Hearing this, Xiulote remained silent. After a while, he finally spoke.
"Sage, the kingdom has just begun to prosper, there should not be such haste. Yet, the arrow is on the bow, and I must shoot. The promise of feudal appointments upon the Western conquest is unfulfilled to this day. Southern Nnobility secretly ally with each other, impeding the spread of faith and occupying the water routes southward..."
"Sage, do you know? In Zicao County, which has a population of two hundred thousand, the Zicao and Palm families alone account for sixty thousand! The rest of the dozen or so Great Nobility control at least a few thousand each, some even tens of thousands. Over eighty percent of the land and population are in the hands of these Great Nobility. And they neither pay tribute nor taxes, each commanding their samurai, making me feel like there's a fishbone in my throat that must be removed!"
