Chapter 224： Baby boom

Winter is about to pass, but it is still cold in Romania. At the First National Hospital in Galati, Butovino is working hard to move bricks. The sweat on his forehead described his efforts, and his trembling legs described his exhaustion.

At this time, the whistle of rest sounded, and Butovino put down his work and slumped on the brick, ignoring the impurities and dust on it. There is only one thought in Butovino's mind, no wonder it is really tiring to get a high salary of 8 lei a day.

Thanks to the Romanian government for getting such a high salary as Butovino. The prosperous economy has allowed Romania's industry to grow, and many recruitment messages are posted to the talent market every day. Most of the Romanian people squint in factories, service industries, etc., and work easily. Construction workers with heavy physical labor are not very popular. Now that Romania is building everywhere, the imbalance between supply and demand is the result of pushing up the cost of construction workers.

This situation could have been alleviated by the influx of war refugees into Romania, but the government banned this possibility. This is also the government's aim to allow more Romanians to enjoy the fruits of economic prosperity. Therefore, wages at construction sites have increased significantly. This eased the problem of difficult construction sites to a certain extent, at the cost of increasing their costs and making construction more expensive.

Butovino was thinking about his wife and children at home during the rest, which relieved his exhaustion to a certain extent. Now he needs to finish his work today to get his wages, and his wife and children are still waiting for him.

In fact, the Romanian government has noticed the changes in the birth rate in recent years. In 1905, when Romania's industrialization began, its infant birth rate was 3.83%, the death rate was 2.47%, and the natural growth rate was 1.36%. Its natural growth rate is only average in Europe, and the only outstanding ones are the high birth rate and high death rate.

Then Romania began the process of industrialization, and its infant birth rate rose steadily along with the process of industrialization, from 3.83% in 1905 to 4.21% in 1910. Due to insufficient investment in medical facilities at that time, the mortality rate only dropped from 2.47% to 2.38%. Don't underestimate this increase or decrease. This is also the result of Romania's annual investment of tens of millions of lei.

And in this year, Romania's baby birth rate became the second highest growth country after Russia. However, Romania is much better than Russia's 3.15 percent mortality rate. So in this year Romania, with its natural growth rate as high as 1.83%, disregarded other European countries. Subsequently, Romania's natural growth rate has been hovering between 1.91%-1.78%.

Among them are the changes brought about by personal ideas. During those years, the economic development momentum was good, and many people began to think about *** after eating their meals. There are also government pushes behind the scenes. Through newspapers and other media, the benefits of multi-family with children are widely promoted, and the world is declared to the world through religion that the Lord loves every baby born. Moreover, the media and religion strongly condemned the abortion, forming a social concept that more children are good. Therefore, the growth rate of newborn babies has remained high.

However, in the past two years, Romanian newborn babies have reached a new high again. This is due to the explosive growth of the Romanian economy in the past two years. Its growth rate of about 25% has brought not only economic growth, but also rapid social development. Among them, the infant birth rate has reached 5.12% in the past two years, the mortality rate has also been reduced to 1.87%, and its natural growth rate has reached 3.25%. If this growth rate is ensured, the Romanian population can grow rapidly.

However, this abnormal growth has also attracted the attention of many sociologists, and many people are rejoicing at this growth rate. Now, there is no future generations to worry about the bearing capacity of the earth. For this great morality, European countries are now dismissive of them. Their eyes are focused on the national strength of each country. The population is one of the important indicators (otherwise they It would not be incredible to the more than 400 million Chinese at that time), so all countries are encouraging childbirth.

Even some ‘conscience’ sociologists with the perspective of later generations believe that population growth cannot be too high. Nor will it be accepted by all sectors of society. Nowadays, the mainstream view in various countries is that a perfect family needs to have multiple children, and multiple children here are more than two.

So when this statistical table of population growth was placed in front of Edel, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. "It's better than the evil capitalism."

However, high growth also brings some problems. For example, the price of food and supplies for infants and young children in Romania has risen rapidly, putting additional economic pressure on many families. Moreover, the future involves the education of this group of children in the future, and the future work problems. These are problems that need to be solved by the government. However, these problems are trivial in the face of future demographic dividends.

As for the possibility of overpopulation in Romania in the future, Edel has already been at the desk for a long time. He wants Romanian swords to obtain enough room for the Romanian people to survive. As for this sword, it is still being tempered, but it will surprise the world soon.

But the first thing that needs to be resolved is that the burden on the families of newborn babies must be lowered. For this he once again summoned Prime Minister Bretianu.

"I have seen your Majesty."

Prime Minister Bretianu looked at his king warily after saluting. Edel was distressed by the Prime Minister's vigilance against him. It has been almost a quarter. The Prime Minister is still worried about him forcing him to accept militia expenses, even if he commends his royal medal.

But it's about the next big battle in Romania's future young adults, so Edel decided to explain his intentions first.

"The Prime Minister is summoned this time for the recent baby boom problem."

"Baby boom?"

Prime Minister Bretianu didn't react to the new term in the king's mouth.

"It's the Romanian babies that have poured out like a tide in the past two years."

Facing Edel's explanation, Bules Yanu felt it, and he asked tentatively. "Your Majesty, do you want to alleviate the burden of raising babies on the family?"

"Yes, I have this plan."

Edel secretly praised the Prime Minister for his quick understanding of his thoughts. "Does your government department have any plans for this?"

Prime Minister Bretianu quickly recalled the proposal submitted by the government department in his mind and said. "Our government believes that in order to reduce the burden on these families, we need to start from two aspects. Among them, reduce the price of baby products on the market and return them to normal prices. This requires government departments to guide more companies to pay attention to the baby products market. This requires more media coverage to allow companies to pay enough attention to this market."

"this is not bad."

Edel complimented.

Prime Minister Bretianu saw Edel’s approval and went on to say another aspect. "We can also subsidize families with multiple children. The standard of the subsidy can be based on 60% of the basic annual expenditure of a baby. However, it can only be provided to families with three or more children. Subsidies, in this way, can also bring Romania's birth rate to a higher level."

"So how many years will the government subsidize these families?"

Edel asked about the topic he was most concerned about. If the Romanian economy was overwhelmed, it would go against his original intention.

Prime Minister Bretianu spoke out the government's plans. "At present, our government believes that three to four years is a reasonable number, which can ensure that babies can survive the early dangerous time. The annual cost will not exceed 30 million lei, and it is estimated that the population growth can be higher."

Hearing what the Prime Minister said, Edel nodded. It suddenly occurred to him that in future generations, an institution to take care of the families of the parents of workers might be used in Romania. "What do you think if the government runs a public welfare organization that exempts parents from bringing children?"

Edel's proposal made the prime minister think about it. "This is a very good idea. It might save parents the time and energy required to bring their children, just like school?"

"Yes, but not to teach them to learn, but to let them entertain and play."

Edel continued to tell the information he knew in later generations.

"Your Majesty, this method is feasible."

"Then your government will handle that plan."

A few days after Edel negotiated with the Prime Minister, Romanian newspapers began to report on the issue of the high price of baby products, which made many people think about investing some money to try this market. This makes manufacturers that previously made high profits have to lower their prices to deal with the first competitors. In the following months the market price of Romanian baby products dropped significantly.

At the same time, the government promulgated the latest bill to reward birth. In the new bill, Romania can apply for a family subsidy as long as families with three or more children, but this only applies to children under the age of four, including four-year-olds. The bill also stipulates that each family can only receive one family subsidy, and each family subsidy is 300 lei.

The new bill gave Butovino a sigh of relief, although not too much, but it can also relieve his pressure. This bill also relieves many families who have become burdens because of too many children. In the first year of the bill, nearly 80,000 families applied for subsidies. In addition, the birth rate of Romanian babies has increased to a certain extent after the issuance of the bill. According to government estimates, 150,000 family subsidies will be received in five years. This will represent the world where many young people will come to this bill in the future.

At the same time, kindergartens established by the government have appeared in various cities in Romania to take care of children over 2 years old and under 6 years old. This also made the dual-worker families who were distressed by having children overjoyed. Soon kindergartens were flooded with children from all kinds of families.

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