The most arrogant in history

Chapter 722: Poor quality products.

Ye Kun smiled and said:

"Don't worry, now that you're back, spend some time with your mother first. You need tens of thousands of people, and I can't gather them all at once."

Just now, Shangguan Lin and Huang Jingzu took away more than 50,000 people.

It will not be easy to mobilize tens of thousands more people.

Ye Shusheng nodded: "This time when I come back, of course I have to accompany my mother and father, and also follow my father to learn how to lead troops, how to employ people, and how to govern the country."

"Look, I told you Shusheng is not simple."

Ye Kun was very satisfied and nodded, saying, "You can chat with your mother first, and in two days, go to the Nine Departments to listen to and discuss politics."

Jiubu is a place where people can train and grow quickly.

Crown Prince Ye Feng has been in the Nine Ministries for more than two years and has matured a lot. He can talk about various government affairs with great knowledge.

The first qualified diesel engine was finally produced in the Science and Technology City.

Single cylinder diesel engine, power is about twelve horsepower.

Ye Kun went over to check, cranked the engine himself, and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, everyone! The first generation of internal combustion engines has finally come out. Now we need to expand the scale a little bit, set up a professional diesel engine factory, and explore the production of various models of diesel engines, including multi-cylinder diesel engines.

The next technological leap will be in diesel and gasoline engines."

Pang Jia smiled and said, "Brother, I now know the advantages of diesel engines. This thing is more stable than a steam engine and smaller in size. Steam engines burn coal, and they need a lot of space to store fuel, and they also need someone to constantly add fuel. Diesel engines use diesel, which is also much more convenient."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "You should say so... The energy utilization rate of a diesel engine is higher than that of a steam engine."

Pang Jia nodded: "Brother is still good at speaking and summarizing it well."

He Tiantian reported: "Your Majesty, the gasoline engine project has been approved and more than 40 experts have been assigned to start research. With the experience of diesel engines, the gasoline engine should be fast."

Diesel engines and gasoline engines are both called internal combustion engines and their principles are the same.

With the experience in diesel engine production, gasoline engines are indeed not a problem.

Ye Kun nodded: "Now that we have a diesel engine, we need to research the supporting machinery, put it into practical use, and further test the quality. Let's use the diesel engine to drive the water pump first."

There are many water pumps in the Science and Technology City.

Everyone installed the diesel engine and water pump and started testing.

As the diesel engine started, white water gushed out from the water pump outlet, and in an instant, it became an ocean.

The technical personnel watching applauded together.

He Tiantian said: "This is much lighter than a turbine water pump, can adapt to more terrains, and is easy to install. If this diesel engine water pump system becomes popular and used for agricultural irrigation, rice can be grown on the hilltops."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "We don't have a large population now, and we have plenty of arable land, so we don't need to grow rice on the hills for the time being. But in drought conditions, this equipment can indeed be used to fight drought.

At present, coal mines still need such water-lifting equipment the most.”

As coal is mined deeper and deeper, water often accumulates in the mines.

A few years ago, Ye Kun used a steam engine water pump to pump out the water in the coal mine.

He Tiantian sighed and said, "Coal and iron mines use a lot of machines, and it's never enough. Last year, we produced 300 sets of special crushers for coal and iron mines. We also produced more than 100 sets of cranes.

There are also large vibrating screens and conveyor belts, which all need to be driven by machines.”

Pang Jia said: "The Ministry of Textiles also needs machines, the kind of cotton-picking machines that remove the seeds from cotton. When there are no machines, everyone can still make a living. But once they have machines, they can't live without them. It's really strange."

Ye Kun rolled his eyes: "If you were asked to go back to 20 years ago and eat wheat rice and wild vegetables every day, you wouldn't be able to bear it. The development of technology is to improve life and reduce labor intensity."

Sun Yi also rolled his eyes and argued:

"But now that technology has developed, people are still very tired. The work has not been reduced. In ancient times, people basically did not need to work. When they were hungry, they went hunting and picked fruits to eat. When they were full, they basked in the sun."

Ye Kun opened his mouth, but was speechless.

This is indeed a contradiction of development.

Even though we have entered the era of intelligent industry, people still have to work overtime to make ends meet.

In comparison, it is not as comfortable as the ancient times without technology!

Sun Yi won the argument and said with a smile: "Brother, don't be angry. We will continue to work hard and strive to produce 100,000 steam engines, 100,000 diesel engines and 100,000 gasoline engines each year, and then we can meet the demand. At that time, everyone will use machines and we won't be tired."

"Okay, I'll wait."

Ye Kun shrugged and smiled.

In later generations, machines are produced at a rate of hundreds of millions per year, but the workers are still tired.

Thinking of this, Ye Kun suddenly became negative.

He Tiantian took Ye Kun to see the latest rubber and plastic products delivered to Hainan Science and Technology City.

In the past two years, Qiongdao Science and Technology City has made great progress, with great improvements in rubber technology and petroleum technology.

The rubber production in the south has doubled every year, and now the number of rubber tapping workers has reached tens of thousands!

He Tiantian introduced:

"There are rubber factories near large rubber plantations in the south. Most of the rubber now is used for vehicle tires, and a small amount is used for other items, such as soles, sinks, buckets, rubber basins of various models, and rubber water pipes..."

Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Using rubber to produce shoe soles is such a waste."

"There is too much rubber produced, so we can only produce some civilian products."

"Then expand the rubber factory and produce more tires."

Ye Kun checked the quality of the tires and said, "All the horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts in Zhuo County should be replaced with rubber tires. Our roads can also be upgraded and made into cement roads!"

The inner city and imperial city of Zhuo County have been replaced with cement roads.

The outer city still has cobblestone roads.

As long as there are enough rubber tires, the stone slabs in the outer city can be replaced to pave the roads outside the city.

All the roads in the city are made of cement.

Because the Yellow River absorbs iron sand and is used to make cement, cement production has now increased and can support some construction.

He Tiantian pondered and said, "I think the road conditions in the outer city are still good and do not need to be repaired to avoid wasting social wealth. There is too much rubber, which can be used on the tires of the baggage trucks.

Cement roads should be used as internal roads in factories and mines as much as possible to make the best use of them. "

Ye Kun was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Tiantian is very knowledgeable. What you said makes sense. Then let's start with the major factories and mines and replace the tires and roads."

He Tiantian smiled and said, "I also learned this from the emperor."

Ye Kun nodded and went to look at the plastic products again.

The latest batch of plastics also has a lot of products.

There is even plastic film, but it is a little thicker.

There are also plastic buckets and plastic basins, which are ugly, black, and have a peculiar smell.

He Tiantian was also dissatisfied with such plastic products and shook his head, "What can this thing be used for?"