Protect Our Clan Leader-Chapter 893 - 32: Swing the hoe well, and the wall will naturally fall_4

Each clause of the project was written unmistakably clear without any manipulation of ambiguous wording. The risks were also clearly stated in the clause notes.

The officials would even carefully explain the risks and ask the subscribers to reconsider it multiple times.

It was exactly this serious and responsible attitude that convinced the already interested families of 6th and 7th grades, who eventually decided to subscribe to scattered shares within their financial means.

These scattered shares, aimed at the 5th, 6th, and 7th-grade families, accounted for twenty percent of the total shares, divided into two thousand shares, each representing one ten-thousandth of the total shares.

Even just one of these shares was a substantial investment for a 7th-grade family, as it meant they had to spend two thousand Qian Gold every year and continue this for two hundred years, cumulating to a total investment of four hundred thousand Qian Gold.

In addition, subscribing to one share also required them to contribute ten Qi Refinement Realm cultivators and one Spiritual Platform Realm cultivator to the Reclamation Team.

For a typical 7th-grade family, it would be quite strenuous to come up with four hundred thousand Qian Gold outright, but spread over two hundred years, the burden was much lighter. The tricky part was supplying cultivators to the Coalition, but upon reflection, rotating them every ten years was also manageable.

Unavoidably, the position of the 7th-grade families in Return to Dragon City was too low.

In Return to Dragon City, where high-grade families were everywhere, it was extremely difficult for 7th-grade families to survive independently. The simplest strategy to avoid being squeezed out was to attach themselves to higher-grade families.

As a result, almost half of the 7th-grade families in Return to Dragon City were vassals to these high-ranking families, and even the better-off ones were semi-vassals, having to act cautiously at all times.

Moreover, for 7th-grade families in Return to Dragon City to rise in grade was much harder than it was for local powerhouses.

However, there were benefits for 7th-grade families in Return to Dragon City; the greatest being the stability and high sense of security. As long as they clung tightly to their lord’s coattails and avoided causing trouble, they could generally continue for one or two thousand years, and some even had legacies lasting four or five thousand years.

Unlike local powerhouses that often experienced turnovers every few hundred years, only a very few 7th-grade families were able to endure a thousand years without faltering, and most of those that did had already become 6th-grade families.

Now, they saw an opportunity to break the rigidity of the class structure before them with manageable risks. Even though these 7th-grade families in Return to Dragon City had been comfortable for a long time, they were still willing to take a chance for their descendants’ future.

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Besides, An Commandery Prince had also said that it didn’t involve siding in the emperor’s sons’ contest, it was purely a business venture, and even if he lost in this contest, it wouldn’t interfere with making money.

Since the future benefits were secure, naturally, more families were willing to invest. Several of the stronger 7th-grade families decided, after family consultations, to sell some of their fixed assets to subscribe to two or three shares.

"Li family of the 7th-grade, West City sector, subscribes to one share."

"Wang family of the 7th-grade, West City sector, subscribes to two shares."

"7th-grade family of the North City sector…"

"Gongsun Clan of the 6th-grade, East City sector, subscribes to twelve shares."

"Chen Clan of the 6th-grade, South City sector, subscribes to ten shares."

"Xu Family of the 5th-grade, Return to Dragon, subscribes to one hundred shares."

"Wan Clan of the 5th-grade, Return to Dragon, subscribes to one hundred and ten shares…"

According to the subscription contract, 6th-grade families needed to start from ten shares, and they must provide a Tianren Realm powerhouse for periodic service. Otherwise, the Coalition wouldn’t include them.

For 5th-grade families, it was a starting point of one hundred shares, and besides needing several Tianren realm cultivators, they also had to provide a Purple Abode Old Ancestor, although constant service was not necessary, only forty percent of the time was required.

Each family’s subscription was loudly announced by a designated person, broadcasted widely.

In Return to Dragon City, where there were numerous families of the 5th, 6th, and 7th grades, when all their financial resources were combined, it amounted to a truly formidable figure, and in reality, the mere two thousand shares did not completely satisfy their appetite.

As the first subscriber appeared, many families quickly realized that if they did not hurry, they might miss the opportunity.

In a situation where there were more monks and less porridge, these mere two thousand scattered shares were declared sold out within just ten days. This left many families, who hadn’t arranged their finances in time or were still hesitating, filled with regret.

Meanwhile, the eight 4th-grade prominent families of Return to Dragon City also succumbed one after another; with the stronger Shangguan family among the 4th grades stepping forward first, subscribing to three percent of the shares, the remaining seven 4th-grade families couldn’t sit still any longer and soon, four of them subscribed to two percent of the shares.

Adding the two percent shares of Heng Commandery Prince, who had already declared his stance early on, the total shares subscribed now reached thirty-three percent.

…

Meanwhile,

Inside the Imperial City, at Zhuozheng Pavilion.

The aging Emperor Longchang, unusually a bit annoyed,

A thick stack of memorials, all impeaching An Commandery Prince, had piled up on the desk before him, and all had been reviewed by the cabinet before being presented to him.

"Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous," Emperor Longchang cursed angrily, "He, Wu Mingyuan, is after all one of the only two potential Emperor’s sons, to bare-chestedly join that Wang Zong’an in, that, that… Old Yao, what do they call it?

Eunuch Old Yao bowed his head and whispered softly, "An Commandery Prince said, they call it a ’roadshow’ to seek ’angel investors’ with exceptional foresight."