Regardless of whether Holy Roland I had held anything back from him, the quantity of resources on this list was already abundant enough.
[Things really were different after more than five hundred years of development...]
This wasn't merely a matter of territorial area. It also involved surveying the land within that territory.
At this stage, their survey of Great Zhou's territory was certainly far from thorough, but there was nothing they could do about it. Limitations in both technology and manpower meant that completing such a task was basically impossible for them at present.
Forget about them for now—even modern Huaxia would occasionally start digging somewhere, only to uncover something beneath the ground and be forced to halt all work.
There was no point dwelling on the issue now. Zhou Xu's attention was entirely focused on the special resources listed on the document.
Zhou Xu had no idea whether this represented the Holy Roland Empire's entire stock, but he couldn't be bothered to dwell on that question either.
After giving it a cursory scan, he quickly spotted the existence of Sharp Crystal.
Back when he had obtained that batch of enchanted spears from the Holy Roland Empire, Zhou Xu had already suspected that they possessed Sharp Crystal ore veins. Now, that guess had been thoroughly verified.
Each of these special metals had its properties listed afterward. That was quite convenient and saved them a great deal of research effort.
After scanning the list once, Zhou Xu could roughly sense that the special resources Holy Roland I had listed were probably the relatively less scarce varieties among special resources.
Setting down the document, Zhou Xu picked up his teacup and smiled without a word. His expression was so meaningful that even Holy Roland I, seated across from him, felt his eyelids