Understanding Zhou Qing's intentions, Wang Sheng accepted the arrangement and temporarily went to work for the Worker-Peasant Council.
As for Li Ai's refusal to reduce taxes in rural areas.
It had already been discussed before. Agricultural taxes would be paid according to the stipulated amount. If they rose up directly before the conflict had reached its peak, then even if they succeeded, all they would do was change the surname of the ruler. There was little meaning in that.
And after paying taxes, the prices of goods sold externally, whether grain seeds, Soul Tools, or other items, would inevitably rise.
This was especially true for grain seeds and food. Rising prices in those areas would inevitably lower the quality of life for people in regions where the Red Assembly had not personally guided the work.
Moreover, although the march led by Li Daniu in Nuoding City could not be considered a true success, it had still forced Li Ai to compromise—
This incident would inevitably become known to forces of all sizes.
Forces such as the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects would not make any major moves, but among the small and medium-sized forces, especially those far from Heaven Dou City, there would certainly be people unable to hold themselves back.
It was too exaggerated to say they would all rush to imitate it, but they would definitely give it a try. Even the great sects and major clans would secretly send people to test the waters.
As long as there was profit, who cared what happened to the empire?
Zhou Qing had already foreseen that, for some time to come, this would be the case throughout Douluo Continent and the Two Great Empires, especially in the Heaven Dou Empire, which had four kingdoms and one duchy.
But