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Five years later.

On May 12th in Youzhou City, people were still immersed in the lively atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival, and magazines and newspapers reported on dragon boat races in various states.

The champion team of the Beijing Dragon Boat Race is like a rising star and was invited by various organizations to perform.

But soon another big news overshadowed the hot discussion about the dragon boat race. That was that General Jia and his wife, who had been at sea for five years, returned to Youzhou Port today.

The emperor, empress, and their family, as well as all the dignitaries and officials in the court, all went to the base port to welcome the naval force.

Many people also went to watch the fun. It is said that when General Jia went out to sea, he brought a warship with him and a hundred warships, but when he came back, the number of ships that came to Daxia with him was as high as a thousand.

During these five years, he either suppressed or conquered the envoys from various Western countries at sea, or wanted to propose diplomacy with the Eastern power Daxia.

In short, this grand event is a once-in-a-millennium event, and all the people living by the sea don't want to miss this grand event.

It is said that when the team passed through Lingnan Port, Minzhou Port and Jiangnan Port, the streets were deserted and countless people gathered at the ports to watch the real thousand ships passing by.

General Jia sent the list of supplies he brought back to the court in advance, and there were more than a thousand types of items listed.

What Ling Moxiao and the court officials care about is which countries have sent envoys to Daxia? Which countries does our country want to establish diplomatic relations with?

What territories did Jia Si conquer that had no country but only indigenous people? That is, the land that Daxia could colonize.

How many more soldiers should be recruited for the navy this year? How much should the navy budget be increased? These political matters were hotly debated in the court for many days.

What Dongsu was concerned about was the list of crops. When she saw the potatoes and corn, she breathed a sigh of relief.

With these two crops, people will not starve to death even in years of natural disasters. From now on, Daxia will officially enter a period of no hunger for all people.

In the past five years, there has been a population explosion, and the total population of Daxia has reached a historical high of 90 million.

You have to know that during the heyday of the previous dynasty, the population was only 60 million at most.

When Ling Moxiao ascended the throne, the population of Daxia was only over 30 million. Of course, the slaves and refugees of the nobles were not officially counted.

Today, these 90 million are still growing explosively and will double in number, and will surely exceed 100 million next year.

The imperial court was satisfied with the population growth, but was also worried about the food problem. Farming depends on the weather, and no matter how much money is invested in water conservancy projects every year, there will always be floods somewhere.

No matter how much the Academy of Agricultural Sciences cultivates high-yield rice and wheat, there is still a shortage of food. In order not to affect the price of domestic food, imported food must be controlled.

But with potatoes and corn, the situation will change greatly. In this era, rice and wheat are considered high-yield if they produce 500 kilograms per mu, while potatoes and corn can reach 1,000 kilograms.

The important thing is that corn is excellent for both sugar production and oil refining. This will greatly improve the dietary structure of the lower-class people, who no longer just want to eat enough but also want to eat well.

When there is an abundance of grain, there will be plenty of corn and soybeans to use as feed. The breeding industry will be greatly improved, and people will be able to eat meat every now and then, and an egg a day will no longer be a luxury for a child.

Dong Su and Mo Xiu Jin looked at the list of crops and discussed seed cultivation.

When Li Nianyu anxiously leaned over to look, Dong Su quickly looked down and saw the word "rubber".

She and Li Nianyu cheered at the same time. Jia Si knew that they were in a hurry to get rubber, so he not only brought rubber saplings, but also brought several boatloads of natural unprocessed rubber.

Li Nianyu said excitedly: "The steam engine finally succeeded!"

Master Bai, who walked even faster than Sister Yuan, also said happily: "With rubber, the price of prosthetic limbs can be reduced, so that ordinary people can afford them."

Ever since Dong Su made a prosthetic limb for Mr. Shen, both Master Bai and the Imperial Hospital have been developing prosthetic limbs over the years, but the cost is too high, which makes it prohibitive for ordinary people.

Dong Su sighed and said, "Yes! Rubber can be used not only in industry and medicine, but also in many other places."

Dong Su had a premonition that with the success of Jia Si's great voyage, Da Xia's comprehensive strength would achieve rapid development in the next five years.

Today, the people of Daxia are all lamenting that compared to ten years ago, every day is like the New Year.

But she guaranteed that in ten years, when those white-haired old people told their younger generations stories about their childhood, the children would definitely not believe them.

Nowadays, even the villages in Lingnan have public toilets and people have access to clean drinking water.

It has been two years since there has been an outbreak of plague that infected more than a thousand people.

There were border troops stationed in the most remote pastoral areas of Beijiang County, and no herdsmen had ever starved to death or frozen to death, no matter how severe the snow disaster was.

The base harbor was packed with people. When the emperor and his family arrived, everyone greeted them with courtesy.

Dongsu and the graceful Xiaobao were sitting in the royal carriage and could see their relatives in the crowd at a glance.

Shen Linzhong supported Grandpa Shen, Shen's father and Jiang held their eldest brother's son, and Chen Luoxue held her daughter who was only a few months old.

My second aunt's family is the most conspicuous. Even after coming to Beijing for several years, Shanshan has not changed his fashion sense, and he has also led a group of men to wear colorful clothes.

Nowadays, men's clothing in ready-made clothing stores is printed with bright colors of flowers, birds, fish and insects, all of which are decorated with mountains and fire.

When we came to the base today, Shanshan successfully persuaded his family that there were too many people and if they didn't wear brighter clothes, they might get scattered and it would be difficult to find them.

Then my second aunt and her family all wore very brightly colored satin, which made them stand out in the crowd.

Xiao Pan and Sister A Yuan supported their third aunt, but when the third aunt saw the second sister, she greeted her happily. She was in very good spirits and didn't need anyone's support at all.

Jia Shiba brought Sister Damai and their three children, and Dalian brought a group of female shop assistants from her dim sum shop. The girl was fully devoted to the dim sum business.

They had already opened 18 branches in Youzhou. When Da Mai asked her about marriage, she said that she would get married when she opened 100 branches.

Ding Qi and Shen Dongyue also came with their children. Qingniu also went out to sea with Jia Si this time. If it wasn't for picking up her brother, Shen Dongyue would not like to join in such a commotion.

Zhong Yang is in charge of this grand ceremony. Ling Moxiao and Dabao are chatting with Zhong Yang about the development of the base.

Sanbao put his hands in his pockets and looked up at the large machinery in the base. The palace servants anxiously asked him to go to the Queen's side, but Sanbao refused to move.

Until Dong Su asked his elder brother to help carry him over, the child still said angrily:

"I have wanted to come to the naval base for a long time, but my father would not allow me to do so. Now that I have finally come here, you still won't allow me to look around?"

If there hadn't been so many people around, the Queen Mother wouldn't have been able to beat the child in public. Dong Su really wanted to hold him down on her knees and spank his little butt a few times, just like she did at home.

This kid was a lazy kid when he was young. After he turned three, he suddenly discovered the joy of taking things apart.

As soon as he arrived at Momen Academy, he tore the institution to pieces. As soon as he arrived, a group of teachers immediately shouted:

"Hurry, hurry, hide, hide, don't let the Second Prince see it."

When he was five years old, he became even wilder. He would run away if the palace servants weren't paying attention. The most frightening time was when he ran away from Mo Men Academy.

Everyone was searching the academy for him, but he actually made a forbidden vehicle and ran into the Mo Men Military Workshop, and even wanted to dismantle the artillery for research.