Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 713 The Origin and Formation of the Business Alliance

At the beginning of the establishment of the four major sects, all states and counties were still in a state of chaos and disorder, and belonged to land without owners.

The three major chambers of commerce spent a lot of spiritual stones in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Yizhou near the Cangming Sea to buy many lands from the four sects.

And established many large and small chambers of commerce, bringing those sites into the sphere of influence of the chamber of commerce.

At that time, the four major sects had just been established, and their base was in Tianyuan Holy City.

They didn't care much about the "wild lands" in other states and counties. Since the three major chambers of commerce were willing to spend a lot of money to buy them, they naturally sold them to them.

Later, the three major chambers of commerce expanded their influence to the entire Tianyuan, and bought many jurisdictions in various states and counties.

As more and more Xuanmen are established in various states and counties, there are more and more frictions between Xuanmen and the Chamber of Commerce, because many places have been bought by the Chamber of Commerce and belong to the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Commerce.

The local Taoist sects don't care about that, they established Taoist sects under the order of the four major sects, and naturally took everything under their jurisdiction into their pockets.

Naturally, friction, wrangling, and even conflict broke out between the two parties.

At this time, the four major sects realized that something was wrong, and many resources were occupied by the chamber of commerce.

It seems that the loss is a bit big...

So the four sects went to negotiate with the chamber of commerce again, and after many years, they finally reached a consensus.

The chamber of commerce returns those important resource producing areas and does not occupy jurisdictional land near the main city, but each "kiosk" is given a part of the land to them.

In the territory under the jurisdiction of each "ting", they take [-]% of the proportion as their own jurisdiction, which is now a site with a radius of [-] miles per pavilion.

This pattern has been constantly changing in the course of millions of years of development. Due to the arrogance of the Taoist sect and the restrictions on recruitment, some casual cultivators formed a group spontaneously and joined the chamber of commerce, gradually forming a business alliance system.

The Merchant Alliance replaced the incoherent pieces of jurisdiction with the local Taoism, obtained many complete and large jurisdictions, and established chambers of commerce in these places.

These chambers of commerce belong to the management of the business alliance, and have their own set of procedures and rules. Because the territory is their own, the chamber of commerce is not restricted by Taoism.

In this way, the business alliance has grown stronger and stronger until it is where it is today.

So far, the chamber of commerce has been adhering to the original philosophy, maintaining a neutral attitude, and has never participated in any wars.

Whether it is the struggle between the Xuanmen and the Xuanmen, or the struggle between the Xuanmen and the Demon Sect, or the struggle between the Human Race and the Monster Race, they have always stayed out of the matter and ignored it.

After talking about the business alliance, we have to mention another important force in today's world structure, the family of practice.

In ancient times, its predecessors were originally human monks of various tribes, and later joined the Jinshui Alliance. After the human race gained an overwhelming advantage, they each sealed off the territory and split the land where the tribe lived, and separated one side.

Until the battle broke out between the mysterious method and the holy method, some of these tribes practiced the mysterious method and joined the mysterious method camp, and some practiced the holy method and joined the holy method camp.

When the Mysterious Law Department wins, those tribes who lean towards the Holy Law Department will naturally be punished and wiped out.

After the establishment of the four major sects, these tribes are naturally indispensable when dividing the territory. They have the right to autonomy and self-government.

These tribes gradually evolved into today's practice family.

Unlike the Chamber of Commerce, which is a complete independent faction, the cultivation family and Taoism are interdependent.

Between the two, there is me in you, and you in me. It is intricate, but each has its own system and management method.

In each generation of a family of cultivators, a large number of children join Taoist sects at all levels and take up important positions, and the two sides influence each other.

For example, in Taixuanzong, as we all know, there are three most powerful forces in it, one of which is the power of the aristocratic family. The current master of Xuande Hall of Taixuanzong is a big man from the Jiang family.

Those aristocratic families controlled a large number of important positions within the Xuanmen, forming a powerful force, which could naturally influence the Xuanmen's decision-making. If the Xuanmen wanted to make a decision that was not conducive to the aristocratic family, it would definitely be difficult to pass.

Conversely, Taoism also has a great say in the family of practice. Taking the Jiang family as an example, when the previous head of the Jiang family was about to sit down, the Jiang family was divided into two factions.

One faction supports the eldest son of the Jiang family, Jiang, and the other supports the elder of the Jiang family. If the matter is not handled properly, it may cause the Jiang family to split, which will affect the stability of the entire Qingzhou.

In the end, the matter was resolved perfectly, and there was no conflict and chaos, which was the result of Taixuanzong's mediation.

Therefore, when the Mubei demon went south to Qinghai, there were a large number of members of the cultivating family in the Taoist Alliance, but the Chamber of Commerce remained completely still, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, adhering to their usual neutral attitude.

The internal structure of the cultivation family in Qingzhou inland is completely different from the so-called cultivation family in Xingang.

Strictly speaking, those practicing families in Xingang cannot be counted as real practicing families.

Most of them are a few monks appearing in a relative, and then through reproduction, those with spiritual roots among the relatives are selected to teach and practice, and through several generations of development, they form a group of local forces.

It is said that they are from a family of cultivation, but there is no accurate adjective.

There is a word that people often use behind their backs to describe them, that is, local tyrants.

The composition and structure of a real practice family is by no means limited to relatives of the same clan, there are also a large number of people with foreign surnames.

These people with foreign surnames are also an important part of their practice family and will play a very important role in their family. Of course, the head of the family must be a monk from the same family.

Taking the Jiang family as an example, there are a large number of non-Jiang family members in the family power. Many of these people have served in the Jiang family for generations, worked for the Jiang family, and held important positions within the Jiang family.
His loyalty to the Jiang family is not even lower than that of the children of the Jiang family's relatives.

In addition, the Jiang family will also recruit some young children with spiritual roots to teach them how to practice and serve them in the future.

These people fused together to form the entire Jiang family force.

"As expected of a great sect, the atmosphere is really extraordinary." Seeing his smug look, Tangning went along with the flow of praise.

Tian Qingzhi smiled and said, "Compared with several other sects in Yuanxian County, it's okay, but if you look at the whole Qingzhou, it's not worth mentioning."

"Mirror Moon Sect, Cangming Sect, and Shangyuan Sect occupy a lot of beautiful lands. A mere sixth-order spiritual vein is actually nothing, but it happens to be within the county, so it is taken by our sect. Your Majesty, established a sect here."

While the few people were talking, the Sky Spirit Ship moved forward, and a huge light curtain could be faintly seen in the mountains.

"The gate of the noble sect must be inside the light curtain!" Tangning said.

"good."

"If I have the chance, I really want to see it. I have never seen such a high-level spiritual vein. I don't know what it is like to practice in it. Don't be afraid of your jokes. When I was in Xingang, I even had a second-level spiritual vein. Pulse has never been seen."

"Isn't it easy? When you come back next time, I'll take you around the mountains. It's not easy to bring people inside and outside the sect, so you can sleep wherever you want outside the mountains?" Yuan Ye said.

Tangning smiled and remained silent.

The wind spirit boat roared past, and soon left the vicinity of the Yuanlong Mountain Range.A day later, he drove out of the county and came to a city wall.

On the top of the city, there are three big characters Yuanxian Pavilion written. The entire city outline is about one or two thousand miles long and hundreds of feet high. There are people coming and going inside and outside the city. Although it is not comparable to Yuanxian City, it is still quite prosperous and lively.

This is the "main city" of Yuanxian Pavilion.

Below the city wall, two rays of light flashed and came straight to the warship, revealing the figures of two men.

The hatch opened, and a figure flashed out inside, and talked with the two of them.

The two returned to the bottom of the city wall, and after a short while, a group of monks came out, guarding the sides of the wind spirit boat, and slowly went inward.

After entering the city, the wind spirit boat landed on a wide flat ground.

The cabin door opened, and a figure walked out of it, and said, "The Yuanxian Pavilion is here, fellow Taoists who want to disembark here come here."

The sound came to everyone's ears clearly. On the deck, the figures of the people flashed, and dozens of figures came to them, handed over their number plates and left the ship.

Less than half an hour after the "Qingling" stopped, a profound spirit ship came slowly and stopped near the wind spirit ship.

Many monks on it jumped up, came to the deck of the "Qingling", took the stone boxes off the stage one by one, worked hard for about a quarter of an hour, and the Xuanling ship rose into the sky and left straight away.

"Tian Daoyou, is this "Yuanxianting City" managed by Xuanmen, or was it established by the Chamber of Commerce?" Tangning asked, because he saw that the people standing under the city were all members of the Chamber of Commerce, so he couldn't help being curious.

It stands to reason that this iconic city outline, which occupies an important geographical location, should be managed by the local Taoist sect, just like Yuanxian City, which is controlled by the local Taoist sect.

Tian Qingzhi said: "Theoretically, it is managed by Xuanmen, but many "Tingcheng" will lease the space to the chamber of commerce to collect high taxes."

Tangning was puzzled and said, "Why is this? "Ting City" is the center of the entire "Ting". Why did you hand it over to the chamber of commerce?"

Tian Qingzhi said: "This reason is difficult to explain, and I can't explain it clearly in one or two sentences. In short, the local Taoist sect does not have the ability to do it well. You must know how to manage a large-scale, involving a radius of [-] miles. A "large square city" involves all aspects of relationships."

"Some things here are very complicated, and the people stationed in the "pavilion" are all D-level Taoist sects. Some sects are weak, and they don't have the strength and ability to settle the complicated relationship here, and they need to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources."

"Instead of that, why not simply leave it to the business alliance to manage it, as long as they collect a certain amount of taxes, isn't it much better than doing it yourself?"

Tangning couldn't help but asked curiously, "Excuse me for being stupid, what does Daoyou Tian mean by the complicated relationship? Can you teach me a thing or two?"

Tian Qingzhi pondered for a while, as if organizing his words: "Let's use an analogy! You know that this "Yuanxian Pavilion City" is the center of the entire "Yuanxian Pavilion", where it extends in all directions."

"In addition, it is also an important base connecting Yuanxian County to Yingyang City. Basically, all the people coming and going, and the merchant ships transporting it, all take such a route and have to pass through this location."

"Then here comes the problem. This is a way of making money. The monks with a radius of [-] li will take you as transport ships to other cities and pavilions."

"All transported goods have to pass through this stronghold. With your strength as a D-level Xuanmen, can you keep this money-making path?"

"There are no high-ranking monks sitting in the town, and any merchant ship is carrying billions or tens of billions of worth items. A casual cultivator can come here to plunder unscrupulously, let alone some forces with ulterior motives."

"This is a problem of hard power, it is relatively simple, and there are some problems of human resources."

"For example, a merchant ship passing by here happens to encounter a breakdown and needs to be replenished and repaired at your place. Do you have the strength to do these things as a D-level Taoist?"

"Due to its special geographical location, this "Tingcheng" is not a simple square city, but an important stronghold connecting all parties. The relationship between all aspects cannot be properly resolved by a third-level Taoist sect at all."

Tangning seemed to understand and nodded, "Then why didn't you hand it over to the Canglang Sect! Instead, hand it over to the Shangmeng?"

Tian Qingzhi said: "Even if it is handed over to Canglangzong, there must be a merchant alliance to settle in! Without a merchant alliance, isn't it just an empty shell?"

"This involves the balance between the Chamber of Commerce and the Xuanmen, because the main city does not allow the merchant alliance to settle in. If all these strongholds are taken down, then the merchant alliance will start a new stove elsewhere, which is not conducive to development."

"Furthermore, the price offered by the Canglang Sect cannot be higher than that of the Shangmeng. Of course, the local Xuanmen is willing to hand it over to the Shangmeng for management."

While the two of them were talking, dozens of lights came from a distance, and when they arrived on the deck, the Wind Spirit Ship soared into the sky, exited the "Yuanxian Pavilion", and headed northwest.

Along the way, we drove through countless mountains and mountains, great rivers and great rivers.

Every time the wind spirit ship arrives at a "Tingcheng", it will stop for a period of time to unload the heavy stone boxes escorted and some monks who disembarked.

Everywhere, there will be new monks coming, ranging from dozens of people to hundreds of people at most. It has to be said that this is really a "road to make money".

There are no less than a thousand monks carrying the "Qingling" alone.

According to the charging standard of [-] spirit stones per person, the estimated profit for this trip alone will reach tens of millions of spirit stones.

The cost of those items for shipping is not included.

This profit can be said to be very exaggerated. The annual income of the entire Qianyi sect is less than [-] million spirit stones, and the profit of the passengers alone for the trip of the Fengling ship is tens of millions.

This is just a merchant ship under the banner of the Canglang Sect. There must be merchant ships from other forces. From this point, it is enough to see the prosperity of Qingzhou inland.

The Fengling boat sailed for about eight or nine days, and finally arrived at Fengyun Pavilion.

Like other pavilion cities, this city is surrounded by the city walls on all sides. The "Qing Ling" stopped in front of the city, accepted the inspection of the officers on duty below the city walls, and slowly entered the city under the protection of a team of monks, and stopped. In a wide flat land.

The hatch opened, and a man with big ears came out: "Fengyun Pavilion is here, fellow Taoists who disembarked here, please come here."

With a flash, everyone approached him and handed him the number plates they had received one by one.

The man confirmed that it was correct, and nodded: "Fellow Taoists, you can disembark now. You are welcome to take the "Qingling" again next time."

After a flash of light, they left the warship. Tangning and the others followed Tian Qingzhi and left the "Tingcheng" all the way to the southeast.

(End of this chapter)