The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

It would be difficult for Yang Lu to refuse the invitation of Jin Dan Qi monk.

It's just that the futon that Qu Jing provided him was too close to the beautiful disciple who was cultivating a sword in seclusion. After Yang Lu sat down, he could even smell the faint body fragrance from this woman. He tried to put the futon Moved to the side, only to find that the futon in Qu Jing's hand seemed to be extremely heavy. No matter how hard he tried, it was firmly nailed to the ground as if it had been rooted.

Obviously, this futon should be a very high-grade magic weapon.

Yang Lu couldn't help but look at Qu Jing, but Qu Jing didn't show any abnormality.

Seeing this scene, Yang Lu thought to himself that even if you are using beauty tricks, I am not the one who suffers, so he just sat down beside that beautiful disciple so generously.

Qu Jing smiled, and then took the initiative to talk about business: "I just invited you to the Hanguangsaber faction as a guest, but it was not entirely out of selfishness, the main reason is that the negotiator of Haiyuan Island is staying in our Hanguang City right now. This time, they also specially asked me to invite you to meet me."

The negotiator of Abyss Island?

Speaking of which, this is the second time that Yang Lu has heard news from Haiyuan Island recently.

When I was at the Lingshi Reserve Bank two days ago, the Jindanqi Currency Committee member from Haiyuan Island once euphemistically mentioned that there may be many opportunities for cooperation between the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and Haiyuan Island in the future. I doubt it, but I feel that the other party may just be polite, but now Elder Qu of the Light Sword Sect also said that the representative of Haiyuan Island wants to see him, which is obviously not a coincidence.

What's more, Haiyuan Island and Hanguangsaber faction have been enemies for thousands of years. It was a very strange thing that Haiyuan Island's negotiator appeared in the headquarters of Hanguangsaber faction.

I don't know what they are talking about?
Because Yang Lu didn't try to hide his confusion, Qu Jing also saw that his expression was wrong, and couldn't help but change his expression slightly: "Could it be that... Consultant Yang hasn't heard about the situation of Haiyuan Island?"

Hearing what Qu Jing said, Yang Lu immediately asked: "I don't know what Elder Qu said?"

Qu Jing did not directly answer this question, but glanced at Lin Musen who was dressed in a mask beside Yang Lu, and changed the subject: "This fellow Taoist looks very unfamiliar? Could it be that you are also a young talent from the Golden Knife Sect?" handsome?"

Yang Lu was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized, and explained: "This is Mr. Keqing Mu, who was hired by our Qingning Chamber of Commerce with a lot of money. He is not from the Golden Knife Sect, but he is very good at fighting skills, so I specially hired him to come here. Serve as my bodyguard!"

After speaking, Yang Lu turned to Lin Musen and said, "Mu Daoyou, it seems that Elder Qu has something important to discuss. As an external employee of our Qingning Chamber of Commerce, please avoid it for a while."

Lin Musen cupped his hands at the two of them, and said in a hoarse voice that he pretended to be: "It's okay, I'm just taking money to do things, and I'm not interested in the secrets of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and the Lightsaber Sect."

After that, he voluntarily left the room.

I have to say that Lin Musen's acting skills are still quite online, and he is completely like a mercenary who is only looking for profit.

In the world of Kyushu comprehension, serving as a guest minister of the Cultivation Chamber of Commerce is a common method for monks in the foundation period to earn extra money, especially for those monks who are not good at management.

Although the Kyushu cultivation world is quite peaceful in most cases, the practitioners possess extremely strong personal force after all, and there have been incidents of passionate killings. When the blood is on the head, they can't care so much at all.

In order to prevent becoming a victim of passionate murder, many chambers of commerce will hire monks in the foundation period to serve as enshrined (thugs).

These thugs usually don't have to do anything, they only need to show up to deter the enemy under special circumstances, and even in most cases, they don't need to actually make a move, they just need to show their own cultivation, and they can effectively persuade the enemy to retreat.

You can get a huge amount of income for nothing by spending a little time. It can be said that Ke Qing's enshrining is one of the most cost-effective part-time jobs in the cultivation world. Almost all non-real power foundation-building stage monks will be registered in various cultivation chambers of commerce.

It's just that this kind of behavior of making extra money behind the back of the sect, although there is nothing wrong with it in theory, it is not very nice to say it out, so most of the priests of the chamber of commerce will choose to hide their heads and show their tails like Lin Musen, which is why Lin Musen is dressed in a full mask, But it never aroused suspicion from outsiders.

As the helm of the fourth largest force in Haiya City, Yang Lu himself is a war scum, so it is completely normal to hire a lot of money to hire foundation-establishment monks as thugs.

Qu Jing also did not doubt Lin Musen's identity.

Although he can use violent means to break Lin Musen's disguise, if he really does this, it will be equivalent to slapping the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the face. Elder Qu will not have time to make friends with Yang Lu, so he will definitely not do such a thing. kind of impolite thing.

So he nodded lightly, then pointed at Yang Lu's back and raised his hand, a magic barrier at the Golden Core Stage level enveloped the entire ashram, even Lin Musen, who was standing not far from the door, No sound inside the spell barrier could be heard.

After confirming that no outsiders were able to check the situation inside the barrier, Qu Jing explained: "Actually, this is not a secret. The disciples I brought already knew about it. And the specific matters are basically discussed by all parties. It's all been negotiated, and it's just an official announcement. It's just for compliance reasons, it's not convenient for everyone to say it, but Consultant Yang is not an outsider, even if I tell you in advance, it's okay."

Seeing Qu Jing's seriousness, Yang Lu hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear more about it!"

Qu Jing immediately revealed a shocking news: "Haiyuan Island and Hanguangsaber faction are ready to sign a trade cooperation agreement!"

A trade cooperation agreement between Abyss Island and the Han lightsaber faction?
Hearing this outrageous news, Yang Lu couldn't believe his ears.

The relationship between Haiyuan Island and the Light Sword Sect is quite similar to that between the Shanying Sect and the Haiya Sect. They are both members of the Six Extreme North Sects, and their strengths are comparable, and their territories are close to each other. Dragons and tigers have been fighting for thousands of years.

It is said that before the Middle Ages, the two sects of Han Lightsaber Sect and Haiyuan Island were actually connected by land, and the geographical dividing line between Haiyuan Island and Han Lightsaber Sect today is the line that connects Haiyuan Island and the mainland of the Arctic State. The thousands of miles of sea that was separated was caused by the aftermath of the fighting between the two sects of immortal ancestors, and it is still filled with violent power.

Not to mention these ancient histories that cannot be verified, because the two sects are highly overlapping in terms of geographical location and ecological niche, even if the two sides have no historical grievances, friction is naturally prone to break out, and the two sects have been fighting for thousands of years. To a large extent, the outcome of the match was due to the direct or indirect intervention of overseas cultivation forces.

Just like the major ocean trade giants do not want to see the unification of the outlying islands, the seven major sects of Kyushu also do not want a true overlord sect to emerge in the Arctic State. The contradiction in Yuandao has naturally become the best tool for overseas forces to disrupt the situation in the Arctic State.

Often the relationship between the two sects eases slightly, and there will be major changes. Either the high-level sect who advocated peace talks will be assassinated, or fierce conflicts will break out again on the border between the two sects; It will jump out to mediate to prevent the intensification of conflicts between the two parties.

Over the years, the Han lightsaber faction and Abyssal Island have never achieved peace in the true sense.

The ocean trade is the main focus of conflict between the two sects.

Haiyuan Island has the ice-free port with the best natural conditions in the Arctic State, and also has the shortest route from the Arctic State to the other eight states.Although the southern foot of Daxue Mountain where the Light Sword Sect is located also has a long coastline, but not far from the port, you will encounter the bottomless thousand-mile abyss exuding terrifying spiritual fluctuations.

Therefore, any ocean-going fleet that wants to do business with the Lightsaber Sect must first resupply at Haiyuan Island, and then go around thousands of miles of Haiyuan to trade at the site of the Lightsaber Sect.

Grasping this huge geographical advantage, Haiyuan Island has promulgated a trade ban against the arch-rival Han-Lightsaber faction many years ago. All chambers of commerce that do business with the Han-Lightsaber faction are not allowed to stop at Haiyuan Island for supplies. .

The Arctic State is already poor in products. After the trade blockade of the Abyss Island, the Lightsaber faction will undoubtedly become more difficult. The White Glove Chamber of Commerce run by monks) purchased supplies, which greatly affected the economic and population growth of the area under the jurisdiction of the Lightsaber Sect.

But the Light Sword Sect did not sit still.

The way they came up with to break the situation was to introduce their hardcore allies, the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce.

Since the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is similar to Haiyuan Island in that they are mainly engaged in trade in the Eastern Ocean, the competition between the two sides is very fierce. Whether it is the acquisition of Yangjiang Port or the Outlying Islands War, Haiyuan Island's capital is behind it.

In the struggle between the two sides, the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce is actually in a relatively disadvantaged position.

Although the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce has the largest ocean-going fleet in the Eastern Ocean, and has financial resources not weaker than those of the Six Sects of the Extreme North, the Sea Cliff Sect is only a vassal sect of the Wuliang Sword Sect after all, and the population of the area under its jurisdiction is worse than that of Haiyuan Island. Four or five times, and the high-quality spiritual root cultivation seedlings within the sphere of influence were all intercepted by the Wuliang Sword Sect.

Therefore, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the most critical high-level cultivators, the Haiya Chamber of Commerce has a natural shortcoming, and it cannot be compared with Haiyuan Island and the Hanguangjian Sect, which have more than [-] Jindan stage monks. After talking about the predicament faced by the Han lightsaber faction, the Haiya Chamber of Commerce extended an olive branch almost immediately.

Since both parties can make up for each other's shortcomings, this cooperation can be said to be a hit.

Ever since the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce and the Lightsaber Sect reached an alliance, the ocean-going fleet under the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce had completely given up doing business with Haiyuan Island, and started trading directly with the Lightsaber Sect.

It’s just that because they couldn’t stop at Haiyuan Island for supplies halfway, after the Haiya Chamber of Commerce’s fleet departed from the port in Beimozhou, they had to bypass Qianli Haiyuan and sail directly to the port under the control of the Han lightsaber faction, so they needed to carry Excessive on-board supplies, and the cargo carried by the fleet will be greatly reduced accordingly, affecting the operating efficiency of the fleet.

Although this approach is of no benefit to the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce, it solves the urgent need of the Lightsaber Sect.

Since then, the Light Sword Sect has become the most staunch external ally of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Even after the Haiya Sect and the Wuliang Sword Sect had turned against each other, the Light Sword Sect sent Jindanqi elders to the platform many times. As bad as the relationship between Yuandao and the Lightsaber faction is, the relationship between the Sea Cliff faction and the Lightsaber faction is as close, and vice versa.

The relationship between Haiyuan Island, Haiya Chamber of Commerce, and Hanguangsaber faction has lasted for nearly a thousand years, but Qu Jing just said that Haiyuan Island will reach a trade agreement with Hanguangsaber faction.

How could this not surprise Yang Lu?

Seeing Yang Lu's disbelief written all over his face, Qu Jing spread his hands and said, "I didn't expect Consultant Yang to have never heard of this matter. You may not know that this matter was caused by City Lord Jiang and Chairman Su! "

This matter was actually caused by the Sea Cliff Department?

Hearing this, Yang Lu felt even more wrong.

The conflict between the Lightsaber faction and Haiyuan Island broke out, and the biggest direct beneficiary was the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. The Haiya faction facilitated the trade agreement between the Lightsaber faction and Haiyuan Island. Inevitably, his right to speak in the Han lightsaber faction will be greatly reduced.After all, the main purpose of the Hanguangsaber faction's alliance with the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is to fight against Haiyuan Island!
More importantly, Haiyuan Island actually agreed to this proposal!

Yang Lu smiled bitterly: "Although our Qingning Chamber of Commerce is known as the fourth largest force in Haiya City, to the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, we are still outsiders after all, and we have no business dealings with the Arctic State. Strange...Could it be that Elder Qu led the team to Haiya City this time to discuss this matter?"

Qu Jing nodded and said, "That's right! Our Hanguangsaber faction has deep grievances with Haiyuan Island. Even if the head of Shenhuo Zongtian, the Arctic Cold Palace, and the Lord Jiang of Haiya City jointly came forward as guarantees, this negotiation is by no means a problem. It's easy, and there are a lot of problems involved. I have to come to Haiya City in person on behalf of the high-level Hanguangsaber faction. And our head Wu of the Lightsaber faction has to go to the headquarters of the Lightsaber faction in person. The meeting with the owner of Haiyuan Island Wei Island was also coordinated by Li Feiyu, the former currency committee member of your Lingshi Reserve Bank."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Lu couldn't help showing a stunned expression.

He was not surprised that Elder Li Feiyu who defected from Huoyun State had found a job again, but was surprised that Tian Daxiao, head of Shenhuo Sect, and Arctic Cold Palace, overlord of Arctic State, were behind the trade agreement negotiations.

When he heard these things just now, he hadn't realized what was going on, but thinking of Tian Beixi's secret activities in Haiya City some time ago, Yang Lu suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
The negotiation between the Han Lightsaber Sect and Haiyuan Island was facilitated by the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, which is very likely the price Jiang Huaan paid to the Shenhuo Sect!

Yang Lu felt a little strange before, why when Lin Jianxing came to Haiya City in person, the Shenhuo Sect would brazenly intervene at the risk of a full-scale conflict, and Tian Daxiao even went out in person as the head.

Even though he knew that Jiang Hua'an was a guy with all-hands and eyes, it was still a very outrageous thing to ask the head of the Seven Great Sects to risk his life.

Looking at it now, Shenhuozong's righteous action may not be without price.And this price should be that the Haiya Chamber of Commerce should come forward to facilitate the trade agreement between Haiyuan Island and Hanguangsaber faction!