Moreover, the penalty for breach of contract isn't the most troubling part. The biggest issue is that the owner of Tiangong Workshop is from the Gongye Clan, one of the Third-Class Aristocratic Families. The Qian Family can't afford to offend them.
If the shopkeeper of the Tiangong Workshop bears a grudge against the Qian Family due to the breach, and secretly defames the Qian Family to the owner, any progress that the Qian Family has painstakingly made in the Daqian Capital could be reverted to zero.
The mere thought of this gave Qian Zhong a headache. After considering for a while, he ordered his assistants, "Let everyone rest for a moment. I'll scout the situation ahead and try to persuade the military officers to let us pass."
With that said, he took the horse reins from the assistant and rode onward.
Soon, he saw the towering rows of roadside obstacles.
