"Flood Dragon Gang?"
Chen Xiuwu's expression changed as well, turning incomparably grave.
All this time, the Flood Dragon Gang had been the hegemon of several commanderies along the An River, monopolizing the entire An River basin's shipping trade. They had signed special agreements with aristocratic clans of all sizes in every guard along the river.
For the various clans' goods and trade, if you took the land route, they did not interfere. But if you wanted to take the water route, you were limited to within your own commandery. If you wanted to transport goods to another commandery, and take the An River route to do so, then it had to be carried through the Flood Dragon Gang.
The reason the Flood Dragon Gang was so overbearing was also connected to the backer behind it. It was said—only said—that behind the Flood Dragon Gang stood a royal Prefecture Prince lending them support. Moreover, the gang leader of the Flood Dragon Gang was also a renowned Purple Mansion Realm cultivator.
Overall, the Flood Dragon Gang's strength was already no weaker than that of a fifth-rank Purple Mansion Aristocratic Clan.
However, the Flood Dragon Gang also had no small restriction, which was that their business could only be confined to the An River, with the East Sea estuary as the boundary.
By all rights.
According to the agreement between the Flood Dragon Gang and the various aristocratic clans, the Donggang Chen Clan's fleet helping the Marriage Alliance transport goods was not a breach of contract. After all, the Chen Clan's riverboat fleet would at most dock at Changning Official Ferry in Changning Guard, and then the Qian Clan's land trading company would transport and sell the goods throughout the commandery.
Yet the Marriage Alliance's enterprise had been flourishing, and among its goods