"Absolutely not!" Zhang Er flatly denied: "If they want the population to increase but not decrease, they have to ensure their life safety. Without us to educate them, how will they face the wild beasts? How will they get food? They can have twenty people.

A small group would be great!”

"If we develop first, in ten or twenty years, yes, there will indeed be progress, but don't forget, those people scattered around the world will not develop. By then, their population will still be the same tens of thousands as today.

There will be no breakthrough at all.”

When everyone heard this, it was indeed true. If they ignored other people's words, they would definitely not be able to develop the population. It seemed very uneconomical to go to them in the future.

Wang Yang was not so sure about this, and was even a little confused. Where did he know how big the population was in this era?

Tens of thousands of people? To put it rationally, it may be the limit. Even less than 10,000 people is possible.

Seventy thousand years ago on earth, the earth faced major natural disasters, and the world's population dropped sharply to 2,000 people.

What is the concept? That is the first-level national key protected animal...the national treasure panda.

Human beings at that time were like national treasure pandas... It was truly deserted. Unfortunately, humans did not receive the same treatment as pandas at that time, and they were still risking their lives.

Now, it was 1.8 million years ago. Although the physical fitness was really not bad, and he could walk upright like a human being, and he could also cooperate with hunting to a certain extent, this era was not a very good era.

It's the Ice Age! And the beasts at this time are much more powerful than those back then... It's not that humans are stronger, but animals are not. Animals are also strong, and they are incredibly strong.

So Wang Yang has always been very puzzled about the number of humans in this era. How many tens of thousands? Is it too much? Or too little?

He did not throw out this doubt, but continued to listen.

Over there, two newly-minted scientists immediately began to retort: ​​"Okay, you said finding someone, doesn't it take time to find someone? The world is so big. Where are you going to find someone?"

Zhang Er said: "This is my plan. I think at this time, most of the population must be divided into small teams and dispersed in a circle. It only takes a few years, and there will definitely be big gains."

The two refuted again: "Spread out? Do you have to come back when you find them? Do you still need to receive education? Start by looking at pictures? How much time will it take? Moreover, after you find a group of people and come back, you have to go back to the old road again.

, how much time will this waste?"

Zhang Er's mouth curled up: "Who said that? Who said you want them to come back?"

"Huh?" Everyone looked at him with wide eyes.

I saw him explaining: "My plan is very simple. The world is indeed big, too big to be true. We have a small population and are very small. But no matter how big the world is, its area is fixed."

"But our team is getting bigger and bigger!"

"For example, if we have ten people in each team and divide one thousand people into going out, there will be one hundred teams. If one of the teams finds ten people and does not come back, it will immediately split into two again and continue to search."

"Our one team became two teams, and then we continued to search again, so that one became two, two became four, and four became eight. A year later, we may have hundreds of teams.

Searching for other humans around the world.”

"Two years from now, we may have hundreds more teams. In a few years, why worry about not having thousands more teams?"

"And it's blooming everywhere. No one will take the same route. It's like clicking countless dots on a piece of paper and the ink will spread out."

The two asked again: "What about education? Are you going to let the newly found humans follow you to find people who don't know how to communicate?"

Zhang Er glanced at the two of them: "Why do we need to communicate? If we go there with sophisticated equipment, we will definitely become their leader immediately."

"They don't care if we are looking for someone. They will just follow us."

"And, since you asked this question, I will answer you. Each of our teams will be assigned two teachers, four hunters, and four craftsmen."

"While searching, teach the new humans how to communicate. It will take a year or two to communicate with pictures, right?"

"After the teams were divided, these ten people led two teams respectively, five of us and five new people. After a while, the five new people had some basic knowledge. When they were divided into new people, they had some basic knowledge.

Don’t worry about it.”

"In this way, education will not be left behind. Along the way, some people hunt, some make tools, and some develop education. They can also teach new people to develop. In a few years, won't it be a big thing?"

This idea is extremely novel, highly imaginative, and at the same time rigorously logical.

Everyone listened and memorized it, and then looked at it carefully after memorizing it, thinking seriously, and gave Zhang Er a thumbs up. It was very maneuverable.

Even the two newly-minted scientists found it difficult to find fault.

Because in terms of developing the country and building the future, their idea is to be self-sufficient and want to use the development of science and technology to drive the labor force.

After a few decades, although development has improved and it is easier to find people, other primitive people may have developed in these decades, and the population remains unchanged.

Even if they are all found by then, the number will still not reach 100,000.

Zhang Er's idea is to find people first. If they are found and taught how to hunt and survive, the population will steadily increase.

In a few decades, the population can easily reach more than 100,000 or 200,000, and the development of science and technology will definitely be very rapid.

In the long run, Zhang Er's idea is more in line with the country's future construction. After all, population is the most important foundation. Without people, everything is in vain.

After hearing this, Shoukang finally understood why Wang Yang brought it up alone, because even he couldn't wait to send out a team to find someone.

As expected, when Zhang Er finished speaking, Wang Yang smiled at the officials and said, "What do you think? Do you think this plan is feasible?"

Baiguan, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Li Si came out and said: "We need to think more about this matter, give us three more days."

"Okay! After you go back, think about this matter!"

As soon as he raised his eyes, Wang Yang saw the two scientists pouting and looking depressed, and laughed.

"Actually, I don't think your two plans are contradictory, because we don't know where the resources are or where other humans are. After the team spreads out, we will find whichever one we find, and we will find it together."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, and the hostility between Zhang Er and the two people also subsided a lot.

…

Three days later, another morning meeting came, and all the officials gathered together.

This time, the "rookies" got used to it a little better. Instead of yelling and saluting Wang Yang as soon as they came in, they obediently bowed to Wang Yang according to their official positions.

After the ceremony, Li Si and other core members began to express their opinions: "We agree with this plan, but there are a few points that need to be arranged first."

"First, if you find some metal ore or other resources first without finding anyone else, should you stop where you are and mine the resources? Or should you just sit back and ignore it and move on."

"Second, after finding a group of people, how do we know their location? Even if they send one person back, the others must have gone to other places and cannot stay where they are."

"Third, even if we have found 10,000 or 20,000 people, how can we notify everyone and ask them to come back? If we don't come back, we won't be able to concentrate on development."

"Fourth, there are so many people, and when someone happens to discover new resources and minerals, it stands to reason that they should stop where they are and bring back a batch of resources when they come back. But how do we let them know that the number of people is already there?

That’s enough, can we stay where we are?”

"Fifth, who should be sent?"

"The above five points are the issues we have summarized."

The five points they mentioned can actually be summed up into three points.

The first point is, what should you do if you find a resource mine first? Stay where you are and mine? Or continue to move forward.

The second point, combining items 2, 3, and 4, is how to maintain communication in a timely manner. After all, we don’t have mobile phones. It may be several months before the news from the front comes.

If we send someone back to convey the news, those people will have disappeared long ago, and there is no way they can wait where they are, right?

Moreover, sending it over again is equivalent to sending messages to each other once, which may waste a year.

There is no way to recruit people back in time, which is very troublesome.

The third point is who to send.

Originally, this was not a problem. Hunters could be trained, there were countless craftsmen, and teachers were easy to find, so I just brought in those guys from school who didn’t know what to do after graduation.

But the question is, who wants to go?

Traveling long distances in remote places, in freezing weather, facing wild beasts all the time, without any rest, is not a good job. Who wants to go there?

No matter who you are, you will think, "I have a nice big house but I don't live in it, I don't drink good wine, I don't eat good meat, so I go hang out with beggars? Isn't this sick?"

Well, how can you be willing to face the primitive life of eating hair and drinking blood? There must be no one willing to go.

Even if the imperial edict is issued, everyone refuses to leave. What else can you do? You can't kill me. I haven't broken the law. Even if you lock me up, it's better than letting me "go back to the Paleolithic Age."

"ah.

These three issues must be considered carefully and solutions must be sorted out, otherwise it is extremely easy to cause big troubles.

Wang Yang has actually considered these issues, and he has no idea for the time being. The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

"I wonder if you have ever thought about how these three problems need to be solved?"

Zhang Er glared at the two scientists and stood up and said: "I think we should ignore temporary resources and find people first!"
Chapter completed!