The most arrogant in history

Chapter 844: Take 1 of each.

Ayiman frowned and thought, then suddenly smiled: "What the emperor said makes sense. Enjoying life and making money, everyone can win by taking one."

Ye Kun and the elders of the clan laughed out loud.

In fact, life is a mess.

Some people enjoy their life and feel it is worth it.

Some people struggle all their lives and feel it is worth it.

Those who enjoy life look down on those who struggle; those who struggle look down on those who enjoy life, and both think the other is a fool.

However, considering and striving for future generations is obviously more conducive to the reproduction of offspring.

The Loulan people can now enjoy themselves because of the care of the imperial court and Ye Kun.

Once the imperial court stopped its care for Loulan, the hard days for the Loulan people would begin.

Ayiman was still trying to gain benefits for Loulan New City. She smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you promised me that you would give us a batch of cars..."

Ye Kun nodded: "After we have visited Loulan in the Western Regions, when we return, we will leave half of the cars we brought with us to you Loulan people. We will also give you a batch of diesel every year."

If you have cars, you must have diesel.

Otherwise, the car is just a pile of scrap metal.

However, under current conditions, it is impossible to send too much diesel to Jincheng area.

Considering all the above, Ye Kun could only agree to give Queen Ayiman ten cars. Too many would increase the burden on the court.

Ayiman was still not satisfied and said with a smile: "There are also three-wheeled motorcycles. I want one too."

"When the motorcycle technology matures and the latest products are available, I will definitely give you a few, along with a driver."

Ye Kun smiled: "However, we have a give and take relationship, you have to give me some of Loulan's specialties."

Ayiman smiled evilly: "Loulan's specialty is beautiful women. How many do you want?"

Ye Kun also smiled evilly: "As many as you can get, take as many as you want!"

Being with Ayiman, Ye Kun felt that he had become much younger.

Even, there is the heartbeat of youth.

After staying in Loulan New City for three days, Ye Kun and Ayiman continued their journey westward to the Western Regions.

The rest of the road is relatively flat.

After more than ten years of development and maintenance, the Western Region Trade Route is no longer what it originally was.

The imperial court classified the Western Region trade route as a first-class national highway, which is also an expressway.

The road surface is all hardened, using cement or asphalt.

If there is not enough cement and asphalt, repair it in sections.

In many areas, the road surface is paved with large square stones weighing three hundred kilograms.

Ancient horse-drawn carriages had limited carrying capacity, and roads paved with thick square stones could be used for hundreds of years.

It was just a hardship for the laborers in Rome and other Western countries who had to quarry stones, transport stones, and build roads, shed countless blood and tears.

There were also some Indian laborers building roads in the Western Regions, but their number was small.

Ayiman walked onto the Western Region Avenue, looked at the smooth stone pavement under his feet, and sighed:

"It's not easy to mine so many big stones and transport them to build roads. I think this road is more solid than the straight road built by your Han people's first emperor hundreds of years ago."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The straight roads and highways built by the First Emperor were mostly rammed earth or three-in-one earth. That kind of road surface is also very powerful, with many secret recipes added to it. Some sections of the road can still be used two thousand years later."

Ayiman was surprised: "After 2,000 years, it can still be used? How did you know?"

"I figured it out."

Ye Kun chuckled.

In fact, some sections of the Qin Shihuang Straight Road have been preserved for two thousand years.

It is said that the soil of the Qin Straight Road was boiled with water and many secret ingredients were added to make the road surface free of grass and insects and as hard as iron.

Ye Kun was building new roads on a large scale and did not have the time to be as particular as Qin Shi Huang.

He could only use a large number of free laborers to quarry stones and use them to pave the road.

In the past decade, with the improvement of industrial level, the domestic population and labor force, the cement industry has begun to explode, the cement output has greatly increased, and the number of cement roads has suddenly increased.

Paving a cement road is more convenient than building a stone road.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Transport have begun to upgrade the Western Region Avenue again and decided to pave the entire route with cement to lay a solid foundation for future mechanized transportation.

Moreover, three sections of the Western Region Railway have been completed, greatly improving the transportation capacity of the Western Region.

A day later, Ye Kun and Ayiman changed trains and felt much more comfortable.

But the railway was very short, only 300 miles, and it took more than ten hours to get off the train and take a bus.

There is a winding mountain road ahead, which is quite dangerous.

The guard suggested that Ye Kun take a carriage instead.

Ye Kun nodded in agreement, and then told the driver, "Your team of cars go first, we will come later."

This time, Ye Kun was determined to test the current level of mechanization.

If driver Chai's car can drive all the way from Zhuojun to Loulan in the Western Regions, it means that the quality of both cars and roads has made a leap forward.

This means that industrialization has achieved initial results.

Driver Chai nodded and led the team to climb the mountain.

Ye Kun stayed for twenty minutes before getting on the carriage and continuing on his journey.

The winding mountain road is designed as a two-lane highway.

Two cars can pass each other.

Ye Kun's carriage is less than two meters wide, which makes it spacious and safe for traveling on such a road.

It took half a day to walk the fifty-mile winding mountain road.

Another car broke down and stopped halfway on the road.

Ye Kun ordered: "Leave some people behind and wait until the car is repaired before continuing on our journey. We will temporarily set up camp on the other side of the mountain to rest and wait for you."

The driver, Chai, said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Even if we have to push it, we will push this car over!"

Ye Kun glared: "You are stupid, can't you use another car to tow the broken-down car?"

The driver, Chai, chuckled and said, "I was just making an analogy..."

"Then I'll go first, you guys take your time."

Ye Kun shook his head, got on the carriage and left.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Ye Kun ordered them to rest on the spot and arrange camping.

Everyone set up their tents, brought in daily necessities, and went hunting for game.

Ayiman quite liked this kind of life and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's actually quite fresh for me to follow you everywhere. Although Zhuo County is prosperous, I always feel bored after staying there for too long."

"It's a pity that our little prince is too young, otherwise, I can take you with me when I go to the Oil Peninsula in the future."

"I've looked at the globe, and the Oil Peninsula is too far away. I don't want to go there."

Ayiman shook her head. "On the road from the Western Regions to Zhuo County, there are countless sights, enough for me to see."

Ye Kun nodded: "It's better not to go. The climate of the Oil Peninsula is different from that of China and the Western Regions. Many people who go there can't adapt to the climate."

I just received a telegram from Bao Sheng a few days ago.

Of the first group of 5,000 people who went to the Oil Peninsula a few years ago, only half are left now.

They all died from acclimatization, infection, or being bitten by poisonous insects.

Even though they later established a base, strictly enforced hygiene, and guaranteed logistical supplies, the mortality rate for the later batches of immigrants was still 10%.

Therefore, Ye Kun could understand why Ayiman didn’t want to go to the Oil Peninsula.