The most arrogant in history

Chapter 117 How dare you do this!

"Not so good. I haven't eaten much meat recently..." Aunt Xue complained again.

During this period, I did not eat much meat.

Because of the rebellion of Huang Tiandao's army, all the pigs, sheep and dogs in the countryside were wiped out, and the butchers in the city went out of business.

There are some pig farmers in the county, but the stock is small. Ye Kun does not allow private slaughter of pigs, but manages them as military resources.

The meat that everyone eats recently is salted dried meat, also known as meat jerky.

"It's okay, sister-in-law. I will issue an order today to open up the county's business. Everyone can eat meat as much as they want." Ye Kun smiled and got back to the point:

"Sister-in-law, your aunt Rong seems to be pregnant, did you know?"

"Ah, my aunt is pregnant?"

Third Aunt Xue was happy and said with a smile: "Congratulations, uncle and aunt, this baby is definitely a boy."

"I like both my son and my daughter."

Ye Kun nodded and said, "From now on, my elder sister-in-law and second sister, please take good care of Yourong. Don't let her do heavy physical work, and don't let her get tired."

Xue Sangu nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, it's all on me."

Ye Kun nodded, then went to find Dai Xi and gave him some instructions.

Dai Xi and Jiang Yourong had a good relationship, so it goes without saying that he smiled evilly and said, "Master, Sister Yourong is pregnant. You should...be gentle in the future."

"Good sister, I will not touch Yourong anymore and will only touch you, okay?"

Ye Kun was aroused and closed the bedroom door.

Dai Xi laughed softly and said, "Master, in broad daylight..."

"Daytime has its own flavor, try it, dear sister."

Ye Kun didn't let go, and laughed softly: "Look, Yourong has it all, why don't you work harder?"

After not being together for a long time, Dai Xi seems to have become more attractive.

The two men hung around for half an hour before finally opening the door to see people.

Unexpectedly, he was bumped into by Jiang Yourong.

"I didn't see it, I didn't see anything..." Jiang Yourong grinned evilly, turned around and ran away.

Dai Xi blushed and pushed Ye Kun: "Master, you made me, a little slut, too ashamed to face people in the future."

"Come on, we are a legitimate couple, and we are not doing anything secretive."

Ye Kun held Dai Xi's face and kissed her again: "Come with me to the refugee camp and set up a laundry yard first."

Dai Xi nodded and went to do the work with Ye Kun.

On North Street, Ye Kun owns dozens of large houses, all of which were the former properties of County Magistrate Liu and County Assistant Magistrate Wang.

Ye Kun found two large adjacent houses with spacious front and back yards and a laundry yard.

Two hundred old women were recruited from the refugee camp to start washing and mending clothes.

Dai Xi, Zhou Tielan, and Qin Chou's wife Huaihua became the deans, and they selected several women from Cao Miao Village to serve as managers.

After arranging matters at the laundry house, Ye Kun went to the military workshop, gathered thirty blacksmiths, and allocated two large courtyards to set up specialized blacksmith shops.

Then we gave out the drawings and plans and asked everyone to make the wire.

The blacksmiths had never made wire before and were all confused and didn't know how to start.

Ye Kun called two goldsmiths and asked them to show him how to make gold and silver into threads.

There are two methods used by gold and silversmiths to make gold and silver wire: one is wire pinching and the other is wire drawing.

Filigree is the process of repeatedly heating and beating gold and silver until they are like paper sheets, then cutting them into thin strips and finally rolling the strips into balls.

Wire drawing is the process of hammering gold and silver into long toothpick-like strips and pulling them out from the small round holes in the steel plate.

Pull and burn once to keep the gold and silver soft.

The small round holes in the steel plate are set into many specifications according to size, from large to small, so that the gold and silver threads can be pulled thinner and thinner.

Wrought iron is very soft and after being heated and cooled, it can be drawn like gold or silver.

The only technical difficulty is the round hole in the steel plate.

Because the steelmaking technology of Dading Kingdom was underdeveloped, the hardness of the steel plates was not high enough, and the hardness could only be increased through repeated red-hot quenching.

Ye Kun proposed an idea, asking blacksmiths to use hot oil quenching and salt water quenching in different proportions, and conduct more experiments to produce the best wire-drawing steel plates.

The blacksmiths had an idea and worked together with the gold and silversmiths, and they made the iron wire in two or three days.

The only problem is that the output is not high. Only a few hundred meters of wire can be produced every day, and they are all very short and need to be connected together before they can be put into use.

Ye Kun also started the purification of saltpeter and sulfur here and found several alchemists to be responsible for different tasks.

With the thousands of kilograms of raw coal he brought back, Ye Kun built a traditional coking oven and began making coke.

The Dading Kingdom is rich in coal resources, but at this time, no one uses coal except alchemists.

Because unprocessed raw coal is difficult to ignite.

After it was lit, the smoke was so huge that it was unbearable.

Coal washing and traditional coking methods do not require much technical knowledge. Ye Kun had studied them in the militia manual during reserve training and had also discussed them intensely with his comrades.

In order to prevent the leakage of technology, Ye Kun separated the alchemists, placing some in the county town and some in Xiping Mountain, strictly restricting them from going out.

A number of test manufacturings were also carried out simultaneously, so that everyone did not know exactly what materials they were choosing.

Shangguan Jifu was also very helpful. He sent out a convoy of 500 people every day to deliver the things Ye Kun needed, including food, ore, pigs, sheep, weapons, and various craftsmen.

Then, pull Ye Kun's lime back.

Ye Kun found it troublesome, so he sent Chunhua Yulian to guide Shangguan Jifu in alcohol production;

Technical personnel were also sent to guide Shangguan Jifu to build a lime kiln and burn lime himself.

Of course, Ye Kun also emphasized that Shangguan Jifu should keep the technology confidential.

All technologies will be leaked sooner or later, but the better!

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

A fast horse from the south reported: "Lord Ye, the governor of Changsha County, Lu Biao, has captured Lingshan County. The original defenders of Lingshan County were defeated and broke through with 3,000 refugees. They have retreated to Cigu County and will reach Pingye County soon!"

"How dare you, my dear boy Lu?"

Ye Kun was furious and slammed the table.

The last time he took over Tianmen County, Shangguan Jifu also gave Lingshan County to Ye Kun.

However, Lingshan County was too far away, and Ye Kun could not take care of it, so he just ordered the original garrison to continue to hold on.

But I didn’t expect that Changsha Lu Biao would come to pick peaches!

Qin Erwu and others shouted together: "Master Ye, we are willing to bring our elite troops to join the defeated troops of Lingshan County and recapture Lingshan County!"

Ye Kun thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know how many soldiers and horses Lu Biao has?"

Qin Erwu said:

"I heard Shangguan Boyan say before that Biao Lu has 50,000 soldiers under his command. Originally, Shangguan Boyan planned to form an alliance with Biao Lu and give his daughter Shangguan Feiyan to Biao Lu as his daughter-in-law. I guess Biao Lu's attack this time was also because of Shangguan Feiyan's matter."

"Bullshit, is a woman worth all the trouble? What's more, they are just discussing marriage and are not engaged yet."

Ye Kun shook his head: "Lu Biao is doing this to grab territory. If he takes Lingshan County, he will control the passage to southern Xinjiang. If he takes Cigu County, he will isolate us and Tianmen County into an isolated city."

Yan Liuhai, Jiang Laowu and others were all eager to try: "Brother, let's lead the troops to fight!"

Ye Kun shook his head:

"We can't win. All our troops add up to only 5,000. Excluding the troops left behind in the county and Xiping Mountain, there are only 3,000 soldiers left. Of the 50,000 troops of Lu Biao, at least 10,000 have been dispatched."

The Pegasus scout reported: "The troops sent by Lu Biao are 20,000. Among them, there are 5,000 cavalry and 200 chariots. There are about 1,000 cavalry heavy armored soldiers and about 2,000 infantry heavy armored soldiers."

Scouts are the reconnaissance soldiers of the past, and are divided into cavalry and infantry.

Pegasus Scouts are the most elite scouts who can monitor the movements hundreds of miles away.

Qin Erwu was furious: "What should we do? Are we just going to sit there and wait for death? Lingshan County is our territory. If we lose it, it will be a disgrace!"

Yan Liuhai's King Da Kui and others were also angry.

Even Zhu Dachun, Wang Bao and Tan Bamao looked angry.

These guys have almost never lost a battle since following Ye Kun, so they are very confident and arrogant.