sbdcsierra Chapter 825: Not as good as women.
Chapter 825: Not as good as women.
Ye Kun nodded and said, "Ma She, I plan to promote your father, but your father is old and needs someone to take care of him. Let me appoint you and your son as the agricultural and animal husbandry inspectors of the Northern Kingdom, responsible for the agricultural and animal husbandry guidance of the entire territory. This is a first-class official, who can be equipped with twelve special followers and a special carriage.
I hope that you and your son can take the agriculture and animal husbandry of the North Country to a higher level."
The old Ma and his son obeyed the order.
Ye Kun looked at Gu Sizhi again: "Old Ma has been promoted, so you will take his place. Work for two years first, and then be promoted if you have made contributions."
Gu Sizhi thanked him and accepted the order.
Ye Kun added: "To build and develop the North, we cannot rely solely on the support of the court. You must mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, overcome difficulties, and build the North well.
In the next ten years, we will not recruit soldiers from the North, so that the North can have enough rest and recuperation. In addition, we will continue to immigrate to the North, sending a large number of doctors, teachers, and professionals to help the North develop. "
Old Ma smiled and said, "According to this calculation, in ten years, the population of the North Country will double."
Ye Kun nodded: "We will continue to increase coal mining in the north, send foreign workers, and prosper the coal mining economy. Some of us Han people cannot be nomads, so we can't live without coal."
In history, the population of the prairie failed to develop from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It’s because coal resources have not been developed.
There are no mountains or forests in most places on the grassland, and there is not enough firewood for cooking, which limits population development.
In the past, nomadic people used to pick up horse dung, cow dung and wolf dung to cook.
After Ye Kun's expedition to Beihai, he built the Yanran city and the Beihai camp, as well as more than a dozen small cities and hundreds of garrisons, all of which were settlements.
Most of these settlements rely on coal for fuel.
The coal from the prairie is not of very good quality.
But coal mining is easy, and most of them are open-pit coal mines.
A meeting that inspires everyone.
In particular, Ye Kun issued an order to cancel the hard labor for all criminal officials and immigrants and restore their status as free citizens, which made these people ecstatic and grateful.
After dark, Ye Kun returned to the inn to rest.
Liu Yuejuan smiled and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty."
Ye Kun was stunned: "Where does the joy come from?"
Liu Yuejuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that you brought back a young girl today. Isn't that a great joy? It has been several years since there have been any young concubines in the palace. Your Majesty really needs some young concubines to take care of you."
"Ms. Yuejuan, don't talk nonsense."
Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he held Liu Yuejuan's hand: "At my age, how can I harm a young girl? I was planning to let that little girl Gu Liuguang follow Weiwei. However, Gu Liuguang was unwilling, so I had to let her do it."
Liu Yuejuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "So the emperor is planning to arrange for that girl to be his concubine?"
"Is your emperor that kind of person?"
Ye Kun rolled his eyes and hugged Liu Yuejuan: "Miss Yuejuan, having you by my side is enough. How dare I have my eyes on the pot while having my cake and eat it too?"
Liu Yuejuan chuckled: "You are so sweet, you know how to coax people."
"Is it sweet? Have you ever tasted it?"
Ye Kun was suddenly moved, and felt some of the impulse he had back then...
Yuejuan couldn't push it open, so she had to cooperate.
……
Two days later, the sky finally cleared up.
But the weather after the snow is still very cold.
Ye Kun was about to continue his journey, but Ye Weiwei ran over and said with a smile: "Father, Gu Liuguang is willing to follow me and go to the North Sea with me."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "I asked her to follow you at first, but she didn't want to. Why is she willing to follow you now? Did you threaten her?"
"Father, I am not an unreasonable person."
Ye Weiwei pouted: "Gu Liuguang volunteered. She said that she was very happy playing with me."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Okay, you can take Gu Liuguang with you, but you are not allowed to bully others. You must treat him like a friend."
"Got it, Father. I'll go inform Liu Guang!"
Ye Weiwei ran away in a hurry again.
Ye Kun shook his head and told everyone to get ready to set off.
After walking and stopping for another eight days, they finally arrived at the great city of Yanran.
The several diesel vehicles that followed Ye Kun on his northern tour did not break down at all and performed well throughout the journey.
Ye Kun got into the car of the talkative driver Chai Miyan again and asked, "Our diesel car has also been driven a thousand or two thousand miles. Is there any problem on the road?"
Chai Miyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Today's diesel vehicles are of very good quality. As long as there is enough diesel, it will be fine to drive to Beihai Camp and back."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "It seems that we can vigorously develop diesel vehicles. With diesel vehicles, it will not be a problem to provide supplies to the North Country in the future."
A diesel car can carry ten times as much as a horse-drawn carriage.
The advantages are even greater when transporting goods over long distances.
Today's diesel vehicles are not fast, but they can work continuously for 24 hours, which is incomparable to horse-drawn carriages.
No matter how powerful a carriage is, it can only run for eight hours a day, otherwise the horsepower will not be able to sustain it.
Chai Mi Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you can set up a Northern Country Transport Team, and I am willing to be the captain. All it takes is a hundred vehicles to transport supplies to the Northern Country every summer, and that will be enough."
Ye Kun thought for a while and said, "This matter still needs the decision of the Ministry of Industry. Because the domestic diesel is in short supply and the cost is very high. But I think it is no problem to set up a steam truck transport team."
Nowadays, diesel is transported by sea.
It is a long journey from the Persian Gulf to the Port of Tianjin, across half the globe.
Because of the development of maritime transportation, these diesels are supplied first to diesel ships.
Steam cars use coal, charcoal, or even dry firewood as fuel, so the fuel problem can be solved.
The driver, Chai Da, immediately lost interest and shook his head, saying, "Steam cars are noisy and slow, not as good as diesel cars. If it were a steam car transport team, I would quit. One trip would take more than a month."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "You like to play with diesel engines. I can take you to the Oil Peninsula. The oil there is as abundant as seawater. You can refine it and use diesel as you like."
Driver Chai was stunned and shook his head, saying, "The Oil Peninsula is too far away. My parents will definitely not let me go there. If I go there, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in this lifetime."
"Coward!"
Ye Kun rolled his eyes: "A man who doesn't think about making contributions to the country and only thinks about his wife and children is the most useless. Our female soldiers have sailed across the oceans and reached every corner of the world. You are worse than a woman!"
"Your Majesty, I'm worried that my parents won't let me go..."
The driver, Chai, blushed. "If the emperor is willing to take me, I will follow him. Even if I die on the Oil Peninsula, I will have no regrets!"
"Okay then. I'll take you with me. When we return from the North Country, we'll head to the Oil Peninsula."
Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "I will also bring a large number of diesel engines and gasoline engines. When we get to the Oil Peninsula, we can live an industrialized life. We will drive when we go out every day, and we will have diesel engines to generate electricity when we go home at night!"
The driver, Chai, grinned and said, "Can I take my wife and concubine with me?"