Chapter 1202: Changle Preaches Too

Changle returned to the Western Development Group at top speed. When he returned, he discovered that the entire Western Development Group had actually begun large-scale construction again, and it was all his own acquaintances doing the work.

Seeing Changle was most joyful for Ce. He could not sleep day or night, worrying every day whether Changle could survive and return safely. If Changle could not return, his own life would also come to a full stop right here. He likely would not die, but he could forget about accomplishing anything in this lifetime.

With Changle back, he could finally get a good night's sleep. Now, he still had to consult and make arrangements with the Engineering Team every day; his affairs were busy to the extreme, and he did not have a single bit of time to rest.

Now that a major worry of his had finally been resolved, he could finally set his mind at ease and carry out the large-scale construction.

After Changle returned, he wanted to go see Wuzhong first, but seeing him in a heated discussion with those engineers from the Engineering Team, and appearing to have gained a great deal, Changle found it inconvenient to disturb him; he would still be able to meet him in the evening.

Those few kittens had now grown even larger, becoming fluffy and even cuter than before. Changle could not help but want to give them a hug. Ayuduo also liked these kittens very much; for the next few days, she was always playing with them.

She could never have imagined that such wild, dangerous beasts would have cubs that were so cute and could be so clingy.

Could all wild beasts be like this? After all, Huaxia had already domesticated so many wild beasts; if Huaxia were willing, could tigers also become very cute and then let people ride them?

It seemed like it was possible; it was highly likely. Ayuduo thought, didn't her father ride a large bear? Bears were so terrifying, one slap could swat a person to death. And that large bear of her father's was even an iron-eating beast; she even dared to pinch its butt, and it would not even bite her, so other wild beasts must certainly be able to do the same.

Zao, as a stonemason, was also relatively idle now, or even, he had always been quite idle. After all, there was not much work for him to do; the matters here now did not have much to do with his specialty or his work.

However, he had taken on a major task, which was to craft a large Stone Mill for the Western Development Group, so that they would be able to eat flour and such in the future.

The stones had already been found and moved to the site. Zao had started work, clanging and banging away, but he was the only one working, and he himself could not take it. After a short while, his arms would ache and his hands would go numb, so he needed long periods of rest.

Zao naturally had time to come before Changle to offer his greetings. The other engineers were still working in full swing, only knowing that Changle had already returned safely.

"Changle Prince, was it very dangerous going out this time? Fortunately, you returned safely."

Changle was just strolling along the road. To Zao's small-talk-like greeting, he replied casually: "It was alright, there wasn't much danger. With so many Soldiers there, I lived quite freely and comfortably."

"Oh, safe is good, safe is good..." Zao scratched his butt in a bit of embarrassment, suddenly not knowing what he should say. Just walking along with the Prince like this felt very strange and very uncomfortable.

Changle took the initiative to find a topic, also wanting to get Zao to go work; after all, he also wanted to be a bit more relaxed, and perhaps he could even gain something here.

"Didn't you say you were making a stone mill? Is it done already? If it's done, you can make something else. Make a stone roller, or make a few more stone troughs or something. With your skills, isn't that simple and easy to do?"

Zao felt ashamed: "Changle Prince, I haven't even finished the stone mill yet. Making that is too tiring. My arms ache; after all, I'm getting old now. If I work non-stop for a whole day, I might not be able to lift these arms tomorrow."

"I'm just taking a break now. Besides, I've found two apprentices here, they're quite good. I'm letting them chisel stone troughs; anyway, it's not difficult, letting them chisel and practice on their own is fine too."

"Is that so? Then you are still quite busy, and you're doing quite well. Then why don't you go get busy, or teach your two apprentices? You've taken on students as apprentices, you can't just let them fumble around on their own; you definitely have to teach them carefully."

"Why do we in Huaxia respect teachers? Why do we promote this kind of teacher-student model? It is precisely so that knowledge can be passed down more quickly."

"Zao, since you let those two people call you Master, call you teacher, then you must take on the responsibility of a teacher. Teach them well, you cannot hide anything, you know? And you cannot be this slack."

"In the future, won't you have two more sons, right? You cannot just be this casual and lazy..."

Listening to Changle's preaching, which was just like Baifeng's, talking about grand principles, Zao immediately felt restless, his whole body itching, and he kept using his hand to scratch his butt.

He felt it might be because he had not bathed for too long. There were no conditions to bathe on the road; any water encountered had to be guaranteed clean to be used for people to drink and for livestock to drink, so bathing was out of the question. Those who were not afraid of the cold could go out and wash when it rained.

Zao was not itchy originally, but now, listening to Changle's endless preaching, he felt itchier and itchier. He felt it would have been better if there had been no conversation at all; at most, his butt would have been itchy.

As Changle spoke, he saw Zao with a ferocious expression and a twisted posture, so he suddenly changed the subject and asked: "What, are you itchy from fleas on your body?"

Unexpectedly, Zao nodded affirmatively. This nod made Changle step back in fright, moving a bit further away from Zao.

However, Changle himself had not bathed for a long time either. There were people and animals covered in fleas everywhere here; he must have been infected long ago. When sleeping at night, he could feel small insects constantly jumping between himself and Ayuduo; it must certainly be fleas.

As long as he left Huaxia City, it was hard for him to guarantee he would not be infected with fleas, as everyone had them. But inside Huaxia City, because everyone was used to bathing and could persist in bathing and washing their hair, and could avoid contact with animals, they could avoid flea infection to a certain extent.

As long as Changle returned, he could take a shower in the bathroom using hot water, combined with Huaxia's special bath cream, and immediately be flea-free. He just had to wash everything that had fleas on it. As long as one paid attention to hygiene, there was nothing that could not be cleaned away.

Humans of the new era in later generations had almost driven the "human flea" to extinction. It was very difficult to find a flea that specifically sucked human blood. However, the extinction of this species was a good thing; in any case, it did not constitute any kind of biological chain.