Chapter 865 A Blessing in Disguise
For the next period of time, Zhou Xu would stay in each city for one to two days to inspect and plan future development ideas.
During this process, he clearly discovered that in terms of the number of cities, the New North District, which has six cities, is not much different from the New South District.
But in reality it is quite different.
On the one hand, the scale of many cities is not as large as that of the New South District. On the other hand, the distances between cities here are generally too close, making the distribution a bit crowded.
[If there is a chance, we still have to make large-scale adjustments to the city layout in the New Taipei area. We don't need six cities. Four is wrong. To be precise, three cities and one fortress are enough! ]
According to Zhou Xu's idea, if he could grasp the location and properly arrange two large cities in the core area of the New Taipei City, it would be enough to effectively occupy most of the land resources here.
After that, a city was arranged at the pass adjacent to Anling City. The overall distribution presented a triangular layout to facilitate the connection between the three cities.
As for Pingyuan City, he followed the idea he and Shi Lei had come up with before and transformed it into a military fortress, improving its defense capabilities.
This is the effect Zhou Xu most hopes to achieve at the moment.
But it is obviously not that easy to do.
In fact, according to Zhou Xu's idea, the location of each city in Xinbei District is not ideal.
If he wanted to fully meet his expectations, he would probably have to raze all the cities here and rebuild them.
When Zhou Xu thought of this, he began to have a headache, and at the same time he began to sigh at the good things about the Southern Territory. There was nothing in the Southern Territory, but there were no troubles either. It was just a blank sheet of paper, waiting for him to perform.
From this point of view, it saves him a lot of trouble.
There are cities in the New Taipei City area, but they are not ideal.
Of course, sometimes, in order to achieve development, we have to make some appropriate compromises based on actual conditions.
The amount of work in Xinbei District is not small. According to the current financial situation of their Great Zhou, if it is all torn down and rebuilt, the Minister of Engineering and the Minister of Finance will probably both hang themselves.
So for some places, it’s okay to be a little off, there’s no need to be too fussy about it.
With this mentality in mind, Daliang City, Yuan City, Shanguan City at the pass, and the Pingyuan Fortress that is already ready to start construction and reconstruction are not worth considering.
As long as the demolition and reconstruction is changed to adjustment and reconstruction, the entire financial expenditure can be greatly reduced in an instant, and the same is true for manpower and material resources.
While Zhou Xu was holding his little notebook and thinking about the specific plan, the carriage he was riding in had successfully arrived outside Pingyuan City.
"I, General Shi Lei (Xie Liancheng), pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
Hearing the noise, Zhou Xu poked his head out of the carriage and waved at the two of them.
"No need to be polite, get in the car."
"yes."
After receiving the response, Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng got into the carriage without any further ado.
The carriage then continued to drive towards Pingyuan City. During this time, Zhou Xu subconsciously looked at Jie Liancheng a few more times.
"How are you feeling?"
"Thanks to your Majesty's concern, I have fully recovered."
After all, Shi Lei is still here at this moment, so Jie Liancheng still has to go through the necessary procedures.
"At the same time, this time I can say that it was a blessing in disguise. My bravery star rating has been officially upgraded to five stars."
Upon hearing the news, Zhou Xu also showed joy.
Having five-star potential and full five stars are two different things. Many people may never be able to fully develop their potential in their entire lives.
Now that Xie Liancheng has been promoted, he finally has a real five-star general in his hands! How could Zhou Xu not be happy about this?
From this point of view, Xie Liancheng really got a blessing in disguise this time.
But at the same time, Zhou Xu became even more curious about the greenskin who could force Jie Liancheng to that point.
You know, relying on his outstanding martial arts, although Jie Liancheng was a four-star before, he was basically invincible even if he met a general of the same level.
Even from Zhou Xu's perspective, Jie Liancheng might be able to surpass his level and get a five-star rating.
In that situation, it was hard to imagine how strong the greenskin was to force Jie Liancheng into a desperate situation and even almost kill him.
When this matter was mentioned, Xie Liancheng couldn't help but scratch the back of his head in embarrassment.
"I thought seriously about that battle afterwards, and later found that I actually had problems myself."
“…”
Zhou Xu didn't say anything, waiting for Jie Liancheng's next words.
"The situation was quite tense at the time. I wanted to make a quick decision, so I used Thunderbolt Slash right from the start, hoping to kill the greenskin instantly."
Having said that, Xie Liancheng couldn't help but slap his thigh in annoyance.
"Damn! Who would have thought that the greenskin's reaction speed was so fast? He could actually keep up with my Thunderbolt Slash?!"
Zhou Xu was relatively familiar with Jie Liancheng's Thunderbolt Slash.
It is no exaggeration to say that Thunderbolt Slash is a very contradictory move.
One of the contradictions is that in the process of performing the Thunderbolt Slash, Xie Liancheng will be forced to abandon all his martial arts skills because this move is too fast and he has no room to use any skills.
However, powerful martial arts skills were Xie Liancheng's greatest reliance for being invincible in previous battles.
The second contradiction is that the Thunderbolt Slash is difficult to break, but also easy to break.
The difficulty lies in that if you can't catch up with the speed of the Thunderbolt Slash, you are basically doomed! On the other hand, once you can catch up with the speed of the Thunderbolt Slash, this move is basically useless.
Under this premise, performing the Thunderbolt Slash will also put a burden on the body, which is equivalent to hurting yourself in disguise.
"To put it bluntly, that greenskin had very strong physique and quick reactions. I shouldn't have used the Thunderbolt Slash at that time. If I had just fought him normally, it might have been easier to beat him!"
When talking about this matter, Xie Liancheng slapped his thigh in regret.
"Oh, yes, there's one more thing! When that greenskin was fighting me, a layer of energy-like light emerged from the surface of his body, and that light even wrapped around his weapon."
"The opponent's two swords look tattered, but they have been able to fight with my three-pointed double-edged sword many times without being cut off. This is very abnormal!"
The three-pointed, double-edged sword in Xie Liancheng's hand is no ordinary weapon. After Zhou Xu took over the territory here, he took the time to upgrade Xie Liancheng's sword into a crystal iron weapon. Considering Xie Liancheng's strength, it would be abnormal if he couldn't cut an ordinary weapon.
Just as Zhou Xu was thinking this, Xie Liancheng spoke again.
"After the war, I picked up the two swords and tried them out. Guess what? They broke as soon as I chopped them off!"
During the conversation, Jie Liancheng gradually relaxed, but Shi Lei next to him didn't think there was anything strange.
After working together for a period of time, he had a better understanding of Jie Liancheng's personality. At the same time, their Majesty was not a fussy person and would not care about such a small matter.
"I've thought about this carefully. It must be the energy that enveloped the two swords at that time. There must be something wrong with that energy!"
(End of this chapter)
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