Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1678 A new stage
If her son Zhou Ye's performance far exceeded Yarvit's expectations, then her daughter Sigrun's performance made her frown.

Sigrun has indeed had a very easy life since childhood. Compared to her daughter's defeat in the fight against Zhou Ye, Yarvit felt that the problem of not being able to accept defeat was much bigger.

Just as she was about to go and bring Sigrun back for a good talking-to, Zhou Xu grabbed her arm.

"Let's not meddle in children's affairs. Didn't you see that Ye'er has already left?"

While Zhou Xu was speaking, Zhou Ye had already caught up with her while calling out "sister".

“This whole thing was started by the daughter. It’s just a matter between kids from beginning to end. If you go over there and lecture them, you might think you’re solving the problem, but you’re actually escalating the conflict. Just let the siblings deal with it themselves.”

"What if something goes wrong?"

"What could happen?"

Zhou Xu appeared very carefree.

"My daughter can't beat Ye'er."

"..."

I was speechless? Jarvet simply stopped talking.

In the following days, Zhou Xu directly asked someone to ask Zhou Ye for leave from school, so that he could take good care of his sister and help Sigurd adapt to life here as soon as possible.

In response, Zhou Ye, who had been assigned the task, focused on finding out "where did my little sister go?" every day.

"Sister? Sister?!"

From morning till night, Zhou Ye could be seen everywhere in the palace, clutching a handful of snacks and searching for his younger sister, leaving Xuan Yu, who happened to be in the palace recently, speechless.

"Xuan Yu, Xuan Yu, have you seen where my sister is?"

Xuan Yu rolled her eyes, as if to say, 'Please, I'm a bird, okay? You're asking me this, how can I possibly answer you?'

Then it raised its wings and pointed in a direction...

By maintaining the relationship of coaxing and giving Zhou Ye snacks, after a few days, although Sigurd still didn't give Zhou Ye a good look, it was obvious to everyone that their relationship had visibly improved.

But at the same time, she became entangled with Zhou Ye, challenging him whenever she had the chance.

Zhou Ye accepted all challenges without hesitation and maintained an undefeated record, showing no intention of holding back.

However, Sigurd, who had suffered a series of defeats, was no longer as enraged as she had been at the beginning.

Because she had already accepted the fact that Zhou Ye was stronger than her.

This also relieved Jarvitt.

"Now that the child is alright, I'll prepare to return to the clan's territory first thing tomorrow morning to undergo the trial."

The night before their departure, Jarvet didn't let him off the hook either, and they battled it out until dawn.

After that, Jarvit didn't rest and set off overnight. Anyway, she had plenty of time to rest on the train.

As for Zhou Xu, he had only been asleep for less than two hours when he was woken up by Zhou Ye and Sigurd, who were doing their morning exercises outside the palace.

"No, can't you two practice somewhere else?"

Looking at his two children, Zhou Xu, exhausted from working all night and lacking sleep, felt like he was about to break.

Even that rebellious son, Xuan Yu, couldn't stand the two of them and ran off somewhere to find some peace and quiet.

Upon hearing the sound, the two who were sparring stopped simultaneously.

Zhou Ye, as always, smiled broadly, brimming with the boundless energy typical of a child, and called out "Father Emperor."

Sigrun, standing nearby, also called out, her voice softer and slightly awkward, clearly still getting used to it, but still an improvement compared to before. Zhou Xu smiled upon hearing this.

"You two should probably go wash up and get ready. Don't be late on your first day of school. If anything happens at school, just ask your brother."

After seeing the two children off, Zhou Xu took a nap. After waking up, he went straight to work at the Hall of Diligent Governance.

That morning, a group of military officers, including Xie Liancheng and Zhou Chongshan, also came to say goodbye.

Zhou Xu summoned his generals to Black Moon City primarily to impart new True Word combat techniques to them. However, an unexpected marriage occurred along the way, and Yarvit later established a training camp to exchange experiences, which is why things have been delayed until now.

Otherwise, they should have returned to their places long ago after the true words were bestowed.

Although the world fragments in the Void region have not yet been pieced together, we cannot afford to be complacent.

Over the course of the morning, the powerful generals who had gathered there departed one after another by train and boat, and for a moment, Zhou Xu felt as if the party was coming to an end.

Without lingering in melancholy for long, Zhou Xu quickly rallied and entered a new phase.

During this time, he did not forget to have the news of Yarvit's pregnancy released, which caused a stir in the country, and the people began to look forward to the birth of the prince.

A new day dawned, and after a two-day break, Zhou Xu quickly got back into work mode.

As Charman gradually adapted to and understood the work at Da Zhou, his work efficiency continued to improve.

Under this premise, Huo Qubing has successfully arrived in Saint Laurent City and officially assumed office as the governor of the Saint Laurent region, effectively helping them to share the workload of the Saint Laurent region.

With these two factors combined, the Diligent Governance Hall was finally able to escape the daily routine of working overtime.

Zhou Xu could occasionally go out to attend meetings and keep an eye on projects...

That afternoon, Zhou Xu arrived at the ordnance testing ground of the Grassland Military Region.

Today's event is quite grand, with many newly developed weapons and equipment undergoing testing, including the dwarven heavy cannon and their Great Zhou's latest model of individual rifle.

And both of these projects happened to be overseen by Zhuang Mengdie and Suolin.

On the test field, the sounds of cannons and gunfire continued, and durability and stability tests had already begun.

So far, their performance has been quite good.

The latest cannon currently undergoing testing, although called the Dwarf Heavy Cannon, has actually been improved by Zhuang Mengdie and his team based on the design drawings, taking into account the current technology of their Great Zhou Dynasty.

In terms of type, the design drawings refer to this type of cannon as a breech-loading smoothbore cannon.

As the name suggests, the shells are loaded from the rear.

After a shot is fired, the artillerymen will no longer need to go to the front to clean the gun barrel and load the shells; these operations can now be completed at the rear.

As the project leader, Zhuang Mengdie officially named it 'Thunderclap Heavy Cannon!'

Because every time the cannon was fired, the sound of the shell was like a thunderous roar!
In addition, the latest individual rifles have also undergone similar improvements and upgrades.

It was developed by combining the M1891 design provided by Peter with the design of the Thunder Rifle provided by the dwarves.

There was actually a small incident during the development of this rifle.

Unlike cannons, which are versatile, individual rifles are not.

A single-soldier rifle designed to fit human soldiers would be far too long for dwarf soldiers, making it awkward to use and inconvenient to operate.

Therefore, if they wanted to form a dwarf army, they would have to specially adjust a single-soldier rifle of the appropriate size for those thousands of dwarf soldiers, and then customize a special assembly line.

The financial investment required for this is undoubtedly not a small amount.

Given the tight budget at the time, Zhou Xu thought it over and over again before finally deciding to go ahead with it!
(End of this chapter)