Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1386: Chapter 449: Accelerated Fission, Military Power Transition, Soldiers’ Remonstrance and Mutiny (Part 3)

The past allocation rules of Chui Mountain had the Lord and the Army Chief each leading ten percent for free distribution; the remaining eighty percent was divided with forty percent to the military; another twenty percent was divided between the Duan Family and the Mu Family; and the final twenty percent was sold externally by the merchant guilds.

Of course, what they referred to as allocation was actually just purchasing indicators, not freely given, apart from the free ten percent allocation given to Lord Duan Hong and Army Chief Mu Longhe, everyone else had to spend silver to buy it.

Speaking of this, one cannot overlook Master Mu Longhe’s generosity.

Mu Longhe, with Xianyang Level cultivation, did not require such Dan Medicine, so logically, he should have handed it directly to the Mu Family disciples as Duan Hong did.

But Mu Longhe did not; every year, he would divide his ten percent share equally among the Mu, Zhu, Helian, and Qiu families. This also showed that Master Mu Longhe treated his three direct disciples like sons, which is why the Mu Family always maintained greater influence than the Duan Family within the military.

Not only that, but even the one share originally monopolized by the Mu Family, Master Mu Longhe also decided to let the Zhu, Helian, and Qiu families participate in its distribution. Due to this matter, the Mu Family disciples had quite a few conflicts with the other three clans’ disciples in the early years, but they were all suppressed by Master in the end.

Of course, that was in the past.

The year before last, when Mu Longhe had an incident, Lord Duan Hong changed the former rules, allocating two tenths of the Dragon Carp Pills and three other kinds of Dan Medicine purchased annually from the Three Towns directly to the Lord, while the remaining eighty percent were all sold externally by the merchant guilds to the public in the Town, allowing free trade.

This sounds reasonable, as it promotes free competition where those with money can buy.

But in reality, it doesn’t work that way at all.

After all, the master of Chui Mountain is still the Duan Family. The entire town’s silver mine is controlled by the Duan Family. Although the Mu Family has great influence within the military, the purse strings are always in the hands of the Duan Family. This alone determines that in terms of financial resources, the Mu Family cannot compete with the Duan Family.

The year before last, the Dan Medicine share was a struggle for the Mu Family faction, relying on silver reserves accumulated over the years to compete with the Duan Family and reclaim a portion; last year, they were thoroughly defeated, with the entire Mu Family faction obtaining less than ten percent of the Dan Medicine allocation.

Over the past two years, a large number of Mu Family faction members have been squeezed out of the military and political institutions of the Town, and silver income is decreasing, undoubtedly adding insult to injury. This year’s Dan Medicine share is almost not even worth viewing; let alone ten percent, they probably can’t even grab five percent.

This is the reason for Father Helian Shan’s stagnation in strength.

The entire Mu Family faction cannot secure a Dan Medicine allocation; where would Father obtain Dan Medicine for cultivation?

It’s not just Father; Helian Ba himself is also at Peak Cold Resistance Cultivation, with his own strength stagnating at 23 ranks, also a victim, yet compared to himself, he worries more for his Father.

Helian Shan, nearly eighty years old, is entering a decline phase in vitality and blood, if his strength stops improving, the decline will accelerate. As a son, he naturally does not want his Father to enter the decline phase so early.

”What? Seeing your father’s vitality waning, are you distressed?”

Knowing his son well, as soon as his son entered the room and looked at him with such an expression, Helian Shan immediately guessed what he was thinking, feeling gratified, yet couldn’t help but tease.

Helian Ba, unlike his father’s straightforward personality, immediately showed a heavy expression upon hearing this, first nodding, then remembering to discuss serious business, he leaned forward and said in a low voice: ”Father, I have already had the two hundred brothers in the Three Armies Scout Camp tested separately, and there are no issues!”