February is the end of the new year. For some reason, this year's winter is much colder than in previous years. There have been several light snowfalls in the Yuepan Mountain area - usually there is snow only on the top of Yuepan Mountain.
A caravan is slowly heading towards Lijia Village along the new road opened a few years ago. Although everyone in the caravan looks a little tired, looking at their expressions when talking to each other, they seem to be in high spirits. look like.
That's right. They were all mortal caravans that left Lijiacun last year. Although they didn't come back in time, they had been traveling for so long and now they finally returned to Lijiacun. How could they not be happy?
"Is that the immortal master of the clan?"
Li Qingyuan, who was already the manager of the caravan, tightened his clothes, squinted his eyes and looked at the monks flying over the fields in the distance, and murmured with white breath.
"Isn't it?" A person next to him picked up the conversation, squinted his eyes and looked far away, and sighed: "It would be great if that boy of mine could be chosen."
The existence of immortal cultivators is no longer a secret to the villagers of Lijia Village. Long before the lord system was established, Li Qingfeng had set the rules. When the villagers - or the leaders encountered trouble, they could The lord or village elder took the lead and asked the immortal masters for help.
This is a matter of equal rights and responsibilities, which is generally the case for the immortal cultivating forces. That is, the mortals lead the people to offer food, wealth, and potential immortal cultivation seeds to the immortal cultivating forces, while the immortal cultivating forces need to protect the mortals to recuperate and provide them with possible help. , so Li Qingdong, who is in charge of this aspect of the affairs of the Li family, always approves it with a wave of his hand when he receives requests for help from his subjects - things like ordinary people are generally not a problem for immortal cultivators, and can also bring them closer to the Li family. As a cultivator of immortality, why not?
The person Li Qingyuan and others saw was obviously the Li family monk who was sent to help the villagers. According to the rules set by Li Qingfeng, after helping the villagers, the Li family monks could receive a reward from the Li family warehouse. , the quantity and quality depend on the situation. This is his preparation for the future reform of the "family affairs-monthly salary" system. Now it seems that the implementation effect is not bad.
The caravan slowly drove into the area of Lijia Village. Since the caravan had sent people to spread the news before, when Li Qingyuan and others arrived, there were already clan elders and people coming to greet them, but no one was seen among the people who came to greet them. As for Li San, he is old after all, and it is extremely cold this year. It is indeed impossible to do everything by himself.
"Uncle Liu."
Li Qingyuan jumped off the carriage without much formality. He waved his hand and said hello to the clan elders who came to greet him. The two of them said a few words briefly and then began to direct the villagers who came up to them, and cooperated with the people in the caravan to move forward. Cargo is unloaded.
"Is the village far away? Why did you come back so late this time?"
While directing the unloading, the clan elder asked Li Qingyuan.
"Why isn't it far?" Li Qingyuan waved his hand, looking like he had been tortured: "The road goes around and around, and it rained in the middle, making it even harder to walk."
"That's really hard work." The clan elder nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Are the people in the village easy to deal with?" He pointed to a group of people unloading goods in front of him: "Look at the harvest you have brought back with so many things. It’s quite abundant.”
"That's not bad." Li Qingyuan nodded and told the other party what he had experienced.
That's right, their caravan was heading to another Li village at the request of the clan.
In addition to the Yuepan Li family and the Shannan Li family, there are also several Li villages in the Yuepan Mountain area. Although there is not much contact between them due to their location, there are still sporadic exchanges. Very early on, Li Qingfeng decided on the strategy of deepening ties with other villages through mortal caravans, thereby gradually bringing these mortals into the rule of the Li family. Shannan Lijia Village was just the first stop.
The village that Li Qingyuan and others went to this time is located to the west of Li's family in Shannan, and to the south of a stream formed by the spring water in Yuepan Mountain. The entire village stands next to the water, in the shape of a long and curved strip. Due to the topography of this stream, It presents a curved arc to the south, shaped like a crescent moon in the sky, and because it comes from Yuepan Mountain, local residents call it Yuepan River.
Due to the location of the village relative to Yuepan River, people in the caravan called it the Xinan Li family. According to local residents, there is also a village in the north of Yuepan River. Most of the villagers are named Zhong, and across Zhongjia Village Continuing to the northwest, there is another village surnamed Li. It is built on the tributary of Yuepan River. The three villages intermarry all year round. However, due to their remote location, the population is not large. Even if they are all added up, there may be It's no more than a few thousand people.
For the other two villages, everyone in the caravan had only heard a little bit about them, but knew nothing else - one of the purposes of their trip was to establish contact with each other, so Li Qingyuan invited Xinan Li Family Middle School The clan elders led him to introduce him and went to both villages respectively.
At that time, the villagers in both villages were wary and curious about the arrival of the caravan. Fortunately, there were senior members of the Xinan Li clan, so overall, the contact between the two sides was smooth. , because these two villages are located in the north of Yuepan River, the people in the caravan simply called them Xibei Li's and Zhongjia villages.
Regardless of whether it is Xinan Li's family, Xibei Li's family or Zhongjia Village, their geographical locations are relatively remote and they have little contact with the outside world. According to local villagers, although outside caravans occasionally come here, the intervals are very long and often It would take several years or even longer for a caravan to arrive. For this reason, all the goods brought by the Li family's caravan were very popular with the villagers in the three villages. At that time, after receiving the report, Li Qingyuan After a little calculation, they discovered that not only would they not lose money on this trip, they would even make some money.
Merchants are naturally profit-seeking by nature - or who in the world does not pursue profit? Although the Li family supports and subsidizes the caravan's activities with other villages, who wouldn't want more income? Therefore, when Li Qingyuan calculated the income clearly, he had already decided in his heart that he would organize a caravan to come back again after returning this time - one would be profitable, and the other would be conducive to the exchanges between the clan and here. If he did If it's done well, it's a credit.
Although he is a mortal, Li Qingyuan also has his own ambitions. He has been running a business for nearly ten years, and his mind has become much more mature than before. He has long since let go of Li Qingshi's death. These years of running a business have made him understand a truth. , The world is unpredictable and cannot be reversed by human power. No one could have imagined that the evil ghost appeared at the beginning. If you want to blame your third brother, who can blame him? Failed to protect yourself? He had repeatedly refused to allow himself and Li Qingshi to follow him into the mountains, so what's the point?
After all, how can there be so much right and wrong in things in this world? Even if it really needs to be calculated, how can it be calculated clearly? Li Qingyuan no longer cares about these things. Now his eyes are more focused on his future.
