Chapter 940: Your Thinking Has Solidified

"Alright, you don't need to report this to me; just handle it as you see fit. I haven't been in a clinical setting for so many years, your level is better than mine now."

Baifeng said this, and the doctor could only hurriedly agree. The boss who had the final say in the Hospital had to be timid and submissive in front of Baifeng.

Baifeng looked at Baoxi, pulled over a chair, and sat down: "What happened to you? Why did you suddenly have an episode?"

Baoxi smiled bitterly and sighed: "There are too many things in your Huaxia, and they are too strange. There are too many things I cannot understand. I can't figure it out, and then I asked my tribesmen, but they are too stupid to think about anything, and then I got angry. Once I got angry, I felt like I couldn't say anything, and then I suddenly couldn't catch my breath."

"Baifeng, it's fortunate that you have these things in Huaxia; otherwise, I really might not know if I could have made it back alive."

Baifeng joked: "Then you must control your mood well. We in Huaxia are doing our best to help you. If you can't catch your breath for a moment and really can't go back to the Suiren Clan, then we in Huaxia won't be able to clear our name; no matter how we explain it, it will be useless."

Baoxi was also a bit embarrassed: "The main thing is that there are too many things here that I cannot understand. What about Xuanyuan? What is the situation with Xuanyuan coming here? Is it the same as me?"

Baifeng said truthfully: "Not at all. Xuanyuan is different from you. Xuanyuan's ability to accept things, his ability to learn, even far exceeds mine. Many things I can show you, I dare not show him, because I am afraid that the next time I see Xuanyuan, he will already be using things exactly the same as our Huaxia."

Baoxi said nonchalantly: "It seems I am really not as smart as the two of you. I guess if I go to the Xuanyuan Tribe, Xuanyuan won't hide their tribal affairs from me either, because he will think that I definitely won't be able to learn them."

Baifeng comforted him: "No, you have been able to manage a tribe like the Suiren Clan to its current state; at the very least, you are not stupid. The sudden decline is just because you made one wrong decision, and you cannot use this point to negate everything about you."

"It's just that I think your thinking has become a bit solidified. That is to say, you are unwilling to accept new things, and it is very difficult to change. For you, change feels dangerous; it is better to maintain the status quo."

"Coupled with the fact that you do not communicate with the outside world, that is why the Suiren Clan is slowly falling behind. Look at the one point where Xuanyuan is different from you: as long as he thinks what I propose is feasible, he won't overthink it and will adopt it directly."

"And you, take the matter of hiring Laborers, for example. You might feel the risk is too great, or perhaps this is something you have never heard of and don't understand, which is why you won't accept it and are unwilling to adopt it, right?"

Baoxi still shook his head stubbornly: "No, no, as long as I think something is good, I will definitely use it. You can ask Zhigui what kind of houses our Suiren Clan used to live in and what they are like now?"

"Someone in our tribe came up with using mud to build walls for houses, and I thought it was good, so I promoted it throughout the tribe. So, I can still accept useful things; how can you say I am already unable to accept new things?"

Baifeng stared into Baoxi's eyes and asked: "Then if it were ten years ago, or even earlier, if I had spoken about hiring your Suiren tribesmen, or about helping your Suiren Clan become strong to resist the Xuanyuan Tribe, do you think you would have accepted it back then?"

Baoxi looked up, recalling his former self, and suddenly said with some surprise: "If it were me back then, I really might have. Baifeng, why do you think that is?"

"Because you are older, you are gradually getting old. You don't want to do risky things anymore. You have started to seek stability in everything now. As long as it is stable and unchanging, and can maintain the status quo, it is good. Is that what you are thinking?"

Baoxi asked in return: "Is that not okay? After that failed war, our Suiren Clan's strength was greatly reduced, and our tribesmen and territory were divided up quite a bit. To make us strong again, we should focus on finding food, storing food, and breeding more people; only then can we gradually become strong."

"If we were to still try to seize everything through war like before, we would fail sooner or later. We cannot afford to fail like that again."

Baifeng nodded: "Hmm, that's right. If your approach were placed in the past, it would be no problem, but now it is already different."

"What do you mean by that?"

Baifeng explained: "I told you yesterday that our tribe and the Xuanyuan Tribe are developing so fast that you simply cannot catch up. Our tribe is becoming more powerful year by year."

"I don't know how many children are born in the Xuanyuan Tribe in a year, but in our Huaxia, we increase by about ten thousand people a year. You have to know that basically all these people born can survive to adulthood. In another twelve or thirteen years, these ten thousand people will be able to work and fight for Huaxia."

"And it is like this every year. We in Huaxia can afford to support them, but what about your Suiren Clan? I think the number of people born in a year is certainly large, but can one thousand of them survive to grow up?"

"Can you let those who are born have enough to eat? Therefore, your development speed is too slow."

"And we and the Xuanyuan Tribe can increase our population by so many every year, and we can still support them, so naturally, we need more and larger territory. Then where do you think this territory should come from?"

"Besides seizing it, could it possibly appear on its own?"

"We are currently attacking the Shennong Clan, so who is next? Who do you think it will be?"

The light gradually faded from Baoxi's eyes: "Baifeng, you told me yesterday, and I didn't believe it. After seeing these things in your Huaxia today, now that you say it to me again, I can probably understand."

"But, can you form an alliance with the Xuanyuan Tribe now and then form an alliance with me later? Do you think I would believe that?"

Baifeng crossed his legs and shook his head, saying: "No, I have never thought about forming an alliance with you. It's just that I am not prepared to form an alliance with the Xuanyuan Tribe to attack you; I just want to make you a little stronger to create some obstacles for the Xuanyuan Tribe's expansion. And I don't think you can beat Xuanyuan."

"Heh heh, is that so? Then do you think Xuanyuan won't come to attack you?"

Baifeng pointed at the entire Huaxia City and said: "I don't think Xuanyuan will let us continue to exist, so I want to develop to be strong enough before the Xuanyuan Tribe attacks us. Even if we can't surpass the Xuanyuan Tribe, we must make Xuanyuan retreat in the face of difficulties and not dare to come and fight."

"While he is attacking you, we can train more Soldiers and build these city walls higher. That will be enough."