The most arrogant in history

Chapter 296 Bad idea.

Xie Baochan smiled and said, "You can open the exhibition hall and let everyone come in to have a look. But you will charge one penny for each person who comes in. In this way, there will definitely be many people coming to see it, and you can earn a lot of copper coins in a year."

Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Madam, this is a good idea. You are worthy of being the eldest daughter of a wealthy family! Okay, I'll do as you say!"

This is a bad idea!

Even if there were a thousand visitors every day, the fee would only be one thousand coins, equivalent to one tael of silver.

It’s not enough to pay for the lamp oil!

Xie Baochan thought Ye Kun was sincerely praising her and was very happy.

The two of them visited the glass exhibition hall again before going home to have dinner with Jiang Yourong and others.

The exhibition hall officially opened after breakfast the next day.

Ye Kun brought officials of all levels and merchants from Chengdu to visit the exhibition hall.

This was a commercial event that shocked the entire city and attracted huge crowds of people.

All the 'high-tech' products created by Ye Kun, except for weapons and armaments, are here.

The rich country bumpkins from Chengdu and Yizhou were shocked by the porcelain and glass exhibition halls. They were dazzled and overwhelmed by the sight.

There are also cement floors inside and outside the exhibition hall, which everyone calls artificial stone.

Ye Kun announced: "Our exhibition is also a trade fair. All business owners can order whatever they want. It's first come first served and the price is clearly marked."

The vendors gathered around and asked in unison:

"Master Ye, are you selling artificial stone?"

"Master Ye, can the size of this glazed window paper be adjusted?"

"Can you make more styles of this glass vase?"

Ye Kun smiled and nodded, clasped his fists and said:

"All our exhibition halls have managers. For specific business matters, please contact our managers. We will increase production, ensure supply, and provide technical guidance for installation and use."

At the end of a day's sales event, Ye Kun had made a trade volume of over 100,000 silver coins.

The money problem is completely solved.

After dinner, Lao He and his daughter, along with several master craftsmen from the Ironware Research Institute, reported their work to Ye Kun and brought with them various newly made iron pots.

Ye Kun took a look and saw that the technology had improved and the iron pots were getting bigger and bigger.

In the past, we could only make a small iron pan to stir-fry some vegetables.

Or a frying pan, to fry some pancakes or something.

The capacity of today's iron pots has been increased to about five liters, which can meet the cooking requirements of most families.

Ye Kun asked, "How many of these cooking pots can we make in a day?"

"We produce 100 cooking pans a day, but only 40 of them are qualified. We produce 100 pancake pans a day, but only 80 of them are qualified."

"That's good. Make more cooking pots. They sell well."

Ye Kun nodded and talked about the sand casting of a large cast iron pot.

Ye Kun didn’t know much about the sand casting process, so he could only provide ideas and let the craftsmen figure it out.

If we can make a cast iron pot, it will greatly save materials and work hours, and we can make a lot of money in the long run.

There are also fine steel gun barrels, of which the craftsmen have made dozens, all of which are hand-rolled. The production capacity is too low and it is impossible to form uniform specifications.

These gun barrels can be made into muskets that fire iron sand bullets.

It's no problem to hunt rabbits or pheasants, but it's just a tickle when dealing with heavily armored soldiers.

Lao He said: "We may be able to make a suitable gun barrel by using the lost wax casting method. We are currently researching it."

"Yes, lost wax casting is a good idea." Ye Kun was very happy and ordered:

"Hurry up your research, overcome the technical difficulties, and make samples for me to see. Be bold in your experiments and waste some steel and coal. I won't blame you!"

In this battle with Xiahou Chang, Ye Kun felt that his firepower was insufficient!

The firearms battalion lacks mobility and can only fight positional warfare.

If we could develop a musket and mass-produce it, we would only need a thousand fire sticks to defeat Xiahou Chang's elite cavalry!

The master craftsman of the Iron Research Institute said, "Master Ye, as long as you are not afraid of wasting steel and coal, I promise to make the gun barrel you want within three months!"

"Okay, I'll see your results in three months."

Ye Kun nodded and asked He Tiantian: "Tiantian, how are my two junior brothers doing in the laboratory?"

The two junior brothers are Pang Jia and Sun Yi.

After arriving in Chengdu, Ye Kun sent the two little guys to Lao He's laboratory to let them study and exchange knowledge about Mohist mechanisms and mechanics with Lao He and his daughter.

Counting it up, it has been half a year.

Tian Tian smiled and said, "Pang Jia and Sun Yi are both very smart, much smarter than me. It's just that Pang Jia is too playful. He usually goes shopping with a wooden man as his follower, and every time he attracts hundreds of people to watch."

Ye Kun couldn't help but smile.

Ye Kun also heard about this matter.

Pang Jia often brought a wooden man as his follower and paraded around Chengdu.

A pry bar was added behind the wooden man. With a little pressure, the wooden man could walk more than ten steps by himself.

On the downhill road, the wooden man can keep walking on his own, steadily.

Pangjia also asked the wooden man to carry a backpack, bought some small things, threw them into the backpack, and shouted, "Hey, man, let's go!"

Where have the people of Chengdu ever seen such high technology?

So whenever Pang Jia went out on the street, he would attract onlookers.

Pang Jia is now a big internet celebrity in Chengdu, and his popularity is almost as high as Ye Kun!

Lao He smiled and said, "Pang Jia is very interested in machinery. He can understand all kinds of machinery we make, including lathes. He can also make some small things with ingenious ideas."

"From now on, let Pang Jia focus on mechanical research."

Ye Kun nodded and asked, "What about Sun Yi? How is his performance?"

"Sun Yi likes to study weapons, and he made a model of a repeating crossbow that can fire sixty arrows in a row."

"Oh my god, sixty rounds in a row..."

Ye Kun sighed, "I recently established a Shenji Battalion, which specializes in manufacturing and researching firearms. Let him stop researching the crossbow and focus on researching firearms instead."

The so-called sixty-shot large crossbow was invented by Mozi several hundred years ago.

It was powerful then, but not now.

The times have changed.

As a time traveler, if Ye Kun gave up the research on firearms and restored the old stuff from hundreds of years ago, wouldn’t that be a mental illness?

Then it’s not a time traveler, but a resurrected zombie.

Old He and his daughter said goodbye and went back to arrange work for Pang Jia and Sun Yi.

But not long after, Gongsun Erniang and Ding Ding came with Pang Jia and Sun Yi.

Sun Yi looked unhappy.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "What's wrong, Junior Brother Sun? Who owes you money?"

"Brother, I don't want to study firearms."

Sun Yi curled his lips and said, "The ancestors left behind many things, but we haven't made them yet. I think we should make the things left by the ancestors first."

So that's why he's unhappy about this!

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Do you think that the things left by our ancestors are very powerful? Does the range and armor-piercing ability of a 60-round crossbow exceed that of my chariot pulley crossbow?"

Sun Yi frowned: "Brother, what you said is disrespectful to the ancestor."

"Brother, times have changed."

Ye Kun patted Sun Yi on the shoulder and said, "Our ancestors invented the method of drilling wood to make fire. People nowadays use fire sticks. Should we respect our ancestors and continue to drill wood to make fire? Our ancestors used slash-and-burn farming, should we continue to keep it the same?"