If Tag and Bert pool resources, they can outbid Zane. But how would they split/manage Eric‘s home and legacy? Put Eric in charge?
Would Zane not be furious and react irrational when outbid - by his own, if exiled son? Would he mayhaps get on the phone and overextend his resources to desperately make the bid, for pride, and his unquenched thirst for more power?
… would he throw in the parcels he doesn’t really own, in the heat of the moment, as collateral - only for it all blowing up in his face quite spectacularly?