Meanwhile, Yu Hede appeared to have a good relationship with the Westerners from the Western Continent, often able to freely enter and leave the various nations' consulates, where he would sit, drink tea, and chat with consuls and advisers from those countries.
As for Yu Hede's identity, on the surface, he was a merchant. The businesses he was involved in were highly diversified, and he had a hand, to a greater or lesser degree, in nearly all of Shen City's profitable ventures.
Of course, given his connections, this was hardly surprising.
Thus, while financially Yu Hede might not have been on a par with the Rong Clan, in Shen City, even the Rong Clan had to give him some leeway.
In fact, most of what Shu Guan knew about Yu Hede had come from Rong Duanpu.
Shu Guan had initially thought him to be merely a savvy businessman adept at networking; little did he expect that this man was also entwined with the realm of cultivation, secretly a Yake of the Great River Sect.
