The Western River Land is clearly all mine.
My land, you take thirty percent, keep seventy percent, and you still want me to thank you?
And there are conditions, so you're planning not to pay any taxes for the hidden seventy percent?
Very well, very well.
Since you all aren't willing to cooperate,
then...
The reply Chen Mo gave Xiao Jing was just one word.
...
The next day.
Xiao Jing in Zhangquan County received Chen Mo's response.
Just one word: "Kill."
Chen Mo understood the confidence these major noble families had in being uncooperative.
Nothing more than thinking, like King Chong, he needed them.
And they, as local noble families, through interests had linked into a dense network in the Western River, mutually restricting and balancing each other. Without their help, outsiders trying to govern local affairs indeed couldn't handle it.
But Chen Mo truly wasn't afraid.
His groundwork was established.
His foundation was stable.
He didn't need them at all.
