Wu territory, outside Jianye City.
This was an enormous estate, though even calling it an estate was not quite fitting.
It should have been called a city outside the city.
Walls surrounded it, while inside stood all manner of separate courtyards and houses, shaded by green trees, with murmuring streams, artificial hills, and beautiful scenery. Its roads were even smoother than those of Jianye City.
From atop the walls, one could see towers, pavilions, and courtyards of every kind, with vermilion gates and jade tiles. A stream divided the entire estate in two, crossed by no fewer than eight bridges, each uniquely designed.
Commandant Wang, who was responsible for carrying out the operation, stood atop the wall and could not help shaking his head.
No wonder people talked about the Wu Kingdom's great clans. With a display like this, even the great clans of Wei would not dare act so brazenly.
Of course, the great clans of Wei were not without money or land.
They too had their own wubao outside the cities, but they would never dare make them look like this. Building a city of their own outside the city... they would have to be out of their minds!
The soldiers under his command were steadily seizing the various commanding heights.
Before these veterans of a hundred battles, the great clans' private troops amounted to little.
Only after seeing flags and thick smoke rise at one position after another did the commandant lead the accompanying official down from the wall.
They rode fine horses toward the southern courtyard inside the walls.
The accompanying official was a palace attendant who had come with Wang Jing. As he surveyed this excessively luxurious estate, his eyes held a particularly complicated look.
He too came from a great clan. He had truly