The world enters the age of myth

Lu Yiming made this request for a reason: one military brain is always more convenient than two commanders working independently. The overall quality of these talented people from the Jin State is still slightly poor, and they must receive modern training before they can master various investigative techniques.

The Unkai didn't want to do anything bad, it just wanted the information to be more accurate.

The old emperor of Jin frowned, it sounded like there was no trap...

If it's just intelligence sharing, they still get some benefits, and their soldiers can even receive free professional training. They can't even afford ammunition now, and the temptation of free training is too great.

As a politician, he also had far-reaching interests in mind.

If in the future, more and more civilizations will live on this planet, how should the Jin Empire get along with these civilizations?

How to position yourself?

People need to be self-aware. The Jin Kingdom is no longer the empire it once was with a population of tens of millions.

The strongest civilization they encountered was most likely the Sea of ​​Clouds Civilization.

Apart from the illusory Xia Civilization, which only existed in myths and legends, Yunhai was the most powerful technological civilization he had ever seen.

But their Great Jin Empire was not the strongest ancient civilization. There were many ancient civilizations that were even stronger than them.

In other words, in the future, more competitors will definitely appear!

Thinking of this, the old emperor felt slightly uneasy.

Their only advantage currently is that they have gained the friendship of the Sea of ​​Clouds. Both sides have fought against powerful enemies together. This deep historical friendship is their historical advantage and must be maintained.

Thinking of this, basically everything became clear. He swallowed and asked, "How much is Shenlong's subsidy fee...?"

"It depends on the investigative power you can provide. If the dragon from your civilization participates in the investigation, we can offer an annual salary of five million alone." Lu Yiming stretched out a hand.

five million!

The old emperor was shocked. The price was indeed not low.

If the divine dragon, a few dragons, and most of the strange beasts all participate in the investigation, we can earn 8 million in foreign exchange a year!

This is a really good deal!

Of course, he couldn't command Shenlong.

But dragons or other strange beasts are idle anyway, so they might as well send them out quickly to avoid wasting food here.

At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded in the old emperor's mind. It was the dragon talking to him from a distance in dragon language.

He listened carefully for a long time and couldn't help but clenched his fists.

Lord Shenlong is so kind...it agreed!

In this way, the two parties held a series of discussions, and after discussing the rough investigation formation, they quickly signed the corresponding contract.

Lu Yiming was in a good mood and couldn't help but feel sad about the success of this negotiation...

Economic development is truly the lifeblood of civilization. In the impoverished Jin Empire, even Shenlong had to work!

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Just like that, time passes day by day...

The City of Clouds is undergoing rapid changes.

Large beehives have been added to the outer uninhabited desert islands. While collecting honey, these bees can also detect the outside environment.

On the central island, there are more than 500 terracotta warriors and horses. These clay figures are highly skilled in making, lifelike, and have powerful fighting capabilities.

Soon, it was eight months again, and it was exactly one year since the construction of the City of Clouds.

Most of the citizens of the Sea of ​​Clouds have moved to the Capital of the Sea of ​​Clouds, all work is normal, and the development of the entire civilization is booming.

The original three large shelters are not completely abandoned. They are undergoing a series of maintenance and improvements. After so many years of use, many of the equipment on the ship have aged. It is impossible not to maintain them...

What if these super shelters are still needed one day in the future?

For the Yunhai government, the most troublesome issue is the fertility rate of the population. There are too few children being born, and the population base is small, which means that the future potential is not high.

A population of 300,000 is really not enough. Even if you include the thousands of migrant workers in the Jin Empire, it is far from enough!

"Having children at home brings endless joy."

"Being born in the present time will benefit the future."

"Children are the continuation of life."

"With the power of you and me, we are the stars of the future."

"Both sons and daughters fill the house with happiness."

Red banners promoting fertility are hung all over the streets. Underpopulation, and long-term underpopulation, has become the most troubling problem.

With the popularization of the first generation of strengthening drugs, the average life expectancy is theoretically 130 years old. People in their 40s and 50s are still in the category of young people. Everyone wants to have fun. Even if the government introduces various measures to promote fertility, the fertility rate is only 130 years old. It’s only a mere 3%.

It is completely incomparable with the 8% or even 10% fertility rate in the Jin Empire next door!

Comrade Ding Yuan, the first generation governor of the City of Clouds, has been putting pressure on the human resources department all day long, promulgating various policies, and even came up with the "single tax"...

If you don’t have children, you’ll have to pay more taxes!

Even Lu Yiming himself was under great pressure because... he only had one child, a child named Lu Lingling.

It's impossible without more than two children.

A DINK family that doesn't have any children is simply a sinner of civilization!

"Hey, no, it can be predicted that the current fertility rate of 3.3% may be our highest peak. This is a temporary birth peak that occurred when we got a continent and the environment is relatively comfortable. It cannot be sustained for a long time. Even if it increases Welfare has no chance of increasing fertility by any amount."

Jin Lili bought a cup of hot milk tea from a vending machine on the street.

The child Lu Lingling held a big cup of milk tea and took a sip. She had never tasted such a delicious drink. Her little face looked like a red apple.

Immediately afterwards, she handed over the milk tea again and asked Lu Yiming to take a sip with a smile: "Papa..."

"Thank you!"

Lu Yiming sighed in his heart, if he had not adopted a child, he might be facing even greater pressure now.

In the current system, people who have not given birth to children will be notified by name!

"Why did she only give it to you? This is the milk tea I bought." Jin Lili said.

"Because opposites attract, little girls generally like their father, and little boys like their mother." Lu Yiming laughed and said, "If you give birth to a son in the future, he will like you even more."

Jin Lili rolled her eyes, "Hey, after you settle down, the pressure of giving birth will be too great."

She suddenly said: "Like the Nordic countries in the past, social welfare is very good, but the fertility rate is still less than 2%. This is the price of industrialization and improvement of knowledge level."

"Among all developed countries, only Israel has a fertility rate of more than 2%. However, the fertility rate of senior intellectuals in Israel is actually not high. They have a group of people who specialize in having children, called 'Haredi'. They do not use contraception and do not join the army. , and don’t even work. The mission of these religious fanatics is to have children, which increases the overall fertility rate.”

A fertility rate of 2% is equivalent to a couple having two children. In the long run, it can only ensure that the population of the race does not decrease.

If you want the population to increase, it must exceed 2%.

Nowadays, the City of Clouds has no problem with housing. The first house can be distributed to almost all the people, that is, it is a matter of large or small area. Houses with larger areas need to pay additional property taxes. Houses with smaller areas do not need to pay property taxes and only need to pay annual property fees.

Everyone has a house to live in, education is almost equal, and there is no need to worry about housing in a school district.

But even so, the fertility rate is still not high.

"Why do high-level intellectuals slowly give up on the idea of ​​having children? Isn't this a bit abnormal, leading to a low fertility rate?"

Naturally, Lu Lingling didn't understand these adult topics. She was still searching for delicious and fun things on the street.

Lu Yiming glanced at her and sighed: "This is the price of technological development. With longer life expectancy and better living conditions, who doesn't want to play for a few more years? How much energy does it take to cultivate a child, even if you don't want to have one? It’s normal.”

"There are even fewer people getting married, and there are a lot of scumbag men and scumbag women. Many people break up after having fun, and then find another one after they break up."

"Today's young people cannot be offended!"

Jin Lili smiled and said: "But there is another saying within our laboratory. The higher the technology of a civilization, the more susceptible it is to the influence of certain powerful abilities, leading to ideological deviation..."

"All intellectuals slowly stop having children because a certain kind of thinking has been rewritten."

On the night of last Yanghe, mankind even the concept of "moon" was eliminated.

At that time, people didn’t even know what the moon was…

It was not until later, when the moon reappeared, that the concept was revived.

This also gave rise to some other theories. Has this powerful super power rewritten some of human ideologies?

For example, the reproductive behavior of senior intellectuals!

Smart people often don't have children, or only give birth to one child, and excellent genes cannot be passed on. For a civilization, what is the difference between this and suicide?

However, this phenomenon is very subtle and cannot be detected by most ancient civilizations. Only some civilizations with rich productivity were vaguely aware of the group phenomenon after it appeared.

The expert group has conducted detailed research on this issue. Based on the final outcome of the idealistic world next door, which was forced to promote technological civilization, a hypothesis was put forward: "The phenomenon of technological self-destruction!"

The phenomenon of technological self-destruction is reflected in every corner of the development of civilization.

The more technologically advanced a civilization is, the more likely it is to self-destruct.

It was impossible for ancient civilization to destroy itself. Even frequent wars and foolish kings were unable to destroy their own civilization. There will always be people who survive the war and continue to reproduce.