Chapter 100 Lion City Merchant

In fact, there should be a canonization ceremony, but that would have to wait until the angels from the Daxuan court arrived.

From the perspective of the Taoist government, this matter has come to an end for the time being.

Qi Xuansu can focus on the right path, which is the Nanyang United Trading Company.

Zhang Yuelu came to Borneo this time under the banner of investigating the case. She was not just talking about it. She really made some progress. The key is that "Xi Ye", whose real name is Xu Youyi, and whose official identity is Nanyang United Trading Company. A senior steward, secretly the lover of Wang Jiaoyan.

Xu Youyi knew the seriousness. If Wang Jiaoyan was surrendered, no one would be able to save him, so he kept carrying him without any move. However, Xu Kou's methods are really scary. It is true that the Taoist sect prohibits torture to extract confessions, but this man doesn't care. The worst he can do is be punished. It is undeniable that the effect of this method is indeed immediate.

So Xu Youyi still explained some other issues in an attempt to get through. According to Xu Youyi, the West Borneo Company had a secret warehouse in Lion City where the slaves they were preparing to sell were kept.

Qi Xuansu is no stranger to the Lion City. He had just inspected there, but had to return early because something happened to Master Lan Da.

If Thang Long is the political center of Borneo, then Lion City is the economic center of Borneo.

Geographically speaking, Thang Long Palace is too close to the inland and a little too remote. Lion City is the center of the entire Nanyang.

The last time Qi Xuansu went to the Lion City, he only visited the surface and did not get into the inner parts of the Lion City. Just like when Qi Xuansu first arrived at Shenglong Mansion, everything seemed harmonious on the surface. No one would have thought that Chen Shuhua, who took the initiative to greet Qi Xuansu and Yao Shu, was only one step away from immortality, nor would they have thought that there were two people hiding under Shenglong Mansion. A god-descended vessel at the level of an immortal will make Master Landa withdraw from the stage of Borneo for a long time.

This is not to mention Wang Jiaohe, Wang Jiaoying, Sun Heyu and other local gangsters.

So what did Qi Xuansu see in Lion City? Apart from the Taiping Bank's treasury, where we saw a little bit of the real situation, what else did we see? The special Xuansheng card prepared by wealthy businessmen together for him? Or is it the only customized brand store in Nanyang?

In fact, the water in Lion City is very deep.

In fact, it is a very simple truth. The more powerful or wealthy a place is, the more beauties there are. When Qi Xuansu was working at the bottom, he couldn't see many beautiful girls all year round. But after he arrived in Yujing, especially after entering Ziweitang, the beautiful Taoist priests walked from his pledge room to the east as if they didn't need money. You can see several of Huazhen's signature rooms.

Of course, this is just an appearance.

In essence, not only so-called beauties, but everyone will gather in these places, and adventurers and careerists abound. It's just that these people can't be seen on the surface. After all, people's hearts are separated from each other, and no one will put a note on their forehead to explain who they are. However, good-looking people can't hide it and can see it at a glance. , so it gives people the stereotype that the more powerful and wealthy people are, the more beauties there are.

To put it bluntly, the more powerful and wealthy a place is, the more disputes there are and the more fights there are.

Thang Long Palace has power and Lion City has money.

Shenglong Mansion was so troubled that it was split in half by Chen Shuhua's sword. How could the Lion City be a place of still water? It's just that the undercurrents are hidden beneath the surface.

Otherwise, why would the Daxuan court set up the Nanting Protectorate in Lion City? There are also reasons why the Borneo Taoist Office stationed spiritual officials in the Xuanwei Division of Old Port, not far from the Lion City.

On the surface, the Nanting Protectorate is the manager of the Lion City and the most powerful party. However, in fact, the Nanting Protectorate is far from being a dominant force. Although the Lingshan Witch Cult and the Zhiming Cult have strong influence here. It has been weakened, but the power of "Tian Ting" has been greatly increased. Many wealthy businessmen have the background of "Tian Ting". They are part of "Tian Ting". "Tian Ting" is half businessman and half thief, regardless of the goods they transport. , or the proceeds of robbery are sold through these merchants, the "Heavenly Court" is almost semi-public in the Lion City. The officers and soldiers and pirates are in the same room, which is also a unique scenery of the Lion City.

Secondly, there are secondary secret societies such as Qibaofang and Babuzhong. The former is a leading businessman and the latter is a madman who focuses on creation. The two have one thing in common, they both need a lot of peace money. Lion City is the richest place in Nanyang. To put it harshly, these two families came here just because they smelled it.

Many businessmen also have backgrounds from these two families. It can be said that the businessmen in Lion City have very complicated backgrounds. They accept both black and white. They do business with secret societies on one hand and deal with the Taoist government on the other. In the words of businessmen, if two gold bars are placed here, which one is the right one? Which one is evil? Money is money, don’t struggle with money.

On the contrary, the Lingshan Witch Cult and the Zhiming Cult do not value the Lion City very much. Merchants value profits. In Western terms, merchants can sell the ropes used to hang themselves for profit. Such people will most likely not believe in the Ancient Immortal Cult. They believe that money can Channeling the gods and spreading the belief in ancient immortals here is a thankless task.

In addition, Xibasazhou Company is also a frequent visitor to Lion City, which is reasonable. Business is about coming and going. There is no reason not to let Xibasazhou Company come, so you can often see Western faces in Lion City. If there is any place in Southeast Asia that has been most heavily infiltrated by Westerners, it must be the Lion City.

If Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu want to jointly attack the Holy Court forces, they must start from the Lion City.

In addition, fleets from Lingnan, Jiangnan, Qizhou and other places will also travel to Lion City, docking or trading here. Most of these caravans have extraordinary backgrounds, with Taoist backgrounds or the background of the Great Xuan Court, and should not be underestimated.

For example, Qi Muyu is one of them.

In this case, the Nanyang United Trade Company, as a local snake, naturally has to get involved in Lion City. It can even be said that the main focus of the Nanyang United Trade Company is here, and its headquarters is established in Lion City.

Before Qi Xuansu took office in Borneo, he naturally had to know something about Borneo. Shenglong Mansion and Lion City were the top priorities of his attention. This dragon and lion determined the lifeblood of the entire Nanyang.

It's a pity that Qi Xuansu's trip to Lion City was interrupted halfway, and he had to return to Shenglong Mansion in a hurry.

In fact, when Qi Xuansu was the second deputy lord of the palace, he did not need to deal with Lion City too much, because he was in charge of the law. Now that he has been promoted to the chief deputy lord of the palace and is in charge of financial power, he has to deal with Lion City instead.

Qi Xuansu understood one thing very well, that his next focus would inevitably shift from Shenglong Prefecture to Lion City.

His struggle with Wang Jiaohe, or his struggle with the Wang family led by Wang Jiaohe, was no longer a direct fight, but would focus on invisible swords and shadows, and the battlefield was in Lion City.

As long as Qi Xuansu could get the illegal evidence of Nanyang United Trading Company and prove that the Wang family was the boss behind the Nanyang United Trading Company, then Jinque could legitimately take down Wang Jiaohe, and even an immortal would not be Jinque's opponent.

But then again, not having a direct conflict does not mean that there would be no fighting and killing. Killing to silence people is an old tradition of Taoism. It doesn't matter if the Jiangnan case is not mentioned. The Wang family will never sit and wait for death. Secret fighting is still inevitable. In the end, whether "Qi Qingtian" is famous in Borneo or the Wang family survives the danger depends on the means of both sides.

Zhang Yuelu's main target for this investigation is Lion City, and she has already set off for Lion City.

Qi Xuansu did not travel with Zhang Yuelu because he had to deal with the affairs of the royal family of Dayu.

Zhang Yuelu was traveling light this time. Although he still took a flying boat, it was not a special flying boat that served the second, first, and palace masters, but an ordinary public flying boat.

As for the entourage, there was only Ke Qingqing.

In any case, Zhang Yuelu was a celestial being in the infinite stage, and he was in the territory of the Taoist sect, so there was no need to be overly cautious. Ordinary people were no match for Zhang Yuelu. As for those who could threaten Zhang Yuelu, such as Chen Shuhua, they would not rashly attack Zhang Yuelu unless she wanted to face the Heavenly Master and the Orthodox Oneness.

If Qi Xuansu was killed, the Earth Master might not do it himself. But if Zhang Yuelu was moved, then the Heavenly Master would definitely do it himself. Zhang Yuelu was a crucial part of the Heavenly Master's future planning for the Zhang family. If Qi Xuansu died, there was Yao Pei, but if Zhang Yuelu died, there was no other candidate.

Zhang Yuelu had also been to many big cities, such as Dijing and Jinling Prefecture, which were huge cities with a population of more than millions. Lion City is slightly inferior, but it also has a population of more than one million, of which more than 500,000 are permanent residents, and the rest are all immigrants.

After entering Lion City, Zhang Yuelu's first feeling was prosperity, bustling but orderly, without the chaotic feeling of ordinary seaports. The black-clothed people maintained the superficial order quite well. Anyone who fought and made trouble would be arrested by the black-clothed people, and the number of lashes varied according to the severity of the case.

However, no matter how orderly it is, it is still compared with other cities, and cannot be compared with Yujing. Zhang Yuelu and Ke Qingqing, the two women, are still quite conspicuous, but when passers-by saw the Taoist dress on the two, they all kept their distance.

Although Zhang Yuelu did not wear a real crane cloak, but only a seventh-grade Taoist dress, for ordinary people, Taoists themselves are not to be provoked. If they bumped into the Taoist master, the consequences would be serious. And as everyone knows, the female Taoists of the Taoist sect are more sturdy, and male Taoists dare not rashly provoke them.

When the black-clad people in the city see the Taoist priest, they will show kindness and no longer be as cold and serious as usual.

Ke Qingqing asked softly: "Second Master, where are we going?"

Zhang Yuelu said something shocking: "Purple Light Society."