Episode 441. Ruler of the South (1)
“Sir General! The Zhejiang Traders Association has contacted you!”
“Patience! Are you here again? I’m too busy to die!”
It wasn’t tough. Ho Yo-seong’s cheeks were hollow, like someone who hadn’t even eaten porridge.
But his eyes were full of life. The body was tired, but the mind seemed clearer than ever.
“Here is the letter!”
A smile crept across Ho Yo-seong’s lips as he read the letter in an instant.
“Have our merchant nobles lost their feet?”
Not long after the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce blocked Zhejiang’s trade passage, bad rumors about the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce spread all over the central plains.
The ripple effect of the rumor was truly explosive. No matter how much the imperial palace lost its power, it was necessary to follow the minimum laws, but they secretly took a hand in the salt business.
It is a serious violation, but in fact, the reaction of the people following it was sluggish. It is illegal, but it did not cause direct damage to the lives of actual citizens.
However, there was a decisive reason for the common people to denounce the Gangseo Sanghoe in unison.
Gangseo Sanghoe placed Yeomwangchae (閻王債) against the people. It wasn’t just one or two. There were more than 500 Yeom Wang-chae under the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce, whose names were hidden.
The damage that one Yeomwangchae does to the area is truly terrifying. When lending money, it was Yeomwangchae who acted as if he would take out his liver and gallbladder, and then even pulled out a knife when he started demanding money.
In addition, the interest rate at the time of contract and the interest rate on the day of collection were extremely fluctuating. Even if you write a contract, you don’t get paid according to the contract. For the common people, Yeomwangchae was more terrifying than the Murim people.
In other words, Gangseo Sanghoe was secretly sucking the blood of tens of thousands of people through Yeomwangchae. Even that was just a part of the many illegal businesses that Gangseo Sanghoe had been doing so far, so I could see how terrifying the financial power of Gangseo Sanghoe was from this floor.
There was also a reason why Zhejiang’s trade passage was able to be blocked at once with the power of a merchant association. In Sanggye, where money is power, the influence of Gangseo Store was enormous. Merchants who trade can’t help but notice Gangseo Trading Company.
But the traders couldn’t just suck their fingers and wait. Even if trade was stopped for just one day, the loss of money they suffered was enormous.
“Their representative came to Jiangxi?”
“That’s right.”
“Even the traders risked their lives.”
Ho Yo-seong said happily.
“Ask me how much the damage has been. He said he would restore eight percent of the damage if it was within one million gold pieces.”
“Pa, do you mean something?”
“Don’t worry. Because there are corners where money comes out here and there. And what, how about some damage? Isn’t this a golden opportunity for us to prey on the traders who were under the control of Gangseo Trading Company? If you think about the future, you have to make money even if you don’t have it.”
Ho Yo-seong buried his back in the chair.
There was an indescribable admiration on his face.
‘You’re really amazing, Professor.’
The reason why Xi Liang went directly to Jiangxi was not to ask for responsibility for the affairs of Honam.
It was because of Dam Sa-young. In other words, if it was just to ask for responsibility, even if only the Xinjiang Department was scrambled, the Gangseo Trading Company could have been blown up.
To put it bluntly, in Seoryang, as long as he can catch Dam Sa-young, that’s enough. But he didn’t stop there.
He was the head of the 100,000 Demons and the founder of the Heavenly Demonic Church. He had to make judgments as the head of a group rather than as a vengeful Xiliang individual.
It was there that Xi Liang’s bold strategy and strong momentum shined.
‘You took the entire Jiangxi Province as a hostage to summon Sanghui, and then you found the best way to bring down Sanghoe.’
It was easy to burn down the Gangseo store.
However, burning the headquarters will not completely exterminate them. Even if it is annihilated, forces aiming for Gangseoseong, which has created a vacuum, will appear like bamboo shoots after rain.
However, if the Heavenly Demonic Church intervenes before there is a vacuum, the story will change.
In the meantime, with Seo Liang’s efforts, the fear towards the Heavenly Demon Goddess had been diluted quite a bit. Still, people did not forget one thing.
That he should not intervene in the affairs of the Heavenly Demon Church.
The Heavenly Demonic Church relentlessly retaliates against the organizations that have touched them. Not to mention, the people of Murim, who saw the tremendous force of the previous leader Lee Cheon-sang and the ignorant driving force of the contemporary leader Seo-ryang, would not even think of touching the Cheonma Shinkyo.
‘Perhaps the headmaster has judged that he cannot open the trade passage that has already been blocked. That’s why he connected the trader and the main school to change the Southern Sanggye board.’
If the Gangseo store collapses, the trade channel will naturally open.
However, the time it took for it to completely collapse was a problem.
With Gangseo Trading Company paralyzed, traders had no choice but to fall into conflict. Even if the financial loss continued, I had to pay attention to the Kangseo store.
At that time, Xi Liang sent the Heavenly Demon Church to that place.
Other than that, there were no instructions. With the traders in contact, what was left was Hoyoseong, the general commander of the Heavenly Demon Church.
And Ho Yao-seong had a clear insight into what Xu Liang was aiming for and what the best result he hoped for.
‘It’s not all about just destroying your opponent. It is a divine move that swells the main school with the opponent’s flesh and at the same time brings the enemy hidden behind it to the surface.’
The traders were merchants, not Murim people.
The important thing for them was to leave a profit, so the reputation of the transaction target was not an issue. In the first place, I didn’t have enough time to pursue such a thing.
Therefore, Ho Yo-seong threw a superpower, promising to compensate for eight percent of the damage suffered by the traders.
That was it. Traders will no longer pay attention to Gangseo Trading Company. Didn’t they join hands with the Cheonma Shinkyo, which is ten times stronger than Gangseo Sanghoe and a hundred times more terrifying?
“It may creak a little at first, but it’s okay if you get even a penny less than Gangseo Sanghoe. That alone will make the traders praise the school.”
Ho Yo-seong wanted to dance like a dance.
“If we grow well like this, we can wipe out all the money in the south of the Yangtze River.”
money is power In certain circumstances, gold power was more powerful than force.
In the meantime, Cheonma Shinkyo has been united with faith and pride.
Xu Liang even provided funds for it.
‘Has there ever been such a radical leader in the history of the school? It’s doubtful that the previous headmaster would have done this.’
Ho Yo-seong, who was lost in thought for a moment, wrote a letter in an instant.
“Send this to the headmaster. Treat it as a payment.”
“All right.”
Ho Yo-seong, now alone, pressed his eyelids with his hand.
“Ugh, I’m really going to collapse after doing this. It’s really too much for you to put such a burden on a busy general.”
Of course it was a joke. Since Ho Yao-sheng joined Protestantism, he felt his heart pounding for the first time in a long time.
“Now, from now on, I will take care of everything behind the scenes. Please have a cool play with the masters.”
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“Hoo?”
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Xu Liang’s face showed interest when he received Ho Yao-seong’s letter.
“Apricot flower? Is this unexpected?”
As can be seen just by looking at Wizinoman, the leaders of Gangseo Trading Co. have rotted as much as they could. Hagiya, it is natural if it is natural that money is called from all sorts of illegal businesses such as yeom commerce, yeomwangchae, and assassination groups.
He intended to confiscate all of Wizinoback’s personal wealth. He was well over two million in gold, so that alone was a huge gain.
However, he was able to steal all the money from the Cheonsangdan, which he connected through Aenghwa, as well as the top leaders.
Ho Yao-seong’s strategy and driving force were no less than that of Xi Liang. On the contrary, even Xu Liang could not keep up with the eyes that saw the whole board.
Unlike Xu Liang, who destroyed the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce through malicious rumors and stole the trader, Ho Yo-seong seemed to be intent on retrieving every iron coin. It was a tenacious and venomous job.
‘I’d like to exaggerate a bit, but… … I was going to swallow Gangseo Castle anyway, so it would be nice to go there without any regrets.’
Now, Gangseo Trading Company had no choice but to collapse from the root. The name Gangseo Sanghoe will remain, but it will become an organization with no real value.
All that remains is complete ruin.
“Whoa, this is over.”
Xu Liang’s eyes grew cold as he gazed at the window.
‘Now, isn’t it time to move slowly?’
By now, Dam Sa-young would have known that the Gangseo store was destroyed. But you’ll never know how it fell apart.
Dam Sa-yeong was not the kind of person who just passed on things she didn’t know. He will move within days to get the context of this.
Looking at the window and drinking tea leisurely, Yeo Geuk-do couldn’t help but admire.
“You and the generals are really scary people.”
“yes?”
“The series of actions you showed after arriving in Jiangxi were really impressive. Even though it could have been subdued by force, it was thoroughly destroyed from the inside out.”
Seo Liang smiled bitterly.
“It wasn’t a cool way to brag.”
“It is the result, not the process, that matters. Of course, if Gangseo Trading Company wasn’t such a vicious group, I might have stopped it first.”
“Is that so?”
“That’s right. Well, since we were pushed out anyway by the number of people, we probably had no choice but to circumvent it.”
Yeogukdo burst into laughter.
Seo Liang also smiled at him. But the inside was different.
‘Are you pushed by the number of heads? He’s not the kind of person who cares about that.’
Yeogukdo was recovering his body even at this moment.
I can’t even imagine how terrifying martial arts Yeogukdo will show if he regains his martial arts perfectly.
‘In a way, he’s someone to be more careful with than Namgung-senpai.’
“But let’s say it.”
‘Either publicly.’
“Hey, are you really not interested in our Rin?”
‘… … Either privately.’
Xie Liang’s face crumpled.
“Because I’m not interested.”
“really? No, it’s not because she’s my daughter, but if it’s Rin, isn’t she a talented woman that is hard to find anywhere in the world? She has a pretty face, a great body, she’s from high school, and she’s quite good at martial arts. Even her brain is smart. Yes. Where can I find a bride like this?”
Xiliang coughed in the field without even realizing it. It was the first time I had seen a father tell his daughter that she was in good shape.
Certainly, North Sea’s sentiment was different from that of Jungwon. If this happened, there would be even voices saying, “Let’s live once without getting married.”
“Perhaps because of his personality? If so, how about the two of you living together?”
In a sense, he is a really predictable personality.
“Okay. Do you really want to ruin your daughter’s bright future?”
“her! What about living with a good person before marriage?”
“oh my god.”
“People in the middle courts are really blocked. As for me, I don’t think it’s bad to meet this person or that person before getting married. Even if you know ten ways in the water, you don’t know what a person is one way. You have to spend a long time to know what kind of great man he is. Even if you want to buy one thing, you won’t regret it until you buy it after you touch it… … “
“Ah, that’s it.”
“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand. uh? Are you by any chance?”
“why.”
“Couldn’t it be?”
“What.”
“hmm… … .”
“What?”
“Hey, man… … .”
Roaring!
The teacup Xu Liang held turned to ashes and scattered.
Yeogeukdo said with a shy face.
“It’s a joke, a joke.”
“… … .”
“… … I’m sorry. Was I a bit harsh?”
Xi Liang turned his head away.
Yeogeukdo coughed. I feel bad when I think of the emotions of these clogged up midfielders.
It was such an awkward time.
Yeo Geuk-do, who was restless, asked cautiously with another clearing of his cough.
“Just forget what I said… … “
“Here you are.”
“huh?’,
Seo Liang rose from his seat.
His eyes burned terribly.
“It’s not a big fish, is it a caught fish?”
