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

"Wuzhuangtou, can I buy all these raw materials?"

Ning Fan arrived at Qingmei Manor and immediately found Wu Zhuangtou.

Wu Zhuangtou frowned and looked at the series of materials on Ning Fan's paper, his face full of question marks.

Obviously, Wu Changzhen couldn't understand, let alone what Ning Fan was trying to do.

"Your Highness, if you want to bake lime, you don't need to go to such trouble."

Wu Zhuangtou wondered whether Ning Fan wanted to make lime.

However, this conjecture was quickly rejected by Ning Fan.

"Wu Zhuangtou, please immediately make me a set of waterwheel accessories according to the design in the picture!"

Ning Fan saw the river not far outside the village and had a plan in mind.

If you want to carry out your next plan, you must have a steady stream of motivation.

If you just rely on manpower, many things will take a lot of time.

In this era without electricity, it is perfect to use waterwheels as power.

And Ning Fan's plan is to use a huge waterwheel to drive the grinding plate to continuously crush limestone, iron ore and other raw materials!

And Ning Fan will eventually use these materials to make cement, the basic material for large-scale infrastructure!

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. In Ning Fan’s view, the foundation for Dakang’s future development is infrastructure!

Whether it is building roads or building canals, bridges, etc., a large amount of cement is required.

If cement could be made and mass-produced, it would be almost unparalleled in this era!

Ning Fan can think of the most useful place, which is to cast the city wall!

If the city wall at the border is made of cement, it will be almost impossible for the enemy to cross the wall and attack the city!

With the steady supply of funds from the restaurant, Ning Fan's research and development process was relatively smooth.

For a week, Ning Fan worked day and night with Wu Zhuangtou and dozens of blacksmiths to finally make the first bag of cement.

"Your Highness, can this thing really solidify when it comes into contact with water and become as hard as a stone as you said?"

Wu Zhuang looked suspicious.

He really didn't believe that there was something so defiant in this world.

If what Ning Fan said is true, then this thing has countless functions!

"Whether it is true or not, you will know once you try it! Wu Zhuangtou, no one involved in the production should be left behind. Send them all to my house in Anjing. These technologies must not be leaked to anyone!"

Ning Fan said to Wu Zhuangtou.

Although Wu Zhuangtou was a little reluctant, he also knew that what Ning Fan said was a serious matter, so he did not dare to neglect it.

"Your Highness, when the cement test is successful, it won't be too late to bring people back to the capital."

Wu Zhuangtou is a sophisticated man and works relatively safely.

"Tou Wu Zhuang, there is no need to doubt this. Just look carefully."

Ning Fan mixed cement and sand according to the proportion and poured it into the prepared mold.

"Let's take a look at it tomorrow. Don't touch it tonight."

After everything was ready, Ning Fan gave instructions to Wu Zhuangtou.

Although Wu Zhuangtou didn't believe that Ning Fan could really do it, Ning Fan was the prince after all. He didn't dare to neglect it, so he could only have people guard the area with knives at night.

At night, Ning Fan read some classics from the Ministry of Industry of Dakang under the lamp.

This is a classic that he asked Ergou to borrow from the Ministry of Industry. It records the distribution of some iron mines in Dakang.

To bring the whole of Dakang into the industrial age, minerals and coal must be the cornerstone of future development. Ning Fan stared at the entire map under the light, his eyes twinkling. No one knew what this strangely behaving prince was thinking.

"Tou Wu Zhuang, why is the Sixth Prince so out of tune! He asked us to build such a big waterwheel when he came here, but the result is just to crush a few rocks!"

Wu Zhuangtou brought the cement of Ning Fan, the guardian of the village people, and some of the villagers under him would inevitably complain.

This is outdoors, and people who are bitten by mosquitoes are panicked. Everyone doesn't know what to do and feels that their efforts are in vain.

In other words, they all felt that they were just messing around with a stupid prince, wasting people and money.

"Tou Wu Zhuang, does the Sixth Prince like to do these boring things? What I'm looking at is Laoshizi Cement. It's just nonsense."

Another villager complained.

"Have you seen this waterwheel? It is very different from the waterwheels we have seen before. It is extremely exquisite!"

Wu Zhuangtou shook his head: "I don't think the Sixth Prince is a fool. I will know tomorrow if it is true or not!"

Ning Fan studied until late at night, and then fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Ning Fan was woken up by Wu Zhuangtou's surprised voice.

"Sixth Prince, so big and hard!"

Wu Zhuangtou's daughter shouted outside the window.

Ning Fan was startled in his haze, quickly opened his eyes and jumped out of bed.

"Yufang, don't talk nonsense, what's so big and hard?"

Ning Fan smiled.

"Your Highness made the flower pot. It's so big that it's more than enough to plant a tree."

Wu Zhuangtou's daughter was fifteen years old, in her prime. Wu Yufang stood outside the window and smiled.

Ning Fan came outside the yard, and several villagers were looking at the flowerpot made by Ning Fan with surprised expressions.

When Wu Zhuangtou saw Ning Fan walking over sleepily, he knelt on the ground with a plop: "Your Highness, you are truly a god! This cement is really a magical thing!"

"Tou Wu Zhuang, get up quickly, what are you doing?"

Ning Fan helped the excited Wu Zhuang head up, and then came to the flowerpot he made.

The green-gray flowerpot was really as hard as a stone. Ning Fan took the hammer from the craftsman and struck it hard twice. It turned out that it was unusually strong. The hard knocking could only leave white shallow pits on the surface. .

"I didn't expect it to actually succeed!"

Ning Fan himself was too excited to speak incoherently.

It seems like a simple thing, but it is still very difficult to do it in this era without any industrial foundation.

But in the past few days, Ning Fan had overcome all difficulties and actually made cement.

"Quickly, wrap up all the remaining cement for me. I want to take it to the palace to see my father!"

Ning Fan said excitedly.

Ning Fan already had a rough outline of what happened to the victims of the disaster in the northwest.

But specific matters, of course, still require the approval of Emperor Tian'an.

If it is not approved by Emperor Tian'an, any idea is just a castle in the air and cannot be realized at all.

"Tou Wu Zhuang, if there is a shortage of labor in our manor, you can make the decision on your own and accept more victims! Provide them with food and clothing, and they can also help with work."

Before Ning Fan left, he gave a few words of advice.

The carriage raised dust all the way and headed directly into the Forbidden Palace.

Not caring about eating, Ning Fan drove the carriage outside the palace gate in one breath.

"Sixth Prince, what are you..."

Li Chunan was surprised to see the dusty Ning Fan.

Most princes rarely ask to see the emperor at this time, unless there is something urgent.

"Eunuch Li, please tell my father that I have something important to report!"

Ning Fan said with a serious expression.