"Governor, how is the food supply situation on the planet now?"
Hearing that Soshyan actually asked this, King Willeton hesitated for a moment and then cautiously replied:
"At present, the food supply in various hives and settlements is basically stable, and it is temporarily unavailable."
Soshyan shook his head helplessly.
"I want to hear the truth, Governor Willaton. I am not an imperial department bureaucrat who sits in an office all year round. Not long ago, I led an expedition involving hundreds of billions of people. I can roughly tell what the world is and what it is at a glance. ”
"this"
Veraton looked at the planet’s Minister of Interior.
"Minister Beverly, you should be more clear on this aspect."
Being thrown out by the planetary governor, the fifty-year-old and almost completely bald Minister of the Interior twitched his cheeks, then took out a sweat towel and wiped his forehead, stood up and spoke in a low voice that Soshyan could still hear clearly. The voice said:
"Come back to the commander, 76% of the planet's entire food supply chain currently relies on imports, mainly based on various types of organic food, synthetic starch and protein blocks, which can basically meet the survival needs of the planet's residents."
“What is food consumption per capita.”
Seeing Soshyan asking about such a professional project, the Minister of Internal Affairs suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Soshiyang immediately shook his head and said:
"Don't be nervous, I won't hold anyone accountable here, I just want to know the truth, because it is related to how the war group arranges the food supply chain and food subsidy program in the future."
Hearing this, Minister Beverly breathed a sigh of relief, and then his voice became louder.
"At present, the planet is roughly. You know, it is difficult for the bottom nest people to enter the statistical data. We can only adopt the method of sample survey."
"Just tell me the result."
"In the last statistics, the annual per capita food consumption in several major hive cities was approximately 106.95 kilograms."
After hearing this, Soshiyang closed his eyes and said nothing. The people around him, including the planet governor, were all so silent that they didn't even dare to take a breath.
Ten seconds later, Soshyan whispered:
"Isn't it even less than 300 grams a day on average?"
If he remembered correctly, before the start of the Neisen 4 expedition, the annual per capita food consumption exceeded 350 kilograms, and it is a relatively accurate figure, although this figure includes a considerable amount of grains, vegetables, meat, etc. " "Roughly processed" or "unprocessed" food, but even counting calories is far higher than Naisen Five standards.
After all, Naisen No. 5 supplies corpse starch with high calories. It is difficult to maintain high-intensity work even if you only eat 300 grams a day. Not to mention that this is an average for vulnerable groups like children. I am afraid that the actual consumption is There will only be fewer, but it is unknown whether the Ministry of Internal Affairs will include them in statistics.
“What about the health of the residents?”
"At present, except for the residents of the upper nest and above, the overall health of the planet is relatively good, and there is no large-scale epidemic. It is estimated based on data in the lower nest and some areas that about 19.3% of the population is in a state of long-term malnutrition, and children are malnourished. The rate is 24.3%."
After listening, Soshyan did not show anger or surprise, but just said lightly.
"At least you still have statistics."
Hearing these words, many people including Planet Governor Veraton XIX looked ashamed, but I am afraid only they themselves know how much is sincere and how much is false.
Then Soshyan raised his hand.
"Go on, I want to know the real numbers. Rest assured, I can promise to let bygones be bygones. The inquiry here is just to know the truth, because only by knowing the actual situation can we formulate appropriate policy plans. This is the purpose."
"Yes, yes, according to the statistics of the last fifty years, the crude birth rate of the planet is 38.8%, the crude death rate is 6.1%, the natural growth rate is about 3.11%, and the average life span is 43.6 years. The main factor causing population death is the first The first is various lung diseases, about 28%, the second is overwork and sudden death, about 14%, and the third is accidents and unnatural death cases, about 11%. In addition, the medical system of each hive city The load is very high, and many medical facilities need maintenance and repairs, which results in some patients having to wait 20-50 days to receive initial treatment, which is also a reason."
Soshyan snorted. The other party should be telling the truth, but it may not be the truth. The accuracy of the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs itself is very doubtful. For example, the mortality rate. As far as Soshyan knows, even in the "pleasant scenery" of Nai Mori No. 4 is also around 9%. How can it be only 6.1% in such a world?
Of course, the census itself is an extremely huge project, especially for the bottom nest where there is almost no imperial administrative agency. The administrative power cannot be extended at all, and naturally it is impossible to count.
This is also a problem that the empire has been unable to solve since its establishment. It has the largest population and size in the galaxy, but it cannot exert one-tenth of its total power. It is even inferior to the greenskins in terms of mobilization ability (at least the greenskin boss roared able to mobilize most of their manpower and material resources), the vast majority of people just "live" within the empire, and are actually not within the empire's rule and management at all.
This also made Soshyan realize that if the value of each person can be fully utilized and everyone can be included in management, then even the energy of a galaxy may not be weaker than the extensive adoption of an empire. A managed star district.
“What is the average number of hours workers work now?”
When Soshyan asked about this, Minister Beverly replied in a low voice:
"We strictly follow the eight rules set by the Adeptus Mechanicus——"
"I said, tell the truth. The truth will not bring any punishment, but the lies will."
The tone of Soshyan's last few words suddenly became serious, and the Minister of Internal Affairs immediately replied tremblingly:
"Currently, the average working hours in various mines, factories and assembly lines are about 14 hours."
A day on Naisen 5 is a standard 20 tera hours, which means that people are working for nearly three-quarters of the day, and this is still an average. Soshyan knows very well what the "average" mentioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is. What's the concept? Those supervisors who only work 6 hours of work are probably included. The actual number is probably more than 15 hours.
"I see."
Soshyan waved his hand, and the Minister of Internal Affairs returned to his seat with relief. At this time, his back was soaked with sweat.
"How is the security situation on the planet now?"
When he asked this question, without the Governor having to say anything, the Legal Marshal walked out on his own. This white-haired but energetic old law enforcement officer first saluted Soshyan with an eagle salute, and then said in a deep voice:
"Reporting to Chapter Commander Alexei, the current average crime rate per million people in Nessen-5 is 0.477%, of which major criminal crimes account for 29.6%, and crimes involving heresy, incitement and other excommunication crimes account for 10.8% , an average of 1.2 million people undergo varying degrees of hard labor punishment every year, and an average of 260,000 people undergo lobotomy and servitor transformation every year. At present, there are no obvious heretics and alien threats found on the planet."
Standard imperial-style high-pressure law enforcement, but the other party's work is beyond reproach, because this is what the Legal Department does.
"The Legal Department has done a good job, but the activities of gene stealers have been rampant in the entire star field recently, so we must strictly guard against clinging to it. Once this kind of alien takes root in the hive city, it will be extremely difficult to eliminate it. The next step of the Legal Department's work is to focus on Shift to inspection of alien vessels to ensure no xeno-infection spreads to planetary surfaces."
"yes!"
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