Chapter 216,

"Brother Fu, we have already mastered all the technologies in this alien base. In fact, we have already mastered most of the technologies. That is, the technology of plasma engines has made us gain something. The second is their computer technology. Because the language of the Loen civilization is similar to the ideographic characters of our Chinese, the programming is a great inspiration for our Chinese programming."

At this time, it has been almost two months since the discovery of the alien civilization base on Ceres. During this period, the scientists on the "Ocean" have analyzed the entire base inside and out, and have conducted a careful study of everything.

"It seems that it is almost time to return to Earth. There is not much energy left on the spacecraft."

After listening to Chen Bin's words, Li Fu nodded. In fact, for Li Fu, this alien base has no technology worth learning. There are countless advanced technologies in the civilization seeds that have not been learned yet. Staying here is just pretending to show off to the outside world. He has long wanted to return to Earth.

"Haha, Li Fu, this time is really not in vain. The harvest is huge."

At this time, Li Fu's teachers Liu Yi and Liu Shiying floated over, and their voices were very loud.

This time he followed the "Ocean" spacecraft to investigate. Not only did he discover extraterrestrial life on Mars, but he also found aliens and many kinds of alien plants on Ceres for him to study. It can be said that he has been busy all the time and has gained a lot.

"The life on Loen is similar to the life on our earth. They are all carbon-based life and have double helix genes. The Loen people also evolved slowly from organisms. Their ancestors are actually similar to us earthlings. They evolved from an animal similar to apes on Loen."

"It's no wonder that their appearance is actually very similar to us earthlings. They have flat noses, pointed ears, and blue skin. Their ancestors should have lived in very dense primeval forests."

Liu Yi happily talked about his research results. Skat~Yong's body was made into a specimen, and some plants on Loen that he brought with him were also carefully protected by scientists. These are plants from 8.6 light years away, which are very precious.

"You can laugh, but I am full of worries now. The technology level of the Loen civilization 50 years ago was almost at our current level. 50 years have passed, and I don't know how far it has developed. If it invades our solar system in the future, I don't know if we can survive."

Liu Shiying couldn't laugh at all. He carefully studied all the technologies in this alien base, and after scientific and rigorous analysis with scientists on Earth, he believed that the technology level of Earth and Loen civilization was 50 years apart, so he was very worried now.

"When the enemy comes, the general will stop it, and when the water comes, the earth will cover it. Worrying can't solve the problem. Let's work harder on technology research."

"Old Liu, teacher, do you think we can almost go back to Earth?"

Li Fu smiled helplessly, and then discussed the matter of returning to Earth with Liu Shiying and Liu Yi.

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On the other side, on Earth, China, because of the decision made at the highest meeting, the Chinese government began to spread the word, encouraging childbirth, improving population quality, and vigorously developing science and technology. These three policies, which are considered to be the basic policies for dominating the starry sky in the future, began to be announced through news media, virtual worlds and other channels.

"More children, more blessings!"

"Four or five generations living under one roof, the joy of family life."

"The disadvantages and dangers of having only one child, etc."

All kinds of propaganda began to appear in the eyes of the Chinese people. In the past, it was better to have fewer and better children, and only one child, but now it has suddenly reversed, and the government began to encourage childbirth.

Of course, the real policy has not yet been released. Now it is just a rumor to see the reaction of the domestic people. This is also the usual practice of the Chinese government. Nothing will be implemented immediately. After all, this is related to the great cause of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, not a joke.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, it was unexpected that the Chinese people would actively respond to the call of the country, but the real situation is that the response is very few, and the people's desire to have children is very low. In the relevant discussion topics in the virtual world, basically everyone said that they would not have too many children, at most two, and even many people chose to have only one child.

"We were forced to implement family planning before, but now we are encouraged to have more children. Did they find that there are too few rabbits and not enough to eat, so they are so kind that they let us have more children? I won't be fooled. I will only have one child at most. I don't even plan to have children."

"That's right, it's better to have only one child, and the state will take care of your old age. It's better to have only one child, and the state will help you with your old age. Then you can't rely on the state for old age, and you can postpone retirement and take care of your own old age. Who still believes it? I'd rather the rabbits die out than have more children."

"Four generations living under one roof? Five generations living under one roof? I'm really overthinking it. In China, it's good to live to 60. I got married at 30 and had a son at 31. It's good enough to see my grandson when I die."

In various forums, topics like this are very popular and have received support from many people. For the current promotion and encouragement of childbirth, the rabbits basically have no reaction. They all say that they can't afford to have children or raise them, and their desire to have children is very low.

This is just like the original development of the second child. The number of newborns in the country did not explode as experts expected. Instead, the number of newborns dropped by more than 200,000 a year. Long-term family planning propaganda , which has caused huge changes in the Chinese people's concept of fertility.

Now I want to change everyone's thoughts and concerns at once. The difficulty is similar to when we promoted family planning. It is very difficult and takes time. Of course, more importantly, although everyone's living standards are now much higher than before, I don't know. , but the pressure of life is still very high, but there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and houses, cars, education, and medical care are still heavy mountains.

In early January 2025, the "Ocean" spacecraft finally returned to Earth after more than 2 years of scientific investigation. When Li Fu set foot on the earth, he couldn't help but take a few heavy breaths of air. However, As soon as Li Fu returned to Earth, he was immediately called to the imperial capital by Tang Yunshan.

In the center of the Chinese Imperial Capital, in a quiet courtyard, Tang Yunshan rarely had time to relax. He drank tea with Li Fu and chatted about his views on the future.

"I don't know what young people think today. None of them want to have children. Last year, there were hundreds of thousands fewer newborns in our country. The proportion of elderly people over 60 years old in our country has reached nearly 1/2 The level of 3 is really worrying.”

In the past, Tang Yunshan did not pay much attention to the population, but since he proposed to encourage childbirth, he attached great importance to this area. After careful study, he discovered an unexpected problem. China's population is about to appear. Huge problem.

The number of newborns is decreasing every year, and the aging population is getting more and more serious, and the speed is very fast, but the corresponding equipment support, medical care, etc. simply cannot keep up.

So at this time, Tang Yunshan seemed worried and helpless about the situation in front of him. Even though he had mastered the greatest power in the country, he still could not change the situation in front of him.

"Old Tang, do you really not know why young people don't want to have children?"

Li Fu nodded slightly after listening. Li Fu knew from the seeds of civilization that in the interstellar universe era, every civilization attaches great importance to population growth, because only a larger population can occupy more resources and planets. , if the population continues to decrease, how can we compete with other civilizations?

"Please enlighten me."

Tang Yunshan was sitting up and asked for advice very seriously.

"I think there are two reasons why young people are reluctant to have children. On the one hand, it is because of the long-term family planning propaganda, so everyone thinks that it is better to have only one child. The other very important reason is that people's lives are now very stressful. "The cost of raising a child is too high, so no one is willing to have children. Even if they are allowed to have children, they will not give birth."

Li Fu thought for a while and expressed his thoughts. Low fertility rate is a problem that almost every developed country will encounter. Of course, China's fertility rate is now even lower than that of chickens in the foot pot and Nanbangzi, and compared with European and American countries. It is even lower. It has reached a very dangerous edge, and population collapse is very likely to happen.

"I can understand the first reason. The second reason is that life is stressful. I think everyone's living standards are much better now than before. Even in rural areas, everyone has houses and cars. Life is really stressful. Very big?”

Tang Yunshan thought for a while and said with some confusion.

"Life is of course very stressful. Although our country's economic development has been very good in recent years, the big problems existing in our country have not been solved. If the problems of medical care, elderly care, education, and housing are not fundamentally solved, To solve the problem, the other three aspects of social fairness, justice, and openness have not been improved at all. Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and social classes are slowly solidifying. These are the fundamental problems that need to be solved now. Only Once these problems are solved, I think everyone’s desire to have children will gradually increase.”

Li Fu pondered for a while and kept sorting out the words in his mind. Tang Yunshan himself was born in a big family and lived a privileged life since he was a child. Of course, he would not understand some of the difficulties faced by ordinary people. He only knew that the living standards of ordinary people now are much higher than before. But they don’t know the real problems faced by the people.

PS: The above is just a personal opinion, just take a look.