Chapter 725: All One Family

After Yanggou watched Changle lie down to rest, he also returned to his own Battalion to rest. However, he first used the dim Oil Lamp to provide light on a temporarily constructed table, then wrote down the detailed account of the past few days for Baifeng. It was too late now; going to the Matou would be too improper. It would be better to wait until early tomorrow morning, and the Large Ship should be returning by then, so those fishermen could also follow it back along the way.

Baifeng had long since received the secret letter. He was also very worried about Changle being injured, but fortunately, it was not a major problem. As long as it was a superficial wound, it was fine; he would just treat it as a lesson for Changle.

But Yanggou did not tell him everything. These past few days had made him somewhat suspicious. He still recognized Yanggou's character; they were all old hands who had struggled alongside him, and he had even been bestowed a surname, so there was no need to conceal anything in such matters. Regardless, he had no reason to blame him.

However, Baifeng still believed that Yanggou would give him a reasonable explanation, so he did not dwell on this matter too much and just waited for news. As for Sui and Chinv, he had also told them that the guards had successfully rendezvoused with Changle and there were no problems.

The team at Xiao Town was still working in full swing. The rooms on the first section of the road had basically been completed. The Laborers of the Xuanyuan Tribe were very satisfied with this current way of life.

The people of Huaxia were not too harsh on them, and the working hours were very regular. They were given sufficient time to rest, and food was never lacking for them. There was even a salty taste in their meals, and because they were given pork cracklings, the food even had a meaty aroma; it was filling and delicious.

However, they also discovered that the people of Huaxia ate differently from them. Every meal consisted of pure white rice, along with many kinds of vegetables they had never seen before. They had never seen the cooking methods either. Every day at mealtime, the large Iron Pot would begin to stir-fry with a clattering sound, and they could smell that fragrance at all times, making them crave it uncontrollably.

But they also understood that this was the privilege of Huaxia. For people like them, it was good enough to have food to eat, and they could all eat their fill. The work they did was not that arduous, and it was much more comfortable than being in the Xuanyuan Tribe.

There was not much danger in the surrounding area either. Although they could often see various wild beasts, basically as soon as they appeared, they would become the prey of Huaxia. Occasionally, there would be some extra meat to supplement their meals.

After about half a month had passed, the first team to deliver supplies to them also brought good news: "We have signed another contract with the Xuanyuan Tribe. We will hire a large number of female Laborers to come over. They will cook for you, and as for what happens after that, we won't care. After all, they are women of your Xuanyuan Tribe; perhaps there are women among them you are familiar with."

Furthermore, they also said to the people of Huaxia: "It is not just them; we have also hired many for you. The King has ordered that as long as you do not take them to Huaxia, it is fine. You must remember, do not cause any trouble. As for sleeping, as long as you can negotiate it among yourselves, we will not interfere, because this is the main purpose of this hiring. But if they want to follow you to Huaxia because of this, you must be careful and handle this problem well."

The Artisans of Huaxia were very happy. They thought they would not have to think about seeing women for the next half a year or more. They never expected such good news now. How could they not be happy? In the past, Baifeng's requirements for them were truly too high. Although they also somewhat disliked those dirty women, after not seeing women for more than half a year, they would probably find even a sow to be beautiful.

After conveying the message and distributing some of the supplies, they continued forward to deliver supplies to the next team, and at the same time, passed on this good news. According to the plan, within about a month, those hired female workers would be able to arrive safely.

The Laborers of the Xuanyuan Tribe now also understood clearly what Huaxia meant by doing this. With the current workload, was it really necessary to hire so many women? They truly did not expect that Huaxia would be so good to them. Therefore, they worked even harder in the subsequent labor, hoping to secure the opportunity to continue working in Huaxia, and even more afraid of being weeded out by Huaxia, not only losing these benefits but also being punished upon returning to the tribe.

The Tea Leaves transported from the Suiren Tribe and the Xuanyuan Tribe were already in the process of being stir-fried. This year, they were still making various kinds of flower tea. The process of trading Tea Leaves was also a process of mutual understanding.

The Suiren Tribe had now basically stabilized the state of their tribe, but the drastically reduced population and territory meant that the Suiren Tribe no longer possessed sufficient confidence.

They did not have such good planting techniques or sufficient farming concepts, and they also had no intention of engaging in in-depth cooperation with Huaxia. Baifeng naturally would not go out of his way to seek cooperation.

The Suiren Tribe should be one of the primary targets for the Xuanyuan Tribe's future expansion. Currently, it was a buffer zone between Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe, and Baifeng did not want to take action against the Suiren Tribe for the time being to occupy their territory.

His own strategic plan was already very detailed: first occupy the west and expand the depth of the rear. The west had everything; if one expanded far enough, there was even the ocean. Not to mention Europe, the central and eastern regions all had vast oceans.

Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe belonged to the same lineage. The development history of humanity was too arduous. Even after the war between Xuanyuan and Chiyou, they did not exterminate them after defeating Chiyou, and later generations even called them the common people. He had even less reason to fight the Xuanyuan to the death.

Anyway, the bloodline was the same, the language was the same, and the writing could be mutually verified. In the future, it would be like brothers splitting up the family, each occupying a piece of land, and seeing who could produce someone with enough courage, whose strength and ambition matched, to say, "How can there be two types of writing in the same world?" and then bring about a great unification.

Baifeng had ambition, but this ambition was very safe and well-planned. He did not want to fight his own kin to the death. According to the current development state of the Xuanyuan Tribe, even if they could not defeat Huaxia in the future, they would still be a strong enemy. After the two families fought a battle to the death, all they would get would be an empty territory. It was truly unnecessary.

It was perfectly fine to go and fight those savages with different languages, races, and skin colors. Mainly, Baifeng still held some grudges against those races in his heart. He also did not know why his own people were so capable of holding grudges. If possible, he wanted to wipe them out while they were still savages, or use them as Slaves, so that their crude and barbaric civilization would not have a single possibility of appearing.