5th June 1663
Vijay, sitting in his office in the Simhasana Bhavana, was smiling happily. He was very satisfied after reading the migration report. The more people leave, the quicker the overseas territories develop, and it also leaves more resources for the people who are left behind while simultaneously reducing the burden on the empire's economy.
Large-scale farming using harvesters has become the biggest disruptor in the empire's labour force. As modifications and variations of harvesters have come out that would work for all the staple crops in the empire, they have significantly reduced the amount of labour required to harvest the crop. What's more, only recently, the Gaur Agricultural Company, the leading agricultural machinery company in the empire, has come up with a machine that could be used to plant even rice crops, powered by bulls.
