Chapter 1136: Having a Feud

After learning from the survey team what the road ahead was like, Changle simply greeted them and continued on his way; out here in the wilderness, there was no need for reminiscing, and besides, Changle was not familiar with them anyway.

The members of the survey team felt a bit suspicious when they saw a beautiful woman beside Changle, guessing she might be Changle's wife, but they had never heard of this before, so had it just happened suddenly? Everything was a mystery, but it was awkward to ask.

Changle did not say, so they did not ask; after bidding farewell to Changle, they hurried toward the construction team's location, for once they returned, any questions could be cleared up, and their colleagues or leaders would surely know what was going on.

And just as Changle and his companions had guessed, it was hard to keep the news hidden; now, the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe were already discussing the marriage between Changle and the princess of the Jiuli. Of course, they would not think so deeply or far ahead, just finding the matter peculiar and amusing; only a small portion of people would think about whether Huaxia would reach some friendly relationship with the Jiuli and then pose a threat to their Xuanyuan Tribe.

This matter concerned all the members of the Xuanyuan Tribe, but their status was low and they had no say, only learning of this now; furthermore, since Huaxia was able to let this news spread, it meant they did not care about it and were not afraid of the Xuanyuan Tribe knowing, so perhaps their Tribal Chief and the others already knew as well.

So now, they could only let it be and continue living their normal lives; as for the affairs of the tribe, let their Tribal Chief and the others worry about it, for with their status, thinking about it was useless. They were merely Laborers who could generate value for the Xuanyuan Tribe; if they had been born in Huaxia, they would have had the power to participate in politics and government, and the opportunities for advancement would have been even greater.

The Suiren were currently in a state of complete information isolation; although they could transmit news to Huaxia, news from Huaxia could not be transmitted here, which resulted in them not knowing what was happening in Huaxia now. Of course, the major events that had recently occurred in Huaxia were inseparable from the Suiren.

The only thing that had little to do with them was Changle's wedding; the people of the entire Suiren did not know about the wedding, and the Huaxia officials in the Suiren did not know either, as they were still working hard in the Suiren.

The wall for Baoxi's courtyard had already been built, and it now had a general shape; Baoxi was rubbing his hands in anticipation every day, just waiting to move into this courtyard before Winter.

The Artisans also gave Baoxi their assurance that they could finish building the courtyard for him before Winter arrived; during this time, these Artisans also discovered quite a few talented young people who could be said to be extremely gifted at construction work and were very quick to learn.

The Artisans felt a desire to cherish talent and did not want such gifted people to waste their lives in the Suiren; also considering that Huaxia lacked Artisans, they thought about training them well and then taking them back to Huaxia. There were only a few of them, and for Huaxia, they could be accepted easily, and their Ministry of Works was also very short of them.

Unfortunately, those young people were not looking forward to this at all and did not want to go to Huaxia, only wanting to stay in the Suiren and continue living their own lives; they felt that once they went to Huaxia, it would be the fate of a Slave, never having a moment of leisure and being bullied by the Huaxia people every day, which certainly would not be as comfortable as in the Suiren.

The Artisans knew the thoughts of these young people; currently, the image of the Huaxia people in the Suiren was not positive. Was this because they simply disliked Huaxia, or was there someone pushing this behind the scenes, perhaps even affecting Baoxi's rule?

After all, after announcing the joining of Huaxia, Baoxi's prestige in the Suiren had dropped a notch, and some distant tribes had already broken away from the Suiren, choosing to set up their own households; and this happened the very first moment they received the news, without even giving it much thought, which surprised even the people who delivered the message.

But Baoxi had also said that those who wanted to leave the Suiren could do as they pleased; he would not manage them and would not attack them, as long as they no longer used the name of the Suiren, and the territory would still belong to them.

Therefore, as soon as the messengers finished speaking of the news of the Suiren joining Huaxia and Baoxi's words, the tribes on the edges of all regions basically chose to break away from the Suiren, and the Suiren suddenly lost nearly twenty thousand people.

After receiving the news, Baoxi did not show anger or sadness, remaining as usual, and instead said happily: "Good, good, the pressure has decreased a little bit now."

Those who stayed did not mean they liked Huaxia; they just had no choice. They still rejected Huaxia, but fortunately, they did not need to leave here and go to Huaxia right now, and perhaps they would never need to leave here; they were just Huaxia people in name.

However, as long as they did not say they were Huaxia people, they were still Suiren people, were they not? Even if it was just self-deception, they simply did not want to admit they were Huaxia people.

Baoxi also knew very clearly why this was; for one, the people of his tribe had their own sense of pride, and now that the tribe was clearly strong and there were no problems, why did they suddenly have to join Huaxia? This point, they could not understand.

Furthermore, Huaxia and the Suiren had a feud; Huaxia had killed so many Soldiers of the Suiren and killed so many of their people, which could be said to be a very heavy feud that must never be forgotten and could never be forgiven. Many people had even seen that war with Huaxia, and the brutality of Huaxia was still fresh in their memories.

They believed it was not that Huaxia had a feud with them, but that they had a feud with Huaxia, so they were unwilling to join Huaxia or cooperate; and they believed that if they went to Huaxia, they would definitely be targeted by the Huaxia people and would definitely receive unfair treatment, which was why they were even more unwilling to go.

Baoxi knew the reasons for this, and he was also very clear about his own decline in prestige; all he could do was do less and say less, lowering his visibility in the Suiren. As long as he spoke less, he could reduce the dissatisfaction and opinions the tribesmen had toward him.

As for the relationship with Huaxia, as long as time passed and Huaxia provided more help to the Suiren, it would naturally change the views of his tribesmen; so now, Baoxi had already started to lie flat, speaking less, doing less, and just enjoying himself.