Destiny is ashes

Chapter 364 The Big Man’s Gloves (13)

"Wait a moment."

An Jing replied in a loud voice, his voice was full of energy and shook the wind and snow. The collectors of Linlang Chamber of Commerce outside were also stunned. They could tell that An Jing was a warrior, so their originally arrogant voices were restrained a little.

But they were still fearless and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, don't drag it out!"

After he finished speaking, the sound from the door gradually faded away. It seemed that he skipped An Jing's family for the time being and went to collect money from the other families first.

"What are you going to do?" Bai Qinghan asked. An Jing, who had just found his mother and was in a good mood, said tolerantly, "They are just uneducated country vagrants. I won't bother with them. I'll ask my mother first about the specific situation."

After saying this, the two of them got up and went outside.

"Mom, what's going on?"

Shen Mubai also came outside and was looking towards the door with an impatient look on his face. An Jing leaned over and asked, "Is it always like this in the city?"

"It's always been like this."

Originally, there was no one to talk to, and Shen Mubai was feeling depressed. Now that he had someone to talk to, he started complaining directly: "I wasn't so arrogant when I entered the city, but since the beast tide closed the city, these collectors from the Linlang Chamber of Commerce have started going door to door to ask for money."

While complaining, Shen Mubai gave a general account of the situation in the city.

To the north of Linjiang City is the Broken Blade Mountains, a mountain with a strong spiritual atmosphere and containing many spiritual medicines and minerals. It is considered one of the greatest treasure troves among the spiritual places in the northern border.

However, there are many powerful demons wandering in Broken Blade Mountain. The six-tusked white pig that An Jing saw before is one of them. The most powerful demon has reached the level of demon king comparable to Shenzang Zhenren. It is a four-winged moon snake that calls itself [Shuo Yue Ying] and is the master of Suling Cave.

They have a contract with Dachen, and the monsters in Broken Blade Mountain are not allowed to actively harm people, but herbalists and hunters are also not allowed to go deep into the monster autonomous area deep in the mountains. If they enter, their life and death are at their own risk.

Although the spiritual objects on the outskirts of the mountains are enough for people to make a fortune and support the Linjiang and Yujiang rivers around Broken Blade Mountain, which shade the three cities, people are never satisfied. Even on the outskirts, so much money can be made. Naturally, there will be people who are lucky enough to want to go deep into the mountains to look for more valuable treasures.

"We had a small team in Broken Blade Mountain when our An family was still here, but we just hung around the periphery, mainly collecting information about the surrounding spiritual creatures and making ourselves familiar with the locals."

Shen Mubai is not just a woman who stays at home to take care of her husband and children. She also practices martial arts and does business.

During the years when An Qianshan disappeared due to the Vast Sea Demon Disaster, she was the one who ran the An family's business and knew all about it. "Although it is said that if you enter the depths of the mountains, your life and death are at your own risk, but if people go into the mountains in groups, even the Great Demon King will be afraid of the power of Dachen and dare not really swallow them in one gulp. Most of them will be driven away."

"But before being expelled, this group of brave men were able to gain a lot. With these gains, they quickly formed a fairly reliable force and called themselves the 'Mountain Guarding Alliance'."

"If that's the case, then they gambled with their lives. But after they grew stronger, they actually began to occupy many resource areas of Broken Blade Mountain, preventing scattered exploration activities, and regarded themselves as the masters of Broken Blade Mountain."

"Oh……"

Hearing this, An Jing looked out the door thoughtfully. He understood why his mother said this as a prelude: "Behind this 'Weishan League' is... Linlang Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes." Shen Mubai shook his head with a look of disdain. "Eating alone is always the most annoying thing, and the Linlang Chamber of Commerce is the most hateful. As long as you don't join its Weishan League, it will suppress you in every way. In the past few years, it has forced away several small and medium-sized chambers of commerce and wants to monopolize the resources of the entire Broken Blade Mountain."

"When the frost disaster came, this group of people became even more arrogant. The team that led the beast tide was also under their control. They took over all the medicine shops and villages built on the nodes of the earth veins." "The beast tide is a trouble for us, but it is a good thing for them, because all the monsters in Broken Blade Mountain have also moved away - although the monsters have taken away all the spiritual objects they can, there are still more left."

"As long as the Linlang Chamber of Commerce can occupy Linjiang City, all the natural treasures accumulated over thousands or tens of thousands of years in the depths of the Broken Blade Mountain will belong to them!"

Shen Mubai's tone was more like envy than anger - who wouldn't be envious?

As long as they can seize this opportunity and give it a try, the Linlang Chamber of Commerce can be transformed from an ordinary large chamber of commerce into an influential force. If they can occupy the treasure house of Broken Blade Mountain for a long time, it will be enough to transform the local snake into a local dragon!

"So that's it!" After hearing this, An Jing immediately understood why the Linlang Chamber of Commerce wanted to drive away the residents of the surrounding towns and occupy the land... It turned out that it was not only because of those industries, but also because of the geomantic nodes!

Yes, the city is built on the main vein, but the branch vein nodes are also the core of the major towns. If the Linlang Chamber of Commerce occupies all the vein nodes, then after the magic soldiers move away, they can control the veins and enforce the laws on behalf of Dachen!
By then, they would be the local emperors, with the rights to the land veins and the wealth of Broken Blade Mountain. Even if the Broken Blade Mountain soldiers returned in the future, as long as they could defend Linjiang City against the invasion of the northern barbarians during this period, they would be able to get a lot of compensation. After all, this could be regarded as defending the country and the land.

No one will miss this opportunity to make a leap forward!
"but……"

However, An Jing was still somewhat puzzled: "Why are they so desperate for money? Aren't the spiritual objects in Broken Blade Mountain enough for them to earn?"

"Ha, my son, you have practiced martial arts too much and don't understand business."

Shen Mubai smiled, looked towards the center of the city and said sarcastically: "Don't look at the Linlang Chamber of Commerce making a lot of money...but they are just a glove."

"I didn't understand it at first, but when the divine soldiers left the city just now, I figured it out. The matter of the divine soldiers must have been decided in Shenjing a long time ago."

"There is someone behind the Linlang Chamber of Commerce. That big shot in Shenjing predicted the current situation a few years ago, so he set up a layout near Broken Blade Mountain and informed the Linlang Chamber of Commerce in advance, asking them to come and occupy the space."

"Now that the place is occupied, how much of the profits of the Linlang Chamber of Commerce in Broken Blade Mountain do you think should be contributed?"

"Hmm..." An Jing was a little unsure: "Half?"

"Seventy percent!"

Shen Mubai snorted coldly: "Even more, 90% is not surprising!"

"Linlang Chamber of Commerce does hard work and has to bear the blame, but most of the net profit has to be paid to the emperor, and the rest is the reward for them."

"The big bosses at the top will surely be able to enjoy the benefits, but the little people below who can't even get a share of the benefits have to work in the frost for no reason. In order to supplement their own pockets, don't they have to make a lot of money?"

Shen Mubai spoke in a serious manner, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. An Jing pondered for a moment and felt that it was a little familiar. He said with a strange look on his face, "So, our family is in Gufeng County..."

"That's because we have someone above us, so it can go so smoothly." Shen Mubai sighed, "You still want to do business without anyone above you? Are you really that bold? But it's over now. The person we looked for as our backer, the Qingyuguan City, has probably been killed by the northern barbarians, and is probably fertilizing the northern land now."

"Now these small figures under the Linlang Chamber of Commerce must be looking for opportunities to make money, such as drinking water, firewood and food."

"I brought a lot of dry food with me, which was enough to eat. As a warrior, I don't need much firewood. But it was useless. A few days ago, I said I didn't need the things they were selling, but they insisted on buying it. I had no choice but to spend money to get rid of the disaster."

(End of this chapter)