Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 953 Return to Black Moon City
Zhou Xu never doubted Silk's qualifications.

Although it was a little slower than he expected, it was a good thing after all.

Zhou Xu, who reacted quickly, was also generous with his reward. Silk's successful breakthrough meant that their Great Zhou had one more powerful warrior at the Hundred Refining Realm level, which was another unexpected surprise.

At the same time, for Zhou Xu, the ruler, this is undoubtedly a good sign. In the future, there will be more and more extraordinary mages and warriors in the Hundred Refining Realm in their Great Zhou! The internal strength will naturally become stronger and stronger!

With this mentality, Zhou Xu finished his breakfast and started a new day of exploration with full energy.

However, what they were going to explore next was no longer the Qingshui Mountain, but to take a boat to explore the small islands on the Qingshui Lake.

Those small lake islands are really small. Even the largest one basically takes two or three hours to circle the island. The smallest one is estimated to be only four or five hundred square meters in area.

Of course, this exploration work is mainly based on a carpet-style search, so it actually takes more time to explore a lake island.

But even so, in half a month, the group led by Zhou Xu had almost explored all the small islands on the Qingshui Lake.

As it turned out, the time Zhou Xu estimated for himself was quite accurate. This exploration trip did take almost a month.

At this moment, standing on the deck at the bow, looking at the Black Moon City port that was constantly expanding in his field of vision, Zhou Xu's heart was filled with emotion.

Calculating the time, I haven’t been back for a long time.

During this process, he couldn't help but notice the two huge water wheels not far from Black Moon City.

In order to divert water into the canal to irrigate the farmland outside Black Moon City, he specially asked Zhuang Mengdie to build a waterwheel.

Later, with the continued development of Black Moon City, the area of ​​farmland became larger and larger, and the irrigation pressure also increased accordingly.

About two years ago, Black Moon City applied to him through a document report to upgrade the waterwheel.

Zhou Xu didn't think much about it and approved it directly.

Now the people in the relevant departments have put into practice the knowledge and techniques he taught them. After mastering the principles of the waterwheel, they have directly built a large composite waterwheel, which has greatly improved the water diversion efficiency here.

In addition, the lakeside area has also undergone tremendous changes.

It was basically empty in the past, but now, not only has a dock and a port been built, but there is also a small market not far away.

That's where the fishermen sell their fish.

Of course, from time to time other vendors would come and sell other things.

At the same time, a relatively simple group of houses were specially built near the market.

The construction of this area was mentioned by Zhang Xiaoshan in his previous report, and it was also approved by Zhou Xu.

That is to build a fishing village and fish market outside Black Moon City, near the lakeside area, for fishermen to live and do some simple business.

After all, fishermen have to come here from the city early in the morning to fish, and then run back after dark, which is a time-consuming and laborious job in itself.

Now that we have this small fishing village outside the city, this problem can basically be solved.

Standing on the deck at the bow, Zhou Xu could feel the bustle of the fish market just by looking at it from afar, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

“This area is developing quite well.”

From a developer's perspective, what could make him happier than seeing the results of his own development?

While he was thinking, the ship had already docked. Zhang Xiaoshan, the head of the administrative department of Black Moon City, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting downstairs.

"Your humble servant Zhang Xiaoshan pays respect to Your Majesty!" "No need to be polite!"

Looking at Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhou Xu reached out and patted him on the shoulder with a smile on his face.

"Thank you for your hard work during my absence."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoshan felt a sudden pain in his nose. As Black Moon City grew larger and larger, he was the only one who knew how much pressure he was under.

"Serving His Majesty is not hard!"

"Let's go and see how Black Moon City is developing now!"

As he spoke, Zhou Xu got on the carriage and headed towards Black Moon City.

Before getting close, Zhou Xu, who was leaning against the car window, had already seen the towering city wall!

Over the years, the development of Black Moon City has never stopped. It can even be said to be the fastest growing city here.

Zhou Xu was in the imperial palace in Xianyang City at the time. Through remote decision-making, while building a ten-meter-long city wall for Black Moon City, he also directly merged Salt Lake City into Black Moon City, making it a district within Black Moon City.

The distance between Salt Lake City and Black Moon City is not far.

During those years, with the continuous expansion and development of the two cities, it was not an exaggeration to say that the two cities were directly adjacent to each other.

Things have come to this point, what's the point of dividing them into two cities?
Not to mention that Zhou Xu had long intended to merge the two cities, and now this matter has been completely implemented.

The city gates are open during the day to facilitate people's entry and exit, and a team of soldiers is stationed at the gate for routine inspections.

During this process, Zhang Xiaoshan's deputy had undoubtedly already dealt with the inspection issues long ago, and he had a smooth journey and went straight into the city.

"Xiaoshan, why don't we get off the car and take a walk?"

Obviously, Zhou Xu wanted to do the inspection work at the same time.

Even though he had been in charge of the specific development of Black Moon City over the years, he had never seen it with his own eyes. Zhou Xu obviously wanted to take a closer look at it now.

Zhang Xiaoshan accepted the proposal without even thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, if you are in such a good mood, I will accompany you to the end."

Hearing this, Zhou Xu smiled and turned to look at Silk.

"Silk, you take Chitose and everyone else to settle down first. Xiaoshan and I will go around the city."

The main reason was that the presence of Silk and Chitose was too conspicuous. With them following him, he couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to.

"Yes!"

Silke took the order immediately.

Although he is the commander of the Royal Guards, he is actually not worried about the safety of their Majesty at all.

Are you kidding me? Their Majesty is an extraordinary wizard, and his strength is there. Who in this Black Moon City can endanger his safety?

The only occasion when their personal guards are needed to take action is probably when their Majesty is going to lead the army in person. Their main job on weekdays, to put it bluntly, is to solve problems for their Majesty and not distract them with trivial matters.

(End of this chapter)