Chapter 950 The Heartless Clan Leaders
If the two tribes merge, the people of the Tang tribe and the Han tribe will benefit the most, because they can get more than 80,000 people for free. The only ones who sacrificed their interests are the clan leaders of the Tang tribe.
But this is not important. The merger of the two tribes is a matter of time. It is not a problem that can be solved by delaying. Look at the Xin tribe next door. Whether it is population, food, or even military strength, it is stronger than their Tang tribe, but it was still defeated by the Han tribe.
Now Tang Ji and Tang Yao have seen Luo Chong's ambition. Any tribe and population discovered by him have only two choices: joining or being destroyed. If their Tang tribe does not join, they will only have their top leaders destroyed and then be forcibly absorbed by the Han tribe. Instead of ending up like this, it is better to take the initiative at the beginning. In this way, at least they can get some benefits by relying on the value of the Tang tribe itself.
Thinking of this, Tang Ji suddenly stopped and said to Tang Yao.
"It's not a problem for us to join the Han tribe, and it's not a problem for you to get married to the Han leader. The people will only be happy about this and will not object. The only ones who may have trouble are the patriarchs of those clans.
"It may be a bit difficult to get their support. It depends on the attitude of the Han leader. Does Luo Chong want to conquer these people by force, or is he willing to give them some benefits and privileges in exchange for their acceptance?
" "Yaoyao, what do you think Luo Chong will choose?" Tang Ji analyzed it, first expressed her attitude, and then asked Tang Yao a key question.
After hearing that her aunt agreed to her marriage, Tang Yao was relieved, but when she heard Tang Ji's question, she immediately analyzed it.
"According to my understanding of Luo Chong, he is absolutely unwilling to bow to those clan leaders. If this merger still requires the Han tribe to use privileges and benefits in exchange for their acceptance to join, then when they are dissatisfied with the current privileges and benefits in the future, they will definitely jump out to make trouble again.
"Because the initial tolerance will give them a natural illusion, thinking that they joined the Han tribe, and the Han tribe owes them those things, so they will use this as a threat and intensify their efforts to gain more benefits.
"Maybe this group of people will not do such a thing so quickly now, but in the future, who can say for sure?
" "Aunt, Luo Chong is very busy. How can he have time to intrigue with these clan leaders? If this group of people dare to resist when the two tribes merge, the most likely possibility is that Luo Chong will give the next order to kill them all.
"Aunt, don't doubt it. Luo Chong is definitely capable of doing such a thing. He is devoted to the development of the Han tribe. Now is the time for the Han tribe to develop steadily. He will never allow any problems to occur within the tribe at this time. If anyone dares to make trouble, Luo Chong will definitely kill them with the fastest means.
"Although I don't know whether it is true or not, I always feel that Luo Chong has arranged people around those clan leaders. If they have the intention to cause chaos, I feel that Luo Chong may be faster than we know." Tang Yao also analyzed with her understanding of Luo Chong.
"Ah? You mean Luo Chong has arranged his people around them? ! This is unlikely, right?"
After hearing Tang Yao's analysis, Tang Ji was very shocked. Now the two tribes have not merged yet, and Luo Chong has already arranged spies around them?! This is too scary!
"This, I can't be sure, it's just my guess and feeling, but I would rather believe that he is true, because Luo Chong has such ability, and the Han tribe also has such an organization. Luo Chong has a very mysterious guard, which seems to be doing this. "
Well, okay, then we will gather those clan leaders here first and tell them our ideas and preparations. If they don't agree, we will try to persuade them. If it doesn't work, you can notify Luo Chong to deal with it." After thinking for a moment, Tang Ji finally made up her mind.
It is imperative for the Tang tribe to join the Han tribe, and it is indeed the will of the people for the Tang tribe to join the Han tribe. It will be of great benefit to the people of the Tang tribe. She can't give up more than 80,000 people in the entire tribe for the benefit of dozens of people.
If one side must make sacrifices, then let those dozens of people die. I just hope that the Han tribe will not be too ruthless at that time.
"Yeah, I will listen to Madam Ji. "When Tang Yao saw her agree, she nodded obediently and laughed happily.
Tang Ji helplessly pointed at Tang Yao, but in the end she couldn't say anything.
On the day when the aunt and nephew made the decision, Tang Ji sent people to the counties of the Tang tribe to summon the clan leaders of those clans, and gave them a time limit to come to Tangcheng County for a meeting, and told them that it was a big deal.
The messengers ran between the eight counties of the Tang tribe, using a layer-by-layer method to pass on this information to the clan leaders.
After receiving the news, these clan leaders thought that the Han tribe had sent some benefits again, or The other is that their Tang tribe has introduced some technology from the Han tribe. In order to quickly introduce these advanced production technologies into their tribe, these tribe leaders ran very fast. The original plan required at least half a month of travel, but these tribe leaders only took ten days to reach Tangcheng County. It can be seen how crazy they are about interests.
In Tangcheng County, Tang Ji, as the leader of the Tang tribe, was in a courtyard. Under the pavilion made of thatched cottages, dozens of tribe leaders were sitting around a wooden table. Everyone was discussing fiercely what the leader had called them over for.
"Hey, everyone, what do you think the leader is calling us all over for?"
"I don't know, maybe some technology from the Han tribe has been introduced, or the Han tribe is going to help us build something again?!"
"I really don't know about this, but a few months ago, people from the Han tribe came to our Panshi County to find me."
"Oh? Why did the people from the Han tribe come to you? There are mountains in your place, and you can't grow sorghum. What can they do with you? "
Hey, don't look down on our mountains. To tell you the truth, the Han tribe comes to us specifically to buy stones. The Han tribe has sent people to our place to command the mining of various stones. I heard that they are going to use them to build houses. They also hire our local people. As long as you go to the mine to quarry stones for the Han tribe, you will be paid, and the wages are not small!" said a patriarch of Panshi County proudly.
"Oh, there is such a good thing. Didn't the Han tribe build houses with bricks? When did they change to stones? And they insisted on using stones from your place. Don't you talk nonsense just to save face? Even if they really need stones, the Han tribe is so big, don't they have them themselves?" Another patriarch of other counties immediately said sarcastically, with a sour tone in his voice.
"Well, I don't know whether the Han tribe wants stones or not, but we have sold a lot of rubber in Baijiao County, Longxi County. I don't know what the Han tribe wants that stuff for, but they want as much as they can, as if they don't think it's too much. I can only sell it to them helplessly." Another Longxi County chief boasted.
After hearing this, the other chiefs could only envy with red eyes, because in the entire Tang tribe, only Baijiao County in Longxi County has the most natural rubber trees. This is all given by God, and others can't envy it. Even if they want to sell rubber, they can only plant it now. It will take at least 20 years for it to grow to the point where it can be tapped.
But at this time, Tang Ji and Tang Yao also walked in with some guards.
Tang Ji suddenly asked, "It seems that all the clan leaders have made a lot of money from the Han tribe, but I wonder how much of this money you have spent on the people of your clan?"
"Of course we have spent money on the people. We in Baijiao County have used the money from selling gum to buy a lot of looms for the people. With these looms, they can make more money by weaving cloth themselves in the future." The clan leader of Baijiao County said righteously.
"Oh? Then why did I hear that you took all the money from selling gum yourself? You bought a lot of looms but didn't give them to the people for free. They had to weave cloth for you for three years to pay back the price of the looms, and then the woven cloth was theirs. In this way, are you sure that the people can make money?" Tang Ji said in a somewhat angry tone.
Then, before the clan leader could refute, she spoke again.
"Those carriages parked outside the yard are pretty good, aren't they? It seems you really made a lot of money.
"And the several clan leaders of Jinpu County, I heard that you made a lot of money last year and this year. Your Jinpu County has fertile land, and it should be the county with the highest grain production in our Tang tribe, but I heard that the people there can't even get enough food.
"In order to produce more brown sugar and sell more money, you don't let the people under your jurisdiction grow food, so they can only grow sweet sorghum. Even the best fertile land has been changed to sorghum. But in the end, most of the money from selling sugar was taken away by you. Is this how you act as clan leaders?" Tang Ji's tone became colder and colder, and she couldn't help but get angry.
Originally, she thought that these clan leaders would definitely not agree to join the Han tribe because it would harm their interests, but she didn't expect that these clan leaders would persecute the people of the same tribe in order to gain benefits for themselves.
For example, several clan leaders in Jinpu County occupied the most fertile land, but did not allow their people to grow wheat, rice, corn and other staple foods. Instead, they all planted sweet sorghum. The sorghum stalks were used to make sugar, and the sorghum rice was sold to the Han tribe for brewing wine.
It would be fine if the income from growing sorghum could be shared equally among the people, but the key point is that most of the money earned from growing sorghum was taken away by the clan leaders themselves, and the money left for the people was only enough for them to buy food for themselves. Even the food rations were oppressed by the clan leaders again, which was simply unscrupulous.
"Eh? Tang Ji, what you said is not right. Who told you these nonsense? Who said that our people are hungry? No one starved to death."
"That's right. Wheat has low yield, corn can't be sold at a high price, and rice requires the transformation of paddy fields. It's not something that can be grown in a short time. We let the people grow sorghum. What's wrong with selling more money? They can use the money from selling sorghum to buy food and live the same life, right?"
As soon as Tang Ji finished speaking, several clan leaders of Jinpu County immediately refuted. They all stared at Tang Ji unhappily.
This is our clan's own internal affairs. We respect you as the leader of the Tang tribe. Why don't you just be a good leader? Why do you care so much? Now you even want to take care of the internal affairs of our clan? !
Tang Ji saw that these clan leaders were still quibbling, and she was even more angry. She asked directly.
"Yes, even if what you said makes sense, it has been a year and a half since the Han tribe gave them the grain seeds. If you really wanted to lead the people to transform the paddy fields, how could
you not have done it until now?" "Okay, even if it is really difficult for you to transform the paddy fields, so you let them grow sorghum. Why don't you share the income from the sorghum with the people equally? It is the result of their hard work, and you are going to withhold it?!"
"My Lord Chief, what are you talking about? The people grew sorghum, but they couldn't carry it to sell to the Han tribe. We, the clan leaders, helped them contact the Han tribe for purchase and transportation. We can't let our efforts be in vain. Why can't we withhold our share? ! "
Seeing that several clan leaders were still quibbling, Tang Yao couldn't help but get angry. She had been staying in the Han tribe and hadn't come back. She didn't expect that the clan leaders of her tribe would fall to this point. What they did was simply appalling.
It would be fine if they persecuted the people of their own tribe, but the key was that they found a bunch of excuses, which was simply unreasonable.
Tang Yao couldn't help but ask back, "Then what about the fact that the corn you sell to the people is twice as expensive as wheat flour in other places? !" "
I still say that, the people can't carry sacks to buy food by themselves. We give them money and help them buy food. Doesn't transportation cost money? Doesn't buying food cost money? What's wrong with us adding a little price to cover the transportation cost?
"Little Tang Yao, you are not the leader of the Tang tribe yet, and you have to intervene in this matter?!"
Upon hearing the sophistry of these tribe leaders and their contempt for Tang Yao, Tang Ji was directly angry. She looked at some tribe leaders present coldly, shaking with anger, pointing at them with trembling fingers, and saying three good words in a row.
"Okay, okay, okay, originally the Han leader wanted to take action against you, but considering the friendship of the same tribe, I was a little reluctant, thinking that everyone is from the same tribe after all, but I didn't expect that you have become like this now. You don't care about the lives of your own people, and you only know how to make money for yourself. What's the point of keeping you? It's better to kill you all!"
When the many tribe leaders present heard what Tang Ji said, they all stood up in fear, and some tribe leaders asked fiercely.
"What did you say? The leader of the Han tribe wants to kill us? What right does he have?!"
(End of this chapter)
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