The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 181
On the surface, the Outlying Islands War was a proxy war initiated by the Shenhuo Sect against the Wuliang Sword Sect.

Under the table, Lin Jianxing, the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect, and Mo Yunlan, the elder of Duzhitang, are competing for each other's interests around the battle plan to support the outlying islands.

The situation on the outlying islands collapsed like this, mainly because of the strange methods of Tian Beixi, a monk of the Shenhuo Sect.

Even the top brass of the Wuliang Sword Sect didn't know exactly what method Tian Beixi used to defeat the outlying island coalition's battle of wheels.

Under such circumstances, no matter how many mortal troops and combat supplies the Wuliang Sword Sect supports the outlying islands, it cannot guarantee to repel the Huoyun state forces. Before the Shenhuozong's hole cards are figured out, the outlying islands are a bottomless black hole.

It is possible that a budget of 500 million yuan is enough to keep the outlying islands, or it is also possible that a budget of 5000 million yuan will be a drop in the bucket.

As the highest person in charge of the sect's finance, the sect's finance is Mo Yunlan's invisible source of power. Asking for money from the sect's budget is equivalent to depriving Mo Yunlan of the power in disguise.From Mo Yunlan's point of view, he certainly hopes to save the sect's expenses as much as possible.

Because of this, Mo Yunlan set out a very conservative budget immediately - 1000 million Lingshi coins.

But the budget issue is not the primary consideration of the leader Lin Jianxing.

Lin Jianxing directly raised the banner of "preserve the outlying islands at all costs", and asked Mo Yunlan to greatly increase the school budget for supporting the outlying islands. Obviously, he wanted to take the opportunity to profit from Mo Yunlan's sphere of influence.

This was an upright conspiracy, and it was difficult for Mo Yunlan to accept it.

If Duzhitang vetoes the 3000 million yuan martial arts budget, but fails to keep the outlying islands in the end, then Mo Yunlan will bear the main responsibility for losing the outlying islands; Whether Lan can keep the outlying island, he has tried his best, and the responsibility for losing the outlying island will no longer be borne by him.

Under the balance between the two, Mo Yunlan could only choose to compromise.

That's why Duzhitang hemorrhaged, and a very outrageous budget for the outlying island war of up to 3000 million yuan was passed.

Now that Mo Yunlan has assumed the stance of "whatever it takes", the pressure of public opinion to defend the outlying islands has once again been passed on to the leader Lin Jianxing.

However, Lin Jianxing was not too worried about this kind of pressure, because he had the strongest chip in his hand——

Lin Dong!

Lin Jianxing's judgment was the same as that of others, no matter how strong Tian Beixi was, it was absolutely impossible for him to be a late Qi refining monk.

Not to mention that apart from Tian Daxiao himself, the Shenhuo Sect's development of cultivation economics is far behind that of Zhongzhou. There have never been any famous cultivation management experts and cultivation economists in history, and there is no superfluous meritorious treasure at all.

Even if the Shenhuo Sect can produce meritorious treasures similar to the relics of Elder Luoshen, they will not be able to find a genius monk who can cultivate two golden wheels of meritorious deeds during the Qi refining stage. This is only achieved by legendary figures such as Bo Nanke and Lu Yang realm!

As long as Lin Dong's beheading operation is successful, even if the Wuliang Sword Sect doesn't send any reinforcements, the outlying island coalition forces may not necessarily lose.

That being the case, there is naturally no need to fully implement the special allocation of 3000 million yuan in Lingshi coins.

Thinking of this, Yang Lu couldn't help but shook his head and said, "No wonder Island Master Xu didn't continue to pursue this matter. As long as the forces in Huoyun Prefecture can be finally repelled, the Wuliang Sword Sect and Master Lin can win face, and the lords of the Outlying Islands can keep their face." For my own sake, as for whether the outlying islands were brought down by Duzhitang with money, or whether they were saved by the beheading action by the head of Lin, no one cares at all."

Han Fulai said mockingly: "Who says no? As long as Mo Yunlan refuses to bleed, Lin Dong will not come to the outlying island, and Mo Yunlan can only try to keep the outlying island with a mere budget of 1000 million yuan in Lingshi coins. It is a gamble with no way out. But since Mo Yunlan is willing to bleed heavily, Lin Dong also came to the outlying island to prepare for the execution of the beheading operation, and the forces of all parties can happily divide up the 3000 million yuan allocated."

Hearing such nonsense, Yang Lu didn't know what to comment on.This operation to support outlying islands is simply a gluttonous feast to carve up the assets of the "Wuliang Sword Sect"!

Except that Mo Yunlan's choice was very embarrassing, and the Wuliang Sword Sect's big account had a huge deficit out of thin air, and the other forces were all making money.

Previously, Yang Lu was still very curious. The Haiya faction and Lin Jianxing were obviously not on the same side. Why did the Haiya faction resolutely cooperate with the action led by Lin Jianxing this time.

Now it seems that this is probably all business behind it!

So Yang Lu asked in a meaningful tone: "If you can pave the road and build bridges for Lin Jianxing, the Sea Cliff Department will also benefit a lot, right?"

Han Fulai didn't hide anything, and directly reported the number: "The profits that flowed into the account of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce totaled 264 million Lingshi coins!"

Yang Lu had known for a long time that the Sea Cliff Department must have made a lot of money, and he was not surprised by this astronomical figure: "Military operations that are reimbursed at public expense are indeed a good business with huge profits!"

However, Han Fulai waved his hand very modestly and said: "The Haiya Sect doesn't take much, and it can even be said to be a reasonable profit. According to our estimation, the allocation of 3000 million Lingshi coins of the Wuliang Sword Sect was finally implemented. I'm afraid it's less than 600 million yuan."

"Good guy, you actually only implemented [-]% of the appropriation! The rest of the special appropriation was snatched away by some god?"

Han Fulai didn't continue to make detours, and answered honestly: "Lin Jianxing and Liu Hanxing took at least a few million, and there are at least several million in the pockets of the senior leaders, managers at all levels, and captains of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. The suppliers of the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce who provided manpower and material resources took away several million, and there are several million more, and even I don’t know where it was misappropriated.”

The total cost of the outlying island operation was only 600 million yuan, so the figures mentioned by Han Fu were all real net profits!

If Han Fulai hadn't exaggerated, all those who handled the operation to support outlying islands would have more or less benefited.

Yang Lu originally thought that the management level of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce was bad enough, but now it seems that the management level of the Wuliang Sword Sect is probably even worse. He even turned the special military operation on outlying islands into a spoils sharing meeting !
He couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "You embezzle public funds so blatantly, wouldn't Mo Yunlan question it?"

"What qualifications does Mo Yunlan have to raise doubts?" Hearing Yang Lu's doubts, Han Fulai spread his hands and showed a look of disdain, "He is far away in the headquarters of the Wuliang Sword Sect, is he capable of verifying the cost of our various circulation links? Among other things, just the cost of our Haiya Chamber of Commerce's dispatch of fleets to transport strategic materials and troops, let alone Mo Yunlan's calculations are not clear, even we ourselves are not sure!"

Han Fulai's words were really not modest.

Due to the vast territory of the Kyushu Cultivation Realm, even if the ocean-going merchant ships of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce have a speed comparable to that of a modern cargo ship, and each fleet can achieve limited instant communication through communication spells, the geographical barriers across Kyushu are still no less than that of the earth. The Age of Geographical Discovery.

According to Han Fulai, the stewards and captains of each merchant ship in the Haiya Fleet have falsely reported how much they spent, and even the senior management of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce has no way to accurately verify it.

Because the business scale of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is too large, most ocean-going merchant ships operate on distant overseas routes tens of thousands of miles away from Haiya City, or even hundreds of thousands of miles away. Once the maintenance is done, the senior management of the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce will send someone to check whether the captains have falsely reported their expenses...

Even if the Haiya Chamber of Commerce wants to learn from Qingning Chamber of Commerce's advanced management experience and carry out strict financial management, the Foreign State Chamber of Commerce will not cooperate with your Haiya Chamber of Commerce to issue invoices.

After all, there is neither international accounting standards nor internationalized standard statements (GSD) based on international accounting standards in Kyushu cultivation world, and there is no SWIFT system and letter of credit system. International trade is still in its primitive stage. In this case, Haiya Chamber of Commerce It's pretty good to be able to take care of yourself. It is undoubtedly a daydream to get involved in the bookkeeping work of overseas chambers of commerce.

That's why Han Fulai repeatedly emphasized that the 264 million Lingshi coins were the profits that flowed into the "Haiya Chamber of Commerce's account", not the profits that flowed into the "Haiya Chamber of Commerce".Those who entered the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, but did not enter the Haiya Chamber of Commerce's big account, I am afraid that even Jiang Hua'an and Su Yuanfeng themselves can't figure it out. Yang Lu even seriously suspects that Han Fulai's uncle and nephew have made a lot of money in this operation !

This is true within the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, and of course it is even more so for the Wuliang Sword Sect. It involves a large-scale coordinated operation of many different cultivation forces. If Mo Yunlan investigates seriously, he may only get a muddled account.

Often the more inexperienced people are, the more they like to talk about the very imaginary concepts of the country, government, enterprise, and civilization, but after working for a few years, they will suddenly find that everyone is actually a grassroots team.

The grassroots of the government, the grassroots of the enterprise, the grassroots of the cultivation sect, the grassroots of the Cultivation Chamber of Commerce, you are a grassroots, I am a grassroots, everyone is a grassroots, they are all just making do, no one should laugh at anyone else.

Many huge organizations, on the surface, look like luxury cars running on the highway, but inside they are actually a few people riding bicycles with beautiful shells, and the direction of each person's bicycles is not exactly the same. You Don't think how broken this car is, all the cars on the road are actually like this, but no one has broken it.

You comment on the outside and say "how about this sports car" and "how about that sports car", and the guy who is riding three wheels inside the sports car shell will only want to laugh.

Yang Lu took a deep look at Han Fulai, and said meaningfully: "The Haiya Chamber of Commerce also has some hard-to-read scriptures!"

Han Fulai defended himself with a natural tone: "The Haiya Chamber of Commerce is huge, and its business spans hundreds of ports across the four oceans of Kyushu. Even if all non-core businesses are outsourced to partners like Qingning Chamber of Commerce, our internal It is still difficult to manage, and Brother Yang is also an expert in management, so he must understand our difficulties..."

Yang Lu took a sip of tea and said, "Don't worry, Brother Han, I never underestimated the ability of the Sea Cliff Department because of this."

It's easy to talk to smart people, Han Fulai also nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, just like this special military operation to support the outlying islands, despite all kinds of minor problems, even though the gods from all walks of life put the financial resources of the Wuliang Sword Sect The appropriation was exhausted, but in the end we still quickly pulled up a huge fleet and successfully organized the operation. If it was replaced by the Infinity Sword Sect to personally supervise, all the money might be spent, but the fleet has not yet left the port Woolen cloth!"

No matter what action is organized, implementation is the most difficult.

If it was so easy to organize the fleet, Mo Yunlan could kick the Haiya Chamber of Commerce and go it alone, preventing middlemen from making the difference. But as Han Fu said, even if the Haiya Chamber of Commerce was handed over to him, would he have the management ability?
Certainly not!

It involves the coordination and mobilization of a large amount of human and material resources, and it doesn't mean that monks in the Nascent Soul stage have big fists.

A grass-roots team is also a team, and organizing a grass-roots team also requires corresponding management skills. If you don’t straighten out the interests of those who work under the grass-roots team, you will soon find out:

Why did this fine tricycle suddenly collapse while pedaling?Why is the direction of the three rounds suddenly wrong?

Since the various managers who supported the outlying island operation dared to openly embezzle public funds, they would definitely not be afraid of Mo Yunlan's investigation. There are not too many links that can be manipulated in such sudden military operations that have not been planned in advance, even if Mo Yunlan Insist on a thorough investigation to the end, and the final result may be nothing to investigate.

Now that the talk has come to this point, Han Fulai did not hide from Yang Lu the money-making methods of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce.

According to Han Fulai, the tens of thousands of "elite" mortal soldiers that Zhongzhou assisted the outlying islands this time, the salary alone was as high as [-] yuan in Lingshi coins, which is not a full [-] yuan in Lingshi coins. gold.

For the labor cost of this item alone, the Wuliang Sword Sect will have to spend a huge sum of several million yuan in Lingshi coins.

If you ask why the welfare of mortal mercenaries in Sea Cliff City is so good, the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce will tell you, because the mortal soldiers sent by our Sea Cliff City are all the elite among the elite, and the cost of elite soldiers is of course higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Taller!
This is like an old gentleman who is called "full of loyalty". Since he dared to ask the company to give him a salary of [-] million yuan, he must not be afraid of being asked by others. Asking means that you are capable, and you will never be able to prove that a person is not strong. ...

Because "strong ability" and "elite" are metaphysical concepts that can neither be verified nor falsified.

In addition, the salaries of this mortal army not only seriously exceed the standard, but also the logistical support costs are also ridiculously high. Whether it is clothing, food, housing, transportation or weapons and equipment, it is obviously an order of magnitude higher than that of ordinary mortal soldiers.

However, the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce does not need to explain too much about this.

Don't ask, just ask the elite!

And that's not the most outrageous thing.

Just like the Qingning Chamber of Commerce's philanthropy can deduct the rations that Li Qingning distributes to the homeless, can't the Haiya Chamber of Commerce embezzle soldiers' military salaries and death benefits?

The answer is of course yes.

It's just that the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce, as an established chamber of commerce with a history of thousands of years, will definitely not transfer the money directly to their own account. This method of operation is too simple and rude.

Even if it is to fool the Boundless Sword Sect, the Haiya Chamber of Commerce must do enough to save face.

In fact, these tens of thousands of mercenaries are all sea cliff natives with innocent family backgrounds, and all of them have immediate family members living in the sea cliff area.The military appropriation of the Wuliang Sword Sect must first go to the family accounts of these sea cliff natives.

But don't forget that the Haiya Department is the emperor of the sea in Haiya City. Even though the money flowed into the pockets of these mortals first, it doesn't mean that the Haiya Department can't take the money out of their pockets. come out.After all, there are old and young soldiers among these soldiers, and monks can't escape the temple if they run away.

The Haiya City Lord's Mansion imposes a "special city construction tax" or "civilized city creation tax". Do you dare to resist the tax and refuse to pay it?

Moreover, the Haiya faction has always done things with gentle means and supplemented by violent means. They had already negotiated with these soldiers through the drawer agreement in advance about the "seventy-three split accounts" operating regulations.

In the end, the salaries that fell on these soldiers were only [-]% of the obvious, and the remaining [-]% would be "recovered" by the Haiya Department through clever names.

If you don't agree, you don't have to sign up to join the army.

If you don't do it, there are still people who want to do it!
(End of this chapter)