Outside the gate of Red Sand Fortress, soldiers of the People's Army were carrying tightly sealed wooden barrels filled with oil.

Now that we are leaving, we naturally have to take a batch of oil with us and transport it back to Dawn City to carry out various corresponding work.

"Come on, come on, this is the last bucket."

One soldier lifted the barrel with both hands and turned around to hand it to the next soldier.

After taking the barrel, the soldier loaded it on the wooden cart that had been used to transport grain.

The last wooden cart was finally full, and the soldiers then used hemp ropes to secure the barrels on the cart to prevent them from falling due to bumps during transportation.

The horse carrying the wooden cart seemed to feel that the weight of the things to be transported back was heavier than when it came here, so it turned its head in displeasure and neighed.

"Report to Your Majesty!"

After confirming that the hemp rope was fixed, a captain-level officer ran over and reported to Irving: "The transport team is ready and ready to go at any time."

"Yeah, I understand." Owen nodded.

Then, he turned around, faced Hughes and Viscount Jarvis who came to see him off, and said goodbye: "Then, it's time for me to leave."

"I wish your Majesty a safe journey." The two of them saluted at the same time and blessed in unison.

Turning his attention to Viscount Jarvis, Owen gave final instructions: "Viscount Jarvis, after I leave, I will leave it to you to train the Red Sand Fortress army."

On this return trip, Viscount Jarvis will not go back with Owen.

He wanted to stay and conduct military training for the soldiers of Red Sand Fortress, hone the soldiers' will and combat effectiveness, and ensure that these soldiers learned to use bolt-action rifles and other new weapons.

"Yes, I will definitely train the soldiers here just like I train the People's Army." Viscount Jarvis vowed.

"That's good."

After everything that needed to be explained was done, Owen stopped staying for a long time, turned around and walked away, got into the carriage and gave the order to set off.

Mapel, who was leading the way at the front of the team, immediately drove the horses forward and led the escort team to move slowly towards Fengsuicheng, while the transport team followed closely behind.

After several days of traveling, everyone successfully returned to Fengsuicheng.

However, Owen did not plan to stay in Fengsui City for too long. He explained some things to Baron Kevin and asked him to try his best to assist in the mission of Red Sand Fortress.

The next day, the People's Army moved all the oil to cement steam ships.

Owen boarded the battleship King and ordered the fleet to set off.

The fleet arrived at Junhui City. As soon as Owen returned to the palace castle, he immediately summoned Viscount Nishizawa, the manager of the city hall, and Duncan, the director of the security bureau, to the office.

After receiving the order, the two men rushed over immediately.

Owen first asked the director of the Security Bureau: "Duncan, how is the recent progress of the Intelligence Bureau's work of collecting intelligence on the "Egg" organization?"

This "cancer" has grown so much in the kingdom and has harmed so many people. Owen has vowed to eradicate it completely, so he is very concerned about this matter.

"Return to Your Majesty."

After stroking his chest and saluting, Duncan replied: "A spy from the Intelligence Agency has successfully penetrated into the "Egg" organization, and is currently trying to gain the trust of a certain senior executive in order to obtain information from the headquarters."

"Ah, very good."

It seems that the time to clean up the "Egg" organization is getting closer, and Irving must be ready for action.

Next, Owen listened to several pieces of information about the "Egg" organization, and then it was the turn of the City Hall manager to speak.

"Your Majesty, Junhui City has recently..."

Viscount Nishizawa reported to Owen in detail the recent situation in Junhui City.

The businessmen who signed the contract at the investment promotion conference have successively sent over the funds that need to be paid. Junhui City has also selected the factory site and is now under construction to build the factory. Everything is progressing smoothly.

In addition, there are other matters reported one by one.

"correct!"

Just after listening to Viscount Caesar's report, something suddenly happened to Owen and he asked: "How are the preparations for the enthronement ceremony going?"

Before going to Fengsui City to deal with the plague, Owen asked Viscount Nishizawa to postpone the enthronement ceremony.

"His Majesty."

Speaking of this matter, Viscount Caesar reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"I'm really sorry. Since I didn't know how long it would take you to deal with the plague, I postponed the enthronement ceremony to next spring without permission."

Next year, that's fine. Anyway, the kingdom has not yet achieved true unification, and Owen is not in a hurry to hold a coronation ceremony and announce his succession to the throne.

Whether you become king early or later, it is just a formal process.

As long as the strength he possesses is strong enough, the throne will definitely belong to Owen, and no one can take it away.

"His Majesty."

Viscount Nishizawa asked cautiously: "Do you need me to resend the invitation letter? We should be able to hold the enthronement ceremony before winter comes."

"No need." Owen shook his head gently, "There's no need to be in such a hurry. We can just hold it next spring. Spring is the season when all things revive and usher in new life. It's not a bad idea for the new Kingdom of Dawn to announce the new king's succession in this season.

The meaning of."

Since it has been decided that the enthronement ceremony will not be held until next spring, Owen has nothing to do if he continues to stay in Junhui City, so he might as well go back to Dawn City.

There are many things that Owen needs to return to Dawn City to deal with, for example -

Oil is something that only Irving knows how to utilize. Only when he returns can he guide Gita and Newk in refining.

Regarding accelerating the construction of the railway, Owen also needs to personally discuss with Thomas Noir, Lord of Noir.

In addition, I don’t know how the ghost-human father and son feel about Dawn City and Mystery City. If they are willing to submit to Owen, it’s time to ask them what they think.

As a result, the fleet only rested at Junhui City Pier for one day before setting off again.

Standing on the deck of the battleship, Owen looked at the sparkling river in the east and felt the breeze blowing in his face.

After leading the army on an expedition for nearly half a year, I miss Dawn City so much. I can finally go back.

…

There is a small village to the north of Fengsui City with a population of less than a hundred people.

Affected by the Kazitu curse, the village has very little arable land. Most of the villagers have long since gone south to make a living. Those who remain can only survive by delivering water to Red Sand Fortress.

Barry was one of the water bearers.

He had just returned from delivering water and earned ten copper coins.

After finally making some money, he should have gone home happily, but Barry's face was full of sorrow.

"I'm back."

After opening the door, Barry walked to the table in frustration, sat on a stool, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Oh - what should I do in the future?"

What worried him was that Red Sand Fortress issued an announcement saying that the water supply pipeline would be completed before this winter and that water would not be collected from now on.
Chapter completed!