He Even Had to Thank Him

Setting aside food, drink, and various things focused on people's livelihoods, if one had to say what was especially important to the development of civilization, it would definitely be ore!

However, Zhou Xu did not need to inspect the matter of ore city by city. He simply summoned Zhang Xuemei and had her give him a report.

His own understanding of ore was extremely limited. If he went to look at it himself, he probably would not be able to make heads or tails of anything.

By comparison, Zhang Xuemei possessed sufficient professional knowledge.

Moreover, all kinds of ore-related work here had previously been assigned to Zhang Xuemei as well. She could be considered the person in overall charge of this entire area of work.

"Your subordinate pays her respects to Your Majesty!"

As usual, before Zhang Xuemei even entered, Zhou Xu had already activated the Secret Peeping Eye to take a look.

This time, no new truths had appeared on her, while her loyalty had risen by two points compared with the beginning, reaching sixty-three.

This was within Zhou Xu's expectations. After all, she was a modern person. Most modern people were egoists who put themselves first, making it difficult for them to develop much loyalty toward anyone.

However, Zhou Xu did not particularly care. Put simply, Zhang Xuemei's work involved geological exploration, searching for ore veins, and identifying ore. It did not really require much loyalty.

"I summoned you this time mainly because I want to understand the specific circumstances of the types and quantities of ore veins in this area."

Without beating around the bush, Zhou Xu immediately got straight to the point.

After hearing him, Zhang Xuemei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly began her report.

Perhaps due to the influence of the geographical