Chapter 1057: Fitting the Occasion

"Come on, let's go in. Everything here belongs to our Huaxia. In my father's absence, I am in charge of everything here. Here, I am the boss!"

Once Changle arrived on his own turf, he was very confident. Those guards and Soldiers all stood straight, giving Changle plenty of face; primarily, this was also giving face to Huaxia.

Chai had already received news from the Soldier who came to deliver flowers and Grass, saying that not only had Changle returned, but he had also brought back a woman. Not only had he brought back a woman, but this woman was also a Princess of the Jiuli!

Such major news shocked almost everyone. They were so startled that for a moment they didn't know what to say, and some even doubted its authenticity, because it was all so sudden—how could it be?

"This, this can't be, right? Doesn't the Prince look down on these women? Besides, how could he have just gone out for a few days and happened to meet a woman, and this woman just happens to be a Princess of the Jiuli? Who can prove it?"

Chai searched for all sorts of reasons to justify it to himself. He truly could not believe this news; it was simply too outrageous, impossible.

But the Soldier explained with sound reasons: "The Prince just doesn't like women from the Xuanyuan Tribe; it's not that he doesn't like women from the Jiuli. Let me tell you, she is actually really good-looking. It's normal for the Prince to like her; she's not like those wild women who used to throw themselves at the Prince."

"Besides, she didn't come alone; a large group of people came with her. It was led by the son of the Jiuli Tribal Chief, Chiyou, who came to the Xuanyuan Tribe to trade. You should have heard of this, right? The Jiuli and the Xuanyuan Tribe have been trading for a long time, they were just keeping it from us. This time, we happened to run into them."

Chai clicked his tongue in wonder: "Oh my, oh my, this is really, really hard to believe. I never expected it to be such a coincidence."

Immediately, he hunched over and lowered his head, whispering secretly: "Do you think Changle Prince only took her in because that woman is a Princess of the Jiuli? Once the two of them are married, it will definitely benefit us and the Jiuli, but it won't benefit the Xuanyuan Tribe. Tell me, is that possible?"

"Hey! Don't say that, you truly are the Chief Artisan; your brain turns fast. I hadn't even thought of that possibility. It really might be the case. After all, the very night we met, that woman slept with the Prince; it was a bit too fast."

"However, it's possible Changle Prince really did take a liking to her. They chatted so happily along the way. It seems like that woman, just like the Prince, was looking for medicinal herbs or something in the Jiuli. The two of them could talk to each other, and they didn't stop talking the whole way. I saw the Prince was very happy too. Forget it, let's not guess anymore; the Prince will be here in a moment."

Chai also hurriedly stood up: "The Prince is coming soon? Oh my, then tell me, should I send a letter to the King about this, or is such important news something the Prince must deliver himself?"

"I don't know, I don't know. Anyway, we aren't planning on writing one here; see what you think yourself."

Chai, who had been acting more and more cautiously lately, also hurriedly said: "Well, alright then, I won't write one either. Let the Prince write it himself."

The other Artisans heard it clearly, and those apprentices from the Xuanyuan Tribe also heard a good portion of it. In any case, the little bit of content revealed made them all feel exceptionally surprised; this matter was a bit too incredible.

Now they were all busy crafting furniture. The basic renovation of Changle's house was already complete. The most special bathroom and toilet had already been built; as soon as Changle arrived, he would only need to wait a little while to take a hot bath.

The toilet's drainage system had also been installed, but in this era, everyone understood that those pottery pipes were not reliable, so the sewage pipes could not be too long, nor could they be too long; once they were clogged, there would be no way to fix them.

Therefore, outside every courtyard, in a remote downwind position, there was a septic tank that would periodically have the waste cleared away. Now that the Xuanyuan Tribe knew that waste could fertilize fields, they suddenly began to attach importance to this kind of thing.

The waste from the Embassy did not need them to manage it themselves; the Xuanyuan Tribe would naturally send people to clear it. Moreover, a large number of public toilets had been built in the city, and they were built quite sturdily, just like how it was in Huaxia at the beginning, specifically to collect waste.

Now, even in Qingqiu City, urinating or defecating at will was punishable. And the reason for the punishment was not for polluting the environment or ruining hygiene, but for wasting fertilizer. It sounded very incredible, but this was precisely the difference in focus on a single matter under the different general trends of the era.

Because if you used the toilet in your own home, you had to clean it yourself and pour it into the fields yourself. But the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe did not have their own fields; all the fields belonged to the tribe. After they finished working, they could only receive the grain that was distributed to them. Now they wouldn't starve to death, but they wouldn't become wealthy either.

Huaxia had been developing for a long enough time, and the population wasn't that large, so from the very beginning, it had already achieved the goal of full satiety and average wealth. Only now had there been differentiation; the rich were getting richer, and while the poor weren't necessarily getting poorer, it was just very difficult for them to change their current situation.

And what the Xuanyuan followed was the path of unified production, unified distribution, and common prosperity. With so many people in the tribe, the first thing to do was to ensure that everyone in the entire tribe had enough to eat and would not starve to death, and then consider which people should become wealthy and how to go about it.

The bathroom and washroom in Changle's house could already be used normally. The master bedroom had also been built; there was a heated brick bed, and next to the heated brick bed was a bed made of bamboo, which would be cooler to sleep on in the summer.

All the furniture for the master bedroom had been assembled properly. Now they were working overtime to craft furniture for the living room and other rooms for Changle. It was mainly because the quantity was too large; there were quite a few rooms, so naturally, there was a lot of work.

It was naturally no problem for Changle to move in now. They would be able to move all the furniture for Changle's study in today, and then go to the dilapidated house where Changle previously lived to move all his things over; that would count as finishing the move.

They had even prepared firecrackers for this. For Huaxia, firecrackers were luxury items—true luxury items. Whether it was red paper or Gunpowder, both were very precious, but as long as it was in Changle's name, no matter how precious, it was acceptable.

As soon as Changle stepped through the door, they would immediately set off firecrackers to celebrate, telling everyone that the master had entered his home. But now that the Prince had brought back a woman, it seemed that this firecracker celebration would be even more fitting.