Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 517 - 243, Family Wealth and Preparations_2

After careful consideration, he immediately understood.

The Hou Clan currently controls four counties and fifteen cities, governing a population of over ten million. Not to mention anything else, just the number of martial artists in the clan, according to what he had learned on the road when he first arrived, had already exceeded one hundred thousand. The number of martial artists at or above five levels of body refinement was even more impressive, reaching over sixty thousand.

Just the number of clan members alone, if not carefully understood, one might not even be clear about the specific figure, let alone other aspects such as the current businesses, assets, operational methods, management of subordinate cities, annual revenue, expenses, surplus, property within the clan, and the cultivation level of martial artists, and so on…

The bigger the Hou Clan’s operation became, the more affairs there were to manage, and the more aspects it involved. If the mind wasn’t clear enough, it would be very difficult to handle all of these, just think about it, the Hou Clan is at most first-class level currently. Those at the Earth Level, Heaven Level, and even Holy Land level, the difficulty in management is probably far beyond what most people can imagine.

"I have roughly divided the clan’s situation into three major sections, the first one being the situation of the clan population:

The number of people joining the Hou Clan is increasing by the day, nearly every day, so the personnel are always changing. I have set a rule to gather information on new members at the beginning of each month, therefore, I only have the number of clan members as of the beginning of October.

As of the first day of October, the family had a total of 148,271 martial artists, with nearly sixty percent of them being below five levels of body refinement, and a little over forty percent being above that level, totaling over sixty-five thousand individuals.

Among these sixty-five thousand plus people, those with cultivation at or above the Tenth Level of Body Opening account for one and a half percent, which is nearly ten thousand. The number of Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm within the clan isn’t that high yet, only 387, but with Spirit Pills and Yuan Gang Beads, almost every day someone makes a breakthrough. According to the previous rate, by next month’s count, the number of Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm should surpass 400.

Moving upwards, there are those at the Grandmaster Realm. Besides the five of us, from the beginning of this year to October, Nie Xinchuan, Liu Jianghong, Li Sanyun, and Bai Yunfan have all successively broken through to become Grandmasters. Thus, our family now has nine high-level Grandmasters. Apart from that, the number of martial artists at the Gangqi Third Realm Bao Dan Period is also increasing. It’s predicted that starting from next year, we will have three to five more Grandmasters every year!"

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When they heard the number of more than one hundred and forty thousand martial artists, Hou Yuxiao and the other two from the Hou Clan felt a surge of excitement, and their breathing became a bit heavier.

This wasn’t just one hundred and forty thousand commoners, but one hundred and forty thousand martial artists with the cultivation of the Open Body Realm. Although the Martial Artist of the Open Body Realm might not seem like much in the grand scheme of The World, it’s important to note that this is just the beginning. With such a large base number, as long as the Hou Clan doesn’t fall and continues investing resources incessantly, they will all gradually grow. Even if based on innate talent, with one in ten advancing to the Gang Qi Realm, that’s fourteen thousand Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm, and one in ten of those would make one thousand four hundred Grandmasters...

Just as Hou Yuduan said, even if we only calculate by the current number of martial artists in the clan, starting from next year at the latest, the clan will produce three to five Grandmasters every year. The problem is that the development of the Hou Clan is not limited to this; a quantitative change will lead to a qualitative change. As long as the base number of clan martial artists is large enough, the resources invested are sufficient, the average cultivation level rises, and top-tier martial artists keep emerging, the future is clearly visible!

"The second, is the situation of the nine major institutions of the clan.

The Commander of the Qinglong Association, Gao Cheng, just broke through to the Gangqi Third Realm Bao Dan Period at the beginning of this month. Currently, the Qinglong Association has a total of five hundred assassins under its command, all of whom have a cultivation level of the Tenth Level of Body Opening or above.

The business of the assassination camp can indeed make money, but it can severely affect the public sentiment and security within the territory. Now that the Hou Clan owns the Hexi Four Counties, the business of the assassination camp is naturally not something we engage in within our own territory. Therefore, the assassination missions of the Qinglong Association are currently all carried out in neighboring areas to the four counties, such as Xu State to the east and Xingnan Prefecture to the west.

Nowadays, no one is allowed to engage in the business of the assassination camp in the Hexi Four Counties, regardless of who they are. Apart from taking on tasks outside our territory, Gao Cheng also has to organize interception of assassins from other places, according to information gained from the Lower Hou Sect, who attempt to cause trouble in the Hexi Four Counties. Therefore, the tasks are not light.

The Escort Leader of the Zhaoyang Escort Agency, Liu Jianghong, also broke through to the Grandmaster Realm in June this year. He has over thirty Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm and more than one thousand Tenth Level Body Opening martial artists under his command, making it a strong and powerful agency. Besides taking on escorts within the Hexi Four Counties, we also take on escorts from the three prefectures of Xiayuan Road, and even from Zhongyuan Road, going as far as Liangzhou.

The ten units under the Upper Hou Gate are currently at full staffing, totaling 500 people, the least of whom are at the Open Body Ten Layers Peak. Among them, the Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm of the Upper Hou Gate are currently the most in the Hou Clan, at 103 individuals;

The twelve units of the Lower Hou Sect under the command of my sister are also at full staffing, totaling 2,400 people, all with the cultivation of the tenth level of body-opening. There are 92 Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm among them. Since the Lower Hou Sect mainly serves as the intelligence network of the Hou Clan, most of the personnel are distributed elsewhere. Scouts have been arranged in the eight prefectures of Yongzhou and the Three Roads, and initial infiltration in Xuzhou is underway. By next year at the latest, it should be almost done.

There are a total of 387 Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm in the clan, and the Hou Clan’s Gates account for nearly two hundred, which also follows the previous design by my elder brother to build the two Gates of the Hou Clan into the most elite Departments. "

Adding up both Gates of the Hou Clan, the total comes to over three thousand one hundred people, which is almost one-third of the nearly ten thousand Martial Artists of the Tenth Level of Body Opening in the clan, encapsulating almost the highest cultivation among the clan’s martial artists, it certainly qualifies as the Hou Clan’s most elite department.