The Fourth Financial Crisis

The outlying islands are isolated and barren, and have been divided among themselves since ancient times.

However, the long-term isolation from the outside world has also made the outlying island area rich in a variety of cultivation medicinal materials that have long been extinct in the outside world. The major cultivation chambers of commerce can use the most common mundane materials in exchange for these precious cultivation materials. Therefore, even if the mortals on the outlying island are extremely xenophobic, the major cultivation medicinal materials on the outlying island The main port is still full of ocean-going merchant ships from major cultivation chambers of commerce all year round.

Although the lords of the outlying islands are generally inextricably linked with overseas cultivation forces, the tendency of mortals on the outlying islands to reject cultivators has long been ingrained. The relationship between the lords of the outlying islands and overseas cultivation forces such as the Haiya Sect is mostly limited to the exchange of interests. Although the heroes of the outlying islands Separate regimes, but in the face of the infiltration of external forces, the islands have always maintained a relatively unified situation.

Even though Governor Lu once unified the outlying islands for a short time, he only left a chief executive in name only.

However, this political structure that lasted for hundreds of years was completely broken with the strong intervention of the forces of Huoyun State.

Due to the huge economic interests of the outlying islands, major forces in Kyushu have tried to conquer the outlying islands in recent thousands of years. However, the outlying islands have been a mortal country for tens of thousands of years and are obviously not so easy to be conquered by cultivation forces. Blocked by the vast formation of thousands of miles of smoke, the penetration of external cultivation forces into the outlying islands ultimately ended in failure.

After Tian Daxiao, the new leader of Shenhuo Sect, took over the power of Huoyun State, he also formulated a strategy to conquer the outlying islands.

The outlying islands are located in the southwest of Huoyun Prefecture, more than 30,000 miles away from the mainland of Huoyun Prefecture. Compared with Zhongzhou, which is close to the water, the transportation between the outlying islands and Huoyun Prefecture is extremely inconvenient. Therefore, Huoyun Prefecture’s traditional partners on the outlying islands are Only Shi Yi, the owner of Guhong Island in the northeast of the outlying island, would undoubtedly find it extremely difficult to leverage the situation on the outlying island.

As early as fifteen years ago, when Tian Shangcheng, the former head of the Shenhuo Sect, was about to run out of life, he secretly crossed into Chencang and sent the mortal army of Fire Cloud State to raid the outlying islands, but the result ended in a disastrous defeat.

The major cultivation forces, including the Wuliang Sword Sect, didn't take it to heart after hearing that Tian Daxiao was planning to intervene in the situation on the outlying island. After all, if the outlying island was conquered so easily, how could it be Tian Daxiao's turn?

In the recent thousands of years of history in the world of cultivation, only Governor Lu Yang once briefly unified the outlying islands with his early golden elixir cultivation. However, as Governor Lu ascended to the heavenly realm, the outlying islands soon returned to the control of mortals. Tian Daxiao only gave him How could Lu Xingchang, a pawn running errands, accomplish what even the ascended immortals could not accomplish?

But the development of things was far beyond the expectations of all parties.

The situation on the outlying islands suddenly changed dramatically in just half a year, and even the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, which had close ties with the outlying islands, was caught off guard.

According to Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, a few months ago, the Shenhuo Sect sent a cultivator with a golden wheel of merit to the outlying island. Although this female monk named Tian Beixi was only at the Qi Refining Stage, it took only a few days to unite the indigenous forces on Guhong Island and then began to invade other areas of the island.

For this kind of thing, the major lords on the outlying islands didn't pay much attention to it at first. After all, the spiritual energy reserves of the monks in the early stage of Qi refining are limited, and the spiritual energy cannot be replenished on the outlying island. Even if tens of thousands of mortal troops are used up, they can still consume this reckless Shenhuo Sect monk to death.

However, when the lords of the outlying islands organized a large army to attack the rebellion on Guhong Island, they suddenly discovered that they could not defeat this Qi-refining stage cultivator!

For some unknown reason, Tian Beixi showed a combat power that far exceeded that of ordinary monks in the early stages of Qi refining.

According to the oral accounts of the outlying island lords who participated in the battle, the spiritual energy in this Shenhuo Sect monk's body seemed to be endless, and his destructive spells were endless. He actually repelled the wheel battle of more than a dozen outlying island lords.

However, there is no aura environment inside the outlying island, and even items containing aura such as spirit stones cannot be brought in. How could the little aura reserve in the monks' bodies in the early stage of Qi refining last for so long?

Faced with this completely unrealistic thing, all the major lords on the outlying islands began to wait and see.

However, Tian Beixi did not let them go.

She relied on unreasonably powerful spells and very deceitful military tactics to eliminate the lords in the northeastern part of the island one by one. Even if these lords built strong castles, they could not withstand Tian Beixi's all-pervasive offensive.

Now the major lords of the outlying islands were completely panicked.

Although the ordinary cultivators who invaded the outlying islands in the past were powerful, everyone could always understand it. However, the details of Tian Beixi were not clear to everyone. Until now, the lords of the outlying islands did not know her specific cultivation level.

If the situation continues to deteriorate like this, I'm afraid the island will be destroyed!

Fortunately, Tian Beixi seemed to need time to recover his spiritual energy, and the progress was not fast. It took several months to barely unify the northeastern area of ​​the outlying island, giving other outlying island lords a rare chance to breathe.

After deliberation, the major lords of the outlying islands finally decided to use the strategy of driving the tiger away and swallowing the wolf!

Regarding the conflicts between the seven major sects of Kyushu, the rulers of the outlying islands are also well aware that if Huo Yunzhou really takes complete control of the outlying islands, it will undoubtedly cause a heavy blow to the interests of other cultivation forces.

Especially the Wuliang Sword Sect, the nominal leader of the outlying island, will never allow the Fire Cloud State's power to expand to the coastal waters of Zhongzhou!

Therefore, the major lords of the outlying islands have asked for help from familiar cultivation forces, trying to drive away Tian Beixi with the help of external cultivators. As for the requests of various cultivation forces to take advantage of the situation, the lords of the outlying islands have all agreed. After all, no matter how strong the other cultivation forces are, , and it is impossible to completely control the outlying islands like Huoyunzhou!

Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, sent letters asking for help to the Haiya Chamber of Commerce and the Wuliang Sword Sect respectively.

After reading the content of the request for help, Yang Lu looked up at Su Yuanfeng again, only to see Su Yuanfeng shrugging and saying: "You have seen the situation. Now the forces of Fire Cloud State have occupied a quarter of the outlying island. Even if Xu Tong of Yanbo Island The lord wants to help you arrest people, but he can't go to the Shenhuo Sect's territory to enforce the law across regions."

Yang Lu casually put the request for help on the desk in front of Su Yuanfeng, frowning and saying, "So what are the Wuliang Sword Sect's next plans? Are they just going to sit back and watch the forces of Fire Cloud State conquer the outlying islands?"

"Of course the Wuliang Sword Sect will not sit still and wait for death!" Su Yuanfeng crossed his hands and his expression became serious, "In the past three months, the Wuliang Sword Sect has provided a large amount of combat materials to the outlying islands through the channels of our Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Yours Manager Wei Ji smuggled into Yanbo Port along with the last batch of support fleets."

Yang Lu raised his eyebrows and said, "How long does it take, President Su, to decide the outcome of the Outlying Island War?"

Su Yuanfeng replied in a deep voice: "It won't be long! At the request of the Wuliang Sword Sect, our Haiya City has been conducting secret military mobilization for three months. Within ten days, the mortal mercenaries under the Haiya Chamber of Commerce have Will land on an outlying island!"

Although the Kyushu cultivation world is a typical high-demon society, cold weapon wars still exist.

Since cultivators need to deduct a large amount of merit when killing people, and the cost of using cultivators to massacre mortal armies is too high, wars in the world of cultivators often pit cultivators against cultivators, and mortals against mortals.

Among them, the battle between cultivators determines the outcome of the war, and occupying territory and cleaning the battlefield still requires mortal armies.

Precisely because the status of cold weapon warfare is very marginalized, the cold weapon warfare technology in the Kyushu cultivation world is not very advanced. However, on the remote islands where cultivators are absent, cold weapon warfare has become the real protagonist.

If the Infinite Sword Sect wants to support its allies on the outlying islands, it can only send mortal troops to land and fight.

Hearing that Haiya City would send mercenaries to directly participate in the war, Yang Lu couldn't help but ask: "What do you think the chances of winning this war are?"

Su Yuanfeng pointed at the door and added soundproofing to the room, and then slowly spoke about another thing: "You should have heard the story of Tian Daxiao. He was the first president of Lingshi Reserve Bank. Chief Analyst. Because he talks like a fortune teller, many people think that he relied on luck to achieve what he has today..."

Yang Lu had heard Tian Daxiao's story for a long time, and it was no less legendary than Li Qingyang.

It is said that when Governor Lu Yang launched the fourth generation Lingshi currency system, there were many voices of doubt in the market, especially when he announced that he would publicly sell the equity of the Shui Lingshi mine controlled by Wuliang Sword Sect to support the credit of Lingshi coins. At that time, public opinion across Zhongzhou generally believed that President Lu had gone crazy for issuing spirit stone coins.

Since everyone believed that the Lingshi Reserve Bank would be finished sooner or later, the price per share of Lingshi Mine when it was listed was only a mere 5,000 yuan.

However, just when the market was full of doubts, Tian Daxiao, a monk from the Shenhuo Sect who had traveled across the ocean from Huoyunzhou, showed amazing courage and published many classic violent comments that were later called "Daxiao's Quotations":

"5,000 yuan is the starting point of the bull market!"

“10,000 yuan is still a baby’s base!”

"The target price of Lingshi Mining's stock price is 100,000 yuan!"

"The era of the third Lingshi financial crisis is the era of equity investment!"

"The spirit stone coins are going up, the spirit stone coupons are going down!"

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As the saying goes, if your words are not amazing, you will die. Although most cultivators sneer at "Daxiao Quotations", Tian Daxiao has still gained a large number of staunch fans with his excellent eloquence and amazing talent as a joker.

Everyone knows the final result of the matter. President Lu Yang directly lent tens of billions of Lingshi coins to the Wuliang Sword Sect at low interest rates through the Lingshi Reserve Bank, and then asked the Wuliang Sword Sect to come forward to acquire the equity of the Lingshi Mine and use it. The dividend income of Lingshi Mine covers the interest costs, allowing for risk-free arbitrage and violently pushing up the share price of Lingshi Mine.

After this series of financial stunts, the price of Lingshi Mine equity has skyrocketed, until it is now 100,000 yuan per share!

Tian Daxiao not only relied on 10 times leverage to do long Lingshi mines and became a wealthy man in Huoyun State, but also all the believers who followed him made a fortune. Even Governor Lu himself noticed him and recruited him to Lingshi. Shi Reserve Bank served as the chief economic analyst and became Li Qingyang's registered senior brother.

Precisely because Tian Daxiao's fortune history is so outrageous, the world's evaluation of Tian Daxiao is also polarized.

Loyal believers of "Da Xiao Quotations" insist that Tian Da Xiao is the incarnation of the stock god, while those who don't believe in Tian Da Xiao think that Tian Da Xiao is a gambler with amazing luck. After Tian Daxiao gradually came to power in the Shenhuo Sect, the economic reforms he implemented were extremely controversial, which also made his reputation even more polarized.

No matter how outsiders evaluate Tian Daxiao, in Yang Lu's view, Tian Daxiao is definitely a wise and foolish man!

If Tian Daxiao was really an idiot, how could he possibly come up with such a high-level financial operation by letting the Luo Family Chamber of Commerce conduct cross-border capital operations in Huoyun State, hollowing out the main body of the Luo Family Chamber of Commerce, and transferring benefits to Huoyun State?

As for Tian Daxiao's frequent violent comments in his early years, Yang Lu believed that this was also a reflection of his political wisdom.

When Governor Lu Yang implemented the currency reform, Tian Daxiao was only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and he was still a foreign monk from Fire Cloud State. If he wanted to become famous in Zhongzhou, the base camp of the Wuliang Sword Sect, he could only choose to remain silent and die!

Tian Daxiao was not the only person who was optimistic about President Lu back then.

The ancestor of Yang Lu's fellow senior Chen Ping and the legendary rich man of Haiya City, Chen Kui, also bet on the Lingshi Reserve Bank and President Lu 500 years ago and won a great victory. However, this senior Chen Kui was not as good as Tian Daxiao in eloquence. In the end, He can only be a country rich man.

Tian Daxiao, on the other hand, relied on his reputation as a stock god to advance all the way and eventually became the head of the seven majestic sects of Kyushu!

Others laugh at him because he is too crazy, but I laugh at him and others cannot see through it.

No matter how others rated Tian Daxiao, Yang Lu always spoke highly of this leader Tian.

Su Yuanfeng obviously had similar views to Yang Lu. He took a sip of the spiritual tea on the table and said slowly: "With all due respect, Tian Daxiao is definitely the most scheming and scheming person among the top leaders of the seven major sects in Kyushu. Only our President Li Qingyang can barely compete with him, and Head Lin of the Wuliang Sword Sect, as a monk from the sect who has become a monk halfway, is no match for this person!"

This is already the third person after Han Fulai and Xu Yannan to propose similar ideas to Yang Lu.

However, Yang Lu did not interrupt, but only showed an attentive expression, so Su Yuanfeng continued to add: "Since Tian Daxiao has chosen to set up an outlying island, it is impossible not to predict the reactions of other sects, especially the reaction of the Wuliang Sword Sect. But he still chose to do this, which shows that he must have prepared corresponding back-ups. What's more, Liu Hanxing is fully responsible for the Wuliang Sword Party's reinforcement work on the outlying islands. This guy is simply..."

Speaking of this, Su Yuanfeng suddenly stopped.

Yang Lu felt that he wanted to complain about something, but he endured it.

After all, Su Yuanfeng hadn't broken up with Liu Hanxing yet. He stopped suddenly because he wanted to save some face for the leader of the Wuliang Sword Sect and didn't want to say any ugly and dirty words on the spot.

"...Anyway, I personally am not very optimistic about the future situation of the outlying islands." In the end, Su Yuanfeng ended his speech hastily with very blunt words.

Yang Lu didn't care whether the outlying island was controlled by the Wuliang Sword Sect or the Shenhuo Sect. If the outlying island was controlled by Shenhuo Zongche, Yang Lu could in turn ask the Shenhuo Sect for help in arresting people.

After all, Li Qingyang and Tian Daxiao have known each other for 500 years. Li Qingning is still Tian Daxiao's junior, and the other party will most likely give the Qingning Chamber of Commerce this face.

In response to Su Yuanfeng's reminder, he just ignored it and said: "As long as President Su is willing to provide channels, I am ready to go to the outlying island in person."

Su Yuanfeng was surprised when he heard this: "Are you going in person? Do you have a golden wheel of merit and virtue?"

Yang Lu knew that this matter would be hidden sooner or later, so he admitted it openly: "Please don't tell the public, President Su!"

"Sure enough, there are talented people from generation to generation!"

Su Yuanfeng waited for a long time before finally accepting the fact that Yang Lu had the Golden Wheel of Merit, but Yang Lu just smiled modestly and didn't say much, as if it was just a trivial matter.

After the shock slowly faded, Su Yuanfeng pondered for a moment and then said: "Since you have made up your mind... let's do this. In a few days, the mercenaries of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce will officially pull anchor and set sail. You can follow this fleet together. Head to the outlying island!”

"Thank you very much, President Su, for your great assistance!"