The most arrogant in history

Chapter 799 Walking garbage.

As early as seven or eight years ago, steam cars were invented and could run on the road.

But the technology is terrible, the quality is terrible.

In Ye Kun's words, it's just a pile of walking garbage.

After several years of tinkering and two or three generations of replacements, today’s cars are barely usable, except that the tires and road surfaces are not good enough.

Now that we have mastered the technology of inflatable inner tubes, we can vigorously promote automobiles by simply upgrading the road surfaces.

Tintin accompanied the inspection and said:

"If there are cars, there must be roads. Our national highways are all paved with stone slabs. I'm afraid the existing road surface and roadbed cannot withstand heavy-duty vehicles and need to be upgraded."

Ye Kun said: "The Ministry of Industry has built many cement plants in recent years. The cement output is very high, and even there is a surplus. Now that the inflatable inner tube has been conquered, our cement national highway can also start to be built.

There is still some asphalt in the direction of the Western Regions and Tianzhu, so we can consider asphalt roads.”

There are already several cement roads in the country, the longest of which is 200 miles long.

But for such a huge empire, a few hundred kilometers of concrete roads are simply not worth mentioning.

He Tiantian asked, "Your Majesty, where do you think cement roads are most needed?"

"The entire city of Zhuo County and its surrounding roads have all been replaced with cement roads. The original stone slabs and stone strips on the road have been pried up and used as secondary roads."

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, “Our heavy industrial base is in Jinmen City, in Beihai County, so we need to build a cement road to connect Zhuo County.

In addition, we will also upgrade the standards of national, provincial, county, and township roads. All those that do not meet the standards will be renovated and upgraded.”

Tintin smiled and said, "That's fine with me. As the Minister of Transportation, I'm supposed to work. I'd feel uncomfortable if I didn't work."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "You and the Ministry of Industry should check the cement production. If the production is sufficient, we will build more cement roads. The first step is the national highway, the second step is the provincial highway, and so on.

We also have to set a goal that within ten years, more than 90% of the county towns in the country will have access to roads.”

As of now, there are still hundreds of counties in the country that have no access to roads.

Especially in the Western Regions, Western Qiang areas, and some mountainous areas.

In these places, supplies can only be transported by horse caravans.

Ding Ding felt no pressure at all and smiled: "As long as I have money and people, I can do it."

He Tiantian then took everyone to inspect other scientific research results.

The Aluminum Alloy Research Institute customized aluminum alloy armor for Ye Kun and several military commanders.

Shining silver, dazzling.

Ye Kun tried it and found that it was indeed much lighter than steel armor.

A full set of helmet and armor weighs only twenty kilograms in total, but its protective effect is no less than that of steel armor.

"This armor is light and reduces the load, but it is too expensive. Our aluminum alloy is hard to come by." Ye Kun sighed.

He Tiantian said: "Your Majesty, the output of metal aluminum is now one thousand kilograms per day, which has greatly increased. It is not a luxury to customize some aluminum alloy armor for the generals in the army.

There are many aluminum alloy parts on industrial machinery. After updating and replacing, they can be used to make armor. "

Ye Kun smiled and said, "In that case, we can make more aluminum alloy armor. In addition to the commander-in-chief of the Ministry of War, all the generals and military officers of the first and second ranks can customize a set."

He Tiantian nodded: "The emperor asked someone to sort it out and hand in the dimensions, and we can make it to order. We will make 100 sets first, and then we can gradually increase it later."

Ye Kun stayed in the Science and Technology City for half a month.

Guide Pang Jia to research helicopters.

Now that we have gasoline engines, it seems worth a try to research helicopters.

Large aircraft are also being studied.

Ye Kun explained the principles of the aircraft and drew pictures to explain the structure of the aircraft and the principles of the aircraft engine.

Ye Kun had learned these things briefly in school before and still remembered them.

Pang Jia already had a solid foundation in his research on aeromechanics. He set up a research institute with a dozen outstanding disciples and skilled craftsmen, and worked day and night to study airplanes, almost becoming obsessed with it.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Junior brother, take your time. Judging from your spirit and drive, I'm afraid you can build a plane in less than five years."

Pang Jia boasted: "Brother, it won't take five years, at most three years, I can make a plane!"

"There's no rush for the plane."

He Tiantian looked at Ye Kun: "Your Majesty, I think we should choose to build new large-scale hydropower stations and thermal power stations. Now, the bottleneck of development is still the insufficient and unstable power supply.

In the past two years, we have forcibly increased the power construction, but now it seems that it is still far from enough."

Ye Kun nodded: "It's easy to build a thermal power station, since there's plenty of coal anyway. For a hydropower station, we need to choose a site. We don't have the ability to build a hydropower station on a large river. And the potential of a small river is not enough.

Furthermore, our power transmission capacity is not good enough, and the hydropower station cannot be too far away from the power-consuming factories. Therefore, site selection is the most important thing.”

Ding Ding is in charge of the national water conservancy and transportation, and is familiar with rivers and lakes. He suggested: "We can build a new hydropower station on the Liaohe River, and then move some factories that need electricity there."

The Liaodong region is now developing very well. There are large iron ore mines and coal mines have also been discovered.

Because the iron ore grade in Liaodong is high, Ye Kun has transferred a small part of the steel industry to Liaodong.

The rails needed for building the railway are all produced at Liaodong Iron and Steel Plant.

There are also gold mines in Liaodong that are being mined.

Ye Kun nodded: "Liaodong is a good place and should indeed be vigorously developed. In the future, we will continue to develop towards the northeast, including the Outer Xing'an Mountains, Outer Northeast, and Heishui Island."

Blackwater Island refers to Sakhalin Island.

Since the suppression of Liaodong, Goguryeo and the Northern Huns, Ye Kun stopped using troops in the Northeast.

Ye Kun sent people to declare sovereignty over the Outer Khingan Range, Outer Northeast China, and Heishui Island, but he did not actually manage them.

There are still some indigenous people in these places who do not pay tribute to China and live a leisurely life.

Ye Kun proposed to send troops to control it.

But it was rejected by the Nine Departments.

Because of the severe cold in Outer Northeast, it currently has no development value.

As for the indigenous peoples in Outer Northeast China, they are all small tribes and pose no danger to China.

The nine ministers all believed that the place could be left alone for a while, and that people could be immigrated there to develop and build the country after the country became stronger.

He Tiantian was worried: "I don't know if the nine ministries will agree to continue investing in Liaodong construction."

"It's no problem this time. Sang Buyi and the others have been out to sea and gained more experience. They should agree."

Ye Kun smiled slightly.

There are many new products in the Science and Technology City.

Ye Kun visited them one by one and gave some research directions.

A few days later, it was the day of the National Industrial Science and Technology Conference.

The conference was held in the Science and Technology City. Ye Kun brought Zhuge Hong and Crown Prince Ye Feng to attend the meeting.

The Ministers of Industry and Science and Technology spoke and gave work reports.

After the meeting, Ye Kun called together the senior technical personnel for dinner and encouraged everyone:

"All the teachers on the science and technology front are national heroes. Our current scientific and technological progress, industrial development, and medical development are inseparable from your hard work and dedication...

I hope that in the next decade or so, we can usher in a true industrial age and achieve earth-shaking changes.”

An expert asked: "Your Majesty, what is the real industrial age?"