Chapter 986: Bored and Flustered
Recently, Zhou Xu has clearly realized that he has fallen into an awkward situation.
The territory is too large and the population can’t keep up.
If he wants a ready-made population, he has to plunder the labor force of other forces.
It will certainly be inevitable to fight with other surrounding forces. At that time, the labor force will be plundered, but the territory will also be larger.
Finally, they could not avoid falling into the embarrassing situation of "the territory is too big and the population cannot keep up".
This is the most embarrassing part.
Zhou Xu thought about it these past two days and felt that he should calm down, keep a calm mind, and develop slowly for a few years before making any decisions.
But think about it carefully, he hasn't caused any trouble in these years, whether it's the New North District or the rat people in the South, they were the first to attack! He just killed them after legitimate defense to prevent the enemy from harassing him further.
In this way, more than a month passed quietly, and Xie Liancheng, with his wife and children, successfully arrived in Black Moon City.
If at the beginning, when Aju heard Jie Liancheng say that they wanted to move, she felt a little confused and even reluctant.
Then, the moment they entered the Black Moon City, looking at the beautiful environment surrounded by mountains and rivers, Aju instantly understood her husband's choice.
The gap between the two sides is really obvious.
Because the gap was so obvious, even Aju felt it was a little unbelievable.
After all, for the people of Xianyang City, Xianyang City is the most prosperous and best developed city in the world.
So it was hard for them to imagine any city better than Xianyang.
And now, this city was right in front of Aju, causing her to lose the ability to speak all of a sudden.
At the port, Zhou Xu sent an elf knight to pick them up as usual.
During the time that Xie Liancheng was away to pick up his wife and children, Zhou Xu had already arranged accommodation for them in the city.
At this moment, the Elf Knight took the whole family directly to their residence.
When they arrived at the place, Xie Liancheng originally thought that he needed to buy some things, but he found that Zhou Xu had already arranged everything for them, from furniture to daily necessities.
Now it seems that they don’t need to bring anything, just come over and it’s done.
This brother of his is still as thorough as ever in doing things.
After simply settling his wife and children down, Xie Liancheng scratched the back of his head and unexpectedly revealed his hesitant side.
"Um, Aru..."
Seeing her husband like this, Aju rolled her eyes. She knew exactly what he was thinking.
"Don't worry about that. Go ahead. Can I stop you?"
Hearing this, Xie Liancheng felt as if he had been pardoned. He ran out, shouting...
"Don't worry, A'ru. It's not far from Black Moon City. I will come back to see you often!"
Because of his long service in the Plain Fortress, Xie Liancheng had no time to spend with his wife and children, which made him feel guilty towards them.
So before he went back, he had made up his mind to spend more time with his wife and children.
And now, after going back and forth, he has been with his wife and children for more than a month. After relieving himself of the pain of missing them, Jie Liancheng couldn't help but start to worry about Lord Ma's situation. He wished he could grow wings and fly to the grassland horse farm immediately.
But there was something wrong with what Xie Liancheng said. If one rode a fast horse, there was indeed not much distance between Grassland City and Black Moon City. Since he would need to stay in the grassland and cooperate with the horse breeding plan, he could always find time to come back and visit his wife and children.
Xie Liancheng had been thinking about Lord Ma's matter all the way, so he just rode away on his horse without any delay.
This time, Zhou Xu did not go with him.
If Prince Ma wakes up, Ma Guotao will definitely notify him as soon as possible.
As the king of a country, how could he put aside a lot of government affairs and go there to waste time when the horse king was still awake? When Xie Liancheng arrived at the grassland, he felt bored after less than a week.
Lord Ma is still sleeping soundly, and I wonder if he understands Liancheng's current condition.
In modern times, if he has nothing to do, he can just play games on his phone, but here he has nothing to do, really nothing at all.
Xie Liancheng was so bored at the moment that he quickly wrote a letter to Zhou Xu by carrier pigeon, asking if there was anything he could do.
Zhou Xu, who received the letter via carrier pigeon, was also a little distressed.
From a geographical point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Prairie City is the hinterland of their Great Zhou. What can happen there? Counting the days, it is autumn now, and it is time for the autumn harvest, but he can't ask Jie Liancheng to go to the Plain Farm to help harvest the crops, right?
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu changed his mind and directly replied in the letter...
"If you are really bored, go to the northeastern front and recruit some primitive tribes to supplement the labor force. It would be even better if you can kill a supernatural creature and obtain its essence and blood."
Zhou Xu was not worried at all about letting Jie Liancheng hunt supernatural creatures.
Some time ago, he had just looked at Jie Liancheng's attribute panel.
Wow, his bravery level has reached Bronze Four Stars. This strength is among the top warriors in the Hundred Refining Realm. It is basically no problem for him to fight against a supernatural creature alone.
Not to mention Chitose is also there.
If it really doesn't work, let Jie Liancheng and Qiansui fight two against one, and they will definitely be able to handle it easily.
As for the expansion of territory, Zhou Xu was not worried.
Generally, primitive tribes move around on their own two legs. How big is their territory? At the same time, they usually only move around near the camp, and the farthest they move is about a few kilometers around.
Even if Xie Liancheng swallowed up ten or eight primitive tribes, the little territory he occupied would be insignificant to the current Great Zhou.
After receiving the reply, Xie Liancheng did not hesitate and set off immediately.
Since he had so much free time, Xie Liancheng was very motivated this time. Just after arriving there for a few days, he had already incorporated a primitive tribe and sent back more than 70 cheap laborers.
In the following month, he was not idle at all. He successively conquered four primitive tribes, and five primitive tribes in total. The total number of tribal members he recruited directly exceeded three hundred, which was considered a good harvest.
The only thing that made Zhou Xu feel regretful was that he didn't encounter any extraordinary creatures during this process.
Zhou Xu thought about this situation for a while.
I think the problem must be with their front-line troops.
The extraordinary creatures in the area should have been aware of their presence long ago and realized that they were not easy to mess with.
So I wisely chose to retreat and did not have a head-on conflict with them.
Just as Zhou Xu was thinking this, Ma Guotao's report from the grassland horse farm was delivered to Zhou Xu at the fastest speed.
Needless to say, Lord Horse has woken up!
(End of this chapter)
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