Ye Wujiu was stunned and said: "Brother Deqing, we are not only helping you, but also helping ourselves."
Cao Deqing shook his head and said, "Brother Wujiu, please listen to me first.
It was not until today that I realized that the strength of my Cao family has actually always been far weaker than that of the Ye family and the Luo family. In the past, I always thought that our strength was not too different from that of your Ye family.
Now the strength of my Cao family is almost gone. The death of a large number of young people and core members of the family makes it impossible for us to develop much in the next hundred years.
The current situation in Dahuang City makes it impossible for us to get a piece of the pie. Your Ye family has the ability to take over the entire city.
Our two families have always been on good terms, and we had plans for an intermarriage before.
We made a decision at the family meeting two days ago. If your Ye family can help us take revenge on the Luo family and completely eliminate the Luo family, the remaining people in our Cao family are willing to join the Ye family.
From now on, there will be no Cao family in Dahuang City. We are willing to become a branch of the Ye family and obey the orders of the Ye family."
Having said this, Cao Deqing turned his head and signaled to the Cao family. Cao Tianmen hurriedly led all the Cao family members to come over, and also knelt down and surrendered in front of the Ye family.
When Ye Wujiu saw the attitude of the Cao family, he felt a little sad in his heart. Cao Deqing was indeed a wise man.
The rise of the Ye family has been an inevitable trend since they eliminated the Luo family, and it is an indisputable fact that they dominate the entire Dahuang City.
If the Cao family had not been wiped out now, the Ye family could have lived in peace with them for a short period of time because of their past relationship.
After development reaches a certain extent, the Cao family will be forced to make a choice: either surrender or leave Dahuang City.
And now the Cao family, which is almost completely destroyed, if they choose to abandon Dahuang City and develop elsewhere, they may not have the strength to compete with other native forces of the eighth and ninth grades.
The Cao family, whose strength has been greatly damaged and whose core members have been broken, now needs to recuperate the most. However, except for completely submitting to the Ye family and integrating into the Ye family, no matter what other choices they make, it will be difficult to achieve this goal.
Cao Deqing saw this clearly. He knew that the friendship between the two families in the past could not last long. With the current gap in strength between them and the Ye family, they could no longer be on equal footing with the Ye family.
Rather than waiting until the friendship is broken and both sides end everything in an ugly way, it is better to make a choice early. With the current development potential of the Ye family, the benefits that the Cao family will gain after being incorporated into the Ye family may not be worse than their own development.
Moreover, the friendship between the two families is now strong. Investing in the Ye family at this time will also allow them to gain more advantages in the distribution of benefits.
After Ye Wujiu exchanged glances with Ye He and the others, he finally nodded, and had no intention of helping Cao Deqing anymore. Then he said seriously, "Brother Deqing, you have to think carefully about your decision just now.
Once you choose to merge into the Ye family, your Cao family will no longer exist. After all, there is only one Ye family in Dahuang City, and the Ye family can only have one unified name.
All of your past inheritance will be incorporated into the Ye family. At most, you will be considered as a member of one branch of the Ye family, and participate in the distribution of benefits with other branches of the Ye family."
Hearing Ye Wujiu's words, Cao Deqing gritted his teeth, then nodded and said, "Brother Wujiu, we are willing to hand over all our foundations to the Ye family, and we are willing to become a part of the Ye family.
From now on, there will be no more Cao family. There is only one family here, the Ye family, and we are also members of the Ye family."
After hearing his firm answer, Ye Wujiu walked up to him and helped him up very solemnly. Then he went to Cao Tianmen and helped him up as well.
Then Ye Wujiu winked at Ye Wujin and the others, and Ye Wuxin, Ye Wujin, Ye Wutan and Ye Wuming all came over.
Ye Wujiu said: "Brother Deqing, Brother Tianmen, your decision should be the best choice for both of our families.
Don't worry, we will not treat you unfairly, and you will enjoy the same treatment as everyone in the Ye family.
From now on, our two families will no longer be separated from each other and will work together towards the dream of rising.
If you two have no objection, the seven of us will officially become brothers after we return.
Not long ago, you lost a lot of your loved ones. We can’t do anything to restore this for you, but from now on, we are willing to be your relatives and work together to share life and death.”
Ye Wujiu's last two sentences were not only spoken to Cao Deqing and Cao Tianmen, but also to all the Cao family members.
After losing a large number of relatives, the Cao family has been immersed in grief. Recently, they have been fighting and living together with the Ye family. The Ye family's concern for them has made them forge a deep friendship with each other.
After hearing Ye Wujiu's sincere words, everyone in the Cao family couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts, and they all looked at the Ye family members with whom they had close contacts on weekdays.
The eyes of the Ye family members looking towards the Cao family at this time were full of acceptance and friendliness.
Ye Wujiu looked at the people who were still kneeling on the ground, raised his hand, and said, "Everyone, please stand up. We are all family, so there is no need for such a grand ceremony.
After that, the ancestral tablets of your Cao family will also be placed in my Ye family's ancestral hall. From now on, except for kneeling and worshipping during ancestral worship, you don't need to perform this ritual at other times. There is no need for such etiquette between family members."
After asking the Cao family members to stand up, the serious and formal atmosphere between the two sides gradually dissipated, and the Ye family members also gathered around. Some people from the Ye and Cao families who had been in close contact in recent days began to follow the example of Ye Wujiu and others and verbally made an agreement to become sworn brothers.
As long as they return to the Ye family manor, both parties can get incense, candles, wine and drinks to officially complete the sworn brotherhood ceremony.
After the Luo family was destroyed, the Ye family instantly felt more relaxed than ever before.
The powerful strength displayed by the top management of the Ye family instilled confidence in all of them and also gave everyone a strong sense of cohesion.
Afterwards, Ye Wujiu arranged for some people to stay in the Luo family to clean up the battlefield and find a place to bury the bodies of the Luo family members nearby.
All that remained was to quickly clean up the Luo family’s finances, find and open their warehouse, and then take over all of the Luo family’s assets.
Those who died in the Luo family were all talisman masters, but there are still many servants who survived. They also became captives of the Ye family and will cooperate with the Ye family to complete all the succession work.
The rest of the people, including Ye Li, went straight back home. After a long battle, they all needed some time to rest.
After all, since they ambushed Luo Yungui, they have had almost no time to rest and have been fighting and running around until now.