Chapter 456: A lot of work needs to be done!

Upon hearing this, Fan Jie laughed and said, "I'm in such a bad situation myself, it's a good thing you still believe in me."

Everyone laughed and felt a little more relaxed. Actually, everyone had been quite nervous before, as it was not so easy to act under the name of Longhu Mountain. Now that they had removed the name, they felt more relaxed.

Xin Zhen decided to bring his family over to live here. When you are in the underworld, not everyone will follow the rules. There are always some rogues who will use their parents to threaten you. If you are not careful, it will be a regret for the rest of your life.

Fan Jie also wanted to bring his wife and daughter over as well, so they went back to Wujiang and brought everyone over.

As for cleaning and other matters, they were left to the Four Friends of Meizhuang first.

In order to keep the secret here, we won't recruit too many people for the time being, so you have to do the cleaning yourself. Fortunately, everyone has many tricks, so cleaning is easy. First, control the wind to remove the dust, then control the water to wash it again, which is enough to remove all the dirt.

Afterwards, Xin Zhen and Fan Jie brought all their families over. After seeing the place, everyone decided to live in Lingshan Fan Palace, not because Lingshan Fan Palace was the largest.

There are three main buildings on Lingshan: the largest one is Lingshan Brahma Palace, one is Xiangfu Zen Temple, and the other is Five Seals Mandala. All three buildings are Buddhist buildings, but they have different functions.

The Five Seals Mandala enshrines the Five Buddhas of the Five Directions, namely Ratnasambhava in the south, Amitabha in the west, Amoghasiddhi Buddha in the north, Akshobhya Buddha in the east and Vairocana Buddha in the center. Like the Xiangfu Zen Temple, all Buddhas are worshipped as the main deity. Although Mrs. Fan and Xin Zhen's parents are not Buddhists, they are also in awe of this. They do not want to compete with the Buddhas for space, so they choose Lingshan Brahma Palace as their living place.

The Lingshan Brahma Palace is mainly used for cultural tourism. The original monks of Lingshan Temple probably wanted to show off, and spent a lot of money to build such a huge and magnificent building. They probably wanted to become the leader in the Buddhist world, but they didn't expect that it would be defeated by a Bodhi tree spirit, and finally it was lost to Xin Zhen.

Ren Yingying had no intention of worshipping Buddha. She came to Lingshan and took a quick look at the three buildings and the environment of Lingshan. Her eyes were shining. She quietly pulled Xin Zhen to a corner and said happily, "This place is much better than Huashan. Although it is not as steep as Huashan, it is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangnan has always been a place of great culture and talent. It will be easy to recruit disciples in the future.

This place is close to Taihu Lake and a sacred mountain. The key is that there are so many magnificent buildings. Even if we recruit thousands or tens of thousands of disciples in the future, we will be able to accommodate them all!"

Xin Zhen laughed when he heard this and asked, "Yingying, do you still want to develop Huashan Sect into a big sect like before?"

Ren Yingying raised her head and said confidently: "Brother Zhen, you just need to recruit disciples, and leave the rest to me. The way Huashan Sect trains disciples is very mature and advanced. This is not difficult for us at all, right?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "It is indeed not difficult. I have a lot of martial arts in my hands, and they are not ordinary. As long as I can get disciples with good qualifications, I will always be able to become a talent. As for how to get disciples with good qualifications..."

Xin Zhen smiled mysteriously and said, "...I already have an idea."

Ren Yingying asked curiously, "Is it still the same as before, collecting it through the escort agency? But we don't have an escort agency?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Come on, I have a new disciple. I'll introduce him to you."

Xin Zhen brought Ren Yingying to the Bodhi tree. Pu Shu quickly showed up and greeted Xin Zhen. Xin Zhen smiled and said, "This is your Master Ren Yingying. From now on, your Master Ren will be in charge of many matters on the mountain. You must obey her instructions."

Upon hearing this, Pu Shu kowtowed to Ren Yingying several times, then held up a bodhi seed and said flatteringly, "Master's wife, this is the bodhi seed that condenses my hundred years of cultivation. If you keep it with you, it will help you keep your mind clear while practicing, and it is very effective when practicing martial arts."

Xin Zhen glanced at Pu Shu and said, "It took a hundred years of cultivation? How come your master is not worth giving one?"

Pu Shu quickly took out a handful from his arms, held them in front of Xin Zhen with both hands, and said, "Master, please pick the one that looks good."

Xin Zhen picked one up at random and held it in his hand. He closed his eyes slightly, and sure enough, his mind became very clear. It was indeed useful.

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I'll give one to each of your senior brothers and sisters later."

Pu Shu was stunned and said, "I'm not the eldest senior brother?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Want to be my senior brother?"

Pu Shu nodded and shook his head and said, "I want to be the eldest senior brother."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "There is a sequence in entry, you can't argue about that, but you can have many junior brothers and sisters."

Pu Shu's eyes suddenly lit up: "A lot?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Yes, take as many as you can find. You are born with wisdom, so you should know how to tell the aptitude. Didn't you send dreams to all the people in Gusu before? You should be able to find those young people with good aptitude, right?"

Upon hearing this, Pu Shu patted his chest and said with a smile, "Isn't this a coincidence? I'm really good at this. Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll find the best junior brothers and sisters. When they become peerless masters, then won't my senior brother be able to do whatever he wants? Hahaha!"

Ren Yingying:"……"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "You need to discipline this unruly boy more in the future."

Ren Yingying rolled her eyes at Xin Zhen, then said, "Go and do your own thing. I'll have a good talk with Pu Shu about how to select disciples."

Xin Zhen smiled and left. He did have a lot of things to do. Although Fan Jie, the Four Friends of Meizhuang and others were also busy, the Huashan Sect was now in a state of disrepair and everything had to start from scratch. There were too many things to do.

Let's not talk about anything else, just food, clothing, housing and transportation must be arranged first. Now Lingshan needs to act secretly, and the power of the Xin family cannot be used temporarily, so firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, servants, etc. must be prepared secretly, and these things alone are not a small amount.

Ren Yingying sent Xin Zhen away and then asked Pu Shu about the matter in detail.

"Pu Shu, can you tell someone's qualifications?"

"Yes, my true form is the Bodhi tree. I am born with wisdom. You know, Sakyamuni attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree... Ah, it's not that I am not me, it's a certain ancestor."

"..."

After Xin Zhen handed the matter of accepting apprentices to Ren Yingying and Pu Shu, he no longer cared about it. Anyway, Fan Jie would still be there to check when the time came to accept apprentices, and Ren Yingying had rich experience in this area, so she wouldn't make any big mistakes.

Xin Zhen’s current task is to solve the income problem of the Huashan Sect. If the Huashan Sect wants to recruit many disciples, the first and most important thing is to be able to support them.

Xin Zhen immediately turned his eyes to his wealthy father Xin Zan. It was only natural for him to live off his parents.

Xin Zhen found Xin Zan. Xin Zan didn't quite understand what Xin Zhen was going to do. After listening to Xin Zhen's explanation, Xin Zan was very happy.

Xin Zan had not had much contact with the world of immortals, gods and Buddhas, but he knew many folk legends. Although he did not believe it at first, after Xin Zhen demonstrated his magical powers such as splitting rocks with swords and flying with swords, he naturally supported Xin Zhen's career and gave him 100,000 taels of silver as initial start-up capital.

"…You can spend this money first. I will give you 10,000 taels of silver every month. Is it enough? If not, it doesn't matter. I can expand the scale of my business. In the past, I didn't dare to expand it because I didn't have enough protection. Now that you are protecting me, I will go all out and I am not afraid of not making money!"

Xin Zan took on so much, but Xin Zhen was not surprised, because he had some knowledge of Xin Zan's business before. Xin Zan was involved in grain business, fruit and vegetable wholesale, shipping, construction and other businesses. Although the scale of each business was not very large, the total amount was not small. It can be said that it covered all areas of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

If Xin Zan expands the scale now, his income may increase dramatically in the future. As for whether anyone will covet it, he has his eyes on it, and ordinary people cannot snatch it away. If he really can't afford to offend someone, others may not look down on him.

Xin Zan even gave a suggestion, saying, "The clan will definitely support this kind of big thing. Why don't I go and discuss it with the clan leader? It would be easy to ask the clan to pay 10,000 taels of silver every month, but I guess we'll have to recruit some clan members to learn skills. If you think it's feasible, then I'll take you to the clan leader."

Xin Zhen thought about it and nodded: "Okay."

Disciples have to be accepted anyway, and it is not a bad thing to accept children from the clan. In this era, what matters is blood ties, and those who have blood ties are naturally trustworthy.

Just like when Xiang Yu rebelled, those he brought with him were basically Jiangdong children with blood ties, because in that era, blood ties were naturally trustworthy. This is also why Xiang Yu would rather die than return to Jiangdong, because he brought so many relatives with him to the war, and all his relatives died. How could he dare to go back and face the elders of Jiangdong? How could he tell them that their son, husband, and father are dead?
Of course, there are a lot of bad things happening, but the positive impact is still greater. If there is strong support from the clan at this time, the economic problem will basically not be a problem, which is naturally a good thing.

Moreover, Xin Zhen also considered another problem, that is, many people knew that he was a member of the Xin family. Then, if his enemies could not find him, they might turn their spearheads against the Xin family. In this way, the Xin family would not receive any benefit from him, but would have to help him ward off disaster. He felt quite sorry about this, so he might as well bring them in. Not only would they be able to help, but it would also be a way of giving back to the family.

Xin Zhen's decision is understandable. Xin Zhen was involved in business in modern society. He saw too many people who came back from the West to start businesses. They believed that family-owned businesses did not work, and they excluded family members from the business. They only trusted professional brokers. In the end, there were many cases where the company's assets were completely embezzled by professional brokers and outsiders.

On the contrary, companies that place trustworthy family members in important departments and important positions can avoid these problems.

If placed within a sect, there may be a problem of one family controlling a sect in the future, but it is not necessarily a bad thing.

Take the current Longhu Mountain for example. Although the ancestral altar is fighting for legitimacy, it is all the Zhang family fighting for it. In the end, there is a result. Longhu Mountain is still Longhu Mountain, but the other twenty-four jurisdictions are different.

It used to be one of the administrative divisions of Longhu Mountain, but after this incident, it may become independent. Even if the ancestral altar is re-established in the future, it will not be so easy to take back the administrative divisions.

All in all, this is a good choice for Xin Zhen and the Huashan Sect, and there is no need to avoid it deliberately.

When Xin Zan saw that Xin Zhen agreed to this matter, he was very happy. Xin Zan still had a lot of feelings for his family. Xin Zan failed in his studies, and later he started a business and made a fortune with the dowry from Li. This was naturally because Xin Zan had a talent for business, but he also received a lot of help from his family.

Xin Zan understood one thing very well: no matter how bad the family was, it was everyone's last resort. Once there was a chance to give back to the family, he couldn't miss it.

Xin Zhen understood Xin Zan's feelings towards his family. Xin Zhen was not very close to the family, but he still had some understanding of the Xin family. The Xin family might not be that good, and they did not provide particularly strong support to the side branches, but they were not that bad either. Things like swallowing up orphans and widows in the family had never happened within the Xin family.

But the family does support Xin Zan, so Xin Zan is indeed grateful to the family. Therefore, there are many people from the Xin family in Xin Zan's business, and these people are indeed hardworking. As for private corruption and the like, it is unavoidable for any business, so they can only catch the big ones and let the small ones go.

After deciding this matter, Xin Zhen and Xin Zan returned to Wujiang and found Xin Shao, the patriarch of the Xin clan.

When Xin Shao saw Xin Zan and his son coming to visit, he did not dare to neglect them. Xin Zan himself had a considerable business and was of considerable weight in the clan. Xin Zhen was actually more outstanding. Although Hua Chao was gone, he was a top scholar after all. If Hua Chao was still alive, Xin Zhen's status might be higher than his, the clan leader. But that did not mean it was lower now. Therefore, Xin Shao was very enthusiastic.

"Come, come, sit down, sit down, come here, are you blind? The distinguished guests are here, why don't you serve tea quickly!"

Xin Shao ordered the servants in his house around.

Xin Zan smiled and said, "Uncle, stop busying yourself. Let them go out first. I have something important to discuss."

Upon hearing this, Xin Shao waved his hand to let the servants go out, and looked at Xin Zan and his son with a serious expression. It was not that he had never seen the world, but the current situation was becoming more and more serious. The situation in the north was in chaos, and bad news was coming every day, while there was not much movement in the south of the Yangtze River for the time being. Although the Xin family was not of high enough level to reach the world of immortals, gods and Buddhas, the family was large enough and had enough tentacles to always be able to sense some movement.

The storm is about to come in Jiangnan!
(End of this chapter)