Throne of Vientiane Civilization

The route for laying the steam locomotive track is not something that can be done by simply drawing two straight lines. It must be planned in combination with the actual environment.

For example, if they encounter a small hill on the route for laying the railway, they certainly cannot dig a tunnel directly under the hill. They have to go around it.

And considering the possible landslides under certain weather conditions, they have to go around a little further, which will greatly increase the actual length of the track.

In addition, if you want to lay the track, you must prepare the ground. This work can be carried out in advance, rather than waiting until the track is officially laid before slowly carrying out related work. In that case, the efficiency of the whole work is too low.

Zhou Xu is not a person who likes to pile up a lot of things together. He likes to do things in an organized, planned and efficient manner.

For him, if this is a project that will be launched next fall or even the year after next, it is not an exaggeration to start the preparation work now. You know, this is a time-consuming and laborious project!

"Your Majesty, why doesn't this route go through the New South District? If it passes through Feiyan City and reaches the Plain Fortress directly, wouldn't it be possible to completely connect the military support lines of the New South District and the New North District?"

After writing down all of Zhou Xu's requirements, Li Bowen raised a question.

In response, Zhou Xu directly said...

"From the perspective of military support, letting the railway pass through Feiyan City is indeed the most efficient route, but after passing through Feiyan City, a large section of the railway is exposed on the periphery..."

Zhou Xu has undoubtedly thought about this issue carefully.

"Suppose that a war breaks out in the Plain Fortress later, and the enemy's large forces fight to the periphery of the Plain Fortress, when they are investigating the surrounding terrain, they will easily discover the existence of the outer railway, which will be dangerous."

Speaking of this, Zhou Xu paused.

"With the steam train, our internal support efficiency in Da Zhou is already very high. There is no need to take such risks just to be faster."

"In addition, taking this route can also connect the transportation of Xinnan District and Xinbei District to a certain extent, and the overall cost-effectiveness is much higher."

Li Bowen is an internal affairs staff after all. People in different positions look at things from different angles.

For example, if it is a corner coffee shop, a businessman will think...

"This location is good. There are commercial streets on both sides. People come and go. The customer flow is guaranteed. You can come in and sit when you are tired of shopping. The business must be good."

But if it is replaced by an officer who marches and fights all year round, his idea is...

"This location is good. I can easily control the entire street by setting up two heavy machine guns here!"

The perspective of standing is different, and the perspective of looking at a thing is naturally different. There is nothing to say about it.

On this side, after Zhou Xu finished dealing with the work at hand, his own cultivation naturally did not fall behind.

Or in other words, cultivation is also his key project during this period.

After all the things that needed to be arranged were arranged and everything was on track, there were fewer things he needed to worry about. Daily government affairs were handed over to Huo Qubing and Li Bowen. During this period, Zhou Xu's focus naturally fell on cultivation.

Although he was a sage mage, even if he was a silver four-star, he was still very deterrent on the battlefield today, but in the previous brief confrontation with the Blood Hand Clan, he felt a little bit of inadequacy.

If Qiansui had not been summoned in time, that wave would have collapsed.

This was obviously not what Zhou Xu wanted to see, so he needed to make himself stronger.

Even if he couldn't break through to the out-of-body realm directly in a short period of time, it would be good to be promoted to silver five-star.

In the future, when encountering the same situation, he would be more confident.

With this mentality, Zhou Xu has been practicing very hard recently, and his life is so fulfilling every day.

In comparison, Fisher has been having a more tormenting time recently.

The slave rebels on the opposite side did not know what was going on. They suddenly became tenacious. In the recent rounds of offensive, they could not be said to have suffered a setback, but they did not gain any advantage.

The city defense advantage cannot be ignored after all.

The Luosha Republic troops, which were in a panic because of the disadvantage before, found that this battle was not as difficult as they thought at the beginning after successfully resisting the offensive of the black-skinned army led by Fisher. Their self-confidence, which had been shaken, suddenly became firmer, and their confidence became stronger and stronger invisibly.

The slaves had some hatred for the black-skinned.

They were indeed afraid before. When they saw the black-skinned, they were scared. There was nothing to say about this.

But as long as they were given a chance and let them build up their self-confidence, they would definitely become outstanding avengers.

Listening to the latest battle report, Peter was thinking in the city lord's mansion...

[The time should be about right. 】

Thinking of this, Peter looked up at Kapar, another revolutionary army cadre standing in front of the table.

"Kapar, go and invite Lord Narga over."

Hearing this, Kapar's heart suddenly became anxious.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to negotiate with those damned black people?"

Kapar was obviously a little bit unable to accept it. In the revolutionary army, he also belonged to a relatively extreme group.

"We can now resist their attack, as long as..."

"As long as what?"

Peter interrupted Kapar directly.

"The reality is that we can only resist the attack of the black skins. Now we can only hide inside with the advantage of the city wall. We can't fight out at all. If the battle continues to stalemate, the final result will only be a lose-lose situation!"

Obviously, Peter has a clearer view of the current situation.

"At the same time, have you ever thought about what we should do if the green skins attack at this time?"

"If the green skins attack, the first to die will definitely be the black skins outside."

Kapar said stubbornly.

Peter listened and nodded.

"Indeed, they will die first, and then it will be our turn next."

"We can ask for help from Da Zhou and the female warriors, just like they did before."

Kapar was obviously still unconvinced.

Peter was helpless.

"Let's not talk about whether the Great Zhou and the female warriors are willing to support us. The siege strength of the greenskins is much higher than those of the blackskins. Are you sure we can hold out until the reinforcements arrive?"

At this point, seeing that Kapar wanted to say something, Peter quickly raised his hand to stop him.

"Okay, Kapar, you should be more mature. Continuing to fight is not good for either of us. Now we have evened the situation. Now no one can do anything to anyone. For us, this is the best time to negotiate. Go and invite Lord Narga over. Don't let me say it for the third time!"

At the end, Peter emphasized his tone. Kapar opened his mouth twice, but finally bowed and retreated honestly.

"Yes, sir."