Chapter 714, Population Dilemma

Except for the three star domains controlled by the alliance, there is no good land left in the entire spider web domain.

No one can blame the Princess Star Territory. It can no longer be described as bad. It can be said that the entire Star Territory has been empty.

About one-third to half of the world has been baptized by the Extermination Order and has become worthless.

A little more than half of the planet is left, and the remaining population is already very small. Maybe there are only 10 billion people left in more than 300 worlds combined?

On average, there are 30 to 40 million on a planet.

This reminded Gu Hang of his early days when he was just starting out.

Do you want to rebuild planets one by one relying on these local populations? Gu Hang was not very happy to do this kind of thing.

It’s not that it can’t be done.

When the Raging Owl Star was rebuilt back then, Gu Hang was not that powerful yet. Everything was started from scratch. Didn't it still develop like this?

However, he also knows better than anyone how much effort this requires.

The price/performance ratio is too low.

It would be better to gather as many people as possible, then choose a nearby world with a good natural environment and an acceptable level of Zerg destruction, and then uniformly resettle and develop it.

Let’s leave the other planets alone first.

It was used as a training ground and slowly cleared up, just like the area once occupied by the Iron-toothed Orcs in the northeastern part of the Dragon Eagle Star Territory.

More than ten or twenty years have passed, and the core policy there is recolonization, supplemented by long-term surveillance and military clean-up. Overall, the policy has been pretty good. Now, there is basically no need to worry that the orcs will appear on a large scale and sweep across a planet as a huge and unified tribe. The combat effectiveness of the colonial regiment, armed by the alliance, is enough to fight against the orcs.

Four star regions, forty or fifty worlds, with persistent immigration and encouragement of births, the population has exceeded six billion.

Due to the vast land and sparse population, large tracts of farms have been opened up in the plain areas where threats are relatively small. A family of adult couples, and perhaps one or two elderly people, would have three or five children. The labor force may only be two or three, but it can also constitute a small farm, often with more than 500 hectares of land.

There is no need for intensive farming. The improved seeds cultivated by the Alliance Biological Research Institute, coupled with the advanced agricultural machinery produced, can be used for large-scale mechanized production.

Even so, it is possible not to plant on land that is not truly fertile.

All of these are considered Union state farms. The food produced belongs to the alliance. Those on the farm are not actually farmers, but agricultural workers, who have ranks, receive wages, and receive a share of the farm's output. And due to their large output, their ranks are promoted relatively quickly, which will allow their descendants to obtain more land when they reach adulthood - whether it is the expansion of the family farm or splitting up to open a farm elsewhere. .

It was a pretty good day.

It's just that the population is a bit sparse, so we can only rely on alliance radio, TV programs, and alcohol to pass the time. But compared to the life they lived at the bottom of the hive before they immigrated here, it was definitely much better.

There are also worlds where the ecological environment of some planets is not suitable for large-scale agricultural production, and mining is quite good.

In short, those four star regions are no longer a burden to the alliance. Instead, they have become granaries and mineral areas, supplying the huge food needs of Qima Di and Yunluo, as well as providing military rations, and there is still a surplus that can be used as Goods are sold or taxes are paid.

The successful experience in these four star regions is to be copied to those worlds that can still be saved in the Princess Star Region.

However, in addition to the Princess Star Territory, the Fox Moon Star Territory in the easternmost part of the Spider Web Space Territory can barely be regarded as a place with better conditions, similar to the Nepeta Star Territory.

However, the former battlefield on the Northern and Western Front was a mess.

The Western Front is relatively better. At least the battle on the Western Front was won, and the swarms of insects were not able to devour the planet on a large scale. The main problem was the infection. Through the "Insect Control" program in the Nepeta Star Territory, the problem can still be solved. .

It can be regarded as a deteriorated version of the Nepeta Star Territory.

But the Northern Line is terrible.

The Northern Front Army really left a huge hole for Gu Hang. They allowed the infection to spread there and then lost the war.

There can no longer be solved by a simple 'pest control' solution, it must be recolonised.

There is a little bit of good news.

The Black Crusaders still feel a little guilty for the mess they left behind. They will retain a battle fleet including five hundred Space Marines, a large number of mortal troops, and a battle barge as the core, and cooperate with the Alliance to slowly solve the mess on the northern front.

They don't need Gu Hang to pay for the war.

But although a certain amount of military expenses were saved, the bigger expense was still in the reconstruction expenses.

The two star regions of Lofo and Jianmen on the northern line can only be regarded as the Queen's Star Region with slightly better conditions.

To engage in recolonization, even if it takes ten years to start, we can see results.

Moreover, there is another difficulty.

One of the reasons why it was possible to recolonize the areas occupied by the Iron-toothed Orcs was that the Dragon Eagle Star Territory had an abundant population, and there were several hive worlds that the Alliance judged had an excessive population.

In those hive worlds, the population is a burden. It has long exceeded the upper limit of the ecological environment of the planet. Just like the former Koroga 3, the population itself can only be simply regarded as a kind of burden. resources to offset taxes.

That's obviously a huge waste.

By migrating outward, we can solve the problem of the large population needed for recolonization and ease the ecological pressure on the planet. The population that migrates out will also have a better and brighter future. In addition to the initial investment, the rest is all income.

However, the battered Spider Web Universe is really short of population.

It is indeed possible to carry out larger-scale migration from the Menghe Star Region and the Dragon Eagle Star Region to the worlds in the Spider Web Universe.

But obviously, the cost will be much higher.

Moreover, it may not be able to meet the demand.

The basic policy of encouraging childbirth still needs to be issued.

But beyond that, Gu Hang has to think of other ways to quickly increase the population.

There may not be enough births or too late; the immigration within his own territory is a bit insufficient; the remaining way is to migrate from outside.

You can buy.

In the surrounding universes, including other star regions in the Eastern Universe, there are many nest worlds that make money by selling population.

However, buying population is very expensive. For an adult, 10 tax coins is a basic price; the number of new population that Gu Hang hopes to increase is calculated in hundreds of billions or trillions, which is too expensive. The cost of transporting people is also relatively high.

There are many pitfalls.

Let Gu Hang take over the entire Spider Web Universe, and then impose high taxes, the pressure is really great.

However, Gu Hang still decided to accept it.

This is a good opportunity for legal and reasonable expansion.

The pressure is greater, so be it.

Can withstand it.

And the huge territory of the entire universe represents huge development potential. Hardships in the early stage, the light is in the future.