In the summer of 1850, China had a bumper wheat harvest, but there was no damage to farmers. The government has already started macroeconomic price control of important strategic materials a few years ago, and although this year's grain prices are much lower than in previous years, they are not outrageously low.

Because of the improvement of grain crop varieties and rational management methods, the growth of grain production in recent years has almost exploded. Sweet potatoes and potatoes, which used to be the main food of poor peasants, have begun to be reduced to non-staple foods.

Wheat in the north has stabilized as the first food for the population, while rice in the south has left other abundant crops far behind, especially fragrant rice imported from Siam, which has become a life experience for the middle class.

Since 1831, China has begun the modern industrial revolution, although it has only been less than two decades, and the total amount of industrialization in China has surpassed that of the empire on which the sun never sets. Of course, most of this needs to be attributed to the high-quality, inexpensive and comprehensive industrial equipment provided by Lin Hong's mysterious system.

However, China is still a deep-rooted agricultural country, and among the 500 million people, nearly 400 million people are engaged in the primary industry, accounting for 80 percent. Although China's great strength depends on the advanced weapons and modern materials provided by this population of only 20 percent, the huge China needs stability, and the first priority is to stabilize agriculture.

How can agriculture be stabilized? Just have a good yield!

No matter how large the population is, as long as there is enough food to eat.

Lin Hong's scalp was numb as he looked at Jinyiwei instead of the latest statistics collected by the National Bureau of Statistics, and sighed: "Is this the Chinese version of the baby boom in Victoria?" ”

In the official history, after World War II, the United States made the people feel safe and safe due to various reasons, so the fertility rate greatly increased, resulting in a large-scale birth of newborns in the forties and fifties, a phenomenon known as the baby boom.

Lin Hong feels that the current China is simply a copy of the United States after World War II, with an irrepressible large-scale population birth. Thinking about the family planning of later generations, the current fertility is simply terrifying, yes terrifying.

Although penicillin and other special drugs that can turn the tide of Western medicine still do not appear, the effect of improving medical conditions is not obvious. However, the popularization of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in public hospitals led to a rapid decline in neonatal mortality due to the improvement of medical standards after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, and the natural growth rate of China's population reached a terrible figure of 40 per 1,000 people, that is, 40 newborns per 1,000 people per year. This number is absolutely unprecedented. You know, in the official history, the natural growth rate of China's largest newborn tide is only 30 per 1,000. That's more than the baby boom in the U.S., but it quickly fell because of three years of natural disasters. By the way, China's natural growth rate is now about 4 per 1,000, while that of the United States is 14 percent. In order to maintain world peace, Lin Hong optimistically estimated that if China continues to do so, China will be able to create another billion people within 20 years, and then this vast territory will definitely be able to be utilized.

That's right, not only is there no stupid way to engage in population control, but China's fertility policy is encouraged. Although there is no reward for mothers who have given birth to four children in some countries in the 21st century as national heroes, at least the government has not set up any family planning commissions and then reached out to the super-born families to ask for money.

However, even if the policy encourages it, the lack of financial means to support the family after having a child will not lead to the birth of so many newborns now. Good state support policies and the explosion of grain production are another reason for the rapid population growth.

"Wait, what's the sex ratio here? 0.53？ Lin Hong's eyes were as big as goldfish, he had never seen such a gender ratio in China in his previous life. At that time, Lin Hong's parents could be described as 1 million male singles aged 0 to 5 born in China, and they were sad.

The queen sat in front of Lin Hong and said, "What's the big deal, isn't it just that the girls born this year are more than the boys?" ”

Lin Hong was surprised: "This is China, alas, Confucian society, and it is still a country with male power, is it a coincidence that there are more women than men on such a large scale?" ”

Liu Xiaoyu laughed and said, "What do you know, this idea is that girls are easy to support." School and women's grooming and virtue are all managed by the school, and the family has to pay for a bowl of rice at most, and there is almost no need to spend any upbringing. The state and the education system are in charge! And raise to the age of 18, you can get married, now the society does not have to pay much to marry a daughter, the dowry of the man has to be enough, so it is calculated that raising a daughter does not bother to make money, why not? Anyway, it's enough for boys to give birth to two or three, and girls to give birth openly. ”

Lin Hong thought about it and agreed, nodded and said, "This matter is estimated to have to be adjusted slowly, this data is unacceptable." Something has to be done. ”

These days, Lin Hong is holding back his bad feelings, and the cabinet has issued a "Bankruptcy Protection Immigration Measures". After the family goes bankrupt and has difficulty making ends meet, it can report to the government, and the government will help the bankrupt family after reviewing the accounting situation. After insolvency, there is no unlimited liability for arrears, and bankruptcy protection can be obtained, but after protection, it cannot continue to stay in China. The state will force protected families to migrate to the South Seas or the American continent in accordance with the national executive order, and it is not recommended to go to Africa at present, although large-scale mosquito control operations can basically ensure the survival of migrants, but the environment in East Africa is still too bad.

This approach is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it restricts those rich people in China who have recently lent usury, engaged in financial credit, and blindly invested. Because the other party will not pursue long-term and unlimited liability after being unable to repay, once the other party has no ability to repay and is certified by the government, then he will obtain bankruptcy protection, although he will be sent to the colony by the government, but the loans issued by the loan sharks and the large sums of money invested by blind investors cannot be recovered, at least the official legal way is not to recover. Then, investors and lenders must strictly review the other party's repayment ability and project profitability, otherwise if the other party runs to the colony with a pat on the ass, there is really no place to cry.

So this temporary regulation is also a good way to curb the overheating of China's economy and the fact that there is too much money to live. More people honestly deposit their money in big state-owned banks, let the state dispose of the use of the money, and eat the meagre interest themselves.

On the other hand, it is an effective and useful complement to the existing colonial development law. Although the state is encouraging childbearing, it is really not easy for an ordinary family to have too many children. Moreover, the love plot of most Chinese is too heavy, and the number of immigrants simply cannot meet the rapid development of the current colony. However, after the implementation of the new measures, many bankrupt people have been sent by the government to cross the sea and ocean. Moreover, the new approach does not send away only one person, but all family members in the household register of the bankrupt family. If a family is bankrupt, the husband, wife and children of the bankrupt family must leave the country and must not return to the country for 15 years. Although this will cause some negative emotions for many people, from another point of view, it is also a protection for these bankrupt families.

Lin Hong believes that after fifteen years of hard work, many families must have a stable wealth in the New World under the support of the colonial government's priority policies, and whether they are willing to return to their homeland when the time comes is another matter