The most arrogant in history

Chapter 914: There are both sadness and joy.

After a long while, Ye Kun calmed down and said with tears in his eyes:

"Back then, Junior Sister Gongsun Erniang, along with Pang Jia, Sun Yi and Ding Ding, came to me and made great contributions to our scientific research and transportation. Now, Pang Jia has died while working on aircraft research. How can I not be sad?"

Speaking of Gongsun Erniang and others, Ye Kun was really grateful, but also felt sorry for them.

They helped Ye Kun so much.

They are the true disciples of Mohism, fighting for their ideals and never turning back.

Gongsun Erniang is now the deputy leader of the Mohist Alliance and also an executive elder. She travels around the world to promote the Mohist Alliance's ideology of "promoting benefits and eliminating harm, and pursuing the public good."

Ding Ding is in charge of water conservancy and transportation. He is meticulous, honest and simple.

What is most heartbreaking is that Junior Sister Gongsun and Junior Sister Dingding never married and devoted all their energy to their careers.

Pang Jia and Sun Yi are both scientific research fanatics.

They are based in the science and technology city and have made great contributions to the development of science and technology.

The steam engine, internal combustion engine, lathe, airplane, and various machines all represent the hard work of Pang Jia and Sun Yi.

After learning from his mistakes, Ye Kun sent a telegram to Prince Ye Feng:

"Properly arrange the funeral of my junior brother Pang Jia and hold it according to the standards of a national funeral. You and the nine ministers must go to pay your respects. During the funeral, the flags will be flown at half-mast."

He also sent a telegram to Wen Axiu: "Empress Wenzhen, I am saddened by the unfortunate death of Junior Brother Pangjia. I hope you can write a press release to commend Junior Brother Pangjia. He was the first person to lead the Chinese nation to the sky. He will be recorded in history forever and will protect our Chinese descendants and help them conquer the sky!"

Then, Ye Kun called He Tiantian, Ding Ding, Gongsun Erniang and others to express his condolences and grief.

At the same time, Ye Kun ordered the cancellation of all celebratory activities during this year's Spring Festival in the Science and Technology City.

He Tiantian and others also called back, asking Ye Kun to take care of himself.

Because Pang Jia died unexpectedly, Ye Kun didn’t have much time to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Bao Sheng said: "Your Majesty, Spring Festival culture is also culture. We, the descendants of the Chinese people, have come to the Oil Peninsula and we must let the Chinese culture take root here.

The emperor came to the Oil Peninsula this year, and everyone was very happy and looking forward to a lively Spring Festival. If the emperor canceled this year's Spring Festival activities because of Mr. Pang Jia, I'm afraid everyone... would be a little disappointed."

Jiang Yourong and others also persuaded Ye Kun.

Ye Kun thought about it and nodded, "What everyone said makes sense. Let's hold the Spring Festival in the Oil Peninsula as planned and have a lively celebration."

Bao Sheng took the order and went to arrange the matter personally.

Bingbing also followed Ye Kun to the Oil Peninsula.

Naturally, she was the one who arranged the cultural and artistic performances.

Ye Kun also hid his sadness and continued to take care of government affairs.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yao Caidie and Lu Kaijiang came to the Oil Peninsula to meet Ye Kun.

Ye Kun was very happy. He took Lu Kaijiang and Yao Caidie's hands and said with a smile:

"I haven't seen you for several years. You came just in time, stay and celebrate the New Year with us!"

In recent years, Lu Kaijiang and Yao Caidie have both worked under Guan Bao, in charge of coastal affairs.

It is also responsible for the safety of shipping routes to the South Pacific islands and for suppressing banditry at sea.

We have to suppress the bandits. The wealthy people in coastal areas can easily become pirates.

Now, Yao Caidie and Lu Kaijiang are also old, with half of their hair turning white.

"Your Majesty, are you and the Queen okay?"

Yao Caidie's eyes turned red, and she smiled and said, "You too, at this age, you should stay in Zhuo County and enjoy your life, but you came to the Oil Peninsula in person and worry about the hard work."

"Cai Die, just call me Big Brother."

Ye Kun chuckled: "I, your elder brother, just refuse to admit my age. I just want to do more to gain more territory and resources for the descendants of China. Look, the Oil Peninsula is ours now, and the oil and natural gas resources on the island will belong to the descendants of China in the future!"

Lu Kaijiang said with a smile: "Your Majesty's merits are as great as those of heaven, and the title of the greatest emperor of all time is well deserved!"

"What eternal emperor? I just want the descendants of the Chinese people to live well!"

Ye Kun laughed and asked someone to invite Jiang Yourong.

Jiang Yourong was naturally happy to see Caidie. She held her hand tightly and treated her like a sister.

Ye Kun's mood improved a lot because of the arrival of Yao Caidie and Lu Kaijiang.

That night, Ye Kun and Yao Caidie and her husband chatted for a long time.

Yao Caidie smiled and said, "Brother, we have just been to Dasong Island and Datang Island. The Nanyang Islands are very different now than before. We, the descendants of Yan and Huang, are everywhere."

"everywhere?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The Nanyang Islands are huge. There are 20 islands that can be used to establish a country. We are far from enough to have immigrants to the Nanyang Islands."

Now we only control and occupy two large islands in the eastern part of the South Pacific Islands.

There are more islands with larger areas south of the Strait of Malacca, and Ye Kun has not yet taken care of them!

Even if we immigrate another million, we will not be able to completely control the South Pacific Islands!

Lu Kaijiang said with a smile: "There is really no need to worry about the Tang and Song islands. The princes are already there and have firmly established their rule. However, the Nanyang islands south of the Strait of Malacca are still unowned.

Many Chinese fishermen and civilians have sneaked over there and established their own kingdoms there."

Ye Kun frowned slightly: "Are there Chinese people who secretly went to the South Sea Islands?"

"There are quite a few. I estimate that there are about 20,000 to 30,000 of them, scattered across the islands of the South Pacific. They carry homemade weapons, plunder the local natives, enslave the locals, and act like local tyrants."

Yao Caidie nodded: "Let's ask Brother, what should we do with those people?"

Ye Kun was a little confused and asked, "Have these people settled in the South Sea Islands?"

"That may not be the case. They are merchants who travel back and forth on ships, but they have bases in the South Sea islands. They have also built castles and reclaimed farmland."

"Have they committed any acts of piracy? Have they harassed any passenger ships?"

“Not at the moment, but if it gets bigger in the future, it’s hard to say.”

"Let me think about it." Ye Kun stood up and looked at the map.

After a while, Ye Kun pointed to the map and said, "Suma Island south of the Strait of Malacca is controlled by our court. There are court ports and naval garrisons.

However, we have never had actual control over the Tan Island southeast of Malacca, so the coastal fishermen have taken advantage of it.”

Yao Caidie smiled and said, "Yes, it is this big island of Dan Island. There are many Han Chinese smuggled immigrants on it."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "We often send ships to inspect that big island and declare our sovereignty. However, we don't send troops to garrison there. Since Chinese people have already gone there, we can develop it."

Yao Caidie nodded and asked, "Which prince does the emperor plan to send?"

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "Let the Seventh Prince and the Thirteenth Prince go to the big island of Dan Island. Concubine Qiao will also live there in her old age."

The seventh prince and the thirteenth prince were both born to Qiao Nu.

As for Qiao Nu, Ye Kun had not made any arrangements yet.

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "I'm afraid Qiaonu won't agree. She is in charge of the royal family's business and is rich enough to rival an entire country."