Chapter 862: This Is a City

Although Xiong and Lu discussed along the way where these savages should be arranged in the future, in reality, the greatest say still rested with Xiong, because he was the only one who had truly walked this road several times, and he knew better than anyone where was most suitable.

However, he was not the decision-maker after all; his opinion basically represented the final result, but this decision had to be issued by Baifeng. As long as Baifeng did not speak, these savages would have to keep living next to Huaxia City until Baifeng chose a suitable place.

Lu said that the food they brought was very sufficient and could completely allow everyone to eat their fill, but after all, since the time Xiong sent them the message, the Chishe had not yet joined, and Lu and the others did not have an exact time for how long it would take to walk back.

This claim that there was enough for everyone to eat their fill back to Huaxia was more to comfort those savages; in the final few days, they still began to reduce the food supply for the savages because the food reserves were becoming less and less. If they ate the way they did at the beginning, all of them would have to go back hungry for the last two days.

Fortunately, they were becoming more and more familiar with the road, and in the end, they could even see the smoke rising from Lema City while on the mountaintop; the food problem was no longer a problem at this moment.

The savages, who had just begun to worry again, also started to cheer after being pointed toward the smoke in the distance by the Huaxia Soldiers; this long road was finally coming to an end.

So even if the food given to them was a little less, they did not mind. They could not see the full picture of Lema City, but the countless smoke rising upward let them know that this tribe was truly unimaginably large.

Although Lema City was right before their eyes, the saying "the mountain looks close but the horse dies running" was not only applicable on the vast grasslands, but it was also the same principle here; to reach Lema City, they still had to walk solidly for two more days.

As for the savages actually reaching the foot of Lema City and seeing those tall city walls, the Huaxia Soldiers were already used to that kind of astonished gaze; after all, there had been too many such experiences. No matter how large a tribe people came from, once they arrived in Huaxia, they had to be properly astonished—you are powerful and wealthy, but that does not mean you are advanced.

Even the Xuanyuan Tribe only gradually surpassed the tribes of the same period and began to develop toward a more reasonable and developed state under the guidance and help of Huaxia.

At least the current Xuanyuan Tribe had houses for everyone to live in; although the houses were a bit dilapidated and casual, they were much better than living in Tents, caves, or earthen holes. Their drainage systems were also very advanced and easy to use after being improved.

The continuous promotion of toilets also raised the environmental sanitation of the Xuanyuan Tribe by many levels; there was no longer any need to worry about stepping on feces on the main road of Qingqiu City, nor was there any need to worry about whose house corner or mud wall would be washed down by someone's urine.

It could even be said that Xuanyuan listened to Huaxia's advice and specifically arranged for many people to clean up various garbage on the ground at fixed times and fixed locations every day. Their roads, although not the Cement Road of Huaxia, were trampled and compacted back and forth by countless people and livestock every day, and now they were also hard and shiny. As long as there was no heavy rain, a little light rain would not cause any impact on the ground, and there would not even be mud.

One only needed to sweep away the gravel, leaves, and branches on the road every day, as well as clean up the feces randomly excreted by the livestock, and the roads in Qingqiu City were really not bad at all.

If the savages wanted to go to Huaxia City, they still had to pass through Lema City. The current Lema City still lacked the processing capacity to deal with such large-scale new incoming populations; after all, the number of Soldiers and officials was still too small compared to Huaxia.

The savages walked through the bustling market, looking at a scene that was completely not of their era, feeling as if their worldview was about to collapse. They could not see a single person who looked like they could not eat their fill or wear enough; everyone was robust and wore thick clothing.

The road under their feet was hard and clean; it was a kind of stone they had never seen before, as if this tribe was built on such a whole piece of stone.

Xiong and the others did not stay too long in Lema City, and they did not even ask for supplies, because the distance between Lema City and Huaxia was too close; even if they walked, it would only take half a day. With their current state, they could completely walk over, and staying here would affect the normal production and living order of Lema City.

But because the daily communication between Lema City and Huaxia City was still very frequent, and an ox cart would pass by from time to time, in order not to affect the passage of others, Xiong and the others all walked along the side.

In the case where the oxen were in relatively good condition, Xiong would definitely choose to ride an ox; only when the road conditions were poor and dangerous, and the oxen were also very exhausted, would he and the Soldiers all get down and walk forward.

And the road now was both flat and hard; the ox herd also seemed to recognize that they were about to go home, so their feet had more strength and their speed was faster.

It was just that those savages were a bit confused; wasn't that just Huaxia, why did they still need to move forward now that they had arrived?

The other savages did not dare to ask, but Fu already got along relatively well with the Soldiers and was familiar with them, so this heavy responsibility was naturally handed over to him.

So he quickened his pace, walked to the side of the ox closest to him, looked up and asked: "Hey, big brother, aren't we at Huaxia now? Why do we still have to walk? When can we stop?"

The Soldier was also in a very good mood because he was about to arrive home and could finish the mission, so he smiled and patiently said to Fu: "This here is the main territory of Huaxia, and the one just now was our Lema City. City, do you understand?"

Fu shook his head; this was a word he had never heard before.

"Anyway, that kind of big and prosperous place just now is a city, and Lema City is just one of our cities. Where we are going is Huaxia City, the center of Huaxia, which is even bigger and richer than Lema City, and has even more people. You will also go there, and it's not far now; we will definitely arrive today. Once we arrive, let alone food, you will have everything!"