The Alliance of Refining Masters suppressed the aristocratic families' businesses to the point where they couldn't function, and He Yangsun's challenge was another slow but sure drain.
The construction of the workshops left the aristocratic families without the support of the common people.
Those aristocratic families became isolated.
Standing outside Pagoda City and looking at it, it seemed like a solitary city, filled with nothing but the elderly and infirm from those families.
A sense of emotion flashed across the face of Yu Changdao, who stood by He Yangsun.
Chief Han said that everything in the world depended on people. Without people, aristocratic families would no longer be aristocratic families.
At first, these words didn't seem significant, but now, looking at the chaotic aristocratic families, he finally understood.