To be honest, the chiefs of the White House Tribe all wanted to bring their people along, but they also had to consider reality. They couldn't possibly abandon everything they had and follow You Fu to work. They had fields and children, houses and territory—there were too many things to take into account.
This matter couldn't be settled in a short while. Fortunately, You Fu wasn't in a hurry either. Just the matter of the two sides learning each other's planting techniques would take several days. Thus, the people You Fu had brought taught the White House Tribe every day how to plant corn, sew clothes and shoes, and raise sheep.
At the same time, the chiefs of the White House Tribe often gathered their own people to discuss working for the Han Tribe and building houses in exchange for money. With money from the Han Tribe, everyone could buy more good things. The people of the White House Tribe were naturally tempted. Once they had established the basic principle of going to work, deciding how to go and how many people to send became easy.
The chiefs asked You Fu all kinds of questions: Where would the workers live? If all the men and women of the White House Tribe went, could they bring the children as well? If the children came, how would they be cared for? You Fu answered each question in turn, and the two sides eventually reached the following agreement.
First, they would send one hundred and fifty people to follow You Fu and the others to scout out the situation: one hundred able-bodied men and fifty able-bodied women. The place was still just a vast empty lot with nothing on it. Sending too many people would be useless when there wasn't even anywhere to