250, Danger!

""Do you think those four families want to break away from Zhongzhou? Great Yu may have suffered damages in power, but they are not someone that those four regional forces can offend, and it's Great Jin and Qinjian Villa who are stirring things up behind the scenes. Those families are also being forced into a corner."

However, the Chu Kuangren is a smart man. He knows that siding completely with the Jiangbei Alliance would lead to a dead end, so he just hovers between the three families, deliberately paying more each year. As a result, the three families are afraid that the Jiangbei Alliance will lean towards the others, so they only dare to levy a tenth of the tax on them openly, and in secret, they actually refund the money they collect."

Smart indeed!

As Hou Yuxiao sorted out Zhan Taiqing's words and understood the operation of the Jiangbei Alliance, his eyes lit up, and he instantly felt a surge of respect for Chu Kuangren.