Chapter 1141: Disappointment

After his trek, Changle finally arrived at the location of the Western Development Group. The first thing that caught his eye was the terrain, which was gradually opening up; unlike the dense primeval forests from before, the natural landscape here had gradually transformed into grassland.

Changle moved forward along the transition zone while observing the situation here. Looking at this somewhat abnormal scene, he could not help but feel a bit curious: why was there such a massive change in the landscape all of a sudden? Could it be that the people of the Western Development Group had changed it themselves?

After a slow inspection, Changle still discovered the reason: the moisture here was becoming increasingly abundant, and not all trees liked places with so much water.

Like here, in the low-lying areas, it was almost on the verge of forming a swamp. In the Winter, these swampy puddles would turn into blocks of ice, into frozen ground.

Not to mention how many northern tree species could survive in soil with so much moisture without their roots rotting and dying, there were also almost no trees that could survive in places that were essentially frozen soil in the Winter. The Xizang plateau was like this; was it that they didn't want to plant trees? No, they wanted to, but they wouldn't survive. The soil on the plateau was frozen soil most of the time; it simply wouldn't grow.

Although this place was not quite a plateau, because the terrain had suddenly become flat and there was still quite a lot of water, drainage was poor. Water stagnated here, and ordinary plants would have their roots rot and die.

Changle immediately passed a death sentence on this area. He believed that this region was not at all suitable for building a city, and even less suitable as a capital; the soil quality was too poor.

In terms of distance, this should be the edge of the Western Development Group's station, so that was still fine. He hoped the central area would not have such problems.

If this were to be used as farmland, it also wouldn't work; drainage was a big problem. He wasn't sure about Rice, but according to the current temperature, it was a bit on the low side. He just didn't know what the temperature was like here in the summer; if the summer temperature was high, then one could try planting Rice.

For dry crops like Wheat, if one wanted to plant them here, one would have to terrace the land; otherwise, it would be impossible to plant them. They might sprout quickly, but the rate of root rot would definitely be fast as well.

On the other hand, when Changle looked again, he felt that this was an exceptionally good Pasture. Such abundant water sources, and with almost no trees, naturally gave birth to grass rich in moisture. Such a place could be said to be the best for a Pasture; the cattle and sheep would grow incredibly fast after eating it.

But while it was suitable as a Pasture, Changle was in a bad mood. What he wanted was not a good Pasture, but a capital, the best construction site for a city, one even better than the location of Huaxia City, not the result he had now.

Yishang did not yet know the severity of the matter. He just watched Changle constantly pinching the soil and pulling up grass to look at it, so he assumed Changle was just looking for new species.

But seeing Changle's expression now, it was a bit heavy. For the sake of Changle's mood, he then persuaded Changle, saying: "Prince, let's not look here anymore. Let's continue to go forward and take a look. If we can't find new species here, we will definitely be able to find them further ahead."

Changle casually threw down a common water grass that would grow in a swamp, then stood up and revealed a not-so-good smile: "Uncle Yishang, it's not that I'm not finding new species here, it's just because of other matters. The signs I see now are not very good. I hope that by walking further ahead, things might be a little better."

Yishang did not feel at all that this had anything to do with him, and his expression remained calm: "Good, let's continue forward. In a day or two, we will be able to reach their camp. We can already find traces of their activities now."

"Good, no problem, let's continue moving forward."

Ayuduo looked at Changle's expression and felt that he might be feeling a bit troubled, so she comforted him in a low voice from the side: "Changle, don't be anxious. Isn't it normal not to be able to find what you're looking for? This world is so big; it's not like you can find whatever you want to find, right? Sometimes when I take many people to find a medicinal herb, it's very hard to find even before performing the sacrifice to Gebaga."

"Besides, this isn't your first time here, right? There must be many, many new species you haven't discovered yet."

Changle still shook his head and said softly to Ayuduo: "No, it's not because of this; it's because of other matters. For the whole of Huaxia, it is a very important matter, but now some big problem may have occurred. Whether it will work in the future, I don't even feel sure anymore. This failure might affect Huaxia for a very, very long time."

Ayuduo gently tugged on Changle's sleeve and asked: "What is it? Can I know? Why does it feel like Huaxia is hiding everything from me? Although I am a person of the Jiuli, now, I am a person of Huaxia, and I wouldn't reveal information to the Jiuli."

"Why is it that everything cannot be told to me?"

Changle's head immediately ached even more. How did even Ayuduo start having opinions? He had no choice but to explain a little bit to Ayuduo: "Because this place was prepared for building a city, but you have seen the soil here. There is so much water, and although the terrain is flat, as it currently looks, the topography here cannot drain at all."

"First of all, not to mention whether we can build the city walls and houses here, even if they were built, if it rained, they would definitely be flooded and soaked in water. Can a city like this still be lived in?"

"It definitely won't work, so I see that the possibility of building a city here is already very small. Even if we build it, we won't be able to build a very good or very large city. Our investment in this place, and the construction of things like roads, has all been in vain. We have wasted too, too much effort."

"If these materials and time were used to build in other places, we would definitely be able to create a very good city, at least comparable to Lema City."

"But look here, just like Brother Yu said, looking at the terrain first, it is completely unsuitable for building a city. The rest doesn't even need to be considered."

"If you ask me, unless this place is used as a Pasture and a small town is built, that would be about right. The water and grass here are lush; raising cattle and sheep is actually really good. Huaxia is very short of cattle, sheep, and livestock, and lacks meat. If this place can be used as a Pasture, that would be excellent."

"Another thing is, unless there are mineral deposits like Iron Ore here, then it has even less development value. If there were Iron Ore here, even if this place were entirely swamp, it would still be worth developing."