Chapter 1053: As You Wish

Chengqie could not refuse, nor did he dare to refuse, so he could only agree.

Baifeng looked at these children of all sizes and also felt it was a bit troublesome: "As for your affairs, I will have people from the Ministry of Rites follow up and handle them. You have also been traveling for so long, so let them take you to rest, and while you're at it, let them teach you how one should live in Huaxia."

"Chengqie, you must change your way of thinking now. You are no longer the Chengqie of the Suiren clan; you are the Chengqie of Huaxia."

Chengqie nodded silently, but then asked again: "Then what about my tribesmen? They haven't crossed the river yet; where will they go?"

"I have already arranged a place for them. For these two days, let them pitch their Tents nearby to stay for two days first, and then I will have them enter Huaxia City in batches to take a look, to let them see how good Huaxia City is."

"After that, they will be distributed to the surrounding towns. Huaxia City is already full, and there is no room in Lema City, so they will have to go to slightly inferior towns."

"This year they will just be clearing wasteland and then building some temporary houses. By next year, when the grain is harvested and they have grain and are not lacking food, they will be able to start building houses like these."

"You don't need to worry either. All the children will be able to go to school and learn knowledge just like those in Huaxia, and become officials in the future. As for the adults and the strong laborers, we will have them try to learn to work in various fields, see what they are suited for, and learn some skills. In Huaxia, as long as you have skills, you will absolutely not be left without a place to go."

"Good!" Chengqie finally had a bit of a Leader's look in his eyes: "King, I hope my tribesmen can live the same as those in Huaxia and not suffer."

"Hehe, good, no problem. I said it, you are all people of Huaxia now, and I will not treat you differently."

"As for your father, he can come over at any time, and you can also apply to go back and take a look at any time."

"However, you must first ensure that your learning progress does not fall behind. In one year in Huaxia, children like you will be given a total of about one hundred days of vacation—that is, time when you don't have to go to school or do work, just time for playing."

"During the hottest times and the coldest times, if you want to go back and take a look, it is best to go back during these two periods."

Chengqie was ultimately still unable to fully understand what Baifeng was saying, but it sounded like a good thing, so he just agreed to it simply like that.

After the brief conversation, they were taken away by Zhigui to settle in. Baifeng looked at Yulong and said: "What do you think of this Chengqie?"

Yulong smacked his lips: "I think he's average. His knowledge is insufficient, his experience is insufficient, and the only bit of presence he has was cultivated because he has a Tribal Chief for a father. I think he is a very ordinary, very common person."

"Hahahaha, so you're saying you think you're very capable?"

Regarding his father's teasing, Yulong also very emotionally intelligently flattered him: "Because my father is very capable. The things I have learned are not things they could ever come into contact with; from the very beginning, I am stronger than them."

"Fine, fine. There's nothing much today; the main reason I called you over was to let you become a familiar face in front of them. After all, I gave Baoxi such a high Nobility, so his son naturally won't be like an ordinary person. You might deal with this Chengqie quite a bit in the future, so just pay a little more attention to him."

Yulong stood up: "I understand, Father. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. I have to arrange the tasks. Now that the people of the Suiren clan have been brought over, we in the Ministry of Revenue still have to allocate resources."

"Fine, you also have the Public Security get moving quickly. Have them finish the household registration work for everyone for me within forty days."

Yulong feigned exhaustion: "Understood, Father. I will go and pass on your words now."

Baifeng pointed at Yulong and scolded with a laugh: "Don't make it sound like you're working for me; isn't this Huaxia yours as well?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Father, I won't talk nonsense. I'm going to work now."

Baifeng was also troubled by these matters. After all, the resettlement work for tens of thousands of people was a major project. Although the allocation of grain and the distribution of supplies could all be left to the people below to manage, that did not mean he could do nothing at all.

As for Baoxi, he was much more relaxed now. The officials of Huaxia had already helped him too much. Many matters that were originally impossible to sort out were now running much more smoothly—or rather, they were originally just a mess running by making do, with no order to speak of. Now, it was just like adding a bit of lubricant to this mess, so it felt much better.

Coupled with the fact that he had already joined Huaxia, Baoxi even had the thought of wanting to lie flat and not manage anything anymore, but for these last few years, he still had to persevere.

After all, having been a Tribal Chief for so many years, Baoxi knew very well how work should be done. He would oversee and manage everything, just arranging manpower and coordinating everyone, but he did not have to do the actual labor himself.

The news of joining Huaxia had already spread completely. No matter how far away the tribes were, they had already learned of this news. They naturally had different thoughts, but what they did not expect even more was that Baoxi told them that this time he would no longer make strict demands. If they were unwilling to join Huaxia, they could leave the Suiren clan and do whatever they wanted, treating themselves as an independent tribe; they did not need to join Huaxia, nor did they need to be people of the Suiren clan.

The officials of Huaxia also knew about this news that Baoxi had announced, but they did not manage or pay attention to it. Currently, Baoxi was still in charge here, and Baoxi could do whatever he wanted; that was not something they could control.

And the reason Baoxi did this was because the number of people was too large, which was not conducive to his own integration into Huaxia as quickly as possible. Moreover, for those tribes that were not loyal to him or were too resistant to joining Huaxia, if he made forced demands on them, it would instead incite some resistance.

What he needed to do now was to let the majority of the tribesmen peacefully join Huaxia and peacefully integrate into Huaxia; there was no need for war or casualties.

"If you are unwilling to join, then I will not force you. I will not manage you, and I will not attack you. As long as you don't say you are people of the Suiren clan, that is fine. If you are attacked by other tribes in the future, I will not help either."

However, according to Baoxi's own current deduction, after Huaxia completed its peaceful evolution, it would abandon most of the Suiren clan's territory and only keep the part he could control. The rest would basically be partitioned by the Xuanyuan Tribe, and perhaps also eroded a bit by the Jiuli further away.

Baoxi had long known about the Jiuli starting to attack the small tribes around them, but they were simply too far away, and Baoxi also believed that there was truly no great need to consider such distant places.

The current Suiren clan had no way to carry out wars over too great a distance or on too large a scale.