The Fourth Financial Crisis

Although Zhu Ziming felt something was wrong, he was also afraid that Yang Lu would change his mind again, so he had to agree temporarily.

As the proposer, Yang Lu naturally had nothing to say. He and Zhu Ziming swore to each other on the spot that they would not reveal the matter to Ma Kezhang. Zhu Ziming, who had failed to steal the chicken, was relieved and was unwilling to speak to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. He humiliated himself and ran away without even saying hello.

He still can't figure out how his plan of killing two birds with one stone was seen through. Could it be that Yang Lu really had his eyes open?

He Mingyuan, who was watching from the sidelines, was completely dumbfounded at this time.

This time it was clearly Zhu Ziming who came to blackmail the Qingning Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the Wuliang Sword Sect. How come in just two sentences, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce turned to blackmail Zhu Ziming?

When Zhu Ziming's figure completely disappeared, He Mingyuan asked as if he had woken up from a dream: "Consultant Yang, forgive me for my shallow knowledge, how did you get hold of Zhu Ziming? Could it be that the autographed letter from Ma Kezhang was really him? Forged?"

Lin Musen shook his head and said: "The magic imprint of the autographed letter was indeed made by a monk in the late stage of foundation establishment. Zhu Ziming has not yet been able to forge it, and no one in the entire Haiya City dares to help with this."

Lin Musen and He Mingyuan were not fools, but without the key information provided by Yang Chenglong, they could not guess that this letter was actually written by Ma Kezhang out of anger.

Although Ma Kezhang did not mention this letter to Yang Chenglong, he expressed his determination not to be dragged down by Zhu Ziming. Therefore, although Yang Lu did not know the specific origin of the letter, he was sure that Ma Kezhang had absolutely no intention of exerting pressure. Finally, he was 90% sure that the content of this letter was definitely not Ma Kezhang's original intention.

In this case, it is not important how this letter came from, because without proof, Ma Kezhang would never easily admit that he had written such a thing behind the back of the Haiya Department.

It can also be seen from this point that Zhu Ziming's trick based on information asymmetry is actually quite powerful. People who don't know the inside story can easily be bluffed by him and think that Ma Kezhang is about to put pressure on behalf of the Wuliang Sword Sect. .

It's just that he never expected that Yang Lu's information asymmetry was even worse than his. As a result, what was a good plan to kill two birds with one stone turned into using Fire Cloud Fine Gold to hit himself in the foot.

In addition, Zhu Ziming's psychological quality is not very good.

Yang Lu was only 80 to 90% sure of his own judgment, but when he saw him casually testing it, Zhu Ziming showed a guilty expression. He instantly realized that he might have guessed right, so Zhu Ziming only used three After two rounds, Yang Lu was chasing after him fiercely and completely lost his position.

However, these contents involve his biggest secret. Not to mention Lin Musen and He Mingyuan, even if Miss Li had not joined his gang on the battlefield outside the territory, Yang Lu would not have told her about Yang Chenglong's undercover identity.

This time Zhu Ziming came to investigate, Yang Lu asked Lin Musen and He Mingyuan to immediately send a message to Zhu Ziming without giving them a chance to inform Li Qingning. He was worried that after Li Qingning found out about this, he would not understand Zhu Ziming's pretentiousness. Before the opponent showed his true trump card, he got angry and directly brought up Yang Chenglong to forcefully suppress the opponent.

Although Yang Chenglong can indeed suppress Zhu Ziming, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce commanding the representatives of the Wuliang Sword Sect Law Enforcement Hall is too easy to arouse suspicion. Lin Musen, He Mingyuan, and Zhu Ziming are not fools, and they can easily guess Get to know the tricks.

Now seeing He Mingyuan suddenly asking about the secret behind this matter, and even Lin Musen casting a questioning look, Yang Lu just showed an enigmatic smile and said: "This is indeed Zhu Ziming's trick, but it's just that He’s still too young!”

Seeing that Yang Lu was unwilling to give a clear answer, He Mingyuan had no choice but to change the subject and said: "But Consultant Yang, Zhu Zi was clearly very afraid just now when he confronted Ma Kezhang, why did you take the opportunity not to beat up the drowned dog, but let him go lightly? people?"

Yang Lu leaned back on his chair and said with a smile: "It's already good if you can trick him into signing an alliance under the city!"

He Mingyuan asked curiously: "Liar? I think he looked like he was taking a big advantage just now. You can actually offer a higher price!"

Yang Lu shook his head and said: "Zhu Ziming is willing to give in, mainly because the last thing Ma Kezhang wants to see is to be dragged down by Zhu Ziming's tricks, but the key to the problem is that the letter written by Ma Kezhang is gone. ah!"

"what do you mean……"

"If Ma Kezhang asked, Zhu Ziming could completely evade it and say that he did threaten me with that letter, but in order not to drag Deacon Ma into the water, he destroyed the letter afterwards. Even you don't believe me. Dare to burn Ma Kezhang’s autographed letter, let alone Ma Kezhang himself?”

"How can this be explained?"

Yang Lu spread his hands and said: "This sounds more reliable than if I directly burned Ma Kezhang's letter! Zhu Ziming can even say that he used this strategy just to get the matter done without leaving Ma Kezhang. If you cause trouble, then Ma Kezhang will not only not blame him, but maybe even praise him for doing things appropriately!"

He Mingyuan was stunned and said: "Is this okay?"

"Of course it can be done! I didn't expect that Zhu Ziming would suddenly show me such a trick. He didn't prepare the shadow stone in advance, otherwise he would definitely not be able to eat it. However, there is no regret medicine in the world. Since I didn't take the opportunity to catch him, , we can only take advantage of him before he reacts, and take advantage of him. If the conditions offered are too harsh, and when Zhu Ziming comes to his senses, there will be no need to talk! At least we don’t have to worry about Zhu Ziming recently. Ming is looking for trouble!"

Lin Musen couldn't help but interjected: "Consultant Yang, do you think Zhu Ziming can realize that he has been cheated?"

Yang Lu smacked his lips and said: "Zhu Ziming is still a bit crooked, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to come up with such an eccentric way of solving problems, and even you all think that the conditions I offered are too frivolous. Zhu Ziming must also Once he realizes something is wrong, he should be able to figure it out after he calms down!"

Lin Musen was stunned when he saw Yang Lu deceiving Zhu Ziming. He couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "I finally understand why the Qingning Chamber of Commerce has less than ten cultivators in total and can be equal to the Haiya Sect. Consultant Yang is really good at communication!"

Yang Lu just wanted to say something modest, but Zhu Ziming's lion's roar suddenly came from the direction of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce gate: "Yang Lu! How dare you deceive me——"

Yang Lu spread his hands, showing an expression of "What did I say?", and then immediately responded with a lion's roar: "Master Zhu, my eldest lady is still practicing in seclusion! You have sworn to the way of heaven, never If you come to Qingning Chamber of Commerce to cause trouble, if you yell a few more words, I'm afraid you will go crazy on the spot!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Ziming uttered a curse word as if he suddenly realized it, and then he said nothing again.

Everyone realized at this moment that the violent shouting he had just made was probably judged by heaven as a troublemaker and his merits were deducted, otherwise he would never have remained silent like this.

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Although Zhu Ziming couldn't even scold him after being deceived and almost suffered internal injuries from holding it back, the problem that should be solved still had to be solved.

After encountering difficulties with Yang Chenglong, Ma Kezhang, and Yang Lu, Zhu Ziming successively visited Xu Yannan, Fang Jiancai, Han Xinhe, and Su Yuanfeng, the leading figures in the cultivation world of Haiya City.

However, these guys don't have to give face to Zhu's business. Except for Xu Yannan, who dealt with him casually, the other big guys didn't even see him. They just sent a mortal servant to say, "My master, the Immortal Master, is in retreat/on a business trip/participation." Went to auction/kill people and seize treasures," and sent him away very perfunctorily.

After discovering that complaints through normal channels were completely out of the question, Zhu Ziming could only think of solutions from other angles.

It is impossible to complain to Liu Hanxing, because the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce is a replaceable consumable in front of Liu Hanxing. The Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce needs Liu Hanxing's support, but Liu Hanxing does not necessarily need the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce to do things, even if the pilot project in Haiya City cannot be completed. , Zhu Ziming's first choice was to flee overseas instead of asking Liu Hanxing for help.

The Zhu family cannot afford the risk of being given up by Liu Hanxing!

But just like Yang Lu said, Zhu Ziming is really a bit crooked. Faced with this seemingly unsolvable situation, Zhu Ziming really came up with some side ideas.

Although most Zhongzhou Cultivation Chamber of Commerce was under pressure and did not dare to lend money to Zhu Ziming casually, not everyone dared to lick blood. When Ma Kezhang said that he wanted to find Liu Hanxing to find a solution, he did mention it to Zhu Ziming. Wake up:

There is really a chamber of commerce in the Jiuzhou cultivation world that will definitely and must help him, and that is the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce under the name of Liu Hanxing!

Zhu Ziming did not dare to seek help from Liu Hanxing himself, but it did not mean that he could not blend with the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce.

Speaking of which, the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce and Zhu Ziming are also old friends.

The first petition Zhu Ziming paid to Liu Hanxing was to smuggle spiritual energy mines from Haiya Port to destroy the Nine-turn Tianshu Formation in Tianshu City.

Later, when the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce participated in the evaluation of partners of the official Shantang of the Wuliang Sword Sect, the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce invested 3 million spirit stone coins in cash, occupying 49% of the shares of the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, it is said that the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce is the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce. It is not an exaggeration to say that the major shareholder of the Chamber of Commerce is also a big shareholder.

Since this was not the first time for the two parties to cooperate, Zhu Ziming immediately came to Tianshu City and found Liu Qi, the top person in charge of the southeast region of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce.

Compared to Zhu Ziming, Liu Qi, a member of the Liu family, was Liu Hanxing's true confidant. Even if he made a big deal out of the turmoil in Tianshu City, which led to the leak of the operation information, Liu Hanxing did not remove Liu Qi from his position. This shows his status in the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce. But Liu Qi also knew that he had made a big mistake in the Tianshu City incident. From then on, he became more and more cautious in doing things.

After receiving Zhu Ziming's request, Liu Qi originally didn't want to help.

After all, Liu Qi also knew very well that the reform of Zhongzhou's social security system was a hot potato, and he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were staring at him. If he got involved rashly, Zhu Ziming would be responsible for the success of the matter. But if the matter is done, If it breaks down, he will have to bear at least half of the blame.

So he immediately found an excuse to shirk it, saying that the assets of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce were Liu Hanxing's personal property. Without Liu Hanxing's permission, he could not approve the loan of millions of spirit stone coins to the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce. This was already beyond the limit. the scope of his authority.

However, Zhu Ziming did not let him go easily.

Compared with political allies such as Ma Kezhang and Yang Chenglong, Liu Qi can only be regarded as Liu Hanxing's retainer.

No matter how badly Ma Kezhang and Yang Chenglong behave, as long as they make no political mistakes, they are still serious foundation-building monks of the Wuliang Sword Sect and the backbone of the entire sect. Even Liu Hanxing cannot easily do anything to them, but if Liu Hanxing If Han Xing is dissatisfied with Liu Qi, he can really be punished to death.

After all, Liu Qi's official identity is just an inferior spiritual root outer disciple of Qingyun Sect, and even this outer disciple's clone is actually Liu Hanxing who used his personal relationship with Xia Qingyang, the head of Qingyun Sect, to give him a backdoor As a result, the outer disciples of ordinary local sects are busy working in their respective sects. It is impossible for local sects to send the disciples they have trained to other places to work for other chambers of commerce.

Zhu Ziming firmly grasped this point, saying that everyone is on the same rope. If you, shopkeeper Liu, don’t help your brothers now, when the time comes, Manager Liu will be held accountable for the unfavorable reform pilot. I wish Ziming Although it is definitely doomed, you, the person in charge of the southeast region of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce, who did not lend money to the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce, may not be able to escape the blame.

Faced with Zhu Ziming's coercion and inducement, Shopkeeper Liu finally compromised. In order to send Zhu Ziming away quickly, Shopkeeper Liu proposed a compromise plan, which was to introduce Zhu Ziming to several underground banks operated by foreign forces in Nanman State. channel.

These foreign forces are not afraid of offending the vassal sects of the Wuliang Sword Sect. As long as the profits are high enough, they are willing to do any business. If Liu Qi had not been handling overseas business for the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce all the year round, he would not have had such special channels.

However, shopkeeper Liu is only responsible for matchmaking, and he will never participate in the underground bank business. In this way, no matter whether Zhu Ziming's charity hall can be built or not, he, Liu Qi, does not have to bear the responsibility.

If you borrow money from an underground bank at a high interest rate, the interest rate will definitely be very high. However, money is a hero's courage. Without enough spirit stone coins in hand, Zhu Ziming can't afford to do anything.

After Liu Qi repeatedly stated that this was his bottom line, Zhu Ziming had no choice but to find an underground bank from an overseas power in his own name and borrow two million spirit stone coins at usury.

Not only that, the underground bank also forced Zhu Ziming to sign the most stringent loan contract. Just signing the contract cost a lot of merit. If Zhu Ziming was unable to repay the debt, he would only end up going crazy.

This is not against Zhu Ziming, but the rules of underground banks have always been like this.

Through this strict heavenly contract constraint, even if the debtor cannot pay back the money to the underground bank, the underground bank can still obtain the heavenly merit of slaying demons by killing the obsessive debtor.

This can be regarded as a merit mortgage loan with the characteristics of cultivation...