The Fourth Financial Crisis

Unlike the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, which has just arrived, the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce has taken root in Haiya City and has a history of hundreds of years.

Similar to Chen Ping's family, the Haiya City Zhu family also emerged during the third Lingshi financial crisis 500 years ago. This financial crisis that changed the political landscape of Kyushu can be called the largest wealth laundering in the cultivation world in the past 7,000 years. Card.

Before the third Lingshi financial crisis, the mainstream currency system in the cultivation world was still the Kyushu Monetary Union system created by the famous cultivation economist Bo Nanke. This is a currency system between credit currency and physical currency. , adopting an institutional arrangement similar to the Bretton Woods system. Its main currency [Spiritual Stone Vouchers] and spiritual stones are semi-linked. Lingshi Vouchers can theoretically be exchanged for spiritual stones, but the exchange process is relatively indirect, and the monetary authorities can artificially increase the difficulty of currency exchange. By partially decoupling Lingshi coupons from Lingshi, the monetary authorities can artificially adjust the amount of currency to a certain extent, partially overcoming the problem that Lingshi currency circulation cannot match the economic development of Kyushu, causing large fluctuations in currency value.

However, just like the Bretton Woods system on Earth, the Kyushu Monetary Union system eventually went into crisis due to a run problem. In the end, Governor Lu Yang came out of the blue and founded the Lingshi Reserve Bank, completely sweeping the Kyushu Monetary Union into the garbage heap of history.

But currency reform is not a treat. The confrontation between the old and new currencies was initially very intense.

Although the credit of Lingshi bonds was already shaky during the third Lingshi financial crisis, this kind of run crisis has not happened before. Previously, the Kyushu Monetary Union took decisive action in accordance with the financial concepts of senior Bo Nanke, and at the budding stage of the crisis At this stage, they used the spiritual stone stocks of the seven major sects to blow up the short sellers and successfully curbed the depreciation trend of the spiritual stone coupons.

Therefore, many people at that time firmly believed that the Kyushu Monetary Union could once again defeat the short sellers.

However, this was not the case. At that time, the Kyushu Monetary Union was at the end of its rope. The top bosses of the Kyushu Monetary Union were just trying to prop up the scene based on Bo Nanke's theory that "confidence is more important than spiritual stones" and pretended to still be full of confidence.

After most people realized that the situation was over, the credibility of Lingshi Vouchers collapsed almost overnight, and the thousands of years of wealth accumulation of countless cultivator families was instantly reduced to waste paper.

There are even some old cultivators who came out of seclusion for decades and suddenly found out that their life savings were gone, and died on the spot.

In the end, it was President Lu Yang who used the new currency Lingshi coins to partially cover the Lingshi coupons. This prevented most cultivation families in the Kyushu cultivation world from being ruined due to the Lingshi financial crisis.

This is why President Lu Yang has a high prestige in the world of Kyushu cultivation comparable to that of a savior!

Although the third Lingshi Financial Crisis severely damaged the vitality of countless established cultivator families, there are also many new generation monks who bet on the Lingshi Reserve Bank early on and have made a fortune by taking advantage of the Lingshi Financial Crisis.

Zhu Biao, the ancestor of the Zhu family in Haiya City, and Chen Kui, the ancestor of the Chen family in Haiya City, are both representatives.

Although they are only monks in the Qi Refining Stage, they have gained wealth that is unparalleled in the city. Even the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, which was deeply involved in the Lingshi financial crisis, avoided bankruptcy by borrowing working capital from these two big guys. fate.

It was precisely because they had been creditors of the Haiya Clan that both the Zhu family and the Chen family obtained the right to franchise in Haiya City.

But as the saying goes, one emperor and one courtier, with the passing of the two ancestors in the Qi Refining period, and the high-level officials of the Haiya family who had received favors from these two people also gradually withered away, the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce and the Chen Family Chamber of Commerce, which were independent of the Haiya Family, The situation became increasingly embarrassing.

The Chen Family Chamber of Commerce is relatively lucky. There are one or two cultivators in almost every generation, and they can barely maintain their appearance.

The Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce is more unlucky. None of Zhu Ziming's father and grandfather can test the cultivation aptitude, and it has become a mortal chamber of commerce without the protection of cultivators. This kind of independent chamber of commerce is the only one in Haiya City, which is surrounded by wolves. No different than a fat sheep.

Therefore, Zhu Jianwen, the head of the Zhu family, had no choice but to affiliate his chamber of commerce under the name of Lu Anping, the special trade representative of the Wuliang Sword Sect, to act as the white glove of Master Lu, the dragon crossing the river.

Today, the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce is no longer as powerful as before. Only the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce headquarters, located in the core area of ​​Haiya City with a majestic architectural layout, still manages to show off the Zhujia's past glory.

At the same time that Yang Lu was leaving for the City Lord's Mansion, Zhu Ziming was meeting guests from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce in the reception room of his chamber of commerce.

"Strict stewardship, there shouldn't be any mistakes in the things I asked you to do before!" Facing the fat, well-dressed middle-aged man in front of him, Zhu Ziming's tone was extremely respectful.

To be treated with such respect by a rich second generation like Zhu Ziming, Manager Yan is naturally no ordinary guest. His name is Yan Kuan, and his position is the financial person in charge of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

Compared with Zhu Ziming's respectful expression, Manager Yan looked very relaxed, and the relationship between Party A and Party B was clear at a glance: "Isn't it just to create the illusion that the capital chain of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is tight and block the payment for goods from the Qingning Chamber of Commerce? You also know that it is necessary to keep accounts. It is an art, and the boundary between true and false is very blurred. I can achieve the goal you want without leaving any clues."

After receiving Yan Kuan's assurance, Zhu Ziming's face looked much better: "With your words, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce will definitely die!"

"Your Zhujia Chamber of Commerce and I are also old friends, and we should help each other!" Yan Guan said politely beforehand, and then changed the subject and said as if he meant something: "But I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. Be practical. You should know that for those of us who are doing accounting, even committing a crime is okay, but we just must not make any mistakes..."

Zhu Ziming was also a smart man. He didn't understand what Yan Kuan meant, so he immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Manager Yan. This matter was handled by Master Lu personally. It is absolutely politically correct!"

However, Yan Kuan's expression was still serious, and he did not seem to buy it easily: "Master Lu is the leading figure in Haiya City, so I can naturally trust him. But the beautiful president of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is not an ordinary person, she can pierce the truth. Oh my God!"

Zhu Ziming seemed to have known about the other party's question for a long time, and said calmly: "So what? Although Li Qingning has a distinguished background, the forces behind her do not support her rash actions. She is smart enough to do business with Tianshu City. Yu blatantly interfered in the reform of Zhongzhou's social security system and violated the bottom line of all parties! Needless to say, Tianshu City Lord Chen Ming and our Jiang City Lord have been bitter enemies for hundreds of years. What do you think of Jiang City Lord's behavior towards her? , don’t you have any opinions?”

When Yan Guanshi heard this, his expression softened a little, and he nodded and said: "These small actions we have made cannot be hidden from big shots like President Su and City Lord Jiang. Since they did not express their objections, they must have acquiesced. But after all, it is me. If someone stabs me for doing this, City Lord Jiang and President Su will definitely be fine, but I will definitely be pulled out to take the blame!"

As a veteran of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, Yan Guanshi has a very clear understanding of his situation.

However, after hearing his worries, Zhu Ziming suddenly burst into laughter, making Yan Kuan confused.

After the laughter subsided, Zhu Ziming spoke again: "Guanshi Yan, didn't you just say that we mortals who work for cultivators can commit crimes, but we must never make mistakes? Master Lu Xian ordered me to deal with Qing Ning Chamber of Commerce takes action, President Su acquiesces to your small actions, just to make us take the blame. If we don't even dare to take the blame, then what use do the superior cultivators have for us? Do you want them to do these dirty things themselves? Do you want to live? We mortals who work for cultivators are specially used to do dirty work. If you don't do these things if you think they are dirty, then you are making a real mistake!"