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For a business model this mature-a local, mutually beneficial undertaking with a clear framework of risks and returns, and one involving Lankai itself-Tang Jinghe hardly hesitated.
Not only would it greatly increase the Tang Family's income, it would also expand their influence.
He brushed his palm lightly over the desk and looked at Chen Zhang, speaking with frank generosity. "This benefits Lankai, and it benefits the Tang Family as well. Very well. I agree to this Medicinal Herbs Chain Market venture."
The Clear Sky Sect had been squeezing them for years, its real pressure points always the blockade of commercial distribution channels and control over core resources.
The Yellow Emperor Tang Family's vast holdings, its hundreds of master craftsmen-not all from the main lineage-and its workshop equipment crying out to be fed... these should have been advantages. Yet without a steady supply of orders, they had become an enormous financial burden, eating away at the family's reserves.
In fact, they already had considerably fewer people than twenty years ago. They could not afford to lose any more; whenever they cut staff here, the Clear Sky Sect recruited those people away.
The Chen Clan's lavish, forceful measures struck directly at the heart of the problem: bringing the Tang Family a steady stream of substantial income, easing the heavy burden of supporting its workforce, and introducing a new source of revenue.
It was like an infusion of fresh blood delivered just in time, enough to clear channels that were almost choking shut.
With a sufficient economic foundation, the Tang Family would have the confidence to face its challenges.
As for the deeper threat-overthrow by sheer military force?
Powerful though the Clear Sky Sect was, it was not without constraints.
Small-scale clashes, friction along borders, struggles