In the spring of Year 101 of the Emperor Calendar, construction work outside Elf Forest officially began...
Watching the Goblin airships flying in one after another and the transport trucks rolling in, a simple coastal camp had been erected in less than three days.
This once again gave Wright, the Elf King, a firsthand taste of the shock brought by "Great Zhou speed."
But to the Great Zhou troops, this was nothing much at all.
To calmly withstand attacks from the enemy's naval fleet, they would have to build a naval fortress here.
In fact, their construction plans were indeed based on that idea.
They intended to turn this entire coastal area directly into Great Zhou's naval base in the region.
As part of that process, a shipyard naturally had to be arranged as quickly as possible.
After all, shipbuilding was a time-consuming task, and there was not even a shipyard here yet.
Under these circumstances, the shipyard and ship construction, along with the naval base and defensive facilities, had to be built simultaneously if they wanted to improve efficiency.
The price, however, was that they needed to invest more manpower and resources.
Zhou Xu had confirmed this plan long ago and was not stingy. The resources of the new district were immediately redirected toward the naval base project.
At the same time, follow-up support from the Saint Roland region and the Rakshasa region was also rushing over at the fastest possible speed.
On top of that, the naval base's construction crews provided another batch of jobs for the Elves in Elf Forest.
The main tasks were simple logging, quarrying, and hauling.
Construction of the coastal naval base was also proceeding in full swing.
During this period, just as they had guessed, Eredar had continuously dispatched subordinates to watch every