Chapter 1147: Meat for Me

However, besides being curious about who that woman was, he was also curious about why the Prince and his group had come over. At this time of year, could it be that they were here to inspect the work?

Ma, however, suddenly had an idea. He said to Ce, "At this time, I think, could it be that they are going to the Golden Autumn Gathering? Didn't we go to the Golden Autumn Gathering at this time last year?"

"What you say is very likely. Currently, our Huaxia still places great importance on the Golden Autumn Gathering. Perhaps this trip is indeed for the Golden Autumn Gathering."

"Then we should go and welcome them first. After all, the Prince has come, so we must go; we cannot just wait here."

Thus, Ma hurriedly called together all the leaders of the Western Development Group who were still here and went down the mountain to welcome Changle and his party.

Changle also saw the people coming from the opposite side, so he took the opportunity to tidy up his clothes and maintain his image.

The two sides met at the foot of the mountain. Ce led everyone to kneel and bow immediately. Changle did not dare to act arrogant; after all, the people here had all made contributions. With things being so bitter and tiring here, he could not afford to put on airs.

"Quick, get up! You have all worked hard!"

Changle flipped down from his ox and hurriedly helped everyone up. Of course, the first person he noticed was Wuzhong. The relationship between the two of them was quite good; after all, their fathers had a relationship, and the two of them were of similar age, so they had always been close. It was just that after they grew up, they gradually began to have their own careers, and their contact became less frequent.

Furthermore, in this era, let alone telephones or mobile phones, even letters could not be delivered. Carrier pigeons could only be used to transmit important news; they were not for people like them to use to maintain personal connections.

For this whole year, the two of them had barely seen each other, so Changle went straight to find Wuzhong at the very beginning.

"Oh my, Wuzhong, you've worked hard! We haven't seen each other for a whole year."

Wuzhong stood up slowly. His body looked a full circle sturdier than Changle's. He also unceremoniously pinched Changle's arm: "Changle, you are still so thin. You haven't gained any weight at all. You must eat more meat; eating more meat will make you grow strong."

"Hahahaha, alright, Wuzhong. I am going to stay here for a few dozen days. During these few dozen days, you must feed me enough meat every day so that I can grow some flesh. If I stay here and not only don't gain weight but actually lose some, I will have to give you trouble."

Wuzhong patted his chest very firmly: "You can rest assured about that. As long as I am here, I will definitely provide you with enough meat. You can eat as much as you want every day. If you don't have enough to eat, then you can have my share of meat. I must make sure you are full!"

"Alright, you must remember your words!"

Wuzhong suddenly turned to one side and pointed at the woman who was staring at Changle: "Changle, who is she? Is she your wife? Why does she keep staring at you?"

Changle then took the opportunity to pull Ayuduo over and introduced her: "Look, she is my wife, my woman, named Ayuduo. She is also coming along this time, and you must provide her with meat too!"

Wuzhong chuckled: "Alright, alright. I will provide meat for both of you. You have finally found a woman. I was still wondering how long it would take for you to find a wife."

After the pleasantries with Wuzhong ended, Changle could not ignore the others, as that would be bad for them. Fortunately, everyone knew that Changle and Wuzhong had a very good relationship, otherwise it would have been a bit awkward.

"Hmm, what is your name? You all should introduce yourselves; I haven't met you yet."

Ce hurriedly introduced himself: "My name is Ce, and I am the person in charge of the Western Development Group, Changle Prince."

The others also introduced themselves one by one. Before Ma could speak, Changle pointed his finger at him: "Eh! You, I seem to have met you before. You look a bit familiar. Let me think for a moment, let me think."

Ma, who had just prepared to introduce himself, had no choice but to swallow his words and wait for Changle to recall who he was.

Changle clapped his hands: "I remember now! You are the Tribal Chief of that, that tribe, who was brought back from the Golden Autumn Gathering last winter, right!"

Being able to know so much already made Ma very happy, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! Prince, I am Ma. I only arrived in Huaxia last year."

Changle pointed at Zhi again: "I remember you came along too, didn't you?"

"Yes, Prince, my name is Zhi!"

Changle nodded with satisfaction: "Good, good, very good. It seems you all are doing quite well here. Then Ce, lead the way for us, introduce how you have developed this place, and report on the work."

"Very well, Prince."

After Changle and the others mounted their oxen again, Ce asked: "Prince, what are you all here for? I see there are so many oxen; are you going to the Golden Autumn Gathering?"

"Yes, we are going to the Golden Autumn Gathering. This time, Minister Yishang is leading the team, but Huaxia does not have enough manpower, so we need to get people from the Western Development Group here to make up the numbers before we can continue on our way.

However, I am not going. I am going to stay here. My father wants me to inspect this place thoroughly, and I also need to search for various new species, so there are quite a lot of things to do.

But don't pay too much attention to me. As long as this place can provide basic food, water, and security, everything else is secondary. I see that the conditions here are not good, so I won't demand anything."

Hearing Changle's work arrangements, Ce was very happy and hurriedly said: "Changle Prince, it would be best if you could stay here to inspect. We have encountered many problems that need to be solved, but we cannot solve them ourselves, and asking Huaxia doesn't work either, so we have had to leave the problems as they are.

But now that you are here, there will be someone to help solve these problems and troubles of ours. This couldn't be better."

Wuzhong also chimed in: "It couldn't be better. I am happy that you are staying here."

However, Ce also keenly discovered a problem and asked: "Prince, you said that our Huaxia has no people and is short of manpower. Has our Huaxia been engaged in any war, or has it encountered some other problem?"

"We are at war with the Shennong Clan. You should know about this. I don't remember when you set off, but you should know this news, right?"

Ce nodded: "I do know about this news, but, has our Huaxia become so short of people now that even the Phylum of the King has to go to the Golden Autumn Gathering? Could it be that the scale of the war has expanded again?"