Personnel Transfers
"Your Majesty, a homing pigeon has arrived from Green Forest City."
After Shilke set out as the head of the exchange delegation, the deputy captain temporarily took over the captain of the imperial guard's duties.
Taking the small bamboo tube from the other man, Zhou Xu opened it without a second thought.
"From Green Forest City?"
For security reasons, letters sent by homing pigeon were generally not particularly important. But the contents of this one made Zhou Xu's face light up on the spot.
The number of Wood Elves from the Wood Elf village who wanted to join this exchange delegation had exceeded expectations—there were simply too many. Chief Locke was asking whether he could send a few more clansmen.
For Zhou Xu, the more the merrier, naturally!
He almost wished he could have their entire clan come over. After all, the more Wood Elves came to Great Zhou for an exchange visit, the greater the influence they could bring back to the Wood Elf village afterward!
However, he also knew that this was unrealistic.
When they had originally settled on fifteen spots, it had mainly been because the Wood Elf village was limited in size. If too many of them came, they might not be able to accommodate everyone, which would only create trouble.
So the two sides had simply agreed on the same standard, with fifteen spots each. Now that the Wood Elves wanted to send a few more clansmen, Zhou Xu was more than happy to oblige.
Zhou Xu immediately wrote a reply and had it sent by homing pigeon.
"Your Majesty, Minister Li has arrived."
Hearing this, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on another document beside him. The smile on his face vanished without a trace.
"Send him in."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu picked