Chapter 607: Xuanyuan's Son

Xuanyuan glanced at Qingyun and Jinyun, then said to Baifeng, "If it is truly as you say, that one can calculate the timing of Heaven based on the movements of the sun and moon, and that it is helpful for planting crops, then I feel that in this regard, we can also cooperate."

Baifeng feigned ignorance and said, "Oh, how would we cooperate? Surely your Xuanyuan Tribe doesn't have anyone who understands these things?"

Xuanyuan smiled and said, "We actually do. I am one, and Qingyun and Jinyun are the people in our tribe specifically tasked with observing the movements of the sun and moon. We have already mastered enough patterns; things like what you mentioned, we all understand, and they have all been observed. It is just that we never thought to summarize these patterns to determine the timing of Heaven."

"I think we can cooperate, exchange what we know, and then continue to observe together. Once we can calculate the timing of Heaven, we can use it together. Wouldn't that be better?"

After Xuanyuan finished speaking, the officials of the entire Huaxia began to exclaim in their hearts. The King actually knew even this! Qingyun and Jinyun were visiting Huaxia for the first time, and they were seeing them for the first time as well; they hadn't even known these two people existed before. If they weren't with Baifeng every day, they would have had to consider whether Baifeng had been a member of the Xuanyuan Tribe all along.

Everyone in Huaxia was pretending that nothing had happened. Because their acting skills were not quite up to par, they could only pretend they hadn't noticed this conversation, starting to perform by letting their minds wander, or picking at their writing brushes, or studying the wood of the table—what a truly table-like table this was.

Fortunately, the eyes of the people from the Xuanyuan Tribe were all on Baifeng. Baifeng's acting skills could be said to be crushing this entire era; having acted for decades in an era full of cunning people, he was even more adept at it now.

Thus, Baifeng said very naturally, "Cooperation is, of course, no problem. However, the only people in our Huaxia who specifically study this are my son Changle and some of the people under him. I might not be as good as my son now, so this matter is actually quite simple. My son can go to your Xuanyuan Tribe, and while searching for new crops, he can also take care of calculating the timing of Heaven."

Xuanyuan looked at Changle with some shock: "How old is your son, that he actually understands so much?"

Baifeng said proudly, "Although I have few children, each one is the most capable. When it comes to fighting, they are first-class Soldiers; when it comes to knowledge, they can already be counted as the top Sages on this land. Therefore, I have always believed that children are not the more the better. One hundred incompetent descendants are not as good as one smart son. I believe you are as clear as I am about how much help a smart and wise person is to a tribe."

Xuanyuan also said with great emotion, "What you said is absolutely correct. One smart person is far more useful than one hundred Soldiers. However, my son is not bad at all either."

Baifeng suddenly remembered that he still had no news regarding Xuanyuan's son. He knew that Xuanyuan had at least two sons, perhaps more, but that was not important. Those two sons were born to Leizu and were the ones who could inherit the Xuanyuan Tribe; one was named Shaohao, and the other was Changyi. However, Shaohao was not the one to inherit Xuanyuan's position; he should have gone to inherit the Dongyi Tribe and used the phoenix as his totem.

The one who inherited Xuanyuan's position was the son of his second son Changyi, which was Xuanyuan's grandson Gaoyang, namely Zhuanxu. But it also seemed said that Shaohao was a leader of the Xuanyuan Tribe, so Baifeng did not know which one it was. After all, Shaohao was one of the Five Emperors in mythology; no matter which one of them inherited Xuanyuan's position, they could not be underestimated. Perhaps his own two sons were far inferior to Xuanyuan's son.

As for why Gaoyang inherited Xuanyuan's position, Baifeng thought it might be because Xuanyuan lived too long, and Gaoyang indeed had sufficient talent. Choosing the most virtuous one among one's descendants was the best way for a tribe in this era to continue.

Although Baifeng knew some generalities, he did not ask. After all, in a situation where he hadn't even heard of them, calling out the name of someone else's child directly would be too absurd. Moreover, whether Shaohao was called Shaohao at this time was still up for debate.

However, Baifeng had his own plan, so he feigned curiosity and asked, "Oh, is that so? But I still don't know your son's name. Next time we meet, I can prepare a gift for him."

Xuanyuan did not hide it either, smiling and saying, "It is the son of Leizu and me, named Zhi. His age should be a bit older than Changle's."

Baifeng gave a long "oh," then thought to himself: As expected, he isn't called Shaohao. If he had asked if it was Shaohao, he would have been in a bind. But this Zhi should be Shaohao. After all, history is too distant, and many things are controversial, such as what Xuanyuan's surname actually was—was it Ji, or Gongsun?

However, this era did not place much importance on surnames; what was important was the clan. Xuanyuan was of the Youxiong Clan. As for whether he should be called Gongsun Xuanyuan or Ji Xuanyuan, Baifeng did not care. In any case, these two surnames were definitely inextricably linked to Xuanyuan.

Baifeng smiled and said, "Good. Zhi, you can bring him to visit our Huaxia in the future. After my Changle goes to your Xuanyuan Tribe, they might even become friends."

Xuanyuan also smiled and replied, "Perhaps. Smart people like to make friends with other smart people." Having said that, both of them began to laugh in unison.

Subsequently, Baifeng raised another point: "By the way, because after Changle goes over, in addition to the guard Soldiers he takes, there are also some people following him to learn and research. They all understand quite a lot about these aspects. However, you also know that this land is too vast, so relying on just those few people, there is no way to understand it all."

"Changle told me before that we in Huaxia have very few people with talent in this area, so if anyone in your Xuanyuan Tribe is willing to learn, they can also follow Changle to learn and research together—that is, to act as assistants to Changle while learning things."

"The cost is that later, when they have new discoveries, they must communicate and exchange them with Changle without compensation, and then continue to perfect Changle's book. Because Changle is also willing to teach them without compensation, no other cost is needed; they only need to have sufficient talent and perseverance."

Xuanyuan immediately understood the pros and cons, so he very readily agreed directly.