Throne of Vientiane Civilization

In horse breeding, one litter is basically one, and twins are extremely rare.

These 40 mares did not conceive twins. The successful birth of 40 foals with the bloodline of the Horse King is only the first step of their breeding plan.

Don't forget that there is also a probability problem here. These 40 foals may be exotic beasts, but they may also be ordinary horses.

Ma Guotao tried to judge with his eyes at first.

In his opinion, he has bred hundreds or thousands of foals, and he can tell if the exotic foals look a little different from ordinary foals.

But the result proved that it was not very good.

He looked at these foals and they all looked the same. Just by observing with the naked eye, he could not tell which one was an exotic beast and which one was not.

In this regard, Ma Guotao did not hesitate, and simply began to use the "Peeping Eyes" to confirm the panels of these newborn foals in the simplest and crudest way.

During this process, it was fortunate that the birth time of these forty mares was not concentrated, and there were also staff members who also had the "Peeping Eyes" to help him share the pressure, which made their entire confirmation work go very smoothly.

But the result made Ma Guotao feel a little subtle.

The good news is that they successfully bred the exotic warhorse!

Another piece of news that was not bad news was that there were only six foals that reached the level of exotic beasts.

Six of the forty foals were exotic beasts.

Whether this probability is high or low, Ma Guotao has no reference at the moment.

It can only be said that the number is not as good as they expected.

But in any case, these six exotic beast-level foals must be trained with emphasis, and as for the remaining thirty-four foals, of course, they cannot be raised together with ordinary foals.

Although they are not exotic beasts, don't forget that they actually have the exotic beast genes of the horse king in their bodies.

After they grow up, their physical fitness is likely to be stronger than that of ordinary war horses. It is even possible that during the growth process, the genes of exotic beasts will be stimulated and they may grow directly into exotic beasts.

In view of this situation, he had already made key marks in the plan he wrote in the past year.

At the same time, they had already prepared special stables and movable fences for these foals, and marked all the foals so that they could easily confirm their identities during the normal domestication process.

During this period, Zhou Xu, who was in the Black Moon City Palace, also received a report from Ma Guotao.

Six exotic beast-level foals, this number is indeed a bit less than expected, but Zhou Xu also knows that this matter cannot be rushed. Breeding like them, which is basically starting from scratch, is a long job, and they still have to be patient.

After confirming the report, Zhou Xu turned his attention back to the large map in front of him.

At this moment, as the director of the Geological Exploration Bureau, Zhang Xuemei is cooperating with him to plan the next resource collection work.

The area shown on the map is the southern border of their Great Zhou today.

Zhang Xuemei's work in recent years has also been mainly concentrated there.

Although at this stage, most of the labor force in their Great Zhou is still concentrated in the New North District.

But according to the current work efficiency, the reconstruction of the New North District will be basically completed by the end of this year at the fastest, and by the middle of next year at the slowest.

At that time, his large-scale development project in the southern border will begin.

This of course also includes the further reconstruction of the coastal city.

In addition to the input of labor, large-scale construction projects like this also require a large amount of construction resources such as wood, stone, and metal.

If all these resources are transported from other areas, the transportation cost alone will not be small regardless of anything else.

Therefore, from Zhou Xu's point of view, the best way is to use local materials. There are ready-made resource collection points nearby, which can save a lot of things.

"In this area, this area, there is a high probability that there is iron ore below..."

At this moment, Zhang Xuemei was pointing at the map and reporting to him.

In the area, basically as long as there is a mineral vein, the stone problem can be solved while mining the mineral vein.

At that time, a brick factory will be built next to the mine, and the mined stones will be sent to the next door, processed and burned into bricks for use.

Listening to Zhang Xuemei's report, Zhou Xu's mind flashed with various thoughts about the planning and construction of the southern border, and he took a pen to quickly write down his ideas, so that he could organize them into a more complete plan later.

After finishing the report, Zhou Xu gave Zhang Xuemei a short vacation, focusing on a combination of work and rest.

He himself quickly devoted himself to the work of sorting out the plan.

At the same time, he did not forget to issue an order in advance, asking Zhang Xiaoshan to start the labor force for mining resources to go to the southern border.

Assuming that the large-scale construction project in the southern border will start next year, the resources needed for the construction must be prepared in advance.

In this way, the relevant mining work will basically start this year.

For this reason, the labor responsible for this work must also be in place in advance.

The best candidates at this stage are the miners and lumberjacks who are already engaged in this work.

There are two mines and a forest near Black Moon City that specialize in supplying wood.

In the past two years, the development and construction in this area has reached a stage of saturation, and the demand for stone and wood has declined to a certain extent.

Therefore, the transfer of some labor will not have much impact on this side.

In addition, Zhou Xu has also arranged the relevant transfer orders from the New South District.

Compared with Black Moon City, the New South District needs to provide some materials for the reconstruction projects in the New North District from time to time. The demand is relatively large on weekdays and requires sufficient labor to support. Therefore, the labor force ordered by Zhou Xu will be less than here.

Considering the scale of construction in the South Border, this amount of labor is not enough.

Zhou Xu naturally considered this problem.

Don't forget that the war with the rats in the South Border can be said to be completely over.

Entering a peaceful period, at least one-third of the lizardmen troops now pressed in the South Border can be disbanded, and at the same time, the human forces headed by Bai Tu can also be appropriately disbanded by about half.

The remaining troops are basically more than enough for stationing in the South Border.

And those disbanded soldiers are all ready-made labor!

Needless to say, they can all be used directly in the construction projects in the southern border, which just saves them from running back and forth.