Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 75 - 062, Hou Clan’s Great Harvest (Part 2) [Please Follow!]

"Including the 98 people from Happy Forest, the total number of martial artists in the family was 292. That night, when we captured the Sect Members of Mountain Sword Sect, even with us leading the team, we still suffered 37 casualties. The compensation of one hundred taels has already been delivered to all the families."

The population of Zhaoyang County was 327,821 people, and that night, around 23,091 people died, with nearly one hundred thousand injured, especially in the eastern part of the city where the situation was the most severe. Currently, there are still 300,000 people in the city."

"The Sect Members of Mountain Sword Sect looted 78,210 taels of silver coin that night. I have returned the money to its rightful owners when possible, leaving 30,000 taels, which I've given to Old Fifth!"

Though Hou Yuling spoke with an air of nonchalance, a noticeable shadow of gravity flashed across her pupils when she mentioned the number of casualties in the city.

Hou Yuxiao's brow furrowed slightly at the news of more than twenty thousand dead in a single night.

When the Sword Sect's disciples attacked, the martial artists might have had some means to protect themselves, but those who suffered the most were ordinary families, and most of the men who could rise up to resist were among them."

These deceased men were largely the breadwinners of their families, and more than twenty thousand dead likely meant more than twenty thousand families affected."

It wasn't just Hou Yuxiao who could contemplate these implications—anger and frustration were evident on the faces of most present, and they scorned the Sect Members of Mountain Sword Sect and even the Righteous Path of Xuzhou in their hearts."

"I have already ordered the families of the deceased to transport the bodies to Black Ghost Ridge and bury them according to their wishes. A month has passed, and there are still some injured in the city, but most are healing well."

Hou Yuxiao nodded gently. He was well aware of this. Over the course of the month, his merit score had risen from 326 to 392, mainly due to the efforts led by Hou Yuling in treating the injured."

He then turned his attention to Fourth Elder Hou Yujie.

"The properties of Flying Eagle Sect and Green Wolf Gang have been fully inventoried. The private treasuries of both housed a total of 187,000 taels of silver, in addition to finding two third-rate martial arts manuals: Buddhist Knife Decision and Wolf Poison Palm.

Besides that, there was one ordinary but precious weapon, a Breaking Tiger Blade, and ninety-seven common blades, most of which were swords and knives."

At this news, Hou Yuxiao and the others finally showed a hint of a smile. 187,000 taels of silver plus two third-rate martial arts manuals."

The value of third-rate martial arts was at least one hundred thousand taels, but in the martial world, the more skills one possessed, the better, and the less others knew about one's martial arts, the better. Therefore, martial artists rarely sold their learned skills unless under special circumstances."

In general, an up-and-coming power needed at least three third-rate martial arts as their foundation. Adding these two to their own Black Dragon Thirteen Techniques, the Hou Family could now be considered to have preliminarily met the criteria for rising to a higher status."

The Breaking Tiger Blade and other rare weapons were priced around ten thousand taels each. Although common weapons were the lowest grade, they were still useful in battle and killing, with each priced at about one hundred taels. Hou Yuxiao had been quite reluctant to outfit his family martial artists with these common weapons, so he was in high spirits upon acquiring these ninety-seven pieces."

Particularly since the Hou Clan was about to expand, these weapons would not be sufficient to meet the full demand, but they could at least solve some of it, saving a considerable amount of silver."

"Hou Ying, how are things at the Iron Mine?"

Hou Ying's expression was exuberant as he stepped forward to answer, "When we went to take over, there were more than eight thousand iron ingots that had not been sold from the four major mines, which at the current market price of six taels per ingot, amounted to forty-eight thousand taels.

In the span of a month, I had the four mines merge, and now there are over two thousand slaves working them, producing approximately five thousand iron ingots a month. After the forty percent taxation, the Family Head has distributed our share..."

Five thousand iron ingots a month at a market price of six taels each amounted to thirty-five thousand taels of silver a month, which would be three hundred and sixty thousand taels a year!"

"Does that not mean that even after deducting costs and the forty percent tax, from just the iron mine alone, we can earn nearly two hundred thousand taels of silver a year?"

Hou Yuling began to count on her fingers, speaking softly. When the others heard the numbers she calculated, they all swallowed, their pupils widening.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver a year...

"Keep calm, keep calm. You look like you've never seen good days before!"

Hou Yuxiao stood up and took a couple of steps. Seeing everyone's excitement, he couldn't help but laugh and tease them.

"Big Brother, just this one item is two hundred thousand taels a year, aren't you excited?"

"I've seen the world, not like you lot!"

"Then why are your legs shaking?"

Cough cough...

Hou Yuxiao glanced at Hou Yucheng, slightly suppressing the excitement in his heart, controlling his legs, and finally focused his gaze on Hou Yuduan.

"Old Fifth, all the money is with you, tell us the details, and see if there's anything they've missed!"

Hou Yuduan, after all, was a scholar and very calm. He was quite indifferent to money, which was why Hou Yuxiao felt confident in letting him manage the finances.

"Everyone has pretty much mentioned everything just now, so I'll just give a summary and talk about anything they might have missed.

First of all, as for current silver, there's 187,000 taels from the Flying Eagle Sect and the Green Wolf Gang, plus 90,000 taels from you, Big Brother, and another 63,000 taels found in the County Lord Mansion today, along with the 35,000 taels leftover in the clan previously, we currently have a total of 375,000 taels in hand.

Next are the convertible iron ingots. A total of 17,000 pieces have been brought back from the Nanling Mountain Mine, with a total value of 102,000 taels.

As for the third-rate martial arts, apart from Wolf Poison Palm and Buddhist Knife Decision, there are two more techniques: Twin Ultimate Hand and Rainfall Sword Technique. Including our family's own Black Dragon Thirteen Forms, that makes five in total.

Beyond that, there are the stables from the Flying Eagle Sect and the Green Wolf Gang, with a total of 69 Black Scaled Horses left, plus 42 of our own and 26 from the Happy Forest, the family currently owns 137 horses, each valued at 100 taels for a Black Scaled Horse."

Hisss...

375,000 taels of current silver, plus the iron ingots that could be easily converted into silver, that makes 477,000 taels in total.

As this figure flashed through everyone's mind, all present sharply inhaled a breath of cold air, even Hou Yuxiao couldn't help but react...

"So much money, so much money..."

"477,000 taels, I've never even heard of such a large sum of money in my life, let alone seen it!"

"And we haven't even counted those third-rate martial arts, or the horses, weapons, and many private assets of the Flying Eagle Sect and the Green Wolf Gang. If converted into wealth, it'd be even more."

"Murder and arson for a gold belt, no wonder people always say so..."

Hearing the sighs of amazement from everyone, Hou Yuxiao couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from curving upward, and he slightly raised his head towards Nanling Mountain, his smile growing even more uninhibited.

Just as Hou Yucheng was wildly ecstatic about such a large sum of money, he suddenly noticed Hou Yuxiao's gaze and his body suddenly shook.

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That's right, that's right... It's not just this money, it's far more than this!

On Nanling Mountain, there lay a small gold mine waiting for them, and its contents were conservatively estimated to be worth over 1.6 million taels, maybe even more...

The good days of the Hou Clan were really coming!

Almost everyone in the main hall had this thought flash through their minds.