Chapter 59, 22nd Century
On December 30, 2099, the time is calculated according to the time of China on this side of the earth, and the Yanhuang Square in the middle of Chang'an City, the capital of the empire, has already been crowded with millions of people gathered in the most sacred and solemn place of the empire to welcome the arrival of the new century.
Li Fu and Wang Yun's figures are also among them, like countless young couples, at this time, Wang Yun snuggled in Li Fu's arms, looked at the center of the square, and listened to the countless people around him shouting the countdown together.
“5!”
“3!”
“1!”
With the end of the countdown, the fireworks that had been prepared for a long time instantly burst into the dark night sky, and the new century has arrived, and countless people continue to cheer and shout.
"We're all over 100 years old in the blink of an eye, old man."
Wang Yun gently gave Li Fu a kiss, Li Fu has always been very busy, and rarely has time to accompany him alone, but this time, I don't know what medicine Li Fu took, so he pulled Wang Yun and the two of them out alone, and came to Yanhuang Square to celebrate the arrival of the new century with millions of people.
You must know that the two are now full of children and grandchildren, and they gave birth to 8 children at the beginning, and in the past 100 years, they have spread out, and now the old Li family is also prosperous.
Although they said that they were old men, Li Fu and Wang Yun looked no different from when they were in Yanhuang University in Huaxia, they were still very young, just like countless young couples around them, so that no one around them noticed that the emperor of the empire was actually with him.
"Let's go, let's go back, old woman, the children are probably in a hurry."
Li Fu also said with a smile on his face, the empire is open to Yuan Force cultivation, even if there is no achievement in cultivation, but it can also prolong life, once the cultivation is successful, youth is not a myth, so in the empire, a person who looks young is likely to be an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years.
Back in the Imperial Palace, the entire Imperial Palace was very lively at this time, and the members of the Imperial Imperial Family, who were usually subdivided in various galaxies and planets of the Empire, had all returned to the Imperial Palace at this time, and they must go home for the New Year, which is the rule that Li Fu has always emphasized, except for special circumstances, such as Li Wandu, who is on a national mission, and when he is on a foreign campaign, he must go home for a gathering during the New Year.
Li Fu's father and mother were already full of gray hair at this time, and even their teeth had fallen out, although they had always had the cultivation power, but they were already very old when they cultivated, and the effect was weak, and they could only pray for the effect of prolonging life, coupled with reasonable conditioning, they also lived to the present, but it was almost time to run out of oil and dry up.
At this time, the two old people, with the support of their grandsons Li Wanzhou and Li Wansheng, looked at the lively and lively children with a smile, and they were constantly playing and laughing, and they could live to see everything now, which can be said to have no regrets in this life.
"Mom, Dad."
Li Fu's younger brother Li Xing's family has also come over, and it is also a very large family, a group of little children instantly became one, and the entire palace was filled with the sound of them playing and playing, completely without the majesty of the past.
At this point, Li Fu also acquiesced, in the past it was the imperial palace, but on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, this is home, and since it is home, it should be played with the children themselves.
"It's almost time for a reunion dinner, where did your brother and sister-in-law go?"
Li Fu's father looked at the time and asked Li Xing.
"Grandpa, Mom and Dad went to Yanhuang Square to welcome the arrival of the New Year."
Li Wanzhou said helplessly with a smile.
Although the time is that time, but at this time on the Yan Yellow Star is just the time to have dinner, which is different every year during the New Year, some Chinese New Year's Eve is in the daytime, sometimes in winter, sometimes in summer, the rotation and autobiography of Yan Yellow Star and the earth are different, so there will be such a situation, this year is a better one, it is at night.
"Call them back, really, the family is waiting for the two of them, do you still want to put the emperor on the shelf when you go home?"
Li Fu's father said angrily.
"I'm back."
At this moment, Li Fu took Wang Yun's hand and walked in, and immediately more than a dozen little children rushed up, opened their little eyes one by one, and stretched out their hands.
"Hug! Hug! ”
Where can Li Fu and Wang Yun hug it, they can only touch it this way, kiss it, they are all sweethearts.
Soon, with Li Fu and Wang Yun coming back, the reunion dinner officially began to be put on the table, there were too many people in the family, dozens of tables were placed, and the reunion dinner was also made by his own family according to the rules, it used to be Wang Yun, and then Li Wanzhou, Li Wansheng, the daughters-in-law of the third generation, will be the daughters-in-law of the grandchildren in the future, so it will be passed down from generation to generation.
The palace of the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve is destined to spend the same time in laughter and laughter as countless families in the empire!
The next morning, Li Fu woke up from the quilt early, looking at the beautiful woman around him, Li Fu's movements to get up became lighter, for fear of disturbing Wang Yun's sweet dream.
Coming to his office, Li Fu gently opened the territory of the empire and looked at it carefully.
It has been nearly 20 years since it was decided to stop the expansion of the empire and consolidate the existing territory first, and in the past 20 years, the territory of the empire has not changed at all, and there has been no external expansion, even if it is a galaxy, it is still the original more than 30 galaxies.
However, with the large-scale promotion of space-time ocean current sails, the time required for communication between the various galaxies of the empire is getting shorter and shorter, and now it only takes about 5 months to go from the important Yanhuang star of the empire to the temple-most galaxy at the edge of the empire.
"The empire has not expanded externally, but this interstellar colonization bill is becoming more and more difficult to implement."
Li Fu looked at the map of the empire, thinking about everything in the empire now.
The core of the interstellar colonization bill is that as long as you immigrate to the new territory of the empire, you can get 100 square kilometers of permanent private land, in the past, the empire has a small population, many galaxies, and the extremely rapid expansion rate is obviously no problem.
However, once the empire stopped expanding for 20 years, the problem began to appear, the empire now has no new planets to support the implementation of the interstellar colonization law, and the population here in each system has begun to flourish.
The long-term adherence to the forced birth policy, coupled with the fact that the imperial government has been tirelessly instilling the idea and concern of having more children and more blessings to the people of the empire, and the promotion of Yuanli cultivation, etc., the physical fitness of the citizens of the empire has been greatly improved, the fertility rate has been very high, and the mortality rate is very low, so the population of the empire has also had a big explosion in 20 years.
From only about 500 million people at the beginning, in just 20 years, it has exceeded 2 billion in the 22nd century, a direct quadruple increase, of course, the population of 2 billion is still very small compared to the vast territory of the empire, and it can even be said that one living planet is enough.
One of the most direct problems brought about by the population explosion is that the empire's interstellar colonization bill is difficult to maintain, because more and more people choose to emigrate, but the number of living planets owned by the empire has not increased.
People who chose to emigrate a few decades ago are now making a lot of money, so for immigration, the popular sentiment in the empire is now very high, who doesn't want to emigrate to a new galaxy and exchange a permanent private land for their children and grandchildren.
"Over the years, the Karan Empire has been very smart, and has been doing business with the empire silently, and has not leaked the news of the empire, but has made them make a lot of money, but it has also integrated my mind."
"On the other hand, the Earth Federation has never stopped expanding externally, and now it has occupied several galaxies, but it seems that the contradictions within the Earth Federation are getting deeper and deeper, and as I expected, there is no common cultural foundation, even if it is reluctantly combined, it will eventually drift apart."
Li Fu looked at the galaxies around the empire, the territory of the Earth Federation and the territory of the Karan Empire were also marked, there was nothing to worry about on the Karan Empire's side, the first battle in the Boyle Galaxy completely scared the Karan Empire, and now that the empire didn't trouble them, they would be fine.
On the side of the Earth Federation, Huaxia has always been dominant, but this position is now difficult to keep, and the empire continues to draw blood from Huaxia, causing Huaxia to lose countless talents, so the strength is getting weaker and weaker in comparison.
The other is the population, even if the Chinese people have a policy of forced birth, but the population growth is still very slow, on the one hand, the pressure of life, the other is the continuous blood pumping of the empire, plus the other people in the Earth Federation are particularly capable of giving birth, in the entire Earth Federation, the proportion of the Chinese population has been declining.
Therefore, the Earth Federation is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the position of the president of the Earth Federation that Huaxia has been controlling, and in the new galaxy, the split forces are becoming stronger and stronger, and several of them have already shown signs of strength.
One is the United States, Britain, France, Germany, these powerful Western countries led by the force, they themselves are extremely powerful, but also ambitious, at the beginning dared to succumb to China, on the one hand, the strength is inferior, on the other hand, it is also for the expansion of the interstellar force, and now it is the main separatist force.
Another powerful separatist force is Japan, the Japanese are very ambitious, very powerful, and have always been very eager for the vast territory, and have long been secretly plotting to monopolize a galaxy.
There are also people like the Black Alliance, the Green Alliance, the Indian Elephant, etc., these people are not settled, they don't have much right to speak, and they also want to split out, it can be said that although the current Earth Federation is still unified on the surface, it has already been divided internally.