Chapter 1507

"Baoxi, if you think this way, aren't you looking down on yourself too much? Since you have already passed the assessment, it shows that your abilities are still there, and you also have the experience of leading so many tribespeople. This experience is very scarce and rare in Huaxia, so you are also a rare talent."

"As for what you said about not being able to keep up with Huaxia's development, this can be done slowly; there is no need to rush. Every Winter, you can come over to study, continue to supplement your knowledge, and improve your abilities. The most important thing is still a person's brain."

"Having a clever brain is the most important thing; that knowledge is just an aid. Otherwise, wouldn't the teachers in my Official School all be able to serve as City Lord?"

"No matter what you say, for now, at least for these two years, you still cannot leave the Suiren clan; you must go and guard Suiren City. Your appeal and influence are very important. Once Suiren City is built up, and the surrounding tribes are also built and governed smoothly, then it won't be too late for you to come back to Huaxia to enjoy life, right? You just have to work hard for a few more years."

Baifeng was quite satisfied with his clear understanding of Baoxi; at least he was no longer so obsessed with power. Whether it was sincere or simply because there was no other way and he could not outplay him, one could already see Baoxi's concession. This concession meant giving up the struggle for power and being willing to completely hand the Suiren clan over to Baifeng, no longer interfering too much himself.

And as Baoxi understood Baifeng's meaning, it was that he was prepared to squeeze out his usefulness a bit more, to exert his influence in the Suiren clan to the extreme. Once he was used to completely control the Suiren clan, he would then use the excuse of enjoying life to strip away his power and let him return to Huaxia.

Baoxi was quite helpless. When he wanted to control the Suiren clan, Baifeng did not trust him and used various methods to weaken his power. Now that he wanted to let go, Baifeng still would not have it, feeling that he had not finished the work yet.

So what to do now? He could only work for Huaxia. But since he had already put away the idea of competing for power, he naturally did not have such great motivation, and he would not be so serious when working. He would slack off whenever he could; anyway, he would enjoy life once his time was up.

Thus, Baoxi agreed with his mouth: "King, since you still need me to control the Suiren clan and help manage it, then I will work a bit more. When the time comes that you no longer need me, I will retire, is that okay?"

"I currently feel that planting flowers and raising fish is still very interesting and a lot of fun. In the Suiren clan, one cannot live such a good life."

Seeing that Baoxi was on board, Baifeng smiled very satisfiedly and indicated that he wanted to give Baoxi a few mutated bitterling fish. Their colors were very vibrant, and they could be called treasures in Huaxia; they would certainly satisfy Baoxi.

In the days that followed, everything in Huaxia began to get on the right track. Those who should return returned, and those who should travel far traveled far. Baoxi also took the new officials who had successfully passed the written exam back to the Suiren clan.

Except for Baoxi, everyone was prepared to show their grand ambitions and apply everything they had learned to the construction of the Suiren clan. Among them, the first-place finisher Huangpin was the most serious; he wanted to build a wealthy, powerful, and beautiful Suiren clan, which had almost become an obsession.

Baoxi really did not expect the teaching ability of the Huaxia school to be so powerful that it could completely transform a person in such a short time. He reached out and touched himself; he seemed to still be the same self as before.

Although he liked and admired Huaxia very much, it was not to the point where he could risk his life for Huaxia or dedicate his life to building a new Suiren clan. He had already dedicated enough of his first half of life, having almost died several times. Now he saw things very clearly; when it was time to enjoy, he should enjoy. There were others to build the Suiren clan; he did not need to exert such great effort.

Huangpin's current position was City Lord Secretary, which was to be responsible for assisting the City Lord in doing all work. According to Baoxi's current situation of wanting to slack off, the power Huangpin obtained would naturally be greater, and he might even become the real City Lord in terms of work.

But Baoxi also felt sad for this young man he had cultivated with his own hands. Now, don't look at how he had reached the peak of his life again, with great power in his hands, and holding it very stably, but in terms of his background and ability, it was impossible for him to become the final City Lord.

When he finally retired, and then recommended Huangpin to be this City Lord, he would not be able to be it, because his status was there. In the end, the City Lord of Suiren City would definitely be someone sent from outside, a person from Huaxia, to take over his work.

As for how Huangpin would end up, Baoxi could not accurately predict, but he estimated that he would be transferred to other places, promoted in name but demoted in reality, or sent to Huaxia City to be an Intermediate official. Another possibility was that he would still be his City Lord Secretary in Suiren City, and only after ten-plus years of grinding out his seniority would he possibly become City Lord.

Baifeng also handed all the heavy burdens to the two brothers, Yulong and Changle. He had to make another trip to the Xuanyuan Tribe, preparing to have a good talk with Xuanyuan, and then see what the situation was exactly, and see if he needed to send more Soldiers over to participate in the war together. He himself would also participate in the war, and he had to see Xuanyuan's determination.

Changle and Yulong were under great pressure. Although the two of them understood that there would be such a day sooner or later, when the "day" document was actually sent up, the pressure was still extremely great. No matter how they handled it, they felt that they could never finish handling it. This gave the two brothers great pressure; if their father was really gone, what should they do?

Ever since Xuanyuan returned to the tribe, he had put all his thoughts on the Bomb. Having hidden it the whole way, the Bomb powder had become extremely dry, not afraid of being ignited at all, and he could also see its true appearance.

Throughout this entire Winter, Xuanyuan led those "clever" tribespeople to think of all kinds of ways to research what exactly the powder inside this Bomb was. However, after researching for a whole Winter, all the Bomb powder had been tossed about, and they still had not found the truth.

The only thing they could be sure of was the Charcoal Powder. They had even made the quality of the Charcoal Powder to an unimaginable degree, extremely fine and extremely pure. It only needed to be touched by a stone, and the sparks flying up and landing on it could possibly ignite the Charcoal.

But it was useless; no matter how good the Charcoal Powder was, it was still just Charcoal Powder and had nothing to do with the Bomb powder. But in the end, it was not considered a waste of time, because they had also produced Charcoal Powder that was extremely easy to catch fire.

Every time they wanted to light a fire, they only needed to pour the Charcoal Powder onto the tinder or the wooden groove prepared for drilling wood, and they could very easily obtain sparks, which was much simpler than the traditional way of making fire and could save a lot of time.

And after everyone learned the production method, the Charcoal Powder was almost endless, and they were never afraid of lacking it. Likewise, they did not care if Huaxia learned it, because they had long known that Huaxia possessed a very special thing for lighting fires called Fire Tinder, which only needed a puff of air, and the fire could be lit.

And one Fire Tinder could be used continuously for a long time before needing to be replaced. They were unable to trade for this thing with Huaxia; this thing was controlled in Huaxia to almost the same degree as the Bomb.

Wanting to pick up the ones others had used and discarded was also useless, because the inside was already empty, and nothing could be seen; taking it was useless.

Stealing the ones they were currently using was also not possible, because they were already lit. It was not that they had not stolen them before; after opening them, before they could see clearly what was inside, they had already finished burning, very quickly.

It was not that they were discovered for stealing Fire Tinder, because Huaxia did not attach importance to the Fire Tinder during its use period, probably knowing that it could not be imitated at all; it would finish burning once dismantled. And this kind of small thing was very easy to lose; if they were to deal with their Soldiers for its sake, it would seem a bit too harsh.