Chapter 575 Development
"And what?"
Faced with Soros's behavior of breathing heavily and keeping people in suspense, Li Ce expressed deep condemnation in his heart.
"And last winter, our large border troops advanced all the way and destroyed the ratmen's nest on the front line."
As Soros spoke, he looked at Li Ce.
"Later, when they were evacuating, they also destroyed the enemy's nest, turning it into a pile of ruins."
When Soros said this, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.
"That nest is equivalent to the front-line stronghold of the ratmen. Without the front-line stronghold to maintain it, it would be very risky for the ratmen to send a large force to launch an offensive, and the difficulty would also increase."
"It will take them a lot of time to rebuild their frontline strongholds. I guess they don't have the energy to launch an offensive like last year. The most they can do is use the rat tide to consume us."
"The real strong attack should be put off until next year."
Soros's words are reasonable and well-founded.
If you want to fight with others on the front line, you must first gain a foothold on the front line.
The front-line stronghold is the embodiment of this point.
As a military commander who also had experience in leading troops on expeditions, Li Ce naturally knew how troublesome it would be to have no front-line bases to maintain. This made him agree with Soros's speculation to a large extent, but...
"We can't let our guard down. We still need to take the necessary precautions."
"I know this even if you don't tell me."
After half a year of getting along, he and Li Ce had become completely familiar with each other, and they were no longer as awkward when talking to each other as they were at the beginning.
As an old rival who has fought for so many years, Soros does have enough understanding of the Rat People, but it is precisely because of this understanding that he will not let his guard down.
Soon, time quietly entered autumn, and just as Soros had speculated, during this time, the frequency and scale of the ratmen's harassment were indeed increasing.
However, it was all within their scope of response, and nothing happened that was beyond their control.
Next, it depends on whether the rat people plan to launch a strong attack this year.
During this period, as a major grain-producing area of their Great Zhou, Black Moon Village also ushered in the harvest season.
However, in this season that should have been a festive occasion, the farming department of Black Moon Village brought Zhou Xu some not-so-good news.
Those were the seeds he had brought back from the rainforest before. During the planting process this year, it can be said that 'all of them were killed'.
In fact, as early as the summer harvest, the agricultural departments there had already seen quite obvious signs.
But after all, this was an important task ordered by their king himself, and they were unwilling to mess it up, so they tried harder.
But obviously, some things can't be accomplished just by trying hard.
Of course, it’s not that they didn’t grow anything. In fact, they did grow some vegetables and fruits, but the quality was very poor.
Even the members of the farming department of Black Moon Village felt that using their land to grow this was a waste and was really unnecessary.
This made Zhou Xu think of a sentence.
Oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are called oranges, while those grown in the north of the Huai River are called tangerines.
It now seems that the climate environment is still very important.
Regarding this matter, Zhou Xu could only choose to keep a calm mind.
In fact, they only brought back some seeds of fruits and vegetables. Later they discovered many new varieties, and the spices were also discovered later. Now the Black Moon Village has not had time to try to plant them, so they will probably have to wait until next year.
During this period, the main task of the farming department in Black Moon Village after harvesting the crops was to carry out some post-processing.
What needs to be dried should be dried, what needs to be ground into powder should be ground into powder, and what needs to be pickled should be pickled. After all, winter is coming soon.
Meanwhile, in the New World, Zhao Geng and his colleagues at the Plain Farm are still very busy.
After obtaining the results from the experimental field, they received an order from their king and have now completed cultivating the fields in area No. 1.
Immediately afterwards, the work of reclamation and composting the fields in Area 2 began.
The climate here is like spring all year round, so they don't need to worry about seasons at all. They can just focus on farming.
During this process, along with the reclamation of Area No. 2, Zhao Geng also submitted an application to Zhou Xu that the work of digging the canal had to begin, and people needed to be transferred from the Construction Engineering Department.
After all, the previously reclaimed Area No. 1 is located near the water source.
It's close, so even if they don't dig canals to bring water in, it's still convenient for them to irrigate the fields.
But once they started to reclaim Area No. 2, their location would be farther and farther away from the water source. If there were no canals to divert water, they would have to invest a lot of time and manpower just to fetch water back and forth every day.
Zhao Geng's request can be said to be reasonable.
At the same time, considering the rapid growth of the Lizardman population in their Great Zhou, it would undoubtedly be a big problem for them if the grain production could not keep up.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu turned around and gave an order to the guard beside him.
"Go and tell the Construction Engineering Department to assign some manpower to help the Agriculture Department dig a canal. Ask them to complete the work as soon as possible."
The Construction Engineering Department is currently busy rebuilding the Lizardman village, so it is naturally impossible for them to be idle at this moment.
However, they also knew that this food-related issue was of vital importance and they could not afford to have any opinions.
Fortunately, digging a canal is essentially hard work and does not require too much effort. Just let an experienced craftsman go and make a brief plan, and then send a team of strong people to start digging according to the blueprint and it will be done.
So, after receiving Zhou Xu's order, the Construction Engineering Department responded readily and immediately sent people to confirm the situation and start work without any ambiguity.
This year, the development and construction within their Great Zhou can be said to be in full swing.
At the same time, in the mountains, Shi Lei, who had been leading the troops to explore deep into the territory, also reached the end of this mission on this day.
Standing on a hilltop, Shi Lei, dressed in military uniform, looked up.
At this moment, what caught his eyes was a vast expanse of black void that seemed to have no end.
Before, facing such a scene, Shi Lei would have been completely clueless, but now it was different. Their Great Zhou had already discovered the same scene on the grassland.
Although Shi Lei was in the mountains and had never been to the grassland, he had already received relevant news.
Now, after a simple comparison with the intelligence at that time, he suddenly felt certain.
"We have already arrived at the edge of this world..."
(End of this chapter)
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