Chapter 346, 22nd Century

On December 30, 2099, the time was calculated according to the Chinese time on Earth. The Yanhuang Square in the center of Chang'an City, the capital of the Empire, was already crowded with people. Millions of people gathered in the most sacred and solemn place in the Empire to welcome the arrival of the new century.

Li Fu and Wang Yun were also among them. Like countless young couples, Wang Yun nestled in Li Fu's arms, looking at the center of the square, listening to countless people around him shouting the countdown.

"5!"

"3!"

"1!"

As the countdown ended, the fireworks that had been prepared for a long time instantly bloomed in the dark night sky. The new century has arrived, and countless people are cheering and shouting.

"In the blink of an eye, we are already over 100 years old, old man."

Wang Yun gently gave Li Fu a kiss. Li Fu had always been very busy and rarely had time to accompany him alone. However, this time, I don't know what medicine Li Fu took, but he actually dragged Wang Yun out alone and came to Yanhuang Square to celebrate the arrival of the new century with millions of people.

You know, the two of them now have many children and grandchildren. They gave birth to 8 children at the beginning. In the past 100 years, they have branched out and now the old Li family is also prosperous. In the past, they must have been with their families during the New Year. Where would they have the opportunity to spend time alone.

Although they said they were old men, Li Fu and Wang Yun looked no different from when they were at Huaxia Yanhuang University. They were still very young, just like countless young couples around them, so that people around them did not realize that the emperor of the empire was actually with them.

"Let's go, old woman, the children are probably waiting impatiently."

Li Fu also said with a smile on his face. The empire is open to Yuanli practice. Even if there is no achievement in practice, it can prolong life. Once practice is successful, eternal youth is not a myth. Therefore, in the empire, a person who looks very young may also be an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years.

Back to the imperial palace, the whole palace is very lively at this time. The imperial royal family members who usually have branches in various galaxies and planets of the empire have all returned to the imperial palace. They must go home for the New Year. This is the rule that Li Fu has always emphasized, except for special circumstances, such as Li Wandu who is responsible for the national mission and must go home for the New Year when fighting abroad.

Li Fu's father and mother are now full of white hair and even their teeth have fallen out. Although they have been practicing Yuanli, they were already very old when they practiced, and the effect was weak. They can only pray for the effect of prolonging life. With reasonable conditioning, they have lived to this day, but it is almost time for them to run out of energy.

At this time, the two old men, supported by their grandsons Li Wanzhou and Li Wansheng, were watching the lively and playful children with a smile. They could say that they had no regrets in their lives to be able to see everything now.

"Dad, Mom."

Li Fu's younger brother Li Xing's family had also come over. It was also a very large family. A group of little kids instantly became one. The whole palace was filled with the sound of their playfulness, and there was no previous majesty at all.

Li Fu also acquiesced in this point. In the past, it was the imperial palace, but on New Year's Eve, this was home. Since it was home, they should play with the children themselves.

"It's almost time for the reunion dinner. Where did your brother and sister-in-law go?"

Li Fu's father looked at the time and asked Li Xing.

"Grandpa, my parents went to Yanhuang Square to welcome the arrival of the New Year."

Li Wanzhou smiled helplessly and said

Although it was that time, it was just the right time for dinner on Yanhuang Star. The New Year's Eve was different every year. Some years, it was during the day, sometimes in winter, and sometimes in summer. The revolution and autobiography of Yanhuang Star were different from those of the Earth, so this situation would occur. This year was a better one, it was at night.

"Call them back, really? The whole family is waiting for them. Do they want to act like an emperor when they go home?"

Li Fu's father said angrily.

"I'm back."

Just then, Li Fu walked in holding Wang Yun's hand, and more than a dozen little brats rushed up immediately, opening their eyes wide and stretching out their hands.

"Hug! Hug!"

How could Li Fu and Wang Yun hug each other? They could only touch this one and kiss that one. They were all sweethearts.

Soon, with the return of Li Fu and Wang Yun, the reunion dinner was officially served. There were too many people in the family, so dozens of tables were set up. According to the rules, the reunion dinner was prepared by their own family members. In the past, it was Wang Yun, then the wives of the third generation such as Li Wanzhou and Li Wansheng, and then the wives of the grandchildren, and so on.

The palace on New Year's Eve was destined to be spent in laughter and joy like countless families in the empire!

The next morning, Li Fu woke up early from the bed. Looking at the beauty beside him, Li Fu got up more gently, for fear of disturbing Wang Yun's sweet dream.

Coming to his office, Li Fu gently opened the map of the empire and looked at it carefully.

Since the decision to stop the expansion of the empire and consolidate the existing territory first, it has been nearly 20 years. In these 20 years, the empire's territory has not changed at all. It has not expanded even one galaxy. It is still more than 30 galaxies.

However, with the large-scale promotion of the space-time ocean current sail, the time required for communication between the galaxies of the empire is getting shorter and shorter. Now it only takes about 5 months from the important Yanhuang Star of the empire to the Temple Galaxy at the edge of the empire.

"The empire has not expanded externally, but this interstellar colonization law is becoming more and more difficult to implement."

Li Fu looked at the map of the empire and thought about everything about the empire now.

The core of the interstellar colonization law is that as long as immigrants move to the new territory of the empire, they can obtain 100 square kilometers of permanent private land. In the past, the empire had a small population and many galaxies, and the extremely fast expansion speed was obviously no problem.

But once the empire stopped expanding for 20 years, problems began to emerge. The empire now has no new planets to support the implementation of the interstellar colonization law, and the population of each galaxy has begun to prosper.

The long-standing compulsory birth policy, coupled with the fact that the imperial government has been tirelessly instilling the idea and concern of having many children and more blessings into the imperial people, the promotion of Yuanli cultivation, etc., has greatly improved the physical fitness of the imperial citizens, the fertility rate has been high, and the mortality rate is very low, so the population of the empire has also exploded in 20 years.

From only about 500 million people at the beginning, in just 20 years, it has exceeded 2 billion in the 22nd century, directly doubling by 4. Of course, 2 billion people are still very small compared to the vast territory of the empire, and it can even be said that a life planet is enough.

The most direct problem brought about by the population explosion is that the empire's interstellar colonization law is difficult to maintain, because more and more people choose to immigrate, but the life planets owned by the empire have not increased, so naturally there are too many monks and too little porridge.

Those who chose to immigrate decades ago are now making a lot of money, so the people of the empire are now very emotional about immigration. Who doesn't want to immigrate to a new galaxy and exchange a permanent private land for their children and grandchildren?

"Over the years, the Kalan Empire has been very smart. It has been quietly doing business with the Empire and has not leaked the news of the Empire. It has made them earn a lot of money, but it has also integrated my heart."

"On the Earth Federation side, it has never stopped expanding outward and has now occupied several star systems. However, it seems that the contradictions within the Earth Federation are getting deeper and deeper. As I expected, without a common cultural foundation, even if they are barely combined together, they will eventually drift apart."

Li Fu looked at the star systems around the Empire. The territories of the Earth Federation and the Kalan Empire were also marked out. There was nothing to worry about on the Kalan Empire side. The battle in the Boyle Star System completely frightened the Kalan Empire. Now that the Empire does not cause trouble for them, they will be fine.

On the Earth Federation side, China has always been dominant, but this position is now difficult to maintain. The Empire continues to drain blood from China, causing China to lose countless talents, so its strength is getting weaker and weaker in comparison.

Another is population. Even though the Chinese have a policy of compulsory birth control, their population growth is still very slow. On the one hand, it is due to the high pressure of life, and on the other hand, it is due to the continuous blood-drawing of the empire. In addition, other people in the Earth Federation are particularly fertile. The proportion of the Chinese population in the entire Earth Federation has been continuously declining.

Therefore, the Earth Federation is increasingly dissatisfied with the fact that China has always controlled the position of the President of the Earth Federation. In the new galaxy, the separatist forces are becoming stronger and stronger, and several of them have already shown signs.

One is the force headed by powerful Western countries such as the United States, Britain, France, and Germany. They are extremely powerful and ambitious. They dared to be inferior to China at the beginning. On the one hand, they were not as strong as others, and on the other hand, they were also for the purpose of expanding in the interstellar. Now they are the main separatist force.

Another powerful separatist force is Japan. The Japanese are ambitious and powerful. They have always been very eager for the vast territory. They have been secretly planning to monopolize a galaxy a long time ago.

There are also groups like the Black Alliance, the Green Alliance, the Indian Elephant, etc. These people are restless, do not have much say, and also want to split away. It can be said that although the current Earth Federation is still unified on the surface, it has already been torn apart internally.