After receiving the summons, Song Jinyu immediately entered the palace. Half an hour later, he left with a grave expression.
Clearly, this wave of funding was not limited to the steam-powered armor project. Many military projects would be receiving increased funding as well.
And Song Jinyu obviously had no room to refuse.
The news that Great Zhou had discovered an unknown force on the outskirts of the desert had not been made public for the time being, but officials in certain departments had undoubtedly already received the information.
Especially on the military and political side, the latest conscription had seen the number of new recruits increase by ten percent compared with previous years. At the same time, the number of standing troops stationed along the Saint Roland and Rakshasa borders had also been expanded.
The increase was not particularly large, but it was undoubtedly a sign.
Everything pointed to the fact that His Majesty was already preparing for the war that might break out next.
This also gave the various relevant departments within Great Zhou a greater sense of urgency.
As time passed, Gege Wu faithfully carried out the mission Zhou Xu had assigned him at the desert border.
To ensure that the sentries possessed sufficient ability to respond, Gege Wu directly dispatched Undead officers of the Hundred Refinements Realm and Extraordinary Realm under his command to assist with the surveillance mission.
Compared with ordinary Undead units, they possessed clear consciousness. They could now restore their own losses by converting energy, which increased their ability to carry out missions independently.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, they could simply disguise themselves as skeletons and bury themselves in the sand.
After all, in such an extreme environment, finding a few skeletons in the sand was hardly unusual.
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