Chapter 1627: Dividing the Fruits of Victory

"I am letting you continue to be Shennong because I do not want the inheritance of the Shennong Clan to be severed, and that includes you performing the sacrifices. However, you have no authority to manage the tribesmen or command the Soldiers; these are my powers."

"I will only grant you status, make you a Noble, and allow you to continue enjoying a life of comfort. In the future, your children may also inherit your position as Shennong and continue to perform the sacrificial duties. This is out of my reverence for our Shennong ancestors, not for you as an individual."

"Furthermore, as long as you remain Shennong, it will be easier for me to manage the entire Shennong Clan. In the end, we share the same ancestors; whether it is me or you, it is the same who manages the Shennong Clan. I attacked you because your ability and conduct were insufficient. If things continued that way, I fear the Shennong Clan would have been wiped out by other tribes, so it is better that I manage it."

"Therefore, as long as you agree, I will take you back to the Xuanyuan Tribe and let you continue to be Shennong. Once I have arranged the land and population here in the entire Shennong Clan, I will bring you back to Changyang Mountain and let you continue to live here. You will just eat, drink, have many children, and perform sacrifices; you will not need to manage anything else. Do you understand?"

Shennong was not a stupid man; he understood very well what Xuanyuan meant by saying this—he simply wanted him to be a mascot so that he could control the Shennong Clan.

However, for him at the present moment, this was also the best choice, or rather, he had no choice at all. Before him, there were only two paths: either agree to his words and be a Shennong who only enjoys comfort, or refuse.

But refusing was useless. If he died, Xuanyuan could arrange for his son to become Shennong, or he could arrange for Ting'ao, or Xiqi, or even Zhurong to become Shennong. These all belonged to the orthodox descendants of the Shennong Clan; no matter who became it, there would be no problem.

Since that was the case, why not be it himself? Thus, Shennong did not hesitate at all and immediately agreed.

At this moment, Baifeng was tactically drinking water, because Baifeng had plagiarized Xuanyuan's approach in advance by arranging for Baoxi to become the Fire Emperor of Huaxia, though he also gave him some power; after all, Baoxi did have a certain amount of ability.

Now Xuanyuan had done the same thing as in history. Once the political structure of the Xuanyuan Tribe matured in the future, he would call himself Huangdi and arrange for Shennong to be Yandi. However, the title of Yandi would not last for many generations, and might even just last for this one generation; by the next generation, he would be an ordinary Noble. Two people with equally noble titles would certainly give rise to trouble.

As for the Fire Emperor, Baifeng would also find a way in the future, find an excuse, and demote him. It is not good for the status to be too high, but it was not suitable now. Baoxi's control over the Suiren Clan was still very strong. It would not be too late to reduce Baoxi's title after Baifeng had completely reformed the entire Suiren Clan; this way, trouble could be minimized.

After reaching an agreement with Shennong, the few of them discussed the situation of other tribes. There were still some tribes that did not know the news that the Shennong Clan had been defeated, and there were also some tribes that had already rebelled from the Shennong Clan that needed to be dealt with.

Xuanyuan naturally would not give up these precious populations, but defeating Shennong meant the overall end of this war. Baifeng would no longer participate in the subsequent issues because, from here on, it would mainly be Xuanyuan negotiating, and there would be no more war. This was the time for Xuanyuan to fight for his own interests, and Huaxia had no need to intervene.

And now, it was also time for Baifeng and Xuanyuan to divide the fruits of victory.

However, Shennong also asked Baifeng many questions about those Weapons. He had already developed a psychological shadow regarding these Weapons, and Baifeng naturally had to explain them to satisfy their curiosity.

At the same time, Xuanyuan also told Shennong about his agreement with Huaxia.

With Shennong as the Tribal Chief, one could still know a relatively accurate number for how large the entire Shennong Clan was and how many people it had. What Baifeng wanted was also just an approximate number, because if he were to count in detail, he feared it would take a year or two to figure out the specific number of people in the Shennong Clan, and before they could even divide them, more people would have been born.

Even Xuanyuan would certainly understate the number, so it was better to just start dividing according to the quantity Shennong stated now.

Because Xuanyuan needed the population here more, the Xuanyuan Tribe naturally occupied the vast majority of the Shennong Clan's population, while Huaxia obtained more furs, Bronze, and things of that sort.

At the same time, to compensate Baifeng, the population he received consisted mostly of women, which could be considered each getting what they needed. Huaxia needed more women to quickly increase Huaxia's population, while Xuanyuan needed more men to cultivate the land of the Shennong Clan.

However, after years of warfare, the number of men and women in the Shennong Clan had long been unbalanced. Even if tens of thousands of women were given to Huaxia, the remaining number of women would not cause the men of the Shennong Clan to remain bachelors.

Baifeng suddenly gained a population of 120,000. With such a large population, Baifeng naturally could not take them all at once. He and Xuanyuan agreed that within three years, they would give Huaxia these 120,000 people, and among them, 80,000 must be women in their prime reproductive years.

Although the delivery time was late, for both sides, there was no loss. Huaxia had more time to prepare how to settle so many people, and the Xuanyuan Tribe also had a few more years of labor.

However, what Xuanyuan thought was that most of the population would be drawn directly from the Xuanyuan Tribe, rather than sending women from the Shennong Clan, because sending women from the Shennong Clan to Huaxia was too costly, and he still had to migrate the Xuanyuan Tribe's population to the Shennong Clan. By comparison, giving people from the Xuanyuan Tribe directly was more appropriate.

Moreover, after his own tribesmen arrived in Huaxia, a portion of them would certainly be inclined toward the Xuanyuan Tribe, and at that time, they could also provide him with more information about Huaxia.

Baifeng would not care about where the people sent were from. Whether it was the Xuanyuan Tribe or the Shennong Clan, in the end, those people would certainly be sent by him to reclaim wasteland. Huaxia also had too much land that needed to be reclaimed; both cities were already overcrowded, and even his own people felt there was not enough space, let alone the outsiders who had suddenly entered.

Sending them to the wilderness to reclaim and build, it is estimated that in their entire lives, they would never have the opportunity to meet and communicate with people from the Xuanyuan Tribe again. By the time of their next generation, they would already be thoroughly Huaxia people, and there would be no need to worry about problems like internal spies. The better people learned, the more deeply they would naturally be influenced by Huaxia's culture; there was no need to worry about traitors or spies appearing in the upper echelons.