Chapter 1167: Fan's Waiting

Fan finally waited for someone to come and pick him up; this feeling of being forgotten is truly not very good. When the Slaves heard they could return to Huaxia, they all raised their arms and cheered one by one, extremely excited. Who would want to stay in this godforsaken place?

Many Slaves now regret it; if they hadn't been so stubborn and put on such airs back then, but instead studied well and trained well, even a third-rate Slave would have been able to stay in Huaxia City.

Now it's too late; they acted so tough back then, wanting to resist fate, and now they are here digging Sulfur. Everyone is now crystal clear about the fact that Sulfur harms the body, but what other choice do they have? They chose it themselves back then. The only thing they can do now is work hard here, then wait to return to Huaxia to enjoy a good Winter, so that their suffering won't have been in vain and they won't have lived for nothing.

As for Fan, it is pure torment; as long as he stays far enough away, he won't be poisoned, and right now he doesn't even have mild poisoning symptoms, but what makes it unbearable for him is the loneliness.

After this year, he wonders if he can change his Squad; he really doesn't want to come here again, and besides, his merits are basically accumulated enough by now.

The one who came to pick up Fan and the others was Zisheng. Seeing a familiar face, Fan couldn't wait to go over and chat, to have a good talk, but he keenly noticed that Zisheng and his group hadn't brought any food at all.

Normally, to save transport capacity, they would bring some food when coming here, because the Boat is empty when coming over, and full when going back.

And if they come in the Spring, the Boat also needs to carry these Slaves, so the space left for cargo is very small, and they wouldn't be able to load much food anyway, so he felt very puzzled that Zisheng hadn't brought any food.

"What's going on? Not bringing any food at all—could it be that Huaxia is going to abandon this Liuhuangdi? Or what is it?"

Zisheng smiled very happily: "Hey, don't let your imagination run wild. This time, it's because of a good thing, and a great thing for all of Huaxia, so in the future, there is a certain possibility that we won't use a Boat to send food here anymore."

"No Boat? Then what will you use? Don't tell me you're going through the territory of the Suiren clan? We don't have any other roads to take now."

But unexpectedly, Zisheng gave Fan a meaningful look and didn't speak. Fan, having come to his senses, asked in surprise: "It can't be true, right? Going through the Suiren clan's territory? How could that be negotiated? How could the Suiren clan possibly agree?"

Zisheng chuckled: "If the Suiren clan is now part of our Huaxia, then wouldn't it be free to use?"

At this, Fan immediately assumed that Zisheng not bringing food must be for some other reason, or perhaps they were going to completely abandon the Liuhuangdi; in any case, it couldn't be what he had guessed.

"Stop being so mysterious and just tell me what the situation is. I've been here for so long, and my mood is not good at all. Also, you came early this year; I thought it would take another twenty or thirty days."

But what Fan didn't expect was that Zisheng actually repeated: "The Suiren clan is already Huaxia's now. I'm not lying to you, because the King felt that if we kept going through here, in the future, if our relationship with Xuanyuan deteriorates, they might follow this path, search all the way here, and finally find this place."

"With Xuanyuan's brain, even if he doesn't know what this Sulfur can be used for, he would definitely be able to guess that it is very important. If he messes around with it himself, and by some chance he really manages to come up with something, that would be bad. So the King's intention is that starting tomorrow, we will send you food from the land. Although it is further and more tiring, it is safer."

"And it just so happens that we can completely manage the territory of the Suiren clan here. It's killing several birds with one stone; how great is that."

Listening to these well-reasoned words, Fan had no choice but to believe it, but he still felt too shocked: "How is it possible? How could our Huaxia take down the Suiren clan in such a short time? It hasn't even been a year, right? Did something go wrong with the Suiren clan again? Did Baoxi die completely?"

"Hahahahahaha! Fan, no, no, stop guessing blindly. Baoxi is alive and well; he is a Huaxia person now, and the King has bestowed upon him a very, very high Nobility, and even directly granted him the position of City Lord. In the future, if our Huaxia builds another city, it will be given directly to Baoxi, and he will be put in charge."

"On what grounds!" Fan was furious; he thought this was too unreasonable.

"On the grounds that he gave the entire Suiren clan to Huaxia. Our Huaxia didn't move a single Soldier; Baoxi came voluntarily and directly had the Suiren clan join Huaxia. Although we also feel it's a bit too much, this matter is indeed a done deal now. Everything of the Suiren clan belongs to Huaxia."

"Because Baoxi's contribution is so great, he was given such good treatment. Now, tens of thousands of people have already moved from the Suiren clan to our Huaxia to reclaim wasteland. And that someone—anyway, it's a group of Baoxi's children, both sons and daughters—they have all come to our Huaxia to attend classes and study. Anyway, it is completely confirmed now, not a bit fake."

"What I told you is also the truth; next year we might be walking from the land of the Suiren clan. We can also control this Liuhuangdi for many more years and mine it for a few more years."

"Another thing is your situation; this might be your last year here. Now that there are so many people from the Suiren clan, and they have many Slaves, perhaps in the future we will directly use the Suiren clan's Slaves to mine the Sulfur."

"Or maybe we'll just let the people of the Suiren clan manage it, right? Anyway, your merits are enough now, and you don't want to stay here anymore."

Fan was left speechless by such shocking news; the main thing was that the amount of information was too large, and he found it difficult to digest in a short time. After reacting for a long while, he said as if waking from a dream: "Ah! It wasn't that we went to war with the Suiren clan, but that they joined voluntarily?"

"Yes, that's exactly it."

"Why would they join voluntarily?" Fan asked curiously, but this question truly stumped Zisheng. How would he know? Not many people in Huaxia knew either; after all, this matter was indeed too sudden, and many people didn't get the inside story. The main thing was that not many people were willing to believe this true news; it was too outrageous.