Chapter 586: Baifeng's Plan

Everyone was shocked by Baifeng's bold and incredible words; Yi's mouth remained agape for a long time. Baifeng naturally would not tell them too much; it was not yet the right time for a complete belief system to emerge. Primitive worship was better, and when the era developed further in the future, that would be the time for religion to appear.

"Alright, let's not discuss this; let's continue talking about my ideas. First, I will use my knowledge to cooperate with the Xuanyuan Tribe to calculate the celestial timing together, which both sides can use. However, I will not go there personally. I need the Ministry of Education, together with Changle, to select some students suitable for this field to go and research with the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe. However, it will likely be necessary to go to the Xuanyuan Tribe, and I also plan to send Changle to the Xuanyuan Tribe."

Changle's hands clenched involuntarily. He was not afraid, but excited. To him, the strict protection of Huaxia was actually a restriction. Baifeng did not have such a big heart; even if he wanted to raise his children well, he would not truly be willing to let him go into danger, especially since he only had these few children. He did not want anything to happen to any of them. Furthermore, in this era, there were crises everywhere.

The Xuanyuan Tribe had things Changle wanted to know and explore. He believed that as long as it was negotiated, Xuanyuan would definitely protect Changle's safety. Baifeng was also not afraid of Xuanyuan using Changle to threaten him. When his plan was truly implemented, the relationship between the two sides would be extremely close, avoiding anything that could affect their mutual feelings.

However, everyone did not agree with this proposal. Yishang was the first to object: "King, I think this is too dangerous. Sending Changle Prince to the Xuanyuan Tribe, isn't that giving the Xuanyuan Tribe an opportunity to coerce us? Unless he is also willing to send his own child over!"

Others echoed him, and some even said they wanted to go to the Xuanyuan Tribe in place of Changle. Changle wanted to refute it himself, but Baifeng spoke first to mediate: "This matter is not up for discussion. Changle is my son, and Huaxia also belongs to him. He must pay the price for the development of Huaxia. Moreover, I believe only he is the most suitable to go to the Xuanyuan Tribe. I am not praising my own son, but you tell me, among you, or among your children, who is smarter than my two sons? The wisdom Changle possesses has already surpassed you all. Even in the Xuanyuan Tribe, he is a top-tier Sage. Therefore, there is no need to worry about Changle."

The others were once again rendered speechless, but in their hearts, they were still worried about Changle's safety.

"King, let me go with Changle Prince; I will protect him." Yishang, as a former royal guard and now an Attendant of the Secretariat, as well as one of the high-level officials of the Ministry of War, believed this was his mission.

Baifeng did not explicitly refuse: "How many people to send over, this still needs to be discussed slowly. After all, we cannot decide directly; we still have to discuss it with Xuanyuan. Moreover, the Xuanyuan Tribe will definitely want to come to Huaxia to learn as well; they will also send people over. At that time, we will discuss it slowly."

Geng, who had been silent, brought up the matter he valued most: "King, then do we have to teach them our planting techniques as well?"

Baifeng was naturally negative: "Grain seeds, planting techniques, and military technology are our greatest secrets; we certainly will not teach them. However, we can let them exchange for some less important ones. For example, grain seed selection and breeding—the emergence of such technology is inevitable, and the Xuanyuan Tribe will definitely discover it. One of the reasons I want to cooperate with the Xuanyuan Tribe is to obtain the wild grain seeds of the Xuanyuan Tribe."

As the leader of grain seed cultivation, you should know the importance of new seeds to grain seed cultivation. However, you know the time cost even better. We won't give them grain seeds, only Wax Seeds. In a situation where they start from scratch, even with the protection of the Heavenly gods, they will always lag behind us."

After Geng thought about the pros and cons, he reluctantly agreed, but still stated his conditions: "They must absolutely not enter the fields, and they cannot take the grain seeds out."

Baifeng nodded: "This is certain. The students they send over will definitely be strictly restricted. I think if our people go over, they won't be that free either."

Xiong was concerned about military issues: "Then our department has nothing for them to learn, right? Mainly, there is nothing there for us to learn; everything is far behind us."

Baifeng nodded in response: "That is certain. If this matter proceeds as I expect, the management of the Ministry of War will have to be even stricter in the future. Confidentiality work must be done well, the construction progress of the New Military Camp must be accelerated, move out completely as soon as possible, and secret Weapons are strictly forbidden to be taken out."

The people from the Ministry of Works wanted to speak, but didn't know how to say it. Baifeng had already arranged it for them: "The craftsmanship of an Artisan cannot be learned in a day or two, so don't worry. It's no problem if they want to learn, but we can add clauses, right? After learning, they must stay in Huaxia to work for us for a few years before they can return to the Xuanyuan Tribe. Doesn't this also solve our shortage of Artisans?"

Ben was overjoyed: "Hey, this is good! My craft cannot be learned in three or five years, and it also depends on talent. If the attitude is bad, I won't teach them and let them waste their time. If the attitude is good and they learn fast, I will teach them, and having them work for us for free for a few years—that would be just great."

However, he immediately thought of the drawbacks: "But what if someone learns it, pretends they haven't, and then after a few years says they haven't learned anything and wants to leave without learning anymore? We wouldn't know if they actually learned it or not."

Baifeng said straightforwardly: "Simple. Just chop off their hands, wouldn't that work? No, that's a bit too harsh. If someone dies, it's hard to explain. Just chop off their fingers. Once an Artisan loses their fingers, they are nothing."

The entire Ministry of Works laughed happily, because for their Ministry of Works, it was all benefits and no harm.

Then Baifeng said an idea that surprised everyone even more: "Another point, our Huaxia population is huge, but we lack prime-age labor. Those tens of thousands of children will take a long time to grow into labor. But the Xuanyuan Tribe, I think they don't lack labor. We can hire their people to work for our Huaxia. What do you think about this?"