The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

As Lin Jianxing chose to give in, Haiya City gradually restored its former prosperity.

At least that's what it looks like on the surface.

Except for a very small number of comprehension chambers of commerce and comprehension investors who were damaged or even went bankrupt due to violent fluctuations in commodity prices, the inexplicable blockade for two consecutive days seemed to be just an illusion, leaving no traces on Haiya City. The city is like a complicated machine, once again operating according to its original inertia.

And Qingning Chamber of Commerce has also had a major event in the past two days:
Li Qingning, the eldest lady of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, finally officially broke through the bottleneck of the foundation-building period and became a first-tier foundation-building cultivator.

It stands to reason that Li Qingning's breakthrough speed should not be slower than Yang Chenglong, but the development speed of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce during this period is so fast that not only amazed the people who eat melons, but even made her, the founder of the chamber of commerce, feel astonished. Unexpected.

Two years ago, Qingning Chamber of Commerce was still a fringe chamber of commerce eating leftovers behind Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Food for the Qingning Chamber of Commerce;

However, after just two years, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce has become the fourth largest force recognized in Haiya City. Even if the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce and the Chen Family Chamber of Commerce were in their heyday 500 years ago, they may not have the momentum and strength of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce today. status.

However, explosive expansion also brings explosive workload.

Although Yang Lu can leave most of the work to He Mingyuan and Ji Sihan, two tool people, but these two guys with previous convictions are not easy to save fuel. What kind of nonsense did you come up with, not to mention that there are still many things, and Li Qingning must personally come forward to communicate and coordinate.

These trivial matters and chores make Miss Li's training time seem a bit stretched.

But if the enemy doesn't know the principle behind gunpowder, then this thing is like a spell, enough to cause a fatal blow to the morale of the cold weapon army.

Not only did she not bargain with Yang Lu, but she also said that she would definitely not take advantage of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. She only needed [-]% of the shares of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, and she was willing to keep the secret of gunpowder for Yang Lu and Li Qingning.

Because of this, if the Qingning Chamber of Commerce wants to have a solid foundation, it cannot do without outlying island trade, and controlling the outlying islands cannot do without gunpowder. Tian Beixi is extremely smart, and must be aware of the effect of the secret of gunpowder on the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Yang Lu originally thought that This will be a tough negotiation, and he even communicated with Li Qingning in advance about the bottom line of doing business with Tian Beixi.

Therefore, if the secret of the gunpowder can be well protected, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce will be able to completely control the hegemony of the outlying island trade!
However, the biggest problem is that Yang Lu is not the only one who knows the details of gunpowder, Tian Beixi, the inventor of gunpowder, also knows the details.

Since Tian Beixi invented gunpowder, the political situation on the outlying islands has undergone earth-shaking changes. Although the power of gunpowder is what it is, it is not enough to rewrite the power balance of mortal cold weapons. The earth may really eliminate cold weapons. Wait until breech-loading guns come out.

Back then, Cortes and Pizarro defeated the Inca and Aztec armies of tens of thousands with dozens of extremely backward matchlock guns, relying on this information asymmetry.

And outlying islands, where cultivators can't intervene, are obviously the most suitable bargaining chips for the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.

Because of this, when the situation in Haiya City was tense, Yang Lu specially invited Tian Beixi to the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce for tea. Yang Lu even planned to give up [-]% of the shares of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to the other party. Although this price made Li Qingning's heart ache, but if he could exchange [-]% of the shares for the hegemony of outlying island trade, the price was still worth it.

Although the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and the Haiya Chamber of Commerce have in-depth cooperation in various aspects, these cooperations are still only at the level of interests. The Qingning Chamber of Commerce has not demonstrated its irreplaceability, or the irreplaceability of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is very To a large extent, it still comes from Li Qingning's golden signboard of "former Lingshi Reserve Bank princess".

Unexpectedly, Tian Beixi's reaction was very straightforward.

Among the most important things are the Yangjiang Port project and trade issues with outlying islands.It is better that the Yangjiang Port project is on the right track, but the trade issue with outlying islands is not so simple.

The huge economic benefits involved in outlying island trade are just one of them. More importantly, after the death of Li Qingyang, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce extremely lacked its own political foundation.

However, just like the Shunfeng warehouse owner who took the risk to cooperate with Zhu Ziming, relying on the legacy of the predecessors is not a long-term solution after all, and Li Qingyang's influence has also continued to weaken after his death.If the Qingning Chamber of Commerce wants to have a long-term future, it must have its own unbreakable basic plate, so that the Haiya Department cannot easily replace itself.

Since gunpowder was invented by Tian Beixi herself, and has nothing to do with her master Tian Daxiao or Shenhuozong, Tian Beixi really has the right to be the master.

Because gunpowder only looks like a bluff, if Tian Beixi chooses to reveal the secret of gunpowder after escaping from the outlying island in desperation, it will be equivalent to dying with the Qingning chamber of commerce.Therefore, if he wants to control the outlying island trade with the "mysterious power" of gunpowder, Yang Lu first needs to persuade Tian Beixi to cooperate with him.

From then on, Qingning Chamber of Commerce will become the fourth largest family in Haiya City!

With the trade hegemony of outlying islands as capital, Qingning Chamber of Commerce will become a favorite of the major superpowers even if it is not covered by any cultivators. It may even be like the five major chambers of commerce in Haiya City 7000 years ago. The basic plan is to establish a super ocean trade trust, take the outlying island trade franchise as a stake, and completely merge the Qingning Chamber of Commerce into the Sea Cliff System.

But Tian Beixi also has his own conditions, that is, Yang Lu can no longer use "I let you go twice in a row" to humiliate her when he has nothing to do. Not only that, Yang Lu must also admit to Tiandao that he owes her in turn a favor.

Yang Lu originally thought that this negotiation would cause Li Qingning to bleed, but he never expected that Tian Beixi's offer was aimed at himself.

Indeed, when he usually chatted with Tian Beixi, he liked to say that she was captured twice in a row by him, so when he heard that Tian Beixi actually made such a condition, he immediately said dumbfounded that this matter was simply a joke .

However, when Tian Beixi heard that Yang Lu actually wanted to bargain, she changed her expression on the spot, saying that if Yang Lu did not agree to her conditions, then even if the Qingning Chamber of Commerce gave her [-]% of the shares, she would reveal the secret to the public.

Yang Lu originally expected Li Qingning to say a few words for him, but Li Qingning heard that the conditions proposed by Tian Beixi were so simple, so he rebelled to Tian Beixi on the spot, saying that Tian Beixi is worthy of being his good sister, so let's not make gestures up.

Seeing that his eldest lady is about to let out the words "Don't say that Yang Lu owes one favor, even if we both owe three favors, it's not too much", Yang Lu dare not let her continue to be so opposite After haggling over the price, he could only honestly sign this "power loss and humiliation" treaty with Tian Beixi.