The most arrogant in history

Chapter 163 The stubbornness of the old scholar!

"Master Guan is right. That's exactly what I meant." Ye Kun nodded.

"I want to vigorously develop the tea industry in this county, so I have made some improvements to tea making and brewing. As you all know, Dongba County has seven mountains, two rivers and one field. The mountain resources are abundant, but most of them are abandoned and cannot produce food or exchange for money. The common people often have nothing to do during the spring famine season. If we use the spring famine season to pick tea and sell the tea, we can exchange it for money to buy food and cloth, so that the people of this county can have enough food and clothing."

Officials at all levels in the hall suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly.

Guan Yafu was speechless for a moment and lowered his head to drink tea to hide his embarrassment.

Ye Kun looked at everyone and said, "You can drink tea now, everyone. Let's taste the flavor of spring tea."

Everyone tasted it slowly and then praised it highly.

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "Regarding planting tea trees and developing the tea business, please give us your opinions."

The Hucao Yuanshi, who was in charge of agriculture and sericulture, stood up and said:

"Lord Ye, many local mountains and forests are suitable for growing tea. However, not many people are willing to grow tea trees. I suggest using the military farming system to mobilize veterans to bring their families to plant tea trees on a large scale and be responsible for picking tea leaves. After the military farming tea is established, we can encourage the public to join in the planting."

Ye Kun nodded: "This is a solution. Do other adults have any suggestions?"

Feng He, the agricultural official in charge of farming and animal husbandry, stood up and said:

"Lord Ye, if you want to get a response from the people, you must let everyone know the benefits of tea. Lord Ye can first take out a thousand kilograms of tea, boil and brew tea within the four gates, and let the people taste it for free..."

"Ah, one thousand pounds?" Ye Kun waved his hand and said,

"Master Feng, please don't joke. I really can't afford a thousand kilograms of tea. This is the first crop of Maojian tea. A quick-handed girl can only fry one kilogram of dry tea leaves in a day of picking. If I sell it to the outside, I have to exchange this kilogram of tea for ten kilograms of fine grain. In the past, when grain was not expensive, I would exchange it for twenty or thirty kilograms of fine grain."

Lord Feng is obviously incompetent and thinks that a thousand kilograms of tea is free!

Guan Yafu also glared and sneered:

"Master Feng, you are in charge of farming. Don't you know the production of tea? Do you know how much tea was produced in this county each year?"

Lord Feng was filled with shame and admitted his fault, "I failed to notice that farming was difficult."

Ye Kun waved his hand and said, "I accept Lord Feng's suggestion. However, it's not one thousand kilograms, but twenty kilograms. Use these twenty kilograms of tea to advertise and tell everyone that this stuff is valuable and we recycle it in large quantities. Now is the tea picking season, and the elderly and children can go to the mountains to pick some wild tea. One kilogram of fresh tea can be exchanged for two kilograms of brown rice to help everyone get through the spring famine."

After the tea issue was settled, other government affairs were handled.

Before the meeting ended, Ye Kun asked Jia Xinghua to give each official at all levels half a pound of tea and a white porcelain teacup.

This can also be considered as advertising.

Start by spreading tea culture among the aristocracy.

Taking into account future commercial competition, Ye Kun and Wen Axiu also gave names to several current tea varieties, all of which are high-sounding names, such as 'Pingye Maofeng', 'Fuling Biluochun', 'Dongba Luxue', 'Tianmen Cuimei' and so on.

There are also advertising slogans, such as thousand-year history, ancestral craftsmanship, and virgin picking...

Another point is that green tea and white porcelain can be sold together and advertised together.

White porcelain is the best color match for brewing green tea. Pottery bowls and copperware do not have such a beautiful effect.

Officials at all levels had dispersed, but Guan Yafu refused to leave and shamelessly ate at Ye Kun's house.

While eating, he asked:

"Master Ye, what else do you have to do this afternoon?"

"I'll go check out the newly built porcelain kiln factory this afternoon. I've built eight large porcelain kilns in the big valley east of Dongba City. The porcelain from last time has been swept away by merchants, and there are still many orders waiting. After we launch the new style of tea, the demand for porcelain will increase further, so we can't neglect it."

"If everyone makes porcelain and picks tea leaves, will there be enough food?"

"Don't worry, in three days, there will be truckloads and boatloads of food coming over. It will be enough to fill you to death!"

"Then I won't eat, lest I die of overeating." Guan Yafu rolled his eyes and pushed the bowl away.

He said he didn't want to eat anymore after he finished both bowls of rice.

Ye Kun was also full, so he went to see the porcelain kiln factory.

The construction of the porcelain kiln factory is nearing completion, and a road about three miles long has been built into and out of the mountain.

It is estimated that the furnace can be started to fire porcelain in three days.

Combined with the original porcelain kiln factory in Hirano Prefecture, the productivity should be sufficient.

The master craftsman in charge of the porcelain kiln factory reported the situation:

"Master Ye, everything is good now, except for the lack of skilled painters. The patterns on each piece of porcelain are painted on, which requires a lot of painters."

"It's my fault. I forgot one thing!"

Ye Kun slapped his forehead and said, "There is a thing called a kaleidoscope ruler. It is a combination of a mother ruler and a child ruler, which is a piece slightly larger than a copper coin. Using the kaleidoscope ruler to draw pictures is very fast. Ordinary workers can operate it without the need for professional painters. Moreover, a kaleidoscope ruler can draw many kinds of patterns, which are endless."

The ceramic master was confused: "What is so magical?"

"Wait until I make it, and you'll know." Ye Kun turned around and told Lao He:

"Lao He, when we get home tonight, remind me so that we can get the Flower Ruler. By the way, have your personal guards go to the leather shop and ask for a few palm-sized pieces of dried cowhide, and send them to my house for use."

The Kaleidoscope Ruler was Ye Kun’s toy when he was a child. It was made of plastic and cost only a few cents. It could draw incredibly beautiful geometric patterns.

There’s no plastic here, so dried cowhide should do the trick.

Lao He volunteered: "Master Ye, give me a blueprint and I will do it."

Ye Kun nodded and drew a picture on the spot:

"The mother ruler is a circle with teeth on the inside. The sub-ruler is placed inside the circle with teeth on the outside. There are small holes on the sub-ruler. Then put the tip of the pen into the small hole of the sub-ruler and rotate it along the inside of the mother ruler..."

Lao He looked at the blueprint and said with a smile: "I'll go back and do it now."

"I believe in you. Another world-class problem is about to be solved by you!"

Ye Kun laughed, patted Lao He on the shoulder, and returned to the city to check on the construction of the army art troupe.

With the blueprints, Lao He can make something as simple as the kaleidoscope ruler.

Guan Yafu didn't know what Ye Kun was going to do, so he followed him and asked, "Master Ye, where are we going now?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I'm going to teach the female soldiers from last night to sing. If you hate female soldiers, don't go."

"You...I'll go and keep an eye on you!"

Guan Yafu and Ye Kun started a dispute.

"Yes, the female soldier is good at singing and dancing, and she is beautiful. You would be a shame if you don't take a look."

"you……"

Guan Yafu's face turned red with anger.

Ye Kun laughed and rode away.

The young ladies of the art troupe were arranged to live in a separate house in the city with a yard for rehearsal.

There are currently eight singers and dancers and eight musicians, and the team is still expanding.