Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1133 Labor Force Deployment

Quietly, the season enters winter...

Inside the bedroom, looking at the bubbling hot pot in front of her, Yalvette looked a little dazed.

She had known about hotpot for a long time, and even after coming to Da Zhou, she had no idea how many times she had eaten it.

But after entering winter, as the weather gets colder, the temptation of hot pot continues to grow, even doubling!
At the same time, before today, Yalvet had never thought that winter could be so comfortable.

After all, the winter in Mistilá City is extremely cold. At the coldest time, the temperature can even reach minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.

In that land, many people in ordinary human countries freeze to death every winter. It is only thanks to the fact that their female warriors have demigod blood and stronger physical fitness than ordinary humans that they can survive in such a harsh climate environment.

This was originally something that their tribe of female warriors were proud of.

But now, looking at the hot pot in front of her, feeling the warmth in the room, and thinking back to the days they had spent in the winter before, how could Yalvette's whole mood at this moment be more than just complicated?
After finishing their dinner comfortably, the female warriors under their command quickly cleaned up the dishes and placed them at the gate of the courtyard, and then servants would come to take them away.

Since she became pregnant, on the one hand, she wanted to take care of the baby with peace of mind, and on the other hand, Zhou Xu wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble after the news spread.

Therefore, during this period of time, Yalvette has been staying in her own courtyard obediently and rarely shows up.

He told others that he could not adapt to the climate in the Great Zhou. He fell ill after the winter and could not be exposed to the wind. All matters in daily life were left to the female warriors who came with him.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Xu.

If Yalvette just takes good care of her pregnancy, he can devote all his energy to the work at hand.

It's a new day. Inside the factory outside Black Moon City, there's the creaking sound of mechanical structures running at high speed. The continuous gushing out of steam mixed with smoke not only raises the temperature inside the factory building, but also makes the entire environment extremely choking.

Even in this cold winter, when they had opened all the ventilation windows and doors in advance, they were still unable to change the situation.

However, despite being in this terrible environment, Zhou Xu's face still showed excitement.

Needless to say, the machine in front of us that is running is the first steam engine in the history of their Great Zhou!

At this moment, the entire project team headed by Qin Fen and the technical workers in the factory were just as excited as he was.

Before demonstrating it to their Majesties, in order to ensure that the steam engine had sufficient stability and working capacity, they used it for a long time and intensively.

After ensuring that everything was foolproof, we ended up with the scene before our eyes.

But even so, seeing the steam engine running stably again before their eyes, the R&D personnel couldn't help but cheer out loud with excitement.

The person who was in the most excited mental state during this period was Qin Fen, not only because of his own enthusiasm for steam engines, but also because with this steam engine, he had finally proved himself in the Great Zhou until this moment!

The rest of the matters were left to the factory staff, and Zhou Xu called Qin Fen to go outside.

After experiencing the double baptism of steam and smoke inside, it feels particularly refreshing to come out and breathe a few breaths of cold air.

After taking a few deep breaths, Zhou Xu quickly got to the point. "How's the progress at the Railway Bureau?"

Ever since it was confirmed that the first steam machine of their Great Zhou was a steam locomotive, Qin Fen became the general manager of three major projects: trains, rails, and steam engines.

"The successful development of the steam engine has solved the biggest problem. As for the steam locomotive, the Railway Bureau has already made all the parts that can be made first, and the rest has been prepared. We can start construction at any time. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be completed before the summer of next year."

Having said this, Qin Fen paused.

"The most time-consuming part now is the laying of the railway. After all, if you want to lay the railway, you have to repair the road surface. This is a big project. If there is not enough labor, the time required for this project will be infinitely prolonged."

Zhou Xu also had some idea about the railway laying.

"Okay, I understand the situation here. I'll go back and think of a solution."

At present, within the territory of Da Zhou, there are large-scale construction projects in the southern region, not to mention the volcanic island which is an overseas area. Due to external reasons, the northeastern region has also started large-scale construction since last year.

At this stage, there is simply too much land waiting for them to develop and build, even though the internal population has been growing over the years with the continuous birth of new people.

But the little kids were useless, not to mention the babies.

This resulted in the fact that although the total population of their Great Zhou had officially climbed to 250,000 this winter, the labor force was still insufficient.

By the way, it is worth mentioning here that the areas with the largest increase in the number of newborns in recent years are the New Taipei City District and the New South District.

After all, since the end of the war a few years ago, life in these two areas has become more comfortable. When people have enough food and drink, they naturally start to get busy having children.

"Wait a minute, I remember the rainforest area..."

As his thoughts raced, Zhou Xu quickly ordered someone to bring the Lizardman's population registration book.

As he quickly flipped through the books, the joy on Zhou Xu's face soon reached a level that was visible to the naked eye.

Since the end of the long war with the ratmen in the southern border, the situation in the rainforest area is similar to that in the New South and New North regions.

In non-war times, the reproductive efficiency of Lizardmen has always been higher than that of humans.

Although the incubation period is ten months, which is basically the same as that of humans, lizard people can give birth to several babies at one time, and they are considered adults at the age of six!

Counting from the time when he subdued the Lizardmen, the Lizardmen that were hatched earlier have already grown up and joined the army, and many have even died in the war with the ratmen.

Putting aside the impact of climate issues on the Lizardmen, because the Lizardmen themselves have limited technical capabilities, but their racial combat power is excellent, which is why they have always been a high-quality combat force, adult Lizardmen are mainly soldiers and are basically not used as labor.

But now the threat in the southern border has been lifted, and the population of lizardmen has begun to grow rapidly again, which made Zhou Xu make a quick decision.

"Pass my order on to the Labor Bureau in the Southern Territory to use Lizardmen to supplement the labor force in the Southern Territory and withdraw the human labor force!"

(End of this chapter)