Chapter 435 Hoover also said (first update, please subscribe)
“The children in the house will bring happiness and increase production to reflect the national conditions of the country!”
Sun Dechang was arrested before anyone could leave the customs building. The slogans and murals on the walls are gone.
On the mural are seven or eight children playing.
“It’s really full of children and grandchildren.”
He jokingly glanced at the banknotes he had just exchanged in his hand - although Nanyang banknotes are called "dragon banknotes", in places such as Shanghai and Suicheng, they are called "children and grandchildren" because the other side of the banknotes is printed on There are all children playing.
This kind of red and festive-looking banknotes is very strong in Tangshan, especially now that gold yuan notes have devalued into papyrus. "Children and grandchildren" are circulating in the market like US dollars and Hong Kong dollars. .
Because his family had settled in Nanyang a long time ago, after declining the service of the housing agency, Sun Dechang followed the signs in the lobby and walked out of the Chang'an Port Customs Building, and then walked to the subway station.
When entering the subway, Sun Dechang looked at the subway station curiously. Chang'an Subway Station is the second subway line in Asia. The Tokyo Subway, which started more than 20 years ago, is the first subway line in Asia, but it The longest in Asia, the 23-kilometer-long Line 1 was implemented at the same time as Chang'an Urban Construction, extending westward along Ping'an Avenue. I learned from the letters from my wife and children that the subway has long become a part of people’s lives.
Compared with the heat on the ground, the subway station seemed very cool. After buying a ticket for 2 cents, Sun Dechang, who was riding the subway for the first time, stood behind the yellow line and waited under the guidance of the staff. , within a few minutes, accompanied by the wind blowing from the tunnel, a subway came quickly from far to near.
After the door opened automatically and the passengers got off the train, Sun Dechang entered the subway that his wife and children had repeated countless times in their letters.
“There is no sound? And it is not bumpy.”
After the subway started, Sun Dechang looked at the carriage like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. In the carriage, he looked again to a poster.
"Having more and more eugenics will lead a happy life"
Finally, Sun Dechang couldn't help but laugh and murmured softly.
"Having more children means more blessings. Who doesn't know? There's no need to push!"
In fact, Sun Dechang's idea is also very common in Nanyang. After all, in this era, it is common for a family to have eight or nine children. Well, five or six children in a family is considered a small number. There is no other way. In this era, even the mortality rate in Europe and the United States is not optimistic. Take Germany, for example, when the infant mortality rate was the highest after the war, it even exceeded 160‰. Many children have died in infancy due to diseases, so having more children is a kind of insurance in itself.
Although the baby boom after World War II was caused by physiological needs, it was essentially due to the promotion of vaccines and antibiotics that the infant mortality rate plummeted.
With the introduction of medical staff from Germany and Japan, the infant mortality rate in Nanyang has now plummeted to 40‰, not only reaching the level of Europe and the United States, but even slightly lower than the United States. This cannot but be said to be a miracle.
Despite this, under Li Yi'an's insistence, Nanyang still promoted the "multiple fertility concept". There was no way, he was really beaten by the ultra-low fertility rates of East Asian countries, which were even equivalent to the annihilation of the country. I'm so scared.
As countries such as Japan and South Korea enter the 21st century, young people are even choosing not to have children. The government plays a large role in the formation of such abnormal views on fertility.
Take Japan in another world as an example. It believes that population is a burden, so not long after its surrender in 1945, it put forward the slogan of two children per family. It was the first country in the world to promote family planning. .
Based on the lessons learned from Japan, South Korea and other countries, Li Yian will advocate using official propaganda methods to establish a correct view of fertility. The tradition of having more children and more blessings, coupled with official guidance, will surely allow Nanyang to usher in a population big bang on.
“I didn’t expect that what Nanyang is most concerned about is not the economy, but the population.”
As a reporter, Sun Dechang could see at a glance what the purpose of such propaganda was.
For the sake of population!
While sighing, the subway arrived at the station. After listening to the station name announced on the radio, Sun Dechang got off the bus and went straight to Kangpingfang - although Chang'an's urban planning is modern, the street naming , based on the ancient neighborhoods of Chang'an, Kangpingfang is one of them.
After walking for twenty minutes, Sun Dechang finally came to the newspaper office in Kangpingfang using the address in his friend's letter, and then found his old friend . "Haha, you're finally here."
In the cafe, Li Jie looked at Sun Dechang and said.
"Ever since my sister-in-law came here alone with her children, I knew you would come sooner or later. How about it? How do you feel about Nanyang?"
The old friend's question made Sun Dechang think for a while and said.
“It’s my first time here, so I haven’t had time to take a closer look, but my first impression is that the prosperity of Chang’an is far beyond my previous imagination, and it is also better than what outsiders describe. It took four years to transform this place. It’s incredible that the construction is so prosperous!”
Li Jie nodded.
"Isn't it? Four years, the same four years, Nanyang is undergoing earth-shaking construction, Tangshan is earth-shaking artillery fire... Hey, I just hope that the war will end soon, so that the people can live a peaceful life. , Tangshan can be rebuilt!”
While feeling emotional, Li Jie looked at his old friend who had been reluctant to come over. He did not ask what made him change his mind, but changed the subject.
“Okay, now that Brother Dechang has come to Nanyang, all industries in Nanyang are booming now, and people are needed everywhere. With Brother Dechang’s ability, as long as he registers with the employment agency, he will definitely find a job that he likes. Work. "
The compliment from his friend made Sun Dechang smile and said.
"I'm wondering if I can join a newspaper. You know that's what I do in Tangshan. If it's convenient, I'd like to ask you to introduce me to the editor-in-chief of your newspaper."
Li Jie immediately became a little embarrassed by the friend's request, he said.
"Nanyang is different from other places. If you want to enter a newspaper office, you need to pass the identity verification of the Security Bureau. You can only enter the industry after confirming that there is no problem with your identity." , there is a problem with identity, what problem can there be! I can't see that they just want to silence the world!"
Sun Dechang's scholarly temper suddenly rose, and his words were full of dissatisfaction.
"Dechang, Nanyang is Nanyang."
Looking at Sun Dechang, who was losing his temper as a scholar, Li Jie sighed helplessly and said.
"It's different from other places. If you look at this newspaper, it's all about construction, commerce, and some entertainment. Nanyang people don't care about political affairs. What they care about is construction and business, not anything else..."
Putting the newspaper in front of his friend, Li Jie continued.
“Look, what the people here care about is different from that in Tangshan. Look, the entire “National Income Doubling Plan” is about implementing industrial economic construction and increasing national income. If the plan is realized , the per capita income will reach more than 600 US dollars, Dechang, this is Nanyang! The reason why Nanyang is different from other places is that it is not about empty talk or anything else. If you have to say what they care about, it is how to change people. Life, make people's lives better, which..."
Pointing to another news item in the newspaper, Li Jie said.
"Look at this news. When Tangshan was still raging with war, we here had already begun to design a "national car." Look at what the president said - "Let every family in Nanyang have a car. ". Every family has a car, can you think about it? This is their goal. Their goal is not to draw a pie there and tell us to build a strong country, but to tell everyone directly - with What can the people of Nanyang gain with the development of economy? ”
After taking the newspaper and looking at the news in the newspaper, Sun Dechang fell into silence. After a long time, he said stubbornly.
"Hoover also said something like this back then..."
(End of this chapter)