Chapter 612: Miaoyin's Future

When Xuanyuan left, he took with him half a jin of flower tea gifted to him by Huaxia, as well as two jars of Wine, and some other local specialties, including but not limited to Porcelain tableware. Although Huaxia had always touted these items as magnificent and of extremely high value, the market in Huaxia was now nearing saturation; no matter how much more was produced, it was of little use, as they were not, after all, disposable goods.

However, a lack of market meant an imbalance between supply and demand. If the things produced had no takers, the more Huaxia produced, the greater the losses. If this continued, Huaxia could not keep subsidizing the factories to keep them running. If the factories shut down and the Artisans lost their jobs, the porcelain industry, which had just shown signs of improvement and was constantly being refined, would be forced to a halt.

Therefore, since the Xuanyuan Tribe would sooner or later realize that Huaxia's Porcelain was not worth that much, it was better to start lowering prices now to open up the Xuanyuan Tribe's market, and the first step was to let their upper echelons use it first.

The team Huaxia wanted to send for study and exchange did not depart together, as the candidates had not yet been fully selected; everything had to be ready first. Moreover, the Xuanyuan Tribe had to first designate a plot of land for an Embassy for Huaxia, so that Huaxia could send people over to build the basic infrastructure.

As for the Xuanyuan Tribe's Embassy in Huaxia, the site had already been chosen yesterday. It was not in the city center, because there was no space left there. After Xuanyuan took a look, he could only choose a place slightly closer to the city center. Because many people would be coming to study and live in the future, the occupied area was not small. To ensure they could live spaciously, Huaxia designed it as a two-story building.

The costs required for the construction of the Embassy were all to be borne by the Xuanyuan Tribe; it was best to just give Xuanyuan a reasonable quote. After signing the contract and becoming allies, Xuanyuan already trusted Baifeng deeply, so he would not make excessive demands on this matter. He believed Baifeng would not affect the relationship between the two sides for such a small profit.

Zhishou stayed behind; he had come to fulfill his promise to teach musical instruments in Huaxia for a period of time. The rest of the Xuanyuan Tribe all left because the Xuanyuan Tribe could not do without them. As for Zhishou, Baifeng had already said that whenever he wanted to return, he would send a Boat to take him, and incidentally trade for Tea Leaves once more.

Zhishou not only knew how to use musical instruments but also how to make them. He had the potters make many clay xun, and after they were fired, he tested them one by one, finally keeping only a few xun with accurate pitch. Baifeng also had the Artisans use rulers to meticulously record the position and distance of every hole, then conducted production experiments to see if they could make xun with the same pitch.

Zhishou did not make a Bone Flute because Huaxia did not have bird leg bones that long. The main reason was that Huaxia did not have the habit of hunting eagles or cranes. These types of raptors existed in Huaxia's territory, and many were birds that even Baifeng could not name.

Eagles were mostly scavengers, and Baifeng felt they were unclean, so naturally, he was unwilling to hunt them. Cranes did not damage Huaxia's farmland, and because they were elegant and beautiful, under Baifeng's influence, everyone felt they had auspicious meanings, and even less would they have the thought of hunting them.

In the end, Zhishou could only take Baifeng's advice and use bamboo to make Flutes. However, what Zhishou did not expect was that the Flutes made from carefully selected bamboo were no worse than Bone Flutes. Moreover, because there was plenty of material, there was a large margin for trial and error, and there was no fear of wasting materials. In this way, the value of the musical instruments would no longer be so high.

After enough of these two musical instruments were produced, the number of people selected in Huaxia to learn musical instruments was also sufficient—a full fifty people. However, Baifeng's original intention was not to let all fifty learn, but to see which of those who volunteered were truly talented; those without talent should get out early, and those with talent should stay.

But what Baifeng did not expect was that Miaoyin also went to learn on her own. She felt it was fun and interesting, just like the songs Baifeng often sang to her, so she wanted to learn too.

Baifeng naturally did not stop her. Miaoyin was not old, but she was equally intelligent. Even if she did not attend school most of the time every day, she could still firmly stay in the top ten of her grade during exams. Firstly, it was inseparable from Baifeng's excellent genes, and secondly, Baifeng had already explained many things to Miaoyin bit by bit when she was small.

Therefore, now that Miaoyin wanted to do something, Baifeng would not stop her at all, as long as she did not do bad things. For a woman in this era, it was truly too difficult to get ahead, do great things, and leave her name in history.

Who were the people who left their names? Leizu, Jingwei, and the daughter of Shennong—she still did not do anything very impressive, just that she was too unlucky and eventually turned into a relatively beautiful legend. Then there was Sunu, who was also for the sake of cultivating to become an immortal. Apart from these, there were no other women.

As for Sui and Chinv, Baifeng never thought about letting them achieve any great things. As long as his own deeds could be smoothly passed down, then the two of them would also be able to be mentioned more or less; perhaps they might even be canonized as some kind of god.

Changle had to focus on his Science; he would sooner or later become a figure like Shennong or Qibo, as long as his career could be carried out smoothly. Yulong would also be a good leader. As for Miaoyin, Baifeng was unwilling to let her just find a man to marry when she grew up and then give birth to some children. His daughter, Baifeng's daughter, especially in this era, could not be so ordinary.

But she was still too young now and did not know what she should do. Fortunately, there was still enough time to try and to explore.

Besides Miaoyin, there also came a person Baifeng had already forgotten: Chenshui. Chenshui was specifically sought out by Zhishou after he encountered him on the road.

Originally, the people from the Ministry of War captured Chenshui because they took a fancy to his top-tier hearing, wondering if they could use this ability of his in war. But unfortunately, Chenshui was just not the material for a soldier.

His courage was gone; even during training, he did not have that kind of Essence Qi or spirit. Keeping him would only make the people in the Ministry of War feel annoyed. Besides, Huaxia had falcons that could be used to scout enemy situations, constantly monitoring from the sky; apart from not being able to speak, they were much more useful than Chenshui.

In the end, Chenshui was treated as a tenant farmer, driven out of the military Battalion, and hired by others to reclaim land and farm.

However, Chenshui was relatively satisfied with this kind of life. After all, he did not have to go to the battlefield or hack at people. It was just that it was relatively tiring and he was sometimes not full, but the sense of security was something he had not had for the previous decades.