However, not being able to bring people openly did not mean he could not bring them in secret.
Especially for a Lord with ever-changing methods, such restrictions were hardly without loopholes.
For example, he could use recruitment scrolls, or possess high-tier storage equipment with an independent space capable of directly holding living creatures.
Zong Shen's [Pascal Contract's Big Pocket (Gold)] was one such item.
And Zong Ze happened to possess a similar high-tier storage item.
He had tested it before; even after storing living creatures inside, he could still use teleportation arrays.
So, he planned to pack roughly a company's worth of personnel into it.
More often than not, quality mattered more than quantity.
After all, this trip to the imperial city was not meant for a fight.
If he really intended to fight in the imperial city, then let alone one company, even a thousand companies would be useless. The imperial city's military strength surpassed that of ordinary Great City-tier cities by one or two levels.
Thus, Zong Ze only planned to bring some support-type subordinates.
As well as those heroes with unique talents.
For instance, he had a hero-class talent under his command who came from the Black Street.
He possessed a unique talent called [Black Street Summons].
This talent gave him additional influence whenever he was in the Black Street.
And the so-called Black Street was simply the slums.
Nearly every Great City and Bang City had Black Streets to some extent.
The poor people in the Black Streets were also derogatorily called "rats" by those noble lords.
They often banded together, forming gangs or similar associations.
In many cities, Black Street factions usually possessed unexpectedly great influence.
This was especially true when it came to gathering intelligence.
The eyes and ears of Black Street rats were