Chapter 1140: Such Cooperation

"But Chengqie, you are different. You are not like your father, who can order those clansmen that they must come to Huaxia, that they must go to a certain place.

However, you also have prestige in the Suiren Clan, and your clansmen will trust you. Therefore, if you can go to the Suiren Clan with us, bringing food to ask for people, you will certainly succeed."

Chengqie said directly: "What you are talking about, I naturally have no problem with. I still have many familiar Leaders in the Suiren Clan; if I tell them to do something, they certainly won't refuse. As for things like moving to Huaxia, I think as long as I say it, they should all believe it and be willing to bring people over. But, Uncle Sanxin, what benefit can I get?"

"You said this is a cooperation. I am currently only lacking wealth, lacking wealth in Huaxia. Other things, I am not lacking at all, and I think you wouldn't be able to give them to me either. So, how exactly is this cooperation supposed to work?"

Sanxin immediately raised his hand and said: "This is simple. I won't hide it from you, Chengqie. We Marquises have more food than you can imagine. This time, when Changle Prince got married, we all sent out a large amount of food, but this food is nothing to us.

For so many years, food has only been continuously harvested, but there has been no place to consume it. In Huaxia now, not even a single Slave will starve to death.

So Chengqie, the cooperation I am talking about is that as long as you are willing to take people to the Suiren Clan to find people and ask for them, I can join with all the local Nobles to give you food, allowing you to support your clansmen—the clansmen who work and cultivate on your fief.

We can supply you with at least one year of food, but we still need to discuss the number of people. After all, if the number of people you bring is too large, we won't have the ability to support them; we also have to support our own people. There is no way around this."

Chengqie immediately clapped his hands and decided: "Good! Uncle Sanxin, I think there is no problem at all with this cooperation you mentioned, and I am willing to cooperate.

As for the number of people and such, you and the other Nobles should discuss it first. After all, I don't know how many people I can actually pull over. Besides, it is already almost Winter now; is it not very good to let them come here in Winter? After all, surviving the Winter requires not just food, but also a place to live.

You don't have the time or manpower in Winter to build places to live, but at least they still have places to live in the Suiren Clan. In my opinion, let's talk about it next Spring, how about that?

There is one more thing: I have to go to school, and I don't dare to ask for leave. My age is already the oldest in the Squad. It is already very bad that I am going to school with a group of children, and even those children are learning faster than me.

If I ask for leave and leave Huaxia to go to the Suiren Clan, this trip will take several dozen days. Not to mention whether the teacher will give me this leave, even if he did, I wouldn't dare to leave. I am afraid that my learning progress will fall behind afterward."

Hearing Chengqie's love for learning made Sanxin's eyelids twitch. It seemed this Chengqie really did love learning. However, what he said did indeed make sense; it was a bit late to go ask for people now, so it would probably have to wait until next year.

Well, it was fortunate that this cooperation with Chengqie was negotiated this year. Afterward, Sanxin would go talk to the other Nobles about the detailed specifics, and finally discuss it with Chengqie again. Once agreed upon, they would execute it directly next year to avoid dragging it out and slowing down the development speed of their fiefs.

Now Sanxin was no longer afraid that Baifeng would be angry, because on one hand, there was this document with a personal signature, and on the other hand, now that he thought about it, Huaxia did indeed need these Nobles to develop their fiefs to reduce the pressure on Huaxia, increase more tax revenue, and bring people from the Suiren Clan with less pressure. These were all benefits for Baifeng, so he would certainly want to actively promote it.

Afterward, Sanxin and Chengqie chatted casually. Finding that the current conversation was meaningless and not wanting to waste his precious vacation on such an old man, Chengqie left decisively.

The differences between people in Huaxia were still too great. There were people you could chat with who could truly teach you good, real things, especially Baifeng's family; everyone knew everything, and you could get an answer to anything you asked.

But these old men, sigh, chatting with them was really very boring. Chengqie chose to leave quickly. He had learned a few days ago that there were horses in the Huaxia Pasture, a type of creature he had never seen before; it was said they were very handsome and ran especially fast. They were also raising a few monkeys, so he wanted to go take a look. He not only wanted to see creatures he had never seen before, but he also had a strong interest in monkeys that could be raised to be tame.

Sanxin, however, did not notice his own dullness at all. As soon as Chengqie left, he immediately started writing letters and then had people send the letters to certain Marquises and Dukes. Considering that some people were still working during this vacation, he arranged for an evening to prepare to have a good talk.

Chengqie and Sanxin did not know that the content of their conversation had already reached Baifeng's desk. Baifeng was still quite satisfied with Chengqie's insight; after all, he had already successfully identified the main problem of Huaxia. This ability was indeed there.

However, his character, his attitude of loyalty to Huaxia, and every aspect of him still needed to be tested. Another main point was his ambition, which was also a focus of the test. If Chengqie could pass the test, then Baifeng would certainly be willing to give him the position and power he believed in based on Chengqie's ability. If he couldn't, Baifeng would rather lose a talent than bury a hidden danger.

As for Sanxin, Baifeng had nothing more to say now. These veterans all had great merits. As long as they didn't do anything detrimental to Huaxia or anything with too great an impact at this time, Baifeng would let them be.

Leaving a way out for oneself was not a problem at all, and this matter was indeed pushed by him. However, it seemed that Sanxin's retirement really needed to be put on the agenda. It was time to look for a more suitable candidate for secretary.