Chapter 498

And these prizes also represent the family's face.

Although they couldn't possibly offer the very best, they wouldn't be shabby either.

At least for a new Lord, they would all be very useful.

"How many people are participating?"

Zhao Jiao shook her head: "I'm not sure, but the year before last there were over 120 people, and when I participated last year there were over 90, so I'd guess this year it's about 100 people or so?"

100 people?

That means 100 new Lords.

"Where did so many new Lords come from?" Zhao Chi was a little puzzled.

Zhao Jiao said: "Then how many did you think there were? Our village alone has 15 new Lords, and our village still counts as a small village. Other villages definitely have more. Is it that strange to have so many new Lords?"

Zhao Chi asked: "You just said our family also has 2 participating? Besides me, who else?"

Although Zhao Chi was a transmigrator, he had long since familiarized himself with the family's members and composition.

This year, the one promoted to Lord should only be him.

Zhao Jiao smiled.

"We're now considered a vassal family of Zhao Quan. Although we haven't publicized it widely, quite a few people have still caught wind of it. Several scattered households have already joined our family. Among them, one family surnamed Lu has a new Lord named Lu Hong—have you heard of him? He also studies at the Eighth Academy."

So that's how it was.

Zhao Chi felt that the family becoming Zhao Quan's vassal was not a good thing, but that was only from his perspective.

Other scattered households didn't see it that way.

They only felt that the current Zhao family had climbed up to the nobility, and would surely soar to great heights in the future.

So those well-informed scattered households all came to join the Zhao family.

The way they joined was also as vassals.

The Zhao family protected their safety, they paid a certain fee on a regular basis, and the Lords or laborers in their households also worked for the Zhao family.

It was equivalent to the Zhao family being the landlord, and those scattered households being the tenant farmers.

And Zhao Quan was the great landlord.

Although these people were well-informed, they hadn't gotten wind that the current Zhao family had already provoked the Resistance Army.

Joining the Zhao family now was not necessarily a good thing.

They might fail to gain protection and instead end up being dragged down with them.