are not allowed to steal them.
If any Demon Beast or outsiders try to enter this mountain to steal its resources or spiritual objects, they will damage the formation. The Kong Household will then be able to detect this and send people to deal with it in time.
Meanwhile, another group of Kong Household members began to carefully inventory the quantity of various spiritual objects and mineral resources on the mountain.
The size of the Primordial Magnetism ore vein needs to be surveyed, the amount of Primordial Magnetism ore that can be mined needs to be estimated, the types, grades, and quantities of lightning-struck wood on the mountaintop needs to be determined, and the specific categories, grades, and quantities of various lightning-related spiritual materials need to be statistically recorded.
At that time, all these detailed records of resources, mineral deposits, and spiritual objects will be sent back to the Lineage for unified compilation.
The clan will then make arrangements for these resources, spiritual objects, and mineral deposits as needed. Those that are not needed for the time being or that the clan is unable to develop will be sealed away for later use.
In the process of building the city and developing Peacock County, spiritual objects, resources, and spirit medicine Ya Household needed, and manpower is arranged to mine them for future needs.
Those that can fetch a good price on the market also need to be mined and prepared for sale in exchange for Spirit Stone, pills, talismans, Law Artifact, formations, and other resources to continue supporting the Lineage's expansion and construction of Peacock County.
After all, in order to develop and build this Peacock County, the Lineage not only transferred most of its Lineage cultivators, but also conscripted most of the cultivators from the three servant cultivator Lineage of Yan Household, Ma Household, and Yun Household, and hired a large number of cultivators from "Demon-Suppressing Pass".
Whether it's the daily expenses of these cultivators, the exchange of Contribution Points, the compensation for the dead and wounded, the occupation and development of various resource points, the construction of Peacock County Seat, etc., each of these items represents a huge expenditure.
The Kong Household had purchased and prepared all the alchemical artifacts, talismans, arrays, and other resources before the start of the war, as well as the more than 50,000 low-grade Spirit Stone they had saved, but they were all used up in just a few months.
The war of expansion can continue and even expand in scale. The clan leader can also hire more cultivators from "Cuckoo Town" and "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to participate in the war of expansion.
The main source of income is the resources, spiritual objects, minerals, and materials from slain Demon Beast that have been discovered, developed, and mined. These resources are sold to exchange for Spirit Stone, pills, artifacts, talismans, and other resources to support the expansion wars and to cover the expenses, exchanges, and compensation of all cultivators.
Seeing his clansmen busy with their tasks, Kong Wenxuan knew he didn't need to get involved. He greeted his uncle and elder brother and then immediately set off from the "Primordial Magnetism Mountain" onto the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" to head back.
Half a day later, we returned to the shore of Crescent Moon Lake, where "Peacock City" was under construction.
However, they saw several "Fire Crow Feather Boat" flying down from the sky. After they landed, the clan leader and the second elder immediately led people to meet them.
From those "Fire Crow Feather Boat," another group of new bloodline cultivators disembarked, accepting employment from the Kong Household to join the pioneering war.
In addition, a large number of resources needed for the war, such as alchemy, artifacts, and talismans, were transported from these "Fire Crow Feather Boat," inspected by the Kong Household disciples, and then moved into the warehouse.
Then, a large quantity of various spirit medicine, Spirit Plant, fruits, minerals, spiritual objects, and materials from Demon Beast were moved out of the warehouse. After being inspected by the Ya Household cultivators, they were loaded onto the "Fire Crow Feather Boat".
These spirit medicine, Spirit Plant, minerals, and demonic materials were all resources and materials that the Kong Household mined and collected from various resource points during their expansion wars, as well as materials collected by slaying Demon Beast.
The Kong Household did not have enough time or manpower to send these resources and materials to "Bifang Commandery City" to sell in exchange for Spirit Stone, pills, artifacts, talismans, and other materials needed for the war effort.
The "Fire Crow" Ya Household, situated in the middle, immediately seized this opportunity and began acting as middlemen, buying and selling between the Kong Household and Bifang Commandery City.
They purchased a large amount of various resources, spiritual materials, and demonic materials obtained during the expansion wars from the Kong Household, transported them to "Bifang Commandery City" for sale, and then used the Spirit Stone obtained to purchase a large number of items such as pills, artifacts, talismans, and arrays needed by the Kong Household for the expansion wars from the county city, transported them back to the Kong Household, and sold them to the Kong Household again.
In this way, they can make a considerable profit by going back and forth between prices, making a fortune.
As for the Kong Household, although selling these spirit medicine, spiritual materials, and demon materials directly to the Ya Household would definitely result in a lower price, it would not be as Spirit Stone as selling them in Bifang Commandery City themselves.
Purchasing alchemy, artifacts, talismans, and other supplies from the Ya Household would certainly be more expensive than buying them directly from the county town.
In the end, it seems like a huge loss was incurred.
However, with the Ya Household in the middle, the Kong Household saved a lot of time and manpower, allowing them to carry out Kong Household expansionist wars more quickly and smoothly. It was equivalent to using more Spirit Stone to buy time and manpower, so it was actually not a loss.
Moreover, the Kong Household and the Ya Household also have a cooperative relationship. The clan leader asked the Ya Household to help the Kong Household hire more cultivators in "Cuckoo Town" and even "Fire Crow County" to help the Kong Household carry out expansion wars.
These relationships and interests naturally need to be maintained.