The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 165 Letter of Help

Compared with Tianshu City, which is built on the mountain, Sea Cliff City, which is located on the coastal plain, has an extremely regular layout.

The entire port city is centered on the tall Sea Cliff City Lord's Mansion. Various buildings are lined up in order according to their importance. The wide Pinghai Avenue runs through the city from east to west. The east side of the road starts from the port. It goes west to the official road outside the city, and through the official road connects many cities of self-cultivation including Tianshu City. Qinglan River, the largest river in the east of Zhongzhou, passes through the city from north to south, and enters the sea from Haiya Port. Yacheng has become a commercial hub connecting Zhongzhou inside and outside.

As a monopoly giant in overseas trade, the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce naturally has the most advantageous location in the entire Sea Cliff City.

Unlike the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, which is located on the edge of the wealthy area, the headquarters of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is located in the west of the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, which is separated by a wall.

Right here, the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce built a large group of majestic oriental garden-style buildings.

This kind of large-scale building layout must have a pitifully low floor area ratio. In the core area of ​​Haiya City, where every inch of land is expensive, only the Haiya Chamber of Commerce has such arrogance and financial resources to build a headquarters, which fully demonstrates that the Haiya Chamber of Commerce The dominance of the business leaders in the southeast of Zhongzhou.

Not only that, the rockery and spiritual plants dotted in the headquarters of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce are also not extraordinary. These man-made landscapes rich in aura together form the famous guardian array in the Kyushu cultivation world [Songzhu Lost Track]. Those who break into it will easily be trapped to death in this seemingly harmless and elegant garden.

As Su Yuanfeng's temporary partner, Yang Lu had already informed Su Yuanfeng of his visit through a messenger spell.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the headquarters of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, the staff of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce went out to greet him in person.

Following the staff member of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce who had at least a mid-stage Qi refining practice, the two soon came to a small forest building in the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Su Yuanfeng, the president of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, had already prepared tea in the house, waiting for him It's been a long time.

Seeing Yang Lu coming to the door in person, Su Yuanfeng waved the staff to leave, and then sighed: "Consultant Yang, you want me to investigate the smuggling case of the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce, but it put me in a dilemma!"

Of course Yang Lu couldn't admit that he did this on purpose, so he could only pretend he didn't understand and said, "I've also heard that President Su and Deacon Lu had some misunderstandings because of the Tianshu City incident. But since The officials of the Wuliang Sword Sect have refuted the rumors and characterized the incident in Tianshu City as a conspiracy manipulated by foreign forces, so everyone's misunderstandings must have been completely cleared up!"

"How can things be so simple?" Su Yuanfeng was obviously a little depressed recently, and couldn't help shaking his head with him, an outsider, and smiled bitterly: "Don't say that Lu Anping thinks that I deliberately framed him, even City Lord Jiang has great opinions on me. Elder Han tried his best to speak for me, I'm afraid I have to hire someone else for the position of the president of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce!"

Yang Lu immediately cupped his hands and thanked him: "Without President Su's strong support, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce may not have the opportunity to expand its cooperation with the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. It is also our duty to ask the Han family to reciprocate and support President Su in his work. .”

Su Yuanfeng took a deep look at Yang Lu, and seemed to point out something: "Speaking seriously, the Haiya faction is now fighting like this. The biggest beneficiary seems to be the Qingning Chamber of Commerce of your eldest lady! "

Naturally, Yang Lu didn't pick up on the chatter, and simply sang high-pitched words: "The Sea Cliff Department is the pinnacle of trade on the east coast of Zhongzhou. Our Qingning Chamber of Commerce is nothing more than living with Chairman Su."

Su Yuanfeng could tell that although Yang Lu was young, he was definitely a master in Tai Chi.

It is simply an impossible task to inquire about information from Yang Lu through indirect methods. He seems to have said a lot, but when he thinks about it carefully, he didn't disclose any useful information.

Facing such impeccable diplomatic skills, Su Yuanfeng had no choice but to go straight to the point: "Consultant Yang came to the door in person, what is the matter?"

Seeing that Su Yuanfeng took the initiative to bring up a serious matter, Yang Lu also put away his smile and said seriously: "We still need further assistance from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce regarding the matter of the fugitive Ji Sihan from the Qingning Chamber of Commerce!"

"We at the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce received reliable information that Ji Sihan fled to Yanbo Island, the western gateway of the outlying island, on a freighter seven days ago. We have issued a warrant to Yanbo Island, but the lords of the outlying islands always dislike us outsiders pointing fingers, so Don't have too much hope, there is nothing our Haiya Chamber of Commerce can do about this matter." Su Yuanfeng's words were very polite, but he still clearly rejected Yang Lu's request.

"I'm going to personally go to the outlying islands to hunt down this manager Ji!" Yang Lu will definitely not give up because of this, but put forward his own suggestion, "Since the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce can do business with the outlying islands, it obviously has its own unique network in the outlying islands , I want to go to outlying islands to arrest people, so I can only take the liberty of using President Su's private channel."

This time, Su Yuanfeng did not shirk, but admitted generously: "Our main partner in the outlying island is Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island. This is no secret in Haiya City. This lord Xu holds the most The gateway to the west is also one of the most powerful mortals in the entire Outlying Islands."

Although Su Yuanfeng answered neatly, Yang Lu always felt that this matter was not that simple.

Sure enough, Su Yuanfeng immediately changed the subject: "However, the situation on the outlying islands is unprecedentedly chaotic and has fallen into a full-scale civil war. Even the smuggling boat that Steward Ji took was actually a cargo ship from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce that transported mortal weapons to Yanbo Island. In such a sensitive period, if you want to go to an outlying island to do business, it may not be so easy."

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and wars will naturally break out in countries ruled by mortals. There are hundreds of mortal lords, large and small, fighting each other endlessly like warlords on outlying islands.

Through the recent articles of "Cultivation Finance Weekly", Yang Lu already knew the news of the civil war on the outlying islands. It is said that the civil war on the outlying islands was first provoked by the puppet forces supported by the Shenhuozong of Huoyun Prefecture, but there is only public information about the outlying island wars. There are very few channels, and even the report of "Cultivation Finance Weekly" is quite vague.

Hearing Su Yuanfeng mention the war on the outlying islands, Yang Lu immediately asked: "How is the situation on the outlying islands? How long will the war last?"

Su Yuanfeng took out a document from his desk and handed it to Yang Lu, and said in a heavy tone: "Unlike other ports, outlying islands do not have practitioners stationed by the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, so our information is also seriously lagging behind. According to what we have According to the latest information, the situation on the outlying islands may be very unfavorable to us!"

Yang Lu reached out to take the document, and said in surprise: "Didn't the Wuliang Sword Sect claim that the outlying island war will end soon?
However, Su Yuanfeng just sneered and said: "What else can I say about the Wuliang Sword Sect? Could it be that the situation in the outlying islands is not good, and the sea portal in the east of Zhongzhou is about to fall into the hands of Huoyun State? According to the news from various channels inside the outlying islands, if there is no It may only be a matter of time before a powerful external force intervenes, and the entire outlying island is controlled by the Shenhuo Sect!"

Yang Lu flipped through the documents at hand, and found that this was actually a letter of appeal for help from Yanbo Island lord Xu Tong to the Haiya Chamber of Commerce.

(End of this chapter)