The most arrogant in history

The canal construction design has been finalized.

The width and depth of the river and the distance to which the sand is transported have all been demonstrated and calculated.

Changing the plan now, isn't that nonsense?

The commander-in-chief smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you also said that we should take one step at a time and try it slowly. I think we can try it this way..."

Ye Kun frowned and said, "You need to hold a technical meeting to discuss this matter with the engineers. In short, you must not make decisions on a whim!"

The commander-in-chief nodded: "Your Majesty is right, let's discuss this in the meeting."

Ye Kun went to check the canteen and hospital on the construction site.

There are only 30,000 people working on the construction here, so it's quite concentrated.

Supplies can still be guaranteed.

But the slaves sent by the Roman Empire were very pitiful. The only clothes they had on their bodies were a piece of cloth around their waists.

Ye Kun frowned and instructed the logistics department: "The safety of these workers must be guaranteed. Give them coats, straw hats, gloves, and shoes. Only when their health is guaranteed will they work with peace of mind and work hard.

Regarding food, I will send representatives to supervise here. We need to ensure that everyone is well fed and well fed. The working hours per day cannot exceed nine hours!

Workers are allowed to rest one day every seven days. For young workers, we need to organize them and give them lessons at night or on rest days so that they can learn simple Chinese.

In ancient Rome, slaves were not considered human beings.

So there was the Colosseum in Rome, where slaves fought wild beasts and slaves fought each other for the nobles to enjoy.

Ye Kun hated this inhumane behavior!

Huangfu Lin and Ye Shusheng, also according to Ye Kun's instructions, ordered Eastern and Western Rome to cancel all animal fighting activities.

At that time, the nobles of the Roman Empire were still not happy and argued: "This is our Roman tradition and a custom that has been around for thousands of years."

Huangfu Lin was furious and told the Western Roman Emperor:

"We in China also have traditions. If a slave dies in the Colosseum, two nobles must be buried with him. You can stick to your traditions, and we will also follow ours! If your slave dies in the Colosseum, I will capture two of your nobles and bury them with him."

The Western Roman Emperor then realized the seriousness of the situation and banned all beast fighting activities.

Ye Kun inspected the Grand Canal construction site for three days.

He also personally delivered clothes, shoes and food to Roman slaves.

The slaves were very moved and knelt down in greeting.

Huangfu Lin was on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea. When he learned that Ye Kun was present in person, he sent a telegram to express his intention to pay a visit.

The two were only four hundred miles apart.

It’s not too difficult to meet.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "You don't have to come for now. In a few months, the canal construction work will be on track. You and General Cherry will come together and we will have a drink!"

In fact, Ye Kun also missed Huangfu Lin and his wife.

However, the construction of the Suez Canal has just begun and there are many things to do. It is not a good time to be distracted.

Huangfu Lin happily replied: "Your Majesty, I will wait and get drunk when the time comes."

After returning from the construction site of the Grand Canal, Ye Kun focused his work on education.

A total of one hundred primary schools and ten middle schools were newly built on the Oil Peninsula.

The Petroleum Industry University proposed last time has also started construction.

Ye Kun convened a meeting of the indigenous tribal leaders and said to everyone:

"In order to facilitate communication, speed up integration, and enable you to develop rapidly, your children must go to school and receive Chinese cultural education.

Each of your tribes should select 50 smart children to study in the school. When they grow up, they can become officials. I promise you that as long as you can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, you are a Chinese and enjoy the same treatment as the Chinese people. "

The tribal leaders, however, were babbling and seemed not very interested.

Ye Kun added: "If you are unwilling to learn, then you are an alien. I cannot guarantee the safety of aliens."

The tribal leaders then nodded and said they would go back to select the children and send them to school.

Ye Kun also organized night schools, selected some young and smart natives, and gave them simple training to let everyone learn Chinese and Chinese characters.

This set of educational methods has been used for decades and has mature methods.

Generally speaking, with just three months of intensive training and consolidation through daily communication, the natives can learn hundreds of phrases and short sentences.

Some particularly smart young people can achieve basic communication after just one month of study.

But some primary schools are built on the land of indigenous tribes.

Two primary schools were even attacked by indigenous people.

Ye Kun was furious and ordered the indigenous chief to hand over the murderer and execute him on the spot. He also arranged five armed security guards in every primary school.

If any natives are found coming to provoke us, they will be killed without mercy.

Bao Sheng said, "Your Majesty, if they are not from our clan, their hearts must be different."

Ye Kun shook his head and sighed, "In the process of integration, such things are inevitable. In the future, as more and more Han immigrants come to us, the situation will gradually change. Moreover, the local aborigines will gradually integrate into us after learning and communicating."

In the blink of an eye, it was May.

Wei Caiqin's immigration vanguard team arrived at the Oil Peninsula and rested there.

Ye Kun personally came to the seaside port to meet with these soldiers and immigrants and to cheer everyone up.

This is a journey of tens of thousands of miles, and Ye Kun must calm everyone down.

They were heading towards the West Sea Continent and had arrived at the Oil Peninsula, but they had not yet completed half of the journey.

At the port square, Ye Kun said:

"You are all good sons and daughters of China. With the ambition of reaching the stars and the sea, you are heading to the West Sea Continent to create the world. This is the embodiment of the unyielding spirit of our Chinese people, and it is the essence of our Chinese people!

You have come all the way here and have worked hard. I am here, on behalf of the court, to express my gratitude and condolences to you all!"

The crowd applauded and cheered.

Ye Kun added: "Everyone will rest here for five days. During these five days, I will be with you all the time. If anyone is sick or injured, they will stay here for treatment. Once they have recovered, we will arrange their schedule."

After the appeasement meeting, Ye Kun summoned Wei Kai, the person in charge of this group of immigrants.

Wei Kai is Wei Ning's second son and Wei Caiqin's nephew.

There were three brothers in total, with an advance team.

The three Wei Kai brothers went to meet Ye Kun together.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I am the emperor and also your uncle. We are a real family. Moreover, your father and I have known each other since we were young, and we are like brothers."

The three Wei Kai brothers all laughed and said, "The Emperor is like a father to us."

The eldest son of Jingzhou, Wei Ning, and the second son, Wei Kang, had both passed away by then.

Ye Kun nodded and asked again: "This time, your aunt asked you to go to the West Sea Continent. Do you have any complaints in your heart?"

Wei Kai said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, we brothers are young and strong, and it is time for us to make contributions to the country and the court. How dare we complain? Your Majesty asked us to go to the West Sea Continent, which is what we are looking forward to."

If I have any complaints, I dare not speak them out here.