Volume 10: Our Journey Chapter 330: The Trust of the Fire Clan Leader
In the last autumn before Xiao Yuncheng's death, after the entire nation was mobilized to complete the autumn harvest, Chief Arthur temporarily put aside his work and led 500 warriors to the Samal Snow Mountain to participate in Miriam's garrison rotation.
Well... according to the "Race Alliance" agreement, the racial armies participating in the alliance should have been stationed in Miriam all year round, but the grassland is at war with the Far East and is busy with production and construction (the latter is the key point), so Xiao Yun communicated with the Elf King through Selena and reached a consensus to participate in the garrison only in winter... Anyway, there is nothing to do in winter, and it won't delay things to let 500 people go on vacation.
Xiao Yun, who was busy all over, saw off Chief Arthur and the warriors who were going to the snow-capped mountains for vacation, then turned around and returned to Huoyan City. As he entered the square, he found a familiar figure.
"Leader of the Huoyan Clan?" Xiao Yun called out in surprise.
In the threshing ground, the leader of the Huoyan tribe, who was sweeping away the rice with a large broom made of thin bamboo, looked up and saw Xiao Yun. He wiped his sweat and said, "It's Ah Yun. I didn't skip work. I'm on a day off today and I came to see how the rice is drying."
Xiao Yun said with a smile: "Just take a good rest during your shift, there is no need to work overtime. The Agricultural Administration Bureau will not pay you if you do this."
"I won't pester Lan Guo for money." The Fire Clan leader said embarrassedly.
Chief Huoyan was not the oldest in the tribe, but he led his tribe members through hardships and migrations in the first ten years after Xiao Yun came here. Although he was younger than the grass-roots chief, he looked older than the others. When there were not enough people, Xiao Yun used him without hesitation. Now that there were enough people, Xiao Yun, who was not a devil, naturally did not want this middle-aged man who had over-exploited his own vitality to work too hard. Regardless of whether Chief Huoyan was willing or not, he dragged him out of the threshing ground.
"I'm not afraid that you'll bother Lan Guo. Everyone has their own work. If you do other people's work, they'll get the advantage of being lazy. If you don't come to help, they'll still be lazy, which will delay their work. Besides, if you rest well today, you'll have more energy to do a better job tomorrow. Don't you agree?"
Dahe and Evelyn, who were passing by the threshing ground, were originally surprised that Xiao Yun was stopping others from working. When they heard this, they left without looking back.
"For a moment I actually thought Ayun was still a human being!" Dahe whispered to Evelyn.
“Speak softly, you’ll be in trouble if someone hears you. The teacher is not a kind-hearted person.” Evelin reminded.
"You two bastards, I heard it!!" Xiao Yun yelled at the two figures from behind.
Dahe and Evelyn immediately ran away...
The short period of time after the autumn harvest and before the start of winter preparations is a rare period of relaxation for the residents of the grassland kingdom. Xiao Yun and Chief Huo Yan were walking from the threshing ground to the residential area, and soon they met other people who were also taking a break.
"Qiuqiu is back?" Xiao Yun raised his hand and shouted to the caracal warriors who were mixed in with the employees of the woolen mill.
Qiu's body stiffened, and he reluctantly emerged from behind the Wing Tribe employee and the Human Tribe female worker: "Stop calling me Qiuqiu, even the Bear Tribe has started to call me that, and asked me what my relationship with the War Ball is!"
Xiao Yun ignored Qiu's protest and asked with a smile: "How is the urban construction progress over at Yuexiong? Has it caught up with the farm construction?"
After the moon bears surrendered and settled down on the grassland, they naturally developed a sense of competition with the cats... The reason was that the cats' arrogant personalities made it easy for them to offend people. Those who took the initiative to surrender, such as the lions, tea bears, foxes, and winged tribes, all ended up in a good mood. It was even more impossible for the bears to develop a deep relationship with the cats.
Chief Arthur, Xia, Qingyan, Qiu and other cat tribe management were initially troubled by the cat tribe's problem of being disliked everywhere, but after Xiao Yun reminded them of the importance of "healthy competition", they changed their style and subtly instilled the concept of "don't lose to the cat tribe so as not to be laughed at by them" in the bear tribe they were in charge of. Not to mention, the effect was quite good...
"It's OK, but the building materials are too expensive. Yue Xiong's managers are always worried about when the debt can be repaid." Qiu waved goodbye to the workers of the woolen mill and walked to Xiao Yun's side. "Originally, the money owed to Huoyan City could be repaid, but now you have this 'international bank' with monthly and annual interest. Yue Xiong is afraid that their debt will be transferred to this bank."
"Is there still this misunderstanding? It seems that the publicity work has not kept up." Xiao Yun nodded and said, "Loans from commercial banks are only open to commercial activities. The urban construction and infrastructure on the grassland are still funded by our state-owned banks. I will follow up on this matter later, don't worry."
"That's good." Qiu nodded, and then said, "The price of building materials——"
Xiao Yun interrupted him forcefully: "Qiuqiu, look at the tired face of the Fire Clan leader, who has aged prematurely due to fatigue. Then think about the honest Ah Shan. Do you have the heart to lower the price?"
Qiu Momo tilted his head to look at the innocent-looking Fire Clan leader, then looked at Xiao Yun. He moved his mouth and then closed it tightly.
He shouldn't have talked about money with Xiao Yun!
"Well... Have the awards for the Winter War Ball Tournament been finalized?" Qiu wisely changed the topic to another direction.
"It depends on what kind of reward the sponsor is willing to offer." Xiao Yun said, "This time, the canteen and the cowshed got the sponsorship tickets. You can ask Niu Jiao and Ah Shui later."
There is not much advertising to do on the grassland. The so-called sponsors are those who get the lottery tickets and provide money and people to host the event... Anyway, Xiao Yun's secretariat is blocking the door to the Finance Department's grant application. Any non-profit activity that wants to get money from the Finance Department must first pass Xiao Yun!
Qiu simply couldn't continue chatting with this guy, so he said hello to the leader of the Fire Clan and left...
"Qiuqiu is now more capable, but his temper has also gotten worse." Xiao Yun turned around and complained to the Fire Clan leader, "He was such a good cat when he first came, but now you see, he throws his head at people if you say something wrong, tsk tsk."
The Fire Clan leader thought for a moment and said, "...I think he was pissed off by you."
"Could it be that he is just narrow-minded?" Xiao Yun said.
"Uh..." The Fire Clan leader couldn't tell me directly that I think you are the most cunning, so he could only talk about something else, "Ayun, aren't you busy these days?"
"Busy! Of course I'm busy!" Xiao Yun immediately complained to Chief Huoyan about how much of a headache it was to persuade those Dark Iron Dwarf messengers...
Commercial banks are established to pool liquidity and maximize its value, but given the level of logistics in this world... it is impossible to expect globalized commercial circulation like on Earth. (Without infrastructure, there is no logistics)
At best, we can only catch up with the Age of Exploration on Earth...
That's right, this is the main purpose why Xiao Yun went to so much trouble to even involve the Beast King in establishing an international commercial bank - as a victim who discovered when he traveled through time that his people had been fleeced for two hundred years, Xiao Yun was ready to put the great navigation business on the agenda (which was really going to drive Lamia to death).
He "obtained" shipbuilding technology from Kronin, recruited shipbuilding technicians from the Dwarven Kingdom, and transferred funds from the commercial bank he founded. With millions of gold coins on hand, Xiao Yun didn't believe that anyone in the world could compete with him for the leading position in the great navigation business! (Reservation for Lamia's Tomb)
Even the old bastard Beast King obediently paid 500,000 gold coins to support him in making a fortune. So who else can stop Xiao Yun!
No!
Now, Isaac, the fourth disciple who was chatting and laughing with the Kronin royal family, had already obtained the technology of the 10,000-ton sea ship and sent it to Xiao Yun. The starting capital was already sufficient. The remaining problem was to recruit technicians from the Dwarf Kingdom... There was no other way. The grassland industry was too weak, and the small population of the hilly new area could not support the construction of 10,000-ton ships...
This matter was planned very well and was also implemented very well. With the money-making ability of the grassland demonstrated over the years, the Beast King who was temporarily in a truce and the shameless and shameless Dark Elf Mistress both handed the money to Xiao Yun without any doubt... Even a poor man like the Dwarf King took out his coffin book.
It was on the issue of the management of the Dark Iron Dwarf technicians that Xiao Yun had a small dispute with the Minister of the Interior, ... Xiao Yun required the hired Dwarf technicians to sign a contract of at least ten years and a strict confidentiality agreement, and they were not allowed to leave the workplace during their employment. It stands to reason that such terms would not be a big deal in a world where slavery exists, but the Dwarf Minister of the Interior, who had a keen sense of smell, discovered something was wrong and started to make trouble, trying to get more benefits from Xiao Yun...
The Fire Clan leader seemed to understand what he heard at first, but after understanding what the dwarf minister meant, he immediately showed an expression of "I see" - how could it be possible to plunder the miser Ayun! Ayun must have been causing trouble for others during this time!
Sure enough, Xiao Yun then talked about the whole process of how he complained to the Dwarf King and forced the Dwarf Minister to bow his head through the Dwarf King who was unaware of the inside story...
Fire Clan Leader: “…”
The Fire Chief, who was just slow to react and couldn't keep up, but whose IQ was definitely higher than the average of the Snow Wolf Clan, looked speechlessly at Ayun, who had always been very frank with him. He wanted to say that it was not appropriate to be so unkind. If he didn't preach, the Fire Chief's middle-aged soul would stir again...
"Ayun, you..." After thinking for a while, the Fire Clan leader gave up commenting on Xiao Yun's actions, shook his head and smiled, "Forget it, you are always looking at the distance that I can't see and doing things. I can't see what you can see, but I think you always have your purpose in doing things, and your purpose is a good thing for most people."
Xiao Yun was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Chief Huoyan would say such a thing. However, when he thought about how Chief Huoyan had rarely spoken about clan affairs since there were more and more clan leaders in the Huoyan tribe, it was not difficult for him to understand why Chief Huoyan would have such an idea.
This is also the reason why Xiao Yun can always maintain respect for the leader of the Fire Clan - it is very difficult to make adults, especially adults who have had power, admit that their knowledge and talents are not as good as those of young people. Even in a close relationship like father and son, it is extremely difficult to make the father admit that his son has grown to be better than himself. Most fathers always hold on to their own opinions with an inexplicable self-esteem, until all their ambitions are washed away by the years, and then they are willing to accept their own mediocrity and backwardness.
Since Xiao Yun first crossed over into this body, although Chief Huoyan sometimes had his own opinions, as long as he could make him understand that Xiao Yun's actions were beneficial to the tribe, Chief Huoyan would support him unreservedly.
The emotionless Xiao Yun showed a warm smile. He put his hand on the shoulder of the Fire Chief, and in a tone that seemed to be seeking credit from his elders, he listed his plans for the entire Snow Wolf Clan and the entire grassland one by one...
The Fire Clan leader listened to Xiao Yun's chatter very carefully regardless of whether he understood it or not. Occasionally, when he heard something he could understand, he would reveal a bright and yearning smile.
The grassroots chief who was walking hurriedly through the square grabbed Ashan, who was walking stupidly towards the old and young couple who were walking slowly and chatting enthusiastically. He said he would take Ashan out to play, and forcibly dragged Ashan into the small building of the Labor Bureau, asking Ashan, who had a photographic memory, to help review the newly printed White Bear employment contract documents.
Primo and Sean, the old good friends, are now sitting in the leisure area on the south side of the cafeteria square. Primo, who has just become a undead, is not used to his stiff body yet. He moves his arms and complains to his old friend that he should be more comfortable dead.
Behind this pair of elderly good friends, Mr. Hodgson and the Snow Elf Lieutenant were sitting on either side of a stone chessboard, playing the military chess (that is, chess) which had recently become popular in Fire City. Niu Jiao, who had just finished work, stood behind Selina and watched, giving her bad advice from time to time, which annoyed Selina so much that she kicked him.
Behind the cafeteria, on the warrior training ground that was not covered by the school, Xiaohua and Atian were taking turns sparring with Yu, and were beaten on the head by Yu with a spear.
In the first living area on the east side of the school, at Qingcao's home, Ayue from the Engineering Department is arguing with the Centaur Sail from the Transport Department about the priority of road engineering and canal engineering. Ayue believes that the transportation capacity provided by the canal is not inferior to that of the road, while Sail believes that the canal project will take too long and it would be better to repair the road first.
Qingcao, who rarely went home, endured it again and again, but still couldn't stand the noise made by these two guys, so he kicked them out of the door forcefully, and threw his equally noisy daughter Ruhua right in Ayue's face...
At Qingcao's neighbor Languo's house, because Xuehua and Languo were not at home, their cubs brought their classmates home to play and made a big fuss in the yard.
When Qingcao rushed over to deal with the little brats, he found that the little brats had actually invented a game of riding a bull to fight, and the one being ridden was their classmate Xiao Niu Nao Ke...
“Don’t you know that you are not allowed to bully your classmates?! That’s what Aisha taught you!!” Qingcao, the old mother who was ruthless to her own daughter, killed everyone in Languo’s house.
"But we are often ridden too!" Moss, who was definitely the one taking the lead in causing trouble, cried out.
"Work is work! It's different!" Qingcao beat him even harder...
"It's so noisy next door." A Yan, who was barbecuing in Xiao Hua's yard, said lazily to Hal, the white bear he brought over to play with.
Hal was silent for a moment, then said carefully, "Well...Ayan, is it okay for us to go to someone else's house and grill something to eat?"
"Of course no problem, what's the difference between Xiaohua's home and my home!" A Yan patted his chest.
"You don't have a home, do you?" Hal asked suspiciously. "I heard from Harris that you spent all your money on snacks and didn't save enough to build a house."
"How come Harris, this crap who can't control his mouth tells everything out loud?!" Ah Yan raised her voice in excitement.
"Ayan! I heard your voice! Come and help me beat the kid, or I will tell Harris that you said he was a rat snake behind his back!" Qingcao shouted from the other side of the wall.
"It was Ayun who called out that first..." Ayan muttered and glared at Hal, then stood up and climbed over the wall.
“…” Hal followed silently.
Helping to beat a child or something, this was the first time Hal had heard such a request in his life...
After Hal followed A Yan over the wall, he realized that this request was not excessive at all - it was not easy to spank all the wolf cubs and cat cubs jumping around in the yard.
Chief Ali, whose work scope was relatively remote and who had more free time, opened the door of his own house, glanced at the noisy Lan Guo's house, shook his head, went back, closed the doors and windows, and drew the curtains.
"If I had known earlier, I would have gone to live in District 2 with the cat tribe. These guys are really restless." Chief Li returned to the kang and sat cross-legged, patting the kang table, "Come on, continue... Hmm? Did you secretly move my chess pieces? Why is the position of the chess pieces wrong?"
The old dragon Austin, who was sitting directly on the chessboard, was anxious: "Don't talk nonsense, I won't play such tricks!"
"This one doesn't count, let's start over!"
"Let's do it again!"
Two chess-sucking idiots who are too embarrassed to play chess outside are enthusiastically playing chess against each other...
Ted Zhongzhang and Yale Dazhang, who had returned to the grassland with some of their people, passed by an area where the Snow Wolf Tribe mostly lived. Seeing that there was no one around, Ted Zhongzhang, who seemed to be steady and taciturn but was actually more easy-going in private, whispered to Dazhang: "When you guys are building houses here, stay away from Area 1. Learn from the cat tribe..."
Yale Tent: "..."
Balk, who had a discerning eye, or who was obsessed with action figures and pursued a big house and a big yard, did not live in Area 1, nor in Area 2 which was full of cats. Instead, he occupied a particularly large piece of land in Area 3 and built a small castle of considerable size.
While his father, Austin, was hiding away playing chess with Chief Li, Balk was squatting in his workshop, which was several times bigger than other people's living rooms, with a fanatical and perverted expression on his face, using clay to mold various dynamic life-size goddess statues...
The completed goddess statues all have a face that is highly similar to the Earth actress Tong Liya...
Rosemary, who had been prospecting for a whole year and was exhausted as a dead dog, finally came back to spend the winter and came to the house to get some food and drinks. From the window of the workshop, she saw a green dragon in a horrifying state with a constant "hehe" laugh, and she shuddered and decisively turned around and left.
Xiao Yun and Chief Huo Yan strolled around the square for more than an hour before sending Chief Huo Yan home. Chief Huo Yan, who worked diligently and already had a house, asked Xiao Yun curiously, "Ah Yun, the mobile home you live in is about to reach its service life, aren't you considering building a house?"
The prefabricated houses were built early, with simple building materials and a short service life. They cannot be compared with the current cement brick houses with mature firing technology.
Xiao Yun rarely showed a pained expression: "Well... Dahe threatened me, when I come of age... what if I have a ready-made house and that guy moves in?"
The Fire Clan leader almost burst out laughing: "You are afraid of this? But you will always find a partner when you grow up. Aren't you going to have cubs?"
Xiao Yun said seriously, "Chief Huoyan, I am a man who will dedicate my whole life to the grassland. You have to believe in my determination. Besides, I have plans for Dahe. It would be better to let her have a baby with me or something else."
"Okay, I believe it." The Fire Chief nodded with a smile, "Everything you said to me has come true. I believe everything you said will come true." After a pause, a trace of inexplicable emotion appeared on the Fire Chief's old-fashioned square face, "Over the years, I have watched how you fulfilled your original promise. I think your appearance must be... to make all these things that I dare not believe and no one dares to imagine come true."
The small tribe with only thirty or so people left turned into a huge ethnic group. More and more people gathered around them, reclaiming farmland, building roads and canals, and constructing a city that even the forest elves would envy... In the first sixty years of his life, Chief Fire Chief had never dreamed of such an impossible thing.
"I am also waiting for you to come of age, just like Caogen, A Li, and the others." The Fire Chief regained his elder's demeanor, his eyes full of expectation and warmth, "We are a weak tribe that was once ignored and unknown. We are all waiting for a king who is more powerful than the kings of other tribes."
Xiao Yun himself would not say what he wanted to do when he grew up. This kind of thing was already done for him by Chief A Li in private... Chief Li did not expect to be the king of the grassland (in terms of prestige, the grassroots chiefs were ten blocks ahead of him, and he could not even beat Hong Ye), so he would naturally support someone who recognized his abilities and could enable him to play a role in the right position, and this person was none other than Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun said goodbye to Chief Huo Yan, and on the way to the mobile home, the expression on Chief Huo Yan's face that he had never seen before kept coming back to his mind.
"He has figured it out. I am not Ayun."
Xiao Yun let out a breath.
Only Mr. Sean knows his true origins, and Mr. Sean is a man who can keep secrets.
It is not difficult to understand why Chief Huoyan was able to figure out the truth from the lie woven by Xiao Yun, that his mother had given him an extra lifetime of knowledge… It is true that the original owner depended on his uncle Ashan after his mother died in the battle, but it is quite a myth to expect Ashan to take care of the original owner, who was born weak and very likely to suffer from depression, for ten years, while the entire tribe was in a state of displacement during these ten years.
The Fire Clan leader is slow to react and think. A-Shan's words, to be honest, are really stupid...
In other words, the person who truly took care of the original owner for ten years should be the leader of the Fire Clan.
The person who took care of the cubs who had lost their parents in the Huoyan tribe that Xiao Yun saw at the beginning of his time travel was indeed the Huoyan tribe leader.
No one probably knows the nature of the child he has taken care of for ten years better than the Fire Clan leader.
Xiao Yun turned his head and looked towards the residence of the Fire Clan leader.
After a few seconds, he withdrew his gaze, a brisk, confident smile appeared on his face, and he took big strides forward.
Whether it is establishing a country on the grassland, or not only taking advantage of the population of the Far East but also using the money of the Beast King for personal use, or even taking over the authority of the Kingdom of Flame from the elder, the Fire Clan Leader, these are just one step in Xiao Yun's plan to move towards the sea of stars.
He still has a lot of things to do next, such as Evelyn's promotion, further weakening the threat of the Beast King, stopping the ambitions of others and ensuring that the steel fleet that appears on the sea can only be controlled by him, training the troublesome guy Da He to be his Medvedev, and making an extra preparation to train Hong Ye to be Da He's reserve...
"As someone who once stood on the shoulders of giants and enjoyed a peaceful and stable life, it is indeed difficult for me not to look further afield. Chief of the Fire Clan, you will not regret the trust you have placed in me. Throughout my life, I will let the residents born on the grassland see the scenery beyond the sea!"
【End of the book】
