Chapter 538
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Chapter 538: Rapid Changes
Within Myriad World Civilization, in less than half a month, many swift-moving goblin merchants had already set up shops in Mirror City.
They sold civilian tools and equipment produced by their goblin tech.
Walking through the streets of Mirror City again, Luo Ji noticed bicycles and tricycles swiftly moving along the roads.
At this moment, Luo Ji clearly felt the progress of technology and the era.
However, these two modes of transport were still a bit short of replacing carriages and horses.
One reason was that both bicycles and tricycles required human power, which was strenuous.
For heavier goods, horse-drawn carriages were still necessary.
The other reason was the limitations of the era and technology.
Don’t be fooled into thinking a bicycle is simple to construct; that would be too naive.
Given the current technological background, the manufacturing process was quite complicated.
With the current tech level, building one was not easy, often requiring significant time and effort.
This led to a situation where, even though a bicycle was cheaper than buying a horse, it was still not something everyone could afford.
The changes in Mirror City were evident due to the emergence of goblin merchants.
After the people relatively peacefully accepted the goblins’ presence, Luo Ji naturally began to extensively utilize the power of the goblin construction team.
As mentioned before, he intended to establish two relay stations along the entire route from Iron Wall City to Hot Sand City, using Blackwater Town as a transfer point to connect the territories of the Central Plains and the grasslands.
The construction of relay stations was relatively easy, but this task was quite urgent.
Gawain, eager to prove his worth, naturally thumped his chest and agreed when he received the new assignment.
Gawain’s mindset was simple: he wanted to demonstrate his value as much as possible to make his life here more comfortable.
And the fact proved that he and his goblin civilization’s current value satisfied Luo Ji.
This successfully earned him a comfortable apartment in Mirror City and a reward sufficient to cover his food and drink expenses within the city.
These past few days, Gawain had been quite leisurely, using that money to eat and drink at various restaurants in the city.
Human chefs’ food was indeed much more delicious than what goblins made.
Chewing on a tender piece of lamb chop, Gawain suddenly realized that life like this, clinging to a powerful figure, wasn’t so bad after all.
Those headache-inducing political affairs largely no longer required his concern.
And the tasks Luo Ji assigned him could be directly delegated to his goblin construction team.
His daily life now felt almost like a holiday.
It was unexpectedly pleasant…
Meanwhile, in the Hall of Political Affairs, Luo Ji, the complete opposite of Gawain, was diligently handling state affairs.
“He Liang, send this announcement to the printing house and have them print several copies to be posted.”
The ‘Harvest Day,’ the day of the opera’s first performance, was drawing closer.
A recent report from the goblin construction team indicated that the Grand Opera House’s construction was progressing smoothly and was expected to be completed in just over a week.
With this in mind, promoting the opera performance naturally needed to catch up quickly.
“Your Majesty, Guard Captain He isn’t here. You granted him a long leave 2 days ago for his wedding preparations.”
Jie Zichuan reminded him, taking the announcement from Luo Ji’s hand.
Luo Ji lightly slapped his forehead.
“That’s right, He Liang isn’t here. I’ve been so busy lately that I forgot. In that case, Jie Zichuan, please see to this matter.”
“Yes.”
Jie Zichuan replied, taking the announcement and quickly exiting the Hall of Political Affairs.
After He Liang took a long leave to prepare for his wedding, the position of Guard Captain was unexpectedly temporarily filled by Jie Zichuan.
What made it unexpected was that Luo Ji hadn’t decided this.
He had tossed the question directly to He Liang, allowing him to choose his own temporary replacement.
Luo Ji had initially thought He Liang would choose Zhou Cang or Wang Kai, so Jie Zichuan’s selection genuinely surprised him.
However, from another perspective, this also meant that He Liang and the others had fully accepted Jie Zichuan’s identity and recognized his capabilities.
This was indeed a joyous matter, especially since, after reviewing his attribute panel, Jie Zichuan was already Luo Ji’s internal choice for Guard Captain.
As Jie Zichuan went to deliver the announcement Luo Ji had drafted, an urgent report, delivered by fast horse from the grasslands, arrived directly before Luo Ji.
Judging by the external markings, it was clearly intelligence sent by the scouting team he had dispatched to the grasslands earlier.
“Summon Guo Jia.”
Luo Ji opened the urgent report as he spoke.
After reading the contents, Luo Ji’s brows furrowed deeply.
As he pondered, Guo Jia swiftly entered.
“Your humble servant Guo Jia greets Your Majesty!”
“Seat.”
Following Luo Ji’s instruction, Guo Jia sat in a seat to the side of the Hall of Political Affairs.
At the same time, the accompanying guard handed the intelligence report from Luo Ji’s hand to Guo Jia.
Although Guo Jia knew something troublesome had happened when Luo Ji urgently summoned him, it seemed the matter was far more difficult than he had anticipated.
The report’s contents, in simple terms, stated that a large number of grasslanders’ bodies had been discovered on the plains, including numerous civilian casualties.
Furthermore, there was more than one such location.
From this, it could be deduced that a group had attacked multiple grassland tribes and completely annihilated their populations.
This was clearly not something Myriad World Civilization had done.
In other words, it was highly likely that an internal conflict had erupted among the grassland tribes.
And in this context, after a thorough search, there was virtually no sign of survivors.
It couldn’t possibly have been a mutually destructive battle, could it?
A greater possibility was that they had fled, deep into the grasslands.
“Guo Jia, tell me your thoughts.”
Luo Ji spoke gravely, watching Guo Jia place the report back on the table.
Guo Jia pondered for a moment before slowly replying.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, in your humble servant’s opinion, someone has likely taken advantage of the pressure exerted on the major grassland tribes by our Myriad World Civilization and the recent blizzard. They seized the opportunity to annex other grassland tribes, thereby strengthening themselves.”
Guo Jia paused.
“As for the suspect, your humble servant believes the Charhan Tribe is the most likely culprit!”
