At the Northeast Fortress, the immigrant laborers were registered in batches and sent away batch by batch. There was no need to worry about finding places for them.
However, Zhou Xu did not really want any more outsiders arriving in the short term.
After all, if too many outsiders poured in at once, they would impact the local population and increase social instability.
A meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, and a road had to be traveled one step at a time. It was better to spend some time digesting this batch of people first.
After sorting through the thoughts in his mind, Zhou Xu methodically assigned this batch of laborers to the various parties.
Wherever possible, he scattered them as widely as he could. Otherwise, if so many immigrants from the same place all huddled together in one location, the chances of something going wrong would be relatively high.
Conversely, as long as he broke them up and distributed them across the various regions of Great Zhou, then even if they wanted to cause trouble, they basically would not be able to stir up any waves.
Before anyone noticed, the season had turned to winter. This should have been a relatively lazy season. Since dawn came later and night fell earlier, the people's working hours were clearly shortened.
On top of that, the cold weather lowered everyone's efficiency, directly bringing the operating efficiency of the entire nation to its lowest point for the season.
However, the influx of this batch of laborers unexpectedly injected some extra vitality into Great Zhou's winter.
"Your Majesty, the last batch of laborers has also been assigned."
Inside the Hall of Diligent Governance, Li Bowen, who stood below, spoke while presenting a document to Zhou Xu.
Zhou Xu merely glanced