As the saying goes, a small boat is easy to turn around, and a small number of people is easy to do things. The Li family was small, so they were very efficient. On the day after the clan meeting, Wen Hong led a total of five clan members including Li Qingqing to open a new road between the Yuepan Li clan and the Shannan Li clan. Li Qingdong also came forward to organize the villagers of Lijia Village to assist Wen Hong and others.
In order to participate in the Celestial Immortality Conference in December, the Li clan members of Shannan arrived at Lijia Village early with their school-age children. After hearing that their proposal was approved, the clan elders jumped on the ground several times with joy. They immediately sent villagers to Shannan Village and informed them to start digging mountains and building roads from the other end.
On the other side, Wen Xiuxiang led Wang Lan to study the "A Brief Note on Alchemy" given by Li Qingfeng. They all had some basic knowledge and learned it very quickly. I'm afraid it won't be long before they can start trying to make alchemy.
As for Li Qingfeng, he naturally returned to the cave to practice. In order to prevent the tribesmen who entered the cave to practice from being affected, he had covered the stone-like monster remains with cloth. He also planned to expand the entrance passage and open several more stone chambers. But now, except for him, no one else The three people who could come in to practice were all busy outside, so Li Qingfeng put the matter aside and was not in a hurry for the time being.
The time has arrived in December, and the Immortality Conference was held as usual. This Ascension Conference provided the Li family with two tribesmen who could practice. They were both just five years old this year, and they were named Li Yuliang and Li Yudui.
The two people this time have good qualifications. Li Yuliang has the four spiritual roots of earth, metal, water and fire, and practices the "Stone Puppet Sutra". Li Yudui has the three spiritual roots of fire, earth and wood. He is the first new three spiritual roots in these years. Because His father was a craftsman in the village, so Li Qingfeng asked him to practice the "Pure Yang Body Forging Technique". Naming him with the word "forging" was also a vision, hoping that there would be a weapon refiner in the Li family. .
So far, the Li family in Yuepanshan has six people from the "Qing" generation, namely Li Qingfeng, Li Qingdong, Li Qingqing, Li Qingzhu, Li Qing'an and Li Qingtao; eight people from the "Yu" generation, namely Li Yuming, Li Yuxiang and Li Yucheng , Li Yuping, Li Yufu, Li Yuchen, Li Yudui and Li Yuliang, plus Wen Hong, Wen Xiuxiang, Wang Lan, a clan member with a foreign surname, a total of seventeen people, who finally have some sense of a serious immortal cultivating family.
However, a true cultivating family is not only composed of monks. It also needs a large group of mortals to continuously inject vital blood and ensure the continuation of the family.
When it comes to the management of mortal clan members, the Li family appears to be very rough, or mostly fragmented. This model was not prominent in the early years when there were fewer people, but with the increase in the number of Li family monks and mortals under their rule, Its existing problems have become increasingly prominent.
The root cause of the problem is this road construction operation, which was proposed by Wen Hong.
Judging from the current progress, the road construction is generally going smoothly, but Wenhong found that many villagers of the Li family in Shannan did not obey their orders, but more obeyed the orders of the elders of the Shannan village. Even if Wenhong and others asked Li Qing'an, an old man from the clan, to come forward, the situation did not improve. The villagers of the Li family in Shannan still regarded him as a young boy in the village. They mostly talked, laughed and joked, and did not show much awe. .
Since many members of the Li family were from the Li family in Shannan, Wenhong could not put much pressure on them, so he had to exert force while communicating with the clan elders, and at the same time reported the matter to Li Qingfeng.
After learning about this, Li Qingfeng went to Li Qingdong and asked him about the situation at the Li family in Shannan.
"Shannan villages are like us. They haven't had contact with monks for a long time. They only started in the past few years." Li Qingdong said: "This was also the case in our village in the early years, but it may be because we established our authority several times and then With the support of the elders in the village, things are much better now.”
From Li Qingdong's mouth, Li Qingfeng learned that the elders' authority over the monks was most obvious among the Shannan Li family, followed by the Yuepan Li family. However, the Li family village had the support of the clan elders, so the situation was more relaxed. ; The best performers were the villagers from Wangjiacun who went south. This may be the reason why Li Qingdong established his prestige. They had the most respectful attitude when facing the Li family monks.
"Qingfeng, I think this matter is nothing. We are all fellow villagers. Just let their elders cooperate."
According to Li Qingdong's idea, this is not a big deal. The worst thing is to establish a prestige. But Li Qingfeng didn't think so. He recalled the management methods of so many sects and families he had seen in his previous life, and most of them used Confucianism. The management methods of various sects or Taoist sects, but none of them are like our own. The difference is probably the reason.
After thinking about it for a moment, Li Qingfeng suddenly understood why the villagers of Wangjiacun who went south were the most respectful. Because they do not have the support of the clan elders, everything has to follow the arrangements of their own monks. Whoever Li Qingdong points his finger will have the power to manage others; on the other hand, looking at the mortals of the Li family, their power does not come from the monks of the Li family. , but it comes from age and connections in the village. The reason for obeying the command of the monks of the Li family is that one is the yearning for the word "cultivation", and the other, I am afraid, can only fall on the word "bloodline" Bar.
Authority, authority, must be powerful and powerful. If you want to establish the authority of the Li family monks among the mortal clansmen, you must give power with one hand and exert power with the other. If you can only exert power like now, the deepest blood and family ties will be wiped out by time, and nothing will be left. , maybe only alienation and fear remain.
After thinking about this issue, Li Qingfeng suddenly realized that it was time to change the management system for the mortal clansmen.
He explained what was in his mind to Li Qingdong one by one. After hearing this, Li Qingdong patted his chest and said he was lucky. Fortunately, he discovered this problem this time. If it really develops like Li Qingfeng said, sooner or later something will happen. One day conflicts are going to break out, and if you want to change things then, it will definitely be several times more difficult than it is now.
There is no need to think too much about the system. What is in front of us is nothing more than Confucianism and Taoism. After discussion, Li Qingfeng and Li Qingdong agreed that the Taoist "lord-township elder" management system is more suitable for the current Li family - after all, Confucianism Officers also need to be trained. However, Li Qingdong proposed that this system could be implemented first among the Yuepan Li family and the villagers named Wang in the south. As for the Shannan Li family, they could wait and see the effect.
This is in line with his character of always seeking stability, and Li Qingfeng agreed with this.
Just as the two were discussing the specific implementation plan, there was a sudden knock on the door of the assembly hall.
Li Qingdong frowned, stood up and walked to open the door. He saw thirteen-year-old Li Yuxiang standing at the door. After seeing Li Qingdong, he said: "Uncle Qingdong, a strange Qi practitioner came outside and said he was here. Visiting Third Uncle."
Although he is young, he speaks very smartly and can make the key points clearly in one sentence.
"Visit me?" Li Qingfeng walked out with some doubts in his heart. He didn't remember anyone saying he wanted to visit him. The time agreed with the Shi family hadn't come yet, and it couldn't be the Jindingmen monks - after all, Li Yuxiang recognized them. He couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Okay, go down, Qingdong, let's go take a look together."
