I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"Chris, do you really want to apply for Dahua citizenship?"

In the college hall, the peers were surprised by Christian Huygens' decision.

Huygens, the Huygens who studied elliptic lines, hyperbolas and plane curves in the original space-time.

He has outstanding achievements in mathematics, optics, astronomy, and mechanics.

Scientists in this era are often very versatile, which is quite different from the scientists of later generations who specialize in one subject.

Because of Wu Changqing's arrival, Dahua's technology level is much higher than other places.

As a result, some scientists who regard Dahua as a holy land have traveled far and wide to study in Dahua.

Huygens is one of them.

In Dahua, he learned a lot of novel things, and also saw various incredible technologies of Dahua.

This made him very grateful for his decision to find the best place to live.

However, Dahua is not completely without troubles.

For example, due to identity issues, he has never been able to enter the core technology circle of Dahua.

The last time he applied to be Fei Yufeng's assistant, he was politely rejected.

The reason, of course, is his identity. Dahua is afraid that this guy will run back to Europe after he has learned the knowledge.

Fei Yufeng's research is all the most cutting-edge electric power in Dahua at present, how can he let others touch it casually.

Other international students have the same troubles as him.

But there is no way, people are under the eaves, that's what it looks like.

In order to learn more subtle knowledge, Huygens gave birth to the idea of ​​naturalization of Dahua.

"Yes, only in this way can I become Fei Yufeng's assistant."

Huygens said.

"However, wouldn't this amount to betrayal of one's own motherland?"

companion asked.

"Mengez, as scientists, we have to look at the problem from the perspective of all mankind. What is the motherland not the motherland, I am a person who wants to contribute to all mankind."

Huygens laughed.

His statement easily persuaded Menges.

Because in this era, the concept of nationality and the sense of national identity are still relatively weak.

Like Huygens, there are many Western European students who have decided to become Dahua citizens.

It is much easier for them to become naturalized than ordinary people.

After all, Dahua needs these talents.

Most, of course, are students from Fusang.

Among them, there are many reasons for choosing naturalization.

Some people are like Huygens, just to facilitate their own learning of more advanced knowledge.

Some people are disappointed with the status quo of Fusang. Now there is a melee within Fusang, and some people of insight have chosen to give up. They knew in their hearts that the current Fusang would be finished sooner or later.

Some people simply worship Dahua, a strong man, and choose to naturalize.

There are even some people with unhealthy minds who want to become naturalized and learn more cutting-edge technologies, and then escape back to Fusang after they have completed their studies.

There are thousands of reasons, all different.

For these people, Dahua's audit is not very strict.

Anyway, with just these dozen or twenty people, what kind of storms can they cause?

Now the biggest factor affecting Dahua's complete annexation of Fusang is population.

If Dahua now had a large enough adult population, Wu Changqing would have completely annexed Fusang and began to emigrate.

Unfortunately, Dahua is temporarily unavailable. Even if Fusang is annexed now, there are not so many people immigrating to the past, and there is no way to become the main ethnic group of Fusang.

Without becoming the main ethnic group, it is quite difficult to assimilate the other side, and the cost of domination is greatly increased.

In a place where rebellions continue for three days and two ends, the wealth plundered is far from enough to refute the rebellion.

Population has always been Wu Changqing's greatest concern.

Population is fundamental, without population, technology is useless no matter how high it is.

Just like the empire on which the sun never sets, without a population, it will flourish for a while at most. A world war cost most of the adult men and immediately lost their supremacy.

Once again, the ability to control those overseas colonies will be completely lost.

If you differentiate a place, it will be meaningless to occupy it. After a long time, it will split sooner or later.

If it weren't for this issue, Wu Changqing would have sent people to occupy all those overseas places.

With the current strength of the Huajun, a fleet and a division can completely control a country with a population of millions.

But that occupation means little.

Exploiting the locals too harshly will only aggravate the hatred between the two sides.

If it is not exploitative, the proceeds of occupation will not be enough to dominate the expenditures of those places.

In short, Wu Changqing wanted a complete occupation, and his plans were very big.

Fortunately, Dahua can be born with special abilities, so there is no need to worry about lack of people in the future.

At present, the population of Dahua has reached 130 million.

In the second year of Yongxing, the population of the Dahua area was only more than 40 million, and in three years it was more than 80 million. Now, in the fourth year of Yongxing, the population has reached more than 130 million.

Of course, these are not all births, many are from newly occupied territories.

However, in recent years, Dahua's birth rate is also very high.

Although Wu Changqing did not send anyone to investigate in detail, he can make some estimates based on the total population. The estimated result is that the population of Dahua has increased in the past three years.

faster than ten percent.

This is quite terrifying. According to this growth rate, the population of Yongxing can reach about 150 million in five years, 165 million in six years, 183 million in seven years, and 200 million in eight years.

This is still the most conservative estimate, and if you add the population that occupied Sichuan and Fusang, the number will be even more.

Maybe Yongxing will reach 200 million in seven years.

As long as there is food and enough food, Wu Changqing doesn't have to worry too much about the growth of the population.

Don't look at the fact that we are still far from the target of 2 billion, but the increase in population is the same as usury. The larger the population base, the faster the population increase.

The current 10% growth rate only adds more than 10 million people a year.

But if it is a base of 1 billion people, with a growth rate of 10%, it can increase by 100 million a year.

However, the children born now need to wait for them to grow up. These populations are not labor force or even a burden for the time being.

Wu Changqing was eager to have more of such a burden.

After more than ten years, when these people grow up, Dahua can usher in a wave of demographic dividends.

As long as there is a sufficient population, he can fully expand overseas.

He will not be like those countries in Western Europe, just occupy a stronghold and plunder resources.

If he wants to occupy, he will occupy it completely.

To this end, Wu Changqing is still encouraging fertility.

Anyone who gives birth to a child can get some subsidies from the court, which is called milk money.

Although not much, it can at least lighten the burden of some families and stimulate their desire for fertility.

For some families that cannot afford to support them, the imperial court will also pick up those children and raise them on their behalf.

In short, Dahua will not and will not allow children to be abandoned now. Anyone who dares to do so will wait to be caught in the mine and serve a lifetime in prison.