Chapter 1217: Distant Alliances and Close Attacks (End)

Chiyou pointed a finger directly: "Fritillaria, do you think that in this kind of weather, we can go east to find the sea?"

Fritillaria did not dare to accept the task: "Leader, it is already about to be deep winter. Going east now is probably a bit dangerous. The distance is quite far, and food and such are all problems. So, in my opinion, we still have to wait until spring to talk about it."

Chiyou, however, did not give Fritillaria a hard order; he was also very considerate of his brothers.

"Fine, Fritillaria, then the task of searching for the sea is left to you. You have been to the seaside and understand it better, so this time, you should go again.

If you can find that kind of seaweed, you must bring back as much as possible so that we can trade with Huaxia."

Fritillaria immediately agreed: "No problem, Leader. I can definitely do this, but are we really going to trade with Huaxia? Isn't the road a bit of a big problem?"

"Regardless of whether we are going to trade, let's first get the matter of the sea cleared up. If the sea is truly as Huaxia says, then it is best for us to go trade, because they, Huaxia, might understand the sea better than us, and we can get more information from them then.

Furthermore, Bingzhu, Qianxi, you two will be responsible for the matters of talking with the Suiren clan. If we confirm next year that we are going to trade with Huaxia, then you go and talk to the Suiren clan. Since the people of Huaxia have already said that the Suiren clan is no problem, then it should be relatively easy for you to resolve."

As for the road through the Xuanyuan Tribe, we still should not use it. Of course, if we can take some along while trading with the Xuanyuan Tribe, that is fine too. After all, if we go to the Xuanyuan Tribe, we need so many people and need to travel such a long road; taking some trade with Huaxia along the way is no problem. At worst, we can just concede a little profit when trading with them."

"Bingzhu, you also said that Huaxia is right at the Xuanyuan Tribe and has a fixed place to live, so trading like this is also possible; we would just be borrowing a little bit of the Xuanyuan Tribe's space."

"In any case, we cannot let the Xuanyuan Tribe know too much about the details of our trade with Huaxia."

Bingzhu seemed to understand, but still had some doubts: "Father, are we also to be on guard against the Xuanyuan Tribe?"

"That is certain. Our territory and the Xuanyuan Tribe's territory are adjacent, and Xuanyuan is also a person who extremely desires to expand his territory. He does not expand toward our territory because they need to trade Ironware with us; otherwise, we would not trade Ironware to them."

"But we are different from Huaxia. Huaxia has no conflict with us regarding territory, so even if Huaxia sticks their borders full of Long Swords, that is no problem for us at all."

"Therefore, we must trade and communicate with Huaxia more. Besides, my daughter, Ayuduo, is already the woman of their King's son, so we are an even more suitable ally. If they have daughters who can come to our Jiuli, that would be best of all, hahahahaha!"

Yangasha interjected: "Father, the King of Huaxia only has three children, two sons and one daughter. The daughter is still young; we have seen her, and it will probably take a few more years. If we handle the relationship well now, perhaps it really could happen then."

"Good, then maintain the relationship with Huaxia as well as possible. Tribes that are too close cannot have their relationship made too good, otherwise, they cannot be attacked."

"Moreover, when they are close, it is either I hit you or you hit me, but when the distance is far enough, then there is no need to worry about these things. You people must all remember this."

Chiyou's sons nodded repeatedly, indicating they understood. This was a rule they had to follow for the future development of the Jiuli. It was just that they truly had not expected that Bingzhu would have such a huge harvest from this trip, and that it would have such a great influence on the Jiuli.

Although it sounded too astonishing, the boxes of good things on the ground were real and tangible. Who wouldn't envy that outfit on Yangasha? Many people wouldn't even get to touch one until they died.

Bingzhu also made a request to his father. This was something he had been thinking about the whole way; he believed he had to accomplish it, otherwise he would be uncomfortable—this had already become his obsession.

"Father, I don't want to participate in this matter anymore. Why not let Qianxi go? I want to stay in the Jiuli; I want to build a Jiuli City in the Jiuli."

"I have already seen the Qingqiu City of the Xuanyuan Tribe and the Huaxia City of Huaxia. They are too spectacular, too... I don't even know how to say it. Anyway, I feel that our people should live in such places, rather than living in these caves."

"The houses we have outside are also too crude and too poor. We can live in better ones. Better houses are not that hard to build. I believe in the people of the Jiuli; what the people of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe can do, our Jiuli can also do!"

Chiyou pointed at Bingzhu and questioned him: "Then you tell me first, how do you intend to build it? Could it be that just after taking one look, you will know how to build it?"

Bingzhu said with extreme confidence: "Father, I will first choose a place suitable for building a city, and then take people to build houses. Use wood to build them, build them sturdy enough and tall enough, and that way everyone can live in them."

"After that, build the roads and build the city walls. We can also plant flowers and trees like Huaxia. Wouldn't a city be established just like that?"

Chiyou had never seen one, so he did not know what a city was like, but since it could cause such a great influence on his son, it was probably not that simple.

But since his son had this idea and this heart, he should also support it. Besides, if it didn't succeed, it didn't matter; if it succeeded, wouldn't the Jiuli be even better? So Chiyou immediately approved Bingzhu's request: "Fine, since you have this idea, then I agree. Starting from today, I will give you four thousand people."

"You handle the other problems yourself; I will not interfere with you, but I hope that when the first Snow of the next Winter falls, I can see your results!"

Bingzhu smiled very happily and immediately promised, indicating there would be no problem. And this move by Chiyou also made the children like Daye feel a sense of urgency.

If Bingzhu didn't succeed, it would be fine, but if he really managed to build a Jiuli City, then they would probably have no chance at all.

Several sons looked at each other, their eyes full of unwillingness, but no malicious or conspiratorial looks appeared.

Jiaosheng also took the initiative to take on a task: "Leader, then let me handle the matter of finding that kind of Grass with red fruits."

"I will organize people to go hunting further north next. If we cannot bring back more prey, our Winter will still be very difficult. By the way, we will also look for this kind of Grass. In the snowy ground of Winter, those red fruits should be very conspicuous and easy to find."

"Good, Jiaosheng. As long as you see ones that look like it, just dig them all up. It just so happens that I will also take a look with the other Miaofu to see what kind of medicinal herb this actually is."