Time flew by in a flash.
Seven days had passed since the two major families were dealt with.
In those seven days, the Chen Clan made frequent moves, constantly shuffling personnel.
The farm estate's steward was replaced.
The Fulai Inn hired a few more attendants.
Several storefronts reopened, now staffed entirely by Chen Clan Members.
The tenant farmers who had been renting land from the Gao and Shan Families also met the new owner of their several hundred acres.
In just seven days, the Chen Clan had essentially seized the core assets of the Gao and Shan Families.
As for the two families' subsidiary interests, they were naturally divided up among the other seven major families according to the winner-takes-all rules they'd agreed upon.
However.
While these business matters were important, what Chen Nuo was currently working on was far more crucial—it concerned the very foundation of the Chen Clan's enterprise.
