The Fourth Financial Crisis

Following Yang Lu as he left the Ocean Trading Department, Butler Zhou discovered that he had not gone to the General Affairs Department again.

When the two of them arrived at a remote corner of the City Lord's Mansion, Butler Zhou finally couldn't restrain his curiosity and took the initiative to ask: "Young man named Yang, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?"

Yang Lu smiled and said: "You have been following me all this time, haven't you seen any secrets?"

Butler Zhou shook his head blankly and said: "I just think that the reaction of the clerk of the Ocean Trade Department is a bit strange. These departmental regulations are obviously useless nonsense, and the General Affairs Department and the Arbitration Department did not say anything, but they just put their own The departmental charter was thrown to you, why did the clerk of the Ocean Trade Department seem so reluctant when he handed it to you?"

Recalling the reaction of the clerk of the Ocean Trade Department, Yang Lu gave a sarcastic smile: "The Smiling Tiger is just reluctant!"

"Is there something wrong with the Ocean Trading Department?" Hearing Yang Lu's meaningful tone, Butler Zhou knew what he had seen.

Yang Lu paused slightly and explained in a voice that only two people could hear: "The General Affairs Department is positioned as the communication and coordination department, so they can send us away directly as long as they reveal the department charter early; the Arbitration Department is a back-end department , as outsiders, we went directly to the back-office department to work. It was strange that they gave us a good look. However, it was not a big deal for them to ask for the department's charter, so they gave it directly; but the Ocean Trading Department was different. They were specific. Business department!”

"Is there any difference between this business department?"

Yang Lu showed a meaningful expression and said: "The difference is huge! I can even conclude that the key to ending this kickball competition is hidden in the departmental charter of the Ocean Trading Department. What we are going to do next What we do is to find the knife secretly handed to us by the ghost in the Ocean Trading Department from this department charter!"

This week the housekeeper is even more confused: Why did the Ocean Trading Department hand over a knife to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce for no reason?

Since the establishment of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Butler Zhou has followed Li Qingning to start his own business. In addition, Li Qingning is not a deep-minded person and will not deliberately hide the business secrets of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce from him, the chamber's chief steward.

Because of this, Butler Zhou is very sure that the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and the Ocean Trading Department have nothing to do with each other!

Seeing that Yang Lu always went to the point every time he explained, Butler Zhou felt a little itchy in his heart, and finally admitted helplessly: "Mr. Yang, I really can't see what methods you used, so you can explain it to me a little bit. .”

Hearing that Butler Zhou's title had changed from "the boy surnamed Yang" to "Mr. Yang", Yang Lu's lips curved slightly: "It's not that I deliberately concealed it, but I haven't found the knife yet. , I’m not 100% sure of my guess yet, I will tell you as soon as I find this knife.”

Since Yang Lu said it for this reason, Butler Zhou could only give up temporarily no matter how curious he was.

Following Yang Lu's footsteps, the two quickly found a well-lit balcony in a secluded part of the city lord's mansion.

Yang Lu silently stopped and observed for a long time next to the balcony, confirming that no one usually passed by this balcony. Then Yang Lu spread out all three departmental charters of the General Affairs Department, the Arbitration Department, and the Ocean Investigation Department on the ground like a big cake.

The three department charters totaled more than 150 pages, almost covering the entire balcony. Instructing Butler Zhou to keep a lookout for him, Yang Lu squatted on the ground and carefully studied the specific provisions of these three departmental charters.

These three departmental charters seemed like a lot of nonsense, but Yang Lu read them very carefully. In order not to miss any key information, he even took out a charcoal pen that he specially made in his spare time and individually outlined certain key words that appeared in the three department charters.

He just lay on the ground and studied it carefully for nearly an hour. Even the housekeeper Zhou who was watching the wind became a little impatient. Out of boredom, he had no choice but to silently observe Yang Lu's strange behavior.

He soon discovered that Yang Lu's research was not irregular.

Although these three departmental charters were all painted with ghost characters by Yang Lu, the focus of Yang Lu's research was obviously on the departmental charter of the Ocean Trade Department.

He often first circles a proper noun from the departmental charter of the Department of Ocean Trade, then goes to the other two departmental charters, looks for similar words, and then circles it again.

This approach made Butler Zhou couldn't help but wonder: "Have you concluded that there is a problem with the departmental charter of the Ocean Trade Department?"

"I can't say for sure, but at least it's close to ten or ninety-nine."

"From the strange reactions of the clerks in the Ocean Trade Department, you can conclude that there is a problem with their departmental regulations?"

Yang Lu still stared at the three departmental charters and replied casually: "Of course I didn't make a judgment based on his reaction! In fact, I knew before I came to the Haiya City Lord's Mansion that there must be something wrong with these three departmental charters. , I just can’t be sure which charter has the problem! And the performance of the three clerks just now convinced me that the one with the problem must be the Ocean Trading Department."

Butler Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "You seem to be quite familiar with the work of the City Lord's Mansion. Have you ever worked in the City Lord's Mansion before?"

"Nothing, I can swear to God."

"Then how do you predict the future?"

"This is not a divination thing. I just learned about the way they do things through the chats of a few drunkards in the City Lord's Mansion."

"I also often deal with the city lord's mansion, why can't I see the doorway here at all?"

"This is the value of my existence! If you could figure it out, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce wouldn't need me, Yang Lu."

Feeling Yang Lu's unintentional contempt, Housekeeper Zhou was choked and speechless.

Seeing that Butler Zhou had begun to doubt his own IQ, Yang Lu smiled and decided to reveal the final answer: "Actually, this matter is not complicated at all. Jiang Hua'an tried to fool him by splitting a function into three. The Wuliang Sword Sect’s requirement to ‘rule Zhongzhou’ by law. Do you think this approach is foolproof?”

After hearing Yang Lu talk about business, Butler Zhou thought for a while and replied honestly: "The total number of cultivators of the Wuliang Sword Sect is only more than 20,000. With more than 20,000 cultivators managing the vast Zhongzhou, It is not an exaggeration to describe it as being stretched. Although City Lord Jiang’s tricks are not brilliant, I think Wuliang Sword Sect should not notice such trivial things as Haiya City. It may be a bit exaggerated to describe it as foolproof, but it can still be called It’s a sure thing.”

Yang Lu continued to write down the rules and regulations of the three departments, nodded casually and said: "It's a sure thing, which means it's not completely safe. It would be fine if no one reported it at ordinary times, but now the Haiya Sect is trapped in the new generation of cultivation society. The various forces are competing fiercely for the interests of the security system, and it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take advantage of the situation and take the initiative to report this matter to the Infinite Sword Sect."

Report the illegal activities of the Haiya Sect to the Wuliang Sword Sect?

Butler Zhou just thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said: "If reporting the Haiya Sect was useful, our Qingning Chamber of Commerce would have reported it to the Wuliang Sword Sect long ago. Do we still have to wait for others to come?"