Meng Zhang made a lot of preparations to protect the Gu Yue family in Dafeng City.
In the past few years, these forces from the Dali Dynasty have been gradually penetrating into the Jiuqu Province and quickly swallowing up all walks of life.
Gale City is located in the north of Jiuqu Province. Further north, you will find the originally barbaric places such as the Endless Sand Sea and the Demonic Wind Gobi.
Within Jiuqu Province, Dafeng City is the largest commercial city in the north, and it can also be regarded as the last barrier for the local forces in Jiuqu Province.
There are many merchants from the Dali Dynasty who have established business houses in Dafeng City and are engaged in various transactions.
Neither the Gu Yue family as the lord of Gale City nor the Taiyi Sect behind the Gu Yue family could force them away.
Of course, under Meng Zhang's instruction, the Gu Yue family did not allow these foreign merchants to easily take root here, but instead levied heavy taxes on them.
In short, whether it is Taiyi Sect or Gale City, the struggle against external forces is not very intense and is within a reasonable and legal range.
When True Lord Jin Li settled in Gale City, she did not make any big announcement, nor did she deliberately keep it secret.
For the Gu Yue family and the natives of Gale City, it is a great thing to have a True Lord of Yuanshen stationed there to ensure their safety.
I don’t know whether it was the deterrence brought by the arrival of True Lord Jin Li, or whether the Gu Yue family of the Great Li Dynasty was just thundering but not raining.
Anyway, in the next period of time, they didn't do anything, let alone go to Gale City to cause trouble.
Meng Zhang did not relax his vigilance because of this.
But the initiative is in other people's hands, and he can't find any other good way.
With the strength and status of the Ether Yi Sect, they would not take the initiative to provoke the Gu Yue family of the Dali Dynasty.
This feeling of passively waiting for someone to take action was really uncomfortable, but Meng Zhang was helpless.
Of course, during this period, there are not all worries around me.
The killing spirit weapon Spirit Snake Spear, which had been nurtured by Meng Zhang for a long time, was finally successfully promoted to a fourth-level magic weapon.
The Spirit Snake Spear gave birth to a weapon spirit, the Spirit Snake Boy.
In this way, Meng Zhang had three fourth-level magic weapons on hand.
The colorful glow robe is a magical weapon that protects people. The Spirit Snake Spear is a killing weapon, mainly used for offense.
The natal magic weapon Yin-Yang Spirit Gourd can enhance the power of Yin-Yang Taoism and can also accumulate Tao soldiers. Qi Ling Qingfeng is an obedient boy who is loyal to Meng Zhang.
Judging from Meng Zhang's cultivation at this time, accumulating three fourth-level magic weapons is already the limit. Any more, and it will affect his cultivation.
Meng Zhang has now reached the perfection of the early stage of Yuan Shen cultivation and is facing an important hurdle. You need to break through this barrier to enter the middle stage of Yuanshen.
During the critical period of his cultivation breakthrough, he couldn't take care of many things.
Niu Dawei and Yang Xueyi in the sect are also entering the critical period of the Yuan Shen stage.
At this time, the most important task of the Taiyi Sect is to ensure their breakthrough in cultivation and strive to avoid conflicts with the outside world.
On the other side, Zhenjun You Hongzhi of Sihai Trading Company, through desperate efforts, has communicated with almost all the Yuanshen sects and families among the local cultivation forces in Jiuqu Province.
Except for a few, most sects and families have joined his small group.
As the initiator, True Lord You Hongzhi was elected as the leader of this small group.
Of course, he is more of a nominal leader, mainly responsible for coordinating these cultivation forces. If you really want to give orders to any cultivation force, you don't have that authority.
So many cultivation forces have joined forces, what should be done next?
We can't all mobilize the army of monks to have a fierce battle with these big foreign merchants.
I don’t even know if I can fight it. If they really did this, it would be tantamount to provoking civil strife, and the Dali Dynasty would not let them go.
If you can't fight directly, then use commercial means to fight against it.
But even the Four Seas Trading Company, which has the strongest commercial power and is the best at doing business, is defeated by others. Even if a group of defeated generals unite, they still cannot compete with others.
True Lord You Hongzhi convened the True Lord Yuanshen in the small group and the True Lord Jindan who were responsible for specific affairs from various forces to discuss what to do next.
True Lord You Hongzhi’s mind is still very clear. They huddle together to keep warm, just to gain more living space, and fighting against those big foreign merchants is not their purpose.
Everyone strongly agrees with the statement of True Lord You Hongzhi.
These large merchants from the Dali Dynasty had strong strength and profound backgrounds.
If they were not forced into a situation with no other options, how could they take the initiative to fight against it?
The biggest problem now is that these large merchants rely on their absolute strength to defeat them in the shopping mall, causing them to lose the external market and their income is greatly reduced.
After the original markets for elixirs and talismans were taken away, they could still barely support themselves by relying on fixed industries such as spiritual fields and mineral deposits.
However, after these big merchants took the initiative, they tried their best to suppress the purchase prices of elixirs and spiritual materials, causing their income to drop sharply.
No sect or family can be completely self-sufficient. Spiritual stones are also needed to purchase needed supplies, and spiritual stones are needed to maintain their own operation.
Especially these big foreign merchants, after using various means to conquer some local forces.
To actually start building a new market or even a trading city from scratch is obviously to completely abandon the original local business system and start anew to drain the firepower.
Their actions are getting bigger and bigger, and their infringement on local forces is getting deeper and deeper.
It's a pity that these local cultivation forces, even if they unite, still dare not confront them head-on.
At this time, True Lord You Hongzhi showed everyone a clear path.
Now that all the markets in Jiuqu Province have been lost, we need to open up new markets and find new ways.
As for where the new market is, Master You Hongzhi gave a little hint and everyone understood.
The extraterritorial monsters and spiritual tribes in the cloudy swamp, and the extraterritorial barbarians on the Yuantu Prairie are all very good customers.
Their elixirs, talismans, etc., which are not easy to sell in Jiuqu Province, can be shipped to these two places for sale.
The Yuantu Prairie is rich in produce, and after many years of development by barbarians from outside the region, it also has a certain ability to pay.
The extraterrestrial demon clan and spirit clan in the cloudy swamp seem to have ways to make money, and they are not the kind of penniless poor people.
Although they are still nominally enemies of the Dali Dynasty, the two sides have maintained a state of peace for many years. Except for occasional minor conflicts at the border, no large-scale fighting has broken out.
There is no such thing as mysophobia in the hearts of these local cultivators.
They will not be at odds with each other just because they are foreign invaders.
Hostility is one thing, and business can be done as usual.
