The most arrogant in history

Chapter 239 Unlocking new technology.

Ye Kun shrugged, called the official in charge of salt mining and production, and said:

"Take the relevant personnel to the salt wells in Qionglai Mountain and find the salt mining masters and local people to see how to use the geothermal energy of Qionglai Mountain to boil salt. This is a task. I want to see some progress within a month."

Zhuge Liang could invent the method of making salt from fire wells, and Ye Kun thought he could do it too!

Increase salt production and you can make a lot of money!

However, Ye Kun could not do everything by himself, so he could only put forward his ideas and let the responsible officials study them. When he encountered technical difficulties, he would take action to solve them.

After demonstrating the biogas stoves, Ye Kun allowed officials at all levels to use them as they wish.

Ma Zhao and others said goodbye.

But when he walked into the yard, Ma Zhao saw a strange cauldron covered with a layer of bright metal.

The big pot was placed in the sun, facing the sun, and a strange rack was made on top of it with iron bars.

"Hey, what's this big pot for?"

Ma Zhao was so naughty that he bent down and reached out to touch the big pot, but unexpectedly, his face hit the shelf.

"oops!"

Ma Zhao suddenly jumped up, covered his face and shouted: "There is a ghost, there is a ghost!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Kun came over with Lao He and his daughter and asked, "What's wrong, Master Ma?"

"I just touched this big pot and my face felt burning..."

Ma Zhao was horrified and asked, "Master Ye, what is this cauldron and why can't we touch it?"

"puff……"

Ye Kun almost burst out laughing, and squinted his eyes and said, "This is the fireless water boiler I invented. It can boil water without fire. Just now, your face must have been facing the focal point, so you got burned. Otherwise, your face touched the iron rack."

The so-called fireless water pot is a large solar pot.

Ye Kun, a bamboo craftsman, wove a big pot and pasted silver sheets inside, turning it into a solar stove.

This is a test product, and we plan to produce it in large quantities using tin foil in the future.

Tin has a very low melting point and is soft and easy to process. Now with hydraulic roller presses, it is not difficult to make tin foil, it just tends to be a little thicker.

He Tiantian held back her laughter and looked at Ma Zhao's face.

Unfortunately, my face was burned and blistered.

This Mr. Ma has a body of steel, but his face is also very fragile.

"What...boiling a pot without fire?" Ma Zhao was still confused.

Ye Kun pointed at the sun and said, "I am using the fire from heaven to boil water."

"Ah, Skyfire?"

Ma Zhao finally understood and shouted, "Master Ye, this turns out to be a large-sized Yang Sui!"

Yangsui is an ancient tool for making fire. It is a concave mirror made of bronze. It uses the principle of focusing sunlight to ignite fire starters.

Ye Kun nodded and smiled: "Yes, this is a large-sized Yang Sui."

"But Lord Ye, you have committed a capital crime, do you know that?" Ma Zhao suddenly frowned and sneered:

"Yang Sui is the tool used by the emperor to obtain heavenly fire when offering sacrifices to heaven and earth. No one below the emperor can use heavenly fire. As a governor, you broke the law knowingly, hehe..."

thump!

Old He knelt down in fear and shouted, "I made this cauldron. It has nothing to do with Lord Ye. If you want to kill me, just kill me!"

There was indeed such a saying in ancient times that the fire from heaven could only be used when the emperor offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, and could be used to light the altar torches.

"Lao He, I was just kidding..."

Ma Zhao was also startled, and hurriedly helped Lao He up, grinning and saying, "I was just trying to scare Lord Ye. Actually, this is the rule of the previous dynasty. Since the founding of our Great Ding Nation, we have not prohibited the civilians from using the Heavenly Fire."

"Do you think I was scared?" Ye Kun rolled his eyes:

"You are using the rules of the previous dynasty to execute officials of this dynasty, Lord Ma. I think you are guilty of the crime punishable by death!"

Ma Zhao was dumbfounded and admitted his mistake: "Lord Ye taught me a lesson. I will never dare to do it again."

Ye Kun comforted Lao He again: "Lao He, don't listen to Master Ma's nonsense. If the sky falls, I will hold it up."

Old He wiped the sweat off his forehead and glared at Ma Zhao.

Ma Zhao bowed and apologized again and again, then left with a wry smile.

Ye Kun stayed and asked He Tiantian to stir-fry two dishes in an iron pan on the biogas stove. He also had a drink with Old He to calm him down.

He Tiantian was very happy and said with a smile:

"Master Ye, our laboratory now has a biogas stove and a solar cooker, so we don't have to burn grass or firewood anymore. But this biogas is produced in the toilet, and I always feel that using it for cooking..."

"Why, does the cooking smell bad?"

Ye Kun laughed: "After full combustion, biogas has no smell. Eat it with confidence, girl. It won't kill you, nor will it make you thin."

He Tiantian smiled and asked again: "Can this biogas be promoted on a large scale?"

Ye Kun nodded: "First, we will give them to the nobles in Chengdu for free. We estimate that we will build 30 to 50 of them and use them for a period of time to see the effects and everyone's reactions."

Now that we have cement that is barely up to standard, it is no longer difficult to build a biogas digester.

The structure of the biogas digester is extremely simple, with an inlet, an outlet, and a fermentation chamber in the middle.

However, biogas digesters require maintenance, and professionals must be trained;

There is also the issue of fermentation materials.

Unless you are a large pig farmer or a wealthy family with a large population, insufficient manure in the biogas digester will affect gas production.

It doesn’t matter for wealthy families. It is normal to have a population of over a hundred, and they can build two or three biogas digesters.

After a busy day, the rice planting work has been completed.

The common people gradually had more free time, and the officials were not so busy anymore.

Ye Kun missed Jiang Yourong, Dai Xi, Yuejuan and others very much.

Of course, the person I miss the most is my mom.

Ye Kun recalled Qin Erwu and asked him and Huangfu Lin to stay in Chengdu. He took Xie Baochan and returned to Dongba City by boat and car.

Xie Baochan was wealthy and prepared a large number of gifts for Ye Kun's mother, Jiang Yourong and others. He also gave the best house in the prefect's mansion to his mother-in-law and Jiang Yourong, and ordered the servants to clean it quickly and buy whatever was needed.

All expenses were paid with Xie Baochan's private money.

The waterway from Chengdu to Dongba County is smooth and it only takes three days to get there by going downstream.

It takes five days to walk around and see the sights along the way.

On May 22, Ye Kun finally returned to Dongba County.

Before entering the city, Ye Kun was surrounded by the people of Dongba County.

The elders and fellow villagers all knelt down, tears in their eyes:

"Master Ye, when you go to Chengdu, Yizhou, will you come back?"

"Master Ye, can you please not leave and stay in Dongba County and live with us?"

Among the 200,000 people in Dongba County, a small half were refugees from various places who were previously taken in by Ye Kun.

The other local people were also rescued by Ye Kun from the bandits. If Ye Kun had not come in time to wipe out the bandits in Dongba County, more local people would have starved to death!

Moreover, Ye Kun also distributed food to everyone, built houses, gave them land, treated them, taught them to read, and built bridges and roads...

Therefore, the people of Dongba County have the deepest feelings for Ye Kun!

They can die for Ye Kun anytime and anywhere!

Ye Kun jumped off his horse, his eyes blurred with tears, and he clasped his fists and said:

"My fellow countrymen, although I will be in Chengdu in the future, I will come back to visit you all. I will also focus on the development of Jiangzhou in the future. It is separated from Dongba County by a river. Those of you who want to go to Jiangzhou can also go there. We will still be together."

Many villagers expressed their opinions on the spot: "Master Ye, we are willing to go to Jiangzhou with you!"

Ye Kun nodded: "Everyone, go back first, wait for me to make arrangements to relocate 30,000 to 50,000 elders to live in Jiangzhou. Jiangzhou has developed water conservancy and will be better than Dongba County."

As they were talking, several carriages came into the city.

It was Jiang Yourong and Yuejuan who brought everyone to welcome Ye Kun.

In the spring, there was war in Yizhou, so Ye Kun's brother-in-law Jiang Youbao moved his entire family to Dongba City.