The most arrogant in history

Chapter 921 Huangfu Lin’s privileges.

The newly dug canal is quite good.

The river is one hundred meters wide.

Four meters deep.

This depth is a little too shallow for large ships to pass through.

However, considering the excavation costs, manpower issues, and time issues, Ye Kun could only set the depth at four meters.

In this way, small and medium-sized ships can pass through.

Because it is a desert area, it is difficult to build a bridge.

Therefore, there is no bridge designed across the canal, only a ferry.

The construction site is bustling with activity.

Sand-carrying ships designed for the construction of the canal were shuttling back and forth.

The sand-carrying ship has a long deck and a gangway, which can be docked at the construction site.

The workers used wheelbarrows to push the yellow sand and gravel onto the ship.

The trolley was also specially designed for this project. It has a small capacity and can only hold 200 kilograms when fully loaded.

After the sand-carrying ship is fully loaded, it immediately retreats, turns around, and sends the yellow sand to the deep part of the Red Sea for unloading.

The camel transport team in the distance was also working, using desert sleds to transport yellow sand to distant places.

The canal commander reported to Ye Kun: "Your Majesty, this project is huge and progress is slow. Can you lower the construction standards and reduce the width and depth a little bit?"

Ye Kun shook his head: "Because of the tides, there is a difference in water level between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. If the depth drops further and the difference is large, I'm afraid our medium-sized ships won't be able to pass."

The Suez Canal of later generations is three hundred meters wide and twenty meters deep!

The canal designed by Ye Kun is one hundred meters wide and four meters deep.

Compared with later projects, it is just... a small ditch!

If we lower the standards any further, it will be a mess!

If it is not navigable, it is better not to repair it.

The survey technician said, "It is this section that is more difficult to repair. We have explored it. Twenty miles ahead, there will be no solid rock, only yellow sand. At that time, the progress will be faster."

Ye Kun nodded: "The minimum construction standards must be guaranteed. When the time comes, I will measure and inspect. If the width and depth do not meet the standards, we will hold everyone responsible."

As both ends of the canal advance, future supplies will become easier and easier.

Ye Kun still has confidence in this canal.

Two days later, Huangfu Lin and his wife arrived together.

Ye Kun was particularly happy to meet again after a long separation.

But after not seeing each other for many years, Huangfu Lin has grown old and half of his hair has turned white.

General Cherry was fine, she was dressed brightly and looked only forty years old.

"Your Majesty, I miss you all the time!" Huangfu Lin's eyes were red.

"Brother, me too, I always think of you."

Ye Kun held Huangfu Lin's hand and said, "I am sorry for you. You are still traveling overseas at your age."

"Your Majesty, you are worth a fortune, and you are also working to expand China's territory. How dare I be lazy?" Huangfu Lin laughed.

Yingtao also stepped forward, greeted Ye Kun, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty must have written many new songs for me this time, right?"

Ye Kun laughed loudly: "I can still write new songs, but can our Cherry General still sing?"

"I'm only eighteen years old, why can't I sing?" Cherry raised her eyebrows and smiled: "It's the emperor who said that we soldiers are always young!"

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "Cherry really doesn't age at all, she still looks like a little girl, we envy her."

"My lady, you look very young too. You look just like you did thirty years ago. You haven't changed at all."

Cherry hurried to flatter.

In fact, Jiang Yourong takes good care of herself and doesn’t look that old.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Everyone, stop praising each other. Sit down quickly and drink to celebrate our reunion!"

Huangfu Lin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, we met in Pingye County more than 30 years ago. At that time, I would never have thought that more than 30 years later, we would meet in the Mediterranean!"

Ye Kun laughed: "At that time, you didn't know the Mediterranean Sea, right?"

After traveling through time, the world map here was created by Ye Kun.

The globe was also made by Ye Kun.

Before this, people all over the world had no idea what the world looked like.

Huangfu Lin nodded repeatedly: "Following the emperor in this life has broadened my horizons. I have learned more than the ancients in ten lifetimes!"

Ye Kun laughed and ordered tea to be served.

Yingtao took a sip of tea and said, "General Huangfu said that following the emperor broadened his horizons. However, there is also the West Sea Continent on this map, which we have not been to, and the South Pole and the North Pole, which we have not been to."

Ye Kun shook his head: "We definitely can't go to the North and South Poles. Our current technology cannot support humans to survive in the North and South Poles. Even if technology is highly developed, the North and South Poles will not be suitable for living in the future. They can only be used as bases for scientific research."

The South and North Poles in later generations are also uninhabited areas.

And it doesn’t belong to any country.

Later technology can support a small number of people to survive in the Arctic and Antarctic, but they are all scientific researchers.

No one went there to settle down.

Yingtao smiled and said, "Forget about the North and South Poles, but I still want to go and see the West Sea Continent."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Have you all run across the African continent next to it?"

Huang Fulin said: "Your Majesty, we haven't traveled all over the Spanish Peninsula yet. If we want to travel all over the African continent, I'm afraid we have to live to be a hundred years old."

Everyone laughed.

The food and wine were served and everyone started drinking.

Ye Kun apologized again: "Brother Huangfu, General Yingtao, I had no choice but to let you immigrate. Because if the descendants of Yan and Huang want to control the world, there must be pioneers to come forward and build a kingdom for their descendants.

At the beginning, Chinese people had many opinions and complaints about my large-scale immigration. However, after a year or two of adaptation and development, those who left changed their views and felt that overseas was really good. "

Huang Fulin clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, we have no complaints. Just as Your Majesty said, after we came to the Spanish Peninsula, we have adapted to it and feel that this place is heaven!"

When he arrived at the Spanish Peninsula, Huang Fulin destroyed the local small kingdoms and took away other people's wealth, land, and all resources.

He also accepted hundreds of thousands of slaves as his free laborers.

They also managed the local indigenous people and collected taxes.

Strictly speaking, Huang Fulin was the emperor of the Spanish Peninsula, and he constantly threatened and forced the Western Roman Empire and continued to exploit them.

Such days are certainly more carefree than his time in Jinling!

Ye Kun smiled and said, "How many Han people are there in the Western Peninsula now?"

Huangfu Lin said, "We are just a little short of manpower. There are only 30,000 to 40,000 adult Han laborers. There are 50,000 to 60,000 children, but they haven't grown up. Thanks to the emperor's care, this year we have given him 8,000 immigrants and 2,000 new soldiers, which has greatly strengthened the Han strength in the Spanish Peninsula."

"This number of people is not enough."

Ye Kun nodded and said thoughtfully: "If the Han people want to be the permanent masters of the Spanish Peninsula, I think they need one million people."

Cherry smiled and said, "But it's hard for us to grow to one million people in a short period of time."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I will give you a privilege. You can send your trusted people back to China to develop immigration. You can bring all those who are willing to come with you."