Chronicles of the Demon Faction

Episode 441 Ruler of the South (1)

“Commander General! “I received a call from the Zhejiang Traders Association!”

“Damn it! Are you here again? “I’m so busy!”

It wasn’t a big deal. Ho Yo-seong’s cheeks were sunken, as if he had not even eaten blood porridge.

But his eyes were full of life. Although my body was tired, my mind seemed clearer than ever.

“Here is the letter!”

As soon as he read the letter, a smile appeared on Hu Yaosheng’s lips.

“Are our merchants on fire?”

Not long after the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce blocked Zhejiang’s trade routes, negative rumors about the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce spread throughout the central plains.

The ripple effect of the rumor was truly explosive. No matter how much power the imperial palace lost, it was necessary to follow the minimum rules, but they even secretly got into the salt business.

Although it was a serious illegal act, the public’s reaction to it was actually lukewarm. Although it is illegal, it does not cause direct damage to the lives of actual civilians.

However, there was a decisive reason why the common people unanimously condemned Gangseo Store.

Gangseo Sanghoe set up Yeomwangchae (閻王債) against the common people. It wasn’t just one or two. The number of Yeomwangchae under the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce, whose names were hidden, was over five hundred.

The damage that one Yeomwangchae causes to the area is truly terrifying. When lending money, Yeomwangchae acted as if he would take out the liver and gallbladder, but when he started urging, he even pulled out a knife.

In addition, the interest rate at the time of contract and the date of collection fluctuated dramatically. Even if a contract is signed, money is not received according to the contract. For the civilians, Yeomwangchae was more fearsome than the Murim people.

In other words, Gangseo Store was secretly sucking the blood of tens of thousands of civilians through Yeomwangchae. Even that was just a part of the numerous illegal businesses that Gangseo Trading Company had been conducting, and it was through this that we could see how formidable the financial power of Gangseo Trading Company was.

This was also the reason why Zhejiang’s trade routes were able to be blocked at once with the power of just one merchant union. In the commercial world where money is power, the influence of Gangseo Chamber of Commerce was enormous. Merchants who trade cannot help but notice the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce.

However, traders could not just suck their fingers and wait like this. Even if trade was halted for just one day, the loss of funds they would incur was enormous.

“Their representative came to Gangseo Province?”

“That’s right.”

“The traders also risked their lives.”

Hu Yaosheng said willingly.

“Ask how much damage has been suffered so far. “If it’s less than a million gold coins, they’ll recover 80% of the damage.”

“Are you talking about papal?”

“Don’t worry. Because money is coming from all over the place. And what if I lose some money? Isn’t this a golden opportunity for us to prey on the traders who were controlled by the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce? “If you think about the future, you have to make money even if you don’t have it.”

Hu Yaosheng buried his back in the chair.

A look of admiration that could not be hidden appeared on his face.

‘You are truly amazing, leader.’

The reason why Seo-ryang went to Gangseo Province was not to take responsibility for what happened in Honam.

It was because of Damsayoung. In other words, if it was just to hold them accountable, they could have blown up the Gangseo Commercial Association by sending out only the Xinjiang Department.

To put it bluntly, for Seoryang, as long as he can catch Dam Sa-yeong, that’s enough. But he didn’t stop there.

He was the leader of the Hundred Thousand Demons and the leader of the Heavenly Demon Church. I had to make a decision as the leader of a group, not as an individual driven by revenge.

That’s where the strong momentum of Xiliang’s bold strategy shined.

‘You took the entire Gangseo Province hostage, summoned the Lord of the Chamber of Commerce, and immediately found the best way to destroy the Chamber of Commerce.’

Burning down Gangseo Store was easy.

However, burning down their headquarters cannot completely exterminate them. Even if it is annihilated, forces targeting Gangseo Fortress will spring up like mushrooms in the empty space.

However, if the Church of the Heavenly Demon intervenes before there is a gap, the story will be different.

Thanks to Seoryang’s efforts, the fear of the Heavenly Demon Church had been considerably diluted. Still, people did not forget one thing.

You must not intervene in the affairs of the Heavenly Demon Church.

The Church of the Heavenly Demon takes merciless revenge against any organization that touches it. Moreover, after seeing the tremendous power of the previous cult leader Lee Cheon-sang and the incredible driving force of the contemporary cult leader Seo-ryang, the martial arts people would not have even thought of touching the Heavenly Demon Religion.

‘Perhaps the leader decided that he could not open a trade passage that was already blocked. That’s why he changed the landscape of the southern commercial world by connecting traders and our school.’

If the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce collapses, trade channels will naturally open up.

But the problem was the time it took for it to completely collapse.

With the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce paralyzed, traders had no choice but to fall into conflict. Even if the financial loss continued, Gangseo Chamber of Commerce had to keep an eye on it.

Seoliang dispatched the Heavenly Demon Church to that place at that very moment.

There were no other instructions. Now that we had established a relationship with the traders, the rest was up to Ho Yo-seong, the commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Demon Church.

And Hu Yaosheng clearly saw what Xu Liang was aiming for and what the best result he hoped for would be.

‘It’s not just about destroying the opponent. It is a divine move that enriches the 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 warriors.

What was important to them was leaving a mark, so they did not care about the reputation of the person they were trading with. In the first place, I didn’t even have enough time to consider such a thing.

Therefore, Hu Yao-seong made a very strong promise to compensate the traders for 80% of the damage suffered so far.

That was the end of it. Traders will no longer pay attention to Gangseo Chamber of Commerce. Didn’t they join hands with the Heavenly Demon Church, which is ten times stronger and a hundred times more scary than Gangseo Sanghoe?

“It may be a bit jarring at first, but it’s okay if you get even one penny less than Gangseo Store. That alone will make traders praise our school.”

Ho Yo-seong wanted to dance loudly.

“If we grow well like this, we will be able to wipe out all the money south of the Yangtze River.”

Money is power. In certain situations, gold power was more powerful than military force.

In the meantime, the Church of the Heavenly Demon was united by faith and pride.

Seoliang even provided funds.

‘Has there ever been such a radical leader in the history of this school? I wonder if the former leader would have done something like this.’

Hu Yaosheng was lost in thought for a moment and quickly wrote a letter.

“Send this to the leader. Treat it as payment.”

“All right.”

Ho Yo-seong, who was alone, pressed his eyelids with his hands.

“Oh my gosh, I’m really going to collapse. It’s really too much of you to put such a burden on an already busy general.”

Of course, it was a joke. Ho Yo-seong felt his heart pounding for the first time in a long time since he joined the new church.

“Now, I will take care of all the rest. Master, you can have fun with the magicians.”

* * *

“Hoo?”

There was interest on Xu Liang’s face as he received Hu Yaosheng’s letter.

“A cherry blossom painting? Isn’t this unexpected?”

As can be seen just by looking at Wizinobaek, the leaders of the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce are rotten to the point of decay. It is only natural that they made money through all kinds of illegal businesses, including Yeomsang Industry and Yeom Wangchae’s assassination group.

He confiscated all of Wizinobaek’s personally accumulated assets. I was planning to do it. It was well over two million taels in gold, so that alone was a huge profit.

However, I was able to steal not only the money of the Cheonin Merchants Association connected through Aenghwa, but also the top executives.

Ho Yao-seong’s plan and driving force. He was no better than Xoryang. On the contrary, even Xoryang could not keep up with his ability to see the overall situation.

Unlike Xoryang, who destroyed the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce with bad rumors and took away its traders, Ho Yaoseong seemed intent on taking back every single piece of iron coin. He was persistent and strong-willed. It was a matter of course.

‘I think it’s a bit excessive, but… since we were trying to swallow up Gangseo Fortress anyway, it would be good to go without any regrets.’

Now, Gangseo Sanghoe has no choice but to collapse from its roots. The name Gangseo Sanghoe will remain, but it will become an organization without any substance. All

that remains is complete collapse.

“Whoa, this is the end of what happened.”

Seoryang’s eyes turned cold as he looked at the window.

‘Well, isn’t it time to move on?’

By now, Dam Sa-yeong would have known that Gangseo Sanghoe was destroyed. But we will never know how it collapsed.

Dam Sa-yeong was not one to ignore things he did not know. He will move within the near future to find out the circumstances of this matter. .

Looking at Seo-ryang leisurely drinking tea by the window, Yeo Geuk-do couldn’t help but admire,

“You and the general military are really scary people.”

“yes?”

“The series of actions you showed after arriving in Gangseo Castle were truly impressive. You were able to force them into submission, but you completely destroyed them from the inside.”

Seoliang smiled bitterly,

“It wasn’t a cool way to brag to others.”

“What’s important is the result, not the process. Of course, if Gangseo Merchants Association wasn’t such a vicious organization, I might have stopped it first.”

“Is that so?”

“That’s right. Well, since we were outnumbered anyway, we had no choice but to make excuses.”

Yeo Geuk-do burst out laughing.

Seo-ryang also smiled. But the intention was different.

‘Are we being overpowered by the number of people? ‘I don’t think he’s the type of person who cares about that.’

Yeo Geuk-do was recovering at this very moment.

I can’t even imagine how terrifying Yeo Geuk-do’s martial arts skills will be if he completely regains them.

‘In some ways, he’s someone you need to be more careful with than senior Namgung.’

“But that’s it.”

‘Publicly.’

“Are you really not interested in our Rin?”

‘…either privately.’

Xu Liang’s face crumpled.

“I’m not interested in that.”

“really? No, it’s not because she’s my daughter. Isn’t Rin a talented woman who is hard to find anywhere in the world? She has a pretty face, nice body, and is very talented and good at martial arts. He’s even smart. “Where can I find a bride like this?”

Seoliang coughed without realizing it. This was the first time I saw a father telling his daughter that she had a nice body.

The sentiment in the North Sea was clearly different from that in the central plains. If things continued like this, there would be people telling us to just live together without getting married.

“Maybe it’s because of my personality? If so, how about the two of you live together?”

In a way, he’s a very predictable personality.

“That’s enough. Do you really want to ruin my daughter’s bright future?”

“Huh! What do you think it would be like to live with a good person before marriage?”

“oh my god.”

“The people of the central plains are so closed-minded. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to meet this person and that before getting married. You may know ten ways in the world, but you don’t know the insides of a person in one way. Only when you spend a long time with that person will you know what kind of great person he is. Isn’t it possible? Even if you’re going to buy one item, you won’t regret it if you try everything before you buy it…”

“Oh, that’s it.”

“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand. uh? Are you there?”

“why.”

“No way, right?”

“What.”

“Um…”

“What?”

“You can’t be a man….”

Grumble!

The teacup that Seo-ryang was holding turned into a handful of ash and scattered.

Yeo Geuk-do said with an embarrassed face.

“It’s just a joke. It’s a joke.”

“….”

“…I’m sorry. “I was a little harsh, wasn’t I?”

Seo-ryang turned his head.

Yeo Geuk-do cleared his throat. I feel bad when I think about the emotions of this tight midfielder.

An awkward time passed like that.

Yeo Geuk-do, who was feeling restless, cleared his throat again and asked carefully.

“Just forget what I said…”

“You’re here.”

“huh?’

Xu Liang stood up.

His eyes burned with fear.

“Is it not a big fish, but a small fish?”