Moreover, as the head of the Three Talents Section, in charge of tax collection and land management, he was more aware than anyone else of just how much land the Changning Wang Clan had cleared over the years, and how considerable the taxes they paid had been.
You see, in order to acquire enough territory, prominent families would often choose to clear new land, but doing so inherently came with certain dangers. Hence, out of concern for safety, they would generally stop clearing land once there was enough for their family to establish a secure living, turning instead to manage it.
Only the Changning Wang Clan continued to clear one piece of land after another without pause, as if they intended to turn the entire outer region of the Southern Wilderness into their own backyard.
He had never seen any other prominent family more enthusiastic about land clearing than the Changning Wang Clan.
