"Although the Five Great Families and Seven Sects of the Chu Kingdom also had private estates in the Imperial Capital, there were very few of them. Most of their assets were commercial enterprises."
"And they were all relatively important businesses in the Imperial Capital of the Chu Kingdom!"
Prince Liang handed the dossiers on the other sects and families of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects of the Chu Kingdom to everyone, and they examined them one by one.
If one did not look, one would never know. But once one did, it was startling.
Lin Bai had originally thought that Tianshui Sect already had an astonishing number of businesses, but the other sects and families had even more.
Moreover, many of those businesses were renowned throughout the Imperial Capital.
For example, Danxia Sect's "Thousand Autumns Apothecary" was the largest spirit-medicine shop in the Imperial Capital, and it maintained close business ties with many large and medium-sized families there.
For example, the Chen Family's "Chen Commerce Guild" sold rare treasures, precious artifacts, miraculous medicines, and wondrous pills from every corner of the Chu Kingdom. It was one of the Imperial Capital's nine great commerce guilds.
There were many other commerce guilds like these. The Five Great Families and Seven Sects of the Chu Kingdom possessed many such businesses, and all of them were leading establishments in the Imperial Capital.
Lin Bai narrowed his eyes and could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
After Chu Tingxue finished speaking, she turned her gaze toward Prince Liang. The sects, Zhao Linbai, the Imperial Guards' commander, and the other leaders all looked over as well.
The commanders and leaders of the sects, Zhao Linbai, and the Imperial Guards all understood Prince Liang's implication.
"That much, Chu Tingxue should have understood very clearly