Chapter 1232: Unofficial Documents (Part 2)

"The reason I am having them come over this time is also to request people, but this time is different from the last. The number of people needed this time is not large; two thousand or so is enough. Furthermore, this time, there is a small city that has already been built. Although it is a bit small, everything is complete; it is just a bit far away. It will take a few days to reach Huaxia City."

"For the people you have there, it is also a good place. There are better houses, there is land, and there are other supplies for survival. The first year, Huaxia City will provide grain, and taxes will be exempted for the next few years, until they are wealthy enough."

"Five years; in these five years, however much wealth they can acquire will all be theirs, so this is a very good opportunity."

"I spent several years building that small city, and the roads have all been cleared; it is a very good place. Only a small portion of Huaxia people will go there; for the majority, I intend to use people from the Suiren Clan. You can see to the arrangements for these people yourself."

"However, I will state clearly: this is a good opportunity. In the next five years—that is, until the year the Suiren Clan completely joins Huaxia—there will not be such an opportunity again. Huaxia has no other cities currently under construction. If they arrive in Huaxia, they will have to start from scratch. So, for this good opportunity, you must think carefully about which people to give it to."

The official moistened his finger with saliva and turned a page; the weather was getting drier and drier, and his fingers were having trouble separating the paper.

"Another thing is that there are many Nobles, Nobles like you, who have also come to the Suiren Clan to request people. You do not need to help them with this; just let them come themselves. Let us see how many people they are capable of recruiting by their own abilities."

"This is also one of my policies. These Nobles have enough grain and resources to support more people, but their land has no one to develop it, so this time is to recruit people."

"In the end, they will all be farming on their own land. However, you do not need to worry about this, because farming on their land and farming on Huaxia's land is no different, because Huaxia's land is mine."

"The policies they offer themselves are even better, and the grain they can provide is also a bit more. As long as the people of the Suiren Clan are willing to go, that is fine. You can also rest assured: they will not be Slaves, nor will they be tenant farmers; their status will still be that of a Huaxia person. Houses and land will both be provided. If they want better, they will have to work hard themselves."

"Alright, that is all I have to say. Come back to Huaxia more often to see Baoxi."

"Baifeng, written by hand."

The official sighed: "City Lord, I have finished reading. This was written by the King himself; this is the King's signature, and there is the King's seal."

Baoxi stroked his chin, thought for a good while, but still asked with some confusion: "What the King said about farming on the Nobles' land being the same as farming on Huaxia's land, and the new policies—what are these? Can you tell me about them?"

The official looked troubled: "This is truly not possible, City Lord. When we came, we had not even heard of this policy. I estimate the King just thought of it. But, but I think there certainly cannot be any mistake; the King has never done a single wrong thing to this day."

"Ah, that is true. I believe he would not deceive me." Baoxi looked at Liuye and the others again: "What about you? Do you know what this is all about?"

Liuye and the others shook their heads repeatedly: "We do not know, Tribal Chief. We have only just finished training in the Battalion not long ago, and we have not even had time to take a good look around Huaxia City. We just wandered around casually; there are many affairs we do not know about."

"However, regarding this matter of requesting people for the Nobles, we only know the general idea. It was Leader Chengqie who asked us to do it, but as for what policies or such, we have no idea at all."

"Then tell me about this matter of requesting people."

Liuye hurriedly cleared his throat and said: "Leader Chengqie told us that these Huaxia Nobles need to come here to our place to request people. In any case, it is using grain and such to take our people to live on their land. From then on, they will be there, and they will be Huaxia people."

"But this is something the Nobles are doing themselves; it is not an order issued by Huaxia City, so they need to come to the Suiren Clan to request people themselves. However, they are unfamiliar with the place and the people, and I estimate that when they arrive, they do not know which people to look for or what kind of people to look for, so they went to discuss it with Leader Chengqie."

"Since Leader Chengqie could not get away, he arranged for us few to come over. Moreover, they have a partnership with Leader Chengqie. In any case, in the end, they will provide the grain themselves to feed our tribesmen for us."

"Did Huaxia not also allocate land to you, Tribal Chief? Leader Chengqie's meaning is to also arrange for some people to go to your territory, Tribal Chief, and the grain will be provided by those Nobles."

"Of course, they also gave us a few benefits. The more tribesmen we help them recruit, the more grain we are given. It is... it is given to us few..."

The more Liuye spoke, the less confident he felt, because it felt as if they had betrayed their tribesmen.

But Baoxi was not angry, because he thought about the matters involved and felt that Chengqie had done the right thing. Although he did not know what the policies were, since it was allowing his own tribesmen to survive on his own land while eating the grain of those Nobles, was this not the most cost-effective thing? Thus, Baoxi immediately agreed.

Then he instructed Liuye and the others: "You go find your old friends and such yourselves, have a chat, and explain what Huaxia is really like. You yourselves know them clearly; there are those willing to go to Huaxia, and there are also many who are completely unwilling to go to Huaxia."

"I have no way to talk to them; if I could have persuaded them, I would have done so long ago. So now, it must be you who are close to them and know them well. You have already been to Huaxia and understand Huaxia; talking to them might make them change their minds."

"As for this matter of recruiting people, I will leave it to you. Those more important tribes cannot be touched, especially those few tribes and Leaders responsible for hunting. If they leave, our Suiren Clan will go hungry."

"If possible, you had better go to those surrounding tribes. One of their tribes should be enough for a Noble's needs, right?"

"Then, you tell Huangpin later to have him and Wine come over together; I have something to find them for."

Liuye and the others nodded busily, but Liuye also immediately reacted and asked: "Tribal Chief, are you going to have Wine and his tribesmen arranged to go to Huaxia?"

Baoxi did not hide it: "That is right, it is them. The number of people in their tribe is about right, and they are also the ones I have my eye on. This good opportunity, let us give it to them."

"You few have also taken a good opportunity; you will not have any dissatisfaction, will you?"

Liuye and the others shook their heads repeatedly: "No, no, Tribal Chief, we are all satisfied!"