"Um."
As Chen Tianjing's faint voice came out, everyone dared to raise their heads slightly and look forward.
Chen Tianjing looked around at the people below with a calm expression.
The family today is completely different from what it used to be, and is even comparable to its former heyday. In Chen Tianjing's memory, the family might have been just a medium-sized family back then, but its inheritance time is longer.
But the family now is a truly hopeful family.
Looking at the worried clan leaders below, Chen Tianjing slowly spoke:
"My Chen family has lived in the Mass Burial Hill for decades, and we have always advocated peace. However, we cannot stop the enemies from repeatedly invading our territory."
"If that's the case, then there's no need for our clan to be tolerant."
"I have checked all the resources you have provided this time. Now that you are affiliated with my clan, you should obey my orders. Do you have any objections to this?"
As soon as Chen Tianjing finished speaking, he received a response from everyone:
"What Patriarch Chen said is very true."
“As it should be.”
"We are all willing to wait for Patriarch Chen's orders!"
Now that all the tribes have provided resources, the Chen family has become dominant, and it would be extremely difficult even if the tribes wanted to unite to fight against it.
Moreover, they had long heard that even the Xiangshui Fang family, a middle-class family, had already sent resources there.
As a result, the Chen family had no rivals within a radius of hundreds of miles, and only the upper-class families could balance them.
But right now, the Five Domains War is in progress, and the upper-class families have no time to care about these things. Even a family as strong as the Gongyang Family was able to deal with the Chen Family last time.
The clan leaders present were not stupid. In this situation, if they did not obey the Chen family's orders, their clans would probably be destroyed.
Seeing that no one objected, Chen Tianjing continued:
"Since you are a subsidiary family of our clan, you must provide 50% of our clan's resources to our clan every year. No delay is allowed."
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the clan leaders of all tribes changed.
It is understandable that each tribe would provide 50% of resources when they surrender for the first time, but if they provide 50% of resources every year thereafter, wouldn’t that mean they would not be able to survive, right?
You have to know that most of the resources of these small families are spent on their clansmen every year, which costs tens of billions of dollars. But in addition to the existing clansmen, there are new clan members who enter the martial arts every year, so as time goes by, the family resources will inevitably become more and more scarce.
By providing 50% of the resources every year, they can only maintain the basic needs of the family, let alone any development. I am afraid that in the future they will not even be able to meet the monthly salary of the elders in the clan.
Thinking of this, a clan leader couldn't help but stand up and said in a slightly hesitant tone:
"Patriarch Chen, isn't 50% of the resources a bit too much?"
The person who spoke was Lu Kaiming, the head of the Lu family in Jinyun Mountain. As a small family near Yunmeng City, this family is quite powerful. If the Chen family had not intervened, Yunmeng City would probably have fallen into the hands of other families.
However, the Chen family's actions not only caused his clan to lose Yunmeng City, but also made his own clan a subsidiary family of the Chen family.
However, the Chen family was powerful, and even he had nothing to say. But after hearing that the family had to provide 50% of its resources, Lu Kaiming found it difficult to accept and had to stand up.
It can be seen that after he stood up, no other family leaders followed him, which made Lu Kaiming feel a little regretful in his heart, but he could not retreat at the moment and could only bite the bullet.
After all, if we don’t fight for it now, the family may never have a chance again.
"Oh? Chief Lu, is 50% of the resources considered a lot? Have the nobles ever thought that this is because your clan has not worked hard enough over the years?"
As Chen Tianjing finished his words, an invisible murderous intent suddenly emanated from the side hall. In an instant, the temperature in the entire side hall dropped a lot.
At this moment, Lu Kaiming, who felt the life-and-death crisis was imminent, suddenly came to his senses. The Chen family was not negotiating with their clans, but giving orders.
If he refused now, his family might suffer. At this moment, Lu Kaiming's eyes quickly became clear:
"Patriarch Chen's words make sense. Our clan is willing to make friends!"
When the murderous intent dissipated and the temperature in the side hall returned to normal, Lu Kaiming felt relieved. It seemed that the Chen clan leader had no intention of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, otherwise he would have been in danger this time. However, at this moment, Lu Kaiming was also sweating profusely on his back.
The other family patriarchs on the side did not dare to say much. When the murderous intent appeared just now, they also felt it. If the head of the Lu family dared to refuse on the spot, he would probably be covered in blood in the next moment.
They didn't even know where the person who attacked was.
Seeing that there was no one who objected, the solemn expression on Chen Tianjing's face disappeared, and he showed a faint smile:
"My Chen family is not unreasonable. We are only offering 50% of the resources during the Five Domains War. After the war, the family will have new orders, and reducing resources by a few percent is not a problem. In addition, if the resources you offer are from the Xiantian Realm or the Yuqi Realm, you can get a discount on the original resources. If it is some extremely rare resources, my Chen family will not treat you unfairly."
Originally, the people present were still worried about the 50% resources, but after hearing these words, everyone had different looks.
As clan leaders, they were certainly not stupid. From this they quickly concluded that what the Chen family wanted was not 50% of the resources of their small families, but more resources that could be used by high-level warriors.
However, the resources needed by Xiantian realm warriors and Qi-controlling realm warriors are difficult to find, so how much can these small families have?
But thinking about the possibility of some reduction, many clan leaders present also had some ideas.
Although it’s just a small family, which family doesn’t have some inventory?
After all, compared to several family elders, the improvement of most clan members is more important. What's more, the Chen family has not done anything extreme. After the Five Domain War is over, they still have hope of reducing their supply of resources by a few percent.
Although at that time they couldn't be sure whether the Chen family was still there.
But the most important thing is that they cannot refuse the current Chen family, and they have to wait until the family can survive before considering future matters.
"My clan will do its best and will not delay."
"The family will definitely live up to Patriarch Chen's trust."
In an instant, the clan leaders of each tribe expressed their opinions.
Seeing this, Chen Tianjing nodded slightly:
"In that case, I won't keep you any longer."
After hearing this, everyone retreated one by one.
After everyone in the side hall had left, Chen Hanli at the side couldn't help but speak up:
"Patriarch, I'm afraid these people have seen through the family's intentions. Will they really use high-level resources to offset family resources?"
Chen Tianjing smiled faintly:
"It doesn't matter if they figured it out. Now the family members need to focus on cultivation and have no time to care about the other families. Borrowing the power of these small families can also bring a lot of benefits to the family. If they don't want to hand over 50% of the resources, they will definitely want to replace it with other things."
"The family is not short of ordinary resources at the moment, and we can also gain some benefits from these small families. However, the family still has one thing to do. You go there in a few days..."
Listening to the words next to him, Chen Hanli nodded repeatedly.
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