The most arrogant in history

Chapter 894 Overseas Paradise.

Ye Kun is familiar with the history of human development.

From the advent of the first airplane to the landing of humans on the moon, it was actually only a few decades!

Now, Zhuojun’s aircraft has already had its test flight, and in another two to three years, it will be finalized and ready to take off.

In another twenty years, ordinary people with money should have the opportunity to experience flying an airplane.

Wen Axiu said: "I believe what the emperor said. When we first started building the railway, we felt that steel was too expensive, and trains were too expensive, and ordinary people could not enjoy the convenience of trains.

Now, many people have experienced the train. The daily passenger flow of the North-South Railway and the Western Railway has exceeded 150,000 people. "

Princess Mingzhu continued, "In fact, there are fewer people who have taken a train than those who have taken a ship. When we travel between Izu Island and China's Kyushu, we now use almost all mechanically powered ships. The old-fashioned wind-powered sailboats will be completely eliminated in a few years."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "When wind-powered sailboats are completely phased out, it will be a relatively mature industrial era. However, I estimate that it will take another 20 years for civilian boats to completely say goodbye to sailboats. By then, wooden boats will probably be phased out and replaced by iron and steel boats, or boats made of other composite materials."

Wooden boats were basically eliminated in later generations.

In the Science and Technology City, rubber has also been used to build some small boats, which are very effective, waterproof, and can withstand collisions, hot and cold weather.

He Tiantian has already ordered the construction of 200 rubber boats to be put into trial to see their actual lifespan and other performance aspects.

Other composite materials for shipbuilding are just beginning to be explored.

Because the current composite materials are also very limited.

Steel shipbuilding started a long time ago. Now many large ships are made of a combination of steel and wood, and are much stronger than previous large ships.

The safety performance and wind and wave resistance performance are greatly improved.

While eating, everyone talked about the changes of the times.

After dinner, Ye Kun accompanied Jiang Yourong for a walk around Jianghetou.

Jiang Laowu said, "Your Majesty, please go and have a look at my farm. We will all immigrate overseas in the future, and these farms will be handed over to the court for management."

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "I will not go to your and Guan Yong's farm, or the Qin family's manor. I will return to Pingye County, and after the Thousand-Year Birthday Banquet, I will go back to Zhuo County, and then go out to the sea to the Oil Peninsula."

Some things can't be delayed any longer.

The manor of Jiang Laowu and others is the same whether you look at it or not.

Jiang Laowu nodded: "Then I will escort the emperor back to the city."

Everyone got on the carriage and returned to Pingye County.

In fact, Ye Kun also wanted to go to Dongba County to take a look. After all, he had stayed there for more than a year.

And Fuling County, I also want to visit it.

But there is no time.

Two days later, the thousand-year birthday banquet was officially held.

In order to hold the banquet, the garrison gave up the barracks and made simple arrangements for the venue.

Colorful flags are waving and gongs and drums are beating.

There were more than a thousand old men, including one centenarian.

It’s hard to say whether you can live to be a hundred years old.

Because some elderly people can’t even remember their age and just speak nonsense.

Mr. Hu, who went to Ye Kun to collect debts the day before yesterday, was also invited today.

Ye Kun stepped onto the podium and gave a speech into the microphone, which was passionate and impassioned.

More than a thousand old men attending the banquet stood up and saluted Ye Kun.

Ye Kun waved his hand and said loudly:

"After I unified Kyushu, I set a goal, which was to raise the average life expectancy of all citizens to 60 years old. In the past, people over 60 were considered very old and were rare.

Now, we have achieved this goal. The average life expectancy has exceeded 60 years!

The government will continue to vigorously develop health and medical services and work hard for the health and longevity of all citizens. I hope to go a step further and raise the average life expectancy of all citizens to over 65 years old.

Ten years later, we will hold another thousand-year-old birthday banquet. I hope that all of today’s birthday celebrants will be there!”

The crowd applauded enthusiastically.

Ye Kun waved his hand and announced the start of the banquet.

There are also several tables on the grand stage.

Local celebrities of advanced age and people of particularly high age were invited.

Ye Kun sat at the main table, and asked Guan Yong and Jiang Laowu to sit at two tables respectively to accompany the guests.

There were also several tables of female guests, accompanied by Jiang Yourong, Liu Yuejuan, Xie Baochan and others.

Gender equality is the right thing to do. Since we have invited a bunch of old men, we should also invite some old ladies.

As for Mr. Hu, of course he sat at Ye Kun's table.

Ye Kun stood up and toasted Mr. Hu: "Mr. Hu, this glass of wine is for you to live as long as the Southern Mountains and as blessed as the Eastern Sea, and to live to be 120 years old!"

Mr. Hu stood up and thanked him, saying with a smile, "Living to the age of 120 is something I never dared to imagine. I am 75 years old this year, and if I can live another three years, I will be very satisfied."

"Mr. Hu's body is good enough for him to be 80 or 90, not 120 years old."

Ye Kun drank the wine in his glass and said to the old men at the same table: "Science and technology are developing, and our medicine is also improving. People's awareness of hygiene is improving, and they are getting sick less often."

An old man asked, "Your Majesty, I heard that there are hundreds of doctors in the big hospital in Zhuo County who can treat any disease, is that right?"

"Then I will report to the elders."

Ye Kun said: "There are four large hospitals in Zhuo County, one of which is a women's hospital that specializes in receiving female patients. The largest of these four hospitals has more than 500 medical staff and receives thousands of patients every day.

In terms of medical treatment, not all diseases can be cured. Some terminal illnesses cannot be cured at present. However, we believe that medicine will continue to progress in the future and protect the health of all Chinese people.

For example, our obstetrics and gynecology department is the best. In the past, giving birth was a matter of life and death for women. Infant mortality was also very common. But now it is different. Very few women die during childbirth, and very few infants die. ”

Mr. Hu smiled and said, "Yes, our Pingye County Hospital has more than 70 doctors, divided into many departments, including ophthalmology, dentistry, otology, pediatrics, etc. The doctors' skills are also very good, and some minor illnesses can be cured quickly."

Everyone drank and chatted, and praised Ye Kun as a wise ruler and an emperor who was kind and loved his people.

As the conversation went on, the topic of immigration came up again.

An old man said, "Your Majesty, my third son has immigrated to Jiaozhi for five years. Last year and this year, he wrote back and asked us to go there with our whole family. Because there are many fertile fields in Jiaozhi, rice can be harvested three times a year, and the grain is not enough to eat, and the price is low.

Because the price of food is low, the price of cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks raised is also low. My son said that it is simply a paradise over there and asked our whole family to go there. Do you think that Jiaozhi is really so rich? "

Ye Kun laughed and asked, "Old sir, don't you believe what your son wrote to you?"

Mr. Hu also laughed and said, "This is strange. You don't believe your own son, but you come to ask the emperor."