Chapter 864: Bear Comes to Report for Duty

The even taller, seemingly boundless city walls of Huaxia City once again gave these savages a powerful shock; they looked forward to entering the city to take a closer look, and also wondered just how good a house they would be able to live in—living in such a house must be very comfortable, right?

But things went contrary to their wishes; Xiong coordinated with the people from the Ministry of Revenue, and these savages were quickly divided up by the people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War who took them over, then arranged into tents that had already been prepared.

The crowd of savages was extremely confused; weren't they going to Huaxia City? Why weren't they going in?

No one explained it to them; Xiong took his own team into the city again, and not a single savage, regardless of which tribe they were from, was able to enter. On the other hand, the Zhangshan Tribe, which had originally been full of joy, was met with more bad news.

"This tribe, I remember it's called the Zhangshan Tribe; their tribesmen stole pigeons, their conduct is poor, their behavior is savage, and they caused us serious losses, so we have directly branded them as Slaves.

They were originally going to be distributed to these tribes, but it seems they didn't dare to take them, so you go and look after the arrangements."

After Xiong gave this final instruction, he left without looking back, and the Ministry of Revenue official responsible for this matter did not feel this was such good news; instead, because of the different status of these people, he felt it added some trouble to his work.

But he could not go against Xiong's wishes and register them as citizens; a Slave is a Slave. As the highest official of the Ministry of War, he still had that much authority. Before being entered into the Huaxia household registry, these people could not be considered people of Huaxia; once they became Huaxia people, it would be relatively difficult to change their status.

It was still following the previous process, one by one, recording names; those without names were drawn on the spot, then given a wooden plaque to prove their identity, and they collected their daily necessities.

But now there were no aggressive officials, nor were there fierce-looking Soldiers; the Soldiers responsible for the order on the scene didn't even unsheathe their Knives, only saying verbally to not run around, not cut in line, and so on.

As for the issue of accommodation, it was entirely their own choice; they could live however they wanted. For the Tribal Chief, a single room could be arranged. If they wanted to swap with each other, it was all up to them, and there was no problem with men and women living together.

The tents no longer had numbers; numbering now was purely a waste of time, because they wouldn't be living here later, and in the future, their registered address might be a brand-new location.

Pots, bowls, and pans were all rationed, but food was no matter; if they wanted to eat immediately, no one would stop them, though the official distributing the food would remind them: "Don't eat too full at the beginning, your stomachs won't be able to take it. Just increase your food intake slowly; don't be afraid of not having enough to eat, if it's gone, we'll give you more, don't fight and don't scramble."

As for whether these savages could listen, that was none of his business; anyway, he had done what he was supposed to do, and if they ate until they were sick, it was the savages' own discomfort.

Xiong did not even remove his armor, but before entering Baifeng's office, he removed all his Weapons and handed them to the guards for safekeeping; as the Leader of the Ministry of War, he had to take the lead in following this rule.

The Soldiers of the Phylum were not under his command; Yishang was the boss of the Phylum, and he had also joined when the Huaxia Tribe was poor. In terms of seniority, he was only a little bit behind Xiong, but at their level, being a little bit behind meant being a lot behind. After the reorganization of the Ministry of War, the candidates for Marshal, besides Xiong and Chi, were Yishang.

It was just that their physical fitness and age status were about the same now; Yishang probably wouldn't be able to wait for Xiong to retire so he could take over. Fortunately, the official system of the Phylum and the Ministry of War were equivalent; Xiong was a Marshal, and Yishang was also a Marshal, but in terms of actual power, Xiong's was naturally greater.

Lu also had to report on the mission, so they came together. Baifeng was already waiting; facing Xiong, he didn't want to put on airs. After the Shaman died, Baifeng had fewer and fewer old friends, but he didn't expect that Chi would be the first to die.

Once Xiong arrived, Baifeng immediately grabbed his arm and had him sit next to him. Lu naturally didn't have that treatment; he even had to stand to the side, though fortunately, Baifeng wouldn't treat Lu that way and also had him sit below.

"It's been hard on this journey; every time there's a big event like this, you have to go yourself. Except for you, I find it hard to trust others," Baifeng said with some emotion.

"Being able to open up territory for Huaxia, no matter how hard it is, I must go. It's all for the sake of the future generations of our Huaxia. Fortunately, this time it was relatively successful. Now I will report to you the results of this trip."

Baifeng also immediately got to the point: "Good, tell me."

"This time, we also explored a correct and suitable path for us to go to the west. Next time, even without someone like me leading the way, our Soldiers will be able to follow the traces we left behind and head west all the way.

The westernmost place is where we held the gathering this year, but the original gathering place has been abandoned. They all think the Jiangshui Tribe's territory is cursed and are unwilling to go, so they chose a mountain that looks like a snake and held the gathering at the foot of the mountain.

However, after we went, we had a conflict with several tribes that were also preparing to fight for control of the gathering, but I solved it with a Bomb. Oh right, I also fired a shot."

Baifeng hurriedly asked: "How was the effect of the gun? Was the power sufficient? How was the accuracy?"

After all, this was the first actual combat of the flintlock gun, and Baifeng was still very concerned.

"The effect was very good. I remember the distance was over ten meters; one shot hit the target squarely, it didn't miss, and the power was sufficient—one shot and they died. From the results, actual combat is no problem at all, and most importantly, its deterrent power is sufficient. Those savages had never seen such a Weapon; one shot down, and they were already scared."

As a high-level general of the army, Lu naturally knew about this, and the gun was also prepared to be equipped to the Platoon led by Lu first. Lu used to lead the vanguard reconnaissance troops, but they had already been broken up and reorganized; there were no such specialized independent troops, but they were divided into each company.

The effect of the flintlock gun was significant, but the limitations were also very obvious: short range, slow loading, and a relatively high chance of misfire, so it was difficult to equip every Soldier. Furthermore, there was the point that the cost was high; compared to the Crossbow, it was impossible to have such a high penetration rate.

The solution was to specifically establish a flintlock gun unit; there would certainly be a day when it would come in handy.