Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

The passion will always pass.

After Zhou Tianshu calmed down, he owed Chen Xiaojun a big favor this time, which was also in line with Tianshi City's goal of making friends with the Chen family.

Moreover, Chen Xiaojun is not reluctant to cooperate with Tianshi City. There will always be a time when he can use Tianshi City, so it is better to have a give-and-take relationship.

Didn’t they help Chen Xiaojun this time, even though it was a small favor?

Chen Xiaojun smiled gently and said to Zhou Tianshu: "Uncle Zhou, I have a question in my mind, I hope Uncle Zhou can answer it for me."

Zhou Tianshu heard this with a gentle expression and said with a smile: "Sir, please speak, I will tell you everything I know."

Chen Xiaojun nodded slightly, and continued to make tea. He said, "Every year, 20 million people on the continent awaken their martial spirits. If we calculate it based on a one in a thousand chance, 20,000 people should awaken their spirit power every year."

"The population of Fasno Province accounts for about one twentieth of the continent. By this calculation, the number of people who awaken their soul power in Fasno Province should be around a thousand every year."

"However, the actual situation is far from this. Uncle Zhou, do you know the reason?"

This problem was actually discovered by Chen Xiaojun when he was preparing for the mainland senior elite competition.

There are three major colleges in the province of Fasno. Chang'an College has six classes each year, Canghui College has five classes, and Siyue College has four classes, which adds up to fifteen classes.

There are about forty students in each class, so the three major colleges have nearly six hundred students each year.

Adding to the other 18 advanced colleges, the quota of 1,000 people is obviously far from enough.

Zhou Tianshu pondered for a moment and said, "Young Master, where did the data of 20 million people awakening their martial spirits come from?"

Chen Xiaojun poured Zhou Tianshu another cup of fragrant tea and said with a smile, "Isn't it the data of 15 billion people in the mainland published by Chunqiu Pavilion in your city more than years ago?"

Zhou Tianshu gently stroked the teacup and said slowly: "The data did come from the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, but it is an old account."

"Let alone the total population of the continent, even the Spring and Autumn Pavilion cannot be completely sure. After all, population statistics have always been complicated."

"What's more, there are countless black and gray households in this world who are outside the household registration system."

He sighed and continued, "Even the population management departments of various countries may not be able to fully grasp the population size of their country."

"It is even more difficult for neutral organizations like us to touch the truth hidden in the dark."

Chen Xiaojun nodded, a glimmer of understanding flashing in his eyes.

The two of them sat opposite each other, the aroma of tea wafting in the air, and it seemed that even the air was filled with a hint of contemplation.

This population, in many cases, is a tax, and is therefore full of all kinds of concealment and evasion.

It is the same whether it is feudal system or county system.

The high-ranking dignitaries, the secret underground black market, the shady slave trade, the gangs spread all over the country, etc., all use various means to evade official statistics.

Even a small place like Chenlin Village has its own little secrets.

The privately registered population of the village is over 500 people, but in the official statistics, although it is not as exaggeratedly underreported as in other places, there are still errors of dozens of people.

The reason for this error was not to evade taxes, but to hide soldiers!

In this world where the strong are respected, which force does not hide some military forces?

Those forces that did not hide their troops have probably been eliminated in the tide of history.

Most of those who are hidden are soul masters, and they are the key to determining the strength of the force.

Zhou Tianshu sighed and continued, "What's more, the refugees, bandits, robbers, horse thieves, and the like on the mainland are outside the official statistics."

"Even more places like our Sanjiang River Basin are extremely chaotic and it is impossible to conduct an effective population census."

He paused, his expression becoming serious. “But the document published by our Tianshi City, as an objective analysis, still combines official data with some accurate private calculations to set the total population at 1.5 billion. This is a conservative estimate, a bottom line.”

"At that time, we privately estimated that the population was actually approaching the 1.8 billion mark."

Although Zhou Tianshu's voice was low, every word he said was like a heavy hammer, hitting Chen Xiaojun's heart.

“To this day, the past twenty years or so have been a golden period for the development of the mainland, with a huge increase in population.”

"According to conservative estimates, the current population of the mainland has exceeded 22 billion, and may exceed billion."

"This means that if we calculate based on an average life expectancy of 70 years, approximately 30 million people will awaken their martial spirits every year."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

There was a hint of emotion in Zhou Tianshu's words, as if he was telling the changes of an era.

Chen Xiaojun stroked his chin, a trace of thought flashing in his eyes: "Thirty million? Then according to the proportion, there should be fifteen hundred people who have awakened their soul power in Fasno Province."

Zhou Tianshu looked at Chen Xiaojun and was not surprised at all.

He could understand that as the direct descendant of an aristocratic family, Chen Xiaojun should be quite familiar with these "routine" tricks.

What's more, the young man in front of him was almost as smart as a demon in his eyes.

The reason why he asked himself for confirmation was simply to get some more accurate information.

Zhou Tianshu seemed to weigh the pros and cons in his mind for a moment, and then he said in an almost solemn tone: "More than one thousandth!"

Chen Xiaojun narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a hint of surprise: "Oh? That's not all?"

Zhou Tianshu nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the awakening rate of soul masters is one in a thousand. This concept is deeply rooted in the mainland and has been passed down for ten thousand years."

"However, our research in Tianshi City has found that since the population explosion a thousand years ago, this probability has actually been increasing very slowly, so slowly that it is almost unnoticeable to the world and the soul master world."

Chen Xiaojun raised his brows slightly: "Can't you notice?!"

Zhou Tianshu sighed: "Yes, if it weren't for our Tianshi City's professional research in this area, I'm afraid we would have difficulty discovering this subtle change."

He relaxed his brows and continued, "Moreover, we in Tianshi City have also discovered that in the past hundred years, especially in the past decade or so, the increase in this ratio has become particularly obvious."

Chen Xiaojun paused, a hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes: "Oh, a significant improvement? How significant is it?"

Zhou Tianshu's expression turned serious. "If we take the population explosion a thousand years ago as the starting point, and the ratio increased from 1.0 to 1.2 a hundred years ago, then in the past hundred years, the ratio has increased to 1.3. And in the past ten years, according to our latest calculations, the ratio has reached 1.5‰!"

Chen Xiaojun couldn't help but exclaimed: "That's indeed obvious!"