After careful consideration, he immediately understood.
The Hou Clan currently controls four counties and fifteen cities, governing a population of over ten million. Not to mention anything else, just the number of martial artists in the clan, according to what he had learned on the road when he first arrived, had already exceeded one hundred thousand. The number of martial artists at or above five levels of body refinement was even more impressive, reaching over sixty thousand.
Just the number of clan members alone, if not carefully understood, one might not even be clear about the specific figure, let alone other aspects such as the current businesses, assets, operational methods, management of subordinate cities, annual revenue, expenses, surplus, property within the clan, and the cultivation level of martial artists, and so on…