Chapter 200: I had to Pick a Side
’My ears hurt’
Mo Chen complained with all the noise around him and others heard a low rumble of the ferocious beast and the room went silent.
"I will not let you give away the lands my father protected with his sweat and blood", Seiren said in a definitive tone. Minister Sheng and Minister Zai were surprised how deep and authoritative he sounded just like his father even though he had a girly appearance.
" Those lands belong to us. You stole our lands and we must have it back", Chief Batukhan who was explaining everything to his companions gave their reply.
" We can let you live in our Eastern province only after you swear allegiance to our Wind Kingdom. You will follow our laws and follow our customs and pay taxes to our government if you want to live in our lands. You will mingle with our people and will live among them without affecting their way of life and we can promise your people to have the same life our people has as the citizens of the Wind Kingdom ". Huang AoTian spoke in a soft but firm tone as he spoke as the Prime Minister of the Wind Kingdom.
Xing’s lips curved up to a slight smile as she knew her father would have the same solution as her that is almost in the middle not affecting both side tremendously. Actually it is more inconvenient to the Wind Kingdom as they have to accommodate these new people and protect them and help them integrate into their society.
Their demand of separate kingdom cannot be accepted because in the past two centuries, the wind kingdom has been depending on the Eastern Province for their fertile lands that provides them with food and their people have integrated with those lands too. They cannot lose it now and make the people there to leave the place they call home. At the same time the tribals cannot be deprived of their wish to go back to their native lands. So this is the middle ground where the Wind Kingdom could go.
This plan has serious implications too, as the tribals have been in war with the Wind kingdom for decades and the citizens in the Wind Kingdom have lost a lot and they won’t be very welcoming of them living amongst them and there are many other issues around it too.
But Xing knew that the God of Rain is in the side of the Tribals and with the recent shortage of rainfall, their lands might be wasted. The only way to pacify the God of Rain is by letting the tribals back to their native land. It is the only way to get rainfall in the Eastern Province. And they probably know it too that if they are not returning to those lands those lands will become useless to cultivate crops and people will leave that place without having any way to make money. And after that they can claim those lands. May be this is why they are so sure of it this time.
Chief Batukhan translated AoTian’s words to those other men with them and Xing did not need to understand their language to know that they are cussing them and refusing to accept their terms.