Spring Festival.

Before the sky dawned, the sound of firecrackers never stopped, and the deafening sound of firecrackers resounded throughout the city of Seonghan.

The strangers who stayed here were directly startled at first when they heard the sound of firecrackers all over the city.

It made them feel as if the heavens and the earth were shaking.

It wasn't until a long time that they figured out that it was the Han dynasty that was going to celebrate the New Year, which was the most important day for them, so it was so lively.

After figuring out this, the sky was already light up by this time.

In the streets and alleys, incense sticks are inserted at the door, and incense is rising.

On the side of the City God Temple, or on the side of the Land Temple, the incense is even more prosperous.

The incense, which is thicker than the arm, is lit and inserted over there, and I don't know how long it can burn.

If you stand on the city wall at this time, you can see a faint white mist floating in the sky above the entire Xinghan City, which is all gathered by firecrackers and incense.

This side of the palace is far away from the people's residences, and when it was built, the matter of sound insulation had been considered, so the sound of firecrackers did not affect Lu Chensheng and others who were sleeping.

When Lu Chensheng woke up, the sky was already hazy and bright, and after opening the door of the dormitory, he directly heard the noisy sound of firecrackers outside.

"Tsk, I'm afraid there are firecrackers on the Taoist Temple today, and I don't know if Daoist Yunsong has endured it."

Lu Chensheng listened to the sound of firecrackers and said with some schadenfreude.

Qiong Yue had already gotten up at this time, and she was a little speechless when she heard this.

"How can the husband gloat over this kind of thing."

"Daoist Yunsong is also a grandmaster-level figure, he likes to be quiet, didn't he think of it as a husband, so he snickered."

Because the other party likes to be quiet, the Taoist temples built are all halfway up the mountainside, and there are basically no people on weekdays.

But today is different, today is the Spring Festival, I am afraid that someone has already gone to the Taoist temple to incense and set off firecrackers.

Qiong Yue shook her head helplessly, and under the service of the palace maid on the side, she tidied up her clothes.

It's time to make some breakfast.

This is also the habit of Qiongyue's daughters.

In the past few days of the Spring Festival, all the meals are made by them at the same time, and there has been a cessation of fire in the imperial study in the past few days.

This is to be able to make the New Year's flavor in the palace a little stronger.

I think that when I didn't ascend the throne before, the New Year was called a lively one, and the meals at home were all prepared by them, and then the family sat down to have a reunion dinner.

Lu Chensheng will also watch from the sidelines, and he will help from time to time.

The palace ladies were amazed at the beginning, but they also got used to it later.

Knowing that this saint who has just established such a huge empire is actually very humane and extremely easy to get along with.

"After breakfast, Linyu picked up some things and went back to my mother's house to have a look."

My mother's home is also in this Star Han City, and it is much easier to go back to Linyu.

This is the New Year, Lu Chensheng thinks it would be good to let Linyu go home to visit.

When Lin Yu heard this, he immediately nodded, "Can you take Yan'er and go back to have a look?" ”

"Of course, you can let Gu Zhifang shoot a few people to follow."

Lu Chensheng nodded directly in response.

Go home and bring your son, there is nothing abnormal, my mother's home is in Xinghan City, it is still necessary to go back and see.

Lin Yu was happy in his heart, and happily prepared breakfast on the side.

"Listening to the sound of firecrackers, the population in Xinghan City this year is a lot more than before."

The sound of firecrackers last year was also extremely loud, but compared with this time, the range and density are much less.

From the sound of firecrackers, Lu Chensheng can basically tell that the population living there has increased a lot.

However, this is also a normal place where the capital of the country is located, and the economy, culture, and population will naturally be concentrated in this direction, which is a normal thing.

"I heard that there are already 700,000 people in the city, and I am afraid that by next year it will reach one million."

Qiong Yue knew a little about this matter, and responded directly.

"700,000?"

Lu Chensheng didn't ask, and he was shocked when he heard this.

It was originally a poor and white place, but with the construction, it will actually reach a million people.

Although there is still a gap with the population of tens of millions in later generations, this million is already good.

I believe that as long as it is in the next few years, it is still possible to reach 10 million.

However, the population will continue to grow, and I am afraid that by then all the houses will start to be built and expand outward.

At present, there is still a very large open space in Xinghan City, and there is no need to worry about this place of residence.

"You, a saint, don't you care about how many people are in this Star Seoul City?"

Qiong Yue saw her husband's somewhat stunned appearance, and immediately replied.

"As a husband, I just care about how many people in the country are, where can I care about everything."

Lu Chensheng shook his head and said.

As far as the population counted last year is concerned, the total population of the entire Xinghan Empire is currently as high as 70 million, and there are not yet hundreds of millions.

But in the next few years, there should be a big bang in the population.

This is because when the age of the soul has arrived, the people have been restricted from marrying early.

I'm afraid that many parents are already anxious, feeling that their son got married too late and has no children or anything.

Once you get married, how can you not rush to have children quickly?

And now the risk of having a child has decreased a lot, and then it is a lot richer, at least it is enough to eat.

In this way, the child will not be a complete burden either.

It is estimated that in two or three years, there is still a great chance that the population will exceed 100 million.

The population should rise quickly, but now the population is still too small.

Thinking of this, Lu Chensheng shook his head secretly.

"Why did the husband shake his head?"

Qiong Yue asked while busy cooking.

The place to cook is not in the imperial dining room, but a small stove, outside the palace in the harem.

The palace maids on the side were waiting, and there was no shortage of anything.

"Now there are more than 70 million people in the Xinghan Empire, which is still too few."

"What do you want to do with so many people, my husband has always thought that teaching can be promoted throughout the country or for free, and as soon as the population increases, there will be more students, and the cost of teaching will not be paid by the imperial court at that time?

In this way, the cost is more, and the other is the medical center.

The husband also thought that when the people saw a doctor, the cost would be reduced, and after the reduction, the court would pay for it, so that the court would spend more when the population increased.

Now that the imperial court cannot afford to pay for this, these plans have been delayed, and the husband feels that the population is too small. ”

Joan Yue was puzzled.

With fewer people, wouldn't these plans be easier to arrange?

How much does it cost to get more people to get these projects going?

At the moment, it is unknown, and the current momentum of Xinghan City is just helping to build schools in various places, but more of it is not done.

"This is different, it's good if there are more people, otherwise, how can the Xinghan Empire be so huge and the population is so sparse? And when the population is small, there is also a shortage of labor.

Last year, a lot of mines were discovered in various places, and there were some mines with rare ores, which needed to be mined by manpower, but many people preferred to farm and did not like to leave their hometowns, resulting in a shortage of manpower in many places.

After there are more people, although some benefits will increase the financial expenditure of the empire, the empire will definitely have so much money in the future, so there is no need to worry about it at all.

What I am worried about at the moment is that this man is a little insufficient, and when the territory is expanding, he needs some people to be able to immigrate to those places, and he needs them to build and occupy them.

At that time, it will be necessary to re-recruit soldiers, otherwise there will be a shortage of soldiers. ”

Lu Chensheng sighed and said to Qiong Yue, the disadvantages of today's population being too small.

After the territory is expanded, people always have to build and occupy it, so that the place can be completely occupied.

But if there is a shortage of manpower, there will be fewer people in your own place, so how can you allocate some people to other places?

Also, the number of soldiers, I'm afraid that next year it may have to be expanded again.

Thinking of this, Lu Chensheng naturally had a headache.

"Don't even mine these people to run out of manpower?

The wages paid for mining are still a lot, and this has never been deducted.

And if there are fewer such workers, some problems can indeed be seen.

Lu Chensheng nodded helplessly, making Qiong Yue feel that things were indeed a little wrong.

"Otherwise, when the time comes, let your subordinates go and catch some prisoners, the prisoners are still very good to use, and they don't need to be paid or anything."

Qiong Yue gave an opinion.

Isn't the husband going to fight the Grand Duchy of Kiev next year?

There are quite a few people in this country, and there are definitely enough people.

If you win the battle, you can still take some prisoners.

Using these people to build bridges, dig roads, and mine is simply not very useful.

Although some people have died in the past few years, tens of thousands of people are still being used.

These tens of thousands of people, but some ministers are fighting for it until now, and who doesn't like free labor that doesn't need money?

"The lady knows what her husband thinks!"

Lu Chensheng smiled, he originally meant this.

Some of the newly discovered mines have not yet been dug by anyone, and at present, the demand for this resource in the Xinghan Empire is very large, and it is inevitable that it will be used to take prisoners when the time comes.

In addition, after the capture of the Grand Duchy of Kiev, the other party's potash also needs some people to refine and transport.

Lu Chensheng is already thinking about these plans, and he will try to complete them as quickly as possible.

The sooner the potash arrives, the people will also be able to have an additional fertilizer, so as to increase food production.

During the chat, the three girls of Linyu had already prepared a meal and beckoned to eat together.

The two girls are wearing pink jackets today, and their small bodies are buried in the jackets, which is particularly cute.

When he was on the table to eat, he showed his big black eyes and looked around.

"Father, why is it that the poems that my daughter recites these days are all written by her father, but there are no poems written by the rest?"

Yiyi tilted her head, a little puzzled.

At her age, she has already begun to learn poetry and articles, which is naturally not a problem for them.

The more difficult thing is that they need to try to write some chapters.

Lu Chensheng was also stunned when he heard this, "I probably wrote a lot of poems for my father." ”

Yiyi listened to an oh sound, and seemed to understand.

"Is the father very good at writing poetry, and the daughter often says that the father is very good at writing poetry, what kind of powerful method is it?"

"Your father's poems have never been compared to in the world, understand?"

Lin Yu came over and tidied up Qianqian's clothes and said.

"You, too, study those poems well, and write some good chapters when the time comes, don't insult your father's name, how to say that your father compared the rest of the talents back then.

As a daughter, you have to know how to order these things somewhat. ”

Yiyi listened to this, her little nose wrinkled, and her little face directly turned bitter melon color, "But I often hear my grandmother say that the poems written by my father are so powerful, almost no one can surpass them, so how can Yiyi compare." ”

"Yes, yes, Yueyue has read some poems written by other people, but compared to her father's, the difference is too far, but let her daughter do it, and her daughter can't do it!"

Yueyue listened on the side, and nodded again and again.

When they thought that their mothers' rhetoric was the same as that of their mothers, and that they had to write some equivalent poems to say anything, so that they could not disgrace their father's name, they felt nervous and panicked.

This is where it is so easy to compare to.

"Okay, if you can't write, there's nothing, it's originally something to cultivate sentiment, where is it so used to compete and try to go, if you like it, write it, and put it aside if you don't like it."

Lu Chensheng couldn't listen to it anymore, and said directly to his daughters.

Qiong Yue was helpless, "Husband, she will also be a princess from now on, and her husband is so spoiled, how can it work?" ”

"Yes, they are born with different identities, and this talent is still needed."

Bai Yi also nodded in agreement and said.

"Sitting in this position for my husband is not trying to make my daughters a burden, not to mention, it is in this position, how about my daughters, how dare they make irresponsible remarks?

Whatever the daughters like, let them go, life is short, why restrain them like this, isn't it good for them to be happy. ”

Lu Chensheng shook her head, she didn't want her daughters to have too hard a life and then be restrained.

To learn etiquette and the like, this is what they need as princesses, but for the rest, Lu Chensheng seems to be open.

Anyway, there is no need to inherit this empire, where does it need to be so hard.

It's Lu Canning, when he grows up, he will naturally need to learn more as a prince, and Lu Chensheng won't relax anything at that time.

Hearing what Lu Chensheng said, Qiong Yue and Bai Yi thought about it and nodded.

In many things, they still tend to obey Lu Chensheng's wishes.