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Chapter 1605 Iron Fist (First update, please subscribe)
American life!

Your question made Yu Chengcheng stunned, and he couldn't even react for a moment.

"I remember a few years ago, an American housewife was interviewed by a reporter. She deliberately laid out the goods she bought in a week on the ground. She said that she spent about $12.50 a week on daily necessities, which was enough for her, her husband, and a pair of four-year-old twins, as well as the cost of feeding a cat."

Li Yian paused for a moment, recalling the shock he felt at the time and said:
"That is to say, an American family could live well with $60 a month, and the average monthly salary of American workers at that time was around $150. In other words, a man working could support a whole family."

Looking at Yu Chengdong who seemed to have not understood yet, Li Yian continued:
"This is the reason why the birth rate in the United States is so high - men have high incomes, so women don't need to work. They just need to serve their husbands well and give birth to and raise children!"

"This……"

Yu Chengdong said:
"But the women here are used to working!"

Because we are used to women working, it seems a bit strange to suddenly ask women to return to the family and become housewives.

In fact, this is cognition!

Because it’s a habit, so it’s a habit.

"Habits can be changed. Just like in the United States, women in the United States did not work before World War II. But during the war, in order to solve the problem of labor shortage, women entered factories one after another. Although a large number of women started working during the war, they even promoted women's power, and they did play a role.

But after the war, women were driven back home, and men once again became the main force in the workplace.

and then?
American women are used to it.”

Li Yian emphasized:
"We have this habit out of helplessness because there was a shortage of labor back then, so we needed women to work. Now that there are some problems that need to be solved, let's learn from the United States!"

This is not to brag about the United States. Currently, the proportion of working American women is only about 20%, and 80% of American women are housewives. They provide excellent logistical support for their husbands and just give birth to children.

Just like Li Yian’s wife and his lovers, most of them do not work. They just provide logistical services and serve him and the children.

This is truly the golden age in America!
A family only needs one man to work to cover all expenses, and the living standard is very good, or even better, because the price increase of food is limited. Ten years ago, it only cost $12 a week to feed a family, but now it only costs $18.

And what about income?

It soared directly to more than 300 US dollars, and basic living expenses for a month were less than 30%, so the remaining money could be used to enjoy life.

This is the "golden age" that Americans miss. This kind of life was broken starting in the 1970s when the U.S. economy was in full recession. After Reagan came to power, he cracked down on trade unions and other aspects, and the "golden age" became a beautiful memory, the memory of a generation.

Although incomes decreased and problems arose in family upbringing, the government fanned the flames with the slogan "women's awakening" and, under the pretext of so-called gender equality, encouraged women to step out of the family and stop being housewives. Women flocked to work to solve the problem of family expenses.

Just a few years later, the proportion of American women participating in the workforce reached around 80%, which is definitely the highest proportion in the world.

Of course, corresponding to this, the birth rate began to decline continuously. There are even so-called awakeningists who directly choose to be DINKs.

Later, Da Piaoliang began to Latinize and become evil.

The people of Qin had no time to mourn themselves, but later generations mourned them.

Li Yian has always been a person who is good at learning from lessons. Of course, he must learn from the big mistakes and not make the same mistake himself.

“So, we need to care for women!”

Li Yian changed the subject and said:

"So we need to increase maternity leave and extend it to one year. I also want to increase women's wages during maternity leave. Of course, we also support them as housewives to stay at home and make good decisions..."

We have always cared about women and let them enjoy their lives, isn’t that good?

As a housewife, you don't need to work and you don't have the pressure of work. This is definitely not objectifying women. It's caring.

"Well, this will definitely make it difficult for women to find jobs..."

Even without thinking about it, we know that increasing "welfare" in this way is actually increasing the burden on the company. Faced with this result, the company will naturally take measures to stop the loss.

In other words, the market will eventually eliminate these people's employment opportunities and force them to return to their families.

"You have to understand that this care for women is to take care of them, and since they are cattle and horses, let the men make some sacrifices."

Li Yian said somewhat helplessly. Now, as a man, he once again stood opposite the man. Really, how could I become such a person?

In fact, theoretically speaking, women are more suitable to be cattle and horses.

What's wrong with women being treated like beasts of burden?
Do they dare to rebel?
Is there any rebel force in this world that is mainly composed of women?

Li Yian feels that he has become a friend of women.

He actually put himself in women's shoes and considered so much.

“Perhaps, this is the true beacon of humanity!”

This sigh comes from the heart.

Yu Chengdong said:
"In that case, we need to increase workers' wages."

“There are gains and losses. Since we have chosen one direction, we need to pay more on the other side.

Well, it just increases people’s income.”

In fact, increasing income is only one aspect. On the other hand, it is also necessary to build a social consensus in the whole society that women should be housewives.

For example, there is a social consensus that work before marriage is for socializing, but after marriage one should return to the family.

Of course, we also need to build a consensus on women taking care of the family and having children. Only with a basic social consensus can we fundamentally solve the fertility problem.

In the new year, just as Li Yian was concerned about the issue of fertility, the world was changing rapidly.

The city on the hill, which thinks itself full of martial virtue, continues to increase its intensity in Saigon.

While they are interpreting "I am the most beautiful and the coolest", the world is still developing in its own direction.

On this day, a red "Global Express" landed at Chang'an International Airport. As the world's first supersonic business jet, it was only delivered and put into use in December last year.

The first batch of customers included the Iraqi royal family. The "Global Express" with the Iraqi royal emblem was flown directly to Chang'an just three months after its delivery.

As a supersonic aircraft with a cruising speed of Mach 1.9, it only takes 4 hours to fly from Baghdad to Chang'an.

It is also because of this that Princess Addis can come to Chang'an occasionally like shopping. Of course, besides her, there is also King Xia.

Now they don't need to worry about a military coup because there are more than 2.5 SEA troops stationed in Baghdad and more than troops stationed in Iraq as a whole, and the royal guard is the Black Knights.

So, in theory - unless Li Yian wants to dethrone his son, no one in Iraq can do this.

As usual, after arriving in Chang'an, Princess Addis moved directly into the old official residence, and Li Yian naturally followed her instructions enthusiastically and served her personally.

After an in-depth discussion, Princess Addis was lying there limply, while Li Yian was lying on the bedside, taking a breath and drinking a sip of tea.
As a winner, he was always proud. As for Attis, he took about ten minutes to calm down and said to her in a charming tone:

"My dear, I have already communicated with the Shah of Iran and Sabah III of Kuwait. We will establish the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Whether you agree or not, I must do this. My country and my people need the dividends of oil. The profits of oil cannot always belong to foreign companies."

Listening to Addis' words, Li Yian thought for a moment and said:

"I know that every country has its own demands. I don't object to your establishment of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, but..."

Looking at the woman in front of him, Li Yian emphasized:

"You should know that I am firmly against the nationalization of oil. We can negotiate on issues such as oil sharing, but that is all we can do. If you want to nationalize it..."

"I see!"

Lying on the man, Princess Asidi said:
"You have your interests to protect, and I have mine, or rather, Shia's interests. As you once said, Iraq's future lies in secularization. A country without secularization has no future. Moreover, only a secular country can eliminate the differences between the local Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians..."

As the true king of the kingdom, Addis now understands where Iraq's future lies.

Of course, to a certain extent, she needs to be grateful to those singers. As a student of the Russians, they had purged many people, which made her path to secularization not as difficult as in Iran.

"Well, in the future, what you need to build is the 'Iraqis'. Only with the 'Iraqis' can there be a king of Iraq. Otherwise, the throne of Shia will be challenged."

Lying on the man's chest and listening to his heartbeat, Princess Attis continued:

"I know, that's why I need oil, I need petrodollars to promote the development of Iraq, to ​​bring them from the tribes, from the countryside to the cities, and eventually, they will integrate into modern society..."

Listening to Addis' words, a thought popped up in Li Yian's mind - is it possible to continue on this path?

(End of this chapter)