madnovel Chapter 1535: Yang Shan Becomes Bigger and Stronger
Chapter 1535: Yang Shan Becomes Bigger and Stronger
Chapter 1535: Yang Shan Becomes Bigger and Stronger
What Guide Liu meant by this was that he had completed the commissions of the Haolin Society many times and had a very good reputation.
Bai Ziqi nodded to the servant, who handed Guide Liu a silver ingot and said, "As agreed, I will pay you in installments. We will set out at sunrise tomorrow, and don't be late."
Guide Liu agreed and asked, "How many people are you with? I want to arrange carriages and inns."
"More than thirty."
"That little inn can't accommodate us. If we want to stay more comfortably, we have to hire four or five large carts." Guide Liu asked again, "Where are you going next?"
"Shizuotou and Liuping."
"That will take five or six days."
The servant boy immediately asked, "Hurry up, can you think of a way?"
"Ah... we have to pay extra to hire a carriage from Changlong Wuxing."
"Changlong Wuxing?"
"Changlong Wuxing is run by the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce. It specializes in escorting and has strong military force. In the past six months, it has plowed all the trade routes that Yangshan passes through. There used to be a lot of bandits along the way, but now some are dead or scattered, and there are not many left." Guide Liu said, "Their carriages move fast, I can rent one, but it's a little more expensive."
"Go ahead, money is not a problem."
Guide Liu bowed to Bai Ziqi again and said, "The yellow croaker noodles in this inn are delicious. Sir Bai, you can try it."
After he left, the servant asked, "Master Dushi, the battles at Shizhoutou and Liuping happened a long time ago. Why are you still collecting clues about these two places?"
"This is the place where the Nine Nether Emperor first appeared. As he committed more crimes, his methods became more sophisticated, but the first few times were the most crude and easy to leave loopholes." Bai Ziqi stretched, "Go and order me a bowl of yellow croaker noodles."
Guide Liu left the inn and went to arrange the carriage for tomorrow's journey. He then went to a small stall and ordered a bowl of green bean noodles. He ate it in a hurry before returning to Haolin Club.
According to regulations, after he has reached an agreement with the employer, he must return to Haolin Club to register and submit basic information before he can go to work for others.
Without this procedure, employers will not feel at ease.
He was also very familiar with the Hao Lin Club. As long as he stood outside the counter and opened his mouth, the guys inside the counter would write quickly.
"Where do you think those Bega people want to go?"
Those guests seemed to have their eyes on the top of their heads, and they looked at everyone with a natural arrogance. When the Haolin Club staff asked about it, they did not deny it and said they were guests from Bejia.
"There are about thirty of them. I just arranged a carriage for them to set off tomorrow. They said they will go to Shizhoutou and Liuping first, and then go to other places." Guide Liu smiled, "Their leader seems to be a high-ranking official, with good clothes and fabrics, and his servants call him 'Bai Dushi'."
"Are they the people staying at Xiangyang Inn?"
"Yep."
"Are you generous?"
"That's very generous. I've prepaid 30% of the travel expenses and rewards." Thanks to the great improvement in public security in Julu Port and the trade routes, otherwise, based on the way Bai Ziqi and his group were dressed, they would have been targeted by four or five gangs of bandits before they even left Julu Port.
Halfway through the journey, the gold and silver will be divided by a large scale.
The guy put down his pen and said, "Okay, registration is complete. Have a good trip tomorrow."
Guide Liu completed the registration and returned to his home.
The clerk put away the notebook and continued to handle other business.
Soon a man walked out from the back hall. He looked young but well-dressed, with a short scar on his left cheek. "Where's my wine? Hasn't it been delivered yet?"
When the waiter saw him, he called out respectfully, "Boss!"
This person was none other than Ah Hao.
When He Lingchuan left the ship and stepped onto Julu Harbor for the first time, he tried to steal Dong Rui's monkey, but was severely beaten up by the two of them. Later, he turned a disaster into a blessing and worked for You Enguang, the leader of the rebels at the time and now the king of Peng State.
There was a coup in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and You Enguang killed the old King of Bahrain and came to power. Ah Hao was not used to the official style, so he returned to Julu Port and opened the Hao Lin Club.
The former gangster of Julu Port has transformed himself into a businessman who is successful in both the black and white worlds.
At this time, another of Ah Hao's men ran in and offered wine and meat: "Brother Hao, your aphid honey wine is here."
“So slow!” Ah Hao took it, slapped him on the back of the head, and then took it back to the back hall to enjoy.
Not long after, it was dark.
The clerk pushed the notebook onto the table and went home.
……
The next day, Bai Ziqi and his party left Julu Port and headed north.
After leaving the Pengguo border and heading east, you will reach Shizhoutou.
When Bai Ziqi revisited the old route, he felt the great changes in this trade route:
"There really aren't any more bandits."
The last time he came to the Golden Plains, he was robbed just after leaving Julu Port.
Although the bandit died miserably in the end, he also had a bad first impression of Flash Gold.
This time was different. After walking for more than a hundred miles, the road was peaceful, with only a few wild deer jumping around. However, Bai Ziqi soon saw dozens of long poles erected on the roadside, with human heads stuck on the top of the poles. The skin and flesh had long since dried up, and it was more like a skull.
As they approached, the crow on the pole flew away with a cry.
"what is this?"
"When Yang Shan first established Changlong Wuxing, this trade route was not peaceful, so Changlong Wuxing organized people to patrol and clean up. All the bandits caught were hung up." Guide Liu explained, "There are still many such poles in the back, and you can see them along the way, but since then, there are fewer robbers."
The servant boy in the Heavenly Palace was curious: "How can Changlong Wuxing clean up the banditry that other countries can't eliminate?"
"I don't know. But Changlong Wuxing also spent a lot of effort in the early days. I often heard that they played hide-and-seek and fought with bandits in the mountains, and they suffered a lot of losses."
However, the effect is also obvious. The bandits around these trade routes have been cleared out, and the transportation of goods by Yangshan Chamber of Commerce is quite safe. Of course, Yangshan not only benefits itself, but also benefits the surrounding people and the merchants who come and go.
Business is visibly improving.
"In the past six months, there have been very few wars nearby. On the contrary, because of Yang Shan's business, he has hired people to do work everywhere." Guide Liu laughed, "Everyone has work to do and money to eat, so fewer people are engaged in the business of killing people."
Bai Ziqi asked casually, "If you want to clear such a long trade route, there must be a lot of people traveling from Changlongwu, right?"
"There are a lot of them, all of them are big and strong." Guide Liu said, "To be honest, some of them are bloodthirsty and may have robbed people on the roadside in the past, and later joined the Changlong Wuxing. How can having a stable income not be better than becoming a bandit?"
"How many people are there in the Changlong Wuxing Company in Julu Port?"
Guide Liu said casually: "I don't know the exact number, but the head office there should have at least 2,000 people, right?"
"Just the warriors responsible for escorting the transport?"
"Yes. Including the grooms, waiters, cooks, stewards, and so on, there are nearly three thousand people."
"Island Master He's business is very big." The martial arts headquarters alone has several thousand people.
This does not include the staff of Yangshan Chamber of Commerce itself.
"Of course not," Guide Liu said with inexplicable pride. "Yangshan's business has spread to Yao Country. Have you heard of the Red Valley Horse? A few days ago, I saw dozens of Red Valley Horses boarding a ship at Julu Port, and they were going to be shipped westward."
Bai Ziqi shook his head.
"Those are the best horses in our Golden Plains, and only Yao Country controls their production. Yang Shan happens to be able to buy them from Yao Country. Yao Country only opens exclusive trade goods like this to Yang Shan." Guide Liu said with a smile, "If there hadn't been batches of Yao Country's trade goods shipped here, Julu Port wouldn't have been so prosperous."
"From this perspective, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce is also doing well in the entire Golden Plains?"
"If he can do such a big business in Yao Country, how can he not do well in the Shining Gold Plain?" Guide Liu said, "Island Master He also has a good relationship with the allied forces in the central region. He can enter the war zone that others cannot enter without any hindrance."
Bai Ziqi sighed and said, "What a great honor. How many big chambers of commerce like this are there in the Golden Plains?"
"Oh, quite a few, there are more than a dozen. The medium-sized ones are like Luanji Commercial Bank, Baishui Chamber of Commerce, and Bilixuan, and the super-large ones are like Yangshan Chamber of Commerce, Deyou Commercial Bank, Qixinzhai, etc." Guide Liu introduced, "Especially these top commercial banks, they have good relations with various places and can do well everywhere. But the largest chambers of commerce are basically from Yao Kingdom. For example, Qixinzhai was opened by the Qi family of Yao Kingdom, the Qi family whose leader was killed by Emperor Jiuyou some time ago; Deyou Commercial Bank is the largest commercial bank in Yao Kingdom and has close ties with the royal court of Yao Kingdom. This is no secret."
"I see."
The city gate is ahead.
Julu Port is a free port. One has to go through a long trade route and pass the city pass before officially entering the territory of Peng State.
The territorial division remains the same as that of Lao country.
Guancheng was the same as Bai Ziqi remembered, gray and plain, with thick walls.
After entering the city, Guide Liu turned around and pointed at the city wall and said, "Nangong Yan, the chief of the Yuwei of the Kingdom of Bei, and dozens of his men were hanged here and their bodies were exposed for three days."
This was news, so Bai Ziqi asked casually, "Oh? Who did it?"
"I don't know." Guide Liu smiled, "I asked the city gate guards, and they said that Nangong Yan had led his men out from here the evening before, and he was very aggressive. He also told them to close the gates and seal the city immediately and not let outsiders in."
"I didn't expect that they would be the ones who were hung on the wall the next morning."
Everyone laughed. It was truly the Golden Plains. Even high-ranking ministers died in unclear circumstances.
They did not stay in Pengguo for too long and went east to Shizhoutou.
This is a typical small town on the Golden Plains. There are many people and the houses are dilapidated, but the city walls are tall and there are traces of war.
As soon as Bai Ziqi and his party entered the city, they saw a large wooden pillar standing behind the city gate. It was about the thickness of two people hugging each other. The top of the pillar was painted black and carved into the shape of a dragon's head.
The carving is average, rough but a little ugly.
But the shape of the dragon's horn is correct.
There are two altar tables in front of the pillars, one tall and one short, placed on them are a large number of fruits, incense sticks, candles, and lacquerware. There is almost no empty space on the table, especially the fruits that are piled up like a mountain.
The fruits are green and yellow, big and small, and look like they were just picked from the mountains.
There were also thick piles of paper money on the altar, so thick that two tables could hardly accommodate them. There was a big stove next to it.