Throne of Vientiane Civilization

The next morning, Zhou Xu prepared to return. Before leaving, he made new arrangements for the deployment of troops in Pingyuan City and even Xinbei District, and took away a thousand garrisons.

He transferred these thousand garrisons because he considered that there were ratmen in the southern border who needed to be dealt with and needed military support.

However, considering the location of Pingyuan City, the deployment here could not be slack.

In this way, he adjusted the number of garrisons in other cities in Xinbei District.

Unlike the initial capture, during this period of time, he continued to carry out large-scale population transfers in Xinbei District to facilitate their population management.

Now that the cities have basically stabilized, the number of garrisons can be appropriately reduced.

The reduced part will be directly transferred to Pingyuan City to ensure that Pingyuan City has 1,500 troops.

Under this premise, there are nearly 2,000 skeleton soldiers converted from the previous greenskin troops, as well as Da Gu Er Gu, and Jie Liancheng, a fierce general.

From the perspective of combat power, there are at least 3,000 levels! Only high, not low!

With a thousand troops, when Zhou Xu returned to Xianyang, it was already early spring. This journey was really from winter to spring.

After returning to the palace, Zhou Xu went to the Qinzheng Hall as usual after a simple wash.

Huo Qubing has now been fully trained in the position of assistant officer. Zhou Xu is also relieved to have him handle government affairs.

The reason why he rushed to the Qinzheng Hall now is that during this period in Xinbei District, he has thoroughly sorted out the entire subsequent development plan.

In addition, he was in Xinbei District at the time, so he even gave direct instructions for some arrangements.

Of course, the subsequent mobilization of resources and labor has to be contacted with the relevant departments in Xinnan District.

Due to the distance between the two places, the transmission of this information can be said to be inefficient. Zhou Xu is undoubtedly planning to do it himself to speed them up.

"Speaking of which, have the things on Liu Jiefang's side been arranged?"

As the territory of their Great Zhou is increasing, the workload of the 'Remote Communication Department' headed by Liu Jiefang is also growing continuously.

At this moment, Xinbei District undoubtedly needs his help.

Faced with the question, Huo Qubing paused.

"Reporting to His Majesty, it has been arranged. Since the waterway connecting Black Moon City and Green Forest City was opened, the transportation between the two places has become much more convenient. Half a month ago, Anling City just sent a message saying that Liu Jiefang has left the pass and is heading towards Shanguan City."

Zhou Xu nodded after understanding the situation and said nothing more.

Xinbei District does lack carrier pigeons to improve the efficiency of their daily communication, but the Old Continent area including Black Moon City also needs it.

There are also many cities there, and a sufficient number of carrier pigeons need to be trained.

The workload itself is not small at all.

Originally, Liu Jiefang was afraid that he would teach his apprentice and starve his master to death. In addition, Yan Sheng's style was also very bad at the beginning, so he kept a hand, fearing that Yan Sheng would kill the donkey after he had done his job.

Now, the situation is obviously different. Compared with Yan Sheng, Zhou Xu's reputation is undoubtedly much better.

Because Zhou Xu is a person who is very disciplined, as long as you don't commit any crime, your life will basically be saved.

Even considering the relationship of being a "fellow villager", no matter how useless you are, he will at least arrange a suitable job for you. If you work honestly, you will not die.

This can be seen from Wang Pengfei.

This also made Liu Jiefang feel more at ease. In addition, with the increase in work pressure, he has slowly brought out his best skills in the past two years and taught five apprentices to help him share the responsibility of training pigeons.

At this moment, he also handed over the follow-up work of training pigeons in the Old Continent to three of his apprentices, and he took the other two apprentices, received orders, and rushed to the New North District to establish a branch of the "Remote Communication Department".

After arranging all the things at hand, Zhou Xu glanced at his desk and asked Huo Qubing a question.

"Qubing, are there any urgent and important documents waiting for me to deal with during my absence?"

"Your Majesty, there are several documents waiting for your review, but they are not urgent matters."

Zhou Xu nodded after hearing this.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Zhou Xu was exhausted after the long journey, and he was not made of iron. Since there was nothing important, let's talk about it after he rested.

"Ah~"

Looking at the back of their majesty leaving, Li Bowen couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

Hearing the sigh, Huo Qubing, who was sitting opposite, raised his eyes.

"Why is Lord Li sighing?"

After entering the Qinzheng Hall, he and Li Bowen were considered colleagues.

It was unrealistic for the two to sit there face to face every day without saying a word.

Over time, the two really became familiar with each other.

Now hearing Li Bowen sigh, he also asked casually.

Li Bowen was full of complaints at the moment, but he had nowhere to vent them. When Huo Qubing asked this question, he immediately vented all his complaints to the other party.

"Lord Huo, you said that our emperor has been running around all year round, and often for several months at a time. This..."

Listening to Li Bowen's complaints, Huo Qubing looked at him strangely.

"Your Majesty, this is also for the development of the Great Zhou. Some plans must be investigated on the spot before they can be effective."

This principle was originally told to him by their Majesty, but Huo Qubing was too weak to withstand such torment.

However, as his body is getting healthier, he is slowly carrying out some field investigations while reviewing documents and handling government affairs.

"Lord Li should not be so ignorant of this principle, right?"

Faced with Huo Qubing's rhetorical question, Li Bowen laughed dryly twice. He knew that this was his colleague pointing out to him, telling him to speak directly if he had something to say, and not to waste time beating around the bush.

Influenced by their Majesty, Huo Qubing also pays attention to efficiency in doing things and does not like to beat around the bush.

Although Li Bowen is clear, he cannot change the habits he has developed over the years.

Thinking of this, Li Bowen couldn't help but cough twice.

"Ahem! The main reason is that our Majesty is always running around, and when he comes back, he is busy with government affairs all day long. How can he have time to pass on his family line? Lord Huo, you see, His Majesty has been taking concubines for several years, but he has not given birth to a prince or princess yet. This is really not conducive to the stability of our Great Zhou!"

Don't say it, Huo Qubing agrees with what Li Bowen said.

Huo Qubing himself was deeply influenced by the education here, and naturally knew how important a descendant is to a country.

As a monarch, if there is no descendant, it means that the country has no successors.

If their Majesty has an accident, but there is no crown prince to succeed the throne, then wouldn't their Great Zhou be in great turmoil?

"Lord Li, what you said makes sense, why don't you tell His Majesty directly?"

Li Bowen looked embarrassed.

"My daughter is now the concubine in the palace. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me to tell His Majesty about this."

"..."

Although Huo Qubing was a little straightforward, he was not stupid, and he quickly understood Li Bowen's concerns.

"So, Lord Li wants me to go and give advice to His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty's family affairs are also national affairs for our Great Zhou. I can only ask Lord Huo for help!"

"..."