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Chapter 128: The population in the future is sparse?
Jian Yunlu sighed, nestled next to Chao Chao's chair and said, "Grandma called this morning, and my mom scolded my dad, and they had a bad argument."

grandmother?

Chaochao looked at her aunt. Isn’t her aunt’s grandmother also her mother’s grandmother?

When Jian Yunsang heard these two words, she understood a little. She knew her grandmother's personality.

To put it nicely, it's called meddling too much; to put it bluntly, it's called being a troublemaker.

Her grandmother also contributed to her parents' divorce.

Jian Yunlu had a lot on her mind, but no one to talk to. Now, facing her sister, she finally let it out. She sat up straight and said, "Sister, you don't know, when we came to Jiangcheng this time, grandma originally wanted to come too. But then my dad said we should take a plane. Grandma is 78 years old and she broke her leg two years ago. She's been complaining about pain all day. How could my dad take her on a plane? He refused."

In fact, her father was mainly afraid that bringing her grandmother would make the party unpleasant.

For this reason, her grandmother insisted that her father change to a high-speed rail ticket.

Jian Zhengqing said that the plane tickets were booked by the He family, and the hotel and other things had also been booked. Not only would it be uneconomical to cancel it, but it would also be difficult to explain to the He family.

Grandma Jian was still a little afraid of the He family. To Grandma Jian, the He family was a wealthy and prestigious family. How could she have the nerve to make them feel bothered by her?

So in the end she could only mutter and scold Jian Zhengqing, saying that he was not thorough in his work.

However, although she did not come with them this time, she was always paying attention to the situation in Jiangcheng.

"Look, she called again early this morning, asking about Dad's party yesterday. Was it big? Were there many distinguished guests? She also asked if Dad had met any wealthy CEOs and what they had given him. My dad said they were all close relatives, not any CEOs. After a few words, she hung up. Grandma was obviously upset, so she called Mom again. My mom pretended not to hear, but she kept calling. She had no choice but to answer."

My goodness, as soon as she picked up the phone, Grandma Jane started swearing.

"While cursing, he brought up the topic of having a second child again, and my mom was furious."

Jian Yunsang was stunned. "Wait, what do you mean by second child?"

"As you know, my grandmother favors boys over girls. After the policy was liberalized in recent years, she has been wanting my mother to have a second child."

Jian Yunsang's brows knitted together. Grandma Jian had previously urged Luo Yue to have a second child, preferably a boy. But back then, it was still the era of family planning, and her parents wouldn't agree. So, her grandmother had come up with a bad idea: let Luo Yue get pregnant first, then run away and give birth secretly, then claim the child was adopted.

Of course, no one paid attention to her idea.

I didn't expect that after so many years, she still hasn't given up on this idea.

Jian Yunsang was speechless. "If I remember correctly, your mother is 42 this year, and your father is 51. They are both elderly mothers. Why would they want to have a second child?"

"That's what we said, but grandma wouldn't listen. She even mentioned that someone else's family had a boy at 50. Recently, Wucheng introduced a new policy that said a 30,000 yuan bonus for having a second child and a 60,000 yuan bonus for having a third child. My grandma has been urging them to have children. She also said that since we're still here and have children, we can take time off and get tens of thousands of yuan in childbirth subsidies."

Jian Yunsang, "..."

Chao Chao opened her mouth in surprise. How could she get such a huge bonus just for having a baby?
The people of Daqi were in an uproar. Thirty thousand was thirty taels of silver, sixty thousand was sixty taels, and there were tens of thousands of yuan in childbirth subsidies, plus vacations! This was too much money to have a child. Thirty taels of silver was enough to raise a child. Sixty taels could build a large brick and tile house. Add to that tens of thousands of yuan in subsidies, and how much money would that be?

Moreover, a second child? It was only the second child. Their families all had four or five. If everyone had received such a large reward, they would have several hundred taels in savings.

Slurp, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

In fact, the Daqi Dynasty also has fertility benefits, but not everyone can enjoy them.

For some poor families, the government will provide a certain amount of money and food, and also reduce taxes for one year.

But all of these added together are not as much as dozens or even hundreds of taels.

Emperor Jingxuan looked thoughtful, speculating, "Is it because the population of their descendants is too small that the reward system is so generous?"

Ordinary people don’t know, but he, as the emperor, knows that the current fertility benefits in Daqi are average because the population is nearly 200 million, a population number never seen before in history.

Emperor Jingxuan was very proud of this, but he still encouraged childbirth.

However, in previous dynasties, especially those that had just experienced several years or even more than ten years of war when they were first founded, the population shrank sharply, and some even saw the population drop by half.

During this period, the state would offer generous childbearing incentives. For example, during the Tang Dynasty, any family with an adult male was awarded 100 mu of land, and when a woman got married, she was also awarded 30 mu of land.

The rewards in later generations are so much better than those in Daqi, which only shows that their population is too small.

An official nodded. "Of course they are. They're actually encouraging people to have two or three children. That means most people only have one child. If everyone only had one, the population would be incredibly sparse."

Now that I think about it, it seems like these people in the He family don’t have many children.

Even He Pu and Song Zhen only had three children. Logically speaking, with their wealth and wealth, they should be able to afford to raise as many children as they want. In the Great Qi Dynasty, for someone like He Pu, having ten or so children would be normal.

Not to mention the three He Nanzhou siblings. Although the eldest sister, He Jingyi, has a pair of children, she only gave birth once. The eldest brother, He Beizhou, also only has two sons, and the age difference between them is huge. As for He Nanzhou, he only has one daughter, Chaochao.

There are also Luo Yue and Jian Zhengqing, who only have one child from their second marriage.

"No wonder people in later generations have enough food and clothing, and receive nine years of free compulsory education. They have high-yield sweet potatoes, so many convenient tools, and a small population, so naturally they have more resources allocated to them."

"Could it be that they were also in the early stages of establishing their dynasty, so the population is so small?"

Some people have different focuses.

"Miss Jian's mother is already 42 years old, old enough to be a grandmother. Can she still have children?"

"Why can't she have children? There was an old lady in our village who gave birth to a child at the age of 43, and the whole village laughed at her."

"I think Miss Jian's mother should have another child. Then Mr. Jian will only have two daughters. Who will take care of them in their old age?"