Therefore, the king is Lan! His name will be sung by bards…
Jiang Yunlan stared blankly at the numerous clansmen who had formed a scenic view on both sides of the stone road, and couldn't help but wonder why things had turned out this way.
She remembered that when she first looked out the window, there were only a few orcs squatting by the stone path. How could dozens of orcs have suddenly appeared...?
The beastmen blinked, looking at Lan with innocent faces.
Helpless, just as she had when she taught them to read, she slowly began, “You still remember the meaning of the number ‘three,’ right?”
The orcs nodded vigorously, their chests puffed out in pride.
The character “三” represents heaven above, earth below, and in the middle, they are connected as one in the universe. They all remember.
“‘King’ is an orc among orcs who can uphold the world for other orcs. A king is a living being who can protect his people,” Jiang Yunlan said.
It doesn't matter if the meaning of "king" is different from that on Earth; the meaning behind language can change with the environment. If a "king" appears in this world in the future, she hopes that those kings will remember this.
A king should be someone who protects his people.
The beastmen suddenly realized, and confidently declared, "Therefore, the king is Lan!"
Jiang Yunlan was stunned, her mind filled with questions, and she hesitated to speak.
"...Is it possible that the king has many subjects, and I am just an ordinary clan chief?" she said helplessly.
"Oh, oh, oh! I understand. There are still too few people in Lan's clan. We will bring back more people for Lan!" The beastmen were eager to try, thinking about how they would come to Xia's clan from other places during the Flower Season.
They could tell that the "King" Lan spoke of was far more powerful than "Clan Chief." They wanted to bestow the title of "King" upon Lan!
As for Lan's past use of the name "Beast King" for the Bird-Wolf Scale-Tailed Beast, sorry, they didn't know what a Beast King was; it was just a dead beast. The title of "King" belonged only to Lan!
Jiang Yunlan watched the beastmen excitedly discussing how to lure all the other clans into the Xia clan, and her expression became even more helpless.
The transition from clan to tribe, and then to kingdom, was not a simple matter.
She gave a general description of what a clan, tribe, and kingdom should look like, and said to the excited tribespeople, "So, I am not yet the king."
The orcs, including Yan Duoyu, became even more excited. Lan's description of the tribe and the kingdom instantly resonated with them, and they imagined making the Xia clan the Xia tribe and the Xia kingdom, just as Lan had described.
A kingdom, a kingdom that can accommodate all living beings, a place where all living beings can live in peace and prosperity. That would truly be a wonderful kingdom.
At that time, Lan will be their king, and they will be Lan's subjects.
The orcs were filled with excitement, chattering about their hopes for the Xia Kingdom.
“When the orc clans in the mountains also become subjects of Xia, our houses can be built from here to the other side of the mountains. There will be so many buildings! As long as the mountains.”
“We can also carve out a road and have the animals raised by the tribe pull our carts! But before that, we need to capture wild animals that can pull the carts and tame them.”
"Back then, we could wipe out the beast tides, defeat the giant beasts, and no longer need to migrate. How wonderful, we no longer had to wander."
The beastmen were moved and smiled brightly, saying, "Lan, we will follow you and build Xia into a kingdom!"
Jiang Yunlan laughed along and replied earnestly, "I will lead you to build Xia into a kingdom."
Therefore, after dealing with the problems left over from the beast tide, she took the 022 on her head and led the uninjured Maple Sugar and a few other beastmen to the river to investigate the situation.
The clan's farmland was neither far nor close to the river. Jiang Yunlan and 022 struggled for many days, overturning several plans, before finally determining the size and location of the waterwheel, as well as the construction method of the water trough.
As the snow season approaches, the first waterwheel of summer has been completed.
The water in the river flows and splashes into the water bucket of the waterwheel, causing the waterwheel to turn.
"Pat-pat, pat, pat..."
A water bucket filled with water was lowered from the top of the waterwheel, sprinkling water into the aqueduct. The water that came later pushed against the water in front, swaying and drifting along the direction the aqueduct turned.
The waterwheel was very tall, over ten meters high, and the slightly shorter aqueduct was also very tall. Jiang Yunlan couldn't tell how much water the waterwheel had transported into the aqueduct, but she could sense that the waterwheel was successfully completed.
“Let’s go along the aqueduct to see how the farmland is doing,” she said with a smile, turning to the orcs, including Maple Syrup, who were helping her build the waterwheel.
Maple Syrup and the other orcs responded, surrounding Lan and following her toward the farmland.
There was no leakage at the bottom of the aqueduct. Jiang Yunlan and her group walked to the farmland and watched the water from the river flow into the fields, nourishing a small patch of crops that were still growing.
"The water from the river has really been transported here!" the orcs exclaimed in surprise.
They had already learned about this from Lan, but seeing it in person still left them stunned. The thought that even when farmland didn't need irrigation, the aqueduct's water flow could be redirected to fill the reservoir made this thing called a waterwheel seem even more amazing.
As expected of Arashi and 022!
"What? Has Lan created a new item again?!"
The orcs of Xia were surprised and expectant, their bright eyes fixed on the newly posted notice on the bulletin board. The enormous waterwheel had been built for over ten days; what would appear this time?
After Mo Rong finished posting the notice, he stepped back to the side of the bulletin board, cleared his throat, and loudly announced the content of his post so that the beastmen who couldn't see the bulletin board behind him could also know about the "currency" that Lan had just released.
"The notice posted on the bulletin board is about the copper coins our clan will use to buy things from now on! Don't know how to use copper coins? No problem, as long as you know how to use work points to buy items, then you've mastered how to use copper coins!"
"Lan said that starting today, the clan will no longer issue work points in copper coins. Everyone's work points will be exchanged for an equivalent amount of copper coins. If any orcs want to use copper coins now, they can bring their remaining work points here to exchange for copper coins."
The beastmen blinked, slightly confused, not quite understanding the difference between cloth coins and copper coins. But since Lan wanted to promote copper coins, they would just use copper coins from now on; after all, they were all the same to them.
Seeing their reaction, Mo Rong silently curled the corners of her lips, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Lan also said! There will be no limit to the amount of copper coins that can be exchanged from now on!"
"You can withdraw as many copper coins as you want in a day, and spend as much as you want. You don't need to come to me and Grey Honey when you want to buy expensive items!"
The beastmen, who had initially shown little interest, suddenly became excited: "Oh! Great! I love the new copper coins that Lan released this time!"
Well, praise to the wise Lan!
Eager to try out the copper coins promoted by Lan, they picked up the half-grown Mo Rong and headed straight for the room on the left side of the central building. They wanted to exchange the copper coins for shopping right now.
A group of orcs, holding up their ink-colored velvet, excitedly ran over to exchange it for copper coins, only to unexpectedly find Lan inside the house.
"Lan!" A certain orc put down the ink-colored cloth in his hand and greeted Lan with a smile.
Jiang Yunlan paused her conversation with Grey Honey and turned to look at the tribesmen who had entered. "You've come to exchange copper coins so soon?"
The orcs nodded and enthusiastically listed a series of things they had long wanted to buy.
"So you're going to use money to buy these items. Then hurry up and line up, Hui Mi, Mo Rong, and I will exchange them for copper coins for you." Jiang Yunlan said, raising her hand to pat a box full of copper coins.
The orc walked over, took out his work points and handed them to Lan. Lan took the copper coins, then turned a corner and joined the line in front of Gray Honey, waiting to collect his remaining work points.
Jiang Yunlan exchanged copper coins for several clansmen when a fox-beastman, Yuan Qing, walked over.
"Lan, I think I just heard you talking to Grey Honey about the trading area. Does our clan also use stalls to sell items to other clans?" Yuan Qing asked, handing over the coins she had earned.
Jiang Yunlan took the coins from the distribution center, wrote down the amount she exchanged in her bamboo notebook, and replied, "Yes, I will. I came to find Grey Honey to post a quest, to find the orc in charge of managing the items at the clan's stalls."
She raised her hands and caught the copper coin that Lan placed in her palms, her tail swaying left and right behind her.
"Lan, what do you think of me?" She raised a finger to herself and asked Lan with a smile.
Jiang Yunlan looked at Yuan Qing, who didn't seem particularly interested in trading, with surprise. "Why do you suddenly want to make a deal?"
"After the beast tide ends, the tribe will be selling a batch of defective weapons, right? I've got my eye on one of the swords, and I'm working hard to save up money and contribution points." Yuan Qing thought of the sword she wanted, and her tail wagged even faster.
She knew, of course, that not everyone was qualified to buy weapons, so she wanted to accumulate more contribution points that could only be earned by being useful to the clan.
Lan had said that orcs with high contribution points would be eligible to buy certain items that were not originally sold to ordinary members of their race. For example, the weapon she had been longing for.
Seeing her seemingly glowing eyes, Jiang Yunlan nodded and said, "I've noted your name down. Later, I'll have you and the other beastmen who signed up for me take a test. As long as you pass the test, this mission will be yours."
Yuan Qing left with a sense of relief, her eyes filled with determination. For the sake of her beloved longsword, she was determined to pass the test!
She did not disappoint; in the end, her name appeared on the list of orcs responsible for selling items at the stall.
“I’ll leave the task of selling items in the trading area to you,” Jiang Yunlan said solemnly, looking at the few orcs she had chosen. “The other clans will most likely be bartering with us. You’ve already memorized the common rules for exchanging items, so I won’t repeat them.”
"If any orcs offer you unusual items to trade, don't refuse. Trade them if you can. If you're unsure, go find Maple Syrup, Grey Honey, Dark Velvet, or me."
Yuan Qing and the other beastmen said in unison, "Lan, we'll remember this!"
The flower season is fast approaching, and they have been preparing for this moment for a long time.
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