Hundreds of Millions of Common People, Population Explosion

Imperial Airport.

Inside the spacious airport, security was tight. Starting from the entrance, there was a guard every ten steps, and each soldier carried a gun.

With the rise of the Yanhuang Empire's economy and the advent of the industrial age, the military's weapons were being updated at an even faster pace than the rapid changes in social development.

Ye Chen's motorcade slowly drove in from the airport entrance, under the gaze of the surrounding soldiers.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years!"

As Ye Chen stepped out of the car, the surrounding soldiers knelt on one knee to salute, their voices deafening and incomparably domineering.

Looking at the surrounding soldiers, Ye Chen was very satisfied. The Yanhuang Empire's army was trained entirely according to the training methods of Huaxia in his previous life, with strict military discipline.

"Rise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Swish!"

The soldiers stood up in unison. From a distance, all the soldiers looked like one person.

At this moment, Li Xinglong, the person in charge of the airport, hurried over.

After exchanging greetings, Ye Chen followed Li Xinglong to the airport command center.

Inside the command center, people were bustling around, operating various instruments that seemed very rudimentary to Ye Chen, constantly monitoring the flight status of the aircraft.

Various flight data of the aircraft were transmitted and recorded.

With Ye Chen's arrival, the personnel inside the command center wanted to salute upon seeing him.

Seeing this, Ye Chen smiled and said, "No need to salute, just continue with your work."

Hearing this, everyone nodded and devoted themselves to their work even more wholeheartedly, striving to do their best.

Looking at the busyness in the room, Ye Chen wandered around, watching everyone's operations and the data information on various instruments, which made him a little confused.

As the empire developed to this extent, Ye Chen's knowledge accumulation could be said to have fallen behind. There were many things he couldn't understand.

However, Ye Chen didn't feel disappointed about this. After all, as the empire grew stronger, the knowledge involved in all aspects became too broad. Even if he had ten clones, he couldn't learn it all.

Moreover, he was the emperor of a country. As the helmsman of an empire, he only needed to grasp the direction of the empire's development.

There was no need to force too much in terms of technology.

Professional matters should be left to professionals to study. Laymen don't need to learn everything.

After taking a tour of the command center, Ye Chen went outside to a platform where he could clearly see the planes soaring in the sky.

As time passed, the planes in the sky, after completing their test flight missions and allowing the command center to collect various data, began to descend.

Whether the plane could land safely was of utmost importance.

A plane that cannot land safely is ultimately a failure.

"Yan Chen One is returning. All ground departments pay attention and be ready for rescue at any time."

"All departments received."

With the return order issued, the Medical Department, Fire Department, Maintenance Department, Security Department, and other departments on the ground rapidly sprang into action.

Standing on the platform, Ye Chen looked down at the scene on the ground and couldn't help but nod.

Li Xinglong, standing beside him, watched the plane descending from the sky, silently praying in his heart that it would succeed and that there would be no problems.

Since the plane was built, it wasn't the first time they had flown it, but due to immature technology, several planes had been damaged.

Perhaps Li Xinglong's prayers worked, as the descending Yan Chen One, although experiencing severe shaking during landing, ultimately landed safely without any major incidents.

Seeing this, Li Xinglong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a burst of excitement.

Because the safe landing of the plane meant the successful completion of the Kunpeng Project.

At the same time, the personnel in the command center, seeing the plane land smoothly, cheered and hugged each other with excitement.

Some people even cried with excitement.

Since the Kunpeng Project was launched, they had devoted themselves to it with full confidence, researching day after day for decades. During this period, they had experienced countless failures and wasted a lot of resources.

Although Ye Chen didn't blame them for this and often encouraged them, they felt guilty in their hearts.

Now they had finally succeeded and could finally give an account to His Majesty.

They had lived up to their mission.

Hearing the cheers in the command center, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile.

He had seen the hard work of these scientists, and in response, he could only do his best to protect them.

At the same time, he would reward them handsomely, so that they would be free from all worries.

These scientists were all treasures cultivated by the empire, and he would feel heartache for a long time if he lost even one of them.

Then Ye Chen looked at the secretary-general beside him, Yuan Lan, the granddaughter of the former secretary-general Yuan Long, and said with a smile, "Bestow upon the chief scientist of the Kunpeng Project one bottle of Longevity Elixir No. 5, one hundred million Yanhuang Coins, a residence in Tianchen Domain, and raise his peerage by three ranks...

Bestow upon the secondary scientists one bottle of Longevity Elixir No. 4, ten million Yanhuang Coins, a residence in Tianlan Domain, and raise their peerage by two ranks...

Bestow upon the Kunpeng Project researchers who have made outstanding contributions one bottle of Longevity Elixir No. 3, one million Yanhuang Coins, a residence in Tianyun Domain, and raise their peerage by one rank..."

As Ye Chen's voice sounded, Secretary-General Yuan Lan quickly took notes.

Li Xinglong, listening to Ye Chen's rewards, couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, because there were really too many, which gave him a new understanding of Ye Chen's generosity.

At the same time, it also made him understand how much Ye Chen valued the Kunpeng Project.

As Ye Chen's voice fell, Li Xinglong immediately bowed and thanked him, "Your subject Li Xinglong, on behalf of all the personnel of the Kunpeng Project, thanks His Majesty for the reward."

"Hehe, Li Qing, I attach great importance to the Kunpeng Project. Next, I hope you will continue to work hard and continue to optimize all aspects of the aircraft in order to achieve better results..."

Looking at Li Xinglong, Ye Chen smiled and encouraged him.

Yanhuang Calendar, year 200.

Qiankun Hall.

Ye Chen, who was dealing with government affairs, rubbed his brow after closing the document in his hand.

"Yuan Lan, what time is it now?"

"Your Majesty, it's already past one in the morning."

"It's already so late? Sigh, such a busy life.

It seems I need to develop artificial intelligence and computers as soon as possible to help me handle government affairs, so I can relax a bit." Hearing that it was already so late, Ye Chen couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.

Since the Yanhuang Empire entered the industrial age, its development has become faster and faster. Even with the cabinet officials filtering things, he still has to deal with a lot of matters every day.

Moreover, as productivity rises and the economy begins to soar, the empire's previously accumulated foundation begins to explode, and the rapid development of the empire is unstoppable.

At the same time, the population within the empire has also begun to explode.

Now the population of the Yanhuang Empire has reached 260 million, and as time goes by, the population is still increasing rapidly.