NOVEL NEXT Chapter 172.1: Stiff-minded
After listening to Xiao Li’s words, Mo Ba Si and Yao Ye were both stunned in place.
Compared to Mo Ba Si, Yao Ye, who had been deeply educated in the Royal Family since childhood, was even more shocked!
Terrifying! This woman is simply terrifying!
Previously, the Jia Ma Royal Family had tried everything to reconcile with the Snake-People, thinking of various methods, but without exception, they all started from the upper echelons of the Snake-People.
In the eyes of the Jia Ma Royal Family, as long as they could handle the upper echelons of the Snake-People, the masses below would naturally follow suit.
However, Xiao Li’s words now made Yao Ye feel like he had been hit by a thunderbolt.
Yes… in the end, the Snake-People were ultimately a large family with blood ties, not a non-blood-related force like a sect.
From this perspective, family and sect were fundamentally different.
Sects could easily discard those below, as long as the core upper echelons remained, they could quickly rise again.
But the Snake-People Tribe couldn’t do that. Once they abandoned the masses, the Snake-People Tribe might really collapse.
The people below were the foundation of the Snake-People Tribe, the basis of the Snake-People Tribe, and even the upper echelons grew up from the lower ranks.
In this situation, the upper echelons of the Snake-People could never just abandon the masses, and the very purpose of their existence was to lead and protect those below.
Xiao Li clearly recognized this, so her main goal from the beginning was not the upper echelons of the Snake-People but the masses below.
And it wasn’t just relying on verbal persuasion; it was more about letting the Snake-People experience the benefits of reconciliation with humans by establishing trade stations, making them unconsciously desire reconciliation.
Thinking like this, Yao Ye looked at Xiao Li, who was gently caressing the head of Qing Lin, and a hint of color blossomed in her childish eyes.
It sounds easy to do, just build a trade station. But Yao Ye knew that it was not that simple.
Building a trade station in the Tager Desert is easy; the difficulty lies in getting the Snake-People to come.
Even though Xiao Li took a grassroots approach, if the upper echelons of the Snake-People Tribe didn’t give her a chance from the beginning, if they didn’t allow any Snake-People to enter the trade station established by Xiao Li, then all her considerations would be in vain.
Therefore, trust from the top was necessary.
Even if it didn’t require complete trust, allowing the Snake-People to come to the trade station for transactions was enough.
For this, Xiao Li made a lot of efforts to gradually gain the trust of the upper echelons of the Snake-People, which was extremely impressive to Yao Ye.
The reason was simple; the captain of the small Desert Metal Mercenary Company, Xiao Li, achieved something that even the Jia Ma Royal Family couldn’t do.
No, it’s not that they couldn’t, but they didn’t dare.
The Jia Ma Royal Family, the largest power in the Jia Ma Empire, hesitated to take action because of the unknown forces behind the slave trade.
But Xiao Li was different. She used her meager strength from the beginning to firmly strike against the slave trade, gaining the trust of the upper echelons of the Snake-People.
Even when the Snake-People’s tribe was attacked by unknown assailants, Xiao Li, in order to maintain the fragile trust established with the Snake-People, came alone to the dangerous Snake-People’s territory.
Yao Ye must admit, the courage and determination that Xiao Li has is something that she couldn’t ever hope to compare to.
Woman blessed by heaven, the majestic crown princess of the Jia Ma Empire, what’s the use of those titles?
When she’s stripped away from these identities, in terms of courage, strategy, and determination, in what aspect could she match Xiao Li?
In the final analysis, the biggest difference between the Jia Ma Royal Family and Xiao Li was the difference between doing and not doing.
Although the Jia Ma Empire had the intention to eliminate the estrangement with the Snake-People, they hesitated due to various reasons, always worrying about failure, leading to the ongoing conflict between humans and the Snake-People.
But Xiao Li was not like that. Once she considered everything, she would immediately decide and firmly execute, regardless of the difficulties she faced.