Fiona wanted to talk to Tang En about family planning.
Don't get me wrong. Family planning was not family planning, but to increase the current population as much as possible in the shortest time possible.
According to the normal path of social development, the population was proportional to the carrying capacity of the land. The carrying capacity of the land referred to the maximum number of people that a country or region could sustain at a certain level of consumption or a certain intensity of human activities under a certain level of technology and investment without causing land degradation, irreversible negative impact on the land resources, or serious degradation of the environment.
Everyone knew about the situation in Prandal. It was a typical example of a sparsely populated country. The land here was not barren. Logically speaking, the upper limit of Prandal's population should be very high. Although it had not entered an industrialized society, it should not have a problem maintaining a population of at least three billion.
But everyone also knew that the two Chaos invasions had brought a huge disaster to Prandal. The population had fallen off a cliff. Coupled with the environmental pollution caused by the random appearance of the Chaos Gate, and the slow development of agriculture, all these factors had led to the current situation in Prandal.
The huge Prandal had a total population of less than one billion people.
Among them, the Irus Empire (including the Solant Domain) had the largest population. According to incomplete statistics (after all, the conditions were simple, so there must be gaps), the current population was about 586.4 million. Optimistically speaking, there were at least 600 million people, which was not a small number. But don't forget, this was the situation in the Solant Domain.
Just the Solant Region alone had a population of more than 400 million!
This was the most fertile region in Prandal. The White Fog Plain's food production accounted for a quarter of the Solant Domain, but only one-tenth of the population lived here, which was less than 40 million people. It was definitely the largest granary.
The population of the Ronitan Kingdom was only second to that of the Irus Empire, with a population of more than 200 million, reaching about 230 million. This was because the Ronitan Kingdom's commerce had prospered in recent years, and a large amount of food had been imported to feed more people.
The Gris Kingdom rarely released any data to the public, but according to the feedback from the adventurers and merchants, the situation in the Gris Kingdom was not optimistic. The land there was barren, and the food production was extremely low. The population could not even exceed the 100 million mark. Optimistically speaking, it was only about 80 million.
In other words, the total population of the three human kingdoms was only about 890 million. Even if the rough statistics were to round up the population that might be ignored, it would only be 900 million.
If the orcs of the various races in the Ryan Empire were counted as well, the total number finally exceeded a billion and reached 1.1 billion.
1.1 billion people. According to the population's age distribution, the birth rate and death rate were balanced. This was a relatively stable population structure that was quite rare. In order to have a breakthrough in population growth, a solution had to be found.
Tang En's current task was very difficult. He had to at least double, triple, or even triple the population in a conservative period of 40 years!
If there was not enough population base, the world would probably be destroyed after the war without the need for the Chaos creatures to destroy it.
Strictly speaking, Prandal now had the basic conditions to feed three billion or even four billion people under the impetus of Tang En's magical modification technology.
The originally backward agriculture had been thanks to the birth of various magical farming machines. One person could easily complete the work of a hundred people, increasing the efficiency of agriculture exponentially.
The high-yield seeds that Grandia developed under Tang En's guidance allowed more crops to be harvested from the same area of farmland. The elves, who were completely open to Tang En, also provided a large number of technicians, allowing them to produce fresh vegetables and fruits all year round. The canning factory could also produce large quantities of canned food that could be stored for a long time and easily transported.
It was safe to say that from this year to next, the magical farming machines would be completely popularized. Coupled with the new improved seeds provided by the Earth Temple, Prandal's food production would increase by leaps and bounds. The people would no longer have a problem filling their stomachs. Instead, they would have to worry about how to preserve the 'Prandal wheat' for a long time.
The explosive growth of food supply would definitely be accompanied by an even more prosperous food trade, and the originally inconvenient transportation now had bicycles, motorcycles, magic-powered cars, magic-powered buses, and soon there would be passenger airships in operation. Tang En's own exclusive teleportation portal could instantly transport large amounts of resources to various places in Prandal, and even without the teleportation portal, magic-powered trucks and highways would greatly increase the speed of the transportation of resources.
With trade flourishing, food could be transported to various cities and villages. As the saying went, 'a full stomach is a reflection of a full stomach'. Now that everyone was full, they naturally had the mood to think about the next generation.
Once they had children, they would have to consider the development of the next generation. In Prandal before, the sons of farmers were still farmers. It was almost impossible for them to have the opportunity to rise in the upper echelons of society unless they awakened their talents and became Seers. But now, with Tang En's vigorous promotion of education, the sons of farmers could also become upstarts.
With sufficient education in various schools, not only would the probability of awakening their talents be higher, but they would also have the opportunity to come into contact with knowledge that they would not have been able to come into contact with in the past. This would stimulate their curiosity and allow the children to have other paths other than awakening their talents and becoming Seers. They could still become reliable talents.
Under such circumstances, compared to villages, cities were obviously more attractive. Therefore, a large number of people would swarm into the cities, providing a large amount of labor force and school-age children for the cities.
At the same time, the modernization of various cities allowed the cities to accommodate more people. The reform of the government structure greatly increased the efficiency, and the labor force could be quickly and appropriately settled, further accelerating the development of society.
Now, with Tang En's promotion, the pace of everyone's life had unknowingly begun to accelerate.
"I've talked about this with Aurelia before. Population is always a big problem. If we want this country to continue to prosper, we must have a sufficient population."
Tang En knocked on the table and muttered, "It's just that when we talked about it before, the agricultural and social conditions were not enough to support too many people. But it's different now."
"Yes, it's different now."
Fiona agreed with Tang En's words. After recovering the Solant Territory, the rich and fertile Solant Territory, coupled with the power of magical modification technology, would inevitably explode in food production next year. It would not be a problem to feed twice the current population. Therefore, after learning about Tang En's mission, Fiona immediately thought of this key issue.
"In that case, I'll go and discuss the specific policies with Aurelia."
Tang En stood up and said, "With more people, the market will be bigger, and the economic vitality will be stronger. You can also look forward to it."
"I have nothing to look forward to."
Fiona curled her lips. "I finally understand the real mission of the Datang Chamber of Commerce now, so I'm not interested in making money anymore."
Tang En smiled. "It doesn't matter if you're not interested in making money, but you must know how to spend it. If we don't spend the money we earn, this society will be in chaos."
"Okay, I got it. Hurry up and find your princess!"
Tang En nodded and then teleported to the Alinx Palace.
"You're really bold."
This was the first sentence Aurelia said after seeing Tang En.
"What do you mean?"
"Your identity and mission."
Aurelia put down the pen and said with assurance, "You've always said that you want to keep it a secret, but this time you're going to lay all your cards on the table. Aren't you afraid of causing chaos in the world?"
"Everyone present that day can be trusted, so don't worry."
Tang En smiled and sat down opposite Aurelia. "What's more, the situation is urgent. I can't continue to hide it. It's more important to be honest with everyone and work together to save this world that is about to fall."
"So, you're here today to discuss with me how to save this world?"
"Of course."
Tang En smiled. "Because now it's time to implement that plan."
"That plan? Which one? "
"The population growth plan."
Aurelia suddenly understood. "That's true. Now that Solant has returned, the largest granary is in our hands. Combined with the technology and seeds you've introduced, the production of food will increase further and can indeed feed more people."
Tang En smiled and then knocked on the table to organize his words. After a while, he said, "In the past, the biggest problems that prevented people from having children were the lack of food and poverty. Now that the first problem has a solution, it can be solved immediately. The second problem has also been greatly alleviated. People's income has been greatly improved, so introducing a policy to promote fertility should be a matter of pushing the boat with the current. There shouldn't be any obstacles. I'll talk, you remember."
Aurelia nodded, picked up the pen, and changed a stack of paper to start recording.
"In the current situation, start to publicize the policy. For newlyweds, including current families, as long as they have one child, they are encouraged to have a second child.
"For those who have two children, they will be given a monthly allowance of one kilogram of wheat flour, ten canned fruits, and a bucket of milk …
"For those who have three children, the allowance will be doubled. At the same time, they will be given the title of 'Hero Family' and will be exempted from agricultural taxes …
"For those who have four children, the state will be responsible for all the expenses of raising the children from birth to adulthood!
"For those who have five children, you can tell them that as long as they dare to give birth, we dare to raise them!
"At the same time, in order to reduce the risk of childbirth, limit the age of childbirth. Except for the Apocalypse, the age of childbirth for ordinary women is limited to between 18 and 35 years old …
"In addition, in order to put an end to the situation of using childbirth to cheat welfare, every 'Hero Family' will have to accept mandatory work arrangements and use their work to repay the subsidies of society …"
Tang En knew that this policy was likely to cause a large expansion of the population in a short period of time, which would put tremendous pressure on the state's finances. There might even be a large number of families madly giving birth to children to cheat welfare, making the burden on the Prandal population very dangerous in the future.
But in order to fight against the army of Chaos, he could no longer care so much.
Only by living could he have the right to talk about the future.
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