Chapter 1382: Work on the Spot
Taking the water route, the group successfully boarded the ship at Green Forest Port.
At this point in time, the temperature had almost stabilized at around 25 degrees. It was a beautiful spring day. Zhou Xu was lying on the deck enjoying the breeze and sun. The entire journey could only be described as extremely comfortable.
The ship docked, and Zhou Xu did not stroll around the city after getting off the ship. He had not been back for a long time, and was eager to return home, so he went straight back to the palace.
He went straight to the Qinzheng Hall without even washing his face.
"Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty!"
In the Qinzheng Hall, Huo Qubing and Li Bowen, who had received the news in advance, knew their Majesty well. If nothing unexpected happened, the first thing their Majesty would do after returning to the palace would definitely be to come to the Qinzheng Hall.
As it turned out, their guess was correct.
Their Majesty is essentially a workaholic, and he is the kind who would kill people without paying for it...
"Please excuse me, has anything important happened while I was away?"
As he spoke, Zhou Xu sat down at his workstation and went straight into office mode.
Huo Qubing and Li Bowen, who were already accustomed to this, also reported one by one.
The content of their report is basically divided into two parts.
One part is what they can handle and has already handled, but because there are too many follow-up issues involved, their Majesty must be informed so that arrangements can be made later.
The other part is beyond their authority and must be decided by their Majesty.
This report took more than an hour, but Zhou Xu didn't feel tired at all. His strong mental strength gave him more energy than ordinary people.
At the end of the report, Li Bowen remembered something else.
"By the way, Your Majesty, the migration of the Wood Elves mentioned earlier has been successfully completed in early spring. The basin forest outside Green Forest City is now empty. What arrangements are to be made next?"
Zhou Xu knew about the migration of the entire wood elves; he had been talking about it as early as two years ago.
Normally speaking, those who remain in the wood elves' territory are basically the older generation of wood elves. Given their lazy and old-fashioned nature, it is basically unrealistic to ask them to abandon their original village and move to another place.
But there are exceptions to everything.
Even Locke, the old and conservative patriarch of the Wood Elf clan, could not resist the temptation of the Tree of Life.
That’s right, the Wood Elves’ new territory was located in the Qingshui Mountain, which was also the place where a large number of life-spirit trees were discovered.
The Life Spirit Tree is the core material used within their Great Zhou to make the Wood Elf Mages' Life Staffs, so the Wood Elf Mages attach great importance to it.
At one point they even wanted to transplant these life trees back to the Wood Elf village and take good care of them, but the risk of transplantation was too great, and the number of life trees was limited at this stage. If they died after being moved to their native habitat, the loss would be huge.
Patriarch Locke, who was also aware of this, finally agreed to Zhou Xu's other proposal.
"The Spirit Tree of Life cannot be transplanted there, but you can move to Qingshui Mountain!"
When Locke thought about it, he immediately felt that this made sense, and he made a decision without hesitation. They would move the entire clan directly to Qingshui Mountain to take care of the Tree of Life!
However, in actual practice, this matter is not that simple.
When the wood elves migrate with their entire clan, they will definitely need a place to stay. At the very least, they will have to build a mountain village in Qingshui Mountain, right?
Don't expect these old stubborn guys to do it on their own. How long will it take them to do it?
At that time, the labor force within the Great Zhou was basically concentrated in the southern and northeastern regions, resulting in the inability to mobilize enough manpower to build villages in the mountains at once.
It wasn't until early spring this year that the work was completed.
Over in the basin forest, once the wood elves left, the original village became empty.
They arranged a mountain village for the wood elves in Qingshui Mountain, so their original village was naturally handed over to the state for disposal.
They had discussed this with the old patriarch Locke in advance, and both sides reached a consensus.
When Zhou Xu passed by the Basin Forest before, he did not take a detour to the Wood Elf Village. It was not until now that he learned about this from Li Bowen.
The forest in that basin covers a large area. Judging from the area alone, it is enough to build a city.
However, considering the distance, the Basin Forest is too close to Green Forest City. There is no point in building two cities at such a close distance.
At the same time, considering the location of the basin forest, there is no need to build a city.
Zhou Xu obviously had plans for this already.
"Don't be too anxious about this. Let's first have the logging team from Green Forest City go over and clear the forest land. Then, based on the original Wood Elf Village, expand outward and build a town called Qingshui Town. This will make it easier for the staff from Green Forest Port to settle down."
Within their Great Zhou, cities, towns and villages are clearly divided into different levels. The most typical difference is that only cities have city walls, while towns and villages do not have such defensive facilities.
However, in contrast, villages and towns are generally located in safe areas. Apart from some special environments such as mountains, there must be large cities near villages and towns.
Because after these villages and towns develop to a certain scale, they will be directly incorporated into the city, thus leading to better development.
This is the idea Zhou Xu is following at the moment.
Thanks to the huge economy generated by shipping, Green Forest Port became extremely prosperous. For this reason, Zhou Xu even specially built a small fishing village in that area for the daily living of relevant staff.
However, the land in that port area was too limited, and the small fishing village was very small, accommodating only two or three hundred people at most. With the continuous development of water transportation, the area quickly became crowded.
Surrounding this port and the Qingshui Lake nearby, so many people rely on the work here to support their families.
However, the space is limited and everyone can’t squeeze in, and living in the mountains is not realistic either.
It is even more outrageous to ask them to go back to Green Forest City at dusk every day and rush here to work from Green Forest City at dawn.
Although the two sides are close, a lot of time is wasted going back and forth, which is a pure waste of labor.
Under this premise, if there is a town in the basin forest next to the canyon for them to live and work, the whole situation can be quickly improved.
Although the labor force is limited at the moment, the reconstruction of the town will certainly not be that fast, but don't forget that the village where the wood elves originally lived is still there.
With appropriate expansion, it will be able to accommodate hundreds or thousands of people in a short period of time, which will be enough to alleviate the population pressure at Green Forest Port.
With Zhou Xu having spoken, the construction project in Qingshui Town was quickly arranged. After receiving the news, a large number of people were immediately overjoyed.
(End of this chapter)
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