Chapter 38, the first interstellar colonists
The construction time of the "Xingchen" has been greatly shortened by Liu Qingquan's guidance, and the long construction time that originally took ten years has been shortened by several years at once, and many preparations have to be changed and prepared in advance, the most important of which is to form the first batch of interstellar colonists in human history!
"Xingchen" is used by the empire to conquer the sea of stars, is used to occupy the resources of the surrounding galaxy for mankind, and is used to hang the space warship of aliens, not like the fleet formed by Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty, but simply used to promote the majesty of the heaven~chaoshang~ country, let alone to spread knowledge and technology to aliens. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Take history as a mirror to know the rise and fall!
Zheng He's voyage to the West was about the same as the time of the Europeans' voyages, but the influence of the two could not be compared at all, and the impact on the host country was even more different!
Textbooks give the most fair evaluation; In terms of role, China has made outstanding contributions to promoting friendly exchanges between the peoples of Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and East Africa.
It is a reflection and symbol of the political, economic and comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West seven times, as a messenger of peace, preaching harmony between countries to enhance the prestige and national status of the country; At the same time, there is also a "dazzling foreign land", showing the strong national strength of China.
Zheng He's voyage to the West and his visits to more than 30 countries and regions in Asia and Africa were not only an unprecedented feat in China's ancient maritime history, but also the largest in the world's maritime history at that time.
It has strengthened political, economic, and cultural exchanges and friendly exchanges between the peoples of China and Asian and African countries, spread China's advanced culture to all parts of the world, and enriched the geographical and maritime knowledge of the Chinese people. In addition, taking the opportunity of Zheng He's trip to the West, more Chinese came to Nanyang and made great contributions to the development and construction of Nanyang.
Do you see it, it is evaluated in the history books, Zheng He's role in going to the West is to promote the strength of the Ming Dynasty at that time, improve the prestige and status of the country, and at the same time bring the advanced production technology and culture of the Ming Dynasty, which is a typical stupid behavior that can give anything as long as face.
Zheng He's voyage to the West did not provide strong support for domestic economic development, did not stimulate the development of China's handicraft industry, and did not promote the development of commodity economy, but strengthened China's traditional small-scale peasant economic foundation.
Moreover, this kind of trade has little to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, because most of the imported goods are high-end consumer luxury goods such as spices and treasures. At the same time, it also contributed to the reluctance of China's feudal rulers to forge ahead, to be complacent and arrogant, which was even more detrimental to China's political and economic innovation.
Zheng He's foreign trade in the West was not a transaction based on equality and mutual benefit. According to the Ming government's will, trade adheres to the principle of "thick exchange and thin trade", that is, buying foreign goods at a high price and selling Chinese goods at a low price, the purpose of which is only to show China's wealth and wealth, thus deepening the Chinese's self-arrogance and self-centered world view.
The consequences of this kind of trade can only cast a shadow on the development of the domestic economy, and the huge cost behind the trade adds a huge burden to the people, which is not conducive to social stability in the long run.
In fact, it also proved that this kind of foolish behavior was unsustainable, and after seven times, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was empty, and it could not be continued, and later developed to the point of closing the country, Zheng He's trip to the West did not bring any substantial benefits to the whole country, but brought great pressure to the ordinary people.
Compared with Zheng He's voyage to the West, Europe's voyages were very successful, they brought huge ships and cannons, and used bloody means to bring the entire earth into their colonial rule, bringing back ships of gold and treasures, which greatly enhanced the strength of Europeans.
It has promoted the rapid development of their economy, science and technology, and culture, and accumulated a foundation for the development of capitalism.
And if the European colonizers were like Zheng He's voyage to the West, bringing knowledge, culture, and all kinds of good things to the natives, and impoverishing themselves, then Europe's seafaring operations would definitely be unsustainable, and there would be no later Age of Discovery!
Our Chinese nation has already made a mistake once, and we have also tasted the price of making mistakes, being ruled by foreign races for hundreds of years, and in modern times, we have suffered humiliation and bitterness! The once proud descendants of Yan and Huang will worship the foreign and doubt their own culture and history in modern times, which shows the depth of this price!
The European colonizers are the opposite, their descendants are all over the world, their influence dominates the entire earth, their descendants control the whole earth, and the descendants of the indigenous people who have been bullied by them have to thank them for bringing modern civilization!
Naturally, the empire should not follow the previous path, but should learn from the European colonizers and use giant ships and cannons to lay a piece of the sky for their children and grandchildren!
Therefore, when the first batch of interstellar colonists was formed, the empire directly promoted it with the slogan of "interstellar colonists", instead of hypocritically saying a peaceful exchange team, that is, telling everyone in the empire that we are going to conquer aliens, and we are going to create a future for our children and grandchildren!
In fact, the empire also had to do this, the construction of the "Xingchen" cost a huge amount, a huge investment of 100 trillion Han Yuan, for the entire empire is a huge burden, the imperial government has to issue planetary coupons to raise funds, it can be said that the entire "Xingchen" occupies several parts of the empire's power!
Moreover, the planetary coupons issued by the government are collateralized by the planets and galaxies that can be occupied in the future, although the people themselves trust the government very much, and the government should fulfill its commitment to bring substantial benefits to the citizens of the empire who buy the planetary coupons and the citizens of the empire who support them!
Whether it is to take history as a lesson or to serve the substantive interests of the empire, the "Star" is destined to embark on the road of bloody colonization!
The "Xingchen" is very large, with a diameter of thousands of kilometers, and can carry hundreds of millions of people when squeezed, and it is also very easy to carry tens of millions of people under reasonable and comfortable conditions.
In addition, to carry out interstellar colonization, it also requires a certain population base, after all, the transportation is still relatively inconvenient, and the warp engine spaceship is currently only the "Star" under construction, which once it goes to an alien planet, it will take at least many years when it comes back next time.
Therefore, the population of the first batch of interstellar colonists is set at 20 million people, and citizens of the empire can sign up, and even the whole family can sign up together!
20 million people is not too much for an empire with a population of hundreds of millions at present, and the blood draw will not be too serious, and at the same time, considering the first interstellar colonization, it is better to be cautious and not to press too many people up, and 20 million people is also the result of careful calculations by scientists.
It can not only ensure that there is enough population for interstellar colonization, but at the same time, it will not have much impact on the current empire, after all, it is to draw blood, like a person, there is no time to draw a few hundred cc at a time, and it will come back after a period of cultivation, and it can also promote the operation of the human hematopoietic system.
But if the blood draw is too strong at one time, then the whole person will lose too much blood and become less resistant, easy to get sick, and it will take a long time to recuperate. (Readers who go to donate blood should pay special attention to this, pay special attention to the number of blood they draw, and many times they will take more when you are not paying attention!) ļ¼
It is a very large thing for a colonist team of 20 million people to be formed, and Liu Qingquan was very worried at the beginning that the citizens of the empire would not sign up too many because their lives are better now.
But I didn't expect that after the government announced the news, the empire received more than 200 million applications within the first day, and many of them decided to go together with the whole family, and among Liu Qingquan's children, there were more than ten applications to join, the largest of which was Liu Qingquan and Deng Yujie's eldest son, Liu Qingquan's fifth son Liu Qihao!
Liu Qihao is different from Liu Qingquan's other children, he has been more naughty since he was a child, and he is not very peaceful, which is very similar to Liu Qingquan when he was a child, he is a naughty master, and he did not become a scientist like other brothers and sisters when he grew up, but he has been working hard in the army since he was a very early age, and now he is a middle-level officer.
"Qihao, I won't allow you to go!" Liu Qihao's mother, Deng Yujie, was calling Liu Qihao to her home at this time, severely reprimanding him, and resolutely opposing him to join the first batch of colonial troops!
"Mom, a good boy has ambitions in all directions, how can I miss such a great opportunity? What's more, as the prince of the empire, he should set an example for the people of the world, and other nobles are all enthusiastically signing up! Liu Qihao defended his head, obviously the new idea has been decided!
"I don't care about this, you have to know that you are going to the solar system to think that the distance is calculated in light years, this time, I don't know when we will be able to meet again!"
Deng Yujie, who has always been strong and wise, as a mother, did not have the slightest calmness in the past, and at this moment she is completely a mother who worries about her son.
"Mom, don't worry! The empire's science and technology developed rapidly, and after the popularization of warp speed navigation at that time, the exchange was also very fast, and it didn't take long, and the quantum communication technology was so developed, we can still communicate with video often! Liu Qihao naturally hurriedly comforted.
Deng Yujie couldn't convince his son, and Liu Qihao couldn't convince his mother, like everyone else, the matter came to Liu Qingquan.
Originally, Liu Qingquan was based on the principle of voluntariness, since the children want to go, then let them go, it's always good to go out and exercise more, not to mention that other citizens of the empire can go, why can't your Liu Qingquan's children go?
Of course, Liu Qingquan from a father's point of view, deep down in his heart, he can't bear to let his children leave him, although science and technology are developing rapidly, but this is at least to be separated for several years, for their children, any parent is the most concerned!
All of a sudden, Liu Qingquan was also worried!
ps: The second chapter is delivered, all kinds of begging, rolling begging~ (To be continued.) )