Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Quietly, the season has entered winter...

In the palace, Yalvite looked slightly dazed looking at the hot and bubbling hot pot in front of her.

She has known about hot pot for a long time, and even after coming to Dazhou, she didn't know how many times she had eaten it.

But after winter, as the weather gets colder and colder, the allure of hot pot continues to grow, and even doubles!

At the same time, before today, Yalvette had never thought that winter could be so comfortable.

After all, the winter in Mistila City is extremely cold. At the coldest time, it can even reach minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius.

On that land, in ordinary human countries, many people freeze to death every winter. Thanks to their female warrior clan having demigod blood and stronger physical fitness than ordinary humans, they can survive in such a harsh climate environment. Survive.

This was originally something that their female warrior clan was proud of.

But now, looking at the hot pot in front of her, feeling the warmth in the room, and recalling the days they spent in winter, Yalvette's entire mood at this time is more than complicated?

After finishing dinner comfortably, the female warriors under her command quickly packed up the tableware and placed it at the entrance of the courtyard. An attendant would come to collect it later.

After getting pregnant, on the one hand, it was to raise the baby with peace of mind, and on the other hand, Zhou Xu wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble for herself after the news spread.

Therefore, during this period of time, Yalvette has been staying in her courtyard honestly and basically not showing up.

Externally, it was said that they could not adapt to the climate here in Dazhou. After winter, they fell ill and could not blow the wind. All kinds of daily life tasks were left to the female soldiers who came with them.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Xu.

If Yalvette takes care of her baby honestly, then he can devote all his energy to the work in front of him.

On a new day, in the factory outside Black Moon City, accompanied by the clicking sound of the mechanical structure operating at high speed, the steam that is constantly spurting out is mixed with the smoke. While the temperature in the factory continues to rise, it also makes everyone The whole environment became extremely choking.

Even in this severe winter, when they had opened all the ventilation windows and doors in advance, they still could not change the situation.

However, in this terrible environment, the expression on Zhou Xu's face was still filled with excitement.

Needless to say, the machine running in front of me is the first steam engine in their history!

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

Before giving a demonstration to His Majesty, in order to ensure that the steam engine had sufficient stability and working capabilities, they specially used this steam engine for a long time and with high intensity.

After making sure that nothing went wrong, the scene before us happened.

But even so, the R\u0026D staff couldn't help but cheer excitedly as they watched the steam engine once again operate stably in front of their eyes.

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

The rest of the matter was left to the staff in the factory. Zhou Xu called Qin Fen and walked outside.

After experiencing the double baptism of steam and smoke inside, it felt particularly refreshing to take 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?"

After earlier confirming that their first steam equipment in Dazhou was a steam train, Qin Fen became the general person in charge of the three major projects including trains, railway tracks, and steam engines.

"The successful research and development of the steam engine has solved the biggest problem. As for the steam train, the railway bureau has already completed all the parts that can be done first, and the rest has been prepared and can start work at any time. If nothing else happens, it will be completed before summer next year.”

At this point, Qin Fen's voice paused.

"What is more time-consuming now is the laying of railways. After all, if you want to lay railways, 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 extended indefinitely."

Zhou Xu also knew a lot about the railway laying.

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

Needless to say, there are currently large-scale construction projects in the southern region of Dazhou and the volcanic island as an overseas region. Due to external reasons, large-scale construction has also begun in the Northeast region since last year.

There is too much land waiting for them to develop and build at this stage, although in recent years, with the continuous birth of new people, the internal population has been growing.

But those children are of no use! Not to mention babies who are still in their infancy.

This has caused their total population to have officially risen to 250,000 this winter, but their labor force is still insufficient.

Here, by the way, it is worth mentioning that New Taipei District and New South District have seen the largest increase in the number of newborns in recent years.

After all, since the war ended a few years ago, life in these two areas has become more comfortable. After the people have enough to eat and drink, they naturally start to get busy giving birth to children.

"Wait a minute, I remember over there in the rainforest area..."

As his thoughts raced, Zhou Xu quickly ordered someone to bring the population register of the lizardmen.

As he quickly flipped through the register, the joy on Zhou Xu's face soon reached a point visible to the naked eye.

Since the end of the long-term 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 periods, 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, lizardmen can give birth to several babies in one litter, and they are considered adults at the age of six!

Counting from the time when he subdued the lizardmen, the lizardmen who were hatched in the early years have already grown up and joined the army, and many of them have even died in the war with the ratmen.

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

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

"Pass my order to notify the labor bureau in the southern border to use lizardmen to supplement the labor force in the southern border and withdraw the human labor force!"