Chapter 736: Finding a Good Guide

Huaxia is now also mostly prepared; because this year's Golden Autumn Gathering is of great importance, Xiong once again requested Baifeng, hoping that this time he could also lead the team.

Baifeng considered that the route is now familiar, and Xiong also has experience, plus their team this time is very powerful, so without much consideration, he agreed to Xiong's request and let Xiong lead the team over.

This time, they are an all-Cavalry team; the number of cattle alone reached over three hundred, among which two hundred are Soldiers, and the remaining dozens are logistics; most of the cattle are used for riding, while also carrying some of their supplies and equipment, and the rest of the cattle are all loaded with their supplies and equipment.

Ten horses were also approved to go, and ten of the most elite Cavalry Soldiers will carry out this long-distance journey; the goal of the entire team this time is to take over the hosting rights of the Golden Autumn Gathering; because of the distance, the location cannot be placed near Huaxia, so it can continue at the original site, but the order of the venue will be managed by Huaxia.

Huaxia will not charge any fees for this, and will not be like other tribes, where if you participate in the gathering, you have to pay a certain amount of grain; the purpose of Huaxia doing this is to expand Huaxia's influence among those tribes in that area, preparing for Huaxia's subsequent expansion.

If they can gather enough tribes, they can start the construction of the third major city, a major city truly far away from Huaxia; once built, then Huaxia's pace of expansion to the west can truly be taken; as for the tribes in the future, even if they do not live in the city, they still have the ability and means to control them; Huaxia ultimately cannot go de-ruralized, but should develop rural areas through cities.

Considering that there won't be that many wealthy tribes, they didn't bring any Glass or Porcelain; they just brought the salt and food that those tribes need most, and Salted Fish, this hard currency, has come out again.

At the same time, several Slaves from the Jiangshui Tribe were also brought along to serve as guides for their trip; although they could go without them, it is best to bring them, and they might know more tribes, which could give Huaxia more assistance.

In order to proceed smoothly, Huaxia openly recruited from among all the Slaves; Huaxia stated that no matter what work you are currently doing, as long as you are familiar enough with the road to the Golden Autumn Gathering and clear enough about the surrounding tribes, you can sign up to follow along.

There will be no danger along the way, and they can be rewarded based on their performance this time; if they can achieve a major meritorious performance, such as persuading a certain tribe to join Huaxia, as long as it exceeds one hundred people, then his Slave status can be lifted.

The greater the deed, the more generous the reward; if he can show enough ability in lobbying, Huaxia can even give him a chance to join the Ministry of Rites to become an official, first removing his Slave status, then entering a school to study, and after passing the assessment, he can immediately become an official in the Ministry of Rites, and it is not like Xi; rather than saying he is an official, it is better to say he is a musician working in the Ministry of Rites.

He serves in the Ministry of Rites, but he cannot participate in any political affairs because he is illiterate, and his overall level of cognition is not high; his only ability is to go where arranged by the Ministry of Rites to perform, as well as teaching and research in the orchestra.

All Slaves in Huaxia have only one idol and role model: Geng; after learning that this high-ranking leader of the Ministry of Agriculture, one of the people with the highest status in Huaxia, actually started as a Slave, he naturally became the person everyone wanted to become, and at the same time, they became more convinced that Huaxia's Slaves also have a future to speak of.

Geng has never hidden the fact that he was once a Slave; some people might feel that this is too shameful and would avoid talking about it, and with his current status, he could completely make people stop talking about it, but Geng does not care.

And now, these Slaves heard of such an opportunity to rise to the top like their idol, and naturally wanted to strive for it; unfortunately, most people retreated in the face of difficulties because they only knew the road, but knew very little about other things.

The people of Huaxia naturally thought of Yinyang first, because Yinyang is the person with the highest status in the Jiangshui Tribe they know of, so the Ministry of War immediately sent someone to find Yinyang, wanting to verify his ability first.

The current Yinyang, because his ideological assessment score is low but his physical fitness passed, is working as a manual laborer at the Brick and Tile Factory, pulling brick and tile molds for the factory every day; he doesn't need to deal with the finished products, he only needs to do this one thing.

Cangyun's child has already been born, and Yinyang is very happy; in fact, by comparison, he is not that happy; he has also been in Huaxia for so long, gradually getting used to Huaxia's lifestyle, and knowing the rules of this kind of family unit.

Moreover, the Brick and Tile Factory is also very good to both of them; ever since they knew that the two of them had always been together, even when arranging dormitories, they arranged a small single room for Yinyang, the area is very small, and Cangyun was also allowed to go back and live with Yinyang; this is the human touch of Huaxia; Yinyang is also very grateful for this; except for the shackles of his status, he has no rejection of living in Huaxia, and he likes this peaceful and safe life very much.

Even when Huaxia learned that they had a little son, someone came to register his gender and name immediately; Yinyang became a father, Cangyun became a mother, and they truly became a family in Huaxia's files.

And Huaxia also gave their son an extra portion of rations; rations that a child of this age could not possibly consume would actually go into the mouths of the two of them, but Huaxia still gave it; although it also has to do with Huaxia's surplus of food, this is also a manifestation of Huaxia's emphasis on newborns.

Yinyang was very confused as to why the Ministry of War would find him; when the two sides were talking, Yinyang told them the truth: "We... no, almost all the Leaders of the Jiangshui Tribe have died; anyway, I have never seen a familiar person, and even if they didn't die on the spot, they didn't arrive in Huaxia alive."

"I used to be just a poor person in the Jiangshui Tribe who couldn't even get enough to eat and huddled in an earthen cave with a few others; I don't even know much about the Jiangshui Tribe, let alone contacting other tribes, so you really found the wrong person for this matter."