Chapter 820: Connecting the North and the South (Additional chapter for 900 monthly tickets)

After a brief moment of daze, an irrepressible ecstasy surged from Zhou Xu's chest.

The Pioneer, which departed from the port of Black Moon City, appeared here after a long voyage. What does this mean? This means that from south to north, this large lake directly connects the New World and the Old World! This is really important to Zhou Xu.

Now, due to the terrain and environment, their Great Zhou has a big problem, that is transportation.

The transportation of materials between the New World and the Old World inevitably requires crossing mountainous areas.

In this mountainous area, even for the mountain dwellers who are familiar with the mountains, it takes half a month to cross it, let alone transport goods.

This also greatly increases the transportation costs between the two regions, as well as the transfer of population.

In response to this situation, Zhou Xu's approach has always been to allow the two regions to operate as independently as possible and reduce the interaction of materials and even population.

This was obviously not conducive to the internal development of their Great Zhou, but Zhou Xu had no choice. The terrain was there. Let alone in this era, mountains like this would be a big trouble even in modern times.

But now, as long as they are sure that the big lake is connected, they can directly open a water transport route! Not only will the efficiency of resource transportation and population transfer be greatly improved, but the expenditure in this area will also be greatly reduced.

A water transport route can directly connect two areas that were originally difficult to link together! How could Zhou Xu not be excited? Sitting in the Qinzheng Hall, looking at the report in front of him, Zhou Xu couldn't calm down for a long time.

After taking a deep breath and waiting for his emotions to calm down, Zhou Xu's first thing was to order the shipbuilding to continue!

The entire shipbuilding project will be directly promoted to the top priority level, and domestic funding resources will be tilted towards this project.

After it was confirmed that this place could enable Green Forest City and Black Moon City to unlock the water transport routes, the value of this project to Zhou Xu had skyrocketed like a rocket.

In his opinion, the transport capacity of a Pioneer was no longer enough.

After all, the Pioneer was a ship built primarily for the purpose of opening up new areas and exploring them. In essence, it was not a cargo ship.

And now, what Zhou Xu needs is undoubtedly a cargo ship with stronger transport capacity!

At the same time, a port is being built in Green Forest City to facilitate subsequent ships to dock.

"Pass on my order and have Liu Jiefang start training carrier pigeons that can travel between Green Forest City and Black Moon City."

In the past, they felt that the distance between the two sides was too far, and training would be not only troublesome but also very difficult. But now the situation is different. They suddenly discovered that Black Moon City was not that far away from them.

This distance is sufficient for efficient communication via carrier pigeons.

"As for the Pioneer, let them continue to explore the waterways and draw maps of the waterways."

Although he was excited, Zhou Xu's mind was still clear. The most important thing now was to explore all the water areas that could be explored and thus complete the map.

Even with the crew and survival supplies, the Pioneer does not have much transportation capacity, so there is no need to rush.

The relevant orders were quickly issued directly from the Qinzheng Hall.

At the Black Moon City shipyard, after successfully building the Pioneer, the members of the shipbuilding department received their rewards, took a long vacation, and then returned to their respective posts.

After all, in order to get this big ship out, they had not rested since the project officially started, except for eating and sleeping.

Zhou Xu has always disliked idle labor. The shipbuilding plan here was not meant to be completed by just building one ship.

This lake is so large, and there are many islands in the lake. If it develops internally in the future, at least three or four large ships will be needed to provide transportation for them.

Therefore, the members who had just finished their vacation began the construction of the second ship at a leisurely pace.

"According to the requirements of the plan, starting from this second ship, we will focus on improving transportation capacity. If you have any ideas, please share them. Let's discuss it while everyone is here."

In the office of the dock, the minister leaned back in the office chair at the main seat of the conference table, blew on the hot tea that had just been brewed in the cup, and leisurely announced the agenda of the first meeting after the official start of work.

During this period, the members were in a comfortable state, and it was obvious that they had not yet recovered from the long vacation.

If nothing goes wrong, they will be open for the whole morning.

Even later in the day, some staff members started thinking about what to eat for dinner after get off work.

Just then, there was a noise outside the dock, which caught their attention.

Hearing the noise, the minister casually pointed to someone.

"Xiao Zhang, go out and see what's going on."

Xiao Zhang, whose name was called, responded and trotted out to confirm the situation.

The location of their office inside the dock is basically facing the main entrance. As soon as you leave the office, you can see the situation at the main entrance at a glance.

At this moment, workers were moving boxes of goods into their dock.

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Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhang looked a little confused, and then he hurried over here. Just when he was about to catch someone to ask what was going on, a figure walked in from outside.

When Xiao Zhang saw the other person's appearance clearly, his expression changed instantly.

During this time, the other party obviously saw Xiao Zhang and waved at him.

"I remember you, Xiao Zhang, right?"

Xiao Zhang was flattered to see that the other party remembered him.

"Yes, yes, I'm Xiao Zhang. Why are you here, Lord City Lord?"

At this moment, the person who walked in was Zhang Xiaoshan.

Since Black Moon City was upgraded to a fortified city, Zhang Xiaoshan was promoted to the city lord, and his every move became more calm and sophisticated.

Seeing Xiao Zhang, who looked nervous and even stuttered, Zhang Xiaoshan was not surprised. Instead, he asked with a smile.

"Where's your minister? I'm here to see him."

"Lord City Lord, please wait a moment. I will go and call the minister over right away."

As he was talking, Xiao Zhang ran away and rushed into their office at the fastest speed, scaring everyone inside. Even the minister's tea spilled a little, causing him to frown and look slightly unhappy.

"What's going on? You're so agitated and not calm at all. Is there a supernatural being chasing you? Look at me, the minister. I can keep my composure no matter what happens."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhang gasped and shook his head quickly.

"The city lord is here!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zhang felt a flash before his eyes. When he came to his senses, their minister had already rushed out. When he turned around, he was the only one left in the office.

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(End of this chapter)