Chapter 1381: Investigation Along the Way
Zhou Xu made some secret investigations around Yuancheng, and even mixed in with the crowd and participated in a worship ceremony. He then found that under the operation of the state religion, the atmosphere here was unexpectedly good, and the people's cohesion was also very high.
At the same time, storytellers were also playing a role in restaurants, diners and street teahouses, and the decrees and news issued from above were almost always transmitted unimpeded.
After an inspection, Zhou Xu was satisfied with the situation here.
"Come on, Xiao Li, go make some arrangements. It's almost time for us to leave."
Hearing this, Shi Lei's personal soldier, who had been accompanying them as a guide throughout the journey, hurriedly said...
"Then I will go and inform the general right away."
"No."
Zhou Xu waved his hand.
"Let him do what he needs to do. There's nothing for him to come here for."
"yes."
After spending some time together, Xiao Li had some understanding of their emperor, so he agreed without any hesitation.
Riding on fast horses, the group passed through Shanguan City and officially left the New Taipei District.
The road from Shanguan City to Anling City has been simply paved. Unlike the pure wild roads in the early years, the road surface has been widened and made much smoother, which can basically ensure that horse-drawn carriages can pass quickly.
After all, as a modern man, Zhou Xu still knows the truth that "if you want to be rich, build roads first."
If this road is not widened, the development of Xinbei District will only be worse than it is now.
Walking on this road, Zhou Xu's eyes were always looking at the continuous mountains along the way.
To put it simply, the two areas of Xinbei District and Xinnan District are divided into two by this range of mountains.
They had already completed preliminary exploration of this group of mountains long before and incorporated all the primitive tribes living in these mountains.
But at the moment, it is really impossible to determine what is inside the mountain.
Due to the limitations of the technology of the time, it is extremely difficult to carry out deep exploration or mining on this mountain.
Not to mention them now, even in modern society, it is a big problem to carry out development and construction in the mountains.
He certainly can't build something like a mountain city now. Technical ability is secondary, but the main reason is that he doesn't have enough manpower, material resources, and time.
With so much money, why not go and vigorously develop the south, the northeast, or the volcanic islands? Which one is more reliable than sticking to the mountain city? In fact, the mountainous areas have remained the same for so many years, and have not been vigorously developed until now. How can it be here?
However, a stronghold outpost on this mountain still needs to be established.
This is an internal defense issue.
Assuming that the New North District fell, even if it was only half occupied, there was a possibility that the enemy would bypass the Shanguan City Pass or the triangular defense in the rear and directly cross the mountains to invade the New South District.
You can't just say that you have nothing to do now and then you won't do this.
When something bad really happens, you will be too late to build this outpost. The enemy will come in directly! Long before Zhou Xu led his army to the battle, the project of setting up multiple mountain outposts on the mountains here was already on the agenda.
[Calculating the time, should this project start this year? 】
After all, he is leading troops outside at the moment, and he doesn't really know the specific progress of many projects.
During this process, the group successfully arrived at Anling City and entered the New South District.
There haven't been many changes in the New South District. After all, in recent years, the development focus of their Great Zhou has always been in the south and the newly developed northeast region.
Given that labor and resources are relatively limited, the development of other regions will certainly have to slow down first.
However, this actually has little impact on the New South District.
After all, before this, the focus of the development of their Great Zhou was the New South District, which is now also considered an important area for economic development within their Great Zhou.
Apart from anything else, the level of prosperity there is indeed incomparable to that of the Xinbei District. This can be clearly felt as soon as you enter Anling City.
In the early years, Anling City did not develop well internally because it was a border city.
But as Liang was annexed by the Great Zhou and became the New Northern District of the Great Zhou, Anling City suddenly transformed itself into an important trading center directly connecting the New Northern District and the New Southern District, rapidly driving the trade development of the entire city.
The overall development progress suddenly surpassed the previously better-developed Xishan City, Black Stone City and Huangsha City, and ranked among the top in the New South District.
If he wanted to stop at Black Stone City to rest after passing through Anling City, he would have to take a detour. Zhou Xu didn't plan to do that. He took the shortest route and rushed to Green Forest City as quickly as possible.
Compared to the remote New North District, the New South District has a direct waterway leading to Black Moon City, so Zhou Xu would come here from time to time to inspect it. He is relatively familiar with the situation here and has no intention of staying here for long.
The main reason was that he wanted to return to Black Moon City before summer.
On the way through Green Forest City and towards Green Forest Port, Zhou Xu finally saw new changes.
It's railroad tracks! The work of laying railroad tracks from Xinnan District to Xinbei District has finally officially started! This was also something that had been on the agenda for a long time, but due to internal financial issues, it was appropriately postponed.
The starting point of this railway is located directly outside the Green Forest Port.
Green Forest Port can be said to be one of the most important ports in Da Zhou at present, connecting the economic development of Black Moon City, the southern region and the New South District.
Basically, a large amount of supplies are transported here from other areas every day, and a large amount of supplies are sent out from Green Forest Port.
The starting point of the railway is located here, which can directly connect to the shipping at the port, greatly improving the overall transportation efficiency.
Of course, at this stage, the railway tracks only pass through the canyon outside the Green Forest Port and are laid to the outskirts of the Wood Elf Village.
According to the original plan, the route of the first railway here is to start from outside the Green Forest Port, lay all the way outward, pass through Green Forest City, set up a station at Black Stone City, then pass through Anling City, and arrive at Shanguan City. Shanguan City continues to extend outward, setting up a station in Yuancheng, and the final station arrives at Plain Fortress.
The transportation route passes through a total of five cities along the way, directly connecting the New South District and the New North District.
Of course, considering the situation in the New South District and the New North District, Zhou Xu and relevant departments had analyzed earlier that this route could not be purely for military use, but was mainly used for the development of these two areas.
Therefore, on this route, they set up as many stations as possible in some cities along the way without having to take detours, so that the laying of this railway can provide more convenience and benefits for the development of these cities.
(End of this chapter)
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