Even Busier

Because of thorough preparation beforehand, he can now directly discuss various details with Qin Jianghe and the others.

After gathering information on various prices and calculating the approximate total cost, and subtracting the government's subsidies, they finalized the loan amount and the Lingxian Sect's subsidy, essentially 50/50.

Finally, both parties agreed on the loan interest rate, Village Chief Du solemnly wrote an IOU in triplicate.

For now, Lingxian Sect is only the funder in this matter; once these arrangements are settled, there's nothing more for them to do.

After bidding farewell to Village Chief Du, Liu Yunan returned to the mountain and discussed it with Qin Jianghe. They decided to post a notice in the sect to inform everyone about the matter.

A copy was also posted at Azure Cloud Peak.

After all, if the village encounters any difficulties later, they will most likely need to issue a mission through the sect to send disciples down to help. Informing everyone now will give them a heads-up.

Too lazy to change locations, Liu Yunan started writing the notice directly on Qin Jianghe's desk in the Finance Hall.

While preparing the notice, he suddenly remembered something Lin Xiao had mentioned to him before.

"Hey, Jianghe, do you remember that thing Brother Xiao mentioned before, the sect monthly report?"

During a small meeting before Lin Xiao went into seclusion, he mentioned to Liu Yunan that the sect could produce a monthly report so that members could stay informed about the outside world and gain a better understanding of the sect's development while cultivating.

It wouldn't be good for a member of the Lingxian Sect to be completely unaware of the sect's development.

Upon hearing Liu Yunan, Qin Jianghe, who was organizing the month's transaction ledgers, looked up, recalled for a moment, and nodded, saying:

"Yes, that's true. What's wrong? Do you want to do it now?"

Liu Yunan took out a small notebook from his Lock Ring:

"That's right. Didn't Brother Xiao say before that we could decide when to start making the sect monthly report depending on the situation? Now that we have new disciples in our sect, and there are more and more things to do inside and outside, it would be troublesome to inform everyone one by one. Isn't this the perfect time to start making the sect monthly report?"

Qin Jianghe thought about it and agreed, then said:

"It is indeed quite suitable. However, although this monthly report is only for our internal reading, it still needs to be written and produced by a specialist. Therefore, we need to set up a special monthly report department. It doesn't need to be large or have many people, but it will become the information hub of our sect. In this way, this monthly report department can integrate, sort, filter, and write all kinds of information from the entire sect."

After hearing what he said, Liu Yunan thought for a moment:

"That way, all the information we collect from the capital will have a fixed place to be collected, saving us from having to rush to exchange information during our dinner break every time."

Qin Jianghe shrugged, neatly stacked the tidied account books in front of him, and set them aside, reminding him:

"However, one rather troublesome issue is the selection of the person in charge of this month's reporting department."

"Writing this is manageable, but integrating and filtering information requires careful attention and a sense of priorities. We need to know which information is suitable to be widely disseminated within the sect and which is not. Otherwise, as our sect grows, if we release all sorts of information carelessly, it could easily cause problems."

"That's true. Although everyone in our sect has passed the Heart-Questioning Road, there's always the risk of conflict with so many people," Liu Yunan nodded. "But that's alright, we have plenty of careful and discerning individuals in our sect."

Qin Jianghe glanced at him, feeling he was overly optimistic, and decided to pour cold water on his enthusiasm:

"Yes, but being meticulous and knowing what's important isn't enough; you also need to be able to manage things. If a monthly report department is established, then it will need to be managed specifically, and you'll be starting to do that soon... Oh, by the way, just a reminder, it seems that Brother Xiao has assigned some tasks recently. Yuanjiao, Yigao, your mother, and Senior Liao have been very busy; they haven't even had time to come over for dinner lately."

The implication is that it's impossible to get them to spare some time to help with it.

"What are they busy with?" Liu Yunan wasn't discouraged at all; instead, he became curious about the task Lin Xiao had assigned him.

Didn't your mother tell you?

I haven't seen her for almost half a month.

Both mother and son are very busy people. Although it has been more than half a month since they last met, it is still considered normal.

He knew a little about this because Lin Xiao had mentioned it to Qin Jianghe on Lin Lei's wedding boat, and Sun Yigao had also mentioned it to him when he came to the Finance Hall to approve the supplies for the Alchemy Chamber.

He then explained to Liu Yunan:

"It seems that Brother Xiao made them learn some kind of Cultivation Method. I heard there are many, hundreds or even thousands of them."

"Hundreds or thousands of books?!" Liu Yunan was very surprised.

So far, he himself has only learned the first level of the "Swordsmanship in the Clouds" in the sect.

And they haven't even finished learning it yet.

Seeing the exact same shock he had shown when he first heard it, Qin Jianghe nodded:

"Yes, and there's a time limit, within two months. So don't even think about getting them to work with you on the sect's monthly report during this period."

Liu Yunan:...

He sighed, picked up the two completed notices, and stood up:

"It seems I'll have to do it myself first, and then see if there are any suitable disciples on Azure Cloud Peak who can help me out..."

Actually, he's very busy himself.

As the head of the General Affairs Hall, Liu Yunan already had a lot of things to be responsible for.

but...

Looking at the notice in his hand, Liu Yunan gritted his teeth. It was best to do this sect's monthly report as soon as possible.

Forget it, someone has to do it sooner or later anyway, so I might as well keep myself busy now and come up with a set of rules and regulations for the monthly report!

This way, it will be easier to hand it over later.

The reason he was so eager to produce the sect's monthly report as soon as possible was that he wanted the disciples on Azure Cloud Peak to be more informed about the sect's various affairs, both big and small.

To make them feel more involved and belonged.

After all, the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak are not as familiar with these old folks as they are with each other.

As Liu Yunan interacted more with the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak, he could sense that there was always a certain barrier between him and the new disciples.

Most new disciples naturally feel a certain awe and distance from them and the sect.

Although taking positions in various departments and participating in various sect missions can gradually reduce this sense of distance, it is a very slow process.

Besides, not every new disciple gets to participate in tasks and earn Spirit Stone.

Therefore, the sect's monthly report is undoubtedly a very good approach.

Thinking of this, Liu Yunan turned back to the Finance Hall, snatched the unfinished ledger from Qin Jianghe's hand, and shoved a new notebook in front of him:

"Come on, Jianghe, hold on a minute, give me some time to help me make a plan!"