In the lord's manor in the capital of the Northern Territory, Chernobyl, Perfikot was meeting with his court ministers to receive their reports on their work during this period.

"Lord, over the past month, Beloburg has accepted a total of three hundred seventy-six thousand five hundred fourteen new immigrants from the Empire. Among them, three hundred forty-five thousand six hundred twelve have been relocated and dispersed to various settlements in the Northern Territory, while the remaining ones stayed in Beloburg." An official with a monocle reported to Perfikot, holding a scroll of parchment that trailed to the ground, covered in recorded data.

In the past month, the Empire's homeland has transported a large number of people to the Northern Territory.

Most of these people were not volunteering, but the Empire did not resort to forceful measures.

The Empire's method was employment. Most of these immigrants were employed by the Empire in the name of the Northern Territory, and they would engage in a three-year period of construction and reclamation in the Northern Territory.

During this period, they would be the labor force in the Northern Territory, contributing to various construction projects and the development of the region.

The employment contract specifies that upon the completion of the three years, they can choose to stay in the Northern Territory or return to the Empire's homeland.

If they choose to stay in the Northern Territory, they can obtain formal resident status, a year's tax exemption, and other related benefits.

Compared to immigrants who voluntarily came to the Northern Territory, they obviously receive much less favorable treatment, at least housing allocation is not for them.

These people have no complaints about this, with quite a number of them planning to return to the Empire's homeland after the three-year period.

After all, the payment provided by the Empire for this employment is not low, and the initial settlement allowance given is abundant enough for them to work hard.

This has led many to believe that the Empire is, for once, being compassionate.

However, they do not know that after the three-year period, there will be no Empire homeland anymore.

Regarding this, the nobles and bureaucrats of the Empire once again chose not to be truthful and simply did not inform them of the reality.

But for the common lower-class citizens, it doesn't really matter where they live, as the living conditions in the Northern Territory compared to the Empire's homeland are relatively more favorable for ordinary people.

Nevertheless, most people still hold a certain bias, thinking the Empire's homeland is more prosperous and offers more opportunities, and the Northern Territory is merely a newly reclaimed barren land.

Just as even the beggars of Langton would puff out their hollow chests with pride when speaking of Langton's prosperity, the Empire's citizens, especially those in Langton, have always harbored discrimination against the colonies and other areas of the Empire.

There is nothing to criticize here, as it is human nature.

But for the Northern Territory, it must consider the emotions and reactions that may arise when the Imperial Center unveils the apocalyptic truth in a few months, as arranged by the Empire.

Perfikot naturally pays great attention to this and is preparing to respond beforehand.

This meeting is discussing various issues closely related to the tens of thousands of new immigrants.

After receiving the summarized data from various parties, Perfikot nodded with satisfaction and then said, "The Empire places great emphasis on the development of the Northern Territory. Although these tens of thousands are nominally laborers of the Northern Territory, they are still citizens of the Empire. Do not engage in differential treatment or discrimination.

Although the treatment issue has been set and cannot be changed, you must appropriately implement policy bias in daily management and ensure their treatment issues are effectively addressed.

I don't want to hear news of new immigrants from the Empire being discriminated against or laborers being bullied, understand?"

"Please rest assured, Count, such disgraceful events will never occur in the Northern Territory." An official solemnly promised Perfikot after performing a ceremonial bow.

He is currently one of the highest-ranking civil officials in the Northern Territory and represents one of the civilian officials of the Northern Territory, capable of making such a promise on behalf of the region's officials.

Perfikot did not pay much attention to this, merely waving his hand to bypass the topic, then said, "That's enough about the treatment issues of laborers and new immigrants. You know what to do and how to do it.

The focus of the Northern Territory's governance is still the construction of settlements. Now with these tens of thousands of laborers, I hope you can complete the construction of at least two hundred settlements before winter arrives. Is there any problem?"

"With enough large engineering robots, we can meet this requirement." An official with an engineer's badge on his chest spoke up, explaining their additional needs to Perfikot, "However, we currently only have twenty large engineering robots. To complete the construction of two hundred settlements, we need at least fifty more large engineering robots."

Upon hearing the problem raised by the counterpart, Perfikot could not help but furrow his brows, turning to an Alchemist beside him and asking, "Can fifty large engineering robots be delivered on schedule? I don't want this to affect the project progress."

"Lord, if it's just fifty large engineering robots, the factory can deliver them at any time." This Alchemist was appointed by Perfikot as the head of the Alchemy Workshop, responsible for managing issues related to the Alchemy Workshop in the Northern Territory, "However, the problem now is that we don't have enough qualified Alchemists to operate these robots. If the robots are left to work autonomously, according to our estimates, this will reduce work efficiency by at least 30%, and this does not account for possible delays due to errors and malfunctions."

Upon hearing the Alchemist's response, Perfikot's expression turned grim.

The Northern Territory's lack of sufficient Alchemists has always been an issue, though it was mitigated in some measure through Perfikot's collaboration with several universities in Langton, resulting in a number of professors and their apprentices from the Alchemy Department coming to the Northern Territory, thus alleviating the problem to a certain extent, making it not too severe.

However, now with the arrival of a large number of immigrants and the massive unfolding of construction in the Northern Territory, the issue of insufficient Alchemists has surfaced.

Not only do the compressed biscuit production equipment placed by Perfikot in every settlement and city require Alchemists for operation, but now the large construction robots also necessitate Alchemists for control.

The former at least requires simple skills, with apprentice-level knowledge of Alchemy and the ability to initiate the ritual sufficing for operation, but the latter undoubtedly demands substantial knowledge and technology, preferably being formally certified Alchemists by the Empire.

And both are currently in severe shortage in the Northern Territory.

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