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

Because of the memorial that Ergou had just sent there, there was one item that puzzled Zhou Qun.

"Your Majesty, what exactly is this railway you are talking about? Is this kind of thing very useful for our future planning?"

Zhou Qun walked in with a curious look on his face, holding the memorial that Ning Fan had reviewed.

As the prime minister of Dakang, Zhou Qun's status was lower than that of one person and higher than that of ten thousand people. However, in front of Ning Fan, he still made a respectful gesture and never lacked the due etiquette.

"This railway is very important to our future. With the railway, we can travel thousands of miles in a day, and the railway has a very strong carrying capacity. One train can haul everything tens of thousands of pounds or hundreds of thousands of pounds." "

Ning Fan naturally knew everything about Zhou Qun's questions, but Zhou Qun couldn't put his finger on the train he was talking about, and he didn't even know what it was.

At this time, the water on the stove happened to be boiling. As the water in the stove continued to boil, the lid of the pot also kept beating.

"Mr. Zhou, come and see, does the lid of this kettle jump back and forth after the water is boiled? The train I am talking about is similar to this principle. It uses coal to boil water to generate steam, which drives the turbine to rotate. .”

Ning Fan only briefly explained the principles of steam engines, but Zhou Qun was confused and confused. However, his admiration for Ning Fan was deep in his bones, so Zhou Qun naturally would not doubt it.

"If, as His Majesty said, an iron dragon can be cast to run at high speed on the rails in the future and transport a large amount of goods every day, then a lot of manpower and material resources will be saved, and the minerals produced in the northwest can also be To reach Jiangnan in one day is simply unbelievable."

Zhou Qun was very excited when he heard it. He suddenly felt that the memorial reviewed by Ning Fan was too important. One memorial could affect the overall situation.

"Regarding the laying of railways, this is only a preliminary concept, but now due to the impact of industrialization, a large number of unemployed laborers in Jiangnan must be utilized. After all, these people now have no jobs. If they are left without jobs, they will soon be Will starve to death.”

Ning Fan frowned and his face looked a little ugly.

At present, the technology of laying railways is far from reaching the first step of maturity. If you want to lay railways, you must go through a series of research and demonstrations, and also conduct exploration and surveying, etc. These things require long-term communication between Ning Fan and Shen Mengxi, and also require a large number of practitioners to continuously demonstrate and calculate.

Even if preparations are made at the fastest speed, it will take at least three months to half a year to start laying the railway, but the craftsmen of urban restaurants in the future will not be able to wait that long.

"I will issue an order later to ask Shen Mengxi, who is far away in Jiangzhou, to return to Kyoto immediately. I want to discuss with him the issue of railway construction. This matter is urgent and imminent."

"As for the large number of unemployed people in Jiangnan, I have already thought about it. Since the railway cannot be laid now, we should lay the roadbed first. As long as the roadbed is laid, in the future, the tracks will be laid directly to form the railway."

Ning Fan has also thought about the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and immediately launched a work-for-relief program. In addition to building railway roadbeds, he can also open roads across mountains and build bridges over water. A large amount of manpower and material resources can be used.

"By the way, you are here today. I have one more thing to tell you by the way. Now that we are prosperous and have a good harvest, our material resources have reached a certain level. Now it is time to introduce a new policy."

Immediately afterwards, Ning Fan told the whole story about the population growth plan that had been brewing for a long time. Ning Fan was talking, Zhou Qun was listening, and they were constantly recording it in their notebooks.

"Your Majesty understands what you mean. In the future, the entire population of Dakang will be the most important and scarce resource. Only with people can we realize a large number of our plans. No one has no labor force, and many things cannot be realized."

"But has your Majesty ever thought that the plan you introduced to encourage childbirth will take at least ten, twenty, or even thirty years before we can see the beginnings of population recovery, but our country, Da Kang, simply cannot wait that long? ”

Zhou Qun frowned after thinking for a while, with an ugly look on his face.

Indeed, ten thousand years is too long. Seizing the day and night, a person's lifespan is always limited, just like the peak period of an emperor is only twenty or thirty years. There is no doubt that Ning Fan is a wise king, but How long can Ning Fan stay in power? How long can we continue to protect Dakang's policies? This is all an unknown.

If Ning Fan is gone in the future, will Dakang as a whole continue to move forward along Ning Fan's plan?

Zhou Qun's worry was reasonable, but he couldn't say it out loud because some of his words didn't sound very good. But Ning Fan was so smart, he could tell what Zhou Qun meant from Zhou Qun's expression.

"I know what you mean. What you mean is that even if policies are introduced now, I may not be in this position in twenty, thirty, forty years. Whether these plans can be implemented by then is still a question. The unknown.”

Ning Fan keenly understood what Zhou Qun meant.

"Your Majesty, if we really need a large population and a large labor force, then we must solve the food problem. Once the food problem is solved, there is no need to introduce any policies. The fertility of the people is amazing, and we can Attracting a large number of people from neighboring countries to our Dakang."

Zhou Qun actually stated the essence of the matter in one sentence.

If the growth of population needs to be encouraged by policies, then the entire policy will change. If you want to achieve something, you must change the underlying logic and fundamentally change the matter.

Zhou Qun's words also made Ning Fan understand something. He nodded: "You are right. Sometimes many things must be done from the root and essence."

"Your Majesty, you are an astonishing talent. There is almost nothing you can't do in this world. I just want to ask you if there is any way to increase the food supply. The people who cannot eat are really pitiful."

Zhou Qun looked at Ning Fan eagerly.

Hearing what Zhou Qun said, Ning Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was a human being, not a god.

Even if Ning Fan comes from the future, the food crisis will still exist in the future, and food is an eternal topic.

If the world completely solves the food crisis and no one has to worry about eating, then the rules of the world will change, so food will never be absolutely abundant.