Busy Spring
As for Locke's side, Zhou Xu had informed Green Forest City of the news by carrier pigeon, and they had notified Locke and the others in advance.
After all, the other side would undoubtedly need some time to prepare for this kind of cooperation.
As for their Great Zhou diplomatic delegation, it had only just set out from Xianyang City. Given the delegation's travel speed, it would take at least half a month to get there, even at the fastest.
During this period, Zhou Xu continued keeping busy with his own affairs.
Spring was a busy season to begin with. On top of having to worry about spring plowing, this year they had also rolled out the new Compulsory Education policy and begun exchanges and cooperation with the Wood Elves. Add to that the daily administrative work handled by every department, and Zhou Xu's recent days had been anything but idle.
Against this backdrop, Li Bowen's arrival had greatly eased the workload at the Hall of Diligent Governance.
Of course, Huo Qubing also deserved no small amount of credit.
His top-tier status panel was right there for all to see. Ever since becoming Zhou Xu's aide, Huo Qubing's working ability had continued to improve.
It was no exaggeration to say that Huo Qubing had now displayed a working ability clearly surpassing Li Bowen's—and he was still far from reaching his limit.
This had brought about new changes in the daily distribution of documents at the Hall of Diligent Governance.
At present, the most urgent and important documents were personally reviewed by Zhou Xu. The next tier was handed to Huo Qubing, while the tier below that—the documents Huo Qubing had originally handled—had all fallen into Li Bowen's hands.
Recently, Li Bowen had been riding high. After entering the