Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire
Chapter 609: Two Years Fly by
Ryukawa Toichiro's intimidation was still very effective. After he warned everyone that Yakumo would continue to cause trouble in Hokkaido for two months, he suddenly disappeared.
This left the senior officials of Sakura Country a little confused.
I don't understand why the Yakumo Society, which was originally so powerful, suddenly disappeared overnight, as if it was like a human being.
Even if the top brass of Sakura Country ordered the military to conduct a massive search in Hokkaido, there was no result.
In the end, Sakura Country could only issue an order to strictly control Hokkaido, and then it could only stop caring about Hokkaido's affairs.
And time, in the process of fighting like this, came to 1923.
Generally speaking, 1923 can be regarded as the most stable year since the First World War.
During this year, except for the two paramilitary groups in Europe, which further strengthened their cooperation, and the Sakura Country and Millikin, which had a flirtation with each other, no war broke out in the world.
Similarly, during this year, Daxia seemed to have kept a low profile and rarely expressed his opinions to the world.
It was as if Daxia had returned to more than thirty years ago overnight and became isolated.
However, if you go deeper into Daxia, you will find that Daxia is actually not peaceful.
Daxia's domestic infrastructure construction has been proceeding in an orderly manner.
More and more factories were opened in various places, and the railways and roads built by the empire were getting longer and longer.
It is becoming more and more convenient for people to travel.
After some people at the bottom have become wealthy, they have driven domestic consumption. This can be well proved by the continuous increase in tourism revenue every year.
But in this life, those farmers who should have faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky live a more comfortable life than in the original time and space.
After all, the empire has exempted agricultural taxes for many years, making these farmers rich.
As a tradition of Daxia people, once people have money and life becomes stress-free, they like to have children.
The empire's new population grows rapidly at a rate of 3.2% every year.
The continued growth of the population has brought huge demographic dividends to the empire.
As the new population increased and grew, more labor was brought to the empire, which in turn made the empire develop faster.
A special note needs to be made here. Since the empire encourages free trade, all taxes on the people within the empire are actually very low, with only commercial taxes being higher.
But while business taxes are high, the empire also provides real conveniences to these businessmen.
Especially in some international trade, the empire's strong strength is the strongest guarantee for these international trade merchants.
Therefore, those businessmen are also willing to pay commercial taxes. After all, in this era, trading is really profitable.
Moreover, the population of the empire has not yet reached the level of more than one billion in later generations. The current population of the empire is only 500-600 million.
And the territory of the empire is larger than the territory of the original time and space empire, so some areas are still vast and sparsely populated.
In the eastern coastal areas of the empire, many cities with a population of tens of millions also appeared and became internationally famous metropolises.
These metropolises are like pearls in the imperial crown, dazzling.
In terms of scientific research, the empire is also at the forefront of the world.
Because the empire has money, it is also willing to invest in scientific research. The expenditure of a large amount of funds has made the empire's scientific research level advance by leaps and bounds.
This is particularly prominent in the military context.
For example, the walkie-talkies needed by soldiers have been developed, which gives the imperial army the conditions for joint operations. Communication between multiple arms can be achieved.
This is a bit like the US Army during World War II. A soldier carries a walkie-talkie. After the attack is blocked, he can call for support through the walkie-talkie.
Another example is the advancement of aerospace technology, which has given the empire a new way of traveling.
Some large long-range bombers have been converted into passenger planes or cargo planes. This facilitates people's travel and the circulation of goods.
However, since this mode of travel was just beginning, there were very few routes within the empire and few international routes.
There are only a dozen routes in total. Mainly only traveling to and from a few major cities within the empire, such as Shanghai, Jingcheng, Panyu, etc.
The only international routes are Bangkok in Siam, Jakarta in Java and Malacca City.
But even so, some people who like to try it happily ran for a ride.
However, in this era of passenger planes, there are no flight attendants, let alone food.
But even so, this mode of travel is still welcomed by the people.
At this time, in the empire, it can be said that everything is developing in a good direction.
When the New Year's bell rang in 1924, Zhao Xi, as the emperor of the empire, made a speech for the first time through radio to the people of the entire empire to congratulate the arrival of the new year.
It was also in this year that the people of the entire empire heard the voice of the emperor for the first time. This made some people tremble with excitement.
After all, they never thought that one day they would be able to hear the voice of the Emperor thousands of kilometers away.
In 1924, the world's first television appeared, so this thing that could see the picture in a box quickly became popular throughout the empire.
And this new type of television has attracted a large number of film and television companies.
Don't think that this kind of thing will not be seen by many people in later generations. It was also the same in that era.
You know, in this era, although there are already movies and cinemas, most of the movies in this era are silent movies.
It's the kind of black and white movie with only pictures and no sound.
But television allowed ordinary people to hear the sounds in movies for the first time, allowing everyone to experience what it means to be immersed in the movie.
Lin Yi saw that the TV set had appeared, and he asked Li Fu to start preparing for the official film and television company to shoot some movies that would be beneficial to the empire's image, and then promote the empire.
Soon, a film and television company called Empire Voice appeared, and as soon as this company appeared, it began to invite some actors that the people liked to participate in scripts that had been prepared long ago.
These scripts are mainly about how the imperial soldiers fought bravely during World War I and defeated the enemies who had oppressed them before.
At the same time, it also depicts the misery of the dependent countries of the empire when they faced the oppression of European countries before returning to the rule of the empire, and the picture of how life got better and better after returning to the empire.
Such movies are very new to people who have just come into contact with television, and they all love to watch them.
However, Lin Yi felt that although the empire did not interfere with what kind of movies each company produced, it was necessary for the empire to establish an entertainment management department for future stability.
At Lin Yi's insistence, and after seeing the benefits of this kind of entertainment promotion, Li Fu and Li agreed to Lin Yi's suggestion.
Subsequently, a department called the Radio, Film and Television Bureau was born.
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