Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1670 Huo Qubing Takes Up His Post

Just now, Zhou Xucai finished discussing the construction of a major industrial city in Northeast China with the urban planning and construction departments.

Incidentally, with the emergence of environmental pollution problems, a department specifically responsible for environmental governance was also established, currently temporarily called the Greening and Environmental Protection Bureau.

The director is a wood elf who is over nine hundred years old. For the elf race, whose natural lifespan is as high as fifteen hundred years, being over nine hundred years old is still considered to be in the prime of life.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu also had to admit that the wood spirits who lived with the forest were indeed experts in planting trees and creating forests.

Take the Wood Elf's bloodline incantation 'Wild Growth' for example. Strictly speaking, it's not an attack spell. The essence of this spell is simply to allow plants to absorb energy and accelerate their growth.

Zhou Xu is not an expert in dealing with environmental pollution, nor does he possess the professional knowledge and skills in this area.

In his view, the simplest way to deal with air pollution caused by factory exhaust is to promote greening.

Incidentally, due to the environmental pollution problem in Blackmoon City, the wood elves were the ones who protested the most before.

Perfect! Let's just hand this task over to them. They'll definitely do their best. There's no one more suitable than them.

Before we knew it, winter had passed and spring had arrived. Due to various development matters, the people of Da Zhou had spent a busy winter.

A new day begins, inside the Hall of Diligent Governance...

"Your Majesty, I will be departing early tomorrow morning, and I have come today to bid you farewell."

Looking at Huo Qubing before him, Zhou Xu felt a surge of emotion as he sat at his desk.

He then stood up and patted Huo Qubing on the shoulder.

"Go away from illness. The journey is long. Take care of your health, remember to balance work and rest, do everything within your capacity, and don't overwork yourself."

Although Huo Qubing's congenital deficiencies have been largely corrected over the years, Zhou Xu still couldn't help but give him a few more words of advice.

During this time, Li Bowen and Charman, who also worked in the Hall of Diligent Governance, came over to say goodbye to Huo Qubing.

After a winter's work, Charman was completely convinced of Huo Qubing's abilities.

Since Charman was new to the area and unfamiliar with the situation in the Great Zhou, Huo Qubing often helped him with paperwork.

In contrast, Huo Qubing also kept in touch with him to learn about the Saint Laurent region and constantly sought advice from Charman in preparation for his upcoming appointment.

This led to a mentor-student and friend-like relationship between the two. Now that Huo Qubing is about to embark on a long journey, Charman feels somewhat sad.

Li Bowen, standing to the side, was even more so.

He spent far more time working with Huo Qubing than with Charman. Although Li Bowen was a bit shrewd, how could he fake such a long-standing friendship with his colleagues?

In addition, this person was of an age where he was prone to melancholy and sentimentality, and for a moment, his eyes reddened, making Huo Qubing, who was not particularly upset before, feel somewhat sentimental.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Alright, alright, why are you making it sound like a life-or-death situation?"

"This departure is not a permanent farewell. In a few years, when the Saint Laurent region has a railway and steam trains, transportation will be much more convenient."

Zhou Xu had one more thing he didn't say: once airplanes are available in the future, it will be even more convenient.

"Your Majesty said so."

Li Bowen had no idea what Zhou Xu was thinking, but he felt that what Zhou Xu said made sense, and his mood softened considerably. Zhou Xu, however, suddenly revealed a mischievous smile.

"Bowen, if you really can't bear to part with him, I can arrange for you to go to the Saint Laurent region as Qubing's assistant, so you won't have to be sad."

Upon hearing this, Huo Qubing immediately looked over, but Li Bowen, a seasoned veteran of officialdom, was incredibly shameless.

As his emotions calmed down, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"I believe it is more important for me to stay in Black Moon City and share Your Majesty's burdens."

He turned around and politely declined the offer.

Upon hearing this, Huo Qubing couldn't help but roll his eyes, and then everyone burst into laughter, which eased much of the sadness of parting.

"Your Majesty, and all my colleagues, please take care. We are about to depart, and I have some matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."

After seeing Huo Qubing off, Charman was fine, but Zhou Xu and Li Bowen were melancholy for a while before throwing themselves back into their work.

After Huo Qubing left, the pressure of daily work in the Qin Zheng Hall will definitely increase, which is entirely foreseeable.

The only saving grace during this period was that after a winter of adjustment, Charman became increasingly adept at his work here, and his work efficiency improved rapidly.

After Huo Qubing took office in the Saint Laurent region as governor, most of the work in the Saint Laurent region was handled directly by Huo Qubing. The number of documents that really needed to be sent to the Hall of Diligent Governance and reviewed by Zhou Xu personally was reduced.

Of course, this whole process will definitely take some time. If we can achieve this effect within the next two or three years, that would be considered fast.

The departure of Huo Qubing on the first day of the new year had a noticeable impact on them.

Even though everyone was mentally prepared, Li Bowen and Charman were still extremely busy.

The original arrangement within the Hall of Diligent Governance was that Li Bowen would handle the simple tasks, Huo Qubing would handle the difficult tasks, and Zhou Xu would personally handle the very few particularly important tasks, in addition to reviewing the important documents that everyone had processed.

Under this premise, Li Bowen is a three-star level domestic affairs expert. In terms of political ability, he is simply no match for Huo Qubing.

After Huo Qubing left, Li Bowen was unable to handle his work, so it fell to Charman.

But Charman is still a newcomer.

He has the ability, but as an assistant to the Great Zhou, he lacks sufficient experience.

Before entering the Hall of Diligent Governance, he didn't even know that the Great Zhou had a southern region and overseas regions!

When Charman learned about this, he was completely dumbfounded.

Even though he had studied under Huo Qubing for a whole winter, he was clearly not yet ready to graduate.

Under this premise, if Charman encountered difficulties while processing documents, he could simply ask Huo Qubing, who could usually give him a clear answer and resolve the problem.

But now that Huo Qubing is gone, he can only ask Zhou Xu, but Zhou Xu isn't always around either.

There are countless matters concerning all aspects of national development and various departments, and which of them doesn't require meetings for discussion? We also frequently need to travel.

The documents arriving from all over the country every day were simply too numerous to process; the situation was completely out of control, and the piles of documents inside the Hall of Diligent Governance were piling up...

(End of this chapter)