Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 810 Autumn and winter are so busy

By the time the report here is delivered to Zhou Xu, it will already be after the autumn harvest.

After reading the content of the report, Zhou Xu was shocked at first, and then quickly relaxed.

Based on the description alone, he was basically certain that his plain farm was suffering from a locust plague this time.

However, Zhao Geng deserves to be a talent with four stars in intelligence. It was his first time to suffer a locust plague. In that chaotic situation, he was able to notice in time that chickens and ducks would eat locusts, and then rushed out the chickens and ducks raised in captivity to solve the locust plague. .

Without even knowing it, he had already mastered the use of 'biological weapons'.

He even conducted in-depth observations later and found that ducks have a larger appetite than chickens when it comes to eating locusts. Chickens can eat dozens of locusts at most, but ducks can easily eat hundreds of locusts.

To this end, Zhao Geng specifically requested at the end of the report that every farm in the country raise ducks in captivity in case of emergency.

Even when there is nothing to do, you can let the ducks out and eat the bugs in the ground.

In this wave, Zhao Geng undoubtedly got something out of his misfortune.

This is also the biggest difference between ordinary people and talents. Every experience allows him to quickly improve himself and effectively master more things.

Thanks to Zhao Geng's timely response, they must have suffered some food losses due to this wave of locust plague, but it was not huge.

Coupled with the grain stored in granaries in various places, there is no problem with food.

Afterwards, this incident was reported as an interesting news story by storytellers from all over the world.

With the development of the profession of storyteller, their task now is not just to tell stories for fun, but now they also have to report the news.

The Propaganda Department compiles the content every day and then disseminates the information through storytellers.

It can be regarded as further enhancing their promotional value.

A week later, another piece of good news came. Their first big ship in the Great Zhou Dynasty was officially completed!
Before the shipbuilding department issued this report, they had already conducted a simple test to confirm that the large ship could sail normally on the lake before issuing this report.

After confirming the contents of the report, Zhou Xu officially named their first large ship in the Great Zhou Dynasty the 'Pioneer', the meaning of which is self-evident.

During this period, the crew's basic training has undoubtedly been completed.

Otherwise, who will operate the big ship to sail on the lake?
From the beginning of spring to the end of autumn, it took more than half a year. With the official launch of the big ship, his plan could finally move to the next stage.

Compared with the rafts used by fishermen in the past, this big boat is truly a giant.

From the beginning of construction to the official completion to the test voyage, the citizens of Black Moon City have long been accustomed to its existence.

Especially the fishermen of Black Moon City. It can be said that the Pioneer was built under their noses.

But on the day when this big ship was about to officially set sail, it still attracted many city residents to come and watch. Even Wang Dong, who had been busy with education, and Ma Guotao, who was at the grassland racecourse, were no exception, and came here specially. Join in the fun.

After all, this is a historic scene!
On the other hand, Zhou Xu, because the distance was too far and it would take too much time to wait for him to come over, he simply stayed in Qinzheng Hall and couldn't come over, feeling a little melancholy in his heart.

"Woo——"

The horn sounded, and amid the cheers of the onlookers at the port, the Pioneer officially set sail!

Zhou Xu took a hot air balloon to conduct an aerial exploration of the depths of this freshwater lake. After returning, he immediately drew a map.

During the subsequent construction of the large ship, the aerial exploration of this freshwater lake did not stop. Now they have already known the specific distribution and location of the islands on the lake in advance. Now that the big ship is setting sail, it naturally has a clear goal and goes straight to the island closest to them.

Zhou Xu is still very relieved about the big ship sailing here.

After all, this wave is not going to sea. Although the lake is big, it is also limited in size, not to mention that they have already figured out the route in advance with a hot air balloon.

At the same time, based on observations so far, those living on the lake islands are primitive tribes and basically pose no threat to them.

The only possible threat is that the ship might break down.

In response to this situation, Zhou Xu naturally responded.

Inside the big ship, there are bamboo rafts. If something goes wrong with the big ship, the crew can escape on the bamboo rafts.

In addition, out of caution, from the day the ship sets sail, the hot air balloons in Black Moon City will take off every day to confirm the situation of the ship.

Once they discover something is wrong with the ship, they can respond and launch rescue operations as soon as possible!

For this wave of actions, it can be said that Zhou Xu took all aspects into consideration and directly minimized the risks of the voyage.

This is also the biggest reason why he is so relieved.

In this process, the last hint of autumn gradually fades away, and as the temperature gradually drops, the season quietly enters winter.

Just before winter, the wood elves came to visit them again and made a wave of large purchases.

In addition to stocking up on supplies for the coming winter, it was also about purchasing furniture for their treehouse.

On the way back, they spent a sum of money to rent the road they had built so that the horse-drawn carriage could carry the furniture all the way into the forest.

However, if you want to reach their village, you still need to walk a long way.

The only good thing during this period was that the furniture store considered the situation here and discussed with the wood elves to deliver the furniture in parts that were easy to transport, and then assembled it after it was moved to the house.

Then I took advantage of the situation and charged a door-to-door installation fee.

All in all, over the past few months, the wood elves have been squandering the 100,000 silver coins like crazy.

Furnishing all the tribesmen with furniture is not a small sum of money, not to mention that they have to select good and expensive ones to buy.

Coupled with regular purchases of daily necessities and earlier expenses, more than half of the 100,000 silver coins have been spent by now.

And their spending obviously doesn't end there.

Zhou Xu, who received the latest news, smiled slightly and said nothing.

The more the wood elves spend their money, the more they cannot live without them.

Let alone later, just say it's better now. If he cuts off these things to the wood elves, they probably won't be able to bear it.

Invisibly, he has achieved more than half of his goal, it just depends on how he will operate slowly next.

In addition, their large mining field in the basin forest has also been officially completed. According to the latest report, all mining workers are now in place to officially start mining the diamond veins.

(End of this chapter)