Chapter 464: Chapter 474: Chief Clerk Counts the Soldiers
"You, you dare to call , a steward, an Evil Eagle, a mad dog... I will slaughter you!" Deacon Tang was so enraged that his Three Corpse Gods jumped with fury. A newly arrived dicine Farr dared to provoke one of the eight Housekeepers under the Mountain Master.
How could this be tolerated?
"If you don’t want to die, it’s best not to make a move!"
Han Shuang, Han Xiaoying, Han Dong and others drew their swords at the sa ti, all staring at Deacon Tang Ying with a chilling killing intent.
If Deacon Tang Ying dared to make a move, they would definitely, at the first mont, unleash their strongest killing moves to jointly slay Deacon Tang Ying.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you really want to rebel?" Deacon Tang Ying may have high cultivation, but he was facing so many talents at the sa ti. Moreover, the divine weapons of Han Xiaoying and the others were all Top-Grade divine weapons.
This truly frightened Deacon Tang Ying.
He shouted at Chu Feng and the others sowhat nacingly yet with a hint of timidity.
"What dignity is there in such a ruckus? Put away your weapons, all of you!" Mao Wu, the protector, seeing the situation verging on losing control, hurriedly stepped out to assert order.
After all, he was a Divine Level powerhouse and also the Mountain Master here. His anger did carry so authority.
Chu Feng and the others had finally joined the Wan Jian Sect Main Lineage. They did not really want to escalate the matter to an irretrievable extent.
They were newcors, like orphans without the care of grandparents or the love of uncles.
If things really got out of hand, the consequences would be very severe.
Chu Feng might not be in much trouble, for he had comprehended the Heaven and Earth Sword Skill and passed two levels. Additionally, he possessed the Nine Yang Sword Veins. Even within the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, he was considered an extrely rare talent.
The Sect, considering retaining talents, might only punish him with so labor, suspend his salary and the like.
But for Han Xiaoying and the others, they were not so lucky.
Most likely, they would be directly expelled from the Wan Jian Sect Main Lineage.
Han Xiaoying and the others regarded Chu Feng as their leader; they did not respect Mao Wu, the protector. Upon hearing his order, they did not budge. Instead, it was Deacon Tang Ying who first put away his weapon.
"Put away your weapons!" Chu Feng commanded sternly.
Only then did they obediently sheathe their divine weapons.
Through the actions of these people, Mao Wu, the protector, and others could see. These trash from the Dan State Branch were all following this young man.
To deal with the troublemaker, they only needed to target the most outstanding one.
"Where is the dicine Mountain Chief Clerk?"
Mao Wu, the protector, called out coldly. A dicine Mountain with nearly a thousand people, to manage it well and improve production efficiency, must have various positions in place.
Through a hierarchy, each level’s responsibilities and production tasks need to be implented properly.
The Mountain Master is the top authority of the entire dicine Mountain, managing people and production, all affairs big and small, all within his control. However, there is only one Mountain Master, and with personal cultivation and the study of various dicinal Herb cultivation techniques and preservation thods, one’s energy is ultimately limited.
Therefore, the Mountain Master has three assistants beneath him.
One Chief Clerk, specifically responsible for the records of personnel, rits, and production of dicine Mountain. Reward and punishnt based on rit are prepared by the Chief Clerk before he reports them to the Mountain Master for approval. The other two assistants are the Vice Mountain Masters.
Their status is only second to the Mountain Master, different from the Chief Clerk.
In a certain sense, the Vice Mountain Masters not only have the duty to assist the Mountain Master in managing dicine Mountain, but they also act to check and balance the Mountain Master’s power.
The dicine Mountain Master is not able to monopolize all authority; part of the power is delegated to the two Vice Mountain Masters.
Therefore, the Vice Mountain Masters have the ability to check and balance the Mountain Master.
Even if a major error occurs on the part of the Mountain Master, the Vice Mountain Masters may take his place.
Normally speaking, when a Mountain Master is overthrown or promoted and leaves, it is one of the two Vice Mountain Masters who succeeds the position.
Below the Vice Mountain Masters, there are Eight Chief Stewards who divide the entire dicine Mountain into eight regions. Each Chief Steward manages one region respectively.
The specific production affairs are also managed by these Eight Chief Stewards.
If a Chief Steward’s rits are outstanding, there is a possibility that they could be promoted to Vice Mountain Master. However, generally, few people are willing to take up the position of the Chief Clerk.
Because the Chief Clerk’s position is considered a retirent job with idle duties.
Not only are the responsibilities heavy, but one also has to be loyal to and serve only the Mountain Master. There is little room for advancent as a Chief Clerk.
At most, if the Mountain Master is promoted, in appreciation for the Chief Clerk’s years of loyalty and service, the Mountain Master might give them a leg up and take them along. This is the most ideal situation.
Also, for this reason, quite often, when a new Mountain Master takes office, they would choose from among the stewards and lower positions within dicine Mountain soone who is competent in managing accounts and sufficiently loyal, and appoint them as the Chief Clerk.
Specifically, the role of the Chief Clerk has a lot of similarities to that of the Secretary next to a County Magistrate.
"Your subordinate is here!"
An old man with sparse goatee, taking a bow-legged step, walked out.
This person’s attire was rely that of an ordinary disciple from the Outer Sect. He was not even a Steward.
However, regardless of whether it was Deacon Tang Ying, or the several big shots behind Mountain Master Mao Wu, all of them showed exceptional respect to this elder. Often tis, although the Chief Clerk’s position is not high, he could act on behalf of the Mountain Master.
Moreover, all of dicine Mountain’s rit-based rewards and punishnts must pass through the pen he held.
Who would dare to offend the Chief Clerk? What was originally one thousand rit points could be reduced to one hundred. There would be nowhere to even cry over it.
For example, if the region managed by a certain Chief Steward had a bumper harvest this year.
When the Chief Clerk cos to inspect, he might pick a few faults, like the dicinal herbs are of poor appearance. Or perhaps he says that it was a good year with favorable weather, and a bumper harvest should have been expected anyway.
In such a case, your rit points would naturally be greatly diminished.
Therefore, almost everyone maintains the necessary respect towards the Chief Clerk to avoid offending them and possibly facing petty retaliation.
The goateed elder was slightly hunched over, lifting his head, his small toad eyes shooting out bursts of sharpness. He appeared spirited and shrewd.
"Cheng The Third, begin the roll call according to the record and assign these people to each Manager’s care!"
Mountain Master Mao Wu commanded authoritatively.
Cheng The Third, the Chief Clerk, flipped open the roster in his hands and began calling out nas one by one, assigning Chu Feng and the others under the care of various Managers.
Perhaps to prevent Chu Feng and the others from gathering together again and confronting the managent, they scattered all nearly two hundred of them, assigning roughly twenty or so people under each Manager.
Then, under each Manager, there were Big Chiefs and small leaders.
After a second and third round of dispersion, Chu Feng and the others were thoroughly scattered.
Forget about gathering to cause trouble, it was not even easy to et up with each other.
Chu Feng, Han Xiaoying, and Han Shuang were all separated.
All assigned under different Managers, the possibility of them eting every day was almost non-existent.
Unless Chu Feng was able to rise in rank quickly and then figure out a way to transfer them under his care, or directly overpower the Managers who were in charge of them.
Aiming for such a high position is a heavy responsibility and a long journey, by no ans an easy task.
However, Chu Feng had great confidence that with his skills in Alchemy Dao, he would be able to rise quickly. After all, alchemy and herbal cultivation are his expertise.
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