Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1910 Low-key Development
"I thought you, Colonel, would be more eager."

Wei Qing and Hilke were originally both in the Northeast Army. After completing his mission, Wei Qing was directly entrusted with an important task and became a front-line commander, while the elven knights led by Hilke were also transferred to the front-line troops to assist.

They had known each other for many years and had a close relationship, so they didn't hold back when they spoke to each other.

During this time, Hilke simply shook his head upon hearing this.

If the elves here are facing some kind of crisis, he would naturally want to rush over to provide assistance.

After all, there weren't many elves to begin with, and Hilke hoped that every elf in the world could live a good life.

However, according to intelligence from within the Goblin Kingdom, the elves here are still very powerful, and their lives are not under any threat at the moment. So, Hilk is not in a hurry and will just follow the pace of their Great Zhou.

During this process, the elves, who were holed up in their own little world and completely oblivious to what was happening in the outside world, had no idea that the goblin kingdom next door had changed its leaders.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Great Zhou Dynasty kept a very low profile and did not explore the outside world at all during the following period.

They had to admit that the goblin kingdom had indeed messed things up; it had the technology, but its resources had collapsed.

After they occupied the area, they were unable to be self-sufficient in a large amount of resources and had to transport them from the Saint Laurent region.

Under these circumstances, how could they dare to speak out easily?
This period of transition between old and new powers, marked by internal instability, is the most vulnerable time for invasion by other forces. If they were to expose themselves at this juncture, it's hard to guarantee that surrounding powers wouldn't harbor any unnecessary ambitions, ultimately bringing them trouble.

Therefore, before stabilizing development here, the Great Zhou will keep as low-key as possible.

Under these circumstances, can the transport capacity of the goblin airships alone support a new district with a population of nearly one million?
The answer is that it is simply impossible to supply them, so they must increase their transportation capacity.

Building a railway in the desert is not feasible for the time being, but a transport fleet can still be built.

The goblins already have a factory that manufactures transport trucks.

Previously, due to resource shortages, many factories had to shut down, including those manufacturing transport trucks.

However, the resources that have been airlifted in recently have solved this problem.

With resources invested, the factory assembly line for transport trucks will be put into operation. Then, goblin drivers will be recruited to form a desert transport fleet. Both the air and the ground must be mobilized, otherwise the new district will really be unable to function.

Faced with this level of demand, even Da Zhou, who had prepared himself mentally, was feeling the pressure.

Fortunately, this wave of annexation of the goblin kingdom also brought them nearly a million laborers, otherwise they really wouldn't have been able to keep going.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has always had abundant internal resources, after all, its territory is vast and rich in resources.

But even the richest resource reserves require time and sufficient labor to mine.

But the Great Zhou Dynasty was short of both time and manpower.

These past few years, we've been living a very frugal life, constantly working non-stop. It's basically been driven by the mentality of 'So much land, what a waste to leave it empty?' So we've been carrying out large-scale construction projects, which has put our annual finances under constant strain.

If they simply stopped developing those lands, you'd find they suddenly had a lot more money. But that's unlikely to be possible.

Over the next six months, with the help of local talent and professionals sent by the goblins, the Great Zhou quickly established its own production lines for diesel engines, transport trucks, and goblin airships.

Previously, they thought railway transportation was sufficient, but that was because of cost-effectiveness. If they wanted to do something else, they would have to set up new projects and then build new factories and production lines.
Of course, the main reason is that the railway transportation within the Great Zhou Dynasty has indeed enabled them to handle more than 80% of the situations.

Now that they've already built the transport trucks and goblin airships, there's no reason for them not to use them.

The main point is that the original internal transport capacity is sufficient, but a higher capacity would be even better!

With the addition of transport trucks and goblin airships, the transportation capacity within the Great Zhou Dynasty has become increasingly abundant, making all their internal transportation projects much easier to manage.

In contrast to these projects that are progressing exceptionally smoothly, the development and modification of military equipment, especially goblin mechs, is not going so well.

As for transport vehicles like goblin airships and transport trucks, just let the goblins drive them. Consider it providing jobs and helping them solve part of their labor problem.

However, when it comes to proper military equipment, Zhou Xu still maintains his original idea: he does not intend to let goblins join the army, so the designs all need to be adjusted.

Even with the help of the goblin researchers, this matter is still very difficult to handle.

The reason is quite simple: the current goblin researchers simply built the mechs based on the blueprints.

To put it bluntly, the answers have already been given to you, and the goblins of this era do not possess particularly advanced research and development capabilities.

At least by the standards of their Great Zhou Dynasty, he is an outstanding talent.

Under this premise, the internal design of these goblin mechs is indeed ingenious, and there is no need to elaborate on how powerful the operating system is. The key point is that these goblin mechs also make the most of the internal space.

This shows that the original design was already close to perfect, with no room for them to make any adjustments.

This is also the fundamental reason why even when professionals like Qin Fen and Suolin gathered together, they still found this improvement task a headache, and several attempts yielded less than ideal results.

Therefore, at the latest report meeting, Qin Fen stated directly...

“Your Majesty, I propose that we temporarily abandon the idea of ​​modifying the mecha cockpit to human size. Perhaps we can adjust it according to the dwarf's physique first, which should simplify things considerably.”

Compared to humans, dwarves are indeed more similar in physique to goblins.

Zhou Xu wasn't the type of person who wouldn't listen to advice.

Compared to the goblins, who are unreliable in terms of loyalty, the dwarves within their Great Zhou territory are quite loyal, and the dwarves are generally satisfied with their current lives.

Under these circumstances, Zhou Xu naturally didn't mind giving the dwarves more trust.

"Then we'll do as you say and adjust it to fit the dwarf's build first."

(End of this chapter)