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Chapter 839 Boring Sociology
Fortunately, our princess is very smart. After thinking very carefully, she roughly understood what Liu Xu meant.

"Don't you just want to say that the benefits of having a child are not as good as the sacrifices? Why can't you speak human words?" Princess Huang said angrily.

"Just tell me whether what I said is right or not!" Liu Xu said with a smile.

"This..." Princess Huang's tone was stagnant, but she finally nodded and said, "Your words have indeed touched the core. It is no longer the ancient times. The rewards of having children are far less than the sacrifices. This is indeed the reason why many matrons give up. s reason."

"Then do you know why the reward now is less than the payment?" Princess Huang asked, continuing to look at Liu Xu expectantly. This time the other party should finally tell the answer he wanted.

The root cause lies with you men over 35 years old.

Then she heard Liu Xu say, "This is caused by the rapid development of social productivity!"

"..." After hearing this answer, Princess Huang felt her whole body numb again, and what was even more uncomfortable was.

The princess could still understand the previous answer after thinking about it for a while.

But now that Liu Xu was talking about the answer, Princess Huang couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time. What is the relationship between the rapid development of social productivity and the decline in fertility?
"Shouldn't the rapid development of social productivity lead to a decrease in the cost of raising the population?" Princess Huang couldn't help but ask.

"On the surface, this is indeed the case!" Liu Xu nodded and said, "The rapid development of social productivity has promoted the development of agriculture and industry, which has significantly improved the products that everyone can produce, thus allowing everyone to As personal incomes rise and the prices of agricultural products fall, in theory it should be easier to feed children!”

"But in actual social activities, the rapid development of social productivity cannot all fall on agricultural products and other necessities of life. Because society cannot consume excessive agricultural products, the productivity currently developed by society has actually been transferred to types. More supplies that are not necessary for survival.”

"So in the past 50 years, humans have invented and created many products beyond survival. For example, they have invented a large number of appliances that facilitate life, such as televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, etc."

"There are also transportation products, manufacturing a lot of cars and bicycles."

“Even food is no longer satisfied with its basic function of filling the stomach, but there are many secondary processed agricultural products such as alcohol and snacks!”

"There are also more demands in terms of spiritual culture. Many film companies have appeared in society, and a large number of movies and TV series have been shot. For example, the novels I am writing, these are spiritual needs."

"The productivity in ancient times was very low, and even the most basic survival needs could not be met. Naturally, there were no other more needs. The cost of raising a child actually only required the most basic food, and no other things were needed."

“Now with the development of social productivity, more social products other than survival necessities are provided to human beings. In this way, they will naturally pursue a higher quality of life, satisfy more of their desires, and in turn use a large amount of social productivity All of it is consumed on oneself, pushing up a person’s cost of consumption.”

Liu Xu kept talking, looking at the princess's expression becoming more and more confused, so he explained more enthusiastically, "Let me explain it more vividly."

"Assume that the minimum consumption required for a person to survive for a lifetime is 1, and the social productivity is 1. In ancient times, the productivity of 1 could feed 1 people."

"In modern times, with the development of science, technology and society, social productivity has increased 10 times, reaching 10."

"But at this time, a person no longer pursues just the minimum consumption. She wants to drink, she wants to drive, she wants to live in a better house, she wants to watch movies, and she wants to buy various luxury bags! She wants to be alone The cost of living in society has actually reached 20.”

"So the social productivity has obviously reached 10, but in the end it was only able to feed 5000 people." "This is why I said the fundamental reason is the development of social productivity!" Liu Xu sighed, and he couldn't help but recall to China.

In China in the 20s and [-]s, the desire to have children was actually very strong, because the cost of living at that time was just eating, and there were no other excessive consumptions. Everyone wanted to have more children.Because when you have a child, you only need to take care of the food, and you don’t have to worry about other things such as education, buying a house, etc. You just have to earn one by one.

But later on, the money for milk powder alone was enough for many poor couples to plan carefully, not to mention the future school district housing, tuition fees, as well as their children's houses and cars.

But in fact, the real cost of raising children has not increased. A can of imported milk powder costing 300 yuan can feed a child, and Wuchang rice costing 10 yuan a pound can be ground into rice flour and then mixed with water to feed a child.

At the same time, under the compulsory education system, children’s tuition fees are free. As long as you don’t choose schools and don’t make up classes, the cost of your children’s education can actually be approximately zero.

Although the children will most likely only be able to work in factories to tighten screws or move bricks at construction sites when they grow up, their incomes will be higher than those of office white-collar workers.

As for getting married and having children in the future, if you don’t want to have children yourself, then why are you still considering whether the children will get married or have children in the future?
All in all, whether the cost of raising children is high or low actually all depends on the parents themselves.

Okay, that's a bit off topic, and after our princess listened to Liu Xu's words, she fell into a deep silence.In fact, she was facing a major crisis in the empire's population and had already conducted very detailed investigations and thinking. She thought she had found the key and answer to the problem.

But when Liu Xu gave himself such an analysis, Princess Huang suddenly realized that the answer she was looking for seemed wrong.

The answer I have been thinking about for decades is not as good as the 18-year-old young man in front of me. This is simply outrageous.

However, thinking that the young man in front of her could write such a sociological masterpiece as "Princess Returning the Pearl", the princess seemed to be able to accept this result.

"Then according to your analysis, how should the empire solve this problem?" Princess Huang couldn't help but ask.

"It can't be solved!" Liu Xu shuddered and said, "This is inevitable for social development. As long as society develops, the population will inevitably decline after passing its peak period. The more powerful the civilization, the smaller the population per unit area will be, until Until productivity and population reach a dynamic balance, this is a trend that cannot be stopped by any human means."

"Of course, if you have to change, it's not impossible!" Liu Xu said.

"What can I do?" Princess Huang couldn't help but ask, her whole body couldn't help but stick to Liu Xu's side.

"Ahem!" Liu Xu coughed, and then said, "The first way is to discover the new world. As long as we can own the new world, the massive resources of the new world can lead to a surge in social productivity in a short period of time. In terms of human resources, If consumption remains unchanged, more people will naturally be produced."

"The second method is simpler, that is to increase population consumption. If the total cannot be increased, then find a way to consume some of the population that society does not need."

"For example, launching a large-scale war and sending a large number of military households to the battlefield will not only consume our military households, but also consume the opponent's military households. As long as we can win the war, the enemy's world will If it belongs to us, we can gain more social productivity by exploiting our opponents, feed a larger population, and finally achieve an increase in population!"

"How about it? Isn't it very simple?"

(End of this chapter)