The reason why Jeffrey dared to propose "encouraging childbirth" was not only to earn performance to keep his position as prime minister, but also to have confidence in the national strength of the North Sea State.

The upbringing of the population is nothing more than food, clothing, shelter and transportation. It's hard to say about clothes, but food, Beihai Country is not lacking. At the very least, Jeffrey, as Prime Minister, knew that Marin had so much food that it was used for large-scale winemaking. Even, there is so much wine that it can't be sold. As long as Marin is willing to give up food, it is easy and happy for those women to have a few more children......

As for living and traveling, no problem. For serfs, there was nothing "okay". Because, if they want to leave the estate, they must get permission from the serf owner, and there is not so much freedom at all. While living for other countries may be difficult. But for Beihai Kingdom, it's too simple. It's a big deal, build a few more adobe houses. Dirt and thatch are everywhere, and it doesn't cost anything to repair a house. This kind of house, which was disliked by the Chinese people at the end of the 20th century and regarded as a symbol of poverty and backwardness, is actually an artifact in the eyes of the ancients......

The adobe house is stronger and stronger than the thatched houses of the poor in ancient times, and is less susceptible to wind and rain. Moreover, because high-value building materials such as masonry and timber are used sparingly, the construction cost of adobe houses is low. As long as there is enough labor and craftsmen who can build, they can build as much as they want, as long as they don't take up space. Moreover, the adobe house is very comfortable to live in.

Its only drawback is probably that it looks shabby. In addition, adobe houses could not be built too large. After all, adobe structures can't support buildings that are too tall.

But for the ancient serfs, these shortcomings were not shortcomings at all. Many of the ancient serfs lived in broken thatched huts that leaked wind and rain, and they could live in thick adobe houses that sheltered from the wind and rain, which were considered high-end, so where would they dislike them? Only modern people who pursue a high quality of life will dislike adobe houses.

Food, shelter and transportation are not problems, as for clothing...... Marin seems to have recently come up with clothes made of thatch, which can keep out the cold...... In this way, food, clothing, housing and transportation do not seem to be a problem. So, what's the harm in encouraging childbearing? What's more, to spend food, it is also out of Marin's pocket, and it has nothing to do with Geoffrey, he just pays lip service......

And Jeffrey's mouth cannon just moved Marin......

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Normally, Marin is a person who is eager for quick success, always pursuing fast, flat and steady. However, population growth is not going to be too fast. If other countries are willing to send their own population, of course, they can rely on immigration to rapidly increase their population. But now in an agrarian society, population means productivity. Therefore, although they did not care about Marin's immigration behavior at the beginning (there were indeed some surplus labor in various countries), at a certain stage, the surplus labor force was gone, and Marin began to poach their non-surplus labor, and those princes began to oppose Marin's immigration policy. Because, Marin's immigrants are just robbing them of people. In an agrarian society, robbing people is robbing wealth, who is particularly willing? As a result, most of the princes began to resist Marin's immigration.

Against the backdrop of resistance to such quick measures, Marin also had to calm down and think of a sound solution. And Jeffrey's plan to encourage childbearing in China is indeed very reasonable.

Gou Jian "lying on the salary and tasting the guts", and "ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons" has increased the population Ma Lin does not know, there is no accurate record. However, how much the population of Xinhuaguo increased from the end of 49 to 80, Marin is clear.

In later generations, it was clear that there were only more than 500 million people in China when the People's Republic of China was founded, but in 80 years, that is, 30 years, it has reached 1 billion, almost doubled......

In the 30 years from 49 to 80 years, China was still very poor, and the rate of child mortality was very high. Marin's grandmother in the previous life alone gave birth to seven children, but because the medical conditions were too poor, only three survived. In that situation where the medical conditions and living conditions are very backward, the population has nearly doubled, let alone deliberately encouraged childbearing?

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In fact, the current material living conditions in Beihai are much better than those in China before the reform. Despite the fact that this was the beginning of the 16th century, the yield per acre in the North Sea Kingdom was more than 500 pounds due to the use of enough of the three major fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphate, and potash). And what about Huaxia? After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although there was also a fertilizer industry, it was small in scale and low in output. The output of chemical fertilizer is simply not enough. In most rural areas, the ancient farming method is still used, with a yield of two or three hundred catties per mu. It was not until after the reform that a large number of large-scale fertilizer production equipment was introduced, which gradually solved the problem of insufficient supply of fertilizer.

In other words, before the reform, the agricultural output in most areas of China was not comparable to that of Beihai State. Moreover, because of the large rural population, each family could only get a few acres of land, resulting in the living standards of rural China before the reform were not as good as those of Beihai in 1508. At that time, most of the people were so hungry that they were yellow and thin, and those who could grow into fat were either leaders or men......

There is still a large area of land in Beihai that has not been cultivated, and there is too much food to eat. In addition, the North Sea and Newfoundland fisheries can supply a large number of salted fish, so that there is no shortage of food in the North Sea country. Therefore, raising a few more children is simply light and stress-free.

The only thing that can't catch up with the Huaxia before the change is probably medical treatment. After all, at that time, miracle drugs such as penicillin were already popular. But for the countryside at that time, the supply of medicine was not necessarily sufficient. In his previous life, Marin had an uncle and an aunt, who died of illness because the hospital in the township did not have all the medicines.

In this way, Marin's Beihai Kingdom and the rural areas of China before the reform (not counting in the city, before the reform, the city and the countryside are two worlds, mainly in terms of medical conditions. Because, the drug is preferred to supply the city. Compared with that, there are still advantages......

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With that up to his mind, Marin and Jeffrey drafted a document to encourage childbearing. Moreover, following the Soviet method, Marin also proposed the concept of "heroic mother" - any woman who has more than four children (not including four) can receive the title of "heroic mother".

"Heroic Mother" is not a useless honorary title, and women who are awarded the title will not only receive a bronze medal (Marin is stingy and refuses to use gold and silver), but also have preferential treatment in life. For example, in the serfdom estate, the "heroic mother" could not work in the fields during the period of child-rearing (in feudal times, women had to work in the fields even if they gave birth to children, after the recovery period), and they were specially housed with children, but they were able to distribute more abundant food than the young and strong laborers. Moreover, the "Hero Mother" is rewarded with beautiful clothes issued by the official every year......

If it is under the system of dividing the land, you don't let her work in the field, and for the sake of family life, the woman will also rush to work in the field. However, in the era of serf estates, the serfs were actually similar to the peasants of the large collectives, and they were all assigned by the above. The difference is that the serfs are distributed by the serf owners, and the large collectives are distributed by the leaders......

It's rare that the serf owner is kind, not allowed to work in the field, and the treatment is better, a woman will be tempted......

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Of course, in order to prevent the danger of women giving birth (in ancient times, it was a very dangerous thing for women to give birth, the main thing was that medicine was too backward at that time and there was also a shortage of medical personnel), Marin decided to establish a maternity hospital in every small town and recruit local women for medical training, specifically to deliver babies to women in nearby villages. All the costs of having a child are paid by the authorities.

In order to have enough wards to accommodate the mothers, Marin decided to build large-scale adobe housing complexes and to transform the hospital wards into a small village model, using the most cost-effective method. Anyway, this year, land is the least valuable. The adobe house also costs nothing, and it is not too expensive to trim a few more adobe houses as wards.

Then, Marin will gather all the women who have experience in delivering and caring for mothers in the vicinity of the maternity hospital to the hospital to be responsible for delivering and caring for mothers and babies. And these midwife-like women will become full-time maternity hospital staff in the future, and they will be paid well......

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As for the full-time doctors in maternity hospitals? This Marlin really can't help it. Because, he doesn't have any relevant talents in his hands. Although it is said that Marin has in his hands two highly skilled Mongolian doctors, Mozhigen and Battell. However, Mongolian doctors are good at bruises, orthopedics and veterinarians, but they are really not good at gynecology.

Therefore, Marin plans to send people to China and the Arab region to find full-time gynecologists, invite them back to Beihai with high salaries, and then teach a group of full-time gynecologists to come out. However, this process can take years. Before full-time gynecologists take up their posts, maternity hospitals can only use some midwives to support them......

It just so happened that Marin was about to intersect with the Ming Empire in China. Ma Lin plans to get some skilled doctors from the Ming Empire at any cost, or even the imperial doctor, back. For doctors who are proficient in gynecology and pediatrics, it is even more important to take it. At that time, the maternity hospital will not only be responsible for delivering women and ensuring the safety of mothers, but will also increase the number of pediatric subjects to treat children and prevent them from dying young. As long as children don't die easily (the rate of children dying in ancient times was very high, and it was even higher in areas like Europe where medical scum was scum, and it was common for the king's family to die), doubling the population or something, it was easy......