The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 179
Before the banquet ended, Yang Lu also took the opportunity to ask Xu Tong to help arrest Ji Sihan.

He didn't have any hope for Xu Tong at first, but unexpectedly, although Xu Tong didn't agree to help him arrest Ji Sihan, he revealed to him the latest whereabouts of Ji Sihan.

It turns out that although outlying islands are a paradise for mortal fugitives, the threshold for fleeing to outlying islands across thousands of miles of ocean is also very high. Ordinary mortal fugitives who have no connections are not eligible to take the ship of the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce.

In addition, there are many ports on outlying islands. Yanbo Island is only a partner of Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Dozens or so.

The mortal lords of the outlying islands attach great importance to these mortal fugitives from the outside world.

After all, mortals who can escape from Zhongzhou are not poor ghosts. Carrying tens of thousands of Lingshi coins in stolen money is the minimum standard, and the important business of the major lords of outlying islands is to provide political asylum services for these tyrants and mortal fugitives.

On the outlying islands where the land is barren, political asylum services and the export of cultivation materials are also known as the two important financial pillars of the lords of the outlying islands.

Take Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, as an example.

The most important specialty of Yanbo Island is the cultivation elixir, which can export about 20 yuan of Lingshi coins for Yanbo Island every year. Even if the export of other materials and materials for cultivation is added, the total financial revenue of Yanbo Island is less than 40. Lingshi coins, at best, are at the level of a large Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Even according to the standards of the slums, it is very difficult to feed the tens of thousands of people on Yanbo Island.

Relying on this little income from export trade will definitely not be able to support the life of Huangdao Lord's luxurious life.

Every year, the mortal fugitives from Zhongzhou who come to Yanbo Island for refuge carry no less than one million Lingshi coins, and sometimes even two or three million Lingshi coins. As long as Yanbo Island draws 300% of the water, it can bring 70 million yuan far extra financial income.

This is undoubtedly a very important wealth!
Compared with the refugee-like living conditions of ordinary residents of outlying islands, the lords of outlying islands offered them extremely generous treatment in order to win over these fugitives from the outside world. The little leader under his command did not beat these unarmed fugitives from the outside like the robbers did.

The reason is simple. In the outlying islands, there are seventy or eighty lords like Xu Tong of Yanbo Island.

Whichever lord provides better treatment to the fugitives can often attract more fugitives to take refuge, and the local lords can naturally take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, and some outlying island lords who treat fugitives as fat sheep and blackmail them will quickly spread their reputation. If it is completely broken, naturally no fugitives are willing to flee to the local area for asylum, and the income of political asylum will also drop precipitously.

Due to the hidden competition mechanism among the major lords of the outlying islands, the life of the wanted criminals who fled the outlying islands can be said to be quite comfortable.

The huge amount of stolen money brought in from all over Kyushu is enough for these fugitives from the outlying islands to spend their old age as rich men, and even some fugitives at the level of local tyrants can even establish a family in the outlying islands.

Just because Zhongzhou fugitives are extremely important to Yanbo Island's finances, Xu Tong has done a detailed investigation on the fugitives who entered the country, and such a super-dog rich man like Ji Sihan who stole 50 Lingshi coins from the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is the focus of Xu Island's owner Follow people.

When Ji Sihan first landed on Yanbo Island, Xu Tong had a special meeting with this former Qingning Chamber of Commerce mine manager.

In order to win over this big local tycoon to settle down in Yanbo Island, he specially left the most luxurious villa of "Kyushu Wanted Criminal Resort" on Yanbo Island to him, and he also offered a fairly reasonable protection fee.

Ji Sihan was very moved, but still rejected Xu Tong's warm invitation.

This steward Ji knew very well that Xu Tong was a partner of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce.Although the lords of outlying islands are very concerned about their reputation, it is not uncommon for them to betray fugitives for greater benefit.

Qingning Chamber of Commerce and Haiya Chamber of Commerce are closely related. If Haiya Chamber of Commerce changes its attitude and puts pressure on Yanbo Island, it is difficult to guarantee that Xu Tong will protect himself.

Although the probability of Yanbo Island's lord betraying him is not high, Ji Sihan resolutely decided to continue fleeing to the eastern part of the outlying island, or at least escape the control area of ​​Yanbo Island first.

But Ji Sihan didn't simply walk away.

He was able to get out of the golden cicada's shell under the nose of He Mingyuan, the number one under Yang Lu's command, he was definitely not an idiot.

He is very familiar with the unspoken rules of the political asylum industry on outlying islands, and he can clearly realize that since he chooses to sternly reject Xu Tong's invitation, it is equivalent to severely offending the other party.In order to prevent Island Master Xu from jumping over the wall in a hurry and taking him down on the spot, Ji Sihan had already sent letters to the major lords of outlying islands before landing on Yanbo Island, expressing his willingness to join him.

If Xu Tong chooses to take coercive measures against him, he will not be able to hide it from other outlying island lords who have received the news.

The lords of outlying islands compete with each other in the political asylum industry. Even when they are free, they will inevitably pour dirty water on each other. If they heard that Ji Sihan was secretly detained by Yanbo Island, they would definitely not keep the secret for Xu Tong. They will publicize the news that Xu Tong has privately detained the exiles from Zhongzhou, completely criticize Xu Island Master, and set foot on another [-] feet.

This move is an upright conspiracy, even Xu Tong, an old and cunning outlying island warlord, can't do anything about it.

Although Xu Tong felt sorry for Ji Sihan, the "walking 50 yuan", it was not enough to completely tarnish his reputation for the stolen money. Facing Ji Sihan's firm attitude, Xu Tong had no choice but to let Ji Sihan leave.

Since the Guhong Island army led by Tian Beixi defeated the outlying island allied forces at that time, and the Huoyun Prefecture's forces were gaining momentum, this officer Ji simply boarded the fast ship of the outlying island allied forces transporting military supplies, and directly arrived at the front line of the confrontation between the two sides.

Looking at this posture of running away, Ji Sihan might not have to go directly to Tian Beixi's command to be at ease!

However, Ji Sihan's "quick, accurate and ruthless" decision did cause a lot of difficulties for Yang Lu. After all, the relationship between the Shenhuo Sect and the Wuliang Sword Sect has always been tense. betray the traitor.

Now that the forces of the Fire Cloud State are victorious in the outlying islands, it is even more impossible for Ji Guanshi to leave the territory of the Fire Cloud State!
Although Ji Sihan successfully escaped from Xu Tong by using his conspiracy, Xu Tong would not be willing to be tricked by a mere fugitive.

Although Xu Tong was unwilling to deal with Yang Lu, a dispensable cultivator of the Golden Sword Sect, he did not hesitate to kill Ji Sihan when he saw that Ji Sihan had just left Yanbo Island and Yang Lu was chasing after him. The whereabouts were sold, and this guy didn't pay him protection money anyway. Selling the whereabouts of Steward Ji was not a violation of the unspoken rules of the political asylum industry.

For Yang Lu, the result was mixed.

The happy thing is that he found Ji Sihan's trace as soon as he arrived on the outlying island, which is a good start; the sad thing is that this cunning guy ran to the territory of Fire Cloud State without hesitation, and he might have to go to the front line with the Haiya Fleet to meet That Tian Beixi.

(End of this chapter)