The most arrogant in history

Guan Bao, Sang Buyi and others were trying hard to hold back their laughter.

Wang Shuang raised his head: "At that time, I wanted to name the country Dayan..."

"Shut up! How dare you talk nonsense!" Ma Zhao slammed the table.

Wang Shuang was so frightened that he dared not speak.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Dayan is not right. Your ancestral homeland should be considered Zhao State. Let me ask you again, why did you exile me to Jiaozhi to raise monkeys after you proclaimed yourself emperor?"

Wang Shuang thought for a long time: "Because... I think the emperor is very capable and must be very good at raising monkeys. I heard that the emperor likes monkeys very much and has captured many monkeys from the south. Some were sent to mines and some were sent to textile factories..."

I'll do it!

Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and rolled his eyes and said, "I have never caught monkeys in Jiaozhi, you are slandering me."

Ma Zhao whispered, "He should be talking about the foreign laborers who were handed over..."

"I understand." Ye Kun nodded and looked at Wang Shuang's wife:

"Wang Shuang's wife, Mrs. Ding, has your husband always been like this?"

Mrs. Ding kowtowed and said, "My husband was very smart when he was young. He was well educated and could write and do accounts. But later he became ill and took cinnabar pills. He became stupid and his words were incoherent."

Ye Kun touched his chin and smiled bitterly:

"Cinnabar is a tranquilizer, but it actually contains lead and other toxic substances that damage the brain and nerves. If you take too much of this stuff, you will indeed become a fool."

Wang Shuang's two sons, both adults in their twenties, wept and said:

"Your Majesty, my father has offended the royal dignity and deserves death. We brothers are willing to die in place of our parents. Please, Your Majesty, spare our parents..."

Wang Shuang seemed to have come to his senses as well, with tears in his eyes.

"Come here, open the shackles for Wang Shuang's family and release them in court."

Ye Kun tore up Wang Shuang's files, as well as his family's confessions, and said solemnly:

"Wang Shuang was insane and talking nonsense, but he did not cause any substantial harm to anyone, so he should not be held accountable. Ding is innocent, and Wang Shuang's two sons are even more innocent. They will be released and will not be held accountable."

"Your Majesty, you are the eternal saint!"

Wang Shuang's two sons knelt on the ground and kowtowed, with blood on their foreheads.

"You get up."

Ye Kun walked down and helped the Wang brothers up: "What are your names?"

"Wang Baoguo, Wang Jingzhong."

"It's a good name. Have you read any books?"

"We brothers all studied in the old school and were able to read Confucian and Taoist classics... but we did not learn the study of things and mathematics and chemistry promoted by the emperor."

"Very good, you two will follow me and serve the court from now on."

Ye Kun nodded, and instructed Huang Ye: "Old Huang, take out fifty taels of silver and give it to brother Wang Baoguo, so that they can buy some clothes for their parents and find a place to settle down. Tomorrow morning, brother Wang Baoguo, wait for me outside the palace gate."

Old Huang accepted the order and said to Wang Baoguo and his brother, "You brothers have turned a disaster into a blessing, why don't you thank the emperor?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. From now on, I, your humble brother, will repay you with my own death, even if it means death itself!"

Wang Baoguo and his brother knelt on the ground, crying.

"Get up, we are canceling the kneeling ceremony."

Ye Kun smiled and clasped his fists towards Wang Shuang: "Brother, being an emperor is actually very tiring and not fun. One day when I have time, I will tell you about the hardships of being an emperor, and I guarantee that you will not want to be an emperor in the future."

Wang Shuang became stupid again: "Being an emperor means you get to eat meat, so why is it so hard?"

Ye Kun shook his head and smiled at Mrs. Ding, "Mrs. Ding, when you go back, let your husband eat more meat. Keep an eye on him and don't let him hurt others."

Ye Kun had no way to deal with people like Wang Shuang.

Back in the imperial study, Ye Kun thought about Wang Shuang and found it funny again.

In fact, Wang Shuang is not the only one in this world who wants to be emperor.

It’s just that Wang Shuang is crazy and dares to say it out loud!

Jasmine asked about Ye Kun's southern tour, and asked: "Your Majesty, please take me with you on this southern tour. I am always worried when I am not with you, and I am afraid that others will not be able to take good care of you."

"Girl, you'd better not go."

Ye Kun held Jasmine's hand and smiled, "Your health is not that good, so it's not suitable for you to go to the south. A single bite from the mosquitoes in Jiaozhi can kill you. Many of our soldiers and technicians in the south have died of diseases."

The viruses and miasma in the south are too serious.

In recent years, the subordinates of Qin Erwu and others have suffered serious casualties.

Ye Kun adds 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of medical technicians to them every year, constantly adding manpower to achieve the current situation.

Jasmine's eyes turned red when she heard this: "Your Majesty, when you say that, I am even more worried. You are worth a lot of money, why do you have to go to such a dangerous place?"

"I'll just check out the coastal areas, it'll be fine."

"Since you are fine, I am fine too, why don't you take me with you?"

"This..." Ye Kun smiled bitterly:

"Girl, don't you understand my heart? I care about you and I'm afraid that you might have any accidents. Just listen to me this time and don't go, okay? I will definitely take you with me next time I go on patrol."

"Then the emperor will not bring his female relatives with him on this southern tour?"

"I'll take Madam Hongyun with me. She's originally from the south and can adapt to the soil and climate there."

In fact, Madam Hongyun used to live in the Yunmian area.

It’s not close to Jiaozhi.

Jasmine was still worried: "Then I will pack up the emperor's things and send a few smart maids to follow him. Madam Hongyun is usually very impetuous and not very good at taking care of people."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Ye Kun smiled and patted Jasmine's head: "Go to bed early, we will go to the Science and Technology City together tomorrow."

Whenever he has free time, Ye Kun is in the Science and Technology City.

Because in the science and technology city, there are always endless things to do and one tackling task after another.

The next morning, Jasmine was ready.

Ye Kun took Jasmine, Huang Ye and others to the Science and Technology City.

After a day of wandering around various laboratories and production workshops, Ye Kun finally had time to sit down after dark and call everyone to a meeting to talk while eating.

"As for the steam engine, everyone has figured it out. The quality of today's steam engines is not good enough, but that's because of the material problem, which will be solved slowly."

Ye Kun affirmed everyone's achievements and said, "The next major project is the internal combustion engine, which is the diesel engine I told you about. The development of the diesel engine, like the internal combustion engine, takes a long time. We must start in advance and gain experience step by step."

Ye Kun had already talked about the principles of the internal combustion engine a long time ago.

He even drew and designed the blueprints of the first generation of diesel engines.

Now that we have the experience in developing steam engines and the related equipment, it should not be difficult to develop diesel engines.

It will take three to five years to produce the sample.

Someone asked: "Your Majesty, is there any difference between a diesel engine and a steam engine?"

Pang Jia rolled his eyes: "Of course there is a difference. Steam engines burn wood and charcoal, while diesel engines use diesel. Steam engines need to boil water, but diesel engines don't, they just spit fire directly."