Chapter 1154 Population

"According to statistics, after the end of the Civil War, the population of the empire grew steadily, with an increase of more than 20 million."

When it comes to the welfare system, Pang Yukun thinks of the population growth of the empire. After all, this is the most intuitive reaction.

"Twenty million people in ten years, an increase of about two million people every year. Ten years ago, the population base of the empire was 80 million. The annual growth rate is about 2.5%, which is a bit small." Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun said: "In the first few years, the growth was slow, but since the emperor promulgated the welfare policy, the population growth of the empire has accelerated. According to statistics, the growth rate is 5%."

Xiao Ming nodded. Population growth is a long process. It is impossible to make the empire's population grow from 100 million to more than one billion without a hundred years.

The only thing he can do now is to encourage fertility and speed up the process. The reason is very simple. The huge territory occupied by the empire needs to be occupied by someone else, or sooner or later, these lands will be occupied by other countries whose population has exploded.

After all, in addition to the war of blood and fire, what human beings really have to face is the war of reproduction. When the population of a nation is dwindling, he will not be able to control the occupation of the country by other races with a large population, and his former glory was only for the sake of Others are just making wedding dresses.

Because of this, he treats increasing the population of the Empire as a war.

Since he came from modern times, he is very clear about a truth. The more developed the society and the richer the material, the more the country's population growth rate will continue to decrease, or even negative growth.

In the future, the empire will also face this problem, so he can't take it lightly, taking advantage of the initial stage of the country's development to have more children.

So he said: "In this way, during this period of time, you can improve the fertility welfare policy of the empire. Those who raise three or more children but less than five children will enjoy free education and medical care for life, and all families who have more than five children will enjoy the benefits. In addition to the above benefits, they will also receive the royal family’s maternity subsidies and free transportation benefits.”

After a pause, he continued: "Most of the people's reluctance to have children is due to the high pressure of life, so the most important thing to pay attention to in the empire is where people's livelihood is concerned. At present, education in the empire is completely free except for universities, and the free medical part is not the empire's. The ultimate goal is to achieve free medical care in the future, and the empire will build welfare housing throughout the country, and families with more than three children can share it for free.”

Pang Yukun did not object to Xiao Ming's idea. Now that the empire's finances are increasingly abundant, it is completely affordable to implement such benefits.

He said: "When the old minister went back, he issued these policies to the states. It's so cheap, I'm afraid the people will cheer."

"This is exactly what I want. No matter how much territory the empire has laid down without anyone to cultivate it, it will be wasted." Xiao Ming frowned. Fiji is old, Pang Yukun is old, and he is getting old.

Time waits for no one, and now he has to try his best to do some great things that will benefit future generations.

Ignoring the issue of fertility benefits, he continued: "After the internal combustion engine is used, oil will be the lifeblood of the empire for a long time to come. For this, it is necessary to plan ahead."

Pang Yukun said: "Xiaguan has ordered the empire to build oil storage depots in various states, and take advantage of the fact that Persia has no regrets, and fully stockpile oil."

Xiao Ming nodded, "Besides, there are ore brought back from various colonies. After satisfying the empire's domestic needs, the rest will be used to reclaim the sea and make land for future generations."

Pang Yukun took note of this.

The two said, the convoy had arrived at the palace, got out of the car, Pang Yukun returned to his official office, and Xiao Ming went directly to the bedroom.

...

Moscow.

While the empire was rejoicing at the successful test flight of the plane, Yekarina was frowning, and news from the border kept coming, which made her panic.

"In a month, the imperial army has successively occupied Yelets, Caravel, Mundomussen, Your Majesty, and now Moscow is completely undefended against the imperial army." Ivanov worried.

Ekarina said: "No one thought that the empire would suddenly attack us at this time. Obviously, the empire is corresponding to Henry of France."

Igor said: "Your Majesty, compared to France, the most important thing for us now is to protect ourselves. The defeated soldiers are talking about the terrible weapons of the Empire. It is these weapons that easily destroy the fortresses on the border of the Empire. Many people say these Weapons cannot stop."

He was the commander-in-chief of the Tsarist Russian army, and of course his greatest concern was war.

Yekarina pinched her brows. She did not expect that the empire would have such a powerful force to directly attack Tsarist Russia. After all, they had been deadlocked in Central Asia for several years, and she thought it would continue.

"In order to deal with the possible attack of the Empire, we must transfer back the troops that are going to France." After hesitating for a long time, Ekarina made a very difficult decision.

Now no one can predict what the empire will do next. Will it continue to roam the border, or will it invade?

As the empress of Russia, she must consider her own country, and Europe can only let it go.

Neither Igor nor Ivanov had any objections. It was not Britain that was in danger now, but their Tsarist Russia. Now Yekarina suddenly regretted her involvement with the British.

Clearly, the Empire is now becoming more and more difficult to provoke.

The order to withdraw the trip to France soon came from the Kremlin, and the news was also obtained by Victoria.

A few months have passed, and Victoria has lost a lot of weight again. When she heard the news, she felt a lot of sluggishness.

"The three fortresses on the Tsarist-Russian border have been destroyed in a row for several days. I am afraid that Yekarina is very scared this time." Victoria said.

Brooke said: "Indeed, after all, hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops never crossed these three fortresses, and the Eastern Empire only had five days, but it is said that this was all because of a strange weapon, such as machine guns and cannons. but it is said to be extremely hard and can run faster than a horse."

With Victoria's knowledge, she can't imagine what kind of weapon this is, but even if it makes Tsarist Russia so terrified, it must be a weapon that changes the balance of the battlefield.

She sighed and said, "We can't go all out, it seems it's time to talk to the empire, we can't stay in Tsarist Russia forever, and Yekarina is not credible, if necessary, she will even hand me over to the Eastern Empire in exchange for profit.”

Brooke is also worried, and now the situation in the UK is very serious, and they really can't wait any longer.