Publicly Funded Tourism

Chapter 765: Publicly Funded Tourism

Talking with the hot-air-balloon operators gave Zhang Xuemei a new understanding of Great Zhou, while also easing the nervousness she had felt as a first-time passenger.

Soon afterward, remembering that she was currently high in the sky, Zhang Xuemei could no longer contain her curiosity. She stood up and stuck her head outside the bamboo basket.

In an instant, the continuous mountain ranges below entered her view. The shock of that moment left her utterly speechless. Flying through the sky in a hot-air balloon, she finally experienced what it meant to look down upon all the mountains from above!

Yet no matter how breathtaking the scenery was, Zhang Xuemei could not keep looking forever. She sat back down in the bamboo basket, and with nothing else to do, simply began chatting with the two operators.

At that moment, even Zhang Xuemei herself failed to realize that her state of mind was undergoing a subtle change. The Zhang Xuemei of before would certainly never have thought of casually chatting with hot-air-balloon operators.

She would only keep her face stern the entire time, then leave once the hot-air balloon landed.

"Going south? That's a long way off. I've never been to the south myself, but to get there, you'd first have to reach the Rainforest. After we fly over the mountains and land, you'd have to ride on horseback from the post station at the foot of the mountains. Even reaching the Rainforest would take half a month, and the south is even farther."

It takes half a month on horseback, and that doesn't even get me to the south?!

The operator's words undoubtedly gave Zhang Xuemei a new understanding of Great Zhou's territorial expanse.

Her horsemanship was extremely ordinary. She clearly lacked the ability to travel