Chapter 328: Savages Enter the City

Although the Luoneng Tribe had secretly watched the New City built by Huaxia from afar, when they truly entered this city, they were still so shocked they did not know what to say; the city walls were tall and majestic, and one look at the city gates told them they were not something humans could breach—they did not even know what these things were called.

Once inside the city, it was even more so; they did not dare blink for the entire journey, and their mouths never closed. Now, no matter what Huaxia wanted them to do, they would not have any objections; being a Slave in a place like this was a blessing.

Those tall houses that looked like they would never leak were everywhere; not a single Tent or burrow could be seen in the entire city. Everyone wore clothes that did not expose too much of their bodies, and they were all robust, spoke with booming voices, had rosy complexions, and seemed to have inexhaustible strength when working.

Looking down at themselves, in this season where cold winds still blew, some of them did not even have fur to cover their lower bodies, just hanging a Grass skirt. Only now did they truly understand why Huaxia called them savages. Looking at Huaxia, they also understood that this was what a real "person" was; they just did not know if they could live like this themselves.

They even forgot their hunger, as if just looking at this place was enough to make them full.

The people of Huaxia did not have much curiosity about these newcomers, but they had hardly accepted any new tribes in the past few years, and one of this scale was still rare. They did not think these savages would come to snatch their survival resources, but rather felt that the country had become a little stronger. Whether these savages ended up as Slaves or lived here as Citizens, it made no difference.

The people of the New City only took one look before hurrying away. Their homes had just been moved here, and there were countless things to do. It was currently the time for planting certain crops, which could not be missed. If there was no harvest this year, they would have to rely on the Old City for relief, which would be too shameful. Their goal was to harvest enough grain for everyone in the New City, capital to continue expanding in the coming year, and to transport some back to the Old City to lay the foundation for the country to build another city.

Although the New City had reserved conditions for more people to survive during its initial construction, it was still difficult to accommodate such a sudden influx of people; building temporarily would disrupt their development plans.

Therefore, Baifeng intended to use this place as a transit station and then send most of the Luoneng Tribe to the Old City, which had the capacity to operate even if another five thousand people arrived.

Baifeng arranged for people from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue to settle the Luoneng Tribe on an empty construction site where work had not yet begun, setting up many Tents for them to stay in temporarily, while also bringing in plenty of grain so they could have a full meal first.

Receiving such treatment, everyone in the Luoneng Tribe completely believed what Baifeng had told Xiu. Most of them had almost never truly felt the sensation of being full since they were born, yet in this place that originally had nothing to do with them, they actually felt it.

Baifeng handed these people over to the New City's Ministry of Revenue to manage first, having them take statistics on everyone: approximate age and name—if they had no name, just pick one—while also recording their abilities and what skills they had. If the Ministry of Works needed them, they were to be specially marked; those without any particular skills would eventually be arranged as ordinary Workers and farmers.

All children were to be counted clearly, their names were not to be chosen casually, and they were to be sent to the school in the Old City for education.

Because of resource issues, the New City currently only had one Hospital and no school built yet. However, Baifeng's plan was that in the future, all cities, even if they had enough teachers, would only be able to build primary schools for them. To truly learn techniques and such, they would all have to come to the school in the Old City. Baifeng even planned to build a university in the future to specifically cultivate Advanced talent, although there was not much Advanced knowledge to teach them yet; this was Baifeng's vision for the future.

Just as the people from the Ministry of Revenue were taking statistics, the people from the Ministry of Health arrived, wrapped up tightly, and hurriedly pulled the Ministry of Revenue staff away, telling them to pause their work. They wanted the Luoneng Tribe people to be thoroughly cleaned first; otherwise, all sorts of countless parasites would occupy their city.

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue's expression changed. He had actually seen the various bugs crawling and jumping on the Luoneng Tribe people. Previously in the Old City, newcomers always had to go through disinfection and quarantine before they could walk in the city, but because this was a new city and it was his first time handling such a large-scale task, his coordination with various departments was poor, and he had forgotten this step. He immediately cleared the area and retreated with his men.

The people from the Ministry of Health said not to forget to requisition clothes for these people; they could not let them wander around wearing tattered skirts.

The Minister of Revenue agreed; this was his primary duty. However, the New City did not have that many clothes, so he went back to his office and wrote a document applying for a batch of clothes from the Old City. He had already estimated the general composition of the group, and since there was no difference between men's and women's clothing, the size of the clothes was not a problem.

After the document was written, he stamped it with the official seal of the New City's Ministry of Revenue and his own personal seal, then had his subordinates send it to the Ministry of War, so that the Ministry of War could send it to the Old City via carrier pigeon to prepare in advance.

He continued to arrange for people to prepare ox carts to transport the clothes back from the Old City; by the time their people reached the Old City, the items would likely already be prepared.

He did not need to worry about any obstacles during the process; these were key national matters, and when there were no difficulties, they were directly approved.

The people from the Ministry of Health were having a harder time now; making over two thousand people bathe together was a major project, and they could not let them go to the public bathhouses in the city, so they could only mobilize them to boil water themselves and assign an order. All they could do was provide washbasins and anti-parasite medicine.

As for those people's clothes, unless they had special or significant meaning to them, they were collected and burned; they could not be kept. Originally, some people felt reluctant to part with the fur clothes they had worn for a long time without damage, but upon hearing they would be given new clothes, they handed them over readily.

However, making them bathe was also a difficult task. Having no habit of bathing, they were all very resistant when faced with the steaming water, feeling as if they were going to be boiled. In the end, it was only by mobilizing Xiu first, and then having Xiu give orders to the other tribespeople, that the work was carried out relatively smoothly.