At that moment, Luo Chong, who had heard the question, furrowed his brows and fell into deep thought.
It had to be said that Yun Zhi's question was nothing new. They had already discussed it together before the beginning of spring, when they had first learned about tractors. At the time, Luo Chong had also said that these agricultural machines would not be widely introduced in the short term.
But times had changed.
Luo Chong had established this mechanized farm with the original intention of providing food for the prisoners of war and commoners in the north, so that the war there could continue without worry. But the situation was different now.
The north had originally needed vast quantities of grain, but with the slaves being sent south, the food they needed no longer had to be shipped north.
Although the thirty thousand slaves transferred from north to south still needed food from the Han Tribe to survive, the situation now was that quite a few of them had already gained the ability to support themselves.
The more than ten thousand young slaves were currently reclaiming wasteland and farming. The food they produced was enough for their own needs. The female slaves were also working for the Han Tribe in the Garment Factory. Although they were not directly producing food, they were not freeloading either.
The able-bodied male slaves went without saying. There was no possibility of them sitting around and eating their fill without working.
Although they still needed the Han Tribe's food supplies after arriving in various places, their own labor output had already eased a great deal of pressure on the Han Tribe.
There was no need to send as much grain north anymore. They only needed to transport enough rations for their own people. The slaves