The Fourth Financial Crisis

Compared with Tianshu City, which is built on the mountain, Haiya City, which is located on the coastal plain, has a very regular layout.

The entire port city is centered on the tall Haiya City Main Palace. Various buildings are arranged outwards in order of importance. The wide Pinghai Avenue runs through the city from east to west. The east side of the road starts from the port. It goes directly to the official road outside the city in the west, and connects many cultivation cities including Tianshu City through the official road. The Qinglan River, the largest river in the east of Zhongzhou, passes through the city from north to south, and enters the sea from Haiya Port, allowing the sea to Yacheng became a commercial hub connecting the inside and outside of Zhongzhou.

As a monopoly giant in overseas trade, Haiya Chamber of Commerce naturally owns the most advantageous location in the entire Haiya City.

Unlike the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, which is located on the edge of the wealthy area, the headquarters of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is located directly west of the main palace of Haiya City.

Right here, the Haiya Chamber of Commerce built a large and majestic oriental garden-style building complex.

This kind of pie-spreading building layout must have a pitifully low floor area ratio. In the core area of ​​Haiya City, where land is at a premium, only the Haiya Chamber of Commerce has such lavish financial resources to build a headquarters, which fully demonstrates the Haiya Chamber of Commerce The domineering business leader in the southeastern part of Zhongzhou.

Not only that, the rockeries and spiritual plants dotting the headquarters of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce are not extraordinary. These man-made landscapes rich in spiritual energy together form the famous guardian formation [Pine and Bamboo Mystery] in the world of Kyushu cultivation. If there are no insiders to guide the way, the expert will Any unscrupulous person who breaks in can easily be trapped and die in this seemingly harmless and elegant garden.

As Su Yuanfeng's temporary partner, Yang Lu informed the other party of his visit early through the communication spell.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce headquarters, the staff of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce went out to greet him in person.

Following this staff member of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, who was at least in the middle stage of Qi Refining, the two quickly arrived at a small house in the forest belonging to the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Su Yuanfeng, the president of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, had already prepared tea in the house, waiting for him. It’s been a long time.

Seeing Yang Lu coming to the door in person, Su Yuanfeng waved his hand to ask the staff to leave, and then sighed: "Consultant Yang, the smuggling case of the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce that you asked me to investigate has put me in a dilemma!"

Of course, Yang Lu couldn't admit that he had done this deliberately, so he could only pretend not to understand and said: "I also heard that President Su and Deacon Lu had some misunderstandings because of the Tianshu City incident. But since The Wuliang Sword Sect has officially refuted the rumors and characterized the Tianshu City incident as a conspiracy manipulated by foreign forces. I believe everyone’s misunderstanding has been completely cleared up!”

"How can things be so simple?" Su Yuanfeng was obviously a little depressed recently. He couldn't help shaking his head at him, an outsider, and said with a bitter smile: "Don't say that Lu Anping thinks that I deliberately framed him. Even City Lord Jiang has a strong opinion of me. If not Elder Han tried his best to speak for me, I’m afraid I’ll have to hire someone else for my position as president of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce!”

Yang Lu immediately raised his hand and thanked him: "Without the strong support of Chairman Su, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce would not have the opportunity to expand cooperation with the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. It is only right that we ask the Han family to reciprocate and support Chairman Su in his work. ."

Su Yuanfeng took a deep look at Yang Lu and said as if he meant something: "Seriously speaking, the Haiya Clan is now in such a state of internal strife. The biggest beneficiary seems to be the Qingning Chamber of Commerce of your eldest daughter! "

Naturally, Yang Lu would not answer the question randomly, and simply sang a high-pitched tone: "Haiya system is the anchor of trade on the east coast of Zhongzhou. We, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, are just following President Su to earn a living."

Su Yuanfeng finally saw that although Yang Lu was young, he was definitely a master in Tai Chi.

It is simply an impossible task to obtain information from Yang Lu through circumstantial methods. He seemed to have said a lot, but when he thought about it carefully, he did not disclose any useful information.

Faced with such impeccable diplomatic skills, Su Yuanfeng had no choice but to go straight to the point: "Consultant Yang personally came to visit, what is the reason?"

Seeing Su Yuanfeng take the initiative to bring up business, Yang Lu also put away his smile and said seriously: "Regarding the Qingning Chamber of Commerce fugitive Ji Sihan, we still need further assistance from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce!"

"We, the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, have received reliable information that Ji Sihan had boarded a cargo ship seven days ago and fled to Yanbo Island, the western gateway to the outlying islands. We have issued a wanted order to Yanbo Island, but the lords of the outlying islands have always been disgusted with outsiders like us dictating, so Don't have too much hope, there is nothing we at the Haiya Chamber of Commerce can do about this matter." Su Yuanfeng's words were very polite, but he still clearly rejected Yang Lu's request.

"I'm going to personally go to the outlying island to hunt down this manager Ji!" Yang Lu certainly wouldn't give up because of this, but put forward his own suggestion, "Since the Haiya Chamber of Commerce can do business with the outlying island, it obviously has its own unique way in the outlying island. , if I want to arrest someone on an outlying island, I can only take the liberty of using your personal channels, President Su."

This time Su Yuanfeng did not shirk, but admitted openly: "Our main partner on the outlying islands is Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island. This is not a secret in Haiya City. This lord Xu controls the most important information on the outlying islands. The gateway port to the west, and one of the most powerful mortals in the entire outlying island region.”

Although Su Yuanfeng answered simply and neatly, Yang Lu always felt that this matter was not that simple.

As expected, Su Yuanfeng then changed the subject: "But now the situation on the outlying islands is unprecedentedly chaotic and has fallen into a full-scale civil war. Even the stowaway boat that Manager Ji took was actually a cargo ship used by the Haiya Chamber of Commerce to transport mortal weapons to Yanbo Island. In During such a sensitive period, it may not be that easy if you want to go to an outlying island to do business.”

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and wars will naturally break out in countries ruled by mortals. There are hundreds of mortal lords, large and small, on the outlying islands, fighting each other endlessly like warlords.

Through articles in recent issues of "Xu Zhen Financial Weekly", Yang Lu already knew about the civil war on the outlying islands. It was said that the civil war on the outlying islands was started by the puppet forces supported by the Fire Cloud State Shenhuo Sect. However, there was no public information about the war on the outlying islands. There are few channels, and even the report in Xiuzhen Financial Weekly is quite vague.

Hearing Su Yuanfeng mention the war on the outlying islands, Yang Lu immediately asked: "How is the war on the outlying islands? How long will the war last?"

Su Yuanfeng took out a document from his desk and handed it to Yang Lu, saying in a serious tone: "Unlike other ports, the outlying islands do not have cultivators stationed by the Haiya Chamber of Commerce there, so our information is also seriously lagging behind. According to what we have According to the latest information, the war situation on the outlying islands may be very unfavorable to us!"

Yang Lu reached out to take the document and said with some surprise: "Didn't the Infinite Sword Sect claim that the Outlying Island War would end soon?

However, Su Yuanfeng just sneered and said: "What can the Wuliang Sword Sect say? Are we to say that the war situation on the outlying islands is unfavorable, and the sea gateway in the east of Zhongzhou will soon fall into the hands of Huoyun State? According to the news from various channels inside the outlying islands, if not It is probably only a matter of time before a strong external force intervenes and the entire outlying island is controlled by the Shenhuo Sect!"

Yang Lu flipped through the document in his hand and found that it was actually a letter asking for help written by Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, to the Haiya Chamber of Commerce.