You Fu had not expected Luo Chong to call him back without assigning him a task in advance.
That can't be right?! Could the Chieftain be testing him, trying to see what choice he would make?
The thought made him hesitate again. He had originally planned to suggest to Luo Chong that he be given a local-government post, but now he did not dare bring it up.
You Fu pondered for a while. Seeing that Luo Chong had no further reaction, he tentatively asked,
"Chieftain, how about letting me go out and explore the areas around us again? East or west, either direction will do." You Fu paused, then explained his reasoning.
"Our Han Tribe has now occupied the lands across the four regions from north to south: from the Remnant Tribe's camp in the far north, through the Eight Commanderies of Hanyang where we are now, down to Tohai Commandery and the capital in the south, as well as Qiongzhou Island overseas. This stretch of land, over ten thousand li from south to north, is basically the limit of what we can reach.
"But I think both the east and west are still well worth exploring. At present, our Han Tribe is basically short of nothing. Food, vegetables, livestock, all kinds of minerals—we have enough for the time being. But if our tribe wants to keep expanding, the only way to solve that problem is to absorb more people.
"Given our tribe's current development, we have no enemies and no wars. We have more food than we can eat and have even begun stockpiling it on a large scale. Under these circumstances, our population will certainly grow very quickly. In perhaps fifteen years, our population could multiply more than tenfold, but that will still take time.
"According to my