The most arrogant in history

Chapter 219: Is this your biological child?

He Tiantian pursed her lips and smiled:

"Other officials only let craftsmen build palaces and buildings, and drink with their concubines every day. You are a high-ranking official, but instead of building palaces, you are busy repairing bridges and roads, and you do it yourself and get injured..."

"Well, how about I build a palace and recruit a group of concubines?"

Ye Kun looked at He Tiantian and said with a smile: "Let's wait. I will build the palace when the people have food to eat and broth to drink."

Not to mention building a palace, after Ye Kun occupied Dongba County, he also cut off half of the original county governor's office and turned it into a military garment factory.

Although there was a lot of construction going on in the area, it was all done to build new villages, new kilns and workshops, repair roads and bridges, and improve infrastructure.

He Tiantian smiled and said, "Lord Ye is devoted to the people. Even if he wants 10,000 concubines, it is reasonable."

"Ten thousand? Am I that powerful?"

Ye Kun’s face twitched.

Just after the bandage was completed, Cao Duoduo reported urgently: "Uncle Ye, Lord Shangguan from Tianmen City has sent a letter by carrier pigeon, urgent!"

"What's the rush? They must be asking me if I've had lunch again..."

Ye Kun rolled his eyes and took the letter to read it.

Now, the carrier pigeon network in Tianmen County and Dongba County has been fully established.

Shangguan Jifu looked down on this system at first, but after using it he realized that it was really easy to use, fast and cheap!

Send someone on a fast horse to deliver the letter to Dongba City. The mountain road is winding and will take at least a day and a half.

The pigeons only need an hour or two.

If you send a pigeon to deliver a letter in the morning, you will receive a reply before lunch, and it only consumes two handfuls of wheat.

Shangguan Jifu thought it was fun, so he often sent pigeon messages to Ye Kun: I caught a deer today, do you want to come over for a drink?

Or: Are the beautiful concubines enough? Do you want me to give you a few?

Ye Kun was fed up with it and wrote back to teach Shangguan Jifu a lesson: You are so idle. Don’t stand someone up unless it’s an emergency!

So Shangguan Jifu learned it, and whenever he sent a letter by carrier pigeon, he would mark it as urgent: "What should I do if the piglet has diarrhea? Waiting for your reply, urgent!"

Ye Kun was so angry that he replied directly: Why are you so nervous? Is the little piglet your own child?

Duoduo, the eldest daughter of Cao Jiashan, is now Ye Kun's carrier pigeon intelligence officer, responsible for sending and receiving letters, and encrypted translation. Every time she sees the text messages sent between Shangguan Jifu and Ye Kun, she laughs until her stomach hurts!

But this time, Cao Duoduo did not laugh: "Lord Ye, this time it's a serious matter. Yizhou and Yangzhou are at war, and people have died..."

"How can there be no death in war?"

Ye Kun unfolded the silk text message and was surprised.

The letter said that Yangzhou prefect Xiao Dezhi was ambushed by Jingzhou soldiers in Jiangxia and died from the pulley crossbow produced by Ye Kun!

"Oh my god, this is going to be a big deal."

Ye Kun recalled that during the Suanzao Alliance, he and Xiao Dezhi had raised their glasses to drink and chat happily, and he felt a little melancholy.

At that time, Xiao Dezhi probably couldn't have imagined that he would die under Ye Kun's pulley crossbow in just two months?

Duoduo didn't understand military affairs, so he stole a glance at Ye Kun's face and asked, "Uncle Ye, is the matter serious?"

"Oh, it's not serious."

Ye Kun came to his senses and returned with Cao Duoduo: "Let's go, I'll write back to Shangguan Jifu."

The pigeon intelligence center is just outside the backyard of the county magistrate's office.

Ye Kun sat down and wrote back to Shangguan Jifu: "Just wait and see what happens, don't act rashly."

At this time, if they united with Jingzhou, they could bully Jiangdong Yangzhou, but this might not be beneficial to Ye Kun. Once Jingzhou annexed Yangzhou, it would annex Tianmen County and Dongba County next!

Letting them continue fighting and making the battle difficult to determine the winner would be in the best interests of Ye Kun.

Duoduo went to the pigeon house, took out three pigeons sent by Tianmen County, tied reply letters to them, and released them one after another.

Ye Kun said: "Duoduo, pigeons carry many viruses. Every time you come into contact with pigeons, you must wash your hands with running water to prevent getting sick."

Duoduo nodded: "I remember, uncle."

Widow Li Wan Changliu just happened to come over and said with a smile: "Master Ye, I come into contact with pigeons every day, and I don't get sick."

The one who raises pigeons here is Widow Li.

Duoduo didn't care about raising pigeons, he just translated and copied the information.

"It's too late if you get sick." Ye Kun rolled his eyes and asked, "Isn't it time for you to eat?"

Little Jasmine came out from the kitchen at the back and called out, "Uncle Ye, I've prepared the food, you can eat here too."

The little girl is only ten years old, but she is very hardworking and knows how to cook.

Duoduo smiled and said, “Moli, don’t talk nonsense. How is Uncle Ye going to eat the food you cooked?”

"Why can't I eat? I'll eat with you today."

Ye Kun sat down and said with a smile: "Jasmine, go and bring the food. I want to taste your cooking skills."

Jasmine was very happy. She brought the food with her sister and asked, "Do you want to drink, Uncle Ye? We don't have any wine here. Do you want me to go to the mansion in front to get you some?"

"Eat, don't drink."

Ye Kun invited Widow Li to sit down and eat together, and picked up some food for Jasmine. He also showed concern for Jasmine and Duoduo's daily life.

Duoduo plucked up his courage and whispered:

"Uncle Ye, I still want to be with Aunt Wang and make clothes..."

Duoduo is not interested in the work of an intelligence agent.

The last time he was transferred here, Duoduo was unhappy, but he didn't dare to say it.

"Sure, I'll find two female soldiers for you. You teach them the code and then go back to help Aunt Wang make clothes." Ye Kun nodded.

The garment factory next door mainly serves the military camps, producing military uniforms and shoes.

In order to train elite soldiers, Ye Kun was willing to spend money to distribute military uniforms and shoes, as well as underwear and socks.

In both winter and summer, combat uniforms and training uniforms are of high quality and much more expensive than civilian clothing.

Duoduo was very happy: "Don't worry, uncle, I can teach the female soldiers in one month. This is not difficult."

A simple password is indeed not difficult if you have a password book to refer to.

Ye Kun nodded, ate his meal, and took Duoduo and Moli to see Aunt Wang.

Wang had just finished her meal and was drinking tea in her office, studying the clothing designs on the blackboard.

Seeing Ye Kun, Wang smiled slightly and stood up to greet him.

Ye Kun nodded, looked at the clothing design, and asked, "Auntie Wang, this double-breasted clothing, is there anything wrong with it?"

Ye Kun changed all the current military uniforms into the later double-breasted design with copper buttons.

The pants were also modified, using the later trouser nose design, and the belt was also invented.

Making a belt does not require any technical skills. All you need is enough leather and copper or iron to make the belt buckle.

Soldiers were not used to it at first, but now they all love to wear it.

Because of convenience.

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "No problem, I just think the collar is too high."

"That was designed specifically because when you fight in a war, you have to wear armor and if the collar is too low, it will rub the skin on your neck."

"That's true..."

Aunt Wang suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Master Ye designs military uniforms. Can he design women's clothes?"

"Why not? I was just about to tell you about this."

Ye Kun nodded and drew a woman's head on the blackboard, and a women's double-breasted coat below it.

It’s just that Ye Kun’s painting skills are not very good. The woman he painted has bared teeth and looks like a monster.

Duoduo and Jasmine both covered their mouths while laughing.

"What are you laughing at? Does this look like Aunt Wang?" Ye Kun said seriously.

"Not like it!" Duoduo and Jasmine shook their heads together, not giving any face.

Aunt Wang also smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll make one first and show you."

As a master of fashion design, Aunt Wang can know the general style at a glance and figure out the size herself.

Ye Kun went to the down workshop again to check the production of down jackets.

The goose and duck down of the Dading Kingdom was not utilized.

Ye Kun discovered this problem last year, so at the beginning of autumn, he gave an order to purchase large quantities of duck down and goose down.

Some are collected locally and some are brought in by vendors. Now we have over a thousand kilograms of down.

The down must also be steamed at high temperature to degrease, then soaked in lime water to remove odors, rinsed multiple times, and dried before it can be made into clothes.

When making clothes, there is another problem - lint running!

Aunt Wang and her workers tried every possible way, using two layers of the finest silk and the finest ramie cloth, and they were able to make the down jacket.

Therefore, the down vests produced here are extremely expensive.

Ye Kun was wealthy and didn't care about the cost. After trying on the down jackets, he thought they were good and ordered 300 of them to distribute to the scouts in the army.

Scouts are reconnaissance soldiers who have to run outside in the cold winter, lurking to conduct reconnaissance, and crossing mountains and rivers. They are the hardest working branch of the military.

Mother Wang accompanied Ye Kun to inspect the workshop and made a suggestion:

"Now that we have added a down vest workshop, the space is a bit small and there is not enough room for us to maneuver. It would be great if we had two more workshops..."

Ye Kun thought about it and felt that there was no need to expand:

"How about this, Aunt Wang? I'll give you another big house, renovate it a little, and move all the down jacket workshops there."

Dongba City is not Ye Kun’s final destination, and excessive expansion would be a waste.

Ye Kun now has well-trained soldiers and sufficient food. All armor and weapons have been upgraded. There is enough stockpile of black gunpowder, and bronze cannons are still being produced. He will definitely take action next year.

After we take over Yizhou, we will have a big base and we can give full play to our abilities!

After the inspection, Gamma Wang took Ye Kun back to the office to drink tea, and suddenly laughed softly:

"Duoduo has grown up, and she is very pretty. The more you see her, the more you like her. Lord Ye, when did you adopt Duoduo?"