On January 1, 1948, the Gregorian New Year of the Empire, a grand wedding of the century was held in the largest imperial square in Hanjing.

In the early stages of planning, the Imperial Plaza was the first in the world, far more than any other international square. It is located in the new town of Hanking, which has always been the place where the empire held grand ceremonies.

With the end of the war, the war-torn peoples of the former countries can come to the empire at their own expense, and those who don't have the money can apply to join the empire's local tours, as long as you can list a reason that can be approved by the officials in charge of the project in the various ethnic affairs committees, even if you have admiration for a certain part of the empire itself, you can join.

In Pingyue, tourists from all continents and oceans of the empire crowded the place with a sea of people, and here, they truly experienced what it was like to live in the local area of the Celestial Empire.

The endless flow of streets, the bustling traffic, the well-dressed men, the fashionably dressed women, the ruddy-faced children and the elderly, there is no war here, only prosperity here.

Often, these citizens with other citizenship cards who come to the country for tourism see more heavy trucks on a highway than small and medium-sized trucks in their city, and those huge cargo boxes speak of economic prosperity.

Early in the morning, native citizens from all over the country, as well as other citizens from other regions, had already completed the registration and verification work in one day yesterday, a huge investment of manpower, only the empire could carry out a grand era of this scale, and in a short time.

At this time, nearly 1.5 million native citizens and tens of thousands of other citizens had already occupied most of the great square in the entire Imperial Square.

In the center of the square is the tall Monument to the Heroes of the Empire, with the conference area on the west side, the memorials, museums, and the huge Imperial Library on the east side.

In order to ensure that this prosperous era was foolproof, the emperor [***] team drove directly into the square in a rare way, dividing the citizens participating in the celebration into countless small districts, and the murderous tanks and armor were warning anyone who dared to cause trouble. Of course, Zhang Shusheng is very convinced that no one will make trouble at such a moment, just as another regime in history often organizes such a super-large square event.

The location of the castle tower on the left side of the square has been temporarily erected and expanded into a high platform, which is very imposing, and the wedding will be held above.

"Hooray, hooray—"

Amid the cheers, Sun Changqing, vice chairman of the Supreme Power Council of the Empire, and Chiang Kai-shek, the second celebrant, dressed in the wedding celebrants' wedding dresses, walked up to the small square that had been built.

The small square is about 30 meters high from the ground, just enough for the millions of people below to see clearly, not only that, but many state-of-the-art large screens are also placed on the square for live broadcast, so that everyone can clearly see the wedding venue.

Of course, those who could not come to the scene sat in front of the TV and the radio, waiting for the grand occasion to begin.

Even some of the newly added regions of the empire, such as the Canadian region and the Soviet region, although these regions were divided into provinces, their names have not changed, and they will be defined as the Canadian regions that historically belonged to the Canadian community and the Soviet Soviet regions in the broad sense.

In these areas, the conditions are not as good as those of the mainland, and everything is in ruins, but the empire still has many television sets placed in the city center, squares, and even in front of the political axe building, and many television sets are placed on the streets, which broadcast the grand occasion simultaneously.

Even if some people don't see the TV for the first time, and maybe even have it at home, they are still shocked when they see the pomp and circumstance of the scene, the crowd and the solemn celebration atmosphere.

"Fellow Empire, I am honored to be here today to preside over a wedding that will surely go down in history. Thousands of dollars are easy to come by, and good couples are hard to find, and this imperial wedding will surely be blessed by all the citizens of the empire......"

Sun Changqing's speech was not long, but the words came from the bottom of his heart, he didn't use the speech, and he didn't even hit the draft, he knew that as long as he stood up and started to officiate for Zhang Shusheng's wedding, he would definitely be full of emotion.

Isn't getting married to his godson a happy event for the Sun family, and Zhang Shusheng has always regarded Sun Changqing as the only elder relative, and he is in the same position as a family.

After all, Sun Changqing didn't know that Zhang Shusheng was from later generations, so he naturally didn't know that his status in Zhang Shusheng's mind was similar to that of his father.

Not long after, Sun Changqing announced the start of the wedding.

The senior military and political dignitaries of the empire, the Fu family, the He family, and the Lu family all ascended the podium on the small square.

The 188 salutes began firing non-stop, and they will be responsible for firing 9,999 salutes, with an average of nearly 40 shots per gun.

Amid the rumbling of cannons, the ceremony officially began.

With Sun Changqing's calm and confident announcement, the Imperial Flag Guards escorted the Golden Dragon Banner out of the city tower and led to the flag-raising platform.

"Raise the national flag and play the national anthem!"

The thousand-member national band played the national anthem, and with a wave of the national anthem flag guard, the dazzling golden dragon flag slowly rose, and under the light of the morning sun, like a living dragon, slowly rose to the top of the flagpole.

At the same time, the millions of people present sang the official national anthem.

"The Chinese nation has arrived, and the most dangerous time ......"

Someone once wrote in a newspaper that the situation in the empire is now very good, whether the national anthem can be changed, Zhang Shusheng did not accept it, but instructed the imperial propaganda department to publish an article, pointing out that the Chinese nation must always be based on a sense of crisis, and must face up to the dangers that may come from this planet and even the future starry sky.

As a result, no one proposed to change the national anthem.

After the national anthem was played and the national flag was raised, the parade troops had already been prepared, just waiting for a couple of newcomers to enter.

Everyone looked up at the small square high in front of them, and almost everyone thought that the chairman and his wife would come out of it.

However, not long after, only Zhang Shusheng was dressed in a bright red groom robe and walked onto the stage in the small square.

"Fellow Citizens and Distinguished Guests,

Today is my Zhang Shusheng's great joy, the teacher mobilized everyone to witness this great moment, in public and private, here, I am grateful to everyone. ”

Zhang Shusheng paused slightly, and continued, "Just now, when I came, someone told me that there were European reporters discussing how much of the empire's budget would be spent on this wedding. Hehe, I can tell you very responsibly that this wedding did not cost a penny of the empire's budget, and even the cost of the military parade will be paid by the personal assets of my Zhang Shusheng in the Shusheng Group.

Of course, if anyone thinks that I have invited more than a million of my compatriots to witness the wedding is putting on the imperial shelf, I have nothing to say, but a little later I will have a series of gifts for you, to all the compatriots of the Empire. ”

Today is an extremely festive day, Zhang Shusheng deliberately keeps himself appropriately humorous, which will not be the best part, but also makes people feel cordial, and the most important thing is that he wants to give Fu Huiyu the three of them the most perfect wedding.

Yes, it's three.

His half-joking remarks made the small 2 million people present admire, and the chairman of the committee has always been very clear about the distinction between public and private.

Shusheng Company's corporate motto is to be the greatest company, and it has always developed in parallel with the empire, and even repeatedly supported the development of the empire.

Although some monopoly industries were first entered by Shusheng Company, the price paid was much more than that of ordinary companies, so to speak, to a certain extent, Shusheng Company and the empire were win-win.

Moreover, Zhang Shusheng is still studying that at the appropriate time, the empire's military budget will be sponsored by Shusheng Company for a certain proportion. This proportion will not be particularly large for the time being, but once it enters the next stage of civilization and after interstellar trade begins to rise, it will be a stage of explosive accumulation of wealth, and Shusheng Company will also become even richer.

In the long-term planning, in addition to most of the snowballing wealth earned by Shusheng Company, which generally belongs to Zhang Shusheng, part of it will also be invested in the society and the army, and this small part of the money will mean a huge wealth for the empire.

Refer to other civilizations, some giant interstellar trading companies, and earn profits even from several, or dozens of galactic civilizations.

For example, if a warship of a medium-level civilization is sold to a low-level civilization by a certain company and exchanged the warship for ores or rare materials, it is to get rich, which means dozens or even hundreds of times the profit.

The original intention of the formation of Shusheng Company is to continue to develop, and in the future, it will also move towards the road of interstellar trade, parallel to the expansion of the empire, and the expansion of commerce.

"The empire is strong, and some people are satisfied, but we can't limit ourselves to the past. The scientists of the empire have long confirmed the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, that is, in the future, the eyes of our empire will be set on the stars.

My fellow citizens, have you ever longed for the stars?

My compatriots, have you ever longed for Chang'e, who can go to the moon?

My fellow citizens, have you ever longed for the wonders of the heavens?

Maybe people think it's a long way off, that we're not there yet. But in reality, mass-produced civilian technology and our empire's vast reserve of technology do not mean the same thing.

Because we have too many excellent scientists, they have developed too many high-tech technologies, including biotechnology and genetics, which will be applied to the people in the near future, so that everyone can enjoy the benefits brought by these high-tech.

Just as ten years ago you may not have had a television, three years ago you may not have had a personal computer, a year ago you may not have played a computer game, and today you may not have witnessed the most advanced scientific and technological power of the Empire, but these are not the most important things.

I, Zhang Shusheng, standing in front of everyone, is the biggest proof.

The empire has long announced the great success of genetic technology and life science and technology, and I, Zhang Shusheng, am the best proof of this.

According to the traditional concept, I should be an old man who is almost 50 years old today, but I am not inconsistent at all in terms of my mind, physiology, and body, as a young man in my twenties.

Why?

Studying and thinking, studying and planning the future of this nation makes my mind full of vitality and youth.

Genetic technology and life technology have allowed me to live as long as possible, not as others imagine, the chairman of the committee can only lead you for decades, no, I will lead you on the road of civilization for a longer time.

It's not that I'm in love with the stack, but I'm afraid that the momentum of this civilization's rapid development will be destroyed, I'm afraid that this civilization will be submerged in the starry sky of the future, and I'm afraid that this civilization will encounter a civilization extinction that is 10,000 times more cruel than the invasion within the planet in the next few decades or hundreds of years.

What is Civilizational Extinction? According to research, there are too many violent civilizations in the starry sky, they like to take your home, take your planet, take you into slavery, and then sell you tens of thousands of light years away, so that you will not be able to return to your homeland when you die of old age...... So, I had to work hard to get me to let go of these things, to return to the ordinary, and then watch this nation being ravaged by invaders in the starry sky, I couldn't do it.

Therefore, I can proudly announce that after the rapid passage of the computer information age, we will usher in the next era, that is, the new energy era.

Compared with the old energy era, the new energy era will afford to be the foundation for our civilization to explore the starry sky and complete the technological and industrial revolution.

Energy will be the most important part.

In the new energy era that will come next, no one will stipulate that people can only live to 100 years old, and gene technology and life technology will change all that.

In the not-too-distant future, the citizens of the empire will be modified by genetic technology in batches to be injected with life potions. We will dramatically increase the life expectancy of our citizens, this is not a dream, it will be a reality.

Just as twenty years ago, when we didn't promote the Yanhuang martial arts, everyone didn't believe that cultivating martial arts could bring superhuman strength and prolongation of life, and get rid of diseases, but it turned out that the Yanhuang martial arts were very successful, and our next generation is far from being comparable to you thirty or fifty years ago, and they will be the future of the empire.

The promotion of martial arts has made our people physically strong, good at fighting, and their personal strength has been greatly enhanced, even the extension of life span, and even the flight, which does not rely on any external technology at all, this is the truth, this is not a movie, other interstellar civilizations also have such strong people, even much stronger. ”

Zhang Shusheng announced a lot of heavy news in one breath, which he also prepared in advance, and the people in the square below had long forgotten to cheer, and they were all stunned by the series of heavy news of the chairman.

He continued: "The gradual popularization of computer technology will bring about an electronic information revolution for everyone, and it will be an era of ultra-high-speed development, and it will develop with a crazy coefficient of gradual change in half a year. Because we are able to do the overall planning and global arrangement, we start preparing decades in advance.

Because we have a vast territory to coordinate resources, we have enough scientists and skilled workers to produce, and we have enough technical reserves, so we don't need to pay too high a cost, but do it in one step. We expect that within five years, the majority of willing families will be able to afford computers, use computers, know how to use computers, and have access to the Internet.

We have been preparing for ten years, so that everyone can enter the computer age as quickly as possible, and even pass through this era quickly, instead of a little bit of research, a little bit of production, and a little bit of cost control.

In addition, everyone will experience the benefits of new technologies such as new information and communication technology, new transportation technology, new biotechnology, new popularization of martial arts, and new basic scientific research. ”

Then, Zhang Shusheng threw out the last blockbuster good news of the finale:

"In terms of exploring space civilization, our satellites have long been launched, and our spacecraft technology is very mature. And, as the leader of civilization, and not just your chairman, I can tell you very responsibly that we have captured the exact presence of aliens, their location, and even their occasional signals.

Now in the sky above everyone's heads, there are dozens of satellites of the empire, just as our missiles have long exceeded the range of 10,000 kilometers, we can easily launch satellites into space. ”

As his words sounded, the huge screen in the small square of the city tower flashed, and the picture switched to space, a huge communication satellite was revolving around a water-blue planet, and the prompt text displayed on the screen indicated that it was the earth.

As if to convince everyone, the picture slowly zooms in, the camera extends downward, and eventually, the aqua blue planet becomes clearer and clearer, and finally the city streets and pedestrians are seen.

This is easy to understand for the masses of the empire, who have grown up in a good educational and scientific social environment, who do not understand and have heard of this.

Zhang Shusheng continued: "Similar to satellite technology, we will use more advanced technology, more advanced energy and power, more advanced material technology, more advanced communication technology, weapon technology, defense technology, etc., so that our space exploration can be further developed."

What you may not know is that our spacecraft has been able to break through the gravitational pull of the terrain into space.

Here, I would like to report to you the good news in advance, this year we will be carrying out the first lunar landing program to be broadcast live to the world during the Qingming Festival, when you will see with your own eyes how our great Chinese empire has taken this huge step to conquer the starry sky.

You heard it right, on April 5, 1948, that is, this year's Qingming Festival, we will carry out the first official landing on the moon, and at that time, the empire will use practical actions to prove to you that we are capable of completing the advance preparations for entering space in the next ten or twenty years.

And all this is closely related to everyone, and everyone will enjoy the great benefits brought by the expansion of civilization. ”

Originally, the Soviets and Americans were the first to launch spacecraft to explore space and the moon, but the Reich's spacecraft were different from them, and the source of technology was also different.

And Zhang Shusheng chose to announce these good news, especially the official news of space exploration, on his own big joy and national wedding, in order to let the whole world celebrate and officially open a new chapter of civilization.

(To be continued)