Chapter 9, Population Is a Big Problem
As time goes by, under the efforts of the imperial government, by 2040, everything in the empire has become regular, and Chang'an City has become a brand new capital, schools, hospitals, banks, supermarkets, companies, etc. have all been operating normally, and it has passed the most difficult transition period.
Here are residential communities and villas and gardens, children playing freely can be seen everywhere, and groups of free play are played. Adults are very relieved because there is no need to worry about human traffickers, vehicles, etc. in the empire.
Moreover, although the empire has made great changes in all aspects, there is still no change in the forced fertility. In the empire, there are also laws on forced fertility, because the empire's population is too small, and now it is only more than 10 million people. This population, let alone the interstellar universe, is far from enough even the Yanhuang Star, not to mention the empire, there is also a Jiuzhou Star with a wider land area.
Therefore, on the issue of population, although the people of the Empire have complained about this, especially the women in the Empire, they still adhere to the forced childbirth policy with the insistence of the upper-level officials of the Empire. Of course, on the side of the Empire, the rewards of the forced childbirth policy are more generous. The more children the imperial government comes to raise, the more rewards they give birth to.
Starting from the third child, the people of the Empire can not only receive generous material rewards, but also receive many other rewards, such as the small private anti-gravity spacecraft that is now sold very popularly. Because the production is limited now, it is impossible to say that every household has its own spacecraft.
So you usually do lottery. If you get the lottery, you can buy it. However, in order to encourage the people of the Empire to work hard to have children, the Empire rewards this area. The more children there are, the more you get a small anti-gravity spacecraft.
For example, in terms of promotion and salary increase, one's own ability and contribution are naturally the most important consideration indicators. Another is the number of children in the family and many children. Not to mention promotion, the imperial law has relevant regulations on compulsory salary increase. Whether the company wants to or not, it must raise the salary for families with more children.
Of course, despite the implementation of various policies to encourage childbirth, the empire's population is still not enough to grow for a long time. This person needs to be raised and educated when he is born. It will take at least 20 years to truly become an adult from kindergarten to university.
As the saying goes, ten years of trees and a hundred years of people are under great pressure on the government. However, whether it is Li Fu or Fang Zheng, the senior officials of the empire are very clear that there are only people with everything. Perhaps the pressure is very high at the beginning, but as long as they survive, the huge population will be converted into strong momentum, making the empire prosperous and strong.
Therefore, there are government subsidies for the Imperial citizens to give birth to children, and they basically don’t have to pay for the raising of their own. In terms of education, it is completely free to compulsory education until the university stage. It can be said that what it really takes to have children is energy and effort. As for the economic burden, you don’t have to consider it.
The houses of imperial citizens are granted by the government. Except for the imperial emperor, everyone lives in the same house. As long as they register and get married, they can get their own house. There is no need to spend several generations of their blood on buying a house like the Earth, and they have to bear huge mortgages.
Powerful technology ensures an extremely abundant material supply. In terms of material life, the people of the empire really don’t have to worry about it, so it is quite active in giving birth to children.
Most of them come from poor families and rural families. The concepts of their parents are more or less retained, and every household has a large number of children.
Under the giant leaf tree in the back garden of the Imperial Palace, Li Fu was reading leisurely while eating delicious fruits from Jiuzhou Star. At the same time, he looked at the little guys playing football on the lawn not far away. As the emperor of the Empire, Li Fu naturally wanted to show his children to the entire empire in giving birth.
Now from Li Wanzhou, the oldest who is 18 years old and just adult, to Li Wanqing, who is still in her infancy, who is just born, Li Fu and Wang Yun have given birth to 8 children. At this time, a few little guys who are still seven or eight years old are playing freely on the lawn.
Wang Yun came over with a little baby in his arms. Although he was already the mother of 8 children, he had been practicing Yuanli for a long time. Wang Yun still looked like he was in Yanhuang University, but the mature female smell on his body was even more obsessed.
Li Fu and Wang Yun have a good relationship, which is why Wang Yun is still willing to give birth to so many children for Li Fu. Sometimes his wife is unwilling to have children. First of all, he should reflect on himself. From time to time, he does not take good care of his wife when he gives birth to children and is not good enough to his wife.
"Haha, my little lover."
As soon as Li Fu saw the little baby Li Wanqing in Wang Yun's arms, he immediately turned into a super dad and hugged the little guy carefully. At this time, the little guy was looking at this colorful world with curious eyes. His big eyes turned from time to time, and his pink and jade were carved, very cute.
"Be careful, you're frivolous."
Wang Yun had a smile on his face. If it were before, she would never have thought that she would have 8 children one day, but now, she still would not have any regrets, because whenever she saw her child, Wang Yun always felt full of happiness.
The eldest son Li Wanzhou is already in college and rarely goes home now. He pursues his dreams in school. The second son Li Wansheng is now in high school and has very good grades. The only thing he is worried about is the problem of early love. He is so handsome that many girls are chasing him.
The third daughter Li Wanqiu is now in junior high school and is very obedient. She is a good baby and doesn't have to worry about anything. The fourth daughter Li Wanjing is also in junior high school and is also a good baby.
The fifth son Li Wandu, the sixth son Li Wanzhang, and the seventh son Li Wanyuan are still young, so they need to worry about it. However, Li Fu's parents are also around, and the safe environment of the empire can be assured that they can play by themselves. When they are still there, they are basically free-range and easy.
Of course, this kind of free-range stocking is not to mention anything. Li Fu and Wang Yun have always been very strict in education. Every child has the best grades. At the same time, he has never relaxed in Yuanli practice. This free-range stocking is just not to worry about when playing. There is no need to worry about it like the earth, and it is not necessary to be afraid of that. A child often needs several adults to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day, for fear of something going on.
"Call dad."
Li Fu picked up the little guy, looked at her, and carefully teased her. Seeing Li Fu, the little guy was excited and danced and screamed.
"It's only a few months now."
Wang Yun took a bite of fruit and glanced at Li Fu.
"Brother Fu, can we not have children in the future?"
Wang Yun thought about it and said what he thought was. Although the couple was very loving and Li Fu loved him very much and had no worries, pregnancy and having children was also a very pleasant experience for a woman. Ten months of pregnancy was only the beginning. Giving birth, confinement, and raising children was really exhausting. After giving birth to 8 children, Wang Yun didn't want to have another child.
"Well, I won't give birth, thank you for your hard work!"
Li Fu nodded solemnly and kissed Wang Yun on the forehead. Li Fu was very grateful to Wang Yun for giving birth to many children for him.
Wang Yun gently rubbed Li Fu's waist and felt extremely happy. When he looked at the little guy playing not far away, he even smiled happily on his face.
"Ahem."
Just as Li Fu and Wang Yun were enjoying the joy of family, an inappropriate voice sounded, causing the two to quickly separate. Looking up, it was Fang Zheng, Zhong Yun, Chen Bin, Yu Liang and others. At this time, everyone was looking at the two of them with a smile.
"Why are you here? Please sit down."
Li Fu was slightly embarrassed and wondered if the palace should set some rules, but he knew in his heart that they would have something to come to him, so he hurriedly greeted everyone.
"Is there anything wrong with everyone coming here together?"
Everyone besieged the city and sat in a circle under the giant leaf tree, Li Fu asked with a smile.
"We came here mainly to discuss population issues. Our empire's population is only more than 10 million, which is too small. Although we have adopted various policies to increase the population, it will be difficult for our population to grow on a large scale for a while."
Fang Zheng nodded. After the empire became formal, he, as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, could also start to solve important problems. The most urgent task now is to find ways to increase the population.
"Our population is indeed too small, especially compared to the vast land we own. The development work on Jiuzhou Star has not made any progress. Yanhuang Star has only one Chang'an City. After the city in the southern hemisphere is built, it has not been inhabited."
"Now the population problem has seriously hindered the rapid development of our empire. We must find ways to increase the population. At least, we need to have more than 100 million people."
Zhong Yun nodded, saying that this is too little, he only has huge wealth, but he cannot be developed, and he only has powerful space warships and technology, but he does not have enough population to expand externally.
"Do you have any good ways to increase the population?"
After hearing this, Li Fu frowned and nodded with care. Li Fu was also very worried about population issues. Giving children and raising children is not something that can be copied on a large scale and unlimited basis like industrial flows. Instead, it requires time and energy to raise them so that education can obtain an excellent and high-quality population.
"We want to bring in immigrants from the earth."
Fang Zheng nodded and spoke slowly.
Chapter completed!