Unlike the winter before, the effects of the season had caused the operating efficiency of the entire country to decline steadily.
By comparison, although summer was hot, the midday break had been extended, and the days were longer as well.
The immigrants from the Smith Republic had originally all been slaves. Simply put, every one of them was used to hard work. Even under the blazing summer sun, they continued working as usual.
Now that they had arrived in Great Zhou, with food to eat and drink, their living conditions were incomparably better than before. They also worked with far more vigor.
For Great Zhou, this was undoubtedly a good thing.
At several major projects that required labor, the continuous influx of manpower had clearly increased overall efficiency.
Before they knew it, summer had passed and autumn had arrived. This was undoubtedly an even busier season. As the crops in the fields gradually ripened, farmers everywhere began bustling about with the autumn harvest.
During this process, the Population Registration Bureau also successfully registered all twenty thousand-plus immigrants and assigned them to their posts.
"Your Majesty, this is the final list."
"Good. Put it aside for now."
Inside the Hall of Diligent Governance, Zhou Xu casually acknowledged him and indicated that the imperial guards should place the report to one side.
At this moment, all of Zhou Xu's attention was focused on the document before him.
It was a report sent by the Railway Bureau. With the continuous addition of manpower, the railway project running from Green Forest Port to the Plain Fortress in New North District was now nearing completion.
If nothing unexpected happened, it would be completely finished by the end of this month!
Once this railway route opened, all the important regions within Great Zhou would basically be