After the brief daze, an uncontrollable surge of wild joy welled up in Zhou Xu's chest.
The Pioneer had departed from Black Moon City's harbor and, after a long voyage, appeared here. What did that mean?
It meant that from south to north, this vast lake directly connected the New Continent and the Old Continent!
That was truly of immense importance to Zhou Xu.
Now, because of the terrain and environment, their Great Zhou faced one major difficulty: transportation.
Transporting supplies between the New Continent and the Old Continent inevitably required crossing the mountains.
Even mountain folk familiar with the terrain needed half a month to cross this mountain range, to say nothing of transporting goods.
This greatly increased the cost of transportation between the two regions, and the same was true for population transfers.
To deal with this situation, Zhou Xu's method had always been to make the two regions operate as independently as possible, reducing exchanges in supplies and even population.
That was clearly detrimental to the development of Great Zhou as a whole, but Zhou Xu had no other choice. The terrain was right there. It was a huge headache even in the modern era, let alone the current age.
But now, things were better. As long as they confirmed that the great lake was connected, Great Zhou could directly open a waterway!
The efficiency of transporting resources and relocating people would rise dramatically, while expenses in this area would drop sharply.
A single waterway could link the two regions that had previously struggled to coordinate with each other! How could Zhou Xu not be excited?
Seated in the Hall of Diligent Governance, Zhou Xu stared at the report before him, his emotions unable to settle for a long time.
After taking a deep breath and waiting