The Old Era Ends: The Kong Household's Responsibilities and Tasks in the New Era (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
The development and establishment of Peacock County, the opening of the Peacock Secret Realm, and the migration of Kong Household members, industries, and clan lands from "Cuckoo Town" Peacock Ridge to "Peacock County Seat" and "Peacock Secret Realm" all occurred during this period.
Of the first batch of three hundred youths of the Kong Household, two hundred and twenty-nine successfully awakened their bloodlines on the secret realm "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak," achieving a success rate of over 70%, in addition to the passing of the Great Elder Kong Changsen.
All of this indicates that the Kong Household, known as the "Peacock," has completely bid farewell to the old era and entered a new one.
In this new era, the Kong Household controls the entire Peacock County, which spans thousands of miles. All the land, resources, and spiritual objects within the county belong to the Kong Household. The Kong Household has six servant Lineage: the Yan Household, the Ma Household Yun Household, the Xiong Household, the Quan Household, the Quan family, and the Diao Household. These families serve the Kong Household Kong Household, pay taxes, and perform military service.
The Kong Household now possesses its own "True Spirit Secret Realm," a "Peacock Secret Realm" spanning three hundred miles. The density of Spiritual Qi and the fertility of the spiritual soil there far surpass most areas within the thousand-mile territory of Peacock County outside. The Kong Household only needs to manage, cultivate, and develop this "Peacock Secret Realm" well to satisfy most of the Lineage's needs.
Meanwhile, the number of bloodline cultivators in the Kong Household is now close to four hundred, including seventeen Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Only with such territory, resources, servant Lineage, secret realms, and the number and level of Lineage cultivators can a family truly be worthy of the title of "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage".
Only then did the Kong Household become a true "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage," a member who could truly be considered at the table in the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty," rather than merely existing in name only as "Ninth-Grade True Spirit."
Of course, the old era has passed and the new era has begun, which also means that the Kong Household has many new things and affairs to start from scratch.
Such as the management, development, and expansion of various spiritual lands, resource points, and mineral veins within the vast territory of Peacock County; the cultivation, management, and development of the "Peacock Secret Realm"; the construction of more "Feather Boat"; and the opening of trade routes from "Peacock County" to "Cuckoo Town," "Fire Crow County," "Black Crane County," "Pit Viper County," "Wildebeest County," "Bifang Commandery," and other places.
They also continued to sweep southwards through the "South Lake Mountains," suppressing and resisting attacks from Demon Beast and Demon Race races.
In the past, the Kong Household was merely a servant Lineage under the Du Household. The Lineage's business, development, and expansion would not extend beyond the clan's territory, "Peacock Ridge," and the Lineage's activities would not exceed the territory of "Cuckoo County." They mainly dealt with ordinary Bloodline Lineage who were also Du Household. The only "True Spirit Lineage" they dealt with was the Du Household at that time.
Therefore, at that time, the Kong Household had dozens of Qi Refinement cultivators, one Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a Second Tier "Peacock Feather Boat," which was enough for the Lineage to establish itself, develop, and grow.
At that time, the Kong Household did not need to worry about the security, resource development, or management of the thousands of miles of territory outside their Lineage's territory, "Peacock Ridge," in "Cuckoo County." Nor did they need to worry about the threat of hordes of Demon Beast and the conspiracy of the Demon Race race outside "Demon-Suppressing Pass." Similarly, they did not need to worry about the smoothness, safety, and trade of the trade routes between "Cuckoo County" and "Bifang Commandery City," as well as the other counties in the same county.
However, now that the Kong Household has entered a new era, they have truly come to control the county and are no longer just a nominal "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage," but the rulers of Peacock County.
These issues and responsibilities that they didn't have to worry about in the past naturally began to fall on the shoulders of the Kong Household.
The resources, spiritual objects, mineral veins, and spiritual soil within the thousand-mile territory of "Peacock County," which the Kong Household has already counted and recorded during their expansionist wars, need to be managed and developed as soon as possible to generate profits, rather than lying there wasting time.
After all, the Kong Household's ten-year tax exemption period is almost over. In two more years at most, the Kong Household and Peacock County will have to pay taxes to the higher authorities.
The Kong Household controls the vast territory of "Peacock County," and according to the laws and regulations of the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty and the Vermilion Bird Royal Court, they will have to pay taxes from this vast territory.
The specific amount of this tax was calculated in detail within the regulations and systems of the imperial court and royal court.
It is related to many factors, such as the size of the territory controlled by the True Spirit Lineage, the location of the territory, the average output of the neat area, the time when they became True Spirit Lineage, and whether they suffered from disasters in that year.
But the first criterion is the size of the territory controlled by the True Spirit Lineage.
The Kong Household now controls the vast territory of "Peacock County," so the primary factor to consider when calculating taxes two years from now is the starting point for tax collection across this entire territory.
Therefore, the Kong Household Lineage develop the resources, spiritual objects, and outputs of this vast territory as soon as possible so that they have enough wealth and resources to pay taxes and avoid losing money when paying taxes.
The best way to quickly and effectively manage and develop these resources, spiritual objects, and spiritual lands is to recruit more servant cultivator Lineage and assign them to various resource points throughout Peacock County. These servant cultivator Lineage can then help the Kong Household manage and develop these resource points, spiritual objects, and mineral veins. In return, the Kong Household can enjoy the lion's share of the profits without having to invest much manpower or resources.
This also involves the recruitment and management of the Pushu Lineage.
Finally, once these resources, spiritual objects, and mineral veins are managed and developed, they can be sold directly or refined into products such as pills, talismans, Law Artifact, and formations before being sold.
They all needed to develop trade routes and open up trade routes from "Peacock County" to "Bifang Commandery City" and the other four counties in Bifang Commandery.
Even more so, it requires the development and opening up of trade routes between various resource points and mineral veins within "Peacock County".
After all, Peacock County is newly established, and its various mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, resource points, and mineral veins, including the clan lands allocated to the Yan Household, Ma Household, and Yun Household Lineage, as well as the lands between them and the "Peacock County Seat," are all separated by wilderness and forests, with no roads connecting them.
Not to mention, Peacock County is located in the South Lake Mountains, isolated among the mountains. It is three or four thousand miles away from the nearest Cuckoo Town, "Demon-Suppressing Pass". The area is mostly barren mountains and wilderness with no roads.
All of this requires the Kong Household to lead people to clear, open, and pave roads so that cultivators and merchant caravans from other places can and are willing to bring goods to "Peacock County" and purchase local specialties, resources, spiritual objects, and products from "Peacock County" for sale.
Only in this way can Peacock County truly develop, prosper, and grow stronger.
However, relying on external caravans for development is only a long-term solution. The Kong Household needs to build its own caravans to actively transport the products of "Peacock County" and various products refined and manufactured by the Kong Household out of "Peacock County" to trade in the county seat or other counties.
They also purchased resources, spiritual objects, and products needed in "Peacock County" and for their subordinate servant Lineage from the county seat and other counties, and transported them back to "Peacock County".
Just like what the Du Household did in Cuckoo County, they almost monopolized all the resource transactions and trade between the servant Lineage and the outside world, and naturally they were able to make a fortune.
To achieve this, relying solely on the Lineage's only "Peacock Feather Boat" is clearly insufficient. The Kong Household must also refine and manufacture more "Feather Boat" to facilitate communication between the Kong Household, Peacock County, "Bifang Commandery," and other counties and towns.
Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to always rent the "Fire Crow Fire Crow Feather Boat Ya Household.
Not to mention that in doing so, most of the resources and profits of Peacock County were earned by the Ya Household.
Furthermore, the Ya Household will gain access to many secrets of the Kong Household and Peacock County, which will naturally be detrimental to the Kong Household.
Previously, when the Kong Household moved their clan territory, the clan leader would not have chosen to rent the Ya Household's "Fire Crow Feather Boat" unless he had no other choice. During the process of moving the clan territory, clan members, and industries, the Kong Household had already discovered countless secrets that the Ya Household had uncovered.
Therefore, the Kong Household urgently needs to increase the number of "Feather Boat". Even if they are unable to refine or manufacture them, they should buy a batch from the county town.
Finally, there is the responsibility of suppressing and resisting attacks from Demon Beast and Demon Race, and protecting the safety of "Peacock County".