The most arrogant in history

Ye Kun was surprised: "Hit him?"

"Yes, he always gets in the way and often opposes the emperor's decisions. Why keep him around?"

"Brother, stop fooling around." Ye Kun smiled and said:

"A dynasty, a powerful empire, is afraid that the emperor's power will be too strong and unchecked, and eventually it will fail. Look at King Zhou in history, this is what happened. If King Zhou had listened to the good advice of his ministers, the country would not have been destroyed."

"Your Majesty, you are not King Zhou." Guan Yong said with a smile.

"But I'm not a perfect saint either." Ye Kun sighed and said:

"Sang Buyi, Wu Qiong and others are all loyal ministers. Sometimes they oppose my decisions because they care about the people and are thinking about the people. We started our army from Pingye County and unified Kyushu, isn't it also for the people?"

"But Wu Qiong disagrees with your decision, what should I do?"

"That can be discussed. Let's discuss it together, and convince others with reason."

"Your Majesty, you really have a good temper. If it were me, ten thousand Wu Qiongs would have their heads chopped off."

"Killing people is not fun, so I rarely kill people."

Ye Kun chuckled.

It was not until early August that Ye Kun returned to the new capital of Zhuo County.

Sang Buyi and others went thirty miles out of the city to welcome the emperor.

Ye Kun clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Actually, there is no need to go out of the city to pick me up. It would be a waste of time and effort to mobilize so many troops."

Sang Buyi clasped his fists and said with a smile: "The emperor has gone on an expedition to the North Sea and swept across the vast grasslands. There is no one before him and no one after him! It is only natural for us to go out of the city to welcome him!"

Ye Kun nodded and said, "We have achieved complete victory in this expedition and have incorporated the entire North Sea into our Chinese territory. This is also the result of the unity of the monarch and his subjects, and the unity of the people. Without the support of you gentlemen and the people of the country, how could I, a lone man, achieve anything?"

Everyone clasped their fists together and said some flattering words.

Liu Ai came to spoil the fun and asked, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, how many casualties did we suffer in this expedition of 300,000 troops?"

Ye Kun was silent for a moment and sighed:

"There are more than 6,400 people who died of illness, battle, or were missing. I have sent orders to all military departments to compile a list of the dead and make proper arrangements for their compensation.

In the Northern Capital of the Grassland, we have built a cemetery to honor these dead brothers."

Liu Ai breathed a sigh of relief: "The loss of more than 6,000 people is still bearable."

Ye Kun shook his head and sighed:

"We vowed to wipe out the Xiongnu without caring about our own lives, and five thousand minks and silks were lost in the dust of the Huns. The bones by the Wuding River are pitiful, but they are still the people in our loving parents' dreams... We will always remember these brothers who died on the grassland."

Sang Buyi changed the subject and asked Ye Kun to return to the city.

Ye Kun rode the horse, looking around as he walked.

He Tiantian rode over and whispered, "Your Majesty, the steam-powered car has been made. We have made three models in total, with ten cars in each model; two are for transporting goods, and two are for transporting people..."

Ye Kun was overjoyed and turned around to look: "If it's done, why hasn't it been opened yet?"

"The noise was too loud, so I didn't dare to drive out."

He Tiantian smiled and said, "But, apart from the fact that it's a little noisy, I think this thing is much better than a horse-drawn carriage. It has a large cargo capacity and runs quite fast!"

"How fast does it run?"

"Forty miles per hour, a truck can carry 20,000 kilograms of goods at a time."

"Great, great!" Ye Kun was very excited, and suddenly thought of a question: "How did you solve the problem of the tire?"

Now that we have rubber, we can make car tires, but we can’t make inflatable inner tubes.

Without rubber tires, cars cannot be promoted on a large scale.

Because iron wheels are not wear-resistant, they cause great damage to the road surface, have poor shock absorption, cannot increase speed, and the cost of road maintenance is also very high.

"Rubber spring tire. Very useful." He Tiantian smiled proudly.

"What is... rubber spring tire?" Ye Kun didn't understand.

"This rubber spring tire was invented by Pang Jia."

He Tiantian smiled and said, "We use rubber to make tires and add steel coil springs inside. Such tires are solid tires, which are elastic, strong and durable."

"Put the steel spring into the tire?" Ye Kun was stunned.

"Yes, a lot of steel springs are put in to ensure the elasticity of the tire. Apart from the higher cost, there is no other problem. We also studied the same bicycle tires and tricycle tires, which are very useful.

From now on, all ox carts and horse carts can be equipped with tires like this, and there will no longer be any worry about the road surface being damaged by the old iron-hooped tires!"

"Tiantian, you guys have done a great deed this time! If you count it up, it's even greater than my contribution during the expedition to the North Sea!"

Ye Kun was in a good mood and said:

"Send someone to notify the Science and Technology City immediately to drive the cars into the Imperial City. When I return, the first thing I will do is to see our cars. Oh, and there are also rickshaws and tricycles. I want to see what the rubber wheels look like!"

Tires, like engines, are the soul of the automotive industry.

Ye Kun really didn't expect that He Tiantian's team had solved the tire problem in just a few months.

With rubber tires, we can consider paving the road in the future.

Build some wide and straight cement highways and don’t worry about road maintenance issues!

In the past, carriage wheels were made of wood.

In order to protect the wooden wheel, there must be an iron hoop on it.

This iron hoop is extremely harmful to the road surface. Even if the road is paved with large stone slabs, it will be worn out after a few years. Many ancient stone roads that are hundreds of years old have ruts several inches deep, which seriously affects the speed and comfort of travel.

With steam cars and rubber wheels, transportation efficiency will be improved several times in the future.

The mode of transportation will also be completely changed!

He Tiantian was also happy and immediately arranged for his assistant to rush to the Science and Technology City and drive the car over.

Ye Kun asked again: "Since we have made a breakthrough in steam cars, our steamships should also be officially put into production, right?"

He Tiantian smiled and said, "I was just about to report to the emperor that we have designed five steamships and built twenty samples of each. After the sea test, the speed has exceeded 100 miles per hour, or 50 kilometers.

However, these are small ships that can carry about 200 people. Large ships require large steam engines, or multiple steam engines in combination. "

"That's amazing." Ye Kun laughed: "Next time I go to Jiaozhi, I'll leave from Tianjin Port and arrive in 20 days!"

At a speed of one thousand kilometers per day, it would take less than twenty days to get from Tianjin to Jiaozhi Peninsula.

This speed can support Ye Kun's navy to sweep across the world.

For the indigenous people of America and Australia, a steam-powered warship that could carry 200 people was equivalent to an aircraft carrier in later generations!

He Tiantian glanced at Wu Qiong and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although the technology is mature, large-scale production still requires financial support. Because, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Without money, I can't produce a large amount of products."

Ye Kun understood and asked Wu Qiong: "Master Wu, do we have enough money now?"