Li Ling naturally had no qualifications or interest in attending banquets within the Long family, but in the next few days, he quickly learned what the seemingly strange intimate actions of these people were, and in the final analysis, it was to compete for the position of patriarch that everyone wanted to ascend.

In fact, when Li Ling knew that the Long family was about to re-elect the clan leader this time, he was a little confused. Is there any saying of elections in Qianzhou, which is like a local emperor? Isn’t this a few hundred years later, and there is a saying of democratic elections. Shouldn’t it be that the father dies and the son succeed, and the brothers dies and the brothers dies?

Even because Long Sihai, the old clan leader, has many descendants, he can decide the most suitable candidate based on his own perspective. I think with his absolute authority in the entire Long family and Qianzhou, it will not be too difficult to do this.

But in fact, Li Ling's natural idea was wrong. He used some rules from the Central Plains to look at the Long Family in Qianzhou, but in fact, their rules were not like that. Because the Long Family was not Han, but local familiar barbarians. Although their degree of sinicization was already very high, they were no different from Han people in ordinary times, regardless of their words, deeds, clothes, or other habits, but in fact, they still retain the habits of their own clan when it comes to family inheritance.

That is to choose the strongest, and the strongest will lead the entire tribe to embark on a better road!

Nowadays, the heads of the southwest barbarian villages have been selected according to this convention, and the heads of the Long family clan have not changed. However, the selection of the leader of the Long family clan is much more complicated than the selection of the heads of ordinary villages, because not only the Long family sects, but also dozens of mature barbarian villages that depend on the Long family to live, plus many forces in various Qianzhou and prefectures... These forces with different origins and identities and different interests can have a certain right to speak in the selection of the clan leader.

It is precisely with the strong support of these forces that the Long family has reached today step by step and dominate the entire Qianzhou. But at the same time, it also bears a greater burden than the Duan Gao tribe in southern Yunnan, that is, it must be responsible for these subordinate forces, especially the settlement of the clan leader, which is the top priority, and at least it must be recognized by the vast majority of forces!

Originally, if Long Sihai had been sitting in the position of patriarch, with his prestige, no force would have raised objections. Everyone would firmly unite around him, thus uniting the entire Long family.

But now, the clan leader suddenly needs to be replaced. Those Long family children who ask themselves that they have certain strength will try to win over all parties in order to take the lead in this selection. They believe that as long as they attract more people's support, even the old clan leader will not be able to object, because this is the precept set by the Long family for hundreds of years, and it is a promise that no one dares to break, otherwise it will be a dead end to betray the entire clan!

So in the next ten days, people from all sides performed their own tricks in Xunyang City, using all their methods to win over others in order to get support for themselves in time.

Long Tianhao naturally also participated in this competition, but from his gloomy expression every time he came back, Li Ling could see the clues, and his situation was obviously not optimistic.

I think so, his three sects are far inferior to other sects, and when it comes to wealth methods, he is even worse than other sects.

For example, in the second sect, Long Tiande was extremely generous. In a few days, just by inviting someone to have a banquet, he threw out thousands of taels of silver. As for the benefits of giving to those small villages during the banquet, it made the heads of each village feel moved.

It is said that in order to get the support of Gray Wolf Village, he offered a sky-high price of 150,000 taels of silver, and directly knocked the other party unconscious. He agreed without saying a word

When Li Ling heard this, he praised it all. It was such a big deal. It was not a small number to put 150,000 taels of silver in Luoyang, let alone a poor place like Qianzhou. If you use it carefully, it would be enough for hundreds of people in that village to use it for decades.

And this is not the most terrifying thing. The most amazing thing is that with the same number, Long Tiande actually gave as many as seven or eight families in one breath, and everyone was willing to believe his promise. Of course, this is because he is indeed rich enough, because everyone knows that there are three major silver mines in Anshun Prefecture, where his two sects are located, and the silver that can be dug out in a year is tens of thousands of kilograms. This benefit is naturally no problem for him.

However, not everyone can buy it with money, so there are four sects of human favor attacks.

Long Tianbiao, the leader of the four sects of the Long family, has always been a pleasure to help others save people over the years. As long as someone arrives in his Yongning Mansion, no matter what his origin is, he will help you in any difficulties and will respond to all your requests. Even if he just passes by, he will treat you carefully and will never fail.

He has been doing this for more than ten years. In this way, not only people within the Long family, but also people elsewhere in the southwest, as long as he mentions Long Tianbiao, he will also give him a thumbs up and say a good man.

Such a high reputation is now of great use. You may not love money, or you may have never received the favors of his four sects, but your relatives and friends may have received his help when they are helped. In this way, when he holds a banquet and then vaguely mentions at the banquet that you need your help, it is naturally difficult to refuse.

So under such a human-friendly offensive, the four sects saw that the situation was better than the two sects, and they made more than thirty villages and the forces under the Long family willing to choose him as the next patriarch, and steadily overcame the two sects that only twenty families supported.

As for the three sects, the situation can be described as "poor". Although Long Tianhao has put a lot of effort into it, he still sets up more banquets and delivered invitations to many important leaders. But as a result, there are only a few people at each banquet, but he himself received a banquet from Long Tianbiao, and the meaning of it is naturally self-evident.

When he received this invitation, Long Tianhao's face was so gloomy that it could drip into water. This was a cruel contempt. He did not treat him as a competitor at all, and he wanted to pave the way for him. But there was no conflict between him and Long Tianbiao's four sects. The two sides cooperated a lot, but in this way, they could not even turn against each other.

The extremely depressed Long Tianhao finally had to call a few subordinates and staff to discuss countermeasures, including Li Ling and Mo Li.

After seeing this invitation, Li Ling was also amused. He looked at the others' repeated curses, but he had no intention of participating. He just made plans in his heart until Long Tianhao looked at him: "Mr. Chang, what are your countermeasures for this? Haven't you promised me that you will help me seize the position of patriarch this time?"

"Master Long, please be calm. This is just some means beforehand. I don't think their current situation can be final." Li Ling said casually.

"It's all like this, are you still watching?" Even Dao Nanxing couldn't help but feel a little relieved: "Young Master Chang, do you know that our tribe members value promises the most. Now that so many families have made choices, we really have no chance of winning at all!

"Do you know how many villages and towns are participating in the selection this time? There are only less than eighty in total. Now these two sects occupy nearly sixty, and the other parties are just waiting and watching. Our chances are slim. Do you still think it's just a small matter?"

Although Long Tianhao didn't speak, the same impatience flashed in his eyes and looked at Li Ling again, but his eyes were not as friendly as before. If the other party couldn't help him, there was no need to be too polite.

Faced with such a threat, Li Ling was still calm and looked at the other party and asked, "Master Long, how many sects are you competing for this time?"

Seeing him suddenly ask such a question that everyone knows the answer, Long Tianhao was slightly stunned, but he still answered casually: "My Long family has four sects. Of course, there are only these four sects who are competing for the position of the leader of this clan."

"Well, except for the two sects, four sects you just mentioned, plus our three sects, what about the main sect? Since they are also competitors, why don't they take action? What's more important is that this is the city of their main sect, and the current clan leader Long Sihai is also the leader of their sect. They should be the most powerful competitor, but why do they look so low-key now? Are the children of the main sect really withered so much that they can't even find a successor, and they don't even have the confidence to compete with you?"

After saying this, Long Tianhao and his friends changed their color at the same time. Only then did they realize that they had really ignored such a big goal. This might be called the authorities' obsessed. They just stared at the current prosperous two and four sects, worried about their own situation, but ignored the master sect who was extremely abnormal.

The reason why the main sect is the main sect is of course not only because there is a clan leader here, but they also have the most talents and the greatest power. Even in terms of financial resources, they are not under the two sects with silver mines. According to reason, as long as they make efforts, they will inevitably lead many forces to stand on their side, but what about now?

However, the entire master sect stopped and there was no movement, as if he had given up the competition for the clan leader.

This is obviously impossible. No matter which sect, there is a chance of winning, we must fight for it at this moment! Because the benefits involved are too great, Long Tianhao doesn't think this will be Long Sihai's choice.

If something goes wrong, there will be a demon. Thinking of this, Long Tianhao's anger quickly dissipated, but followed by deep doubts: "So you think this matter is not that simple, will there be variables?"
Chapter completed!