Chapter 446 50-Year Development Plan

"Friends, comrades, happy new year!"

Lu Yuan was wearing ordinary civilian clothes and sitting at his desk.

It was like just an ordinary conversation among friends.

But everyone knows that this conversation involves a lot of things and is related to the future.

Soon, the crowd that was bragging and chatting fell silent and stared at the big screen.

There were also students who were celebrating the party on the playground, and they all looked at the screen on the playground.

"It is now the 155th Spring Festival of the Ninth Era. Sometimes I feel like the passage of time is really like a dream. In the blink of an eye, it slips away in a hurry."

"Soon, we will be entering our 156th year."

"Watching generation after generation grow up and seeing the city gradually prosper, I always have a subtle sense of accomplishment. This is the civilization we have built from scratch."

"It's been a long time since I talked to you about issues related to the development of civilization..."

In front of the big screen, Lu Yuan said affectionately: "We have been a second-level civilization for a long, long time."

"We have already picked the fruits that are easy to pick, and the fruits that are out of reach are hanging on high branches, making us look up. But they are not out of reach, or, if we think of a way and jump up, we can pick them..."

His voice became louder: "It's time to move towards Level 3 civilization!"

"We need to spend fifty years to build the 18th civilization of mankind, the Green City, into a third-level civilization!"

"The reason why we chose this place for development is because the rift ahead is rich in resources. I believe everyone has felt this. The recent improvement in living standards is due to the resources in the rift."

"We also have our friendly allies ahead, the Underground Alliance. Communication and the collision of ideas are always valuable. There is always a teacher among three people. A humble attitude is always the first step to learning."

Lu Yuan took a deep breath: "Next, I will describe the specific details of the "Fifty-Year Development Plan"..."

As he spoke, many people in the city fell into deep thought.

Even the rat craftsmen were drinking, with red faces, in the bar, listening to the crowd chatting.

What else is lacking in human beings?

Actually... there are still a lot.

The most intuitive point: the foundation is unstable!

There are so many relics of civilization that humans have picked up, including Green Grass, Mei Da, Yuan Huo, Nan Yu, as well as the technology purchased from the Lize civilization. The various protocols and standards are in a mess, and humans don't have the energy to organize them, so they just use what they have.

To put it bluntly, it’s a take-it-and-use-it approach!

This is very useful in the beginning.

As for guns and the like, just use them directly. There is no need to pursue the principles behind them. Just use them anyway.

But what about upgrading? Forget it! The messy repairs alone took up a lot of energy for the engineers.

They have to learn a lot of civilization's technology trees in order to do better repairs.

This situation is actually a bit similar to the three countries in India.

The weapons in the armies of the three countries are all kinds of things, and they can be said to be made in many countries. From combat systems to logistics systems, the armies must learn to adapt to these completely different weapon systems. Because of the different origins, their tactical positioning, data links and interactions, logistics support and maintenance are all very different. This has led to all kinds of weird and wonderful errors, which have become a joke.

The 18 human civilizations all have similar problems to a greater or lesser extent.

So the first point is to consolidate the foundation, establish a standard industrial system that belongs to mankind, and completely eliminate these historical remnants! The second point is... population.

If the population is not enough, it is difficult to develop pure physical industry. To give the simplest example, when fighting with the Nanyu civilization, the enemy used a "micro robot", and humans have not yet developed that thing.

Humans have also not realized the controlled nuclear fusion drawings obtained from the Source Fire Civilization.

Talent is the most valuable asset.

"Here, I solemnly declare: In the next 50 years, the population of Green City will expand to 1 million, which means more than 10,000 newborns will be born every year."

"At the same time, the length of compulsory education will be raised to 24 years old, that is, from kindergarten to university graduation."

"We will establish five new universities and 12 research institutes, and relax the age limit for doctoral students to 60 years old."

"At the same time, 200 new enterprises will be established, and the projects they will engage in will be divided into two major areas: idealism and materialism..."

As soon as these resolutions were broadcast, they sparked widespread discussion.

After all, these matters involve personal interests.

In order to take care of the new generation, a large part of the resources are invested in the younger generation.

This is normal. Young people have no connections and no resources. How can they compare with the older generation who have struggled for more than a hundred years?

But young talents are the hope of the future. Once young people stop striving, civilization will no longer advance.

"Won't the government run a serious fiscal deficit if it makes so many investments all at once?"

The discussion atmosphere on the online forum was relatively friendly. Although most of the investment was given to young people, my own salary did not decrease, so it was not a big problem.

"Don't worry, the government is still quite rich. And if spread over 50 years, the scale of the deficit is quite limited."

In the bar, the ratmen craftsmen drank and sighed...

Maybe they had their moment of prosperity... Who knows? ...

Lu Yuan sighed softly. In fact, he could anticipate everyone's thoughts and discussions.

The contradiction between the new and the old will exist for a long time in every era before it enters a stage of great prosperity.

The new generation thinks that the old people are occupying the toilet but not doing anything, and the old people think that the new generation is just lying down and relying on them for support, and each generation is worse than the previous one - the butt determines one's position, this is human nature.

But fortunately, the ship is small and easy to turn around, and with a population of just over 400,000, there aren't so many strange remarks.

As long as the distribution of wealth is reasonable, the current large family model can continue.

But when the population reaches hundreds of millions or even billions, this model may not work. By then, all kinds of social thoughts will emerge, such as animal protection, environmental protection, and all kinds of boxing techniques - 1% of the population can account for 90% of public opinion, and the entire civilization will be led astray.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

However, Lu Yuan did not plan to have such a large population. He felt that after thousands of years of development, it would be enough to maintain a long-term stability of 5 to 10 million people.

And it has to be of high quality, he likes the elite route.

After a pause of a few seconds, Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Dear friends, let's talk about the third-level civilization..."

"In addition to the all-round strength of idealism and materialism, the difference between a third-level civilization and a second-level civilization lies in another very important point... the development and application of civilization points."

"A confidential document from the Source Fire Civilization shows that they have developed a unique geographical technology that can mobilize the power of the earth veins and control volcanic eruptions."

"Although the specific principle is unknown, in theory it is an application of 'luck'. Deep volcanic eruptions can bring a large amount of resources. As everyone knows, we picked up a lot of fire-attributed ores in the beginning, and we still have a lot in stock. The Source Fire Civilization can control volcanoes and can pick up ores continuously."

"In addition, some information about the Green Civilization also reveals something we don't understand."

"For example, 'Harvest Order' is an unknown idealistic technology. It can increase the output of all plants by 3-5 times in a year. Even the output of poppy trees will be greatly increased. This may also be an application of 'Civilization Points'."

"That is to say, a Level 3 civilization will generally have a preliminary understanding of 'Civilization Points'."

"Civilization points, at a certain level, can be transformed into spiritual charm."

"But the spiritual charm cannot be converted into 'civilization points'."

These materials are rather obscure and incomplete, and I was confused when I read them at first.

Only when humans reach this stage do they slowly figure it out - this is what is going on!

The future work requires a lot of population research, so it is not a confidential project and was directly announced by Lu Yuan.

This has really aroused the interest of many people, it is a brand new research direction!

"In addition, in the materialistic field, we have to research higher-level machines, including high-speed aircraft, mecha puppets, and giant engines..."

"On the one hand, we need to make the Sky City fly faster to avoid more natural enemies. As everyone knows, the current Green City flies as slow as a snail. Even if we can make it 50% faster, it will be a good thing."

"On the other hand, using machinery to replace manpower is also a future trend... Rather than letting the Grand Master engage in physical combat, it is better to show off our high technology."

The future described by Lu Yuan is actually a bit science fiction, but it still makes everyone excited!

Especially the students in the school, they can't wait to make great achievements, and they describe their ideals one by one...

Ideals, no matter in which era, are more precious than gold.

"Finally, there is one more thing."

"Because everyone has the last name Lu, the three thousand common Chinese characters are not enough."

"So we plan to change the surname of each generation, so that we can solve the generation gap problem of the children. When choosing a spouse in the future, everyone can also pay attention to this."

This little episode made everyone smile.

Names really aren't enough.

Three thousand Chinese characters can theoretically give us nine million unique names, but you have to know that many names are ugly. You can't give someone a name like "Dabian" or "Goudan", right?

Excluding derogatory keywords such as "feces", "dog", "pig", "fat", "stupid" and "silly", there are really not many names left.

Therefore, starting from the next generation, one surname is used for each era, which is equivalent to the characters indicating generation in ancient families.

As for discrimination and the like...there is no need to worry too much, because the current training system has long been mature.

When you become an adult you can give yourself a name, you can change it to anything you want.

(End of this chapter)