Inside the council chamber, Xia Huai'an and Main Bookkeeper Zhou leaned over the map of the Jin City Plain. The candlelight cast their shadows against the wall, swaying with the flicker of the flame. Xia Huai'an's finger moved slowly across the map, gliding over tracts of land marked as Prince Fu's properties.
Main Bookkeeper Zhou pointed at the map excitedly and said, "Master, Prince Fu's estate is even more vast than we imagined. Besides this hunting ground, there are seventeen manors and three hundred sixty thousand mu of fertile land. Once we secure Prince Fu's assets, we control half of the Jin City Plain!"
Xia Huai'an looked up and asked, "How have the widow and Prince Fu's young son been settled? Are they cooperative?"
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