Zhou Xu wanted to question him, so he obviously couldn't just stand here at the harbor and do it.
The villages and towns on the island weren't far from the harbor. From his position at the port, Zhou Xu could even see the towering wooden defensive walls around their outskirts.
The defensive walls had been made by connecting the trunks of massive trees. They were called wooden walls, but their overall strength was actually far from poor.
At the same time, Zhou Xu had also gained a general understanding of the situation from White Butcher's previous report.
The area where the villagers lived was made up almost entirely of vast stretches of woodland. There were indeed no stone deposits to be found, but timber was abundant in great swathes.
That was the main reason why most of the buildings in these villages were made of wood.
Against this backdrop, Zhou Xu naturally knew about how the other side had tried to attack them with hot-air balloons and barrels of fire oil, only to set themselves ablaze instead.
The sections that had burned down had already been repaired, but as Zhou Xu swept his gaze over them, he could still see quite a few charred marks.
Most of these sections had merely been scorched on the surface, with very little actual damage. To save manpower and resources, they hadn't been replaced.
As Zhou Xu continued observing his surroundings, the group quickly entered the village.
Several months had passed since they occupied the village in spring. The island's residents had clearly realized by now that Great Zhou's troops truly had no ill intentions.
Although their village had been occupied and incorporated, their lives had in some ways become easier than before.
Previously, in order to resist Great Zhou, Tanaka Yotaro had begun