Within a few hours after the press conference, Xiao Zhenlei's announcement at the press conference spread all over the world by telegram, and many people noticed that China at this time had ranked first in the world in terms of land area and total population.

With the world's largest land area, the world's largest population, and the fact that it is not inferior to other countries, and even many of its scientific and technological levels far exceed those of other countries, China is no longer a backward country in the past.

The largest land area means that it has a vast strategic depth, and even if the enemy country invades, the Chinese authorities can choose to retreat strategically if they are defeated for a while, lengthen the enemy's supply line, and cause the enemy's logistical supply suffering, exchanging space for time.

The largest population means that China has a large number of soldiers, a huge consumer market, and as long as its economic level is not inferior to that of other countries, then its GDP will far exceed that of other countries.

The most advanced science and technology can provide the country with a steady stream of production power, science and technology is productivity, this sentence is not just talk, advanced science and technology can produce more agricultural products and industrial products, can manufacture more and more advanced weapons and equipment and war materials, can build more powerful warships and warplanes, and equip a more powerful army.

Taken together, some analysts have anticipated the rapid rise of an emerging superpower, and that governments now have nothing to do but watch it rise.

In addition to China, people of insight from various countries have also noticed that the United States, a North American country that had not attracted much attention before, is also quietly developing at this time. In the past few years of war, the United States has made enough money from the sale of weapons, ammunition, and strategic materials to catch up with and surpass Britain, France, Germany, and other European powers.

The rise of China and the United States means that these two countries will rob other countries of their survival resources. That's for sure, and it also means that the world order will be reshuffled. The rise of the emerging powers will inevitably be accompanied by the decline of the old empires, which is a historical inevitability, and this development trend is inevitable, although Britain and France and other European powers have long been aware of this problem and are trying to reverse the situation that is not in their favor, but how pale this effort seems to be under the wheel of history.

After the news that China has added nine more provinces and that its land area has ranked first in the world has spread throughout the country, people everywhere have rejoiced, and there is nothing more inspiring than this kind of news, which makes people live and produce with peace of mind. Even the storytellers in the teahouse were singing the praises of merit, and half a month later, there were very few people in the country who did not know the news, and the national self-confidence of the people everywhere had risen to an unprecedented height.

Now on the streets, people walk with their heads held high and stride forward, and everywhere is full of life, and this kind of life can be seen in people's expressions. The old people all know that the look on people's faces now is absolutely invisible in the Manchu Dynasty and Yuan Shikai period, and the faces of the people in that period are blank. The eyes are all out of agility, which is the exact opposite of the current situation.

After lunch, Xiao Zhenlei returned to his home in the suburbs from the presidential palace in a car. The family stays at their home in the suburbs on weekends and at the presidential palace on weekdays.

On the street out of the city, Xiao Zhenlei, who was sitting in the car, saw many students in black school uniforms holding small national flags and shouting slogans along the street. These slogans are all patriotic slogans, all positive propaganda slogans, and some of them are organized by schools. Some are self-organized by students.

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but sigh a little: "It's good to be young!" ”

Xiao Gao, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, turned his head and said, "President, you are not old." According to your age, you are not much older than them, and if you stand among them, others will think that you are one of them! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled and shook his head! In the past few years, he has too many things to worry about, and sometimes he feels very tired and tired, and needs to rest, but he knows that he can't rest now, and now is not the time to rest, the country is a period of great development, and many things need to be checked by him personally, otherwise it is easy to go on a fork in the road.

After taking a nap, Xiao Zhenlei played with his two sons for a while, and then the two ladies came over and took them to other people's houses, leaving Xiao Zhenlei alone at home.

Xiao Zhenlei strolled along the tree-lined path behind the house with a cup of herbal tea, Chen Bui, the deputy director of the attendant room, followed behind him, and several security personnel followed from a distance.

Xiao Zhenlei walked and asked, "Yan Ji, how is the public opinion in the outside world these days?" ”

Chen Bui said respectfully: "President, these days the people of the whole country are very excited, people everywhere have spontaneously held a variety of celebrations and interactions, some dragon and lion dances, some invited the troupe to sing for several days in a row, some set off fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate, many rich people also put a few days of flowing water seats for others to use, some reporters interviewed those rich people who set up flowing water seats, asked them why they put up flowing water seats, and their families did not do happy events, those rich people said that the country has opened up its territory, this is the day of great joy for the people of the whole country, this is the arrival of the prosperous eraWhen the country is strong, they can do business with more peace of mind and make more money. They say they're just happy! ”

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "Yes, whether the common people are rich or ordinary civilians, they are nothing more than trying to be happy, the responsibility of our people is to make them happy, they are happy, our work is done, if they are not happy, it means that we are incompetent!"

Sometimes, public opinion also needs us to carry out correct guidance, to make good things better after the guidance of public opinion, to control the unfavorable public opinion after the guidance to continue to deteriorate, to prevent the situation from continuing to deteriorate and cause adverse effects on society! ”

Chen Bui hurriedly nodded yes: "What the president said is very true!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei glanced at Chen Bui and shook his head secretly, his prestige is growing, and many people below dare not speak, which is also the sadness of being a strong president, but this is also unavoidable, and at this time, Huaguo cannot do without a strong president to unify the strength of the whole country, so that the strength of the whole country can be used in one place, only in this way can China achieve great development and growth in today's international environment surrounded by strong enemies, and at this time, there is no strong strongman who can not control the scene at all, Therefore, he can only continue to be a strong figure, and then slowly improve various systems and laws, and wait until the conditions and time are ripe to let the country gradually enter the era of rule of law.

Anyone has selfish intentions, Xiao Zhenlei is no exception, he sometimes thinks about whether to wait for his son to take over after his death, but he thinks about it for a long time or otherwise this idea, this kind of thing is absolutely undesirable in the alternation of state power, think about the future generations of North Korea, worried that their power will fall and dare not let the country open, and worry that after opening the country, it will be corrupted and divided by foreign forces, which can only make the country poor, North Korea is a good example. Today's good situation, he doesn't want it to lose in the hands of his children and grandchildren, if his children and grandchildren have the ability and ability, they should be able to do a career by virtue of a starting point that is much higher than others, if there is no support from him, they can take over the country by themselves, that is they have the ability, but if they don't succeed, no matter how much he supports, it will only become another Adou who can't be supported.

However, for Xiao Zhenlei, now is not the time to consider the issue of heirs, at least he will not consider it in the past thirty years. Now it is time to consider how to take the country's economy to the next level after the end of the war, and to prevent or minimize the economic shock caused by the end of the war.

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while, but he was very vague, but he couldn't think clearly for a while, so he simply didn't want to, he asked: "Yan Ji, tell me about the situation in the past two days!" ”

Chen Bui hurriedly said: "Okay! At present, the situation on the Western Front is like this: the German army has deployed a large number of troops in the northern, northwestern, and central regions of France, and the German army's defensive line in the northwest direction has not been moved on the line from the mouth of the Seine River to Le Mans, and the British, French, and American armies have not been able to break the situation in the above areas for a while, while the German army has relatively few troops deployed in the southwest and south of France, and its defensive strength is relatively weak. Therefore, the British, French, and American troops launched an offensive from the southwest. The morning before yesterday, the French army used 300,000 troops to land on the coastline near Bordeaux, and the German army was taken by surprise. At present, the French army has approached Bordeaux, and according to the information obtained by our intelligence department, the German army has only one regiment of troops in Bordeaux, and it will definitely not be able to hold Bordeaux. The pace of our troops' attacks has slowed down considerably, but there are still small units of troops in the various units that have exchanged fire with the Austrians."

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, and then asked, "Is there any movement on the side of the Kuomintang and the Constitutional?" ”

Chen Bui said: "I heard that Li Yuanhong and Sun Wen are currently touring various places, and the response from various places is not bad, I really don't understand, is it useful for them to do this?" Doing a national speaking tour didn't help them in the slightest."

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and said: "It will not play a big role in this election, but it will be of great benefit to the next election of local councilors, and indirectly it will also be of great help to the next election of parliamentarians." (To be continued......)