"I know that canyon. It isn't long, only about three miles, but it's very wide. It can let several hundred men pass through at once. If we set an ambush in the canyon and use an arrow formation, we can inflict no small losses on the Dantai Family's army."
"Not just losses. We need to let the Dantai Family know Luofeng City isn't somewhere they can come and go as they please."
Zhao Feng raised his head. "How many people does Your Excellency plan to take?"
"Twenty."
"Twenty? The Dantai Family is sending two hundred people, and we only have twenty. How are we supposed to fight?"
"We only need to let them see us."
Zhao Feng did not understand what Lin Taichu meant, but he did not continue asking.
"When do we set out?"
"As soon as the Dantai Family's people leave Dantai Town, we set out."
Very soon, the Dantai Family began collecting taxes from the merchants in town. They called it taxes, but in truth, it was military funding for the attack on Luofeng City. The Dantai Family did not say it outright, but everyone knew.
A team of Dantai Family cultivators went door to door through the town's shops, and each shop paid a different amount of Spirit Stones according to its size.
Large shops paid five thousand Spirit Stones, mid-sized shops paid three thousand Spirit Stones, and small shops paid one thousand Spirit Stones.
The merchants understood it perfectly in their hearts, but no one dared refuse.
A merchant who sold Dharma Artifacts paid three thousand Spirit Stones, then returned to his shop and complained to his assistant.
"Three thousand Spirit Stones. That's enough for me to stock goods for half a year. The Dantai Family is trying to squeeze us dry."
The assistant said