The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 568 Outlying Islands Trade Privileges
As both parties come to an agreement, things will fall into place.

Before negotiating with Tian Beixi, Yang Lu had already prepared a batch of gunpowder, and taking the opportunity to kill Zhu Ziming, he gave a vivid road show to the land turtle lords of the outlying islands. Lu successfully stole the witchcraft of the demon girl Tian Beixi, and could find an opportunity to invade the outlying islands at any time.

The lords of outlying islands didn't know the restrictions on the use of gunpowder. They thought it was Yang Lu who cast a demonic spell on the merchant ship, and Zhu Ziming died by self-explosion. Although they could refuse the Haiya fleet to enter the port, if Yang Lu learned from Tian Beixi's practice , single-handedly smuggling with a demon, but no one can stop him, so the outlying islands are now panicked.

But Yang Lu has no intention of invading outlying islands.

Although the Qingning Chamber of Commerce has been secretly producing black powder under the cover of "special refining technology", it seems that there is no possibility of leaking the secret for the time being, but if the gunpowder is used more times, it will inevitably show its flaws, so this thing is the best Like a nuclear bomb, it can only be used as a deterrent, and long-term stable benefits can be obtained.

After negotiating the conditions with Tian Beixi, Yang Lu wrote letters to the major lords of the outlying islands through Han Fulai's channel, expressing that the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is willing to coexist peacefully with the outlying islands, and has no willingness to change the status quo of the outlying islands. Ning Chamber of Commerce's export priority supply right.

According to the feedback from the outlying islands, Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, has taken the lead and expressed his willingness to become a "long-term partner" of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. After seeing someone taking the lead, other outlying island lords also chose to compromise.

At present, the focus of the dispute between the two parties is mainly on the obligations of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to the lord of the outlying islands.

Although most of the outlying island lords expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and guarantee the trade privileges of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the outlying island area, they also hope to use the strength of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to maintain their dominance.

According to the proposal of these outlying island lords, they hope that when there is a rebellion inside the outlying island, or when there are external cultivation forces like Huoyun State intervening in the outlying island, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce can act as the protector of the outlying island area and protect the outlying island lords with demon law. rights, otherwise they are not willing to make too many concessions on trade.

In addition, Xu Tong, the inner ghost of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce in the outlying island, even jumped out to sing against Huang Xuan, saying that if you are not willing to negotiate with the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, then we Yanbo Island will talk to Consultant Yang alone. , It means to act as the agent of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and level the outlying islands for Consultant Yang.

Li Qingning originally didn't intend to make it too ostentatious, but planned to have a private gathering with Xu Yannan, Chen Ping, Yang Chenglong, Xi Ziang and other close cultivators. Watching the turmoil of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, even with the help of Haiya City's official forces to cover it up, the news of Li Qingning's advanced foundation building period was quickly spread by the troublemakers.

According to the conditions negotiated between the lords of the outlying islands and Yang Lu, from now on, all merchant ships holding tokens from the Qingning Chamber of Commerce will have preferential purchase and discounted trading privileges in the outlying islands. This is equivalent to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce having a Kyushu monopoly on certain key resources.

So Yang Lu said that it is no problem to use demon law to maintain your rule, but I can only negotiate with you individually.

As long as they can keep their power and position, the remaining problem is the difference between earning more and earning less. They asked Yang Lu to use gunpowder to ensure their safety, and it was precisely out of consideration for this appeal.

The lords of outlying islands didn't know that the use of sorcery was actually a matter of "beating wolves with hemp stalks". Yang Lu never considered negotiating with them separately from the beginning to the end. Losing the ability to deter and intimidate them, they felt that Yang Lu was doing things fairly, so the lords of the outlying islands quickly accepted Yang Lu's request in full.

Under the joint pressure exerted by Yanbo Island and Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Huang Xuan, the chief executive of the outlying islands, quickly lost the initiative to negotiate and was forced to compromise with Yang Lu.

If Yang Lu had proposed this condition at the beginning, the lord of the outlying island would probably find it difficult to accept it. However, Yang Lu first threatened to negotiate with the lord of the outlying island alone, and then took a step back and said that it was okay not to negotiate alone, which seemed very kind.

And Yang Lu didn't push too much, so he said that the Qingning Chamber of Commerce can promise not to reach a cooperation with a certain outlying island lord alone, and even Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, will not have special treatment, but the outlying island must also make concessions, Qingning The Chamber of Commerce can act as the protector of the outlying island area when external cultivation forces intervene in the outlying island, but if the turmoil itself comes from within the outlying island, then the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is not obliged to clean up the mess for any outlying island lord.

He was keenly aware that for the local emperors of the outlying islands, the economic benefits brought by exports, and even the overall political interests of the outlying islands, were secondary. The next step is to murder the former owner of Guhong Island. This kind of thing is actually what the lord of the outlying island fears the most.

The alliance formed by the major lords of the outlying islands was originally a bulk, and the conflicts among them were very serious. Once these words came out, the lords of the outlying islands could no longer maintain their internal unity.

However, this stalemate did not last long, and Yang Lu quickly found a breakthrough in the negotiation.

At the critical moment when the Qingning Chamber of Commerce was frantically expanding its sphere of influence, Li Qingning finally took a break from his busy schedule and successfully advanced to the foundation building stage, which made the situation of the Chamber of Commerce like a raging fire.

According to the usual practice, a cultivator will hold a banquet to celebrate the promotion and foundation building period, and the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is no exception.

But the problem is that Yang Lu does not want gunpowder to be abused, so the negotiations between the two parties have also reached a stalemate.

If this kind of thing really happened and let the other party have a "magic umbrella" but he didn't, then things would be troublesome.

After the cooperation between the two parties was reached, the name of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce quickly spread throughout the Eastern Ocean, and even many chambers of commerce in the Arctic State and Huoyun State. I heard that the lords of the outlying islands began to give special treatment to merchant ships carrying the certification of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Afterwards, they all began traveling thousands of miles to Haiya City to discuss cooperation matters with the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, and even expressed their willingness to form an alliance with the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.

For the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, this promise does not require any additional price. If the Qingning Chamber of Commerce can really take the opportunity to seize the trade hegemony of the outlying islands, then the invasion of the outlying islands by external forces is equivalent to damaging the core interests of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. If the lord does not send out a request for help, it is impossible for the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to sit idly by.

Although Huang Xuan, the lord of the island, repeatedly stated that everyone should unite to negotiate with the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, but Huang Xuan's control over the major lords is also very limited, and no one can guarantee that his neighbors will not make peace with Yang Lu privately.

After the news spread, not only the three giants of the Haiya family came to the door to congratulate them, but also the business leaders of the Eastern Ocean business community sent congratulatory gifts one after another.

The most shocking thing was that even the mortal lords of the outlying islands, who never took a step outside the outlying islands and hated practitioners, sent special envoys to congratulate Miss Li.

Just looking at the momentum, those who didn't know might think that the Haiya faction had another Golden Core stage ancestor. Even if Li Qingyang was still alive, Li Qingning's celebration of breaking through the foundation stage might not be able to make such a big battle.

Some older seniors in the cultivation world even said with emotion that even when Lin Jianxing took over as the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect, the chief executive of the outlying islands he personally appointed only sent a congratulatory letter.

(End of this chapter)