"Now, shall we discuss the terms of our co-operation?"
Ikasa narrowed his eyes. The Compliment, the toast; it was all to sneak in this question.
'Do you expect me to fall for that? Not in a hundred years, old man!'
Noticing his maneuver, Ikasa immediately changed the topic.
"Before we decide, shouldn't you tell me about the tournament?"
He put a brake on the sneaky move by City Lord.
Pretending as if nothing went wrong, Zhen Wu stroked his beard.
"Yes, of course. Should I assume Xue Mi filled you in on the origin of the tournament?"
"She did. But I am unclear about how the tribute management works."
"You should know that as a City Lord, I collect the tribute on behalf of the Imperial Court. Of the total collected amount, 50% goes to the imperial treasury. That is about 100,000 Gold every year."
Though he didn't show it on his face, Ikasa was shocked to hear the amount Imperial Court collected.
