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"Which two people?" Wang Sancai nodded slightly at David Black: "Tell me."

"The first one is Mr. Hai. He is a vassal under the Zhuang family. I don't know how many people he has under him, but his surname is not Zhuang, which means that he is just loyal to the patriarch Zhuang Yan, and there must be many of his own people under him." David Black raised an index finger.

Wang Sancai frowned and interrupted: "Wait, David, what do you mean is that power is not in the hands of the patriarch alone?"

Although Wang Sancai has been in another world for a while, most of his energy has been devoted to studying this mutated CSOL system. He is still very vague about the background and framework of this continent. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he also wanted to know more, so he said, "Let me tell me about the background of Zhou Kingdom first, well... What type of existence do all the major families have? After hearing David's words, it feels a bit like a monarchy?"

"Let me tell me." Bai Xiao, who had been silent for a long time, finally intervened, and while speaking, he also cast inquiring eyes at David Black and Fang Tong.

"Well, tell me, I don't know much." David Black nodded immediately, and Fang Tong had no intention of refusing.

Bai Xiao is also the second son of the big family. Although he is now in a down-and-out manner, he is still very familiar with these systems. He immediately said: "That's right. In fact, in the whole Zhou State, only eight major families have the status to speak, namely the Zhou family, the Huang family, the Zhuang family, the Liang family, the Wang family, the Bai family, the Pang family and the Ouyang family. The rest of the small families depend on the eight major families to survive. Now the royal power is in the hands of the Zhou family, and the queen is the sister of Huang Tian, ​​the patriarch of the Huang family. The seven major families are all loyal to the Zhou family, which holds the royal power. It is similar to an alliance. I promise that our Bai family has always been loyal to the royal family."

At the end of the day, Bai Xiao couldn't help but say something for his family.

"Xiaobai, it is useless to tell me that the Bai family is innocent." Wang Sancai reminded him: "Let's talk about the key point, now the Bai family and the Pang family no longer exist."

"I know, I just can't help it... OK." Bai Xiao sorted out his thoughts: "Every big family will have many small families that are attached to them. These small families are loyal to the big family and are named vassals by big families. For example, Mr. Hai. He originally belonged to the Hai family, but obeyed the Zhuang family, but this does not mean that he cannot have the power that belongs to him."

"Oh, I understand a little bit, that is to say, Mr. Hai has his own territory and his own staff, and he has the power to cultivate his people, and his people are not controlled by the dealer?" Wang Sancai said his editing.

"Yes, but Mr. Hai's territory is also the territory of the dealer. If he obeys the dealer, it means that his people are also obeying the dealer." Fang Tong suddenly interrupted and confirmed.

"But as long as Mr. Hai has a rebellious heart, his people will not obey the dealer's orders?" Wang Sancai asked the key point.

"Yes, this is true for any big family." Fang Tong nodded immediately: "But as long as the clan leader does not do anything to the vassal, the vassal usually will not choose to betray. After all, the overall strength of the vassal is definitely not as strong as that of the clan leader. Moreover, following a wise clan leader will make the entire family stronger."

"There has never happened in history that vassals rebelled as the main one?" Wang Sancai was a little confused.

"Of course, for example, the Zhou family, which now holds the royal power, was once a vassal of the 'Tai Family', but because the Tai Family was really stupid, everyone in the fiefdom was dissatisfied with the small and medium-sized families, so they overthrew the Tai Family and replaced it." Fang Tong continued: "The clan leader of the family cannot do whatever he wants."

After hearing these words, Wang Sancai's heart finally became clearer.

It turns out that the big family did not devour the small families around them to strengthen themselves, but it was like an electoral system. Many families elected a family to be the leader. Of course, the strength of the elected family itself should not be ignored, but strength does not represent everything. To put it bluntly, as long as the patriarch does something that makes most of the small and medium-sized families that depend on him dissatisfied, he will be really in danger.

But as long as you keep it "wise", there will be no big problems.

For example, now that this happened to the Huang family, even if no one was distracted, many small and medium-sized families that depended on the Huang family would not rebel even due to the face of Huang Tian who was far away on the front line, and at least they would not be so "obedient".

Wang Sancai has always been wondering that the Huang family is so big, occupying several towns, and it must be a master, but why he didn't even catch him. But now it seems that it is because the vassals took most of them to the front line with Huang Tian. Now that this happened, the vassals who depended on the small and medium-sized families of the Huang family were not there, and the decision-makers inside did not have enough prestige. They could only wait until the news reached the vassals and only knew the vassals' intentions. It was indeed very difficult to rely on the people left by the Huang family to search for himself on such a large territory.

Although they prosper and lose with each other, they are prone to internal chaos.

When Wang Sancai thought of this, he couldn't help but feel moved: "So, are the dead soldiers Mr. Hai brought this time his own people?"

But what he didn't expect was that Fang Tong shook his head and said, "No, only the families under the name of the clan leader can start training. These dead soldiers are usually sent by other families to show their loyalty to the clan leader. They have been mechanically brainwashed since childhood. Although they come from different places, they only obey the clan leader. They are already the power of the clan leader and are the most core power of the entire family."

"Oh, then it seems that even if you want to overthrow a clan leader, it is not easy." Wang Sancai nodded thoughtfully and suddenly said: "Xiaotong, it seems that destroying the power of your Pang family must be not easy."

Fang Tong was silent.

"Sorry, Xiaotong." Wang Sancai shook his head and turned to the topic: "David, I know almost everything now, please continue to talk."

Fang Tong shook his head slightly and smiled, indicating that it was okay.

"Well, in addition to Mr. Hai, there is a vassal next to Zhuang Yan's side in Feiliu City. This man's surname is Long. Fang Tong and I found out later that Mr. Long and Zhuang Biyun have a very good relationship in private, and they are deeply trusted by Zhuang Yan. He is also the most powerful vassal under his command." David Black said meaningfully: "As long as we are guarding against them and with Zhuang Yan's presence, we should be safe."

When Wang Sancai heard the word "Mr. Long", he suddenly remembered that Zhuang Biyun had mentioned her "Uncle Long" more than once before, but he frowned and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Hai has no motive for committing the crime. Isn't the only person who is most doubtful to be the one who is left?"

"He has no chance to commit the crime." David Black shook his head and said, "He was sent out by Zhuang Yan. He returned to Feiliu City the next day. He had never known about the arrival of Fang Tong before. Moreover, it was not necessarily the two of them who were doing it, and it was also likely that they were other retainers of the dealer himself. But as long as Zhuang Yan was present, they would not threaten us. The reason why I told you to be on guard against them is because in addition to having the right to the dealer, they also have private power."

"...Okay, I thought you had found out who that person was." Wang Sancai shook his head helplessly: "But now it seems that even the head manager of the dealer is possible."

"The housekeeper is impossible. Although he is in charge of the chef, food and servants, he does not have military power. It is impossible to send people to kill the servants and chefs." David Black immediately denied: "Zhuangyan told me that he was the one who delivered his old housekeeper. Although he had no blood relationship, he was like a father and son. The most important thing is that he was just an ordinary person, so he was eliminated immediately."

"Tell me what happened later." Wang Sancai agreed to David Black's point of view.

"Later..." David Black suddenly sighed heavily: "Nothing happened... When I gave him the things you gave me, he learned that you were in danger and told me to discuss it together after you went there. Then he sent Mr. Hai to dress up with a group of elite dead soldiers from Feiliu City and then came to meet you with me and Fang Tong."

Speaking of this, he paused and said more: "At that time, his decision was strongly opposed, because all the dead soldiers he drew were the strongest, and most of them had reached the level of concentration. The dead soldiers directly obeyed him. Without the protection of this part of the elite dead soldiers, he was in danger. After all, he didn't know who was having the problem at that time."

"It seems that Uncle Zhuang did it on purpose." Wang Sancai's eyes flashed a little: "It's too dangerous for him to do this."

David Black nodded: "He did give that person a chance to take advantage of it to see if that person could not help but surface, but Zhuang Yan did not make the mistake of dissatisfaction with others. If it were a retainer who wanted to replace Zhuang Yan's position, he would probably only be counterattacked. Therefore, there is no need to worry about Zhuang Yan's safety. At most, it would only be controlled by that mysterious man. If he encountered danger, it might only be Mr. Long, but Mr. Long was not in Feiliu City before, so the possibility was ruled out. Moreover, Zhuang Yan sent so many elite dead soldiers this time, which was not just a tactic of hard to get. He could also take the opportunity to make the Liang family feel bored."

"It seems that at least Mr. Long and Mr. Hai still don't see the problem." Wang Sancai thought: "And even if his retainers betray him, they will not get the benefits they deserve. So, what do you think... this person wants to get?"

"I don't know." David Black said after a long time of silence: "...maybe it just to weaken the banker's strength."

"It's very likely that David said." Fang Tong echoed: "The first thing the incident happened was Miss Zhuang. The man wanted to kill Miss Zhuang to distract the leader of the Zhuang, but he did not mean to kill or frame the leader of the Zhuang. Afterwards, when David and I came to Feiliu City, the food was just a sweat medicine, not a deadly poison. Moreover, even Miss Zhuang himself was implicated. However, when Master Zhuang came back, he did not have any other actions. In this way, it means that he was not targeting the leader of the Zhuang himself."

Speaking of this, Fang Tong suddenly turned his head and looked at David Black: "David, in addition to these two things, has the patriarch Zhuang told you that other things have happened? For example, before Miss Zhuang got lost, or after Miss Zhuang was retrieved, we have not yet gone to Feiliu City?" (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!)
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