Chapter 822: The Purpose of Xi

But such good conditions actually made that Tribal Chief somewhat unable to believe it. Was this definitely not a trick to lure them over and then chop off their heads as sacrifices? If the treatment were poor, he might have believed it; it was precisely because it was too good that it made people suspicious.

Actually, the people of the Chishe had such suspicions at the beginning too, but the military power of Huaxia was too formidable. They had no opportunity to choose at all and could only brace themselves to go. When the time came, wouldn't everything be up to Huaxia to decide?

But after spending this time together, they had completely believed it. The level of wealth in Huaxia was something they could not imagine at all. Giving them some grain that was insignificant to Huaxia, yet being able to obtain the population of a small tribe to develop territory that no one went to for Huaxia, while also serving as guards for the territory—such work was perfectly normal.

"You guys, will you really give such good terms? We don't have to do anything, and we don't even have to pay you grain, yet you can still give us grain?" The Tribal Chief could not help but ask his doubts aloud.

The Soldier said quite bluntly: "How did you hear it? We in Huaxia don't lack grain, which is why we don't need you to provide grain. Otherwise, even if you handed over your grain, what could we use it for? To tell you the truth, if it were in our Huaxia territory, our cattle eat better than you do."

The reason we are willing to let you come and even give you food is mainly because our Huaxia territory is too vast, but our population is very concentrated in one place. For many places more than two days' journey away, we basically never go. If someone were to intrude into our territory, we wouldn't even discover it.

Now that we have merged the Jiangshui Tribe, logically speaking, the former territory of the Jiangshui Tribe is now also Huaxia territory. But this place is even further away. Even if a tribe like yours occupied it, we wouldn't discover it. As for coming to fight you, it wouldn't be worth it.

Then why not just incorporate you into our Huaxia? As long as you are people of our Huaxia, the territory of Huaxia is also your territory. What problem is there with you living on your own land?

There is another point, and that is that we in Huaxia don't need food, but we do need other things—things you have never seen before. If we had to find them ourselves, it would be very troublesome, but if tribes like yours go looking for them, there would be no problem. You also wouldn't need to worry about food, and survival would be easier than before.

As for fighting, in tribes like yours, you really can't pick out a few suitable people to be Soldiers. Our Huaxia Soldiers are specifically chosen to be as tall and strong as we are, and they must be smart enough. Any one of them pulled out could serve as the Tribal Chief of a tribe like yours.

We don't need to do anything else; we just manage fighting and protecting our tribesmen. Wanting to be a Soldier is not an easy thing. A tribe like yours could pick out one or two people at most, and they would still have to build up their bodies first and then pass training. By your generation, there is no certainty, so rest assured, we won't let you go to war to die.

Also, Huaxia has all kinds of construction, tree felling, and road clearing that require a large number of people. If you go over, you will at most be doing such things.

Don't think that we in Huaxia would trick you into coming over to use you as sacrifices. Our Huaxia is a civilized nation, not a tribe of savages. If we really wanted to use people for sacrifices, wouldn't it be enough to just go trade for some Slaves from tribes like the Xuanyuan Tribe?

In these past ten-plus years, which is to say ten-plus Winters and Summers, we have only used people for sacrifices a few times in total. Added together, it wasn't even ten people, and they were all enemies who could not be forgiven.

A pitiful little tribe like yours cannot imagine what a nation like our Huaxia would do or how we do it. Half of the goods from one trade we make with Xuanyuan could be exchanged for a tribe like yours.

So, if you want to come, that's fine. If you don't want to come, it doesn't matter to us. In any case, in the future, our Huaxia will gradually have people take over the territory here, and by then, I'm afraid you won't have a choice."

The Soldier pointed at Fu with his hand: "Their tribe, we originally didn't intend to manage, but they are in territory relatively close to us, so we simply let them move closer to help us guard and develop the closer, better territory. Leaving them there, we can't help them, and they are of no use to Huaxia. Perhaps one Winter, a heavy Snow, and a tribe that was originally useful would just perish."

Stimulated by the Soldier's words, which were like a string of firecrackers, that Tribal Chief only felt his head grow a bit large. Many of the things the Soldier said exceeded the scope of what he could understand, but the overall meaning was that Huaxia did not lack grain, but lacked people to do work.

If explained this way, the fact that Huaxia offered such good treatment made sense. Just how vast must Huaxia's territory be? He felt that as a Tribal Chief of such a small tribe, he really could not imagine it.

The Soldier waved his hand indifferently: "Alright, you go think about it slowly. Anyway, there is plenty of time. If you want to go, just follow along when we leave. If you don't want to go, that's up to you. If you really can't survive, just come over along the route I described."

That Tribal Chief nodded somewhat dully: "Okay, okay, I know."

Afterwards, the Soldier waved his hand: "That's enough, you have watched for so long, and you have smelled enough of the Wine, right? You should hurry up and do your own trading. Don't keep guarding our stall; you can't afford to trade for anything anyway. It's better to vacate the spot and let other tribes come take a look, let them come broaden their horizons and smell the fragrance of the Wine."

After being pointedly remarked upon, the group of savage Tribal Chiefs all hurriedly stood up, feeling somewhat embarrassed. At this moment, they also discovered that there were indeed some savages behind them watching from not far away, wanting to come over, perhaps waiting for them to leave since they had been guarding the spot.

Thus, several Tribal Chiefs quickly left the stall. As soon as they left, those savages who were watching quickly surged over. Among them, there were not a few who remembered that Huaxia had Wine and wanted to come over this time to see if Huaxia had brought any, and if they had, to smell the scent again.

They were indeed lucky; as soon as they came over, they smelled the strong fragrance of the Wine, and with not too many savages crowding around, they could smell it more freely.

Xi, who had been sitting for a long time, listening to the Soldier's whole speech, suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming this time. He was preparing to lobby those tribes to join Huaxia; every tribe that joined counted as a merit.

If successful, it would mean he had the ability and could enter the Ministry of Rites to hold real power. Thus, without the slightest hesitation, he stood up from the ground, ready to go to other tribes to look around.