"The Ge Clan of Flowing Spring City," she finished with a ragged gasp, her hips shuddering involuntarily as the crushing depth of his thrust pinned her flush against his iron thighs.
"The alliance... ahn! It is meant to inject massive liquidity back into the Cao Clan's empty vaults. The Ge Clan has the raw capital, and the Cao Clan has the local distribution network."
She swallowed hard, her chest heaving as she barely managed to string her thoughts together under his dominant weight.
"If the marriage goes through, they will ruthlessly squeeze out every small-time merchant in the outer ring to secure their absolute monopoly."
Shen Yu narrowed his eyes, his mind immediately cataloging this new development. The chess pieces were aligning far better than he had anticipated.
By abandoning their Tier 3 research to aggressively hijack the lower-tier market, the Cao Clan had inadvertently left a massive vacuum, and a highly desperate, vulnerable Bai Ruolan right at the top.
