"The Cheng Family has no intention of forcing the Qinghe Alliance. I've already said that as long as the Qinghe Alliance doesn't do anything to harm the Cheng Family, the Cheng Family will not interfere.
Now that the Qinghe Alliance has sealed off all the entrances, the Cheng Family will be greatly affected. Therefore, the Cheng Family has no choice but to intervene.
Therefore, why did Deputy City Lord Huang say that you have no choice but to do so? "City Lord Zhou said calmly.
"City Lord Zhou, it's easy for you to say that. The Cheng Family has already attracted so many people. How is it possible for us to attract enough people without affecting the Cheng Family?" Deputy City Lord Huang continued.
"That's your problem. However, if you really don't have a solution, I can give you a suggestion!" City Lord Zhou smiled.
"What suggestion?" Deputy City Lord Huang asked.
"As long as the Qinghe Alliance submits to the Cheng Family, won't all the problems you are facing be solved?" City Lord Zhou said.
"That's impossible. The Clearriver Alliance isn't the White City Alliance. You want us to betray ourselves and submit to the Cheng Clan? That's impossible!" Deputy City Lord Huang exclaimed as he shot a disdainful glance at City Lord Bai.
City Lord Bai was initially a little displeased when he heard City Lord Zhou's proposal to have the Qinghe Alliance submit to the Cheng Family. He was worried that the Cheng Family would help the Qinghe Alliance rise in power. Wouldn't that be taking away his own benefits?
However, he was relieved that the Qinghe Alliance did not agree to City Lord Zhou's suggestion.
However, Deputy City Lord Huang's disdain made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Hmph! The Cheng Family is willing to allow the Qinghe Alliance to submit to us because they think highly of you. If it wasn't for the fact that you were screaming for your lives, City Lord Zhou wouldn't have bothered with you. "City Lord Bai said mockingly.
In the beginning, he had been very unwilling to submit to the Cheng Family.
After all, he was the one who had developed the White City Alliance. Submitting to the Cheng Family was equivalent to giving it to them.
However, he no longer cared about it. After all, they had also submitted to the Dynasty Alliance in the past.
Now, they had merely changed their boss. Furthermore, he felt that the Cheng Family was much more reliable than the Dynasty Alliance.
One had to know that apart from collecting tributes from them on time, the dynasty would not care about anything else.
Whether you want to annex other cities or you want to be annexed by other cities, they won't interfere.
This was also the reason why they could have their current alliance.
If the dynasty really wanted to interfere in their affairs, they would not have been able to annex so many cities and establish the White City Alliance.
Although there were advantages to this, there were also disadvantages.
The advantage was that if you had enough ambition and strength, you could constantly expand your influence and establish an even bigger alliance.
The downside was that if there were more powerful forces eyeing your territory, you could only watch helplessly as your territory was annexed by others.
This also meant that although the dynasty was in charge of so many territories, the various forces under them were very unstable. Perhaps it could be said that they let everyone's ambitions run wild.
As long as you have the ability, you will have a bright future.
However, the Cheng family was different. They seemed to care a lot about the stability of their forces. That was why the White City Alliance had submitted to the Cheng Family. As long as the interests of the White City Alliance were harmed and they were willing to seek help from the Cheng Family, the Cheng Family would not sit idly by and do nothing.
However, City Lord Zhou had previously told him that after submitting to the Cheng Family, he would no longer be able to do anything to the Xian Moon City.
This proved that the Cheng Family and the Dynasty treated the forces under them very differently.
Although there were pros and cons to this, at least as long as the Cheng Family was around, they would never be bullied by powerful enemies.
Even if it was just this, it made him feel much more at ease.
If the Clear River Alliance really agreed to submit to the Cheng Family, it was highly possible that the Cheng Family would issue a mission and the Cheng Family would repay them with their bodies.
Therefore, he hoped that the Clear River Alliance would refuse to submit to the Cheng Family.
"In that case, the Clear River Alliance will have to thank the Cheng Family for their good intentions. The Clear River Alliance does not have that kind of luck!" Deputy City Lord Huang said disdainfully.
The White City Alliance had been forced into a corner and had no choice but to submit to the Cheng Family. Now, they had even asked the Cheng Family to stand up for them.
In his opinion, this was an extremely embarrassing matter. Therefore, he did not think much of City Lord Bai. Naturally, he was filled with disdain.
"Clear River City Lord, are you really not going to consider it?" City Lord Zhou asked the Clear River City Lord. He did not mind the two of them bickering.
After all, the Clear River City Lord was the true leader of the Clear River Alliance. It did not matter how much the others did not want to accept it.
If he could really convince the Clear River Alliance to submit to the Cheng Family, it would definitely be a great achievement when he returned to the Cheng Family.
He believed that the Family Head would be very happy.
Therefore, he was still hoping that the Clear River City Lord would agree to this suggestion.
"City Lord Zhou, we really cannot accept this suggestion. Please don't mention it again!" The Clear River City Lord shook his head and rejected the suggestion.
Although the Cheng Family was very powerful and their strength and influence were constantly increasing, the Clear River City Alliance had never thought of submitting to the Cheng Family.
In their opinion, this was something that was absolutely impossible.
Even if the Clear River Alliance's situation worsened, they might not agree to this.
"Since the Clear River City Lord has said so, I have nothing else to say. However, I believe that the Clear River City Lord should be able to unseal all the gates now, right? "Although City Lord Zhou was a little disappointed, he did not force the issue.
After all, the Family Head did not ask him to convince the Clear River Alliance and the other alliances to submit to the Cheng Family.
His goal this time was to get these alliances to unseal all the gates.
"City Lord Zhou, I can agree to unseal all the gates. However, I hope that the Cheng Family can fulfill one of my conditions, "the Clear River City Lord said.
"Although you have no right to negotiate with me, I can listen to it first. If it is not a big deal, I might agree to it!" City Lord Zhou said calmly.
The Clear River Alliance had to unseal all the gates. If they did not do so, the Cheng Family would definitely not let the Clear River Alliance off.
Therefore, in terms of strength …
The Clear River Alliance had no right to negotiate with him.
It did not matter if they agreed or not, they had to unseal all the gates.
However, he was curious as well. What is the Clearriver Alliance thinking of now? Why are they still trying to struggle?
"Thank you for your generosity, City Lord Zhou. I only hope that the Clear River Alliance can cooperate with the Cheng Family like the White City Alliance and issue some missions for the Cheng Family.
As long as City Lord Zhou is willing to help me, I believe that the Clear River Alliance will be able to resolve our current predicament, "the Clear River City Lord said.
"The Clear River City Lord is quite bold. The Clear River Alliance has not submitted to the Cheng Family. Why should the Cheng Family issue missions to you?" City Lord Bai could not help but interject before City Lord Zhou could speak.
Compared to submitting to the Cheng Family, the Clear River City Lord's condition was the greatest threat to the White City Alliance.
If the Clear River Alliance also issued missions for the Cheng Family, and the Clear River Alliance had more factions guarding outside, who would come to the White City Alliance? Wouldn't they all stay with the Clear River Alliance?
"City Lord Bai, if I am correct, the White City Alliance had not submitted to the Cheng Family last year, right? However, didn't the White City Alliance issue missions for the Cheng Family last year?
If that's the case, why are you stopping the Clear River Alliance from working with the Cheng Family? "the Clear River City Lord asked City Lord Bai.
There was no other way to make the Clear River Alliance prosper again without affecting the Cheng Family's interests.
This was the only way to get the chance to work with the Cheng Family, which would allow them to attract more people to the Clear River Alliance, just like the White City Alliance.
Furthermore, this was a collaboration with the Cheng Family, so there was no conflict of interest between the two parties. It was the perfect plan.
Therefore, the only problem now was the Cheng Family's attitude.
"Who said that the White City Alliance had not submitted to the Cheng Family a year ago? I just didn't announce it. Therefore, it's reasonable for us to issue missions for the Cheng Family last year," City Lord Bai said.
"City Lord Zhou, is that true?" the Clear River City Lord asked. He did not believe City Lord Bai's words.
"That is indeed the case. The White City Alliance had already submitted to the Cheng Family a year ago, which was why we assigned some missions to them.
Therefore, if the Clear River Alliance wants to issue missions for the Cheng Family, you must submit to the Cheng Family! " To Governor Bai's surprise, Governor Zhou did not expose him. Instead, he agreed with what he had said.
However, this made him worry again. The City Lord would not agree to submit to the Cheng Family after hearing what they had said. If that was the case, things would get out of hand.
The reason why City Lord Zhou did not expose City Lord Bai was because of the Cheng Family's interests.
He still hoped that the Clear River Alliance would submit to the Cheng Family.
If he told City Lord Bai the truth that the White City Alliance had not submitted to the Cheng Family last year, but had already started issuing missions for the Cheng Family, then the Clear River Alliance would naturally want to do the same.
However, how could he give the Clear River Alliance such a chance?
If they wanted to receive the Cheng Family's missions, they would have to submit to the Cheng Family.
However, he did not tell City Lord Bai that even if they submitted to the Cheng Family, it was still unknown if they would receive the missions.
It all depended on whether the Master of the Clear River Alliance was willing to assign the missions to them!
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