This season, Great Zhou was entirely in a state of having finished this stretch of work and preparing for winter.
For the people of Great Zhou, who were now basically free from worries about food and clothing, winter was a fine season.
The days dawned late, so they could put off going to work, and night fell early, so they could leave work ahead of time.
Besides that, with the pressure of survival gone, if heavy snow blocked the roads and they could not go out, staying home by the fire and drinking tea was perfectly comfortable.
Of course, the Rainforest region was excluded. Winter did not exist there, so people simply carried on with whatever they had to do.
As the ruler, Zhou Xu was fairly laid-back about this situation and took it in stride.
After all, the previous three seasons had basically been one long stretch of nonstop work. Once winter arrived, easing the pressure a little was his way of letting the people relax and adjust their moods.
Otherwise, was he supposed to fight the changing seasons?
Because of this, whenever winter arrived, every region of Great Zhou except the Rainforest area took on a somewhat jubilant atmosphere, almost like a festival. This year was no exception.
Yet during this rather special period for the people of Great Zhou, urgent alarm bells constantly echoed over the Plain Fortress in the New North District, at the opposite end of Great Zhou!
At the time, Shi Lei, the commander-in-chief of the New North District, was clad in full military attire. The moment he heard the alarm bells, he climbed onto the battlements at top speed.
[Eye of Insight!]
As soon as the True Word was activated, the view before him rapidly became clear.
Outside the borders of their New