Sophia had already been sent by him to Black Province to investigate. With Sophia's current strength, she actually didn't dare get close to the Zhao Family's core areas, which showed just how powerful the Zhao Family really was. Sophia was best at assassination and hiding in the shadows, and even she couldn't get close, so the information she sent back was limited.
But it wasn't all bad news. They couldn't pry into the Zhao Family's secrets, but Sophia still had some ways with other families. She infiltrated two or three of them in succession, gathered intel for a few days, and got some information. The Zhao Family's ambition was really huge. These families being unified had to contribute people, effort, and money. According to each family's assets, the richest even had to put up ten billion. Ten billion — that was top-tier family level, and on top of that this was cash support.
