Looking at the group of clan patriarchs dressed in fine silk before her, Tang Ji could not help giving a cold sneer. She pointed at them and said icily,
"Why? Because I passed the position of chieftain to Tang Yao, and because Tang Yao is about to marry Chieftain Han as the chieftain of the Tang Tribe. Once the two tribes merge, the entire Tang Tribe will come under the authority of the Han Tribe's Imperial Court and Government Office. When that happens, just wait for your homes to be confiscated and your families wiped out!"
The patriarchs present turned deathly pale at her words. The reason they dared to act this way now was that no one could control them. Although the Tang Tribe had adopted some of the Han Tribe's systems, they had not learned them thoroughly. Besides, no matter how powerful the Han Tribe's laws and systems were, they could not possibly reach them here.
As for Tang Ji, the chieftain, she had no authority to interfere in the internal affairs of their clans. That was why they could exploit the common people without the slightest scruple.
But now Tang Ji actually intended to merge the Tang Tribe into the Han Tribe through a Marriage Alliance and place it entirely under the Han Tribe's control. Would they still have any good days ahead?
Of course, they did not resist the Han Tribe's integration. On the contrary, these patriarchs wished the Han Tribe would personally help develop their lands and raise the Tang Tribe as quickly as possible to the Han Tribe's level of technological and economic advancement. What they absolutely did not want was to accept the Han Tribe's control.
If the Han Tribe truly took over the Tang Tribe completely, then even if Chieftain Han did