Chapter 267

For a moment.

Lin Qi was even more speechless.

"Pelageya Sergeyevna, I remember you're only sixteen, right? Isn't it a bit early to be thinking about these things? Wait another two years, until you're eighteen, then come talk to me about this again, and we'll see if I agree or not."

Pela adjusted her glasses, dazed, and said, "But in recent years, I've been in the Synesthetic dream, where time flows ten times faster, so my mental age is already several decades old! Besides, didn't you formulate a birth policy that encourages marriage and childbirth at sixteen? For every year one delays marriage, an additional ten-point tax is added; for every child born, one receives a reward. According to your policy, by next year I should…"

"…"

Lin Qi was even more speechless.

He thought it over.

He really had formulated this policy.

And it had remained in effect ever since.

There was nothing to be done.

After the Stellaron disaster was resolved, the population of Jarilo-VI had also bottomed out.

Only two or three million people remained.

If no measures were taken to stimulate it,

no one knew when Jarilo-VI's population would recover.

On top of that, at the time, Lin Qi had been playing "Frostpunk" and had gotten a bit carried away.

He had even come to view the people of Jarilo-VI as NPCs in a game.

When formulating policies, he had handled everything purely from the standpoint of maximum utility.

Later, because of his research, he had forgotten about this matter.

Other administrators, even if they had doubts in their hearts, would not question Lin Qi's decision.

They would simply carry it out as normal.

And then…

it had been carried out all the way to the present.

No wonder that in just ten years, Jarilo-VI's population had grown from two or three million to tens of millions.

On average, each couple had to have over ten children!

Because of Ruan Mei's influence, biotechnology on Jarilo-VI was highly advanced, so many families had twins, or even multiple births, in every pregnancy!

Otherwise, how could they average more than one child per year?

Fortunately, Jarilo-VI's welfare was explosively good, several times better than that of the people on the Dyson Ring.

Combined with the rewards for having children, there was no need to worry about raising them at all.

So much so that…

"Having children" on Jarilo-VI had almost become an industry.

Many outsiders were hoping to settle permanently on Jarilo-VI.

To obtain a Jarilo-VI household registration certificate.

Regarding this,

Lin Qi was quite moved.

A policy casually "clicked into place" had actually had such a tremendous impact on Jarilo-VI.

One could only say,

reality and games are still very, very different.

In a game, once a policy is set, whether the outcome is good or bad is simply the result of the program running.

There's no sense of reality.

In reality, things are often far more absurd.

Lin Qi sighed again, then turned his gaze to Pela.

He said,

"Jarilo-VI's population has already recovered to ten times its original size; that policy no longer needs to be enforced. Notify everyone shortly that this policy is rescinded. The legal marriage age will be adjusted to eighteen, the penalties for not marrying and not having children are also cancelled, and as for the rewards for having children… halve them for now."

"Oh, oh, alright!" Pela hurriedly nodded.

She noted down Lin Qi's instructions.

As Lin Qi's secretary, her main task was to convey Lin Qi's directives to the various departments of Jarilo-VI.

As for what consequences these directives might cause, or whether there were difficulties in carrying them out, those were not her concern.

Of course,

no one dared to refute Lin Qi's decision.

No matter what the order was, there would be no problem in executing it.

However…

it was a little regrettable.

Why was she two years younger, only sixteen?

Look at Bronya—just because she was two years older, she had actually gotten ahead of her!

After handling these matters, Lin Qi did not discuss policy matters with Pela any further.

Instead, he prepared to attend to the real business.

Namely, meeting with the Stellaron Hunters.

But in his heart, Lin Qi was even more resolved to find a "dedicated secretary."

Although he did not manage affairs, Jarilo-VI could not be left completely unattended.

He still needed someone to keep an eye on things for him.

Help him fill in the gaps.

To prevent such outrageous incidents from happening again.

Although Pela is capable enough.

She is an Argentinian and will not disobey Lin Qi's orders.

Nor will she question Lin Qi, so she is not suitable.

Just as he was thinking.

Several people walked in through the door of the conference hall.

They were several old acquaintances.

The purple-haired woman at the head was none other than Kafka.

On her left and right followed Silver Wolf and Blade.

After Firefly left, the Stellaron Hunters seemed not to have recruited new members; at least, no one else had appeared in Kafka's "team" for the time being.

"Kafka, why did your Stellaron Hunters suddenly think to come to me? And... you even caused quite a stir?"

When he said the last part.

Lin Qi's gaze turned to Blade.

Blade's face was as calm as water, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

But in fact, he was under great pressure.

When he discovered Dan Heng's whereabouts at that time, he acted on impulse and simply did not think that much.

To be honest.

The fact that he could control his strength and only attack Dan Heng without affecting the port already required immense effort.

At other times, he would not have been able to care so much.

There was no way.

Directly influenced by the flesh and blood of the Abundance Emissary, he was a rare Abomination of the Abundance even across the universe.

The fact that he could still control himself was already a great fortune.

As for explaining to Lin Qi...

Could he say he could not control himself?

Fortunately, Kafka spoke up at this moment.

"Dr. Lin Qi, Blade's situation is very special; I believe you have some understanding of it. Considering he did not cause too much destruction and even uncovered a hidden threat for Argentinian, how about you forgive him this time?" Kafka said with a smile.

Lin Qi gave a slight snort and replied.

"Silver Wolf was locked up for several months by me for invading the Any-Door control network; there is no way he would receive no punishment at all."

"How about this? I will not make things difficult for him."