Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

July 1983 was the hottest time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, commonly known as the dog days of summer.

In Yunlan City, the temperature is about the same every day; it's always very hot.

"The rice is ripe; let's start harvesting tomorrow."

The villagers of Niudongping Village looked at the ripe rice in their paddy fields and all of them showed a relieved smile.

The wind blows through the rice paddies, creating rolling waves; it's harvest season.

In the south, there are two seasons a year. Back when we lived in the Three Gorges area, they used to harvest rice twice a year.

However, in Yunlan City, it is possible to have three harvests a year.

The entire Yunlan City has a lot of organic fertilizers, which are very helpful for the growth of crops.

"Buy cattle!"

After harvesting this season's rice, the Zhou clan members bundled all the straw and laid it out in the fields to dry.

In less than three days, all the straw was dried. Because of the abundant sunshine, many farmers immediately thought of using the straw as manure.

For these farmers, cattle are not only the main source of labor in the fields, but also the main producers of farmyard manure.

But if you buy cattle, where should you build the cattle shed?
The courtyard houses that Yunlan City had previously allocated to them did not include a cowshed.

So if they want to buy cattle now, they can only build their own cattle sheds.

"Hey, we have all these machines now, why do we still need to be so powerful?"

Some young people think that cows are obstacles, that building cowsheds would stink, and that modern machinery is much better.

But the old folks were used to cows and to using cowsheds.

Hou Xiaoqiang was also very troubled after learning about this. He tried to persuade him, but to no avail.

In the end, all the elderly people in Niudongping Village insisted on building a cowshed, but it had to be far away from the residential area.

Aren't you afraid the cow will be stolen?
Of course, there's nothing to fear. Not only are the people in Yunlan City wealthy, but there are also police patrolling nearby, and there are always surveillance cameras on the roads. If someone really steals a cow, they certainly won't be able to escape.

Most importantly, a cow isn't very expensive, only a little over a thousand US dollars.

Even if you steal ten cows, that's only a little over ten thousand US dollars, how much?
With the skill of stealing cattle, one could probably have two children in three years and earn more money than stealing cattle.

After all, if a child is born and successfully raised to the age of three, Yunlan City will reward the family with at least 30,000 US dollars.

Two kids are only worth $60,000, isn't that more money than stealing cows?

So not many people would come to steal cattle.

The elderly people of Niudongping Village unanimously decided to build a cattle shed on the small hillside near the bamboo forest.

Just arrange for people to take turns guarding and watching over these cows, wouldn't that solve the problem?

But it seems they forgot that Yunlan City doesn't have winter; it only has two seasons, not four.

Even in Yunlan City, time and space have become disordered, and the so-called two seasons are almost gone.

Because Yunlan City now has a very large green area, the local climate is still changing very quickly.

In the past, there wasn't much rainfall during the rainy season, but now even during the dry season, there is occasional rainfall.

Overall, however, Yunlan City has very abundant sunshine, with at least two thousand hours of sunshine per year.

"Brother Hou, are we really not required to hand over grain?"

That day, the old farmer, who had already dried the rice and other grains and put them into his house, couldn't help but ask Hou Xiaoqiang a question.

The latter heard this and said with a smile:
"No, you don't need to hand over any grain. This is your own grain, nobody wants it. However, if you want, you can go to the market and find a grain purchasing company to sell your surplus grain to them."

"If you're not willing to sell, that's fine too; it all depends on whether you're willing or not."

"Of course, I heard that your harvest this season may not be very good, and the yield per acre is not high. You can keep it for yourselves and eat it slowly, it's fine."

"You can keep the next season's rice after it's harvested, but I should remind you that new rice is more expensive than previous rice. For example, last year's rice was cheaper on the market, so you should keep that in mind."

Yunlan City operates on a market economy model, with its main revenue coming from high technology, energy, transportation, and tourism. Although tourism accounts for a small percentage of its economy, it still contributes to its income.

For example, there are the Yunxingzhou International Hotel, various tourist attractions, and other shops. In short, the tourism revenue here is relatively considerable.

The elderly farmers in Niudongping Village were not particularly interested after learning about this.

Except for a few households that were willing to sell some of their grain, the rest stored it away.

After all, the villagers of Niudongping Village are all large families, and with people and horses eating their food, the grain consumption would naturally be very fast.

However, they soon discovered that the next rice harvest would arrive soon, and their vegetables would also be ready for harvest.

Most importantly, the chickens, ducks, and geese they raised themselves have all grown up and are ready to eat.

The villagers of Niudongping Village are all very simple and honest, and they are definitely skilled at farming and labor.

Whether it's raising cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, or geese, they do it very well.

But they've managed to make the originally decent courtyard house look more and more like a village, and more and more like a place where people live and work.

Without having to pay any grain or agricultural taxes, they were self-sufficient, living in a time of peace and prosperity.

Unfortunately, their large food reserves are not a good thing, as they need to build new houses to store the food, which means they will have to spend money.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to sell the grain.

Of course, there are always some people who can't be persuaded; it's up to them to decide what they like.

In any case, Hou Xiaoqiang would not force the farmers to do anything. He would only give them corresponding strategic advice based on his own ideas and the policies provided by Yunlan City.

Whether they are willing to accept it or not is their own business.

Hou Xiaoqiang cannot force others to do things, nor will he allow it to be done.

While Yunlan City was enjoying peace, the Coconut Date Empire was once again mired in war.

Tens of thousands of mercenaries entered the Date Empire from different places, all with a very clear objective: to access the oil fields throughout the Date Empire.

Following these mercenaries were a number of Sam soldiers who took over the oil fields after the mercenaries captured them.

Sam's goal was very clear: to acquire these oil fields in order to pay for their mission.

Regardless, this is the current situation. Zhao Mancang felt extremely helpless seeing so many civilians suffering from unwarranted artillery attacks.

Although these things had little to do with him, he still felt very sorry to see this scene.

So when he sees it, he will take action.

There were tens of thousands of mercenaries, and quite a few Sam soldiers as well.

Zhao Mancang encountered a team of three hundred people who were highly professional, had a clear objective, and were well-equipped, attacking an oil field.

If I remember correctly, this oil field has a very high output. Most importantly, there seem to be loading workers from Yunlan City here.

Seeing this, Zhao Mancang certainly wouldn't let these mercenaries succeed, so before they opened fire, he had already pressed the missile launch button.

A missile fell from the sky, carrying the flames of justice, and quickly terrified the mercenaries.

They all separated, but it didn't work.

The date palm empire is a desolate desert region, especially these oil fields, which are situated on a vast Gobi desert with no shelter.

Zhao Mancang launched several more missiles, and the loud explosions stunned the technicians working in the nearby oil fields.

Everyone pulled out weapons like AK47s, but when they saw missiles coming out, they quickly covered their heads and ran away, trying to hide first.

But what they didn't know was that Zhao Mancang, who was piloting a fighter jet, would never fire on their oil field.

A group of mercenaries were wiped out by Zhao Mancang before they even entered the oil field.

But at this moment, there were still many American soldiers behind him, and Zhao Mancang's plane had run out of missiles.

There was no other way, so Zhao Mancang had to make an emergency landing and then summon a large number of drones nearby to deliver a fatal blow to the American soldiers.

Zhao Mancang possesses a system space, so he can naturally summon this army of drones at any time.

With this army of drones, the Sam soldiers who were hoping to take advantage of the situation were terrified and fled in panic.

But it was no use. Zhao Mancang wouldn't let these people off easily; he had to make the drone army bleed.

Near this oil field, flames soared into the sky.

A team of nearly a thousand people was wiped out just like that.

Of course, Zhao Mancang also consumed a lot of missiles, as well as many drones and artillery shells.

Although these losses were insignificant to Zhao Mancang, they were still losses nonetheless.

The people of the Coconut Empire were incredulous when they saw Zhao Mancang leave like that. Was this God?

God actually came to save them?
What kind of bullshit God is this!
After leaving, Zhao Mancang did not stay in the Date Empire any longer.

This cannot be stopped, because as long as Sam doesn't fall, people will continue to come to the Date Empire.

These things all stem from self-interest and human nature.

Back at Iskoshuban Airport, Zhao Mancang happened to see a plane that had just landed. It was a plane from China carrying Three Gorges migrants.

Lu Yangui has already reached an agreement with the domestic authorities that approximately 1.34 million Three Gorges Dam migrants will come to Yunlan City.

The reason why so many people are attracted to Yunlan City is that there are quite a few people who share the same thoughts as Zhou Xiaoqing.

The Yunlan City Immigration Bureau did not include the reward of $30,000 to $40,000 for having and raising a child to the age of three in their list of rewards.

Even the immigration subsidy given to Zhou Xiaoqing and others was only 30,000 RMB per person, nothing more.

If childbirth subsidies were included in immigration promotion, Yunlan City would probably soon have a population of over ten million.

Zhao Mancang didn't allow it to be done that way, and the situation in China didn't really permit it either.

After all, Yunlan City cannot continue to bear such a large amount of funds indefinitely, as this is no small sum.

It's fine when there are few people, but what about when there are many?

Ten thousand newborns every month?

Therefore, such policies cannot be implemented casually. They can only be done in the early stages to stimulate population growth.

However, as the population growth rate accelerates in the future, this approach can no longer be continued.

Seeing hundreds of fellow villagers arriving at Yunlan City from the airport and being quickly directed to their designated locations by staff, Zhao Mancang smiled.

Yunlan City is such a large area, and even if it had 40 million people, it wouldn't be considered a lot, let alone the current population of less than four million.

In Zhao Mancang's view, if it could reach hundreds of millions, then that would be about right.

After leaving the airport, Zhao Mancang went directly to the municipal government building, entered his office, and began to review the current immigration situation.

"Boss, we have already relocated 570,000 people from the Three Gorges area, and we are still relocating them every week."

Upon hearing the report, Zhao Mancang interrupted:
"I want to know how the first batch of Three Gorges migrants are doing. Have they integrated? Have any accidents happened because of this?"

New immigrants are relatively wary of Yunlan City, and the current social situation there may not be suitable for them to adapt to.

Can one balance marriage, childbirth, raising children, work, and family?

Another question is whether new immigrants will encounter any obstacles if they want to get married here.

There will be some obstacles.

The subordinates answered honestly that because the rewards for newborns were so high, beautiful women from many nearby countries heard the news and came to the matchmaking market in Yunlan City, or even went to nearby villages to meet them.

The marriage registration office has encountered many similar cases, some involving men who have recently obtained their local ID cards in Yunlan City, and others involving foreign women.

The ID cards in Yunlan City are unique because they contain a built-in chip and the person's identification document, which can be clearly recorded.

Therefore, it is impossible for someone else to impersonate him.

As for the local women of Yunlan City marrying foreign men?
This phenomenon is actually quite rare. Because of the newborn reward, women are more sought after, since there are too many local men in Yunlan City, and many people want to get married.

Only those who marry through normal channels are eligible for the newborn bonus; other situations are not eligible.

This is what leads to a shortage of female resources, especially beautiful women.

In fact, Yunlan City is not lacking in beautiful women, but these beauties are all local beauties of Yunlan City. They are all tourists who come to Yunlan City for sightseeing.

To be honest, becoming a member of Yunlan City is quite difficult. (End of Chapter)