Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1907 Settling in the Goblin Kingdom
Having confirmed the news of the goblin kingdom's surrender, Wei Qing signaled the main force to begin its advance.

However, he still did not let his guard down.

It's not that he suspected Dick was lying to him.

Having experienced the previous battles, Dico should know better than anyone that this battle is over.

He feared that the rulers within the goblin kingdom might be foolish enough to feign surrender and then resort to trickery.

In order to save on expedition expenses, the undead army led by Gargamel brought a considerable amount of supplies for this expedition.

At this moment, the undead army was directly sent as the vanguard to occupy the border cities of the goblin kingdom.

After all, it is better to be safe than sorry.

The undead troops clearing the way startled the goblin soldiers stationed on the border, who instinctively reached for their guns.

The next instant, the sharp spearhead was pressed directly against the goblin soldier's throat.

Diack, whose eyes were burning with dark green soul flames throughout, just stared at the other person silently, without saying a word, but had already uttered a silent question.

Centaurs are already tall and strong, and after being transformed into the undead skeletal form, their intimidating power becomes even greater.

Stared at by Diack's two orbs of soul fire, the goblin soldier felt a chill run down his spine and quickly raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings!"

Hearing the commotion, Dico, who had come with the undead army, quickly ran up. Looking at the dumbfounded look on the goblin soldiers' faces, he had a general idea of ​​what had happened.

So he shouted something directly at the goblin soldiers...

"What are you all doing? The king has already announced the surrender, lay down your weapons!"

Upon hearing this, the goblin soldiers immediately seized the opportunity and discarded their weapons.

Seeing this, Diack withdrew the spear he had been pressing against the man's neck, and while signaling his men to take away their weapons, he continued into the city.

The presence of the undead army did indeed cause some impact on the goblins here, but after this small incident, things proceeded very smoothly afterwards.

The undead forces quickly took over the city's defenses from the goblin garrison.

Of course, the goblin kingdom doesn't just have one city, but eight!
Although these eight cities may seem small in number, they are actually quite large in scale.

The current situation of the Goblin Kingdom is somewhat similar to that of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in that they have trains running through their country.

In an earlier era, due to the issue of mobility efficiency, the distance between cities could not be too far, otherwise travel between cities would become very difficult.

However, with the laying of railways and the manufacture of trains, the efficiency of movement began to improve significantly.

Considering the internal connectivity issues, there were originally three cities in a region, but after the introduction of trains, there was no need for three cities at all; they could simply be merged into one.

That's pretty much the situation in the goblin kingdom.

During this period of rapid development, the kingdom underwent a major merger.

This is how the eight cities came to be.

Fortunately, the Great Zhou Dynasty sent a large force; otherwise, taking over the entire kingdom wouldn't have been so easy. Even so, it still took them a considerable amount of time to fully take over the goblin kingdom.

"Imperial Edict!"

In the royal palace of the goblin kingdom's capital, Wei Qing stood with his back to the throne, facing the goblin king and his ministers, solemnly reading the emperor's decree.

This was written by Zhou Xu in advance; if the other party surrendered directly, he could just read it aloud.

"From this day forward, the Goblin Kingdom is officially incorporated into the territory of our Great Zhou Dynasty. Lieutenant Colonel Wei Qing of our nation will temporarily serve as the regional commander-in-chief, handling all related matters within the region, awaiting further arrangements..."

As for the goblin kingdom, don't expect much in terms of resources. It's already in a state of self-destruction and is on the verge of collapse.

The only relatively abundant resource point is on the edge of the desert oasis, near the oil fields that were originally the territory of the gnoll tribe.

However, those in the know understand that what the Great Zhou was after in this wave of annexation of the Goblin Kingdom was not the Goblin Kingdom's nearly depleted resources, but rather the Goblins' technological prowess!
Putting everything else aside, all the machinery and equipment in the Goblin Kingdom are manufactured in existing factories.

From diesel engines and transport trucks to goblin airships, and even Destroyer and Ripper mechs, as long as the materials and workers are in place, they can be produced for you directly.

However, the Great Zhou still cannot simply use these factories.

The reason is simple: whether it's the transport trucks, the Destroyer mechs, or the Ripper mechs, the cabs of all the equipment and machinery produced by the Goblin Factory are made to Goblin dimensions.

Leaving aside civilian equipment, the Great Zhou Dynasty certainly had no intention of continuing to allow goblins to use military equipment.

It's not just because they've only recently submitted and their loyalty is questionable, but also because this group is genuinely unreliable on the battlefield.

As a result, the design of many military equipment items had to be readjusted.

But it's not as simple as it sounds. Many designs are interconnected; if you change one part, other parts will have to be changed as well.

Not to mention that after changing the design, you'll also have to change the factory's production line, right? How will you produce anything if you don't change it?

Believe it or not, once I got here, a whole host of things came up.

However, some equipment can be produced immediately, such as the goblin airship.

Don't be fooled by this goblin airship; it was completely destroyed by their giant eagle riders in the previous battle.

Furthermore, after that, their Great Zhou also acquired the dwarven gyroplane as an aerial combat unit, but the goblin airship still had its value.

The greatest value of the goblin airship lies in its transport capacity, which far surpasses that of the giant eagle rider and the dwarven gyroplane!
Don't think of the goblin airship as a combat unit. If you think of it as a transport unit, you'll find that the goblin airship has a pretty good transport capacity. It can ignore terrain and environment and airlift large amounts of supplies and even people to the target location.

Given the technological capabilities of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they could actually make their own airships.

However, their internal transportation mainly relies on railways. With the internal railway network already extensive, Zhou Xu believed there was no need to incur additional expenditure to develop and manufacture an airship, which was in relatively less demand.

But things are different now.

After annexing the goblin kingdom, a large desert appeared on the territory of their Great Zhou.

Laying railways in the desert is a troublesome and costly task. Of course, transport trucks will be used for transportation later, but even so, it is difficult to improve efficiency.

In this context, airships became an efficient means of transportation.

(End of this chapter)