Chapter 1071: Too High a Status

But the problem now is that Xiao Town is too far away and its development is too poor; it is simply not attractive enough to most people. Therefore, it is very difficult to get people from Huaxia to go there, because once they arrive in Xiao Town, it means settling down, and it means having to develop and build up Xiao Town for the long term.

Are those who have grown accustomed to the good life in Huaxia City willing to go? Moreover, the development of the towns around Huaxia is improving day by day, much better than last year. Added to that, several large towns were just developed this year; although they are still poor and blank, no matter how you look at it, they are much better than Xiao Town.

This is one point that worries Baifeng. Another is the Western Development Group; the news currently coming in is that road construction is making continuous progress, the speed is getting faster and faster, the quality is getting better and better, and new construction methods have already begun to be used on some sections. According to estimates, in another forty-plus days, the main road to the Western Development Group will be completely opened.

In this way, the travel time from the Western Development Group to Huaxia City can be shortened to within twenty days by ox cart, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement and change.

This matter did not make Baifeng too troubled; after all, the things he planned were developing according to expectations, or even exceeding them, which made him a little happy. However, the future of the Western Development Group still made him a little worried; after all, developing it into a large city like a capital is extremely difficult and requires spending far, far too much time.

Yulong's own plan is currently proceeding quite smoothly. He first had Zhi secretly reveal a little information to her maiden family so they could prepare sufficiently rich gifts in advance, and the other Nobles, upon seeing Zhu preparing gifts, also immediately began preparing their own.

Because Zhu's mouth is not that tight and he always unconsciously reveals some things, those other clever people would guess and infer some matters from Zhu's words. This had indeed worked repeatedly in the past; after all, Zhu is Baifeng's in-law and the Prince's father-in-law, so the information he obtained was always first-hand.

There is also the Prince's bedfellow; if there is anything, Yulong would certainly tell his wife, and then his wife would reveal a little bit of it to the outside. Wouldn't everything then become clear? Many things that Baifeng had not yet had time to say, the Nobles could know in advance.

However, they never thought that the things they knew were only what Baifeng and Yulong wanted them to know, using Zhu's dissemination to achieve their own goals.

Zhi had long since placed her heart on this handsome and talented Yulong; her own dull but fortunate father was not that important by comparison. Zhi also felt that as long as it was for doing good things for Yulong and Baifeng, what did it matter if she deceived her own father?

Then there is Baifeng guiding them to once again prepare to go to the Suiren Tribe to pull people in, to trick them into coming to Huaxia, to spend some of those Nobles' grain and supplies, and to use the Nobles' grain to increase the tax revenue of all of Huaxia.

Of course, Baifeng also combined the purpose of pulling people for Xiao Town together. His current arrangement for Xiao Town is that a portion of more professional people—that is, people from Huaxia—will go there to serve as management and the upper class, and for the rest, he will use people from the Suiren Tribe entirely.

Although it is said that the environment there is a bit harsher, everything has already been built; they can live there as soon as they arrive, everything is there, and they do not need to spend any more effort themselves.

This is not considered cheating; it is just the price that should be paid. If you want better development in the future, then start from zero, build bit by bit, and spend six or seven, seven or eight years; only in this way can you make life better.

If you want to live in a good house from the start, have land to farm, have food to eat, and not have tiring work, then be prepared for the future development to be very poor. That is just how it is; there is nothing perfect in the world.

Regarding what Changle said about having a wife, after he went home and told his two wives, their reaction was ecstatic; after so many years, they had finally waited for this.

However, the two of them attached great importance to this girl's status. In their view, given Changle's status and position, that woman must at least be the daughter of some high official of the Xuanyuan Tribe, a particularly high-ranking one—for example, the daughter of Changxian or Dahong; if it were Xuanyuan's daughter, that would be even better, as it would be a very good match for Changle.

But Baifeng was frowning, which made the two of them think that the girl's status was very lowly.

Sui, as if after a long psychological struggle, said: "Since that woman's status is lowly, then you should confer a title of Nobility or something on her father; at least give him a Viscount or Baron, so he can at least become a Noble.

If, according to what you said, he really finds a Slave's daughter, wouldn't that be a disaster?

When you bought me back then, what was Huaxia like? Chinv was at least a Tribal Chief of a tribe before; that is not considered bad. Now you are the King of Huaxia, and Changle is a Prince; finding a Slave now is not appropriate!"

Baifeng shook his head with a bitter smile: "No, no, no, you misunderstood. I never said the woman Changle found had too low a status."

"Then what is going on? Hurry up and tell us!"

Changle sighed and said: "It is not because that woman's status is too low, but because it is too high, which is why I find it troublesome."

"Too high? How so? Did he really find Xuanyuan's daughter?" Sui was a little excited.

"No, the one he found is not Xuanyuan's daughter, but Chiyou's daughter. I really did not expect that the two of them would actually be together. I had thought that in these few years, I would not have any intersection with Chiyou, but now I have to connect with him in such a way; I really did not expect this."

"Chiyou's daughter? Who is Chiyou? It sounds a bit familiar."

Baifeng introduced carefully: "Chiyou, the Tribal Chief of the Jiuli. Now he might already be larger than the Xuanyuan Tribe; he is a very formidable person. As a result, Changle found his daughter. This makes me wonder what I should do. It forces me to have contact with the Jiuli; this is truly forced upon me!"