Throne of Vientiane Civilization

"Lord City Lord, why are you here? If you have anything to do, just say it and I will come over. How can I bother you to make this trip in person?"

I saw that the minister, who could keep his composure in any situation, was trying his best to catch his breath, and then he was smiling and entertaining the city lord in front of him.

Ignoring the cold sweats one after another, judging from the fact that the other party spoke fluently, this minister was indeed more capable than Xiao Zhang.

Zhang Xiaoshan is also a busy man, so naturally he cannot spend too much time here.

This time, if His Majesty had not issued an order to make this shipbuilding project a key project, he would not have made this special trip.

"Minister Wang is so polite..."

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan was about to speak, but a worker from the side quickly ran over.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Xiaoshan stopped talking and looked at the other party.

The worker immediately understood and hurriedly reported.

"Reporting to the Lord, this batch of goods has been unloaded."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, go and do your business."

Upon hearing this, the worker also called on his fellow workers to leave immediately.

During this period, Minister Wang, who was standing on the side, after hearing those words, his eyes subconsciously fell on the goods.

Before he could think more, Zhang Xiaoshan's voice rang out first.

"Minister Wang, I have delivered all the supplies you applied for yesterday to you today."

"..."

Zhang Xiaoshan's words made Minister Wang feel confused.

They have a big business now, so the process of applying for funds and supplies will inevitably become more cumbersome. In addition, after passing the application, it will take time to collect supplies, and you may even have to wait in line.

Under normal circumstances, if some supplies can be transferred to them within a week, the efficiency is considered high.

This is also the main reason why they are not in any hurry these days.

The material funding has not yet been received. Although there is still some remaining material funding for the previous construction of the Pioneer, there is not much left. What are they busy with?

And now, the supplies you applied for the day before are delivered to you immediately the next day, and they are even fully supplied in one step? Something is very wrong!

"Lord City Lord, what are you doing?"

In this regard, Zhang Xiaoshan did not mince words with him, and went straight to the point...

"His Majesty has ordered that the shipbuilding project be listed as the top priority project."

Having said this, Zhang Xiaoshan patted Minister Wang on the shoulder. There was no need to say the next words. Minister Wang naturally understood what this meant.

"Come on, work hard with all your strength, and don't let me down."

After seeing off Zhang Xiaoshan, Minister Wang could not feel the slightest bit of relief. On the contrary, he felt even more stressed. Walking back to the dock, looking at the members who were still standing there, not knowing what to do, he suddenly felt angry. Don't hit any place.

"What are you doing standing still? Work! Just standing there stupidly, will the work be done by itself?!"

"..."

In Black Moon City, from this moment on, the shipbuilding department obviously said goodbye to their leisurely days.

At the same time, the Pioneer, which also received the order, continued to carry out their exploration mission.

They docked briefly at the lakeshore near Green Forest City, and after replenishing their supplies, they observed the surrounding environment.

After arriving at the big lake here, to the west is their frontline camp of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to the south are the mountains, and to the north is going back. The only choice left for them now is to go east.

There was nothing to worry about. After determining the direction, the Pioneer set sail again, heading east and down the river.

As they continued sailing, they soon left the lake and came to a spacious river.

I didn't have much idea after that, so I just drove down the river between the two mountains, preparing to confirm where the end of the river was.

The rapid flow of water in the river between the mountains made them move very efficiently. When they were about to successfully cross the river and reach the other side of the mountain, the soldiers standing on the watchtower made a new discovery.

"Wait a minute! There is thick smoke rising in the area outside the river!"

"Could it be the primitive tribe making fire?"

After receiving this news, the crew members subconsciously made guesses.

The soldier standing on the watchtower quickly shook his head.

"It's impossible. The smoke is quite large. A few fires in primitive tribes cannot achieve this effect."

They sailed down the road, but they incorporated many primitive tribes. They knew how much smoke the primitive tribes would create when they lit fires, and they could basically tell it at a glance.

This discovery undoubtedly does not mean that there is some unknown force on the other side of this mountain.

After arriving at this result, the Pioneer quickly furled its sails and pulled over.

"We don't know what the situation is on the other side now, so it's better to be cautious in our next actions."

"The distance is not far now. Let's just send a few soldiers to move over on bamboo rafts and observe quietly. If the situation is not right, we should withdraw quickly."

In a few words, the exploration team had already discussed a result and implemented it.

The rapid river current makes the light bamboo raft move very fast, but it is also a bit thrilling.

Fortunately, the remaining river channel was not long. The exploration team on the bamboo raft crossed the last section of the river without any danger and arrived at the other end of the mountain.

Without the cover of the surrounding mountains, the billowing smoke rising from the distant shore suddenly became more conspicuous.

Stabilizing their bamboo raft, they quietly rowed to the edge to stabilize it. No need to say anything later, the only observer on the bamboo raft who had the 'Eye of Insight' activated the mantra.

The moment I saw the scene on the other side clearly, I made a habitual report.

"There are many buildings connected together on the other side. They are quite large and feel like a town..."

While watching, the observer described everything he saw so that the recorder on the side could record the intelligence information.

During this process, the observer's line of sight moves...

"There are people! They are human beings. They are fetching water from the shore. They have burning utensils. They should be wearing linen clothes. It seems that they have developed to a certain level."

Coming to this conclusion, the expressions of everyone on the bamboo raft sank.

According to the observer's description, it is obvious that such an unknown force cannot be dealt with by just one of their exploration troops.

There is a high probability that they will have to retreat first, and then report the findings here and wait for His Majesty to make a decision.

Just as they were thinking this, the observers whose eyes continued to scan made new discoveries.

"Wait a minute, there's a flag!"

The observer said, narrowing his eyes.

The distance was already far, and it was impossible to see things very clearly. Now that the flag was fluttering in the wind, it looked really difficult.

"The word on the flag seems to be Zhou?"

"..."

"Damn it! It looks like the flag of our Great Zhou Dynasty!"

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