CHAPTER 318: CHAPTER 318: LINJIANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The terms on the contract are written clearly and without any concealment.

Everyone only saw the word "devour" scattered all over the page.

"How about it? The Linjiang Chamber of Commerce I’m planning to establish is definitely about making money together, surely you’re very willing to join, right?"

Baiyu looked at the people present with a half-smile.

The content of the contract is not complicated.

It’s nothing more than integrating all the merchant fleets in Linjiang City into an organized, disciplined commercial group.

Managed by Baiyu’s Longteng Trading Company.

Which means.

He wants to be the person calling the shots in this chamber of commerce.

The merchant fleets, whether selling or purchasing, need to hand over a sum of money to the chamber.

For many people.

Joining this chamber of commerce just means having another master, being unreasonably exploited.

Of course.

Joining definitely has perks.

But compared to the losses, it’s completely disproportionate.

"Have you all thought it through?"

Baiyu looked at the somber faces around him, not caring: "If you feel you don’t want to join the chamber, you can leave immediately.

Just that.

Leaving means you won’t be able to do business in Linjiang Shelter anymore."

No one doubted Baiyu’s words.

Previously when they teamed up to suppress new merchants, wasn’t it pretty much the same routine? If you didn’t play by their rules, you were out immediately.

Now Baiyu just puts these matters right out in the open.

"Sign."

A merchant fleet leader gritted his teeth and pressed his hand seal onto the contract.

Subsequently.

His contract quickly burned into ashes in the air.

Once there’s the first, naturally there’s a second, third.

In the end.

Except for Josh, everyone had signed the contract.

Josh was still in a fierce internal struggle.

"Manager Josh, do you have other better suggestions?"

Baiyu asked.

Josh squeezed out a bitter smile: "I dare not propose a suggestion, I just have an idea, not sure whether I should say it or not..."

"Hold it."

Baiyu interrupted him before he finished: "If you’re unsure whether you should say it, then don’t say it, if you won’t sign, please leave."

"I’ll sign, I’ll sign."

Josh sighed and wrote his name on the contract.

Baiyu finally nodded in satisfaction, stood up and said: "Everyone, work well in the future, I will absolutely not interfere with your business.

Moreover.

One day, you will be grateful for your decision to join the ’Linjiang Chamber of Commerce’ today."

On the surface, everyone agreed, but in their hearts, they were dismissive.

This bastard.

Isn’t he just trying to collect protection fees in disguise!

"Will everyone stay for dinner tonight?"

"No, no, there is something urgent at home."

"Next time, definitely next time."

...

A group of people hurried away as if escaping.

Baiyu did not try to hold them back.

Nowadays, he’s indeed so different from before, such things are not troublesome to resolve.

Once the chamber forms, it becomes a little treasury spewing out gold blocks continuously.

Subsequent matters, just hand over to Erin to manage.

He himself cannot stay long in the shelter, and taking hold of Linjiang City’s commerce gives him a chance to access the real management circle of Linjiang Shelter.

This is also an important link in taking over the shelter.

"Most importantly, occasionally Linjiang City has Grandmaster Level experts. Anomaly Bureau, the government, the Armed Forces, none are easy to deal with."

Baiyu had a calculation in mind.

These three are the real power-holding institutions in Linjiang City Shelter now.

Previously, these merchant fleets were scattered like loose sand.

The whole industry’s strength now restrained together by Baiyu, the influence within the shelter becomes significant.

To say nothing else.

Just the peculiarity of the shelter itself represents that goods can be controlled in price by the chamber afterwards.

Although Linjiang Shelter is small.

It has a resident population of at least over one hundred thousand, with a transient population even reaching hundreds of thousands.

This large flow represents endless benefits.

Plus, with small shelters, far from the emperor’s reach, here holding real power is even more comfortable than in many bigger places.

So wanting to become the real controller of a shelter is as hard as climbing to the sky.

Those City Lords of the shelters.

Typically having enough strength or prestige, directly assigned by the Imperial, and must be from Eternal Sleep City.

In earlier years, it wasn’t difficult to become a City Lord of a shelter.

As long as the credentials were sufficient.

People from Eternal Sleep City could come forward to take over a shelter.

However, in recent years, the Imperial has also found something wrong.

Those appointed City Lords, although they could explore dangerous places in the Spirit Realm through the shelter’s teleportation array, bringing back many rare things.

But after being City Lords for a long time, they’re inevitably having other thoughts.

To say nothing else.

Many City Lords of the shelters nowadays generally ignore orders, only following dispatches.

Especially since the Imperial is currently in a situation of the old emperor aging and no new emperor established.

Therefore later.

The Imperial became extremely cautious when conferring the position of City Lord to someone for a shelter, unless absolutely certain the person is loyal to Imperial.

Talking back again.

Those able to become City Lords are also characters from Eternal Sleep City.

Meeting the conditions is truly challenging.

...

The next day.

Baiyu sat on the carriage for the return journey.

Matters regarding Linjiang City Shelter don’t require his direct involvement, this also serves as a test for Erin.

"Still urging; seems the situation is a bit off."

On his phone.

Jiang Xi had sent several more messages in a row, all concerning the grand society competition.

About an hour later.

After passing the pollution level check, Baiyu successfully entered the school, at the entrance, he heard the students’ noisy shouts.

...

"Third Prince, Baiyu has returned to Celestial South Martial Arts University, there are too many strong individuals in the university, it’s inconvenient to track him."

Kyoto.

Luoying Mansion.

After leaving the research institute, the Third Prince went straight to his residence, listening to the reports from his subordinates.

"Hmm, don’t watch too closely, just keep an eye out."

The Third Prince said: "How is the matter he handled at the shelter?"

"According to Eira, he has given a thorough beating to the group of merchants at Linjiang Shelter, simultaneously creating a chamber of commerce for centralized control..."

Reported the subordinate.

The Third Prince nodded: "Good, wanting to become the City Lord of a shelter city, first you need to have some status within the shelter, his direction is quite alright."

"But, Your Highness, he’s using your relationships and networks, if problems arise..."

"No problem, I can handle this minor responsibility."

The Third Prince said: "Provide benefits, then they will help you accomplish things. Baiyu is a talent, possibly critical for me to obtain the throne.

My other brothers don’t have anyone from Eternal Sleep City assisting them.

This Baiyu.

Not only can he control the spirit of the shelter but compared to Eternal Sleep City’s status, there aren’t so many troubles, a small shelter, is easier to manipulate.

Moreover, his secret will eventually be unearthed by me."

The Third Prince said with a confident smile.