Chapter 1128: Slow News

After staying in Lema City for one night, they set off again. However, by this time, the road to the Western Development Group was already very good; the road surface was solid and there were no obstacles, so they could travel at the fastest speed, taking nearly half the time compared to traveling before.

In the evenings, they would stop to rest whenever they encountered a post station. Every day, there happened to be just such a post station; this could be considered a fixed project of Huaxia, and in such a wilderness, it counted as a guarantee of safety.

Moreover, on this journey, it was not just their own group of people. After walking for eight days, they even encountered a team transporting grain. They were specifically responsible for delivering grain to the teams building the road, because if the teams had to carry the grain themselves, it would be a bit too difficult for them; short-term storage was still possible, so they could only rely on them to keep delivering it.

According to what the person said, they were now just a little bit away from finishing the road to the Western Development Group. This year, even if it snowed and Winter arrived, they had to keep working; they would only withdraw when the entire line was completed. Because the grain supply was generous and there were wages, the Laborers of the Xuanyuan Tribe were also very motivated. It was just going home a bit late, which was absolutely no problem. Having cultivated such a good physique here in Huaxia, upon returning, they could immediately obtain enough food to feed themselves, their women, and their children for the Winter, with nothing to worry about.

The pent-up energy accumulated here for nearly a year could also be released to their heart's content throughout the whole Winter. With so much grain, were they afraid of not having women? It was likely that women would scramble to come to them, and then their genes could be passed on. Isn't that what people live their whole lives for?

Yishang had never been exposed to this kind of thing before, so he was still a bit surprised. He didn't expect the project to be so fast, but the person delivering the grain said, "Hey, you don't know what it's like to see thousands of people working together. If you ask me, let alone this road, even a mountain could be dug through."

"As for our Huaxia, we have never lacked food for their Xuanyuan Tribe Laborers. With such good treatment provided to them, could they possibly slack off?"

"Furthermore, we have Explosives. For stones that can't be dug, for mountains that can't be dug, just blow them up with Explosives; what is there that can't be done!"

"Our road rollers have also been built in several numbers. Before, the step that required human feet to tread and ram—the most labor-intensive part—is now done by using oxen to pull those huge stone wheels and Cement blocks. Running them over twice is much faster than people ramming with a Stone Pestle. If we didn't have that thing, let alone this year, it might be difficult even next year; it wouldn't even be certain if we could finish building this road by next year."

"It just wears out the oxen. Such strong oxen, after working on this road for a whole Summer, become thin and have no fat left. Even though they eat the best food every day, they can't get fat. They say it's too hard on the oxen, and they feel a bit sorry for them."

He also pointed to the thin ox pulling his cart: "Look, this is one swapped out from the construction site. When we went to deliver grain, we were pulling fat oxen. Once we got to the site, they kept the fat oxen to pull carts and swapped out these thin ones to take back and fatten up. Sigh, I still feel sorry for these oxen, but then again, it's more important for us to build the road. As long as they aren't worked to death, that's already the best."

"Road roller?" Yishang recalled and said, "I've heard of this, but I haven't seen it yet. In a few days when we arrive, I'll be able to take a look."

"This thing is truly powerful. It's a method Zao thought of himself. Oh, anyway, ever since we had that thing, our road building has been much faster. If we had that thing before, we wouldn't have had to suffer so much."

Changle said, "Alright, it's already quite good to have it now. If we can build better things in the future, looking at the road roller then, we might feel it's just average. Back when the Stone Pestle was first made, people also said it was easy to use and much faster than treading with feet."

The grain transporter scratched his head in embarrassment: "The Prince is right, I really shouldn't think that way. It's already quite good to have it."

The group chatted randomly for a long time, talking about some recent changes. They expressed extreme shock at Changle's marriage, and immediately offered their congratulations.

Because of the distance and time difference, they didn't know about many pieces of news. They only learned last time that the Suiren Clan had joined Huaxia, which shocked them terribly. But after arriving at the construction site, they could only keep their mouths shut and didn't dare to say a word, not even to those Huaxia officials or Huaxia Workers, because on the construction site, there were more people from the Xuanyuan Tribe than from Huaxia. If they let something slip, or if it was heard by someone from the Xuanyuan Tribe, it would be completely over; the entire Xuanyuan Tribe would know.

Therefore, people like Zao, who wanted to get such shocking news, could only wait until they returned to Huaxia. However, the news of the Prince's marriage didn't need to be hidden; after all, the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe knew about it even earlier than the people of Huaxia.

What made these grain transporters feel a bit of a pity was that this news would be told by the Prince himself and could not be told by them. Such shocking news, if they could tell those people, would definitely make the construction site explode. Not to mention the people of Huaxia, even the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe would probably treat it as extremely important news and spread it everywhere. After all, the construction site was very boring, with not many fresh things; only heavy news like this could bring a little change to the boring life and stir up a splash.

Ayuduo felt everything here was novel; everything was something she had never heard of or seen before, so she was also very happy. Plus, she could ride an ox for a long time and didn't feel too tired.

But riding an ox hurts the crotch; even if the saddle is very soft, riding for a long time will cause chafing and pain, so they still walked most of the time. Whenever they felt tired, they could ride the ox to rest, and so they advanced day after day.

Changle felt at ease. On his own territory, protected by his own people, he felt very secure. Especially with Yishang, who could be said to have watched Changle grow up, Changle felt even more secure. Every day he walked along the side of the road, his eyes constantly scanning everywhere.

If he could find a new species along such a roadside, that would be especially lucky, but the probability was still very small. To truly find a new species, one had to go to a relatively distant place, a place he had truly never been to. Now, there was still half the distance to the Western Development Group, and time was not passing slowly.

Changle also felt very comfortable. At night, he had his wife to accompany him, and he didn't need to live in a Tent. The Prince certainly lived in the best; those wooden houses, once cleaned up, were much more comfortable to live in than a Tent.