Throne of Vientiane Civilization

The size of this hot air balloon is not small at all. As early as before, when Hilke and the others were assembling it on the shore, it had already attracted the attention of many people around them.

Now when they saw that strange thing, it actually carried their king and flew up, the people around them couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, thinking that it was a god manifesting themselves, and quickly knelt down to worship.

Ever since they boarded the hot air balloon, they had not seen this kind of battle.

Except for a few insiders, who doesn’t think this is a mirage?

Even Silk, who was a hot air balloon operator at the moment, would probably have thought so if he hadn't known about it in advance.

Compared with Hilke's emotion, Zhou Xu was thinking more at this time.

However, judging from the current momentum, the existence of hot air balloons must be integrated into their lives. In the future, with the internal development, more things will inevitably be created.

It would be very troublesome if the people were always so surprised.

Popularizing scientific knowledge to the public is obviously a thankless task. The main thing is the actual effect, which may not be much better. He needs a better way to make the public accept and quickly promote the new technology. thing.

[Making a newspaper? 】

[No, no chance! At this time, apart from the relevant staff, the only literate people in Da Zhou were the cadres. Basic education had just begun, and few people could read the newspapers. 】

This is the same even for Yan Sheng. The only people who are truly literate are those from high-ranking families, while ordinary people are basically illiterate.

After silently dismissing the idea of ​​setting up a newspaper office and publishing newspapers in his mind, Zhou Xu quickly came up with a new idea.

[In short, finish opening the map here first, and then go back to work on this matter. 】

As soon as the thoughts were whirling, Hilke and the others had already controlled the hot air balloon and flew over the freshwater lake.

Zhou Xu brought his own telescope, and as soon as he opened his 'Eye of Insight', his vision quickly became clear.

I used to stand on the shore, but it was too far away. It was so cloudy and foggy that I couldn't really see clearly. Now I have an aerial view. After getting closer through the hot air balloon, I discovered that there are some small islands on the lake. .

While discovering these islands, Zhou Xu subconsciously looked back in the direction of their Black Moon City.

From this distance, they could no longer see clearly the fishing boat port in Black Moon City.

If there were no hot air balloon to help them determine the location in advance and start exploring rashly, the small fishing boat would not know where to go, and would most likely lose its way.

In addition, in order to launch this wave of exploration work, they must be mentally prepared to stay offshore for a long time. It is unrealistic to go back and forth on the same day. In addition to manpower, resources must also be arranged on the ship. Just rely on what they are currently using. Those small fishing boats are too laborious.

[It seems that the development and manufacture of larger-scale ships must also be put on the agenda. 】

At this moment, while Zhou Xu was observing, he was still sorting out the thoughts in his mind.

"Silk, have you seen those islands? Let's lower the altitude and take a closer look."

"yes!"

In response, Silk quickly operated the hot air balloon to lower its flight altitude.

As the distance got closer, Zhou Xu's vision became clearer.

From his perspective, he soon discovered that on that island, a group of humans wrapped in animal skins and basically dressed as primitive people broke into their field of vision.

Hot air balloons are huge in size and so conspicuous in the air. Those primitive people have obviously discovered their existence.

Of course, from this distance, Zhou Xu couldn't hear clearly what they were shouting. He could only see the primitive people below kneeling down and worshiping after dancing.

Apparently they were worshiped as gods.

Zhou Xu did not relax because of this, thinking of landing directly and containing them with just one word.

For the sake of caution, it is better to wait until the ship is finished before coming back, and there is no rush at this moment.

The main mission of this wave is still reconnaissance.

As he continued to delve deeper, Zhou Xu discovered that there were three large-scale islands in the lake, and there were also primitive tribes on the islands.

When the tribe members saw their hot air balloon, they thought it was a miraculous spirit and they all ran out.

Zhou Xu didn't stop, and didn't pay attention to the kneeling of the tribe members. They just continued flying inside, and finally saw some scenes on the other side from a distance.

He vaguely saw some traces of primitive tribes along the coast, but the distance was too far. The buildings he saw that looked like tribal camps were only as big as a finger, so he couldn't really see them clearly.

Just when Zhou Xu wanted to make a sound and ask Hilke to fly closer, Hilke's voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time for us to return."

Unlike when they flew over the mountains before, at that time, they were doing a typical single trip. As long as they could fly out, it was no problem to use up all the fuel in one go.

But the situation is different now. They can't run out of fuel here. Once the fuel runs out, they can't go back. At the same time, they have to face a group of primitive tribes who don't know what's going on.

Silk, who knew this, naturally reserved the fuel for the hot air balloon to fly back. When he saw that it was almost done, he quickly reminded them of the king.

This situation reduced the depth of their one-way trip in half, and Zhou Xu had no idea about this.

For Zhou Xu, the area here is like his own reserve resources. Anyway, it is near his own territory and no one else can take it away.

Therefore, when conditions and opportunities arose, Zhou Xu preferred to develop the land of the Lizard People and Yan Sheng rather than develop his own internal resources.

As for the land within himself, he can open it at any time as long as he has time!

Before officially returning, Zhou Xu quickly scanned the surrounding area.

At that time, standing on the shore and looking this way, Zhou Xu only thought that there was a large mountainous area here. It was not until he got closer that he discovered that there were actually two mountains in this layer.

It was his previous vision in one direction that caused the two mountains to overlap, making them look like one.

At this moment, I can see that the outer mountains are located to the west and are relatively small in size, while the innermost mountains are continuous and quite spectacular, and there are some lakes sandwiched between these two mountains. In the middle of the mountains, a river extends out.

Judging from the current situation, the rivers extending throughout his entire area are probably related to this lake.

The lake they are currently in is probably the largest freshwater resource in the region! It’s really a great place surrounded by mountains and rivers!

Update sent, thanks to book friend ‘Qi Qiyi’ for the tip! I'm too sleepy today, so I didn't update more