The most arrogant in history

Chapter 351 Sister, help me!

Ye Kun rolled his eyes: "What are you laughing at?"

"I didn't laugh." Ma Zhao denied it and asked in a low voice:

"King of Hanzhong, if I really punish him severely, Jiang Youbao will definitely be imprisoned, tattooed, and sent to a hard labor camp. If I really do this, will you kill me?"

Ye Kun thought about it and shook his head slowly:

"If you really insist on strictly following the law, I will not interfere with you. Because I know that the most important thing in governing a country is to have fair laws and clear rewards and punishments."

Ma Zhao nodded and said, "Thank you, King Hanzhong, for your trust in me. I will definitely live up to your trust."

"Wait..." Ye Kun stopped Ma Zhao again and said thoughtfully:

"We now have Yizhou and Yongliang. Although the area is large, the population is too small. So when handling a case, it is best not to kill the person if possible. Sending him to do hard labor can also play a role."

"Ma Zhao understands."

Ma Zhao bowed and said goodbye.

The next morning, Ma Zhao sat in court to pronounce the verdict on Jiang Youbao's case.

Ye Kun brought dozens of officials from Chengdu and went to listen in person.

Xue Sangu was also there. When she heard that her brother Xue Wanquan was going to be beheaded and her house was going to be raided and all her property confiscated, she became so angry that she fainted.

Jiang Youbao also cried heartbreakingly and shouted at Ye Kun: "King of Hanzhong, I am Feng'er's uncle, and I am the biological brother of the princess!"

Idiot, there's no hope.

Ye Kun stood up and shouted, "Jiang Youbao, shut up!"

Jiang Youbao shuddered and looked at Ye Kun pitifully.

Ye Kun glanced around and said to everyone:

"My Lords, governing a country is governing its officials. Once officials start to become corrupt, take bribes, pervert the law, and oppress the people, then the country will perish. At that time, the people will rise up in rebellion, and we will all be unable to escape and will all die.

Therefore, I hope that all the adults will take today's incident as a warning and never test the law."

Everyone was submissive.

Ma Zhao sneered, "I have a lot of secret reports on corruption in my hands. I am investigating. Once I verify it, Jiang Youbao will be a role model. I advise those corrupt officials to confess themselves. I will plead with the King of Hanzhong to let them off the hook."

Ye Kun nodded: "If you take the initiative to explain the problem and return the money, I can forgive you for what happened."

The problem of corruption has never been solved in any dynasty.

Ye Kun had no other choice but to enforce the law, strengthen supervision, and severely punish corrupt officials.

Under the intimidation of Ye Kun and Ma Zhao, two officials knelt down on the spot, voluntarily admitted the fact of corruption and expressed their willingness to return the stolen money.

Ye Kun nodded and said to Ma Zhao:

"Master Ma, you must be cautious when handling cases. You must not let a bad guy go, nor can you wrongly accuse a good guy. Most of the officials in our Yizhou are still very honest. For example, our Master Han and Master Wu Qiong are both good examples of being incorruptible..."

Now that they have to fight for the world, Ye Kun cannot carry out large-scale anti-corruption efforts to avoid causing unrest.

Therefore, we should just deal with those who go too far and make an example of them.

Jiang Youbao looked at Ye Kun pitifully.

But Ye Kun said a few words of truth, turned around and left without even looking at the couple.

Only then did Jiang Youbao realize that Ye Kun was really disappointed in him.

Jiang Youbao's post as county governor was revoked, and Qin Erwu officially returned to take over the internal defense of Chengdu City.

Ye Kun had just returned to the palace when Jiang Youde hurried over from his textile factory.

"Director, why are you free today to come and see me?"

Ye Kun took Youde's hand and smiled.

They have been together for a long time, but Youde has never been pregnant.

Youde was not in a hurry and devoted himself to his career, making the textile factory bigger and bigger. He also sent technical and administrative backbones to establish branches in Chongqing, Hanzhong, Luzhou and Hexi counties.

Youde personally supervised the construction of wool textile mills in Zhangye and Tianshui, because they were close to the Xiongnu and had the most wool.

This result made Ye Kun look at him with new eyes.

Ye Kun doesn’t have to worry about the domestic textile industry at all!

Youde sighed, "I came to ask about my eldest brother and his wife. I heard that they are going to the vegetable garden to collect manure, right?"

"Yes, it's a small punishment for a big mistake."

Ye Kun nodded and said, "The vegetable garden outside the city is Qin Chou's test site. The vegetable farmers there are all retired farmers. Qin Chou is a kind man and will ask the person in charge of the vegetable garden to take care of your brother and sister-in-law."

To be honest, with Jiang Youbao's status as the king's uncle, he will not suffer any loss wherever he goes.

Besides, the couple are originally from the countryside, so there is nothing wrong with carrying manure, it’s just their old job!

Youde smiled bitterly: "It's better to let them suffer a little, otherwise, they will still be so superficial in the future."

Ye Kun nodded, praised him for his virtue and righteousness, and asked about the recent production situation.

Youde smiled and said:

"I was just about to tell you this. Several of our warehouses are full. We have more than 30,000 finished wool sweaters and down vests each, and we can't sell them all at once. We also have a lot of linen and ramie cloth. So I thought we should give the workers a long holiday and have them come back to work after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

Ye Kun was surprised: "Why is there such a backlog?"

Youde shrugged: "With lots of raw materials, lots of workers, and fast production, it's natural that there's a huge backlog."

"How many workers are there in the textile mills in various counties and prefectures now?"

"Fourteen thousand people, not including technicians and managers."

"No wonder." Ye Kun nodded and asked, "If the price is reduced by 20%, can we still make money if we sell it?"

"That can also earn 30%."

"Then adjust the price and sell a batch at a lower price. In addition, I will arrange for the military to purchase another batch. These are winter clothes. If they are not sold by the end of the year, they will have to be stored until next winter."

There is a risk of fire if winter clothes are stored in a warehouse.

Must be disposed of.

The people of Yizhou now have some money in their hands.

Ye Kun not only sells goods but also takes back some of the money from the people.

The next day, Ye Kun summoned the merchants, officials, and village representatives stationed in Chengdu and announced a price reduction for winter clothes, hoping that everyone would buy more.

For reliable vendors, if you don’t have enough money, you can put it on credit.

Officials and fellow villagers also showed their support, and in one day, orders for tens of thousands of pieces were placed.

Ye Kun also asked the troops to use the money to purchase winter clothes and distribute them to the soldiers on the front line.

The New Year passed in a busy manner.

It was the eighth day of the first lunar month and the sun was shining brightly.

Ye Kun took Jiang Yourong, Xi Jiaonu and others to the large vegetable garden outside the city to visit the vegetable greenhouse built last year.

Now we have glass, so we can build glass sun greenhouses.

Off-season vegetables also appeared in Chengdu.

For example, cucumbers, green beans, lentils, chili peppers in winter...

Ye Kun also asked He Tiantian to lead the team to make a mercury-in-glass thermometer.

The thermometer may not be very accurate and is quite large, but it will do the job.

The warm greenhouse and the green vegetables look particularly pleasing to the eye.

There are a total of eighteen greenhouses here, each covering three acres of land and are rectangular in shape.

Part of the vegetables grown were supplied to the royal palace, and part were given as rewards to officials at all levels, military generals, factory and mine managers, and representatives of the elders.

It was the first time for Jiang Yourong and others to see a sun greenhouse of this scale. They were all very excited and couldn’t stop looking at it.

Just when they were having fun, Jiang Youbao came carrying a load of manure.

Seeing the girl, Jiang Youbao put down his carrying pole and burst into tears: "Aunt, are you here to save me?"

Ye Kun was so angry that he rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Jiang Yourong was also annoyed and asked calmly, "Brother, you are working here. Is someone trying to kill you? Why do you want me to save you?"