Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 765 Travel at public expense
The conversation with the hot air balloon operator not only gave Zhang Xuemei a new understanding of Dazhou, but also relieved the nervousness of riding a hot air balloon for the first time in the process.

Then, remembering that Zhang Xuemei was in the sky at the moment, she couldn't hold back her curiosity, stood up, and stuck her head out of the bamboo basket.

In an instant, the continuous mountains below came into her eyes. The shock at that moment made her unable to describe it. Flying in the sky on a hot air balloon, she completely realized what it meant to "see all the mountains at a glance!" '

However, no matter how shocking the scenery was, Zhang Xuemei could not keep looking at it. She sat back in the bamboo basket and chatted with the two operators when she had nothing to do.

At this moment, even Zhang Xuemei herself did not realize that her mentality was undergoing subtle changes. Before, it was definitely impossible for her to have the idea of ​​chatting with the hot air balloon operator.

I will just keep a straight face the whole time until the hot air balloon lands and then leave.

"Going to the south? That's far away. Although I have never been to the south, but to go there, we must first reach the rain forest. After we fly over the mountains and land, we will ride horses all the way from the mountain station. It will take half a month to reach the rain forest. It’s further south.”

[It takes half a month to ride a horse, and you haven’t reached that southern part yet? ! 】

The operator's words undoubtedly gave Zhang Xuemei a new understanding of the territory of Da Zhou.

Her riding skills are very average, and she obviously does not have the ability to ride a horse for a long time. Under this premise, the subsequent method of transportation for her is naturally to take a carriage.

Since it would take half a month to ride a horse, riding a carriage would only be slower.

The season has now entered early autumn. By the time she reaches the rainforest mentioned by the operator, it may not be late autumn, but she has not yet reached the destination of her trip.

Just being on the road would take such a long time, Zhang Xuemei was a little confused as to what was going on in His Majesty's mind.

If you just want to find mineral veins, there must be some in the rolling mountains below, why bother to travel so far?

If Zhou Xuruo is here, he can only say that the perspective of the ruler and the perspective of the wage earner are indeed different.

Zhang Xuemei's thoughts are still limited to the matter of 'looking for ore veins', but for Zhou Xu, while looking for ore veins, he must also consider development.

There is a high probability that there are mineral veins in the mountainous area. He can guess this even if he just guesses.

However, mining in the mountains is inconvenient in all aspects, and transportation costs have doubled compared to other areas.

Under this situation, even the infrastructure construction in the southern region is still in its infancy. Zhang Xuemei went over to point out all the mineral veins that can be found. In this way, when he makes subsequent construction plans for the southern region, he can Avoid these veins wisely.

Lest it happen that you have already completed the construction, only to discover that there is a vein of minerals underneath.

If you don’t dig it, you’ll feel uncomfortable. If you want to dig it, you’ll have to bulldoze all the facilities above, which will be even worse!
It is equivalent to all the construction funds invested previously being wasted.

In this way, Zhang Xuemei moved all the way and saw the mountains and the Gobi. After arriving at Black Moon City, she saw lizards and elves that she had never seen before.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that Zhang Xuemei still doesn't know that the soldiers Zhou Xu brought with him are all elves.

Continuing on her way, she crossed the vast grassland again.

Zhang Xuemei, who had never been to the grassland before traveling, was attracted by the scenery of the grassland and wanted to stay a few more days.

No one raised any objection to this request. After all, when Zhou Xu first issued the transfer order, he did not urge the other party to arrive within a certain number of days.

At this stage, Dazhou's development focus is on the New World. The southern region may not have the opportunity to develop on a large scale in the next few years, so it doesn't matter if Zhang Xuemei's side is slower.

It was during this period that Zhang Jingyan came and met Zhang Xuemei and his party who were preparing to set off in Prairie City.

When the convoy responsible for taking them to their destination was put together, Zhang Jingyan was alone. However, there were still vacancies for Zhang Xuemei and the others, so they simply asked Zhang Jingyan to follow their convoy.

In this way, they can also save a carriage and some manpower. Considering the time, this may save them a lot of transportation capacity during the week.

Passing through the vast grassland, the group soon saw a huge plain farm. It happened to be the autumn harvest season here. Compared with the mountains and grasslands, the scene here had a different kind of grandeur.

But he didn't stay too long, he just rested briefly, looked at the scenery, and then took a carriage and rushed towards the lizard tribe.

In order to facilitate development, a path has been cleared in the rainforest area for carriages to pass.

Compared with other areas, this tropical rain forest is a different scene.

In the surrounding rainforest, lizardmen riding velociraptors and monitor lizards busy transporting goods would appear from time to time, which amazed the group and opened their eyes, forgetting the bumps along the way.

When we arrived at the land of the lizard people, the biggest difference between this place and other cities in the Great Zhou was that the number of lizard people had risen sharply.

In the rainforest, humans are mainly concentrated in factories and farms. The proportion of humans in the total population in the rainforest is less than ten percent.

After that, Zhang Xuemei and the others will rest here for a few days and go sightseeing as always.

Along the way, Zhang Xuemei's mentality became better and better. She felt that her depression was gone and she was full of hope for life.

During this period, unlike Zhang Xuemei and the others who were traveling at public expense, Zhang Jingyan’s thoughts were all about Ye Yan and the Tropical Medicine Garden.

According to his latest knowledge, Ye Yan's tropical medicine garden is not in the lizard people's territory, but deep in the rain forest. It is estimated that it will be impossible to meet Zhang Xuemei and the others in the next few days.

So Zhang Jingyan took advantage of the situation and said goodbye to them.

Taking Zhou Xu's warrant and confirming his identity, the Lizard Man arranged a carriage to send him there.

After driving for another distance, Zhang Jingyan got off the carriage and looked at the figures working in the medicine garden through the not-so-high fence. Zhang Jingyan couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He had traveled through mountains and rivers all the way, and now he finally arrived at his destination. At this time, he was really a little excited.

"Excuse me……"

Entering the medicine garden, Zhang Jingyan had just opened his mouth when a figure next to him immediately made a gesture of silence.

Ye Yan is currently studying a new herb that has been transplanted recently. At this moment, his attention is all on that herb, and he has not noticed the existence of Zhang Jingyan at all. The members working here will naturally not allow anyone to Interrupt at this time and interrupt their minister's train of thought.

(End of this chapter)