Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1754 Inventorying Resources
From a climate and environmental perspective, dwarfs are actually quite well-suited to this area.

Dwarves have thick skin and can withstand both high temperatures and severe cold. The desert environment does have a slight impact on them, though not entirely.

At least once they arrived here, they didn't show much discomfort.

With the successful arrival of the dwarven army led by Vol'jin, their Great Zhou administration team also successfully arrived at the large plain below the cliff, which connects to the desert.

Because the original Kingdom of Smith lacked experience in dealing with desert environments, this plain has now been completely desertified, and even the other side of the cliff has been affected.

Having already taken over this area, the development of Luosha District can be slowed down for now, but the work of preventing and controlling desertification will only become more troublesome the longer it is delayed, and it must be started as soon as possible.

For ease of distinction, the two borders will be referred to as the Saint Laurent Border and the Rakshasa Border, respectively.

Thanks to the experience gained at the Saint Laurent border, the work is progressing exceptionally smoothly now that we're at the Russian border.

The staff hadn't even arrived yet, but the pigs were already there first.

These pigs are readily available in the Rakshasa District, since the former capital of the Smith Kingdom is right next door, and many slave owners' businesses are located here, including various pig farms.

However, after the Russian Republicans occupied the capital, how could those former slaves control themselves when faced with so much livestock and food?
I've said it before, this is just a mob, don't expect them to have any discipline.

All the farms were looted—yes, all of them!
The party's leaders can barely control their subordinates, but they can't control everyone. The organization is loose, and even the rules are unclear. Even if they were clear, they wouldn't be able to get everyone to follow them.

They liberated these slaves, but after liberation, the sheer number of these out-of-control, rampaging individuals rendered them powerless to resist.

Their primary objective was food, and due to the sheer number of people involved, the losses caused by this wave are currently incalculable.

At this point, the fact that the royal city could still provide a batch of pigs for the Great Zhou to carry out sand control and afforestation on the border of Luosha was already the result of Black Spider's best efforts.

It's easy to see how exhausted Black Spider was at the time.

Black Spider undoubtedly reported the matter truthfully.

But this account is definitely impossible to settle. It's not that the law doesn't punish the masses, but the situation was too chaotic at the time. Who can tell who did what and who didn't at this point?
This matter can only be left aside for now.

Black Spider-Man is still in the Rakshasa District. At this stage, his identity as the leader of the Rakshasa Republican Party still has some use. He will first cooperate with the staff of the Great Zhou to complete some preliminary work.

Having weathered the toughest period, Black Spider won't be any worse off.

"I'm checking again, after doing all this work, I really..."

"rest assured!"

The inspector sent by the audit department patted Black Spider on the shoulder.

"The director said that once you complete the remaining tasks, you'll be transferred back to headquarters, and after receiving your bonus, you'll be given a year's leave. After your leave, you'll be staying at headquarters as an instructor!"

This wave of success means he's directly reached the pinnacle of his life.

In some ways, it's even more comfortable than early retirement.

What's so good about early retirement? Being a drill instructor is so much better!

After confirming it one more time, Black Spider was completely relieved.

This time, he officially withdrew from the front line.

This is not only due to the mental and psychological issues that Black Spider has accumulated while lurking in other countries and carrying out missions for many years.

At the same time, considering the value of his experience, it would be better to have him serve as an instructor at headquarters, passing on his experience to more intelligence personnel, rather than letting him continue to perform missions on the front lines. This would be more beneficial.

Carl and his team arrived quickly.

As one of their advisors in the Great Zhou's Diligent Governance Hall, Karl's abilities were beyond question. After getting to know them, compared to his previous incompetent teammates, Karl and his group were so reliable that even Black Spider was moved to tears.

Wow! That's what you call professional!
It has to be one of their own people!!

Once Carl and his team were all in place, the subsequent work proceeded so smoothly that Black Spider felt like he was about to take off.

The specific work will take a considerable amount of time to complete, but the statistical work on various resources within the Luosha District has been basically finished.

After compiling the report, Karl ordered it to be sent to the Hall of Diligent Governance as quickly as possible.

Looking through the report in his hand, Zhou Xu was satisfied with Karl's efficiency.

Zhou Xu had already learned about the looting of the farms in the Rakshasa District from Black Spider's previous report, so he wouldn't go into details now.

In the early stages, we will definitely need their support in transporting grain.

After all, many fields and even crops were destroyed during the looting.

It's almost autumn now, so it's definitely too late to sow. Don't have too high hopes for the harvest.

According to the staff's preliminary statistics, the livestock and fields will be sorted out and rationally allocated. We will see how things go after next year's spring planting and autumn harvest. It is too early to draw any conclusions now.

Of course, there is an even simpler way: to directly transfer the workforce of the Rakshasa region to other regions.

As long as the population of the Rakshasa region is small enough, the food pressure will not exist.

Zhou Xu undoubtedly leans towards the latter.

Their Great Zhou Dynasty can now absorb any amount of labor.

However, the Rakshasa District still needs to retain some manpower to maintain basic operations.

With this in mind, Zhou Xu planned to first relocate half of the population.

Next comes resource production. The Kingdom of Smith doesn't actually have many rare resources, after all, the country isn't very large, something Zhou Xu already knew.

The reason is quite simple. Take ore for example, would those black people go and mine it themselves?

Of course not! They had slaves dig it up.

Their spies were all mixed in with the slave population, so any information that could circulate among the slaves would definitely not escape their notice.

But that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Resources like copper, iron, and coal are hard currencies that you can have as much of as you want.

Besides these, Zhou Xu was most concerned about the truth.

They found five or six Words of Truth in the Smith royal castle and in the estates of a few Black nobles.

They were all delivered to Zhou Xu, but none of them were effective combinations. Their compatibility with his existing mantras was visibly poor.

Then there are some simple enchanted weapons, and their level isn't high. After all, even Fisher's dagger is only a fine-quality blue weapon.

Zhou Xu did a quick study and found that the enchantment was very ordinary, and the material was also ordinary. Among the excellent-level weapons, it was probably at the bottom. It was much worse than the Blood-Drinking Sword they had developed themselves, and it was not comparable to Yarvit's Blazing Blade at all.

Finally, there is the martial arts cultivation method called 'Battle Qi'.

Six books were found, including 'Black Panther Battle Qi,' the one Peter cultivated. The content was largely the same, and they had already thoroughly studied it within the Great Zhou Dynasty, so its value was also very limited.

For the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Kingdom of Smith was ultimately just a backward country, whose value mainly lay in its resources and labor force; they shouldn't have too high expectations for other aspects.

(End of this chapter)