The most arrogant in history

Chapter 481 Tintin’s advice.

Shangguan Jifu's widow even sobbed.

Jiang Yourong hurried forward, took Madam Shangguan's hand, and comforted her softly, "Don't cry, sister-in-law. Lin'er has grown up and is a man of integrity. You should be happy."

Shangguan Lin lowered his head, his eyes moist.

Ye Kun also wiped his eyes and asked, "Lin'er, you have been training for a year and a half, you should know some of the sufferings of the people and understand some of their sentiments. What aspects of the people do you think need improvement?"

Shangguan Lin said: "The common people all praise my uncle's benevolence and are grateful for his kindness. Iron tools are easy to use, grain production has doubled, and it is easier to see a doctor..."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Then, is there nothing bad about it?"

"If there's anything bad to say, it's that... merchants make a lot of money, but farmers are still a little poorer. Especially for families with many children, it's hard to get rich because they have to take care of the children and work."

Shangguan Lin thought about it and said, "For the ventilation stoves promoted in the countryside, if you use an iron pot, you can't use a clay pot, and if you use a clay pot, you can't use an iron pot. The two pots are different in size and depth."

"Lin'er, it seems you have done some research." Ye Kun nodded and said:

"The problem of ventilated stoves not being compatible with iron pots and clay pots will be solved soon, because iron pots will soon become popular and clay pots will be completely eliminated. The problem of inequality between the rich and the poor can only be solved through taxation. For families with many children, we will consider reducing some taxes."

Shangguan Lin nodded in agreement.

Ye Kun said again: "Lin'er, I will give you two assignments, you choose one. First, follow Huangfu Lin to fight in Liaodong. Huangfu Lin is an old official of your father, and he will naturally train you wholeheartedly. Second, in the Central Plains, I will give you a real job as a county magistrate, you learn to manage the affairs of a county, and exercise yourself."

Shangguan Lin was very smart. He bowed and said, "It's up to my uncle to arrange."

"Then you will become a county magistrate in Zhi County, which is very close to Xiangyang. I will review your performance in a year."

Ye Kun patted Shangguan Lin on the shoulder:

"Here we are uncle and nephew, and I treat you like my own son. However, at home we are father and son, and at work we are king and subject. Since you are an official, you must do your job well. If you make a mistake, you will still be punished, understand?"

"Don't worry, uncle. Lin'er will do his best."

Shangguan Lin was very happy.

It is rare to find a county magistrate in his teens in the Ding Kingdom.

Of course, Shangguan Lin also had the honorary title of Jingzhou prefect, which was much higher than that of a county magistrate.

Madam Shangguan smiled and said, "King of Han, Lin'er has grown up and is engaged to the daughter of Lord Ma Zhao. You see..."

"Yes, Lin'er can get married now."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I am the matchmaker. Let's do this. In April, Lin'er will marry Mr. Ma's daughter. I will definitely attend the wedding and drink a glass of wine."

After thinking for a while, Ye Kun said, "Lin'er, stay with me for the time being. After you get married, you can go to Zhi County to take up your post. During this time, you can learn a lot from the nine ministers."

Shangguan Lin and his son expressed their gratitude again.

Just when Ye Kun was about to leave for Zhuo County, his junior sister Ding Ding also returned from the south.

After not seeing her for more than a year, my junior sister has become thinner and darker.

"Junior sister, thank you for your hard work. I asked you to cross mountains and ridges in the southern wilderness." Ye Kun sighed and said:

"Pang Jia and Sun Yi all missed you so much that they forced me to transfer you back. I was also worried that you were too weak to stand the heat and humidity in the south."

Ding Ding smiled bitterly and said, "We have only completed half of the development of the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. I plan to stick with it for another year to complete it completely. However, we have already passed Yongchang County, which is a small achievement."

The Ancient Tea-Horse Road in the South was the passage that the ancient Indians used to enter Yunnan and Myanmar from the Bay of Bengal, and then to Chengdu in Yizhou.

Like the Silk Road in the northwest, it is an important channel for international trade.

However, the Ancient Tea-Horse Road stretches for thousands of miles, with many twists and turns, and most of the way it passes through deep mountains and forests.

Poisonous insects such as pythons, tigers, black bears, and leeches can all kill people.

There were also barbarians from the southern wilderness along the way who would rob people from time to time, and the level of danger was no less than that of the Silk Road in the northwest.

Ding Ding said that after repairing Yongchang County, they arrived at the northern part of Myanmar in later generations.

Ye Kun nodded: "There is a Savage Mountain there, which has swallowed countless lives. It is said that the local natives dare not go in, is that right?"

Savage Mountain is scary, it’s a primeval forest.

It is even more terrifying than the Ailao Mountain in Yongchang County.

When the Chinese Expeditionary Force retreated from Burma in later generations, only more than 5,000 people returned out of the 40,000-strong force.

At that time, penicillin and cinchona were already available, as well as better guns, compasses, and various industrial equipment.

Of course, when the expeditionary force retreated, they were pursued by the enemy and suffered many casualties in combat.

Ding Ding smiled slightly: "Brother, don't worry. I have a brilliant idea. I can connect the 100,000 mountains in the south and go directly to the Bay of Bengal you mentioned by land. Even the traffic will be open to traffic."

Ye Kun was very surprised: "Junior sister, you are not lying to me, are you? If you want to open a road in the southern mountainous area, I think..."

"If I have ten years and a construction team of 100,000 people, I can let you ride in a carriage from Yizhou to the Bay of Bengal."

Tintin was very confident and said, "The difficulty of building roads lies in the mountains and the thousand-year-old forests in the mountains. As long as we can solve the problem of the forests, the rest is just to build roads through mountains and bridges over rivers."

"But how do we solve the problem of the primeval forest?"

"Fire."

"I'm afraid burning it won't be effective either." Ye Kun frowned.

"The mountains and forests are too humid and full of swamps. Even if there is enough kerosene, it is not easy to burn down the entire primeval forest."

The beginning of Chinese agriculture was slash-and-burn farming, setting fire to mountains and then reclaiming wasteland.

But if you encounter a primeval forest, setting fire to it may not work!

There is a lot of rainfall and high humidity in the south.

When the south wind blows, the hay becomes wet and cannot be lit.

During the return of the south wind in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions in the south, water is oozing out of the ground!

Tintin chuckled and said, "I learned a trick from the Romans. When the Romans invaded another country, they would sprinkle a lot of salt on the enemy's farmland, saying it was a curse on the enemy's land, so that the enemy's land would no longer produce food."

Ye Kun understood, nodded and smiled: "Your method is to spread salt in the primeval forest to open a path?"

"Yes, as long as there is enough salt, I will spread it all the way and make a passage one mile wide. The trees and thorns along this passage will gradually wither, and then I will set fire to it to burn out the passage.

After the road is repaired, continue to spread salt to prevent grass and trees from growing, so that the road can be used for a long time!" Tintin's eyes flashed with excitement.

Ye Kun thought about it and said with a smile:

"This is not difficult. I will immediately send more troops to Qin Erwu, Song Poliu and others, set up a permanent port in the Bay of Bengal, recruit local people, and build a large-scale salt field. The sea salt produced by drying does not need to be refined, and the production is very fast, which can ensure a large supply!"