Long Hong knew well that if there were taxation, officials from various City Lords might have already refused to collect taxes, as the laws of a country were already established.
Now, with the emergence of Supreme Elixirs, it was quite frustrating for him as the King that the City Lords, upon acquiring Supreme Elixirs, did not take the initiative to offer them up here.
He also knew that right and wrong must be distinguished; matters that the City Lords failed to handle could not be blamed on Ye Tian.
To punish at will would render him a foolish monarch.
More importantly, he still needed to seek help from others, and these words certainly could not be shared with the Princes.
Long Hong could only secure a promise of six Supreme Elixirs, which weren't even enough for his own use, let alone to share with those useless Princes.