The Zhao Family in Dongwan City was also considered to have some influence; their family had been in business for generations, and their business had grown larger and larger, making them the city's wealthiest.
However, the wealthiest man was now somewhat aggrieved, as recent times hadn't been peaceful: when the Shen people invaded, they demanded "contributions" from his family and took away most of their wealth.
Later on, after Tang People drove away the Shen people and came themselves, they scoured his family's home. Even his favorite desk was seized and requisitioned.
Fortunately, although they took away some household items, they left his family a way to survive and did not extort and rob them of their money and wealth again.
Just as the elder Zhao was starting to breathe a sigh of relief and pondering his family's resurgence, an even more devastating blow came.
It was news that made him even more desperate than the looting of his house, appearing so abruptly before his eyes!
