The most arrogant in history

Chapter 194 What’s your name?

Paper and pen were handed over, and Ye Kun and Guan Yafu wrote a military order and signed their names.

The officials present also signed as witnesses.

"Master Guan, you lose."

Ye Kun signed and laughed slyly: "I have built several small workshops for oil pressing. Please follow me, gentlemen."

The oil press is located in the city and uses the primitive oil pressing method, frying the oil crops dry and then pressing them.

It sounds simple, but there are actually many steps involved.

Take rapeseed for example. It must first be fried dry, then ground, and then steamed. It must be wrapped in linen into a cylindrical shape and placed in an iron-hooped barrel. It must first be squeezed with a lever and then with a percussion press.

The so-called ramming and pressing method is equivalent to hitting the big wood of the city gate repeatedly.

It was Ye Kun who inspired the craftsmen to finalize this set of processes after many experiments and half a month of thinking.

A batch of peach kernel oil has been produced in the workshop, and it smells delicious.

Peach kernels were collected from various villages and pavilions, and Ye Kun exchanged them for grain, one pound for one pound. After removing the shells, the kernels were used to press oil, which was not a loss.

The common people don't suffer any loss either. The children in the family can collect a few pounds of peach pits, dry them and exchange them for some food. How wonderful it is.

Collecting peach pits and other useless fruits and pressing them for oil is a full utilization of manpower and materials.

Peach kernels have a very high oil content, and the low-level workshop built by Ye Kun can also produce an oil yield of more than 50%.

Today is the day to test canola oil.

We harvested 20,000 kilograms of rapeseed seeds, all of which were kept as seeds.

Ye Kun took 100 kilograms for the experiment.

The first time you press, the oil yield from rapeseed seeds is only 18 percent.

Ye Kun remembered that before he traveled through time in his hometown in the countryside, three pounds of rapeseed could produce one pound of oil, so the batch of rapeseed in front of him was obviously not squeezed clean.

In order to determine the oil yield of rapeseed, Ye Kun boiled and stirred the residue after pressing with water.

In this way, some of the fragrant oil in the residue will float on the water.

Then remove the residue and squeeze it again with the soup and water.

Then boil the residue in water, concentrate the oil layer on the water surface, and then refine it.

With two more steps, the oil yield was increased to over 25%.

The officials of Dongba County stayed in the oil press for a long time. When they saw Ye Kun really squeeze out fragrant oil from rapeseed, they were all surprised and delighted and full of admiration.

You should know that sesame oil of China was officially served on the table in the Tang Dynasty.

It became popular among the people during the Song Dynasty.

In the Dading Kingdom, only the royal family, princes, and wealthy people could afford sesame oil. Sesame and sesame oil pressing technology were introduced from the Western Regions.

Ye Kun invented the fragrant oil, which was hundreds of years ahead of the times!

Guan Yafu asked about the oil yield of rapeseed, calculated the yield per mu of rapeseed, and grinned, "Master Ye, I lost."

"Don't worry, let's talk about it next year." Ye Kun glanced at Guan Yafu and said:

"The current workshop is only for testing. When the rapeseed harvest is good next year and various oil crops are concentrated, I will build a hydraulic oil mill to ensure the supply of oil for officials and civilians in this county. A batch of cooked oil has been refined here, all of which are peach kernel oil. My lords, take one pound each, take it home and try it, so that everyone in your family can taste the fragrance of peach kernel oil."

The workers brought small bamboo tubes, filled them with dozens of copies, and gave them to the officials who came.

The rest of the finished oil was taken to the county magistrate's warehouse by Ye Kun.

Guan Yafu also received a pound of peach kernel oil and said with a smile, "Master Ye, as long as the people live well, I am willing to lose all my property."

"Well, if it weren't for the war preparations, I would have been able to let all the people drink meat soup starting in the fall."

Ye Kun sighed: "In the days of war among the feudal lords, you beat me and I beat you all day long, and the common people suffered the most."

Zhuge Feng clasped his fists and said, "Lord Ye, you have done a great job. It was you who saved the people of Dongba County. If you hadn't come here, I don't know how many people would have starved to death, and how many people would still be eating tree bark and vegetable roots."

Other officials all praised Ye Kun.

Some are sincere, some are just flattery.

"Thank you all for your encouragement. I, Ye Kun, will continue to work hard to protect the country and the people, and I will do my best until my death!"

Ye Kun smiled and asked everyone to get busy.

There is flax in the north, and flax seeds can be used to press oil, with a higher oil yield than jute seeds. Ye Kun ordered all places, including Tianmen City, to post notices outside the city gates to encourage merchants to purchase flax seeds and other plant seeds with higher oil yields from the north.

There is a kind of tree in Jingzhou called the Chinese tallow tree. When the fruit is peeled open, there is a layer of white wax inside, which can be used directly to make candles. It is an industry in Jingzhou and has a certain scale.

However, the seeds inside can also be used to extract oil, which can be used in city defense or industry, but the people of Jingzhou do not know this.

Ye Kun sent a message and bought up all the discarded fruits in the Jingzhou Fruit Wax Factory at a low price, using them to extract oil and prepare incendiary bombs or lubricating oil.

At the same time, Ye Kun also transported a lot of tung tree seedlings through businessmen to develop the tung tree industry in the country.

After basically mastering the oil pressing technology, Ye Kun returned to Pingye County for inspection and investigated agricultural production along the way.

He also brought two hundred kilograms of peach kernel oil to improve the lives of my mother, Jiang Yourong and others.

On the way, he met Widow Li from Tianmen City who raised pigeons.

Widow Li was sitting in a carriage with four female assistants and a man driving the carriage, all looking dusty.

There were several pigeon cages on the carriage.

Ye Kun dismounted and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Li, are you coming out to show us the pigeons?"

Carrier pigeons need to be selected and trained.

According to Ye Kun's instructions, Widow Li took the pigeons around and then released them to see if they could fly back to Tianmen City and how long it would take to fly back.

"Yes, Lord Ye." Widow Li hurriedly got out of the car and bowed:

"Master Ye, I plan to take a group of pigeons and head all the way to Dongba City, then to Fuling County and Jigongling, release them along the way, and then select a group of good pigeons."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister-in-law Li. No need to be polite."

Ye Kun returned the greeting and learned about the details of raising pigeons.

Widow Li reported that Tianmen City had already raised 500 pigeons, and had eliminated a number of those that could not fly. After training them by letting them fly, they had initially selected 200 homing pigeons and were ready for use.

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, please ask your men to go to Fuling County and Jigongling to release the pigeons. Don't go, follow me, and let's talk."

There are many details to be discussed in order to establish a complete pigeon system and network. Ye Kun also needs to arrange an assistant for Widow Li and determine the specific tasks.

Widow Li blushed and nodded, "I will follow Lord Ye's arrangements."

In fact, Widow Li was also willing to follow Ye Kun and did not want to stay in Tianmen City.

Shangguan Jifu was fierce and Widow Li was afraid of him.

But when Ye Kun just said that he wanted to have a chat with Widow Li, Widow Li thought something wrong.

She thought that Lord Ye wanted her to stay and serve him tonight.

Just serve, Widow Li feels that she is not at a disadvantage, after all, Lord Ye is still a young hunk!

Ye Kun instructed Widow Li's assistant:

"Follow the original plan of Li's sister-in-law and take the pigeons to fly. Before releasing them, take the pigeons to meet the local county magistrate or the garrison general and ask them to verify the pigeons and get a receipt. This should be the way to train pigeons in the future. It should become a system."

This arrangement is made to prevent the person who releases the pigeon from being lazy and releasing it before reaching the destination.

The assistants took the order and went together.

Ye Kun looked at Widow Li again and said with a smile, "By the way, Sister-in-law Li, what is your name?"