The most arrogant in history

Chapter 217 Who doesn’t have a weak spot?

The other master chefs also echoed what He Tiantian said, saying that he was right.

Ye Kun rolled his eyes in anger:

"Are buoyancy and weight the same concept? After class, find two gourd ladles, one large and one small, of similar size. Put a three-pound iron block in the small ladle and place it inside the large ladle. Pour water between the two ladles and see if it can float. That's all for today. get out of class dismissed."

He Tiantian stuck out his tongue and chased after Ye Kun: “Master Ye, are you angry?”

"Yeah, I'm almost pissed off at you. You're usually very smart, why are you suddenly so stupid today?"

Ye Kun touched He Tiantian's head and said, "Go back and do an experiment yourself, and think about what was wrong with your answer just now."

Theoretically, a cup of water can float a 10,000-ton ship.

The buoyancy created by a liquid has nothing to do with the weight of the liquid itself.

Teacher Wen and Liu Hongyu were also attending the class.

Teacher Wen could only half understand what was said, but Liu Hongyu didn't understand anything at all.

Ye Kun wants to train a group of scientists who are well-rounded in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but he has a long way to go.

The next day, when Ye Kun was about to go to the riverside for inspection, Yizhou sent another envoy to ask for a meeting.

Ye Kun had no choice but to meet him.

Han Chun, the envoy from Yizhou, stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Lord Gongsun Zhang of Yizhou asked me to come and greet General Ye and discuss some matters with him."

Ye Kun clasped his fists and said, "I wonder if Lord Gongsun is still in Luoyang. What instructions do you have?"

"Our master returned to Yizhou the day before yesterday." Han Chun smiled:

"Lord Gongsun said that General Ye's pulley crossbow is very powerful. He wants to buy a batch of them. The price is negotiable. We also want to buy General Ye's saddle and stirrups."

Another one buying weapons?

Ye Kun frowned slightly: "If Yizhou doesn't fight, why buy a pulley crossbow?"

Han Chun sighed, "General Ye, you don't know that Hanzhong invades our Yizhou every year. This time, they took advantage of our Yizhou army going north to defend the country and attacked again. Lord Gongsun was very angry and decided to fight Hanzhong to the death."

Oh my god, Hanzhong and Yizhou are fighting again?

Ye Kun pretended to be embarrassed: "But Jingzhou Wei Dingshan wants to buy a large number of my pulley crossbows and double bows and heavy arrows, and he offered a hundred taels of silver per crossbow. I don't have much in stock here, what should I do?"

Han Chun was anxious and clasped his fists and said:

"General Ye, please give us some money. We can give you some more. Our Lord Gongsun said that you two were very sympathetic and like-minded in Luoyang. Now that Yizhou is going to fight a decisive battle in Hanzhong, please General Ye, for Lord Gongsun's sake..."

Ye Kun sighed:

"Okay, I'll give you 100 pulley crossbows and 200 double-bow heavy arrows. I'll give you 2,000 saddles and stirrups each. If you need more, you can pay a deposit and I'll have the workers work overtime. Those workers are lazy. They won't work if they don't see the money."

Ye Kun has a lot of saddles and stirrups in stock.

As long as the price is right, you can sell it.

There is no patent protection these days. If you don’t sell it, sooner or later someone will copy it and it will be worthless!

Yizhou Han Chun smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Ye, we have plenty of money."

Ye Kun nodded and asked the envoy to stay in the inn first. He also called the person in charge of the armory to set prices for various weapons.

In order to control costs, the stirrups that Ye Kun produced in the past were all made of trees and covered with cowhide.

Now there is enough steel, so we can make a batch of iron stirrups.

After deciding on a rough price range, Guan Yafu took the heads of the armory and the craftsmen's camp to discuss the price with Han Chun.

Han Chun was very generous and did not bargain at all. He took as much as he could get. He also left 5,000 taels of gold as a deposit and asked Ye Kun to mass-produce saddles, stirrups, pulley crossbows and heavy arrows.

Even the double-shot light crossbows were bought by Han Chun, a thousand of them.

Ten days ago, Ye Kun had no money to spend;

Now, he has become a wealthy man, with piles of gold and silver in his treasury.

The craftsmen's camps in Xiping Mountain and Dongba County were producing day and night, and shipping out goods continuously.

Copper, iron, gold, silver, grain, livestock, cloth and timber were also delivered continuously from Yizhou and Jingzhou.

Because of the war, there were many refugees in the north.

Ye Kun arranged Jiang Laowu's navy to line up on the river bank, raise their own flags, and receive a large number of refugees.

Sometimes, more than a thousand people come to seek refuge in a day.

Ye Kun had money and was able to do things well. He built new villages for the refugees and implemented a military farming system.

If there are not enough fields, we will arrange to reclaim wasteland.

The local gentry had opinions about Ye Kun's repeated compression of their land or purchase at low prices, but they dared not speak out.

Because the poor people in Dongba County were all grateful to Ye Kun and responded to his call.

If the gentry did not obey, Ye Kun would mobilize the poor to file complaints, find faults to deal with the gentry, and directly raid their homes and confiscate their land.

Who in the world doesn’t have a weak spot?

Moreover, the nobles and wealthy families in Dongba County have little power and are easy to control.

When the refugees came to Dongba County, they had food, drink, shelter, work to do, and wages, and they respected Ye Kun like a god.

The village heads and militiamen at the grassroots level are all Ye Kun's people. After education and training, they are obedient and easy to use.

Just when Ye Kun was feeling proud, his personal guard came to report: "Master Ye, during the construction of the bridge in Fuling County, the bridge collapsed, killing seven or eight workers..."

"Seven or eight people died?" Ye Kun was surprised and asked, "Who is responsible for repairing the bridge?"

"Ye Qingyang, Ye Qingyang from Yejiawu."

"I rely on!"

Ye Kun was overwhelmed and immediately called the relevant officials and technical personnel, as well as He Tiantian and his daughter, to go to Fuling County together.

Seven or eight workers died while building a small bridge. It was definitely a big event!

Besides, the New Year is almost here. The families of the victims must be so sad.

Arriving in Fuling County in the middle of the night, Ye Kun had no time to rest and went straight to the scene to understand the situation.

This bridge is near Cheng Yulian’s hometown village. It is a new trade route leading to the south opened up by Ye Kun.

Among the workers beaten to death on the spot, three were from the Cheng family.

The head of the Cheng family was also present and comforted Ye Kun:

"It's okay, Lord Ye. There are always casualties when building roads and bridges. Only seven or eight people died..."

In ancient times, such accidents were nothing.

People can die at any time when building roads, opening mountains, digging wells, repairing bridges, and mining.

War and famine killed even more people.

Therefore, everyone does not take human life seriously, as long as they are not dead, that’s enough!

"Are seven or eight not enough?"

Ye Kun was annoyed and asked Ye Qingyang and the road official of Fuling County: "Why did such a big accident happen? Who is responsible?"

The road official is responsible for building roads and bridges, and there is one in every county.

Ye Qingyang is now in charge of the on-site construction of all road and bridge projects in the county, and is the top road official in the county.

The road official of Fuling County secretly glanced at Ye Qingyang, not daring to speak, but betrayed Ye Qingyang with his eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?" Ye Qingyang said to Ye Kun with a dark face:

"Master Ye, this is not my fault. The on-site construction plan was collectively decided by the masters. I don't know much about bridge repair technology. I am only responsible for organizing manpower, transporting materials, and coordinating with all parties."

Ye Kun waved his hand and asked about the specific construction plan.

The width of the stream is about five zhang, or fifteen meters, and the bridge is designed to have a span of six zhang.

The construction plan was very rough, using huge logs to splice together and driving piles underneath to make bridge piers.

As a result, the bridge piers were unstable and were impacted by the water flow, causing collapse. The workers under the bridge were crushed to death or injured and washed downstream. Seven people died and two were seriously injured.

"Who designed the bridge plan?" Ye Kun was very annoyed.

This kind of design is just like a child playing house, it has no technical content at all!