Chapter 579: Diplomatic Mission to Huaxia

Xiong was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "This is a great thing! When will it start?" However, a flash of envy also appeared on his face.

The Shaman did not respond, but Baifeng said, "I mean, you should come along this time too. How about I bestow a title of nobility and a surname upon you?"

Xiong was even more shocked and did not understand what Baifeng meant: "King, is that necessary? The Shaman has merit for negotiating with the Xuanyuan Tribe, but I have done nothing. Why bestow a surname upon me now?"

Baifeng waved his hand, signaling that they shouldn't have so many petty thoughts: "You people have all been following me and working hard. As long as you do not betray Huaxia and do not betray me, you will have everything. It is only a matter of time. Eventually, they will all have it, and it is time for you veterans to receive this honor as well."

The Shaman just listened quietly without speaking, but Xiong asked, "Then besides me and the Shaman, what about the others? Yishang, Geng, and Ben should have them too, right? When will they be rewarded?"

Baifeng stroked his chin: "After the Autumn Harvest, let's wait until the Winter Solstice. After the Winter Solstice, we will hold a grand ceremony, and I will make sure everyone's rewards are in place. Actually, I also plan to hold Yulong's wedding at that time."

Xiong glanced at the Shaman and then said to Baifeng, "King, how about I just wait and be rewarded with everyone else at the Winter Solstice? Right now, I feel it is a bit uncalled for. It feels strange if it is just me and the Shaman, and wouldn't it also take up everyone's time?"

Baifeng did not mind: "It doesn't matter to me, but I am mainly afraid that dragging it out too long will chill your hearts. Since the Shaman has returned from his mission to the Xuanyuan Tribe, this is a good opportunity, and I thought about doing it for you together. But if that is how you feel, and you won't feel slighted, then it can also be postponed until after the Autumn Harvest."

The Shaman also hurriedly chimed in: "King, let's just... forget about my share this time? How about I do it with everyone else?"

The Shaman was a bit worried because he felt his surname was somewhat special, and he feared Baifeng might want to explain it again in front of a crowd, but Baifeng had not thought that much into it: "If you have no objections and are not in a hurry, I am fine with whatever."

The Shaman breathed a sigh of relief: "That is good, King. Then let us all be rewarded together after the Autumn Harvest."

Baifeng asked Xiong again: "I have already prepared your title of nobility and your surname. Do you want to take a look? If you are not satisfied, we can still change them now."

Xiong's eyes lit up, and his hand started to rise, but he immediately put it down again: "Better not. I believe that whatever you prepare is the best. I want to keep some anticipation; otherwise, when the time comes, my mood won't be as joyful as everyone else's."

After saying this, Xiong chuckled softly. Baifeng heard this and realized it was true; the sense of anticipation was important. Only the poor Shaman had lost his sense of anticipation.

Since everyone agreed that it should be discussed after the Winter Solstice, there was no need to talk about it further now, so this private meeting ended hastily.

Baifeng was currently more concerned about the production of tea. Although the Workers who made the tea could be considered master craftsmen, if Baifeng had the time, he still wanted to go over and take a look himself. Furthermore, they had not seen tea leaves for a very long time, and Baifeng was impatient to drink a cup of new tea.

Now they had also discovered that the tea leaves from the Suiren Clan and the Xuanyuan Tribe were slightly different. Even tea leaves from the same tribe had slight variations, but they were already too mixed up, and they had no way to separate them, so they could only process them directly. Moreover, if they did not hurry, the tender leaves would become unusable.

This was one of the reasons why Baifeng wanted to trade with the Xuanyuan Tribe. Huaxia needed better, higher-quality tea leaves, which required their own Artisans to process, but the source was in the Xuanyuan Tribe, and he could not grow Tea Trees at home. Therefore, Baifeng had to consider this trade.

Moreover, because the span between the various types of work in Huaxia was very large, some techniques could not be explained just by word of mouth, including iron smelting and cement making. As long as they were not Workers in that specific post, others had no idea how it was done. Therefore, Baifeng was not afraid that these few people would leak his home's most important secrets.

They knew how to farm, but so did the Xuanyuan Tribe. According to what the Shaman saw and heard, the cultivated land area of the Xuanyuan Tribe definitely exceeded that of Huaxia, because there were many, many fields he had not seen, only a very small portion. Furthermore, judging by the timing, the grain harvest of the Xuanyuan Tribe was almost a month ahead of Huaxia. When the Shaman went, the wheat of the Xuanyuan Tribe had already headed, but looking at the ears, they were not high-quality grain seeds and were even quite primitive.

As long as Baifeng did not give them away, it would be a long time before Huaxia could grow high-quality grain seeds. As for the matter of fertilizer, Baifeng knew it could not be hidden, he just did not specifically talk about it. Slash-and-burn cultivation was the most primitive method of humanity; setting fire to burn the land was done with the purpose of making the soil more fertile. As long as Xuanyuan put in more effort to observe, he would always be able to discover it.

Moreover, with the wisdom of Guangchengzi to help him, Xuanyuan no longer needed his guidance for many things. Xuanyuan just did not see as far as he did and did not know as much as he did, but the current Xuanyuan was already no worse than him, and had even surpassed him.

After settling the affairs at home, Xuanyuan took a group of people and formed a mission to set off for Huaxia. This time, their formation was quite large. The tribe could not do without Dahong, so Dahong stayed behind. Xuanyuan brought Leizu, Cangjie, Qibo, as well as Qingyun and Jinyun to visit Huaxia together. This time, Xuanyuan was not aiming for Huaxia's military strength, but rather, after meeting Guangchengzi, he felt that Baifeng might have learned knowledge from another powerful Sage, so he wanted to go and learn through exchange, to make everyone more powerful.

The Boat Xuanyuan sat in was the largest one currently in the Xuanyuan Tribe, but it only barely allowed Xuanyuan and Leizu to sit down and have enough space to walk around. The one rowing the Boat was Changxian, who had also volunteered to step forward to row.

Even Zhishou came along, because he also wanted to see for himself what this person, who had not received the teachings of a divine being but still understood so much, was actually like.

Because the Boats of the Xuanyuan Tribe were small, their number was large, and several people had to take turns rowing. At night, they would dock to rest.

The reason they would dock was, first, they had not built a boat anchor and did not even know what a boat anchor was. Second, the boats were too small; even if they really had an anchor, in such a small space on the boat, it would instead be an extra burden. Simply docking and tying it to a tree, or driving in a wooden stake, was so simple.