Ruins of the past

Yong'an 17 years, mid-May.

Yisiman suddenly received a message from Tongtian Old Demon, asking him if he was interested in the drawings and craftsmanship of building a hydraulic textile machine.

Although the wolf clan has been asking Tongtian to capture some human craftsmen for them since they cooperated with the old demon Tongtian, Tongtian has never done such a thing.

When he suddenly received this news, Yi Siman was overjoyed and naturally willing to take over the drawings and craftsmen.

…

That night, in a mountain col agreed upon by both parties.

Chu Qiguang was wearing a mask, followed by several monsters from Yaoyin Village.

Yisiman took the blueprint handed over by the other party and handed it over to his own craftsmen for inspection.

Chu Qiguang pointed at the monster behind him and said slowly: "Don't worry, they are the craftsmen who escaped from the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce's workshop. These drawings are all genuine."

The craftsman brought by Yisiman nodded slightly after checking the drawings: "It should be true, but it's best to take it back for verification."

Seeing this scene, Yi Siman breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the old demon Tongtian in front of him and asked: "What do you want? If it is money, I'm afraid it will be more troublesome. All the money we have has been invested in the stock market. Now There’s no cash either.”

"And it has to be delivered in batches. When we build the hydraulic textile machine according to the drawings..."

Chu Qiguang said: "You can take the drawings back first..."

Just as the two parties were discussing the details of the deal, a whistling sound suddenly sounded not far away.

I saw Yang Ling leading a large number of people from the Demon Suppression Division towards the scene to surround them.

Yisiman was shocked: "People from the Suppressing Demon Division? How do they know we are here?"

Chu Qiguang, however, pulled the craftsman and dodged back: "The Demon Suppressor is here, the transaction is suspended, we will talk about it later."

Yisiman said: "It's better to kill them all..."

Chu Qiguang sneered: "The current Qianhu in Lingzhou is Zhongshan'e, and I don't want to attract his attention yet. If you want to live in Lingzhou for a long time, you'd better learn to hibernate..."

I saw the strong wind surging all over his body, and the terrifying heat wave dispersed in all directions.

The pursuing soldiers got a little closer and then screamed and retreated.

A demon-slaying sword in the hand of a hundred households was unsheathed and rushed towards Chu Qiguang with a roar. However, Chu Qiguang flicked it out with a finger, and the whistling Gang Qi hit him directly.

This move was clearly the flick of the finger that the fierce god Bai Shihe had used on Chu Qiguang.

At this moment, Chu Qiguang imitated it and actually gained some power of the fierce god.

Amidst the bang and explosion, this Baihu slashed away the flying Gang Qi, but felt his arms were numb and his Qi and blood surged.

He looked at Chu Qiguang who was retreating in shock, not daring to pursue him any further.

But seeing Yang Ling behind him, he had already passed him and chased after him. The man from Baihu immediately shouted: "Master Yang! This person is difficult to deal with..."

Yang Ling said: "Leave this person to me! You go chase him on the other side!"

On the other side, Yi Siman reluctantly looked at the craftsmen and blueprints taken away by the old demon Tongtian, and thought to himself: 'No wonder he has been able to live freely in the Han Dynasty for so long. This Tongtian is really cautious enough. He ran away when he saw the Demon Suppressing Division... I don't want to reveal my true strength too much. ’

He sighed secretly, and the Shura Sword Technique instantly unfolded.

Under the shroud of sword light, the air was torn and blood surged, directly forcing back the chasing troops of the Suppressing Demon Division.

Then he took one step forward and turned around to escape with his men.

…

Chu Qiguang led the craftsmen and Yang Ling one after another and ran away.

"You go back first, I'll stop him."

After letting the craftsmen run away first, Chu Qiguang turned around and faced Yang Ling who was chasing him.

The energy and blood of both sides exploded, and layers of energy collided. In a few lightning strikes, boulders were thrown away and trees were crushed.

Several craftsmen looked at this scene and suddenly ran faster.

When only the two of them were left at the scene, Chu Qiguang and Yang Ling stopped.

Chu Qiguang took out a blueprint from his arms and threw it to Yang Ling: "Show me the blueprint and say that you snatched it during the pursuit."

Yang Ling nodded, turned around and left.

…

A few days later, some gossip began to spread in Lingzhou.

It is rumored that the monster craftsmen who escaped from the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce leaked the blueprints and have completed a deal with the Northern Wolf Clan.

The Qingyang Chamber of Commerce naturally refuted the rumors immediately, but the doubts from the outside world showed no intention of stopping.

Some design drawings about hydraulic textile machines have begun to circulate on the market.

At the beginning, it was naturally the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce and the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce who joined forces with the forces behind them to suppress it.

They began to recover the design drawings that had been circulated in the world.

They even mobilized the power of the government to directly ban the circulation of design drawings.

But as time goes by, there are more and more design drawings on the market, and sometimes they are all over the streets the next morning.

Hydraulic spinning machines can be said to be the core competitiveness of the two major chambers of commerce. Their productivity, which far exceeds that of manual labor, is the basis for their ability to dominate the cotton textile industry in the south and north.

But now the design drawings are not only spread everywhere in Lingzhou, but also gradually spread to Yongzhou, Jingzhou, and Luozhou next door.

As a result, with the leakage of the design drawings, market confidence dropped severely.

The stock price, which was originally hyped up by Chu Qiguang, has oversold.

In just a few days, the stock dropped from its peak of 6 taels to 2 taels.

The speed was so fast that even shareholders and shareholders outside Qingyang County did not react.

After all, the latest stock price news didn’t even have time to spread throughout Lingzhou.

And some wealthy families who got the news... began to use their own connections to forcefully get their money back.

They can follow some rules when making money.

But now that stock prices have plummeted, it is impossible for them to simply admit defeat.

Seeing that the news of the oversold stock price was about to spread throughout Lingzhou and a turmoil was about to occur, Zhong Shan'e finally took action.

Relying on Lei Xiao's speed, Zhong Shan'e personally visited the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce, the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce, the former chief minister Fei Yi, and Prince Hui in one day...

On this day, many places in Lingzhou seemed to be echoing with the roar of thunder.

In the afternoon of that day, Yunzhong Exchange and Qingyang Exchange both chose to temporarily suspend trading.

They also issued an announcement stating that they would hold a general meeting of shareholders together and that the Chamber of Commerce would have major business changes.

At the same time, the news that the stock price was oversold had not spread throughout the state, and rumors that the imperial court was going to step in to rescue the market spread like wildfire, giving hope to countless investors and shareholders.

Everyone is watching this shareholders meeting and waiting for the results of the meeting.

The location where the shareholders' meeting was held was in Qingyang County, in the workshop of the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce.

Next, countless wealthy families in Lingzhou, clan nobles, representatives of the Tianshi Sect... all gathered here, and a conference about the future of countless people in Lingzhou was about to be held.