Chapter 657: The Regiment

"Changle Prince and Miaoyin Princess, Changle and Miaoyin, those are their names. They are the son and daughter of the King of Huaxia. And there is our Yulong Prince; he is our King's first son, and the future Huaxia will also be inherited by him."

Xi carefully savored the meaning of the Slave's words, then asked with a questioning tone: "Then the King, is he the Tribal Chief?"

The Slave said with a smile: "Huaxia is a state, not some tribe or clan. Only the most powerful person in the state is the King, which is much more powerful than any Tribal Chief."

Xi nodded on the surface, but in reality, he didn't care much in his heart. No matter what they called him, wasn't it still the same meaning as Tribal Chief?

Chatting and walking along the way, they arrived at the location of the Regiment. No one knew of Xi's arrival; after all, he had only been selected yesterday. After Baifeng returned home, he hadn't told Changle and Miaoyin about this matter, and in fact, not many people in Huaxia even knew of the existence of the entire Slave team. The news had not been fully disclosed yet.

At this time, the members of the Regiment had basically all arrived. Everyone was still chatting happily, and the atmosphere of the entire team was very relaxed, except when they were worried during their daily assessments.

Chenshui was naturally the one who had learned the best so far. Miaoyin also displayed her talent in this area, and her learning speed was extremely fast. Baifeng only just realized now that the name he had given her actually corresponded to her talent. Miaoyin, Miaoyin—she was indeed able to create wonderful music.

Changle did not have much talent in this area, but he was clever, and in terms of music theory, he could be said to be beating everyone else. After all, with Baifeng giving him private lessons, he had no problems with the basics. He was already at the stage of continuing in-depth research with Zhishou.

Currently, besides the Flute, the He, and the Xun, Huaxia had also created different Drums through music theory. Added to this was Huaxia's unlimited supply of metal; Nao and Bo made of Bronze had also appeared and had already been successfully applied.

Baifeng even had the Artisans try to make a Suona. The main issue was the flared part of the Suona; because it was made of metal, it was too precious for other tribes, so no metal musical instrument had appeared in this era yet.

Before Bronze oxidizes, it is golden yellow. In fact, they wouldn't call it Bronze now, but rather Copper. Only the softer Red Copper would be distinguished as Red Copper. This is also how it was in history. Because of its color, Copper was also called Auspicious Metal. Ancient Emperors and Sovereigns would often bestow so much "gold," but in fact, what was bestowed was Copper. This includes the famous historical event of "Shang Yang's Pillar," where what was given out was also Yellow Copper.

The reason Baifeng made the Suona was to prepare for Yulong's wedding. He had already described the music to be used at the wedding to Changle and Zhishou, and had hummed it out roughly, letting them perfect it according to this. A wedding without a Suona would not be lively enough.

In fact, the Suona was not an indigenous instrument of China, but an imported one, only it was carried forward here. The place of origin no longer had this instrument, so the Suona became a traditional instrument of later generations. This also includes the Pipa and Erhu, which were actually imported goods.

The most difficult part of making a Suona is the reed that produces the sound. Its sound-producing principle is different from that of the Flute and others, so for the current group, it was an unprecedented new challenge. From the time it was made to being used proficiently, Baifeng did not know how much time it would take; he could only tell the people in the group to work hard.

However, in the Regiment, only a few people had the ability in this area. The apprentices could be said to be unable to help at all, and Zhishou was also unwilling to leave for the time being because Huaxia kept designing new instruments. After all, once he left Huaxia, it would be too difficult to obtain these things.

In order to get the instruments finalized faster and share his own pressure, Zhishou even wanted to invite people from Kongtong Mountain to help. However, he really didn't have the ability to do so, so he had to send a letter to the Xuanyuan Tribe, asking people from the Xuanyuan Tribe to come and help. Xuanyuan, in order to let Zhishou return sooner, would surely not refuse this request.

But because of the transportation problem, the helpers who were invited might only be able to return together with the Construction Team at the Xuanyuan Tribe. According to the estimated time, it might take another ten days or so. Now they could only hold on for the time being.

As for the Suona, Baifeng did not hold out hope that it could be made in the short term. If it could not be finalized in another month, he would give up on it for now and not use it at Yulong's wedding. The existing instruments were already enough to be very lively. By then, these apprentices should also be able to successfully play one or two simple pieces of music.

It was mainly because Yulong might not be able to wait, and Baifeng did not want to go back on his word. As the King, his words must have credibility so that the people below could follow him more steadily. Even if it was his own son, he had to let Yulong always trust him. After all, there were reasons to delay before, but now there were none.

The Slave thought that the person who could make the decisions in the Regiment should be Changle, so he went straight to find Changle, who was chatting with his sister, and then knelt down in front of Changle to perform a grand salute.

"Prince, this is a person who knows musical instruments selected from among our Slaves. He has now been granted the status of Temporary Citizen. I have brought him here now to follow your arrangements."

Changle turned his head with a blank look, looking at the kneeling Slave and the at-a-loss Xi.

The Slave noticed that Xi was still standing in place, so he hurriedly said to him sternly: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and salute the Prince and Princess!"

Xi was frightened by this shout again. He was not dwelling on the fact that he had been scolded by a Slave, but instead hurriedly and tremblingly learned from the Slave to kneel down, and then kowtowed four times.

Chenshui was someone who was already very familiar with Huaxia etiquette. Added to the fact that he had already obtained the status of Citizen during this period and got along very well with the Prince, he said from the side: "Kowtow three times, do not kowtow four times. This does not conform to the rites."

Xi then hurriedly kowtowed three times, causing the onlookers to burst into laughter. Xi did not feel ashamed, but felt afraid; his face was already bright red.

Changle said in a flat tone: "Alright, get up first."

The Slave replied: "Thank you, Prince." Afterwards, he slowly stood up. Xi also hurriedly said thank you to the Prince, and after watching the Slave stand up, he also quickly climbed up.

Changle looked at the exceptionally thin Xi, and at the new animal skin bag he had changed into, and pointed to Miaoyin: "The affairs of the Regiment are now the responsibility of Miaoyin Princess. Let her arrange it for you."

Being responsible for the Regiment was a task Miaoyin had begged Baifeng for many times before she got it. Baifeng also doted on Miaoyin, and since Miaoyin was no longer a child and the matters involved in the Regiment were not many, and she had enough talent in this area, Baifeng decided after consideration to let her be responsible for everything in the Regiment. However, she still had to listen to the suggestions of Changle and Zhishou; he did not give her all the power.