Governor Bai fell into deep thought once again. The Xian Yue City Governor and the others had only managed to survive because they had sided with the Cheng Family.
Otherwise, it would have become the White City Alliance's territory a long time ago.
However, he did not expect the White City Alliance to embark on such a path so soon.
What a great irony!
However, one had to admit that City Lord Zhou's words weren't unreasonable. If the Cheng Family would not interfere too much with the White City Alliance's affairs, it was not that he could not accept the condition.
It was nothing more than loyalty. It sounded simple, but it wasn't simple, and it wasn't too simple either.
Just like how he was prepared to betray the Dynasty. He wondered if the Dynasty would harm the White City Alliance if they found out about this.
What puzzled him was that the Xian Yue City Alliance had not faced any retaliation from the Dynasty ever since they had sided with the Cheng Family two years ago. This was strange.
Logically speaking, the Cheng Family was clearly trying to steal the Dynasty's territory. There was no reason for the Dynasty to remain indifferent.
However, this was the truth. The Xian Yue City and Meng City had lived in peace for the past two years and no one from the Dynasty had come looking for trouble with them.
"Is the Dynasty afraid of the Cheng Family?" Governor Bai's thoughts were complicated.
He could not figure out how powerful the Cheng Family's backing was.
If the Dynasty was afraid of the Cheng Family, it would not be a bad thing to side with them.
"Governor Zhou, if the White City Alliance were to side with the Cheng Family, would we have to pay tribute to them?" Governor Bai asked.
"No need, your tributes will continue to be handed over to the Dynasty! Just like Meng City and the others, their tributes will continue to be handed over to the Dynasty! "Governor Zhou shook his head.
"Handed over to the Dynasty? Why would we do that? Since we have already sided with the Cheng Family, why would we have to hand over our tributes to the Dynasty? "Governor Bai was even more confused.
This was really strange, and it was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
Since the Cheng Family had already taken over the Dynasty's territory, shouldn't the tributes be handed over to the Cheng Family as well?
Furthermore, if the Cheng Family obtained so much territory but did not even want the tributes, what was the point of it?
In reality, the ultimate goal of seizing territory was to obtain resources. The more territory one had, the more resources one had.
That was why the dynasty controlled so many cities. The resources of the dynasty were unimaginable.
Now that the Cheng Clan had snatched so many territories from the dynasty, wasn't it for the sake of obtaining more resources?
However, City Lord Zhou said that they didn't need the tributes, and that they could just hand the tributes over to the dynasty as usual.
This was the most unbelievable thing in the world.
Speaking of which, since the Cheng Family had snatched the territory of the dynasty, they were now enemies. But now, the Cheng Family wanted to give up their resources to the enemy. Wasn't this strange?
"This is the will of our Patriarch. I don't know why he's doing this. But I think our family head might have already reached some sort of agreement with the dynasty!
So as you can see, even though Meng City and the others have declared their allegiance to the Cheng Family, they have not been troubled by the dynasty for the past two years.
It's clear that our Patriarch and the Imperial Dynasty have reached a consensus, so if your White City Alliance wishes to submit to our Cheng Family, you won't have to worry about the Imperial Dynasty finding trouble with you.
After all, these tributes belong to the dynasty and they didn't lose anything, so they won't take it seriously! "City Lord Zhou said.
City Lord Bai nodded. It wasn't impossible for what City Lord Zhou had said to be true.
Perhaps the Patriarch of the Cheng Family had already reached some sort of agreement with the Imperial Dynasty. The Cheng Family could take away these cities, but they would still have to hand over the tributes to the dynasty.
Otherwise, he couldn't understand why the Cheng Family would do this.
They had already snatched their territory, so why wouldn't they accept the tributes?
Therefore, it was highly possible that they had reached a consensus, which was why Meng City and the others were peaceful now.
If that was the case, then the Cheng Family's power was not to be underestimated!
"City Lord Zhou, even if the White City Alliance agrees to submit to the Cheng Family, will the Cheng Family allow us to continue working with them?" City Lord Bai now believed in the Cheng Family's power, but he was still a little worried about the matter of working with them.
If they submitted to the Cheng Family, but the Cheng Family handed over the collaboration to another alliance, they would be under the Cheng Family's control again. If that happened, wouldn't it be too late for regrets?
"You don't have to worry about that. If the White City Alliance doesn't have the support of these missions, then it won't have much of a future.
Since we hope that the White City Alliance will submit to the Cheng Family and become a part of the Cheng Family, we naturally hope that the White City Alliance will prosper.
Therefore, regarding the matter of cooperation, I think there is no doubt that the Cheng family will not cut off their cooperation with the White City Alliance.
In fact, I'm sure that the Family Head will also consider the White City Alliance's interests and give the White City Alliance more high-quality missions. This is what you deserve! "City Lord Zhou reassured the other party.
"City Lord Zhou, it's not that I don't believe you, but there's no proof for this. If City Lord Zhou is willing to sign a new contract with the White City Alliance, I think I'll be more at ease.
Although I have the final say in the White City Alliance, the interests of too many people are at stake. Not only do I have to be responsible for myself, but I also have to be responsible for many more people. I hope that City Lord Zhou can understand my difficulties! "City Lord Bai said after some thought.
Although City Lord Zhou's words were pleasant to the ear, there were times when actions were more practical than words.
Besides, City Lord Zhou was the one in charge of everything they were discussing. Wasn't the Patriarch of the Cheng Family the only one who had the authority to handle the White City Alliance submitting to the Cheng Family?
City Lord Zhou's promise to him was meaningless. Even if the Patriarch of the Cheng Family were to say it in person, he would still feel uneasy.
Therefore, he needed a contract in hand that was clearly written in black and white. That way, he would be more at ease.
"That won't be a problem, but I can't sign the contract on my own. We'll have to pay a visit to the Cheng Family and ask the Patriarch of the Cheng Family to sign the contract with you personally!" City Lord Zhou was overjoyed when he saw that City Lord Bai no longer had any objections.
As long as the White City Alliance was willing to submit to the Cheng Family, the Patriarch of the Cheng Family would not oppose it.
"That's fine, as long as the Cheng Family is willing to sign the contract!" City Lord Bai said.
He was not afraid of trouble, as this concerned the greatest benefits of the White City Alliance.
If they submitted to the Cheng Family, the Cheng Family would not interfere with the internal affairs of the White City Alliance. Moreover, they could continue to cooperate with the Cheng Family and might even get more high-quality missions.
Thinking about it this way, it was not a bad thing for the White City Alliance to submit to the Cheng Family. In fact, they could even gain a lot of benefits.
Therefore, the two of them returned to the Cheng Family together.
Cheng Yu knew that City Lord Bai was willing to submit to the Cheng Family, so he did not plan to make things difficult for him. However, it was just a contract. He had no intention of lying to him in the first place.
Therefore, he prepared a contract for him as he wished, stating that the Cheng family would not be impartial and would not interfere with the internal affairs of the White City Alliance.
They would also maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with the White City Alliance, and neither party could cancel the cooperation.
However, the White City Alliance would have to pay a lot of spirit stones to the Cheng Family every year.
Although the White City Alliance had submitted to the Cheng Family, they still had to pay tribute to the dynasty. Therefore, it was impossible for the Cheng Family to exempt them from this part of the cooperation.
After all, the White City Alliance would split the profits from the Cheng Family, so it was impossible for the Cheng Family to make a loss.
In addition, it was written in the contract that the cooperation fee must be redefined according to the size of the cooperation each year and could not be fixed at a fixed value.
If the Cheng Family wanted to expand the cooperation and provide more high-quality missions to the White City Alliance, the cooperation fee that the White City Alliance had to pay would definitely be higher.
It was impossible for the Cheng Family to leave all the benefits to the White City Alliance. If they did so, they would really become saints.
Submitting was submitting, cooperating was cooperating. It was absolutely necessary to make a clear distinction between them.
Even if they were blood-related brothers, they had to settle their accounts clearly. Moreover, the White City Alliance was only submitting to the Cheng Family and had most of the autonomy. The Cheng Family would never consider the issue of benefits.
"Many thanks, Patriarch!" When City Lord Bai received the contract personally signed by the Cheng Family, he was very happy.
With this contract, the benefits of the White City Alliance would be guaranteed. He no longer had to be afraid that the Cheng Family would not fulfill their promise after the White City Alliance submitted to the Cheng Family.
"In the future, we will be a family. I believe you will understand in the future that you will not regret the decision you made today. Many years later, when you look back on what happened today, you will understand how correct your decision was! "Cheng Yu said with a smile.
The Cheng Family still needed to expand their influence. It was definitely a good thing for them to submit to the White City Alliance sincerely.
"I am also looking forward to the arrival of that day. Patriarch, since we are now a family, can you send some people to follow me back to the White City Alliance and resolve the crisis that the White City Alliance is facing?" City Lord Bai carefully kept the contract and said.
When he thought about how the crisis of the White City Alliance would soon be resolved, and at the same time, he would be protected by the Cheng Family in the future, allowing the White City Alliance to truly prosper, he couldn't wait any longer.
Although he wasn't too willing to submit the White City Alliance to the Cheng Family, this might be the only and best way for the White City Alliance to be reborn now that things had come to this.
After all, in the current situation, no one could give the White City Alliance a better future other than the Cheng Family!
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