Martial Arts: I Have Chapter 164 - 126: Hunting Hall, Instruction

Chapter 164: Chapter 126: Hunting Hall, Instruction

The eting started at dawn and continued until high noon. It took Cheng Guanghai the entire morning to announce all the functional departnts, and by the end, all ninety people present understood.

The last topic was Contribution Points.

The territory produced no gold or silver, and currency-based transactions were not used. Naturally, this ant there was no way to use money to asure the results of one’s labor.

Therefore, these Contribution Points were crucial.

Earning Contribution Points would serve as a great motivator for them to work hard.

At the sa ti, it would distinguish the diligent from the lazy.

The first trial version of the system was laid out, detailing how to earn Contribution Points, the reward ratios, exchange rates, penalty deductions, spending rates, and so on.

Any problems that arose later would be corrected as they ca.

For example, in a hunt, whoever brought down the prey would receive ninety percent of the Contribution Points, with the remaining ten percent going to the team. If it was a cooperative kill, the mbers would discuss the distribution privately. After the kill was brought back to the Storehouse, the person in charge would award the points to each individual according to the team’s agreed-upon ratio.

For now, the preliminary thod for calculating the Contribution Points for a kill was based on its Weight.

For example, a one-pound kill would be worth 10 points, while a ten-pound kill would be worth 100 Contribution Points.

The at would also be categorized by type and quality. At the very least, a regular beast couldn’t be compared to an Exotic Beast. Likewise, a pound of bird at couldn’t be compared to a pound of fish, so distinctions would be made between species.

There were also many other ways to earn Contribution Points. Drawing on the gas and novels he had experienced in his past life, Cheng Zongyang proposed various thods, such as building houses, chopping firewood, washing clothes, gathering dicinal herbs, cooking, repairing roads, clearing land, having more children, receiving a salary for one’s position, and completing tasks issued by departnts.

Contribution Points could be spent on food, cloth, cooking essentials like oil and salt, kitchenware, seeing a doctor, literacy lessons, Martial Arts Training, renting or buying better houses, renting more farmland, and special items like Seven Herbs Powder.

Furthermore, the Contribution Points awarded would vary based on a task’s difficulty and the ti it took to complete.

For example, since they were currently short on housing, the Contribution Point reward for building houses would naturally be higher.

Once there was sufficient housing, the reward for building more houses would naturally decrease.

Similarly, if the Inner Mountain Pass needed specific materials, the Contribution Points for gathering them would also be higher.

The goal was to motivate everyone to actively strive to earn Contribution Points.

Even for sothing as basic as eating, starting tomorrow, all ninety of them would have to use Contribution Points to determine how much food they received.

They would trade their labor for Contribution Points, then use those points to acquire supplies and food. Spending more points allowed them to buy a greater variety or quantity of goods. They could even exchange points for raw ingredients from the Storehouse to take ho and cook themselves.

The exchange rate between Contribution Points and food also needed to be calculated.

In the beginning, there would also be a daily limit on the supplies each person could redeem.

In short, Contribution Points were the "currency" of the territory, intended to instill the principle of "the more you work, the more you earn."

Starting tomorrow, everyone would be given 30 Basic Contribution Points. Whether they had more or less after that was entirely up to them.

This was the first version of the Contribution Point system. It would be revised later if any issues arose to make the ratios more reasonable.

They couldn’t possibly support these people for nothing.

By next spring, they could rent land to Outsiders in exchange for grain. Once everyone beca self-sufficient, the circulation of goods within the clan’s territory would begin in earnest.

Finally, there was the matter of how to record Contribution Points.

The Storehouse would be responsible for record-keeping. It would create wooden tablets engraved with each person’s na. When a transaction was recorded, an individual would press their thumbprint in the Storehouse ledger and also on their personal wooden tablet, ensuring both parties had a record.

Even transactions between individuals could be conducted using Contribution Points. However, these trades had to be officiated and the records updated at the Storehouse, which would deduct a small fee from both parties based on the value of the items exchanged.

This was the best recording system they could devise.

As lunch began and the famished crowd started to eat, the various departnts began assigning personnel.

Cheng Zongyang also began to form his Hunting Hall.

He would lead the Hunting Hall in its early stages, with his uncle, Zhou Hanchang, serving as his deputy. Three of his cousins would also join, along with an additional twenty young and relatively fit n, forming a single team.

His plan was to train this team into a seasoned unit within three months and then split them into smaller groups.

Two or three months would be enough ti for them to beco a fairly experienced Collection Hunting Team and to stockpile enough food before the onset of winter.

Even though it didn’t snow in Xiangyang Prefecture’s winters.

His second uncle had been a doctor for many years and naturally had a supply of antidotes and trauma dicine. These were essential supplies for any trip into the mountains.

Likewise, Seven Herbs Powder was indispensable, as it would greatly reduce the danger posed by venomous snakes and insects.

The use of Seven Herbs Powder was currently restricted. mbers of the Hunting Hall would be supplied with it for free, but in the future, anyone wanting it for personal use would have to buy it with Contribution Points.

After everyone finished lunch and gathered their equipnt, Cheng Zongyang stood in an open area in Henei. He looked at the twenty able-bodied young n before him and spoke with a serious expression:

"You’ve all heard the announcents from this morning’s eting, especially regarding Contribution Points.

What your lives will be like from now on depends entirely on what you earn with your own two hands. I will lead you for three months.

If you don’t make the cut after those three months, you’ll be reassigned to other tasks, and I will choose new recruits.

Not just anyone can join the Hunting Hall. As a mber, your objective is to gather dicinal Materials and hunt animals to bring back to the territory, all to earn Contribution Points.