Chapter 1552: Difficulties

On the second day, the Huaxia and Xuanyuan Tribe Alliance successfully arrived at the riverside as before. Xuanyuan called that body of water "water," while Baifeng found it difficult to change his own habit, which was to call it a "river." Fortunately, the two would not start any arguments over this.

Calling it "water" was the habit of the ancients; Baifeng was not an ancient, and those terms of his had long since entered his bones, so it was indeed difficult to change.

After arriving at the riverside, the first thing to do was to choose a good location to set up camp. Generally speaking, the location for a camp should not be too close to the riverbank, and even dry riverbeds should be avoided, because while it looks like the river water is very far away from you now, as soon as the water rises, it can immediately submerge you.

Especially in summer, the season with abundant rainfall, it is even easier for floods to occur; after all, with heavy rain, once the water from the upstream gathers, the middle and lower reaches will rise.

The Xuanyuan and Huaxia Alliance could not camp in such a place for too long either; they could only stay briefly to replenish food, not daring to linger for long.

After the camp was set up, Huaxia began to show off his fishing skills. Huaxia would always carry some things like fishhooks with him, and even if he didn't have any, he could use things from Nature to make them on the spot.

As for things like floats, there were none at all, because the resources in Nature right now were truly too good; as long as you cast a hook with live bait, you could immediately catch fish.

Huaxia also began to fell trees and then tie them together to make rafts, preparing to go to the center to cast nets and catch fish. Relying on just a little bit of angling, the efficiency was truly too low; even if there were many people fishing, how many could one person catch?

With so many people in the Huaxia Xuanyuan Alliance, how could it possibly be enough to eat? However, the fish caught were basically all for the main Soldiers to eat. Except for the Soldiers, others could not eat them; it was all so that the Soldiers could replenish high-quality protein.

The fish caught on the first day were eaten directly, and then those caught afterward were pickled with salt to be eaten later. In any case, one had to seize the opportunity to replenish as much as possible.

The cooking Squad of Huaxia had quite good culinary skills. That evening, they made a few fish for Baifeng and the others to eat, and the taste was very good. They were fierce wild fish; Baifeng did not recognize exactly what kind of fish they were, but in any case, they looked like neither carp nor crucian carp, and the taste was indeed very good.

Xuanyuan was also very envious of Baifeng being able to eat such good food every day. During the time he went on the expedition with Baifeng, he also took the opportunity to mooch many delicious things from Baifeng. Eating with Baifeng every day had also made his own mouth picky.

The Xuanyuan Tribe only had a few people who knew how to cook, and they were Slaves bought from Huaxia. Even though some more had been trained, they were still far worse compared to those of Huaxia, and when Xuanyuan went on an expedition, he truly had no way to bring all the cooks with him.

Being able to ensure that all the Soldiers had food to eat was a major task, very difficult to accomplish, not to mention that Xuanyuan's personality was the type that wanted to charge into battle himself, and he was able and willing to endure hardships together with the Soldiers to maintain his image and the hearts of the people.

Baifeng was completely different. His requirement was that the Soldiers must eat well and eat their fill. In normal times, the treatment of officers was better than that of ordinary Soldiers, but in difficult times, officers had to lead by example, face difficulties, and be the first to step up; they would go hungry while the Soldiers ate their fill—special circumstances required special treatment.

While maintaining the morale of the army, it could also stimulate the motivation of the Soldiers. He himself did not need to use such methods of sharing joys and sorrows to maintain the hearts of the people or his own prestige; Baifeng was the one who needed this the least.

Baifeng had built a savage tribe from scratch into the powerful country it was today. His ability and his achievements were visible to all, and his wisdom was understood by everyone. Coupled with Baifeng's various perfected promotion systems, everyone felt that their future was bright and full of hope. No matter who wanted to oppose Baifeng's rule, it was impossible. If Baifeng were to leave his position of power, it was unknown whether those policies of Huaxia could still be carried out.

The Xuanyuan Tribe had already sent the second batch of grain along that road without stopping. Now, as soon as the time came, a team delivering grain would have to set off without a moment's delay.

This year, the number of people dispatched by the Xuanyuan Tribe to maintain logistics was much higher than last year. This had a very large impact on the construction and land reclamation of the Xuanyuan Tribe; after all, having lost so much labor force all at once, a large part of the reclamation work had to be shelved.

In fact, the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe were still somewhat reluctant to gradually abandon Qingqiu City. After all, it was something they had built for so many years, and they certainly had a certain amount of affection for it. Seeing that it was about to surpass Huaxia City, they were suddenly asked to relocate to a place that did not belong to them at all to reclaim that wasteland; to say they had no emotions about it would certainly be a lie.

But they also truly did not expect that there could be such a large, spacious, and flat place in the world, even flatter and larger than the place of the Lieshan Clan. The Lieshan Clan had already become a major grain-producing area for the Xuanyuan Tribe and had already developed into the prototype of a small city.

However, the people who moved there this year also did not expect that the newly moved place could be so good. No wonder the Tribal Chief wanted to abandon Qingqiu City and let them go there to reclaim wasteland.

The Weicheng of Huaxia already had a clear appearance. Although no one had moved in to live yet, the surrounding land had already begun to be reclaimed. Those with vision immediately set their sights on the development prospects around Weicheng.

Although Weicheng was just starting out, its construction standard was a city, not a town, so its future would certainly be better, and naturally, it could attract more people to go there to reclaim land and engage in construction.

As for the urban planning inside, the residential areas had also been basically planned, and the land had already been marked out on the blueprints, waiting only for the construction of the outer perimeter of Weicheng to be finished, and then the construction inside could begin.

Chiyou also sent out this year's envoys. After reorganizing the collected water Grass and the Grass roots dug up during the autumn and Winter of last year, they were divided into two teams to head to Huaxia. One team went via the Suiren Clan, and the other via the Xuanyuan Tribe. To tell the truth, Chiyou really wanted to go to Huaxia in person to see Baifeng and have a good chat with him. Such a clever and unique person—he still really wanted to see him, not to mention that his own son, Bingzhu, had such a high evaluation of Baifeng; how could one not be curious about this person, Baifeng?