Chapter 849 - 850 Constraints
After Sun Ziyun stayed behind, the Su Family and the Sun family even issued a notice, announcing the matter of the marriage alliance between the Su Family and Sun family.
Such an affair did not need to be overly publicized, it was sufficient to inform all the major families in Minghe.
With the Su Family declaring war on the Cao Family and the Zhao Family, other families could not help but adopt a wait-and-see attitude at this time—a matter so significant, who would dare to rashly take sides? If they chose the wrong side, it implied very serious consequences.
Moreover, for them, they also lacked experience in battles between major families, and how it will end was equally unpredictable.
But the sudden announcement of the marriage alliance between the Su Family and Sun Family was a very significant signal. The alliance between Su Family and Sun Family was evident to all; if it were a normal marriage, it might not make everyone feel any different, as alliances through marriage to strengthen relationships were common practice among them.
However, this time it was the Family Head of the Su Family himself who was entering into marriage with the granddaughter of the Sun family—a testament of how much closer the Su Family and Sun Family had become, meaning that the two were truly cooperating in all respects.
One family alone was already formidable, and now with two families cooperating, their strength increased exponentially—who else would dare to contend with them?
While the other major families were contemplating whether to ally with the Su Family immediately, the Cao Family began to visit them one by one, bringing news that the Zhou Family of the Capital was the Cao Family’s secret backing, and that the Zhou Family would support the Cao Family and Zhao Family.
The Beijing Families, any single one taken out for comparison, could not be matched by local families because they controlled the most crucial resources, namely, official channels. Local families might be wealthier than the Beijing Families, but in terms of officialdom, they certainly lag far behind, and in China, a high official position was definitely an advantage that no amount of money could make up for.
The originally unbalanced situation, with the Zhou Family’s involvement, suddenly made the other families hesitant to make any rash moves. This war, it seemed, no one could predict who would win. Instead of taking risks, it was better to sit on the sidelines and watch the tigers fight.