Haiyi Guild
Haiyi Guild is The Haiyi Guild emerges as a formidable economic powerhouse within the sugar trade of southern China, wielding immense influence over local markets through strategic manipulation and monopolistic control. As the dominant force in Xuwen’s sugar industry, they orchestrate aggressive price suppression—such as artificially driving down cane farmer prices to 1.5 taels per shi (far below historical averages)—to maintain dominance while squeezing out competitors. Beyond direct trade, they leverage their financial clout and industrial resources, like distilling molasses into high-value spirits (e.g., rum) instead of alcohol, to maximize profits. Their role extends beyond commerce: they employ covert tactics—such as open gambling dens, bribery, or even sabotage—to
Context from Novel
"Chapter 275: Sweet Port Turbulence – Countermeasures "Speaking of molasses utilization, making industrial alcohol is actually rather wasteful. We could distill spirits instead. Several distilleries in Xuwen already use molasses for that." Bei Wei added, "Xue Ziliang, who's on my team, knows how to produce various Western spirits. He mentioned that sugar factory molasses can be made into rum..." "Excellent," Wen Tong said quickly. "The economic value of rum far exceeds that of plain alcohol." Bei"
"Chapter 276: Conspiracy "First, this year's sugar price." Third Master Zhu had already thought it through. "We need to drive it down—way down. The moment their trading house opens for business, we set our price at 1.5 taels per shi ." Everyone was momentarily stunned. That price was outrageously low. Even in the best harvest years when sugar prices dropped, one shi still fetched at least 2 taels of silver. In lean years, it could exceed 4 taels. Third Master Zhu's opening bid of 1.5 taels—right"
"Chapter 277: Sweet Port Turbulence – Rice and Sugar Prices "Not now," Chang Shide said. "Explanations would take too long. First, let's print some kind of passbook to record the amounts. That way the cane farmers have something tangible to hold, and it'll be easier to gather them for a meeting later." Wen Tong smiled. "Good thinking. Where'd you come up with that?" "You know those health product salesmen? They hook people in with free health checkups. If you don't dangle some small benefit first"
"Chapter 280: Sweet Port Turbulence – The Storm Arrives While Chang Shide was digging pits under Bei Kai's indiscriminate coal-hunting methodology, the South China Sugar Factory back in Xuwen was quietly drifting into the eye of a storm. The opening of the South China Trading House was extremely low-key—so low-key that Wen Tong not only didn't use any commercial promotional techniques from another timeline, but also skipped the local customs of firecrackers and lion dances. One day, the newly ren"
"Chapter 281: Sweet Port Turbulence – Escalation The first heart-stopping day passed. That night, not just Wen Tong—all the transmigrators at the South China Sugar Factory were like ants on a hot wok. Everyone realized they faced a genuine crisis. For Wen Tong, there were now two options. First, transfer cash from Guangzhou and Lingao. With enough silver, the crisis could immediately turn into a windfall—the South China Trading House buying sugar at the original price would not only yield huge pr"
Appearances
Appears in chapters: 275, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 303, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 311.