The most arrogant in history

Dai Xi started to make a noise: "I'll go too, to the Queen's parents' house and have a free meal!"

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "My relatives from my mother's family no longer live in Jianghetou. If I go there by myself, I won't have any food to eat. Do you still want to eat for free?"

Jiang Laowu, who was accompanying them, said with a smile: "Don't worry, Queen. My old house is still in Jianghetou. When we get there, I will cook for you personally and entertain you, Queen!"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Your hands can only fight wars and mobilize thousands of troops. Can you cook?"

"Why not? When I was with the emperor, I learned how to make a smokeless stove outdoors, and I haven't forgotten it until now!"

"That's great, let's dig a smokeless stove and cook our own meals!"

Ye Kun smiled and asked everyone to get in the car and head to Jianghetou.

The convoy was huge and winding.

When they arrived at Jianghetou, lunch had already been prepared, so Ye Kun and Jiang Laowu didn't need to dig a smokeless stove.

Everyone sat together and started eating.

Princess Mingzhu asked, "Father, mother, what did the villagers of Jianghetou eat when they were poor decades ago? Sweet potatoes?"

Ye Kun was annoyed and rolled his eyes.

Sweet potatoes have only been introduced to China for twenty years.

If there were sweet potatoes at that time, people would not have starved to death in large numbers.

"Sweet potatoes? You wish."

Dai Xi also rolled his eyes and said, "At that time, we only had brown rice and oatmeal, as well as bitter taro, cassava, and sometimes yam. In times of famine, we ate wild vegetables, tree bark, and white soil..."

The taro native to China is not sweet potato. It tastes terrible and is bitter and difficult to swallow.

White clay refers to Guanyin clay, which is also kaolin.

Princess Mingzhu stuck out her tongue and said, "When you were little, you ate so much dried food, but you still managed to survive. That's amazing."

Jiang Yourong and others were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Dai Xi continued to recall the past: "Cotton was also imported from overseas by your father. Before there was no cotton, the rich wore silk and the poor could only wear linen. Wearing that coarse linen was like having many wheat awns pricking you, it was so uncomfortable!"

Jiang Yourong nodded: "There are still many families who can't afford to wear that coarse linen shirt."

Dai Xi smiled and said, "Some poor families have only one pair of pants for the whole family. Whoever goes out wears the pants. Those who don't go out hide in bed or in the straw pile."

Princess Mingzhu said in an exaggerated tone, "No way, were we really that poor before?"

Ye Kun continued, "The rich are living in luxury, but the poor are freezing to death on the streets. The previous dynasties were not necessarily poor, but the gap between the rich and the poor was serious, and the ruling class exploited the people too severely!"

Dai Xi nodded: "It is the emperor who helped us turn things around and have the good life we ​​have today."

Jiang Laowu said with a smile: "The emperor is blessed with great fortune, and we all benefit from following him!"

Ye Kun sighed: "We introduced high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and Jiaozhi rice, and in a few decades, we created the initial industrial era of China's nine provinces.

Now that people are enlightened and education is universal, I believe that the Chinese people will never go hungry again, and will never return to the miserable life of the past. "

Everyone nodded.

Princess Mingzhu asked: "Father, we are now in the initial stage of the industrial age. How long will it take for the mature industrial age to come?"

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "If it develops smoothly, it will take about 20 to 30 years. If it does not develop smoothly, it will take about 100 years."

What always affects human development are wars and ambitious people.

Scientists are working hard to improve productivity.

But if an ambitious person starts a war, productivity can be set back by decades or even hundreds of years!

Ye Kun has laid a good foundation for development, trained scientific and technological personnel throughout Kyushu and overseas, and gathered a strong scientific research force.

As long as Prince Ye Feng doesn't act recklessly and sticks to the technological route, we will be able to enter a relatively mature industrial age in twenty or thirty years.

Ye Kun's definition of the mature industrial era is that horse-drawn carriages have been basically replaced, and most transportation vehicles are mechanically powered. People no longer use water wheels for irrigation, and people no longer use manual rice pounding.

Princess Mingzhu smiled and said, "So, I can see the mature industrial age."

While they were chatting and laughing, an urgent telegram came from Zhuo County.

Wang Dahai held up the telegram and shouted, "Your Majesty, Master Pang Jia Pang has made the plane. This morning, it has already been successfully tested!"

"What? You made a plane so quickly?"

Ye Kun was surprised.

"Yes, but the telegram said that the plane only flew half a mile and fell into the lake!"

"Ah! Who was flying the plane? Is anyone dead?"

"The person is not dead, he has been fished out!"

"Show me the telegram!"

Ye Kun took the telegram, read it carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The first small plane was tested at the Zhuojun base this morning.

The pilot is Ma Peng, Pang Jia’s apprentice.

The plane did take off, but it only flew three hundred meters before landing on the lake.

The driver was lucky enough not to die after falling into the lake and was rescued in time.

The plane was also smashed to pieces.

Logically speaking, this was a failed test flight.

But He Tiantian and others were ecstatic.

The people from the Science and Technology City and the officials from the Ministry of Industry who were watching were also exclaiming, marveling, and celebrating!

Because this was the first time that humans flew into the sky on a pile of metal!

In the inherent impression of human beings, such a large pile of iron, weighing thousands or tens of thousands of pounds, cannot fly no matter what.

But today, everyone witnessed with their own eyes that an iron plane rushed into the sky like a flying bird!

Although the plane did not fly very far this time, it gave everyone endless confidence.

They know that the day of true success is not far away!

Ye Kun read the telegram twice and was happy for Pang Jia's achievements. He replied solemnly:

"Congratulations on the successful test flight of the aircraft. This is a small step forward in your scientific research, but a huge step forward in human history!"

Princess Mingzhu smiled and said, "Father, if this plane is improved, can we take a plane to cross the Izu Strait in the future?"

"of course can!"

Ye Kun was full of enthusiasm and said with a smile: "Once the aircraft is developed, it will only take us three or four hours to fly from Zhuo County to Izu Island. Or even two hours."

Princess Mingzhu smiled and said, "That's great. I miss my father and mother, so I can come back once a day."

Ye Kun said: "When the time comes, if the emperor has something delicious, he will call you on the wireless phone and ask your good daughter to come home for dinner. You will receive the call in the morning and be back at noon."

Everyone laughed.

I thought Ye Kun was coaxing Princess Mingzhu.

"Don't laugh, I'm not bragging."

Ye Kun said seriously, "This day may come true within 30 years. We have already developed wireless telephones and have started to test-fly airplanes. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Now that we have started, our researchers will be able to handle the rest."

In another fifty years, ordinary people will be able to board an airplane and travel across the country!"