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

Zhou Qun felt a little emotional. In less than half a year, Jiangnan has undergone earth-shaking changes, but the next step is to tackle the reform.

As the so-called reform topic is very heavy and bloody, Zhou Qun is unwilling to talk about Ning Fan, let alone mention it, but someone must do this.

The reason why Ning Fan didn't let Jin Yiwei get involved in this matter was because the killings it would cause were too serious, and if one didn't grasp the right balance, it was likely to lead to many unjust cases and false cases.

As an old Chen who knew the local situation very well, Song Chengzhou had never let Ning Fan down in terms of handling affairs. He only hoped that Song Chengzhou could grasp the appropriate measures.

It is necessary not only to crush the scholar-bureaucrat class in Jiangnan, but also to preserve the future potential of Jiangnan's reform.

"The affairs of the seven provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are the top priority of the entire Dakang. As long as Jiangnan can stabilize the Dakang, it will be stable. If Jiangnan becomes rich and Dakang, it will have the confidence. As for the northwest area, the troops will be put on hold for the time being."

Ning Fan has long thought about it. For him, the most important thing for Dakang lies in Jiangnan. Jiangnan has always been a wealthy place. As long as Jiangnan is managed well, then the entire Dakang will have a steady stream of financial resources. income.

As for Jiangnan, this place is the forefront of culture, and the people have strong receptivity. Ning Fan has achieved very good results in Jiangnan by attacking local tyrants to allocate their fields.

"It's really hard to imagine the excitement that ordinary people felt after being allocated fields. It's really indescribable. Shrines have been built in many places in the south of the Yangtze River, and His Majesty has been shaped into a god."

While eating the fragrant mutton, Zhou Qun carefully explained the real situation in Jiangnan to Ning Fan.

Of course, Ning Fan has also been to Jiangnan, but he only took a quick look at it. He is far from understanding the actual situation in Jiangnan as well as Zhou Qun.

But after Zhou Qun said this, Ying Fan felt a little relieved. It was precisely because of his own ideas that the area in Jiangnan had undergone earth-shaking changes at the beginning. Those farmers who had been treated as cattle and horses for generations suddenly turned upside down. He got married, owned his own land, and owned his own property.

"If these people used to work as long-term workers for landlords, their annual creative ability was one, then now that they have their own property, their creative ability has reached ten. Not only can they farm their own land, but they can also I can raise a family and raise ducks, and during the off-farm period, I can also weave and grow mulberries.”

"Your Majesty, think carefully about how much this person can do. They used to create wealth for others, so they didn't work too hard, but now they do it for themselves, and everyone does their best. , I believe that in less than ten years, it will become the richest place in the entire Dakang."

Zhou Qun is full of expectations for the future.

Hearing what Zhou Qun said, even Yueying on the side had an expression of disbelief on her face, but Ning Fan didn't take it seriously.

The small-scale peasant economy has its limitations. In Ning Fan's mind, the industrial revolution is the future direction. He wants to bring the entire society to the social situation hundreds of years from now.

The Industrial Revolution was the first thing that needed to change!

Only when the first industrial revolution occurs in Dakang, which greatly liberates productivity, will the development speed of Dakang enter the fast lane. In a short time, the entire Dakang will be filled with high-rise buildings, and there will be trains and carriages everywhere. The wealth of the people will advance hundreds of years.

"By the way, Your Majesty, the factories and colleges in Jiangzhou have also made great progress. When I came back, I met Master Shen. Master Shen asked me to hand this thing to Your Majesty."

Zhou Qun took a box from the entourage of the shrine and took out an iron pipe from the box.

In the eyes of others, this may be just an iron tool, but after Ning Fan took a closer look, he was surprised.

"This is seamless steel pipe."

Ning Fan was so shocked that the meat in his mouth fell to the ground. He did not expect that Shen Mengxi's technology tree would be opened so quickly. It only took half a year to create such an incredible thing as seamless steel pipes.

Ning Fan has always emphasized the need to make firearms and muskets, but the muskets he manufactured have always been in the form of short-barreled muskets, because the current technology cannot support the refining of high-strength steel. If the barrel is made longer, the chamber will explode. A common meal.

But the situation is a little different now. Shen Mengxi seems to have developed higher-strength steel, and judging from the manufacturing and polishing process of this gun barrel, Shen Mengxi has probably made the lathe he originally drew into reality. .

Without machine tools, it would be impossible to make seamless steel pipes, let alone something so smooth and delicate. Ning Fan guessed that many of the drawings he had set before had been turned into reality by Shen Mengxi.

"Master Shen has aged several years in just a few months. He was just thirty years old and has gray hair on his temples..."

Zhou Qun sighed.

Ning Fan was excited. Hearing what Zhou Qun said, Ning Fan couldn't help but show a look of distress on his face. It is true that Shen Mengxi is a down-to-earth and hard-working person, but sometimes he doesn't know how to cherish his figure at all.

"One thing I don't like about Shen Mengxi is that he takes things too seriously and doesn't know how to rest at all. If a talent like him has any physical condition, it will be a loss for the entire society."

Ning Fan frowned, knowing that this matter was imminent. If this continued, it would be a matter of time before Shen Mengxi's body collapsed.

Ning Fan had finally managed to cultivate a man who could be called a scientist in this era. How could he let Shen Mengxi perish? In Ning Fan's eyes, Shen Mengxi was just a baby.

"Tomorrow, we will send someone to Jiangzhou to announce that Shen Mengxi will set up a new college in Jiangzhou to recruit students from Jiangnan. He will no longer engage in these jobs from now on, and will just teach and educate people."

Ning Fan thought for a while and then said.

As a front-line engineer, Shen Mengxi not only has to design, but also participate in experiments. He has to do everything by himself. It is really too labor-intensive to continue like this.

If Shen Mengxi becomes a professor who specializes in teaching students, then his pressure will be greatly reduced, and the physical load will not be as severe as before.

"Now it seems that those textbooks compiled by His Majesty have simply changed the course of history. Chen has read the existing books, but has not studied them carefully, but the knowledge contained in them is all-encompassing, including astronomy and geography. Simply stunning.”