Another year had passed, and Wen'an City had developed rapidly yet peacefully.
The Wang and Xu families were eliminated on some pretext by Jiang Lu, and from that point on, the entire Wen'an City was dominated by Jiang Lu's faction alone.
Accordingly, although the Wang and Xu families were gone, new noble families emerged. Jiang Lu's three sworn brothers, including Li Yu and Jiang Lu himself, all became fresh foundations of noble families, establishing new powers that controlled Wen'an City.
However, because they all belonged to the first generation, no friction or other issues arose among the noble families.
Gu Shanhai was no stranger to this; many things were not up to their desire to avoid it—the surrounding environment propelled them forward.
