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

"Businessmen are not engaged in production, but can make huge profits by just speculating. This is probably not doing their job properly in the eyes of the officials."

Wang Tian hit the nail on the head and told the reason.

This is indeed the most fundamental reason for the contempt for merchants in the past dynasties.

Merchants do not produce goods. They only move the goods to other places and earn the price difference. In the eyes of the rulers, merchants are the targets of attack.

It seems to have become a rule to charge heavy taxes to merchants in the past dynasties.

In the Kang Dynasty, this rule remained unchanged. Although merchants worked hard, they could still make high profits, but various exorbitant taxes and various levels of exploitation also made merchants miserable.

"You're only half right. Merchants are indeed not engaged in production, but merchants can deliver goods to where they need them."

"For example, for the tea produced in Dakang, if the tea farmers keep all the tea they produce for themselves, will they be able to finish it? The unfinished tea will have to be thrown away, and it will become rotten and moldy. But if there are businessmen , these tea leaves will be taken elsewhere and exchanged for silver."

Ning Fan analyzed it carefully, but Wang Tian and others listened intently and were excited. You must know that this is the emperor of Dakang, and what he says represents the future direction.

"Your Majesty...you mean to support business? Will our businessmen develop greatly in the future?"

Wang Tian's body was shaking with excitement.

"If I don't support business, why should I invite you to dinner? Why should I sit and talk with you? Do you think I will do those useless things?"

Ning Fan glanced at Wang Tian with disdain and continued: "Dakang will produce many commodities in the future, and these commodities will need you businessmen to sell them all over the world. In the future, sea transportation will also be formed, and land transportation will also be formed. In the future, The railway will be built ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times faster than you traveling merchants."

"Railway? What's a railroad?"

Wang Tian couldn't understand what Ning Fan said, but he was very calm and took the initiative to ask when he saw Ning Fan was in a happy mood.

Ning Fan knew that he wouldn't be able to understand by just talking, so he waved his hand, and the eunuch behind him brought the design drawings drawn by Ning Fan.

Ning Fan pointed to the design drawings and said to Wang Tian and others: "This is the railway. It connects the whole world with two rails. A kind of carriage called a train can run on these two rails. You can think of it as a carriage. With the upgraded version, its speed will be ten times faster than the fastest horse, and it will run non-stop all day long.”

Hearing Ning Fan's description, Wang Tian and others were simply stunned. Looking at the pictures drawn by Ning Fan, they simply thought that Ning Fan was delusional.

Ning Fan knew that Wang Tian and others did not believe it, but he did not explain too much, because sometimes people's thoughts are inherent, and the only way to change them is to let them see the real thing.

"Go get my musket."

Ning Fan waved his hand, and his men quickly carried a large box, which contained more than a dozen shiny muskets.

Ning Fan took out a musket, but Wang Tian and others had no idea what it was. They curiously picked it up and played with it, even staring at the muzzle of the gun.

When Ning Fan and the others were done playing, he took a musket from Wang Tian, ​​loaded it with gunpowder and projectiles, then pointed it at the target in the courtyard and fired with a bang.

The sudden gunshots frightened Wang Tian and others. Some businessmen were even so frightened that they lay on the ground and did not dare to get up because the sound was so loud and a stream of white smoke was sprayed out.

"Your Majesty, what on earth is this?"

Wang Tian was the boldest and was even more curious about the musket in Ning Fan's hand.

Ning Fan moved his mouth toward the courtyard, and Wang Tian ran to the target in the courtyard to look at it. When he saw that Ning Fan had shot through the iron target with just one shot, Wang Tian's mouth opened wide, and his face was filled with tears. It was a look of disbelief.

"Now you know what this thing is for, right? When you leave later, each of you will give you one. Hide it close to you. It can save lives at critical moments."

Ming Fan is very wealthy. Each of these businessmen has a fortune of hundreds of millions. In the future, the development of a prosperous society will require these businessmen to invest in various places, so Ning Fan treats these businessmen fairly politely.

Wang Tian quickly asked Ning Fan how to use this musket and how to make it. After hearing the end, Wang Tian was surprised and happy.

With this thing by your side, even if you encounter a horse thief, you will be able to fight.

"But I tell you, the manufacturing process of this kind of musket must not be leaked. The muskets I give you are all limited. You can only use them yourself and cannot give them to anyone."

Ning Fan warned Wang Tian and the others carefully.

Although Ning Fan also knows that it is impossible to keep a technology absolutely secret, but keeping it secret as much as possible can delay the leakage of the secret. The musket is Ning Fan's magic weapon to win, so it cannot be leaked yet.

"Your Majesty, this rebellion in the northwest is coupled with Bailian's rise. If you have such a musket in your hand, why don't you suppress the rebellion? Do you know that the people in the northwest are in dire straits, and many of them can no longer survive."

When Wang Tian said it at the end, his tone even choked up. Ning Fan could tell that Wang Tian had an innocent heart.

"Putting down the rebellion in the northwest is not something that happens overnight, let alone haven't I come to Pingnanguan now? The rebellion is expected to be put down in the next three months. After the rebellion in the northwest is put down, I will invite you to Jiangzhou to have a look. The industrialization there will definitely surprise you.”

Ning Fan sent an invitation to Wang Tian and others.

In Ning Fan's vision, Dakang's business in the future will be a joint venture between the government and the private sector. First of all, the government must control the lifeblood of the country and cannot let these lifelines fall into the hands of businessmen. However, businessmen also need to prosper, because only businessmen make money. With money, business will flourish completely.

In fact, Ning Fan also had some thoughts when he asked Wang Tian and others to visit Jiangzhou. The big businessmen from the northwest like Wang Tian had more than hundreds of millions of money in their hands. According to Ning Fan's estimation, those businessmen in the northwest were full of extremely wealthy people. There are at least five billion taels of silver.

If this part of the wealth can be released and invested everywhere, the prosperity of Dakang will directly advance fifty years.

Ning Fan talked with Wang Tian and others for a while, and it was not until the afternoon that Wang Tian and others said goodbye and left. They all took the muskets presented by Ning Fan and couldn't put them down.

However, when Wang Tian and others left, they sent people to deliver a large number of gifts.

These gifts include all kinds of rare jewelry and various things that Ning Fan has never seen before. In short, these treasures far exceed the value of Ning Fan's gift of the gun.