Chapter 747: Next Time I Come, I Want to Walk Through the City Gate

The construction project continued, and the progress did not slow down at all. Everyone wanted to finish building Xiao Town as soon as possible. The people of the Xuanyuan Tribe were not stupid; they had long known that this meant another city was being built. However, they did not feel surprised, because the Xuanyuan Tribe was not only building a city at Qingqiu City.

The conquered land needed people to guard it. On the endless plains, if one wanted to be able to fight, one could only build a city. Therefore, Xuanyuan built a city there and named it Chao City. Many people from the Xuanyuan Tribe had already moved there, and the distance from Qingqiu was not far. Although it was not as close as Lema City and Huaxia, it could be reached easily in a few days.

These people had never participated in the construction of city walls before, so they were not clear about how city walls were built. However, they thought that there should not be any major differences between the two tribes; in any case, they were all walls piled up with earth.

When there was only two or three days' worth of food left, the supply transport team arrived again. Because the Soldiers of Huaxia needed to take turns going on missions, this time, no matter what Shaoyin thought, he stepped onto this land where he prepared to make his mark for the first time. Unfortunately, his seniority was not enough, and he could not serve as a team leader; he was just an ordinary guard Soldier.

The rooms along the way made their journey not arduous. Except for the long distance they had to walk every day, it was not a difficult task. They did not encounter any danger, either; whenever a wild beast appeared, it would immediately become a meal for these fully armed Soldiers.

When they were in the forest, they had already heard the sounds of labor. The clanging of axes chopping trees was like a giant woodpecker pecking at wood. However, the two could be considered to reach the same goal by different paths. A woodpecker is not a forest doctor; it is even a black-hearted doctor that specifically pecks holes in trees to let insects reside inside, or for the sake of one insect, causes more serious harm to the tree than the insect itself. The treated tree would only wither and collapse in the future.

The Laborers, who were working with great enthusiasm, saw the long escort team on the road halfway up the mountain and knew that food had been delivered again. They used their cheers to welcome their arrival. As long as there was food, they would not worry about anything.

After Shaoyin and his team walked out of the forest and stepped onto the gradually desolate land, they could already see the dusty construction site in the distance. This was also the first time Shaoyin had seen such a scene, and it was the first time he had traveled so far from home. Everything was so fresh and so interesting.

The company commander in charge of the escort shook hands with Che and exchanged greetings; they were old acquaintances. They exchanged pleasantries and then talked about interesting things that had happened recently while walking. Huaxia was relatively calm, and nothing major had happened. The only thing that could be considered interesting was hearing that Changle Prince had just returned to Huaxia City when he was taken away by Baifeng for family discipline, to the point that no one had been able to see Changle Prince for two days. When they saw him again, he walked a bit strangely, and he was unwilling to sit, doing everything while standing.

At the same time, Changle also visited several fishermen he had implicated. Fortunately, Baifeng did not punish them. They were considered to have suffered an undeserved disaster, except for the one who led the trouble, who was named and criticized, warned to be cautious in his words and actions in the future, and did not receive any actual punishment.

There was no punishment, and likewise, no reward, but they were still given some compensation, which was considered compensation for lost work and injuries. After all, it was for Changle's sake. Two of them had fractures and received treatment at the Huaxia Hospital. It was estimated that it would be difficult for them to do any heavy physical labor this year, and there was definitely no hope for fishing, so their family income would be greatly reduced, although it was said that they would not starve.

After Baifeng examined them, he felt that they were protecting Changle and that there were no mistakes in their behavior and language, so he gave them more compensation, enough for them to stay at home for a year without working and still have enough income.

In order to prevent such things from happening again, after Changle requested it, Baifeng issued a regulation throughout the entire scope of Huaxia that prohibited harming finless porpoises. This was the first time Huaxia had mentioned the protection of animals at the legal level, and the finless porpoise truly became a friend of the people of Huaxia.

Although the vast majority of people did not know what a finless porpoise was and might never see one in their lives, they knew that the people of Huaxia had friends on the ground, friends in the sky, and likewise, friends in the water. The image description of the finless porpoise was also issued, and the fishermen also received portraits, as they were the people most likely to come into contact with finless porpoises.

Considering the diplomatic level, Baifeng also explained this matter to Xuanyuan carefully in his own name, telling him the necessity of doing so, as well as some concepts about Sustainable Development. Destruction and development are the main themes of this era. Appropriate destruction can make humans more suitable for survival in this world; otherwise, those primeval forests are arenas that can stifle humanity.

But excessive destruction will only bring more harm to humanity. Sustainable Development is to tell Xuanyuan that our generation needs resources, but future generations also need them. Appropriate logging and development leave some for future generations. It is definitely not enough for Huaxia alone to do this. After all, the environment is something that affects the whole body by pulling one hair. If one side breaks the balance, the other side will also be harmed.

In later generations, the work of shelterbelts, afforestation, and windbreak and sand-fixation was done so well that the danger of sandstorms was reduced and lasted for many years. However, ever since the enterprises of the Korean country entered Outer Mongolia, the grassland was wantonly destroyed, and the fragile grassland ecology directly collapsed. The result was that our country experienced sandstorms every spring and autumn, and there was even a trend of them becoming more serious year by year. The frequency increased, the power expanded, and even the Central Plains saw sandstorms, yet they still thought it was a thick fog.

Besides this, there was nothing else to talk about in Huaxia. However, the progress here at Xiao Town was still very fast. Although the current height of the city wall could be crossed directly with one's legs, it could be seen that the construction progress was fast, much faster than when the city wall of Huaxia City was built. After all, how many people were building the city wall at that time? There was not enough food, not enough people, and not enough tools; they were all building it with their lives.

It is different now. If there are not enough of one's own people, they hire those from other tribes. The tools are complete, and the food is guaranteed. With so many people, they don't need to worry about anything else and just focus on this one thing. If the speed isn't fast, that would be the time to raise questions.

Now the land around the city has also had a visible drop in height. By the next time they come, there will likely be even greater changes. Although the possibility is not high, the company commander still said to Che in an expectant tone: "I hope that next time I come, I will walk through the city gate, haha."