The most arrogant in history

Chapter 323 Death of Xia Tuo.

Ye Kun smiled and looked at Tian Tian: "Tian Tian, ​​why are you asking this? Are you reluctant to let me go?"

"Oh no... I, I was just asking casually." Tiantian blushed.

Lao He also smiled awkwardly and turned away.

"Tiantian, I was just kidding."

Ye Kun also felt something was wrong and rubbed his face:

"According to Lord Ma Zhao, I will stay in Chengdu for the next three years to mourn for my mother. Lord Ma also said that I cannot drink alcohol, wear new clothes, or listen to singing and dancing for three years..."

Tian Tian smiled and said, "So, Master Ye will stay in Chengdu for the next three years?"

"I want to, but I'm afraid it's hard to do so."

Ye Kun shook his head and said with a smile: "Our territory is now large, and many places are bordering Xiahou Chang. There may be war at any time. Once the war starts, I will go to the front line."

Pang Jia said, "Brother, you are the King of Hanzhong, so just leave the fighting to the generals. Do you have to go to the battlefield every time there is a war?"

"That's true, but I always feel that we have many generals, but not many who can stand on their own."

Ye Kun still lacks talents now, especially generals.

As for counselors, Zhuge Feng, Guan Yafu, and Sang Buzhi were all pretty good. As for Wen Qihou Qi and his ilk, they could only barely serve as governors and handle government affairs.

In terms of military generals, only Huangfu Lin is both civil and military and can serve as a commander. However, Huangfu Lin can only be in charge of the navy and cannot be the marshal of the three armies.

People like Yan Liuhai, Qin Erwu and Wang Meng can only guard a corner.

He Zhongshu and Ma Botao are talents that Ye Kun is optimistic about, but they lack experience, so for now he can only observe them and not use them on a major basis.

Sun Yi grinned and said, "Brother, how about I become your general? In the future when we go to war, you can rest at home and I will go to kill the enemy."

Ye Kun chuckled and touched Sun Yi's head: "If I let you go to the war, Xiahou Chang will laugh at me, saying that I have no one under my command and let all the brats out!"

"Who is the little brat?" Pang Jia and Sun Yi rolled their eyes together.

"My two junior brothers, stop messing around. How is the clock that I asked you to study?" Ye Kun asked.

Last year, Ye Kun proposed the concept of a water-powered instrument and suggested to Pang Jia and Sun Yi that they design a timing clock using water power.

Pang Jia shrugged, "The first water-powered instrument has been developed, but it's not very accurate. There's an error of one hour in the twelve hours of the day."

Sun Yi also talked nonsense and sighed:

"Brother, Uncle He often asks us brothers to study other instruments, which has delayed the study of clocks. However, we have done very well in studying other things. If you don't believe me, ask Uncle He."

Lao He affirmed the intelligence of Pang Jia and Sun Yi and nodded:

"Yes, the two brothers Pang Jia and Sun Yi developed a pedal thresher that is very useful. We have already made more than a hundred of them and gave them to Lord Qin Chou."

Ye Kun frowned and said, "The thresher is not very useful, so I never made one."

A foot-operated thresher is not a very complicated thing. If Ye Kun wants to make it, he can do it in a day or two.

This thing can only be used in some remote mountainous areas.

The new agriculture promoted by Ye Kun in Baihu Village requires people to plant crops nearby. After harvesting rice and wheat, they carry the rice and wheat together with the straw and bring them home. They then use oxen to pull the stone roller to thresh the grain in the threshing ground in front of the door.

According to the planning of Baihu Village, there is a threshing ground in front of every house where grain can be threshed and dried.

There are several advantages to this arrangement.

First, the straw will not be wasted. After drying, it will be piled under the threshing floor. Rice straw can be used to feed cattle, while wheat straw and other straw can be used for cooking and boiling water.

Second, when threshing in front of the door, the elderly and children at home can help, and they can also work overnight.

If threshing is done in the field, the straw will be wasted and work cannot be continued late.

Therefore, Ye Kun did not promote threshers or windmills.

This thing is expensive and doesn’t improve labor efficiency much!

Pang Jia was unhappy and sighed, "Brother, why are you not satisfied with what we have researched?"

"Brother, I am not dissatisfied. I just asked you to research something that is urgently needed. This is because I trust you and I am giving you this important task."

"Okay then, let's continue studying the clock." Pang Jia and Sun Yi shrugged and retreated together.

In fact, these two little guys were used to running wild in the mountains. Now they are specializing in the study of watches, but their progress is slow and they feel very depressed.

The next morning, Ye Kun came to Lao He's laboratory again and held a craftsmen's meeting to check the latest product progress.

The production of iron pans is getting better and better.

Especially the sand-cast iron pots, which have made great progress, can now produce twenty to thirty iron pots every day.

Together with forged iron pots and pans, more than a hundred pots can be produced every day.

This quantity is considered huge.

Almost all the wealthy people in Yizhou and Yongliang could buy iron pots! They could even be popularized in well-off families.

It’s just that the steel production is not enough, so the production of iron pots cannot be increased.

Ye Kun had seen the glass samples and personally went to the glass workshop to instruct everyone in the production of various convex and concave lenses, as well as various experimental instruments.

Convex and concave lenses cannot be formed in one go, they need to be ground. Glass is very brittle, but it is much easier to grind in water.

Ye Kun hopes to make a large-aperture telescope and a microscope before the Chinese New Year to further develop astronomy and medicine.

Suddenly, a spy brought news.

The genius doctor Xia Tuo was beheaded by Xiahou Chang in Luoyang.

Because Xiahou Chang's mother was ill, Xia Tuo failed to bring her back to life and the treatment was ineffective. Xiahou Chang felt that Xia Tuo did not try his best, so she killed him and buried him with her mother!

Upon hearing the news, Ye Kun felt a sharp pain in his heart!

The top talent in the medical field was killed by Xiahou Chang just like that.

The spy said again:

"It is said that Xiahou Chang threatened Mr. Xia Tuo several times and asked him about the situation in Yizhou and military affairs, but Mr. Xia Tuo refused to tell him a word, which led to his death. Xiahou Chang believed that Mr. Xia Tuo was a spy from Yizhou."

Zhuge Feng said, "It must be that Xiahou Chang lost the two states of Yong and Liang, and suffered a great defeat in Chencang, so he took his anger out on Mr. Xia Tuo."

Ye Kun sighed, poured three bowls of wine on the ground, looked up to the sky and prayed:

"Mr. Xia's heroic spirit is immortal. Please help me to destroy Xiahou Chang and avenge you and the people of the world!"

Then, Ye Kun asked Xia Tuo's two disciples who stayed in Chengdu to set up a mourning hall to commemorate Xia Tuo, and at the same time publicize Xiahou Chang's cruelty and capriciousness.

On October 15, Ye Kun held a meeting in the palace and announced that he would go to Chongqing for inspection and return at the end of the year.

Ma Zhao objected, clasping his fists and saying, "Master Ye, the old lady has just passed away. You should not go out to avoid others' gossip."

"I am out on patrol for the sake of the people of Yizhou."

Ye Kun glared slightly: "I think that filial piety to parents does not depend on how long one observes mourning. As long as children do their best while their parents are alive, that's enough."

"But the ancient rituals are like this, and the teachings of Confucius and Mencius cannot be abolished."

"Don't mention ancient rituals, okay? Are ancient rituals necessarily suitable for the present? Are the teachings of Confucius and Mencius so powerful?" Ye Kun was angry and rebuked on the spot:

"Even Confucius and Mencius had their moments of nonsense. Should we all listen to them? Speaking of Mencius, I want to ask you - how can a poor man have two wives? How can a neighbor have so many chickens? At that time, there was still the King of Zhou, so why are people talking about Wei and Qi?"