Commander Xin's Hesitation (Requests for Votes and Subscriptions)

Niu Wei set off for Clear Spring Valley in the northwest of Bamboo Island with the letter in hand. He rode through countless villages, and everywhere he went, he could clearly see the influence Han Tribe had brought to Bamboo Island.

The most common change was that many villages now had small carts. One-wheeled carts were the most numerous, while two-wheeled carts could also be found, though only in larger villages, where the roads were somewhat easier to travel.

Another change was the textile handicraft industry that the emissary group had promoted throughout Bamboo Island. Many villages had already purchased Spinning Machines or looms. In front of the Bamboo Buildings scattered across the island, it was common to see villagers working in the open spaces outside their homes, spinning and weaving their own cloth.

Even the small mountain villages that could not afford Spinning Machines or looms would search everywhere for wild Hemp Grass, harvest it, and soak it in Hemp Retting Pools. They planned to gather enough Hemp Fiber to exchange for Spinning Machines at Han Tribe.

These were merely changes at the grassroots level. On the official side of Bamboo Island, the most obvious change was that more horse carts had appeared on the roads. Most of the carts were loaded with recently harvested grain. Unlike before, when grain was transported in Bamboo Baskets strapped to pack animals, it was now all sealed in Hemp Sacks. Those Hemp Sacks came straight from the hands of countless Bamboo Island villagers.

This seemingly insignificant change alone had brought a leap in Bamboo Island's transportation capacity.

If Han Tribe fully intervened in Bamboo Island, how enormous would the changes be? Han Tribe was also about to promote Metal Currency here. That would be a comprehensive improvement to people's established methods of