The most arrogant in history

Chapter 196 You will know after using it.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Don't worry, let me read the letter."

The letter said that this initiative to jointly fight against the traitors was initiated by the three major princes of Huainan, Jizhou and Qingzhou. They are currently contacting princes of all sizes in various places, and it is estimated that they will use troops in the autumn and attack Luoyang directly.

There were still two months left, so Ye Kun thought he could think about it, so he said to the messenger:

"Go back and tell Lord Shangguan that I will go to him in person in two days to discuss and decide whether to send troops."

The personal soldiers bowed and took their leave, returning to Tianmen City overnight.

Ye Kun read Shangguan Jifu's handwritten letter again and suddenly chuckled.

I wonder if there are any warriors like Hua Xiong and Lu Bu under Niu Yeliang’s command?

I wonder if there is a beautiful woman named Diao Chan in the imperial city?

How about going and joining in the fun, and if you win, bring back the beautiful Diao Chan?

The 18 princes of the Three Kingdoms era attacked Dong Zhuo, but they were actually trying to steal the imperial seal. If they couldn't get the imperial seal, it would be nice to get Diao Chan back!

Wen Axiu asked, "Master Ye, what are you laughing at?"

"Oh, nothing."

Ye Kun pointed to the north in a serious tone, "Niu Yeliang, the traitor, imprisoned the emperor in Luoyang, subverted the country, and corrupted the moral principles. As a minister, I, Ye Kun, have the opportunity to make achievements and serve my country with passion. Now has finally come!"

Wen Axiu frowned slightly: "So, Lord Ye plans to send troops across the river to attack Niu Yeliang?"

"I will never coexist with traitors!"

Ye Kun was righteous and awe-inspiring, then smiled again: "Whether to go or not, I still need to discuss with Shangguan Jifu. But don't worry, Mr. Wen. Even if I go to war, I will come back soon to accompany you."

"Go away, you are so frivolous." Wen Axiu pinched Ye Kun and said, "Sister Yourong is about to give birth, so she may not let you go."

"The princes are still in contact. There are many things that need to be coordinated and food and fodder need to be prepared. The real uprising will not start until at least September. By that time, Yourong will have given birth and may even be a full month old."

Ye Kun took Wen Axiu's hand and said, "Come on, Axiu, let's go and see the craftsman camp in Xiping Mountain."

There are craftsman camps in Xiping Mountain and Dongba City.

Sometimes, Ye Kun would ask craftsmen from both sides to make the same thing to see who did it better.

A month ago, Ye Kun allocated a hundred pieces of steel and asked the blacksmiths on both sides to make iron pipes together.

Due to material and technical limitations, iron pipes can only be rubbed by hand nowadays.

The craftsmen designed two solutions. One was to make iron sheets first, repeatedly heat the iron plate and beat it into iron sheets, and then roll up the iron sheets.

One method is to first make a long grooved iron mold, hammer the long steel strips inside the iron mold, and then use the curling and biting technology to weld the iron pipe.

The former method has been tried, but the iron pipes obtained are too heavy, so only the latter method can be used.

Seven or eight iron pipes were produced in the craftsman camp.

The short ones are more than one foot long, and the long ones are more than three feet long.

The appearance looks good, but the inner wall is not good and the precision is not enough.

Wen Axiu asked, "Master Ye, what is this thing used for?"

"Teacher Wen, look at this pipe, what does it look like?" Ye Kun grinned and stroked the iron pipe.

“How should I know…” Teacher Wen actually understood and her face turned red.

"Don't get me wrong. I mean to ask you, does this look like my bronze cannon?"

"Oh, this looks like a shrunk bronze cannon..." Wen Axiu nodded: "Could it be used to make an iron cannon?"

"Teacher Wen is smart. He knows what to do at a glance."

Ye Kun nodded: "The bronze cannon is too heavy, I want to reduce the proportion and make a single-soldier firearm. But if the proportion is reduced, the bronze material will not work and will explode, so only the best steel can be used. This is the first generation of products, let's think about it first and then improve it slowly in the future."

"But is such a small cannon useful?"

"The small cannon has its advantages. You will know it after using it." Ye Kun was beaming with joy.

"He doesn't say anything nice, he's not a good person..."

Teacher Wen rolled his eyes and ran away.

Resting at the Xiping Mountain camp at night, Ye Kun and Teacher Wen did a lot of homework and only rested when they were exhausted.

The next day, Ye Kun drew another blueprint and asked the carpenter to make a gunstock for the iron pipe.

With current technology and materials, it is indeed difficult to make a musket, but you can take it slowly and explore step by step.

It should be fine to use it for hunting birds and rabbits after a year or two, right?

Early the next morning, Ye Kun found an open space to test the strength of the iron pipe and its ability to withstand gunpowder.

According to on-site tests, the iron pipe has good bearing capacity and can send pointed iron bullets over a hundred meters away, but it is just like a cannon and has no accuracy.

Ye Kun asked the craftsmen to continue working on precision and then returned to Pingye County.

Jiang Yourong, Yuejuan and others were all fine, except Ye Kun's mother who fell ill and kept coughing and even coughing up blood.

Ye Kun summoned famous doctors in the county for consultation, but they couldn't find any clues and could only comfort him.

Although I can’t see, my heart is clear. I took Ye Kun’s hand and comforted my son:

"Da Lang, my health is getting worse day by day, and I am afraid that I will not live long. I am relieved that you are an official now, but I don't know if I can wait until Rong gives birth to a child so that I can hold my grandson..."

"Mom, don't worry too much. I will definitely find a doctor to cure you."

Ye Kun felt sad, but he forced a smile: "In another month, Yourong will be giving birth. You should take good care of yourself, accompany your grandson to grow up, and wait for your grandson to be filial to you."

The medical level of Dading Kingdom is really poor.

Although there are traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and folk herbalists, they are helpless when faced with slightly more complicated illnesses.

Ye Kun was not a medical expert. After traveling through time, he invented alcohol, promoted knowledge about disinfection, and explored and invented obstetric forceps and a bamboo stethoscope based on the experience of later generations.

These simple things have indeed improved the overall medical level and life expectancy, but when it comes to individual diseases, Ye Kun is powerless.

Even after listening to the stethoscope, the doctors in the military hospital couldn't understand it and were still groping for the answer.

Yuejuan suggested: "Kunlang, we are a small place, there are few famous doctors, and the medical skills are not very good. Can we send people to Jingzhou, Yizhou, or Jiangbei to find famous doctors with a large sum of money?"

Ye Kun thought it made sense, so he immediately wrote a notice and posted it on four doors, asking passing merchants and soldiers and civilians to recommend famous doctors and offering to reward them generously.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, a businessman came to report that a famous northern doctor named Xia Tuo was practicing medicine in Jingzhou.

Ye Kun was overjoyed and immediately sent someone with a large sum of money to follow the merchant to invite him.

Xia Tuo, Ye Kun suspected that this person was Hua Tuo from the Three Kingdoms, but with a different name.

If this person really has Hua Tuo's medical skills, I will invite him here and give him some inspiration from later medical science, which will make him even more powerful. If I let him teach his medical skills to the doctors in the military camp hospital, the medical technology of the entire Dading Kingdom will take a leap forward!

The famous doctor Xia Tuo had not been invited yet, but Shangguan Jifu came to Pingye County in person.

This guy is anxious about the alliance of princes to fight against the traitors.

Ye Kun hosted a banquet and then conspired.

Shangguan Jifu described the general situation and then asked Ye Kun for his opinion.

Ye Kun said: "This time, we are fighting against the traitors. It is a major national event. It supports the emperor and keeps the people safe. So I really want to send troops to help. I will do my best to help. It is also the intention of a minister."

The words sound nice, but in fact everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.

Moreover, Ye Kun considered that both he and Shangguan Jifu's territories were obtained in an illegal way, and it would be difficult to convince the princes.

The action of participating in the alliance of princes will naturally be recognized by the princes of the world.

Shangguan Jifu was still pondering: "Brother Dalang, have you really decided to send troops?"