Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

"What?"

"The rebels were actually supported by the imperial court?"

Song Chengzhou was startled, which overturned his cognition.

"It is certain that the most powerful group is indeed secretly supported by the prince! The prince's purpose is very simple, which is to seize valuable things in advance!"

"And use these powers to severely weaken me."

Ning Fan sneered. He pointed to the map on the wall and said: "There is Liu Meng's rebel army in Qingzhou. It has risen at an alarming rate. It has already numbered 100,000 in half a month! The nearby states and counties have been captured, and the offensive route is very interesting. It goes straight all the way. Came from Jiangzhou!"

Song Chengzhou was speechless: "Is this really the prince behind the scenes?"

Ning Fan nodded: "I won't slander casually. Otherwise, why do you think I train so hard?"

"I'm afraid that in the eyes of the prince, the throne is more important than anything else."

Song Chengzhou said with a look of astonishment: "The world is in chaos, what's the point of asking for the throne? Who will I show to you when I become emperor?"

"Maybe he thinks that he is the emperor sitting on the dragon throne."

Ning Fan snorted coldly.

Song Chengzhou was indeed a little hard to accept the internal affairs of the royal family, but he still said: "There are nine states in the world, Qingzhou and Xuzhou are in chaos. At present, it is not enough to affect the overall situation. What should really be paid attention to is His Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince. Tricks will probably follow."

"Lord Song is right. These rebels are not enough to shake the foundation. The northwest is the key. Recently I heard that the imperial court is also asking for money from aristocratic families! I just don't know if these aristocratic families understand that there will be no end to the fall of the nest. The principle of eggs.”

Ning Fan looked at the snow outside the window, picked up the stove and poured a cup of tea for Song Chengzhou himself.

Song Chengzhou was quite excited. He stood up quickly, caught it with both hands and said, "Some of it will definitely be spit out. These aristocratic families will not see the court in chaos in a short time, because it is not in their interests!"

"At least, the aristocratic families in Qingzhou and Xuzhou should be unable to sit still!"

Ning Fan nodded and said: "Jiangzhou and Tianzhou are connected together. It should be okay in a short time. Yunzhou is not peaceful either. The Jurchens are ready to make a move."

"No one can do better than His Highness. Your Highness is truly a god sent from heaven! The one who will save Dakang in the future will definitely be His Highness."

Song Chengzhou sighed sincerely.

We have almost talked about the current situation in the world. It is time to talk about some practical things. Ning Fan changed the topic and said to Song Chengzhou: "Sir Song, in your opinion, when can the changes in Tianjiang be implemented?"

The change that Ning Fan talked about was actually to divide the land among local tyrants, which was almost unimaginable under the Dakang system.

Song Chengzhou insisted on going his own way. If the court freed his hands, it would be a death penalty.

This is a dead end, it depends on whether Song Chengzhou dares to leave.

But in Ning Fan's opinion, this path must be taken.

Just one Zhuang Wen has a family fortune of more than 10 million taels!

The richest place in Dakang is Tianzhou. If you hold Tianzhou's wealth in your hands, you will have the capital to compete in the world in the future!

There are nine provinces in the world, and Ning Fan values ​​Tianzhou and Youzhou the most!

In fact, when he first planned with Uncle Thirteen, he had already targeted Jiangzhou.

Later, the choice of Jiangzhou as a fiefdom in the court was also the result of careful consideration.

Everything seemed to have been arranged, everything was a God-given opportunity, and that was why Ning Fan was now so full of wings.

Now that the prince had come to his senses, he tried his best to block him, but Ning Fan was not afraid at all.

"The old minister is willing to go all out and agree with His Highness, maybe for a year or two. After that, Tianjiang will be completely handed over to His Highness."

"In the past two years, I have risked my life to pave a bloody path for His Highness in Tianzhou!"

Song Chengzhou picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp, with a bleak smell on his face.

Following Song Chengzhou came several large ships of silver at the port, which Ning Fan urgently needed now.

Nowadays, when foreign merchants come to Jiangzhou to purchase goods, they often come empty-handed. They often bring some necessary things to Jiangzhou.

These silvers will be used by Ning Fan to quickly purchase various military supplies, and the dragon scale army of 50,000 will be expanded to 100,000 by Ning Fan in the next step!

The money needed is endless, and Song Chengzhou needs to help with this.

After sending Song Chengzhou away, Ning Fan immediately started to arrange the next thing.

There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Scale Army, and the level of sophisticated equipment is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, but the most important thing is the military rations.

The invention of instant noodles was just a whim. In fact, although instant noodles as a military ration may seem convenient in this era, in Ning Fan's opinion, they are nothing.

There is no food in Jiangzhou, but the most important thing in Jiangzhou is all kinds of fish and shrimps.

There are rivers and lakes all over Jiangzhou, and there are huge amounts of protein in them.

And Ning Fan thought about the rations he had when he was a soldier. They were all compressed biscuits. If you eat a small piece, you will not be hungry for a day.

Compressed biscuits are mixed with a large amount of sugar, salt, flour, soybean flour, etc., all of which are extremely high in calories. They are also small in dry size, making them more convenient to carry alone!

It would take at least half a month for the imperial envoy to set out for Jiangzhou.

If the imperial court ordered the Dragon Scale Army to suppress the rebellion, Ning Fan would have no choice but to go out and fight.

This was a conspiracy, an honest attempt by the prince to weaken Jiangzhou's power, but Ning Fan couldn't refuse.

So, now is the time to prepare for the expedition.

Ning Fan found Zhou Qun and began to discuss making compressed biscuits.

"Fish and shrimp are available everywhere, but ordinary people don't like to eat them very much and don't have this habit."

Zhou Qun felt incredible after hearing Ning Fan's narration.

He didn't understand how Ning Fan could set his sights on these fish and shrimps.

"that would be great!"

"Are there a lot of loaches in the swamp? Send people to collect them in large quantities and send them all to the iron smelting plant for drying with waste heat!"

Ning Fan said excitedly.

By then, Ning Fan had already thought about the life of soldiers compressing biscuits with his left hand and drying fish with his right hand.

Equipped with a small pot for boiling water for individual soldiers, the problem of drinking water is also solved. A soldier does not need to replenish food after being out for two months!

"I'm afraid it's not enough to just eat these fish and shrimps, right?"

Zhou Qun looked troubled.

Military rations are related to combat effectiveness, so they are still very important. Zhou Qun felt that Ning Fan was a little hasty.

"Ergou, bring the compressed biscuits."

Ning Fan saw Zhou Qun's hesitant expression and knew what this guy was thinking.

"Compressed biscuits?"

Zhou Qun was very confused. He didn’t know what compression meant, let alone what biscuits were.

It turned out that yesterday, Ning Fan had a whim and instructed the kitchen to make some samples. He took them out today just to give a sample to Zhou Qun, the Chief Civil Affairs Officer.

Looking at the things cut into cubes, Zhou Qun became even more confused.

I carefully picked up a piece and found that it was very heavy.