Chapter 716: None Were Wrong

When the two sides met, the Xuanyuan Tribe showed sufficient etiquette, and there was no such serious atmosphere as at the Matou; Yanggou first gave the box of Porcelain to Xuanyuan, stating directly that this was a gift from their King to Xuanyuan.

Xuanyuan opened the box and was very pleased to see the exquisite Porcelain; he liked all those utensils from Huaxia, but whenever it came to buying, Huaxia would always use various excuses or fabricate some rhetoric to drive up the price, so Xuanyuan was unwilling to waste their tribe's grain on these things that were good-looking but not strictly necessary; if the price could be lower, their Xuanyuan Tribe's current grain production would be able to satisfy their demand for these good things.

Afterwards, Yanggou handed the letter stamped with Baifeng's Private Seal to Cangjie; after Cangjie opened it, he began to read it aloud to Xuanyuan, and after finishing, he asked Yanggou if he had read it correctly and if there were any errors.

Yanggou indicated: "You read it correctly; that is what our King said, and this is the purpose of our coming here this time."

With Huaxia Soldiers coming to protect Changle, Xuanyuan also felt much more relaxed; if he had to rely solely on his own people, he still wouldn't feel at ease, mainly because if any problem arose, they would have no way to explain it clearly, such as the incident last time, where he had no other choice and could only do it that way.

Yanggou also immediately asked about this matter; his focus was on how the conflict occurred, not on questioning the outcome of the handling of the matter.

Xuanyuan explained the sequence of events to Yanggou and also asked: "Do you people of Huaxia all know about this big fish friend?"

Yanggou pondered for a moment; there was no such thing in his memory, and although saying this out loud meant the Huaxia side was in the wrong in the whole affair, he answered truthfully: "I don't know; it is mainly because our Huaxia has a clear division of labor, and we don't know much about things that don't belong to our own scope; such matters are probably only known to their fishermen, just like our ordinary people in Huaxia, who actually don't know much about dogs; some time ago, a family didn't raise their dog well, and it even bit its owner, and as a result, people who didn't know the truth thought the dog had turned into a wolf and were all very afraid."

"Oh, how is that to be explained? Can you tell me about it?" Xuanyuan was very curious about this matter, so he asked Yanggou.

"Sigh, it's just that a dog, in the end, is a wild beast, only it is smarter and willing to be close to people; that family who kept the dog didn't know how to raise it, and they had to understand, but as a result, from the beginning, they raised the dog as the head of their family, and they, as the owners, became the dog's subordinates instead; didn't that lead to problems in the end? As a result, our King just gave the dog a beating, and the dog became obedient, and the matter was successfully resolved."

"As for the situation with the fishermen, I estimate it is the same as our Huaxia's Changxu; you have seen him, he can communicate with birds, and those fishermen should be able to communicate with that kind of big fish."

"They value their friends very much; back then, Changxu valued his birds more than people, and he was also beaten into submission by our King; in the end, he continued to be friends with his birds and didn't do anything out of line; perhaps the fishermen don't want to see their friends get hurt."

"Finally, regarding the matter of Huaxia not allowing the hunting of that big fish called the finless porpoise, I still have to ask our King or the people of the Agriculture Department; we cannot reach these matters, so we truly cannot give you a correct answer."

Xuanyuan was also satisfied with Yanggou's answer; the analysis was reasonable and well-founded, and he looked very steady; since he could be sent by Baifeng to carry out the task of protecting Changle, it showed that not only was he physically strong, but his brain was also quite smart.

Since Baifeng said in the letter that Changle could stay here to work, then let this Yanggou take care of Changle and protect Changle; Limu could come back, and there would be no need to worry about him anymore.

Xuanyuan still mentioned: "If you want to hire our Soldiers, you will be able to see our Soldier Limu when you go over later; you can discuss these matters with him, how many to hire, and the price, which will be determined by him and our contract."

"It's just that there really are no places to stay; with so many of you, we cannot clear out so many rooms for the time being, so I am afraid you will have to solve it yourselves; I can mark out a piece of land for you to station on; your Prince can live in that room for a long time and go do his work."

Yanggou bowed to Xuanyuan to thank him: "Then thank you, Tribal Chief Xuanyuan; however, since we are not living in our Embassy, we are still occupying your land, so we will pay the rent for that land, including the room where our Prince lives; we are also willing to pay for it."

Cangjie glanced at Xuanyuan, indicating that he did not care about this matter; Xuanyuan thought that the contract should be the most important thing, and everything should follow the contract, otherwise it would be a mess after doing this a few times, so he said: "That's fine, the land you live on will be calculated according to the amount of grain that piece of land can produce in a year; it is based on our Xuanyuan Tribe's yield, not yours, after all, our grain yield is much lower than yours, this is a fact; as for your Prince's room, this is not needed, just consider it as thanks for the gift your King gave me; how about it, are you willing to accept this condition?"

Yanggou nodded: "This price is very reasonable, and we accept it; however, I would like to ask you one last thing: those who were punished all have families, right?"

"Families? You mean their women and children, right? According to their age, they should have them, but why are you asking this? The punishment for them should be enough, right?" Xuanyuan's face gradually darkened; he felt that the punishment for those people was already enough, and it was impossible to punish their families as well.

Yanggou looked apologetic: "Oh, please don't misunderstand; I feel that our mistake in this matter is greater, and how to deal with it is your power; however, our Prince is still young and may be a bit impatient in doing things, so I want to use grain to compensate those who were punished; consider it an apology from our Prince and our Huaxia for this matter."

"Of course, I don't think our Prince is wrong, it's just that other people in our Huaxia didn't handle this matter well; we will also punish that fisherman after he goes back; in order not to damage the friendship between our two tribes, I also want to give some compensation to those who were punished because of the mistakes of our Huaxia fishermen."

"Is that so? Then let Dahong go find those people later; as for how to compensate, that is your business, and I will not interfere."

"Alright, that's it then; Tribal Chief Xuanyuan, you go ahead with your work, I won't disturb you anymore."

Yanggou left Xuanyuan's reception room and breathed a sigh of relief; Huaxia was wrong in this matter, and the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe were also wrong, but Xuanyuan was not wrong, and Changle was not wrong; they could not be wrong; it was the fishermen of the two tribes who were wrong.