Chapter 1158: The Produce of the Suiren Clan

"Oh, so that's how it is! You have been tallying this during this time; if they can stay in Huaxia City, they are indeed lucky. However, when do you think they will be sent over to Huaxia?"

The official pondered for a moment and said, "Other Artisans, especially those like the ones who know weaving, will definitely go to Huaxia in the near future, because Huaxia already has a large-scale Weaving Department, and there are more raw materials and better technology. Once they go over, they can immediately be put into production and generate value right away."

"Oh, City Lord, you might not understand what I mean by saying this, but anyway, as soon as they go to Huaxia, they can work. Huaxia will take them over in the short term, and in the end, just give a portion of the finished products made back here. Because they can learn faster and better technology there in Huaxia, it is definitely better than working here."

"But as for the craftsmen who do smelting and casting, it is highly probable that they will not be taken over for the next few years, because Huaxia has not found a copper mine, but there is one here, and copper mines are also very important to Huaxia; they certainly cannot be abandoned casually."

"If they are here, then they can continue to mine and continue to smelt. Huaxia might send people to provide guidance and build large blast furnaces for smelting copper, so that productivity can be increased. With a blast furnace, productivity could probably be dozens of times higher than the small stoves used now."

"Moreover, we also found coal here, and the quality is much better than what we have seen in Huaxia, and it is better by more than just a little."

"It's just that it's a little bit far from here. If the Coal Mine were close enough to here, that would be great."

Baoxi was a bit confused as he listened: "What Coal Mine? What is coal?"

"City Lord, coal is a type of stone, but it can burn, just like wood, and it burns longer than wood, the heat is more intense, and the fire is hotter."

"The reason Huaxia can smelt iron, and at such a fast speed and with such a large output, is because of coal. Only with coal does Huaxia have its present. But here at the Suiren clan, you seem to have not discovered that coal can be used. The coal you have here is of too good a quality."

"I put a few in that bag; City Lord, you can take them out and see."

Baoxi was extremely curious and hurriedly opened the bag. He really wanted to see what the important good thing he had overlooked was.

Opening the bag, there were many small bags inside, as well as small Bamboo Tubes. Under the guidance of the Huaxia official, he found the very wide Bamboo Tube that contained the coal.

After he opened it, he discovered it was a pitch-black stone, very black. When he poured it out to look, he didn't expect that he had actually seen it before—a stone he had never valued, which turned out to be a very useful thing. This left Baoxi greatly shocked.

"Is it this? Can this stone really be lit?"

"City Lord, I know the specific location. When the time comes, you send some people, and I will lead them to dig some back. I estimate that one trip will be enough for the coal you need here for the Winter."

"After it is lit, it can burn all night without going out. It is warmer than burning firewood, and what's more, such good coal has almost no smoke; it is the best. In the entire Huaxia, you couldn't pick out much coal this good in a year, but here it is everywhere, City Lord."

Baoxi was also stunned by the produce of his own tribe. He rubbed his hands in excitement and said, "Then why don't you take more back for Baifeng and for Wang? Such good things."

The official could only wave his hand in refusal: "That is still not possible, City Lord. The coal needed for one Winter is still a great, great amount. Unless one person carries such a large Basket, and then dozens of people go to carry it, the coal carried back might only be enough for Wang to use for one Winter. Doing so would be too wasteful and unnecessary, and Wang would certainly not be willing to do such a thing."

"Then you are taking these back just to let Wang see them?"

The official nodded slightly: "Yes, to let Wang take a look that there is coal of such good quality here, and see how Wang intends to handle it. Moreover, with this coal, the blast furnace for smelting copper here at the Suiren clan can also be built as soon as possible; after all, the most important raw material issue has already been solved."

"Good, good, good, that is also fine. Then are there other things? I see you have so many bags packed here, and so many Bamboo Tubes."

The official explained: "City Lord, these all contain some interesting and useful plants discovered here. Most of them are medicinal herbs that Huaxia can use, but we must let Wang and the doctors see how the quality is. If the quality is good, we can directly mine and harvest them here, and then they can be sent to Huaxia."

"Medicinal herbs, have you found anything good? My Suiren clan is so large, surely we can find many good things, right?"

The official did not dampen Baoxi's expectations and appeared very excited: "That is certain. There are still many medicinal herbs in the Suiren clan. Among them, I think the most important and the most significant is the Chinaberry Tree. We mentioned it before, right? It can kill the worms in the stomach."

"We have already found a lot of this medicinal herb here in the Suiren clan. This herb was only discovered in the Xuanyuan Tribe before, and the quantity was relatively small. Last year, Huaxia used a little and solved the problem of worms in the stomachs of some people, but most people have never seen it."

"This year, according to the agreement, the Xuanyuan Tribe will take the entire harvest, and there will be none for Huaxia, so Huaxia has no medicine to use this year, and it has already been determined where it will be given."

"I didn't expect that we would find so much right here in the Suiren clan now. Now we don't need to be restricted by the Xuanyuan Tribe; we have our own medicine to use."

"The problem now is how to handle it. After all, it is on this land. According to Wang's words, we might abandon this territory in the future, and by then, these medicinal herbs will become someone else's."

"So now I am thinking about whether we should use it all up at once, or only use the branches and keep the trees. We cannot make this decision; it depends on Wang's wishes."

"Another thing is to see if we can transplant a portion to Huaxia so that Huaxia can also grow them. The Xuanyuan Tribe won't give us the Wax Seed, and we cannot remain restricted by the Xuanyuan Tribe forever."