930 Yang Guangs Reques (1/2)
Chapter 930 – Yang Guang's Request
Along with the Yanhuang Alliance, Great Xia also listed the Dali and Chengdu Imperial Cities into the blacklist.
Dali and Chengdu were both enemies of Great Xia, so Ouyang Shuo did not show them any mercy. He directly prevented them from having thoughts of taking any small benefits from this whole matter.
The moment the news was out, merchants from both imperial cities panicked.
Along with the trade route being opened, voyage trading was becoming more and more important in China, taking up 30% of all trade.
If one missed out on this, it would undoubtedly be a huge loss for them.
While the Dali and Chengdu chambers of commerce were anxious, there was news from Shanhai City. They spread that the Great Xia invites chambers of commerce to move into Shanhai City. These chambers of commerce would enjoy special treatment.
Everyone knew who this was targeting.
News had it that when Shu Emperor Liu Bei heard the news, he was so furious that his face turned red. However, to keep his image, he had to act like he did not care.
Luckily, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who loved to fight, were not there anymore. If not, it would cause more troubles.
As for what kind of treatment the Quanzhou Merchants would face, Great Xia King Ouyang Shuo had already said, ”Ask the Great Sui to send someone to talk!”
It seemed like Great Xia was about to raise the price.
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Handan City, City Lord's Manor.
Not long after Great Xia listed Yanhuang Alliance into the blacklist, Di Chen and the others gathered together.
”Preposterous! What a bully!”
The one who spoke was Chun Shenjun. Pill Sun City, which rose up through business, had already slowly started to begin voyage trading. Who knew that it would face such a huge hit right at the start?
No wonder Chun Shenjun would be so triggered.
Di Chen and the others acted like they did not hear anything. Chun Shenjun's words were shameless, as Great Xia did not owe them anything. They were enemies, and there was no bullying that could be said.
”This time, the old fox is going all out against us.” Di Chen had an unprecedentedly solemn expression as he looked around, ”We have no way out.”
”….”
Xiong Ba and the others kept silent; their hearts had a heavy feeling.
Before this, Great Xia was always on the back foot, so they did not feel much. Now, they had unexpectedly struck first, making it hard for them to breathe.
Di Chen and the others felt that the Great Xia was so strong that it was suffocating.
”Since there's no way out, let's go all out!”
The one who spoke was Xiong Ba. The ambition and fighting spirit in his eyes were still the same.
Out of the few of them, Sha Pojun, Wandering Magic, and Feng Qingyang did not say much. Their territories were located in the northwest region, so they did not much have affinity with voyage trading. Hence, this round of actions did not really affect them.
Not long ago, Feng Qingyang had finally completed his closed doors training.
After which, he once again took control of Swordsman City. He made his sister, who was actually doing a good job, back down.
The Feng family male over female tradition was not something that could be changed in a day or two.
Chun Shenjun looked at Xiong Ba, Di Chen, and Zhan Lang, ”Don't all of you have navy squadrons? Since the Great Xia can open a trade route with one voyage squadron, why can't we?”
Last year, news of how Ouyang Shuo used a single squadron to make it around Europe had been spread about like stuff of legends. Everyone here knew about it.
Chun Shenjun was trying to rile them up into acting.
”So you're saying we should open up the pacific trade route to trade with America?” Di Chen asked.
”Why not?” Chun Shenjun came from a business based aristocratic family. Talking about voyage trading, his eyes lit up, ”The Americas is a market no worse than Europe.”
”If we open it up, we can also crush Great Xia.”
The anger in Chun Shenjun's heart was hard to appease.
Xiong Ba was the first to nod, ”We could try that. Since Free City ships can reach here, that means that this trade route is legit.”
”If we want things to go more smoothly, we can contact Jack and ask him to send a copy of a map over. He's such an arrogant person, so how could he allow that old fox to take all the good stuff? He would definitely agree.”
Xiong Ba's words finally attracted Di Chen, and he nodded, ”That's settled, I'll contact him later. We also need to prepare and build an allied squadron.”
”No problem.”
Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang both nodded at the same time.
Ouyang Shuo's actions had unexpectedly pushed Yanhuang Alliance on a path different from the last life. The trading route between China and America would be opened a year in advance.
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8th month, 15th day, Shanhai City.
Replying to Ouyang Shuo's demands, in just two days, Great Sui sent an envoy over to discuss about trade.
Yesterday, the Great Sui embassy in Great Xia contacted the Honglu Temple.
Ouyang Shuo arranged for Jiang Shang to take charge of meeting the envoy, giving Great Sui a lot of face.
On this point, Ouyang Shuo would not be rude.
Inspired by the inn in Great Sui, Ouyang Shuo ordered men to construct one of their own to welcome various envoys. However, its scale was much more majestic than the one in Great Sui.