Jincheng, the council hall of the Military Commissioner's Yamen.
Xia Huai'an sat in the main seat. Spread out on the long table before him was a map of Bazhou, densely marked with the manors, landed estates, and shops belonging to imperial relatives and nobles. Lines traced in vermilion ink spread like blood vessels, and every single marker represented the deep-rooted influence of the Great Qian imperial clan in Bazhou.
Main Bookkeeper Zhou stood off to one side, holding a stack of account books and speaking in a low voice, "Master, it has been verified. There are a total of seven imperial relatives within Bazhou, along with twenty-three noble households. Together, their name holds one million eight hundred thousand mu of farmland, over six hundred shops, no less than two million shi of stored grain, and a fief area of no less than eight million mu." His finger tapped lightly upon the account books. "Among them, Prince Fu's household alone accounts for over three million mu of fief land."
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