Hearing this, Song Jia's expression softened a little. She asked, "Break and then rebuild. Breaking is breaking, but where is the rebuilding?"
In Song Jia's eyes, the current Song Clan was a mess. There was nothing praiseworthy about her father holding the reins of power. It was just a heavy burden.
Ouyang Shuo smiled lightly. "I've already spoken to Uncle before this. Now that Shanhai City had taken over Zhaoqing County, the Song Clan would have to withdraw from the business in Tianshuang County and establish the Song Clan's Chamber of Commerce, returning to their old business. Before your elder brother Song Wen left Tianshuang County, he had already taken all the funds from Tianshuang County with him. Isn't this a good time to establish the Chamber of Commerce? You can write to Uncle and explain this matter. "
"Shanhai City is full of merchant guilds. It won't be easy for the Song Clan to establish a foothold in the city with the little capital they have." Song Jia was an intelligent woman, and she was quite knowledgeable in the art of business.
For a Chamber of Commerce to establish itself, the right time, the right place, and the right people were indispensable. Even so, it still required several generations of painstaking efforts to establish a firm foothold.
The Song's Chamber of Commerce, other than a bit of start-up capital, had no connections, no products to sell, and no reputation. If they rashly rushed into the sea of commerce, they would be eaten up in minutes without leaving even a dregs.
The shopping mall was like a battlefield, filled with smoke.
"In any case, I am also the future son-in-law of the Song Family. Naturally, I will not treat them badly." Seeing through Song Jia's worries, Ouyang Shuo comforted, "Firstly, I will not take back the 68,000 gold coins that Song Wen took from the Bank of the Four Seas' Tianshuang County Branch. Instead, I will convert it into a low-interest loan for him to use. Secondly, the Song Enterprise would become the exclusive distributor of the pearls. Thirdly, they would also subsidize the ten merchant ships of the Song Empire. With this, the Chamber of Commerce would have sufficient funds, goods, and channels to establish a foothold in Shanhai City. How the Chamber of Commerce develops in the future depends on how Uncle manages it. I believe that with uncle's business ability, the rise of the Song Empire is only a matter of time. "
Hearing this, Song Jia's eyes reddened. She said in a low voice, "Wuyi, you don't have to be like this." She knew that her lover had already broken the precedent for the Song Clan.
For the first time in Shanhai City, a "royal merchant" had appeared.
Other than compensating the Song Clan, Ouyang Shuo also didn't want to make things difficult for Song Jia. As the eldest daughter of the Song Family, Song Jia had an illustrious status. If she didn't lend a helping hand during the family's most difficult time, she would be ridiculed in the back.
Taking ten thousand steps back, this timely help was also a win-win situation.
To Ouyang Shuo, planting a trusted member of the Chamber of Commerce was beneficial to him. The premise was that the Song Enterprise wouldn't rely on his support to break the rules of the business world and commit crimes.
Ouyang Shuo believed that Song Tianxiong was not a foolish person. Not only was he not muddle-headed, he was also very shrewd. With Song Tianxiong's ability, he would definitely be able to stir up a storm in Shanhai City's business circle.
He did not wish for Shanhai City's trade channel to be blocked by the Hequan Ji Chamber of Commerce in the future.
As Shanhai City's business flourished, its dependence on Royal City for goods became lower and lower. Under the leadership of the various chambers of commerce, spices, rouge, cosmetics, jewelry, ceramics, jade, and so on, which were previously scarce, were all set up in Shanhai City one after another. There was no longer a need for imports.
The only problem was the raw materials.
The perfumery trees needed for cosmetics could be found in Jingzhou Island. This was also one of the reasons why the large chambers of commerce fell in love with Cliff Mountain City. There were all kinds of spices in the mountains that were worth thousands of gold.
The only regret was that there was not a single jade mine in the three counties. All of the raw gemstones had to be imported. Once there was a shortage of raw materials, the jade market would immediately become sluggish.
None of the four major jade mines in China were fated to be with Shanhai City. On the other hand, the Piao Kingdom, which bordered Yunnan Province, was a major jade producer. They might even have designs on it in the future.
Other than jade, all kinds of gemstones were also scarce resources.
Shanhai City's geographical location was excellent, but it did not have any advantage in the area of scarce resources. However, most of the people in Shanhai City were wealthy, and their demand for jade and jewelry was increasing day by day.
Just this alone was enough to make the chambers of commerce in the capital cities very profitable. In particular, the chambers of commerce from Xiangyang and Luoyang were the main jade suppliers.
The lifeline of Shanhai City's jade was in the hands of these chambers of commerce.
That was why Ouyang Shuo wanted to nurture the chambers of commerce that were directly under him.
Other than the Song Enterprise, the Cui Enterprise was the same. The Cui Family's relationship with Shanhai City was getting closer. Ouyang Shuo heard that the Cui Family even had the intention of moving their headquarters to Shanhai City.
With the support of these two chambers of commerce, Ouyang Shuo was able to do as he pleased.
Of course, there were pros and cons.
With the appearance of various forces, the conflict of interest in Shanhai City became more and more frequent. How to coordinate the interests of all parties was a test for Ouyang Shuo.
At this stage, it was time to truly test the standard of a lord.
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There was one more thing that Ouyang Shuo wanted to discuss with Song Jia.
Once he entered Zhaoqing County, the Alliance Channel would be blocked. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo had to arrange for someone to represent him in the Alliance.
Although the members of the Shanhai Alliance rarely gathered together except for battles. In fact, more than 90% of the Alliance's affairs were coordinated through the Alliance Channel.
In this battle, they even said that they wanted to send reinforcements, but they were rejected by Ouyang Shuo.
From Ouyang Shuo's point of view, the current situation was still under Shanhai City's control, and it was not the time to send reinforcements. If they had to form an alliance to attack a county, then the light of Shanhai City would be much dimmer, and this was not what Ouyang Shuo wanted.
The responsibility of the allies was to expand their influence in the region.
The fall of Tianshuang County was the biggest negative example of this. Although Song Wen had formed the Shanhai Alliance-Tianshuang Alliance under Ouyang Shuo's suggestion, it was obvious that the so-called Tianshuang Alliance was a dish in front of the Southern Alliance. It could not withstand the destruction at all.
At this crucial moment, the members of the Tianshuang Alliance lost their voices, which made Ouyang Shuo very disappointed. He didn't want the regional alliances established by the other allies to be so weak.
Among the allies, the one who was in the most difficult situation was naturally Tao Wu. There were probably not many lords in the entire Capital who dared to form an alliance with Tao Wu.
It was reported that Di Chen had already prepared to once again reduce the living space of Wanshi County, and his ultimate goal was to completely uproot Wanshi County.
After all, the entire Capital Province was already Di Chen's exclusive territory. In his core region, there was the territory of the Shanhai Alliance. It was easy to imagine how uneasy and displeased Di Chen would be.
Since he knew Di Chen's intention, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not let him succeed.
Recently, Ouyang Shuo had the intention to increase his support for Wanshi County, including prioritizing the purchase of weapons and equipment, and increasing the financial support for the Wanshi County Branch of the Bank of the Four Seas.
Wanshi County was the bridgehead of the Shanhai Alliance in the north of China region, and they could not afford to lose it.
Not only Ouyang Shuo, but the other allies also unanimously supported Tao Wu. Bai Hua, Feng Qiuhuang, and the others also prioritized the sale of weapons and equipment to Wanshi County. The other allies had no complaints about this.
Tao Wu was originally prepared to be abandoned by the alliance, but he did not expect such an ending. The young man was quiet and inarticulate, and he only vowed to be a stubborn rock that was firmly nailed to the north.
Apart from Tao Wu, the Siege Lion was in Jiangchuan Province, and the Dragon Seeking Acupoint was in Minnan Province, and they were all facing strong opponents. The situation was not optimistic for them.
Under such circumstances, Ouyang Shuo would not allow them to send troops to reinforce Shanhai City.
Even Feng Qiuhuang was facing many challenges. To the northwest of Fallen Phoenix City was Asura County, to the northeast was Handan City, to the southwest was Luoye County, to the south was Luoyang City, and further south was Dan Yang City.
At a glance, Fallen Phoenix City was practically surrounded by the [Yanhuang Alliance].
The reason for this was related to the Six Lords of Handan City at the start of the game. Before the game started, the six powers had already reached a consensus to divide up the hinterlands of the China region.
The six territories were almost all concentrated in the central plains.
Who would have thought that Feng Qiuhuang would fall out with his family and leave the alliance.
As such, Fallen Phoenix City was naturally surrounded by allies, but now it was surrounded by a pack of wolves.
At this stage, the powers of the various territories had not stepped out of the province, so it was not a big deal. In the later stages of the game, the territories would start to fight for supremacy, and Fallen Phoenix City would be in a difficult situation.
Because of this, Feng Qiuhuang was planning ahead, trying his best to increase the influence of his territory in Taiyuan Province, and strive to unify Taiyuan Province as soon as possible to accumulate strength for the upcoming war.
Among the allies, Bai Hua was the only one who was doing well. This overlord of the South Cloud Province in his previous life had already started to show his prowess, conquering cities in the Yunnan Province.
Ouyang Shuo actually had a plan for the entire Southern Border, but it was not convenient to announce it to the public, so he could only think about it in secret.
In order to realize Ouyang Shuo's plan, the precondition was that the members of the alliance had to work hard. At the very least, they had to become the overlord of the province they were in.
Otherwise, it would all be empty talk.
Therefore, in the future, not only would Ouyang Shuo not trouble his allies, Shanhai City would even send troops to help them when the time was right, to help them establish themselves as the overlords of the region.
The entire alliance would be receiving messages every day.
If Ouyang Shuo did not receive any messages from the alliance, the entire alliance would be in chaos.
In the past, when Ouyang Shuo was not around, it was Mu Lanyue who took on this role.
However, Mu Lanyue was still the magistrate of the Mulan Prefecture, and was busy with government affairs. According to Ouyang Shuo's observation, Yue Yue's potential was not bad, and he was preparing to groom her to improve.
In the future, when the time was right, Ouyang Shuo was also planning to promote Mu Lanyue to the position of county governor.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo had to find a replacement.
Sun Xiaoyue had also played this role before, but Xiaoyue seemed to be determined to stay in Cliff Mountain City. In the short term, she probably did not plan to move.
Feeling helpless, Ouyang Shuo thought of Song Jia.
After thinking about it, Song Jia was the most suitable. All the members of the alliance knew that Song Jia was Ouyang Shuo's only girlfriend, and the future mistress of the Shanhai Territory.
Most importantly, Song Jia's ability was enough to take on this responsibility.
Although Song Jia liked to play with swords in the game, in reality, she was also a genius in the business world. Whether it was her communication skills or her coordination skills, they were all top-notch.
He just did not know if Song Jia was willing to leave the mountain. (To be continued.)
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