The Fourth Financial Crisis

Before the banquet ended, Yang Lu also took the opportunity to ask Xu Tong for help in arresting Ji Sihan.

He originally had no hope for Xu Tong, but unexpectedly, although Xu Tong did not agree to help him capture Ji Sihan, he revealed to him the latest whereabouts of Manager Ji.

It turns out that although outlying islands are a paradise for mortal fugitives, the threshold for fleeing across thousands of miles of ocean to outlying islands is also very high. Ordinary mortal fugitives with no connections are not qualified to take the Haiya Chamber of Commerce's free ship.

In addition, there are many outlying islands and ports, and Yanbo Island is only a partner of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Other Zhongzhou maritime merchants also have their own partners. Therefore, every year, the number of Zhongzhou fugitives entering from Yanbo Island through the channels of the Haiya System is only About dozens of people.

The mortal lords of the outlying islands attach great importance to these mortal fugitives from the outside world.

After all, there are no poor mortals who can escape from the Central Plains. Carrying tens of thousands of spirit stone coins is the minimum standard. The important business of the major lords on the outlying islands is to provide political asylum services for these wealthy mortal fugitives.

On outlying islands with barren land, political asylum services and the export of cultivation materials are two important financial pillars for the lords of outlying islands.

Take Xu Tong, the lord of Yanbo Island, as an example.

The most important specialty of Yanbo Island is the spiritual cultivation elixir, which can earn Yanbo Island about 200,000 yuan in foreign exchange every year. Even if the export of other various cultivation materials and supplies is included, the total financial revenue of Yanbo Island is less than 400,000 yuan. Lingshi coins are at the level of a large Qingning Chamber of Commerce at best. Even according to the standards of the slums, it is difficult to feed the tens of thousands of people on Yanbo Island.

Relying on this little export trade income will definitely not be able to support the life of the Huangdao owner who is obsessed with life as a Turkish emperor.

The mortal fugitives from Zhongzhou who come to Yanbo Island to take refuge every year carry no less than one million spiritual stone coins in total, and sometimes it can even reach two to three million spiritual stone coins. Yanbo Island only needs to extract 30% of the money, and it can bring sixty-seven 100,000 yuan in additional financial revenue.

This is undoubtedly a very important asset!

Compared with the refugee-like living conditions of ordinary residents on outlying islands, the lords of the outlying islands offered them extremely generous treatment in order to win over these fugitives from the outside world. Not only did their living standards no less than those of ordinary wealthy households in Haiya City, the lords of the outlying islands even allowed them to serve as The little leader under his command did not kill these unarmed outside fugitives like bandits.

The reason is simple. On the outlying islands, there are seventy or eighty lords like Xu Tong of Yanbo Island.

Which lord provides better treatment to fugitives can often attract more fugitives to seek refuge. Naturally, local lords can take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. Some outlying island lords who use fugitives as fat sheep to blackmail them quickly gain reputation. If it goes completely wrong, naturally no fugitives will be willing to flee to the local area for refuge, and the income from political asylum will plummet.

Due to the hidden competition mechanism between the major lords of the outlying islands, the life of a wanted criminal who fled to the outlying islands can be said to be quite comfortable.

The huge amount of stolen money collected from all over Kyushu is enough for these fugitives from the outlying islands to live out their old age as rich men. Some fugitives from the wealthy level can even start families on the outlying islands.

Precisely because Zhongzhou fugitives are extremely important to Yanbo Island's finances, Xu Tong has conducted detailed investigations on incoming fugitives. Super wealthy people like Ji Sihan, who took away 500,000 spirit stone coins from the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, are the focus of Island Master Xu. Object of concern.

When Ji Sihan first landed on Yanbo Island, Xu Tong met with the former Qingning Chamber of Commerce mine manager.

In order to win over this rich man to settle in Yanbo Island, he specially left the most luxurious villa in Yanbo Island's "Jiuzhou Wanted Criminal Resort" to him, and also offered him a very reasonable protection fee.

Ji Sihan was very moved, but still rejected Xu Tong's warm invitation.

Manager Ji knew very well that Xu Tong was a partner of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Although the lords of outlying islands are very concerned about their reputation, it is not unheard of to betray fugitives for greater interests.

The Qingning Chamber of Commerce and the Haiya Chamber of Commerce have a close relationship. If the Haiya Chamber of Commerce changes its attitude and comes forward to put pressure on Yanbo Island, it will be difficult to guarantee that Xu Tong will protect itself.

Although the probability of Yanbo Island's lord betraying him was not high, Ji Sihan resolutely decided to continue fleeing to the eastern part of the island, at least to escape from Yanbo Island's control area first.

But Ji Sihan didn't simply walk away.

He was able to escape from under the eyes of He Mingyuan, Yang Lu's number one general, so he was definitely not a fool.

He was very familiar with the hidden rules of the offshore political asylum industry, and he could clearly understand that since he chose to sternly refuse Xu Tong's invitation, he was tantamount to severely offending the other party. In order to prevent the owner of Xu Island from jumping over the wall and capturing him on the spot, Ji Sihan had already written letters to the major lords of the outlying islands before landing on Yanbo Island, expressing his willingness to come and join him.

If Xu Tong chooses to take coercive measures against himself, he will inevitably be unable to hide it from other outlying island lords who receive the news.

The lords of the outlying islands are all competing with each other in the political asylum industry. Even when they are fine, they will inevitably throw dirty water on each other. If they heard that Ji Sihan was secretly detained by Yanbo Island, they would definitely not keep the secret from Xu Tong. It would be inevitable. They will publicize the news that Xu Tong secretly detained the exiles in Zhongzhou, thoroughly criticize Island Master Xu, and then step on 10,000 other people.

This move was an upright conspiracy, and even Xu Tong, a cunning outlying island warlord, couldn't do anything about it.

Although Xu Tong felt very sorry for Ji Guanshi, the "walking half-millionaire", he was still not ready to ruin his reputation completely for the stolen money. Faced with Ji Sihan's determined attitude, Xu Tong had no choice but to let him go.

Since the Guhong Island army led by Tian Beixi defeated the outlying island coalition forces at that time, and Huoyunzhou's power was gaining momentum, Manager Ji simply boarded a fast ship transporting military supplies for the outlying island coalition forces and directly arrived at the front line of the confrontation between the two sides.

Looking at the way he was fleeing, Ji Sihan probably had to defect directly to Tian Beixi to feel at ease!

However, Ji Sihan's "quick, accurate and ruthless" decision indeed caused a lot of difficulties for Yang Lu. After all, the relationship between the Shenhuo Sect and the Wuliang Sword Sect has always been tense. Even if the Wuliang Sword Sect personally exerts pressure, the forces of the Fire Cloud State cannot be casual. Betrayal.

Now that the forces of the Fire Cloud State are gaining ground on the outlying islands, it is even more impossible for Manager Ji to leave the territory of the Fire Cloud State!

Although Ji Sihan successfully escaped from Xu Tong through conspiracy, Xu Tong would not be willing to be played by a mere fugitive.

Although Xu Tong was not willing to pay attention to Yang Lu, a dispensable cultivator of the Golden Sword Sect, but when he saw that Ji Sihan's front legs had just left Yanbo Island and Yang Lu was chasing after him, he did not hesitate to kill Ji Sihan's body. The whereabouts were sold, and this guy didn't pay any protection money for himself anyway. Selling away Manager Ji's whereabouts did not break the unspoken rules of the political asylum industry.

For Yang Lu, this result is a mixed blessing.

Fortunately, he found traces of Ji Sihan as soon as he arrived at the outlying island, which was a good start. Worryingly, this cunning guy made the decision and ran to the Huoyun State territory. He might have to go to the front line with the Haiya Fleet to meet. That Tian Beixi.