Thinking of this, Ling Zhou couldn't help but ponder in his heart. Could it be that his father wanted to use this opportunity to abolish the preferential policies for the indigenous residents?

Or, is it to use this incident to make the indigenous inhabitants recognize themselves?

Let them recognize who is Lan Ling's master?

Actually, if you think about it, it’s possible.

Those favorable policies for indigenous people may not cause problems in the short term.

Even if we wait another hundred years, there won't be any problem.

But if it goes on for a long time, it might not be good.

This is like educating a child at home. If you keep whipping him, he may be obedient and motivated. But if you spoil him for a long time, he will inevitably develop a rebellious mentality.

There is even the possibility that they will rebel and beat their parents.

How many unfilial sons, even those who beat their elders, are spoiled from childhood?

Thinking of this, he stretched and stopped thinking about it.

Who cares? If it's really like what I want, clearing up some troubles, that's fine.

He won't stand up for the indigenous people.

Although Lanling founded the country, the original inhabitants made great contributions.

Soon, the car drove into a road. At the end of the road was a huge complex of luxurious buildings.

This complex of buildings is probably second only to the royal palace in terms of scale.

This is the Xia family mansion.

At this time, the square in front of the Xia family mansion was already full of people. A quick look showed that there were about 300 of them, all of whom were members of the Xia family.

The Xia family was a large family before Lanling was founded. Later, they followed the royal family and developed into a family that has been around for a hundred years. There are so many members in the family.

Those who attended the family meeting yesterday were only direct descendants and a few important collateral members. Those who gathered here this time were all the direct and collateral descendants of the Xia family.

Even so, only those with status are qualified to appear here.

Some of the Xia family members of low status were not qualified to come here at all.

As the convoy approached, Lan Ling's unique welcome song sounded.

Under the leadership of Xia Lianbo, everyone in the Xia family went forward in an orderly manner.

The convoy stopped and the butler opened the door.

Ling Zhou and Ling Lanxin, brother and sister, walked out of the car with warm smiles on their faces and elegant manners.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, Welcome."

Xia Lianbo led a group of Xia family members, bowed respectfully, and greeted them.

"Master Xia, please stand up."

Ling Zhou stretched out his hand gracefully and said.

Today everything is centered around Lingzhou.

Only then did everyone in the Xia family stand up.

Afterwards, at Xia Lianbo's invitation, Ling Zhou and Ling Lanxin walked into the Xia family mansion.

It must be said that the Xia family is indeed a large family with a history of a hundred years. The mansion is full of luxury. It can be said that the level of luxury is second only to the royal palace in the entire Lanling.

Of course, unless the Xia family had the intention to rebel, they would not dare to build their own house like a palace.

The Xia family handled this point very well.

"This time, the princess and I came here to visit. At the same time, we also came here for yesterday..."

In a huge hall of the Xia family, Ling Zhou stood in the front, looking at the hundreds of Xia family members, and said a lot of polite words.

There is both comfort and admonishment in these words.

Of course, these words were not said by Ling Zhou, but were a manuscript prepared by the royal think tank, which was read out by Ling Zhou without a script.

This was not difficult for Ling Zhou at all. With his memory, the manuscript had already been imprinted in his mind.

But no matter what Ling Zhou said, the 300 or so people of the Xia family, whether it was Xia Lianbo who had lived for more than seventy years, or some of the younger generations of the Xia family, all lowered their heads like children, pretending to listen attentively.

And every time Ling Zhou's tone changed, the faces of everyone in the Xia family also changed.

The atmosphere in the hall was completely controlled by Ling Zhou.

"Although the Xia family's incident was caused by the third branch of the Xia family, the royal family is lenient and will not implicate the entire Xia family. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped."

Ling Zhou looked at everyone in the Xia family and said calmly.

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of everyone in the Xia family changed.

It turned out not to be so easy to get away with it, the royal family still punished the Xia family.

But what will the punishment be?

Many members of the Xia family were very worried, fearing that they would be punished by the royal family and be implicated.

"Penalty: The Xia family will take out half of their total assets to support our country's charities, the government, and the construction of six districts."

Ling Zhou said in a calm voice.

Although the six districts of Lanling are already modern cities, many places still need to be constructed, which costs money.

One half of the family fortune?

This will cause serious damage to the Xia family!

"yes."

When everyone in the Xia family was surprised, Xia Lianbo, the old man of the Xia family, agreed without hesitation.

Compared with the family inheritance, what does losing half of the property matter?

If the prince came here just to appease the Xia family and let them go easily, he would not be able to feel at ease.

Then he would feel that the royal family had not yet gotten over the matter and would have to wait for the next reckoning.

This is not being shameless.

This is reality.

"Well! The Xia family is required to calculate the total value of their assets within one week. Whether to donate cash or donate the company for auction is up to the Xia family themselves."

Ling Zhou said in a calm voice.

"The Xia family is willing to donate funds to contribute to our country's charity and urban construction."

Xia Lianbo said without hesitation.

Even if the golden eggs are lost, as long as the chicken that laid the golden eggs is still there, there will be a chance to earn back the lost golden eggs in the future.

But if the company was lost, it would be a huge blow to the Xia family.

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