Chapter 737 A good place near the mountains and the water
The size of this hot air balloon is not small at all. Long before, when Silk and his team were assembling it on the shore, it had already attracted the attention of many people around.
Now, when they saw that strange-looking thing actually carrying their king into the air, the people around could not help but exclaim in surprise, thinking that it was a miracle from the gods, and quickly knelt down to worship them.
They have seen this kind of scene many times since they boarded the hot air balloon.
Except for a few people who are in the know, who wouldn’t think this is a clear sign from God?
Even Silk, who was the hot air balloon operator at the moment, would probably think so if he hadn't known about it in advance.
Compared to Silk's emotion, Zhou Xu was thinking more at this moment.
However, judging from the current momentum, hot air balloons will definitely be integrated into their lives, and with internal development in the future, more things will inevitably be created.
It would be very troublesome if people were always startled like this.
Popularizing scientific knowledge among the public is obviously a thankless task, mainly because the actual effect is unlikely to be very good. He needs a better way to make the public accept and quickly promote new things.
【Publishing a newspaper? 】
[No, there's no hope! At this moment, the only people who can read in the Great Zhou are the relevant staff and the cadres. Basic education has just started, and few people can understand the newspapers.]
This is the same even for Yan Sheng. Only the wealthy and powerful people can read and write, while ordinary people are basically illiterate.
After silently rejecting the idea of setting up a newspaper office and distributing newspapers, Zhou Xu quickly came up with a new idea.
[Anyway, finish opening the map here first, and then go back to deal with this matter. ]
While they were thinking, Silk and his team had already controlled the hot air balloon to fly over the freshwater lake.
Zhou Xu brought his own telescope, and once his "Eye of Insight" was turned on, the vision in front of him quickly became clear.
When I was standing on the shore before, I was too far away and it was shrouded in clouds and mist, so I couldn’t see clearly. Now that I have an aerial view and get closer with the hot air balloon, I find that there are actually some small islands on the lake.
When discovering these islands, Zhou Xu subconsciously looked back in the direction of their Black Moon City.
At this distance, they couldn’t even see the fishing port in Black Moon City.
If there was no hot air balloon to help them determine their location in advance, and they rashly started exploring, the small fishing boat would not know where to go and would most likely get lost.
In addition, to carry out this wave of exploration, they have to be mentally prepared to be offshore for a long time. It is unrealistic to go back and forth on the same day. In addition to manpower, resources must also be arranged on the ship. It would be too much of a stretch to rely solely on the small fishing boats they are using now.
[It seems that the research and development of larger ships must be put on the agenda. ]
At this moment, while Zhou Xu was observing, he was also constantly sorting out the thoughts in his mind.
"Silk, do you see those islands? Let's get lower and take a closer look."
"yes!"
With a response, Silk quickly operated the hot air balloon to lower its altitude.
As the distance got closer, Zhou Xu's vision became clearer.
From his perspective, he soon discovered that on that island, a group of humans wrapped in animal skins and basically dressed like primitive people had entered their field of vision.
The hot air balloons were huge and so conspicuous flying in the sky that the primitive people had obviously discovered their existence.
Of course, at this distance Zhou Xu couldn't hear clearly what they were shouting. He only saw the primitive people below dancing and then kneeling down.
Obviously they were worshipped as gods.
Zhou Xu did not let his guard down because of this. He thought about just landing there and recruiting them with just his words.
Out of caution, it would be better to wait until the boat behind him is built before coming back. There is no need to rush.
The main task of this wave is still reconnaissance.
As he continued to go deeper, Zhou Xu discovered that there were three large islands in the lake, and there were primitive tribes on each of the islands.
When the tribesmen saw their hot air balloon, they thought it was a sign of divine intervention and all ran out.
Zhou Xu did not stop, nor did he pay attention to the kneeling of those tribal members. They continued to fly inside and finally saw some scenes on the other side from afar.
He vaguely saw some traces of primitive tribes in the coastal area, but the distance was too far. The buildings that he saw that looked like tribal camps were only as big as fingers and could not be seen clearly.
Just when Zhou Xu wanted to speak up and ask Silk to fly closer, Silk's voice rang out.
"My lord, it's almost time for us to return."
It was different from the previous time when they flew over the mountains. At that time, they were on a typical one-way trip. As long as they could fly out, it would be no problem to consume all the fuel in one go.
But the situation is different now. They can't run out of fuel here. Once the fuel is exhausted, they can't go back. At the same time, they have to face a group of primitive tribes whose situation they don't know.
Knowing this, Silk naturally reserved fuel for the hot air balloon to fly back. When he saw that it was almost time, he quickly reminded their king.
This situation reduced the distance they could go in one direction by half, but Zhou Xu didn't have any thoughts on this.
For Zhou Xu, this area is like his own reserve resources. After all, it is near his territory and no one else can take it away.
Therefore, when the conditions and opportunities existed before, Zhou Xu preferred to develop the lands of the Lizardmen and Yan Sheng rather than developing his own internal resources.
As for the land inside his own territory, he could open it anytime as long as he had time! Before officially returning, Zhou Xu quickly scanned the surroundings.
When standing on the shore and looking over here, Zhou Xu thought there was only a large mountain range here. It was not until he got closer that he realized that there were actually two mountains.
It was his previous single-directional vision that caused the two mountains to overlap, making them look like one.
At this moment, the outer mountain is located to the west and is relatively small in size, while the innermost mountain is continuous and quite spectacular. There are some lakes sandwiched between the two mountains, forming a river extending out.
Judging from the current situation, the rivers extending throughout his entire area are probably all related to this lake.
The lake they are in now is probably the largest freshwater resource in the region! It is indeed a good place with mountains and water! Updated, thanks to the book friend 'Qi Qiyi' for the reward! I was too sleepy today, so I didn't add more
(End of this chapter)
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