Chapter 190: Combing through intelligence
Nashland's prosperity is built on a bustling trade scene. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen Chen Tianci arrived in Nashland again, the island's annual trade conference was being held.
Anyone who comes to Nashland can participate in this convention. Of course, Chen Tianci will not miss the opportunity to learn more about this island. He followed the bustling crowd through the streets and alleys to the place where the guests were received.
This is the Trade Square located in the middle of the island. The whole square covers an area of about 100 acres, in which various temporary shops are arranged. Under the introduction of the guide, Chen Tianci learned that the temporary shops here were newly built only a few days ago.
"This place is really prosperous." Chen Tianci looked at the lively crowd and the shops full of goods, and praised from the bottom of his heart.
"That's nature." The guide said with a little smugness. The guide hired by Chen Tianci is named Zheng Ximing. He has an older brother named Jung Hee-cheol, who runs a jewelry store on this street.
The reason why Chen Tianci hired him was because he happened to meet this person in that jewelry store. When he saw that this man was a good man, he paid for him.
"Xiao Zheng, let me ask you something." Chen Tianci suddenly changed the topic.
Zheng Ximing looked at Chen Tianci curiously, and said in a slightly Xian accent: "You say." As long as I know it, I'll tell you. ”
Chen Tianci straightened out his thoughts and asked, "I heard that on your island, in fact, the most profitable thing is not to do these small trades, but to buy foreign goods. But why is it that after I came, what I saw was different from what I heard? ”
Zheng Ximing's expression froze slightly, looked left and right, and pulled Chen Tianci to a remote corner. "Ah, it's not that I don't want to tell you why. But I've only heard about it, and I don't know what the truth looks like. He said in a low voice.
Chen Tianci nodded and encouraged him to continue. Zheng Ximing sorted out his thoughts and slowly explained: "This island was indeed the kind of business you said at first. But in recent years, similar businesses across the island have been monopolized by a man named Bi Yuntao. All the business of buying foreign goods can only be done by him, and no one else can take over again. ”
"Oh? Is there such a thing? Chen Tianci asked pretending to be surprised. He had experienced this situation before. But at that time, he was in a hurry to raise a sum of money, so he did not investigate the other party's situation in depth.
"yes." Zheng Ximing looked left and right, and when he saw that no one was passing by, he continued to whisper, "I heard that this Boss Bi has the support of Blue Moon City behind him, and he has a lot of power. None of the original snakes in this area were his opponents. But he is very good at being a man, and after collecting all the land snakes, he did not eat alone, but divided a part of the collected share. So, over the years, his business here has become bigger and bigger. ”
Only then did Chen Tianci get a general understanding of the situation on Nashland Island. Obviously, if he wants to enter this island, the first thing he has to solve is this Boss Bi.
Blue Moon City, a foreign city as huge as Purple City, is a powerful force. If Chen Tianci wants to move this Boss Bi, then he must find out the real situation of this Boss Bi and Blue Moon City.
"How do you know he has Blue Moon City behind him?" Chen Tianci asked.
Zheng Ximing grinned and said cautiously: "I won't tell you the truth." My brother used to be a local tyrant too, but since Boss Bi came, our business has gotten smaller and smaller. Therefore, we still know more or less about the news about Boss Bi. ”
"And," he said, and continued to lower his voice as he pretended to be mysterious, "I heard that at the end of every month, Blue Moon City sends someone to collect taxes. Every time that happens, a team of elite Blue Moon City soldiers will appear on our island. You say, in this case, it's hard for people to not know. ”
Chen Tianci nodded slightly, took out a gold coin from his pocket, and stuffed it to Zheng Ximing. Zheng Ximing was stunned and didn't dare to accept it. "Take it. You deserve it. As long as you continue to provide me with useful information, I will continue to reward you. As long as the information you provide is reliable, money is not an issue. Chen Tianci stuffed the gold coin into Zheng Ximing's hand and said.
Zheng Ximing's shuangyang lit up, and he seemed to understand what Chen Tianci meant. He immediately put the gold coin in his pocket and diligently introduced other news to Chen Tianci.
When night fell, Chen Tianci and Zheng Ximing made an appointment to meet again the next day, and then returned to his own flying boat. Although accommodation services are also available on the island, Chen Tianci is still a little uneasy.
This place, after a whole day of exploration, vaguely felt that it was strictly controlled by Boss Bi. Although it seems that there are still many small shops and small sellers here, almost all the military power on the island belongs to Boss Bi alone.
Whether it is taxation or customs and other important institutions on the island, all of them are directly led by people sent by Boss Bi. In this case, Chen Tianci is reluctant to make extraneous branches.
If the hotel he rented was also Boss Bi's territory, then his movements might be monitored, and he would most likely not be aware of it. Because Wuji is not omnipotent, there will be situations where Wuji cannot detect and detect.
Chen Tianci lay in the rest room of the flying boat, quietly looking at the ceiling, carefully combing through the information obtained that day in his mind. Obviously, Boss Bi was able to control the entire Nashland Island because he had the support of Blue Moon City behind him.
But this is what makes Chen Tianci feel a little strange. Because although Blue Moon City is also very large, it is a large foreign city comparable to the Purple City of China, but Nashland Island has always been an island with many places.
Because Nashland Island is located within the traditional sphere of influence of China, ordinary small countries will never dare to reach out to this place easily. And Blue Moon City, as the No. 1 deep-sea city-state in Mi Lijian, would never dare to reach out to this place easily. Because Zijin City will never sit idly by and watch Blue Moon City and watch foreign countries stretch out their hands within the traditional sphere of influence of China.
But herein lies the problem. Blue Moon City has arrived, and it has established itself on this island. And Zijin City and other Chinese city-states have never reacted, what is the reason for this?
When Chen Tianci thought of this, his sleepiness suddenly disappeared. He rolled over and sat down at his desk, analyzing the situation with paper and pen. He wrote down the problems on Nashland one by one.
He wrote, wrote, and suddenly paused, and muttered, "Could it be that something happened in the Purple Gold City?" Otherwise, how could it have been silent? ”
Thinking of this, he combed the time again, and was suddenly shocked. Judging from the time that Nashland Island was occupied by Boss Bi, it turned out to be not long after Chen Tianci and Shen Ziyi separated. (To be continued.) )