Throne of Vientiane Civilization

After bidding farewell to Chitose, Zhou Xu led Qin Fen directly towards Black Moon City.

After all, if you want to say which equipment department has the most complete facilities and the most technical personnel, it has to be the equipment department in Black Moon City.

At the same time, according to the original plan, Zhou Xu was actually going back to Black Moon City.

Because taking a boat from Black Moon City to the factory port in the south basically goes directly through it, but taking the land route from the grassland side requires a big detour.

In addition, taking the water route is more labor-saving, and he can meditate safely on the boat.

The entire summoning ceremony this time consumed much less than he expected. After spending half of the mantra power, he pulled out Qin Fen's golden legend.

On the way back to Black Moon City, they would inevitably pass by Prairie City, and he did not forget to take Qin Fen to meet Ma Guotao.

He and Ma Guotao had similar skills in getting along with people. Once they made contact and chatted for a few words, they quickly realized that they had met the same kind.

The conversation seemed very lively, and it almost seemed like it was too late to meet, but he knew the actual situation. It was all about technology. To put it bluntly, there were two people who knew how to chat and knew how to chat. Just cooperate with each other.

They are the kind of people who will chat well when they meet, but usually have no contact with each other at all.

Didn't stay too long, Zhou Xu came over to say hello.

Back in Black Moon City, Zhou Xu took him to see Teacher Wang Dongwang and even Wang Pengfei, who was storytelling in a restaurant.

Along the way, Qin Fen has clearly realized that in this world, time travelers are really not a rare thing, and it also makes Qin Fen feel calmer.

He was not a fool. Of course he knew the purpose of His Majesty's efforts to continuously introduce the various time-travelers to him along the way.

To put it bluntly, it is to reassure him and let him know that there are many time travelers in their great Zhou Dynasty. As long as you are honest, even if you are as incompetent as Wang Pengfei, you can still make a living.

On the other hand, if you are capable, your life here will be very fruitful.

You can even realize your ideal ambitions to a large extent.

This point still makes Qin Fen very excited.

As he said before, he is actually a fan of steam engines, and is even very obsessed with the entire steam era.

Once here, his job was to build steam engines, all at no cost to him.

Damn it, is there anything better than this?

After meeting Wang Dong, Zhou Xu took him directly to the equipment department, and then opened a small department for him under the equipment department, responsible for the research, development and manufacturing of steam engines.

Zhou Xu had already informed him of various issues such as the subsequent manpower mobilization and the arrangement of R\u0026D funds, so he basically did not need to worry about the following matters.

After bidding farewell to Qin Fen, Zhou Xu returned to the palace and briefly dealt with the work that had accumulated during this period. After a night's rest, he officially set off for the southern border early the next morning.

With half of the power of the mantra left in his body, Zhou Xu was extremely comfortable in his state.

In short, he first returned to his prime state, and then began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the study of his mantra.

Nothing else will disturb him along the way. With such a good opportunity, if he doesn't study the mantra, then when will he do it?

Time always flies very fast when Zhou Xu concentrates on studying the mantra.

By the time he arrived at the coastal fortress, the season had already arrived in autumn.

This was his first time here, and he had to admit that their coastal fortress on the southern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty was really far away from Black Moon City, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The distance here even exceeds the distance from Black Moon City to New Taipei District.

Under this premise, the number of rivers in the southern border is not small, but the direction is not good. In addition, there are also problems of insufficient water depth and insufficient river width in some areas, making it impossible to directly use them as ready-made waterways.

If he wants to use it in the future, he will have to overhaul the waterway and open a canal.

Needless to say, this is another very large project that requires a large labor force.

Zhou Xu couldn't stand it at this moment.

Compared with this project, Zhou Xu would rather invest money and labor in the subsequent laying of railways.

Qin Fen has the technology to manufacture steam engines. If everything goes well, it won't take long to successfully develop it.

As long as the steam engine is successfully developed and the steam train is built, it will be able to solve the problem of transportation and movement efficiency in the southern region to a large extent.

In Zhou Xu's opinion, this is much cheaper than building waterways and opening canals.

Zhou Xu was pondering this matter in his mind while boarding the ship bound for the island.

They were undoubtedly already familiar with the route between the mainland and the island. Under this premise, taking a small boat would make movement more efficient. Five days later, they successfully arrived at their destination.

Bai Tu, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting at the port.

At this moment, Zhou Xu was standing on the deck of the bow of the ship, staring blankly at the towering mountain deep in the island.

"Holy crap! Xuemei, come here and see, is that a volcano?"

Since geological exploration work was also needed on the island, Zhou Xushun also brought Zhang Xuemei over.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuemei, who was resting in the boat at the time, ran out quickly.

At first glance, when the mountain came into her sight, Zhang Xuemei's brows furrowed quickly.

"Looking at the shape of the mountain, the top shape is suspected to be a crater. We have to get closer to see it to know the details."

Zhang Xuemei did not make a hasty judgment.

While talking, their ship had officially docked.

"General Bai Tu, I pay my respects to His Majesty!"

"No need to be polite."

As he got off the ship, Zhou Xu signaled everyone to be polite, and then he couldn't wait to ask Bai Tu about the situation of the mountain on the island.

"Have you sent people to explore the mountain deep in the island?"

Bai Tu obviously had no idea about volcanoes, and didn't know what a volcano was.

At this moment, facing Zhou Xu's question, although Bai Tu was surprised why their majesty was so concerned about the mountain, he still answered truthfully...

"Reporting to your majesty, in the past few months, our front-line troops have mainly used their strength to control villages and ports. The reconnaissance troops sent out are relatively small in size and have not yet explored that area."

This island is quite large, and the mountain looks close to them, but it is actually very far away.

Considering the time problem, it is understandable that it has not been fully explored yet.

While thinking, Zhou Xu quickly said...

"Call an islander who is familiar with the situation on this island. I want to ask questions."

Speaking of this, Zhou Xu paused and then added a sentence.

"Is the Chosen One still here? Call him together."

"Yes!"