Oasis City is located in the very center of Shazhou, surrounded by a vast expanse of Gobi. It is called the Gobi Sea by Shazhou people. Only the area where Oasis City is located is a huge oasis. It is not only rich in vegetation, but also The largest freshwater lake in Shazhou—Green Lake!
The people living in Oasis City can be said to be the happiest people in Shazhou, not only because this is the most prosperous place in Shazhou, but also because Oasis City is extremely safe and is the only paradise in Shazhou without war!
Countless people in Shazhou dream of living in Oasis City, but Oasis City has always strictly controlled the population in the city and will never allow the population in the city to exceed the upper limit of three million!
It can be said that Oasis City is the city with the strictest household registration management in Tianyuan Continent, and only those with Oasis City household registration can live in Oasis City permanently. If anyone is willing to sell a household registration in Oasis City, people from other places in Shazhou will be willing to buy it even if they lose all their money!
The one that controls everything in Oasis City is the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance. If compared according to business scale, the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance may not be ranked high in Tianyuan Continent, but in terms of the real power held by the Chamber of Commerce, then the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance The Chamber of Commerce Alliance is at the forefront.
Because controlling Oasis City is equivalent to controlling Shazhou!
Shazhou is almost isolated from other continents due to the rampant sand pirates. Only Oasis City is a window to the outside world. With the help of the large teleportation array in the oasis city, Shazhou has not cut off its business contacts with other continents. Without the continuous flow of supplies from other states, it would be impossible to feed the billions of people in Shazhou with just the devastated productivity of Shazhou.
Of course, in exchange for supplies from the outside world, countless specialties from Shazhou are also sold to other states through the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance.
For example, ironwood, a specialty of Shazhou, is a special material widely used in manufacturing Yuan soldiers and has a very broad market. Moreover, Shazhou is also rich in some special metals and some special plants that grow in the desert. These materials are very marketable in other states.
The Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance controls all transactions between Shazhou and the outside world. Without the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance, these special products of Shazhou would not be able to produce benefits, let alone food. Then the billions of dollars in Shazhou would be How do people make a living
However, it is precisely because of the special status of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance in Shazhou that power disputes continue within the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and a truly unified voice has never been formed. Otherwise, relying on the fact that the Shazhou Business Alliance controls the lifeblood of Shazhou, it is completely possible to build a country with the power of the Chamber of Commerce and achieve a good story.
It is a pity that there are many factions within the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance, each of which has its own interests and refuses to let go, and each wants to plot against others. How can it be possible to form a unified voice
In short, such a strange place as Shazhou has created a very special way of forming the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance.
According to the regulations of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance, as long as businessmen with certain influence and strength in Shazhou can join the Chamber of Commerce Alliance and serve as shareholders, they are considered one of the management of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance. There are more than a hundred of these so-called shareholders, so naturally it is impossible for everyone to hold real power.
In the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance, the five forces with the greatest power are known as the "Five Major Chambers of Commerce" and are the five largest shareholders of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance. The remaining small shareholders, each attached to one of the five major shareholders, naturally formed the five major forces in the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance.
These five major forces restrict and restrain each other, making it impossible for any one of them to dominate. This forms a unique balance within the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance, allowing the five major forces to jointly manage the large and small affairs of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. .
The five major forces of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance are all stationed in Oasis City, each occupying a territory and each has its own advantages. Although they may have some intrigues with each other, once they unite, they represent the most powerful force in Shazhou!
Moreover, due to the special situation in Shazhou, the Chamber of Commerce Alliance is not only good at business operations, but also has extraordinary combat capabilities. Not to mention anything else, the escorts under the five major companies are an extremely capable force. They not only maintain the security of the Oasis City, but are also an extremely powerful deterrent to some sand bandits who want to take risks.
The smaller ones of the escort teams under the five major companies are around 30,000 people, and the larger ones are more than 50,000 people. If the escort teams of the five major companies are gathered together, the total number will exceed 200,000, which is comparable to the most powerful ones. The sand pirates are in power.
In addition to the agreement, one of the reasons why the Sand Pirates did not dare to attack Oasis City was the escort teams of the five major merchants.
Lianglang Mountain and Yingchou Gorge have gathered an unprecedented large force of sand pirates, and Oasis City naturally knows this information. Outsiders do not know what measures Oasis City will take against these two forces of sand pirates. They only know that Oasis City has been standing still and has not taken the initiative to send friendly messages to Lianglang Mountain or Yingchou Gorge.
However, business matters are as followed. Whether it is Lianglang Mountain or Yingchou Gorge, if food, grass or weapons are needed, the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance will supply them in sufficient quantities.
The actions of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance can at best be regarded as acting in line with the duties of businessmen. As for whether they have other plans secretly, no one knows. They even took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the Cangnan Empire army stationed in Linhe Town, stating that if the army needed it, as long as the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance had goods, they would give priority to supply them as soon as possible!
Maybe the Shazhou Business Alliance was trying to have both sides, but they never imagined that when they just received the news that the Cangnan Empire army was leaving Linhe Town, in less than three days, it seemed to be extremely terrifying. The two huge sand bandit forces in Lianglang Mountain and Yingchou Gorge were actually wiped out by the Cangnan Empire in one fell swoop!
Obviously, this unexpected change will definitely break the deployment of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance, because no one could have imagined that the Cangnan Empire army would face the sand bandit army in Lianglang Mountain and Yingchou Gorge. , there is such a big advantage.
The reason why the Cangnan Empire's army was able to have such a huge advantage was all because Kong Ming suddenly appeared and led eight hundred Yulin troops to join the army, and was able to destroy the two major bandits in just two battles!
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