Not only the members of the Eight Great Families, but even the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, and the Xu Family were, to a large extent, on the same side. It was possible that once the Xu Family fell, they would all be betrayed.

"Sir, you told me such a confidential matter. I'm afraid it's not as simple as answering my questions." Qian Ruoshui pretended to be calm and asked, "What advice do you have? Please tell me clearly!"

"Okay, then I'll say it straight!" Zhao Hao slammed the table, stood up and said, "The Xu family has crossed the line. They have no respect for the law and are doing evil! They have seriously threatened the reputation and living space of all of us!"

"That makes sense." The guests nodded one after another. In fact, they had been dissatisfied with the Xu family for a long time.

Everyone respects the Xu family as their leader because they hope that the Xu family can bring everyone a sense of security and lead everyone to wealth.

I don't want the Xu family to lead us to a dead end!

As a result, under the leadership of the Xu family, maritime trade came to a halt, and each family could no longer survive. The Xu family not only focused on fighting for power and profit, but also instigated the people of Suzhou to cause trouble, making the entire Jiangnan region a mess.

Not only does he have no leadership qualities, but now he has committed such a heinous crime. Isn't this leading everyone into trouble?

"Then what should we do?" Wang Mengxiang and others looked at Zhao Hao and asked.

"I will wipe out the Xu family and rebuild the earth, water, fire and wind!" Master Zhao declared word by word.

"Hiss..." There was another round of gasps of shock in the painted boat room.

~~

After hearing Zhao Hao's declaration of war, the guests were shocked and filled with worry.

They were not worried about Zhao Hao.

After all, Second Master Xu has been pouring night incense on Xishan Island for almost half a year, and the eldest son of Xu has also gone to Kunshan to worship Zhao Hao as his master, which shows that the Xu family has no way to deal with him...

What they are worried about is whether they will be affected?

Zhao Hao knew what these gentry were thinking, so he listened to him say in a deep voice: "Before Lin Zhongcheng went to Songjiang, we had a conversation. Both sides agreed that we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater."

"The chancellor has already promised to deal with the Xu family this time and not ask about anything else." Zhao Hao said, looking at Lu Kuang:

"The Minister of Justice should have said the same thing to Mr. Lu."

"This..." Lu Kuang hesitated and said, "It's slightly different. Zhongcheng said that he only wanted to measure the land and not ask about the maritime trade. That's roughly what he meant."

"It is precisely because the Xu family discovered that they have been isolated that they took the risk and harmed Lin Zhongcheng in an attempt to make things bigger, causing panic among the people and forcing everyone to get involved!" Zhao Hao said with great sorrow:

"Such a selfish, such a heartless family, why don't we draw a clear line with them? Must we wait until the situation is out of control and everyone is doomed together?"

"Of course not." The shareholders of Jiangnan Company stood up and said, "We have parted ways with him a long time ago, and now we follow your lead."

"Our Chamber of Commerce is also sworn enemies with the Xu family!" Liu Zhengqi and Xu Zhixiang stood up and expressed their views. "The last Suzhou uprising was caused by them, and we have always remembered this account!"

Gu Dadong and other Kunshan gentry also stood up. "The Xu family sent people to Kunshan several times to create riots, set fire to our granaries, and sent people to breach our dikes. If you don't do anything about it, you are not a Kunshan person!"

Xu Bangrui blushed at this, because the person sent by the Xu family was his younger brother Xu Bangning. He quickly stood up and said loudly: "These devils have led my brother astray. Fortunately, Mr. Zhao rescued him and Bangning got back on the right track. We, the Duke's Mansion, will never give up on him!"

Gu Dashou and Lu Kuang looked at each other. Since Zhao Hao had promised to only deal with the Xu family and not involve other people, then what they had promised Lin Zhongcheng before would naturally still count.

He also stood up and said, "Kill the Xu family and avenge Zhongcheng!"

As for the salt merchants and Huizhou merchants, to be honest, it was not their turn to get involved in this matter. They were only here to support Mr. Zhao, so naturally they all stood up and shouted the loudest!

With the crackling sound, almost everyone in the Huafangzhai stood up.

There are only two friends from Zhejiang left.

"We don't need to express our stance, right?" Qian Ruoshui asked Xiang Yuanbian in a low voice.

"I will support whoever can destroy the Xu family." Xiang Yuanbian threw down a sentence and suddenly stood up and said, "Fuck his mother!"

"Oh..." Qian Ruoshui had no choice but to stand up as well.

"Well, since everyone is irreconcilable with the Xu thief, why don't we form an 'anti-Xu alliance'!" Young Master Zhao further 'suggested': "Our goal is to get rid of the black sheep of the Xu family and establish a new order that does not break the law or do evil!"

"From now on, everyone who makes money legally and abidingly will only get more, and there is no need to worry about being implicated or liquidated!" Young Master Zhao pointed to the entrance of Huafangzhai and said in a deep voice:

"I have finished what I want to say. Anyone who agrees to join can stay. Anyone who disagrees can do as they please!"

After a pause, he warned in a cold voice: "It's just a matter of life and death, we can't let you go. Once you leave this door, this alliance will assume that you and the Xu family are in the same group. In the future, we will no longer have any affection for each other, so don't blame us for being ruthless when innocent people are harmed!"

"Uh..." Xiang Yuanbian, Qian Ruoshui, and many other people who were not so close to Zhao Hao were all surprised.

We just stood up to express our stance, how can it be considered as forming an alliance? But if we leave now, wouldn't we be part of the Xu family's group? At this moment, who would want to be associated with the Xu family?

Even Xiang Yuanbian, who has always been domineering, cannot afford the consequences of leaving at this time.

He had no choice but to stay and joined the anti-Xu alliance without knowing why.

"Well, everyone is great!" Young Master Zhao laughed and clapped his hands. "Give me the blood of the chicken, dog and horse!"

Xiwa then brought in a copper plate filled with scarlet blood.

Master Zhao reached out his hand, dipped a finger of blood from the copper plate, and wiped it on his lips.

Hua Cha, Xu Bangrui and others also smeared the blood of the animals on their lips.

Then he swore loudly to God that if he had any second thoughts, he would be punished by heaven and earth!

This is the most solemn oath-taking and alliance-forming ceremony in ancient and modern times, with the gods and ghosts in heaven as witnesses.

~~

After swearing the blood oath, everyone sat down again. I don’t know if it was the effect of the three animals’ blood, but they suddenly felt a stronger sense of comradeship among each other.

Zhao Hao struck while the iron was hot and said, "Although we all want to get rid of Xu the thief as soon as possible, the more we want to do this, the more strategy we need. We must not only eliminate the enemy, but also protect ourselves, and at the same time protect the stability of the entire Jiangnan region!"

"What you said is absolutely right! Absolutely right!" This is also what the comrades want to say most.

"Therefore, the first thing our alliance must do is to stop the Xu family and send their people to the position of Yingtian Governor!"

"This is very necessary." All the comrades nodded. The young leader's thinking was very clear. This was indeed the key to the next step of the fight.

"This requires us to do our best to influence the senior officials who are qualified to recommend the candidates." Young Master Zhao said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please report your numbers and see how confident you are."

ps. The third update. The more holidays there are, the less I can write to my heart’s content. Oh… I’m going to bed.