Chapter 600: Initial Alliance

Zhishou agreed with a chuckle, though he also stated his own requirements: "I am also very fond of your Huaxia City, because I have seen so many different things here, and I also feel that your understanding of the 'Dao' is at a very deep level. Being here, I feel it is of great benefit to me as well. However, I am ultimately going to the Xuanyuan Tribe, so I will stay in your Huaxia for a period of time. During this period, I will teach all the musical instruments I know to your people without reservation, but there cannot be too many people, otherwise I will not be able to teach them all."

"After that, I will return to the Xuanyuan Tribe. As for whether you are willing to go over, or whether Xuanyuan agrees to let you go, that is not my problem."

Baifeng immediately looked at Xuanyuan to see what his attitude would be. Xuanyuan was also rather helpless about this, but after all, the relationship between their two tribes was developing for the better, and he could not refuse because of this small matter. Therefore, he had to say: "If you are willing to come, of course you can, but there cannot be too many people. Moreover, the conditions of our Xuanyuan Tribe are not as good as Huaxia; there are no such good houses for them to live in, nor delicious food for them to eat."

Baifeng beamed with joy: "Haha, that is fine, Xuanyuan. I will solve the problems of food and housing. There is no need for your Xuanyuan Tribe to pay anything. After all, this is for our Huaxia, right? But you can rest assured, as long as Zhishou is here with us for a day, we will take care of his food and lodging for a day and treat him well."

Xuanyuan did not answer again, but picked up his Wine cup and began to drink.

Baifeng felt this was not enough, so he took this opportunity to say: "Xuanyuan, actually we can cooperate even further in this regard."

Xuanyuan put down his Wine cup: "Oh? Tell me about it?"

Baifeng said: "It is not just Zhishou; we can also learn from other people in your tribe. They can all go to your Xuanyuan Tribe. I will tell you everything I know, and then together, we can make more musical instruments and write more musical compositions. You do not need to worry about the food and housing for my people. What do you think of this?"

"This, that is not a problem, but I can understand the food, but this housing, how do you intend to solve it?"

Baifeng clearly stated his idea: "You leave a piece of open space for our people in your Xuanyuan Tribe, and we will send people to build houses there for them to live and reside in. Similarly, I can also provide a piece of land in Huaxia City for your Xuanyuan Tribe, allowing your people to build houses to live and reside in. In the future, when our two tribes have such exchanges again, we will not need to specifically prepare a place to stay; we can just go directly there. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Xuanyuan crossed his legs, sat upright, and leaned closer to Baifeng: "You mean, we exchange a piece of territory with each other, but it is located inside the other's city?"

Baifeng shook his head: "It cannot be said that way. That piece of land only has usage rights, not ownership. That piece of land is still yours; we are only using it temporarily. Similarly, there can be a time limit, but within this time limit, our people have absolute authority over that piece of land, and your people cannot enter or leave at will. On our side, your people have the same authority."

"If the time in the contract has not expired and you have a more important use for that land, you must prepare new land in advance to accommodate our people. After everything is built, our people will move over to live there. Then you can use the land as you wish again."

"Besides the people going to learn, I think we can arrange a special official there to facilitate mutual contact. This place shall be called an Embassy. How about that?"

Xuanyuan thought for a moment and felt it was feasible, but he also raised a doubt: "Did you think of building this so-called Embassy for the sake of the few people learning musical instruments, or did you arrange for people to learn musical instruments for the sake of building an Embassy?"

Baifeng laughed: "Is that important? As long as it is beneficial to both of us, that is enough. Look, we have to learn from each other in medicine, so naturally we have to arrange people for each other. It is the same for musical instruments. Moreover, I believe that the cooperation between our two sides should not stop here; it should be more. So, there is no problem with the construction of an Embassy, right?"

Xuanyuan showed an expression of 'as I expected' and also laughed: "Good, that is fine. We will discuss the specific details later. We have already confirmed the matter of the contract, and it can be written down. This is my trust in your morality."

Baifeng was also very happy to hear this: "I also trust your morality, otherwise I could not have proposed this contract. Well then, let us not discuss these matters tonight. Let us enjoy this night and continue to celebrate!"

Subsequently, Baifeng raised his cup to Xuanyuan. After Xuanyuan took a look, he also raised his cup. Baifeng brought his cup over and clinked it against Xuanyuan's cup: "This is called a toast; it is for celebrating and expressing friendship. After clinking, this cup of Wine must be finished."

"Good!" Xuanyuan readily picked up his Wine cup and drank it in one gulp. Baifeng also smiled and drank his cup dry. Now, Huaxia could be considered to have the most reliable ally in this era.

According to Baifeng's prediction, in at least the next ten years, their two tribes would not clash; instead, they should cooperate with each other. Xuanyuan needed to annex the Shennong Clan and defeat the group formed by Chiyou and the Sanmiao and Dongyi, thereby occupying the land from the northeast to the south, all the way to the Central Plains.

As for himself, he needed to lead Huaxia to advance west and north. The northwest at this time was not a desolate land; on the contrary, it was not that humid or filled with miasma, and there were fewer poisonous insects, snakes, and ants.

The climate was relatively humid, the forests were equally dense, and the deserts were still far beyond the horizon; even those places might be oases now. There were also many plains, which were very suitable for both planting and animal husbandry.

Most importantly, it was rich in mineral resources. If one wanted to be more powerful, having land and grain alone was not enough; mineral resources were also very important. Baifeng needed the abundant resources there, and the competition was smaller, the land area was larger, and his nascent Cavalry could also develop and grow.

In the end, regardless of whether he would continue to fight with Xuanyuan, he would at least possess a sufficiently large trump card. Furthermore, on this great land, to the east was the sea, while to the west was another equally vast land.