Chapter 523 Return to Great Zhou

The moment he left the energy channel, the cold wind swept in his face and made Zhou Xu shiver on the spot.

Everywhere you look, you see a sea of ​​white. The first snow since winter has already fallen on the Da Zhou grassland.

Although Zhou Xu had prepared himself mentally in advance, the sudden change in temperature still made him quite uncomfortable.

If he was like this, let alone the lizardmen living in tropical areas and the centaurs led by Diak, many of them were shivering on the spot, and their rows of teeth were chattering from the cold.

He exhaled a breath of hot air. The patrol team responsible for guarding the border area had already approached.

The fact that Zhou Xu might come back was known by the messenger as early as the last time the energy channel was opened.

Now that their identities had been confirmed, the soldiers quickly welcomed them into the garrison camp.

Before they entered the energy channel, considering the changes in environment and climate, they all put on a few more layers of clothes. Now it seems that it is obviously not enough.

Ye Jinghong, who had received the news earlier, took this into consideration and prepared woolen clothes here early.

This is their new product this year. After all, they have started raising sheep in the grassland village and have produced wool this year, so they asked the weaving factory to develop new business as well. They have completed a certain amount of production before winter.

This batch of woolen sweaters were provided to the troops first, and the rest were put into clothing stores for people to consume, giving them more consumption items and allowing them to have a place to spend the money they earned.

Since the weaving efficiency of woolen sweaters is not high at present, the price is not cheap.

But it is not a necessity of life.

The existence of woolen clothes can make people live a warmer winter and improve their sense of happiness in winter, but without woolen clothes, the winter will not be impossible to survive. It can be regarded as a very suitable consumption item.

The centaurs and lizardmen who came back with him suddenly felt less cold after putting on their woolen clothes, and began to marvel at the warmth-keeping ability of the clothes.

However, Zhou Xu pulled at his collar feeling a little uncomfortable.

As a time traveler, he just felt that the woolen sweater was very prickly.

But he is not a pretentious person. The most important thing in this season is to keep warm. Wool coats have excellent warmth retention capabilities but are not as heavy and bulky as fur coats. In terms of performance, he is quite satisfied, but the comfort level needs to be improved.

After simply changing into winter clothes at the garrison camp, Zhou Xu confirmed the time here, which was around nine o'clock in the morning.

So Zhou Xu didn't plan to stay here for long.

"Chief Diak, it's already winter here, and it's still snowing. Why don't you stay with me for a few days? When the snow stops, I'll let Drogo take you to settle down in the tribe."

Hearing this, Diak looked up at the snowflakes floating in the air. It was obviously unrealistic for them to build the tribe base in such a snowy and windy day.

Therefore, Diak did not refuse Zhou Xu's proposal.

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty."

After reaching a consensus with Diak, the group successfully arrived at the grassland village before noon.

"Ye Jinghong, I pay my respects to the king!"

Zhou Xu raised his hand to signal Ye Jinghong to excuse himself, but he had no intention of dismounting. Instead, he pointed at Diak and the others behind him.

"Jinghong, help Chief Diak and the others settle down. Drogo, you stay here and take care of your people."

After saying that, Zhou Xu didn't even plan to enter the village. He planned to take the resources and the lizardmen directly to Black Moon Village.

It's still early now, and there are no jobs for the lizard people in the grassland village. At the same time, the climate is still cold, so it would be better to rush to the Black Moon Village and settle down completely.

At this moment, the lizard people, who were not used to the climate here, had no complaints about their king's arrangement. They even wanted to leave quickly.

The distance from Grassland Village to Black Moon Village is not too far, but the changes in terrain and environment are quite obvious.

It was snowing lightly on the grassland at that moment, but after they left the grassland area and moved for some distance, they could clearly see that the snow had stopped.

During this time, the messenger went ahead and when the main force arrived at Black Moon Village, the village chief Zhang Xiaoshan, who had received the news in advance, had already made preliminary preparations for the resettlement of the new population, and people were already waiting at the village entrance.

"Zhang Xiaoshan, I pay my respects to the king!"

"No need to be polite."

As he spoke, Zhou Xu swiftly jumped off his horse. The guard who had been waiting on the side hurried forward and took the reins from him.

During this process, many people's attention fell on the lizard people.

There is no way. For the people living in Black Moon Village, they have only heard of Lizardmen but have never seen them. This wave is really an eye-opener.

Among them, Zhou Xu also noticed the grassland elf standing in the crowd.

The way they looked at these lizardmen was much more complicated.

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Zhou Xu noticed this and cleared his throat, then announced in public...

"We have won a great victory in the battle against the Lizardmen on the front line!"

This news had already been passed back when the energy channel was opened, but now that the people who came out to greet them heard their king announce it in person, they became even more excited and cheered loudly.

"The king is mighty!"

"The King is mighty!!"

Bathed in the cheers of the people, Zhou Xu raised his hands and pressed them down to signal for them to keep quiet.

Following this action, the scene quickly became quiet.

"Now the Lizardmen have submitted to our Great Zhou and are willing to serve us as subjects of our Great Zhou!"

"Our Great Zhou has always been tolerant, and my people are naturally as tolerant as I am, just like the various tribes that surrendered to us before. As long as they are willing to work loyally for our Great Zhou, they are the people of our Great Zhou, and I will treat them equally! There will be no such thing as exclusion!"

Listening to their king's speech, the people raised their heads and looked quite proud.

And they do have reason to be proud.

Looking back at this ancient era, those tribes were unable to take care of themselves, had no food to eat, and no clothes to wear. Which force could be like their Great Zhou, with a territory stretching from the grassland in the east to the continuous mountains in the west, with a vast territory, and the ability to recruit various ethnic groups to work for them?

Ask other forces, can they do it?

As citizens of the Great Zhou, they are extremely proud to be born in this era, and even the grassland elves who surrendered later are no exception.

And this pride in their identity as "citizens of the Great Zhou" will make them develop a sense of belonging.

Once this emotion arises, if they continue to exclude the Lizardmen, they will appear petty and will only make them feel embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)