Chapter 566: Report from the Front
If Zhou Xu just wrote a description and asked the kitchen to follow it, he estimated that the kitchen would probably not understand these spices that he had never seen before.
[I have been here for nearly half a winter, so I took this opportunity to go back and check out the situation.]
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu asked directly to the servant beside him.
"How many days will it take until the energy channel opens next time?"
"Reporting to the king, there are still three days."
Now the time period for the energy channel to be open has basically stabilized at ten days. There are still three days left, which is enough for him to arrange things here.
With this thought in mind, Zhou Xu quickly gave the order.
"Go and get Bo Levin."
After giving this order to the guard beside him, Zhou Xu turned around and looked at the servant beside him.
"By the way, have any reports been sent back from the southern border today?"
Since the beginning of spring, if one were to ask what Zhou Xu has been most concerned about, it would definitely be the war on the southern border.
The great battle in winter came to a temporary end with the rat people retreating. Now that the seasons are changing and spring is here, Zhou Xu couldn't help but worry whether the rat people on the opposite side would make a comeback.
In fact, according to the intelligence provided by Bolevin and his men, the ratmen would come to their border to harass them every now and then, which made the Lizardmen always in a state of preparation for war, ready to fight the ratmen at any time.
Of course, the Rat People don't always make such a big fuss as before. After all, although the Rat People are large in scale, they also have to consider the issue of losses.
Most of the time, the main focus is on consumption and harassment.
However, since it is difficult for them to judge when the ratmen will suddenly launch a large-scale attack, the garrison in the south basically dare not slack off even for a moment.
"Reporting to the king, there is no delivery from the southern border today."
As a result, just as he finished speaking, the guard outside the door came trotting in to report.
"Your Majesty, the pterosaur riders who rushed back from the southern border have arrived and are waiting outside the palace."
"Let him in."
After getting permission, the pterosaur rider, covered in dust, trotted into the hall.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
While saluting, the pterosaur rider skillfully presented the sealed bamboo tube in his hands with both hands.
"This is the report that Captain Li Ce ordered his subordinates to bring back."
Zhou Xu didn't need to say much. The servant beside him walked over quickly, took the bamboo tube, turned around and handed it to Zhou Xu.
With the assistance of Wang Dong, their Great Zhou had established a paper mill, successfully produced paper, and put it into use smoothly.
However, considering its toughness and durability, important military newspapers like this still prefer to use animal skins and stuff them into bamboo tubes to ensure their safety, so as to avoid the possibility of the fragile paper being damaged during transportation.
Pulling out the stopper of the bamboo tube and pouring the report out, Zhou Xu unfolded the animal skin and began to read it quickly.
What he was worried about before happened now.
According to what Li Ce wrote in the report, the rat army recently appeared outside their southern border and launched a harassment offensive towards them.
Fortunately, Soros was there. He had rich experience in fighting against the ratmen. With Soros in command, they easily resolved several harassment attacks by the ratmen.
For now, the situation on the southern border is still stable.
Inside the temple, Zhou Xu had just finished reading the report when Bo Levin arrived.
"You've come just in time. The ratmen are harassing the southern border again. What do you think of this?"
While speaking, Zhou Xu threw this question to Bo Levin, and his eyes fell on the other party.
Only half a winter has passed since Bo Levin made up his mind to lose weight. It is undoubtedly unrealistic to expect him to succeed in losing weight directly.
Although he still looks like a fat man at first glance, it has to be admitted that one can still tell that he has lost weight. At least now he doesn't gasp for breath after walking a few steps quickly.
During this time, Bolevin had no idea what their king was thinking about, and his mind was full of thoughts about the question their king had just asked him.
If Zhou Xu wanted to ask about other things, they really wouldn't be able to answer, but if he asked about rat people, there was absolutely nothing wrong with them calling themselves experts.
It is no exaggeration to say that as soon as those stinky rats stick out their butts, he knows whether they are going to shit or fart.
"Your Majesty, according to my understanding, although the ratmen are numerous and reproduce quickly, they just experienced the great war in winter, so it is impossible for them to recover completely so quickly. At this moment, they are probably just sending a small force to harass and consume us. The troops on the border can easily deal with it."
Having said that, Bo Levin pondered for a few seconds.
"According to my estimation, after the losses incurred during the winter and considering the losses in daily consumption, if the rat people want to launch another decent offensive, it will take until summer or even autumn at the earliest."
Hearing this, Zhou Xu nodded.
At this time, Boleven's thoughts were basically consistent with Soros's thoughts mentioned in Li Ce's report. Of course, he would not completely relax because of this, but he should not be too nervous either.
After all, for the lizardmen, the war with the ratmen is completely normalized, so they have long been accustomed to fighting with the ratmen whenever they have time.
If he becomes tense every time the rat people mobilize their troops, won't he exhaust himself to death?
Zhou Xu himself was actually mentally prepared for this, but it would probably take some time for him to adapt to this state of 'normalization of war'.
After briefly discussing the battle situation on the front line with Bo Levin, Zhou Xu quickly turned the topic to business.
He had ordered Bolevin to come over not to discuss this with him, but...
"Bolevin, the energy channel will be opened in three days. I plan to return to the other side of the world. During my absence, some daily affairs here will be temporarily handed over to you to handle."
Hearing this, Bolevin, who thought that his efforts had finally been recognized by their king, suddenly became excited.
"Don't worry, my king! I promise to complete the task!"
There is a reason why Bo Levin is so confident at this moment.
Although judging from the attribute panel, he is indeed a spell-type general, but this does not mean that he can't do anything else at all. It's not that extreme.
You know, before Zhou Xu came here, Bolevin had always been the de facto supreme ruler of the Lizardman tribe.
He had been handling internal affairs, and nothing had gone wrong over the years.
Now facing the task assigned by their king, they are naturally confident.
(End of this chapter)
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