Chapter 713: Xuanyuan's Promise

However, the Leader still had objections: "But, but those fish are all in the Dahe, and no one is managing them. Our people didn't know they were your friends, so it wasn't intentional. Besides, isn't this friend of your Huaxia a bit too much, a bit too strange..."

Qibo shook his head, feeling that he could not resolve this matter either. Both sides held their own views, and no matter how he handled it, it felt inappropriate. He should probably go find Xuanyuan; as the Tribal Chief, he believed Xuanyuan would have his own judgment.

Thus, those injured fishermen were arranged to rest in the houses of the Xuanyuan Tribe, and a doctor went to find medicinal herbs for them, striving to let them recover well. Changle's injuries were not serious, so he went directly with a few people to find Xuanyuan.

Changle was not there to demand an explanation for them; in fact, Changle knew that they were also at fault. His main purpose this time was to persuade Xuanyuan so that the Xuanyuan Tribe would not hunt finless porpoises in the future. If both tribes could protect the finless porpoises together, that was actually his main goal. If that could be achieved, the injuries these people suffered would not really count for much.

Xuanyuan, who was busy, was called back once again. This time, the news he received was that the Prince of Huaxia had arrived. Xuanyuan was somewhat surprised: "Changle? Why come now? According to the contract, shouldn't he wait until the Embassy here is built before coming?"

Although puzzled, Xuanyuan would not be angry because of this. On the contrary, he quite hoped that Changle could come sooner, because Changle could bring more benefits to the Xuanyuan Tribe. He was already clear about the things Changle had done, and the help he could provide to the Xuanyuan Tribe was too great.

Back then, in order to understand those plants, he had provided Huaxia with so many plant samples, which in the end were all taken by Changle for research. Now, Changle had a great understanding of the plants of the Xuanyuan Tribe. It was a pity that this knowledge had not fallen into the hands of their Xuanyuan Tribe. Now that Changle had come, this knowledge that Xuanyuan craved would finally be able to remain.

The first time he saw Changle, he felt somewhat surprised: "This face of yours? What happened? Did your father hit you?"

Qibo said awkwardly from the side: "It was our own people who hit him. Coming to find you this time is also to have you judge the situation. I have no way to make a ruling."

Xuanyuan's expression darkened at once; this matter was somewhat serious. He looked at the Leader, who was already covered in sweat: "Did you hit him?"

The Leader didn't know whether to shake his head or nod; he didn't know how to start explaining. Fortunately, Changle stood out first to explain: "This matter is not entirely the fault of your Soldiers; we are also at fault. Of course, I am not here to cause them trouble now, just to discuss some things with Tribal Chief Xuanyuan."

Xuanyuan looked at the few people in confusion, then signaled for Changle to speak. After Changle recounted the sequence of events, he stated his request: "I don't have to mind the fact that we were beaten, but I hope Tribal Chief Xuanyuan can tell your tribesmen not to hunt finless porpoises and to live in harmony with them."

Xuanyuan felt that this matter was actually nothing, but he was a bit curious about the finless porpoises: "Your various animal friends in Huaxia are all somewhat peculiar. I have seen the others, but this finless porpoise, where exactly is it special? And they are fish; how did you become friends?"

Changle explained: "Finless porpoises are particularly intelligent and friendly to people. Your people said the finless porpoises surrounded the Boat because they wanted to attack them, but I know clearly that they were just going over to say hello. So, I also feel, are your people a bit too timid?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the few people from the Xuanyuan Tribe felt somewhat awkward. To say their people were timid on their own territory—that, I fear, is not very good. However, Changle did not care and continued: "We have already encountered them this time. On the way, not only could we communicate simply, but they would also bring us fish to eat. I can say this: as long as you are willing to treat them kindly, in the Dahe, you can also have a helper. They can even bring you food."

Although Xuanyuan thought it sounded a bit far-fetched, there was more than one far-fetched thing about Huaxia, so he basically believed it. Moreover, Changle was the son of Baifeng and could certainly do some incredible things just like Baifeng. They had not seen finless porpoises in the Dahe before; although they were large in size, there was no need to catch them as food, as there were other fish to catch.

Thus, Xuanyuan also promised Changle: "Alright, then as you say, our Xuanyuan Tribe will absolutely never hunt or harm finless porpoises again."

Changle's goal had been achieved, and regardless of the injury on his face, he smiled at Xuanyuan with a very strange expression.

Xuanyuan did not know how Changle wanted to deal with the person who hit him, so he asked: "Then for the person who hit you, do you mean they should be killed, or how should they be punished?"

"How could I have them killed? Our people were not hurt too badly. Besides, how to handle it is not for me to decide. They are your tribesmen; how they are handled should be according to the rules of your Xuanyuan Tribe. I am an outsider after all and will not participate in your punishments."

Xuanyuan had not expected that Changle, young as he was, would be so sensible. In order to appease the people of Huaxia, he thought for a moment and then said to that Leader: "Everyone who hit someone, have them all whipped once."

He did not say how hard to hit or how many times, so there was a flexible space during the actual operation. Even if they hit with a whip lightly, that was still a hit, and Changle could not have any objections. He had snuck over secretly without Soldiers to back him up, so he dared not go too far. From the moment he stepped onto the Matou, the true laws of this society had already begun to teach him.

After handling this matter, Xuanyuan suddenly remembered and asked: "By the way, didn't you say according to the contract that it would be a long time before you came? Why are you here now? The people you sent these two times didn't bring a letter either. I don't know anything here, and I haven't prepared. Also, where are your guards? Didn't your father say he would send some guards? I think if your guards were here, it would have been our people who suffered casualties."

Changle was a bit embarrassed: "This time, you could say I snuck out. It's mainly because my father controls me too much; he feels this world is too dangerous and is unwilling to let me go out and take risks before he has everything prepared."

"But I feel that a man should not be afraid of these things. And as a human, life is too short and time is too tight. The things I have to do are also too complex and too vast; not a single moment can be wasted. So I left a letter for my father, told him about this, and then came here alone."