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

When Chen Yuanqing heard Ning Fan's words this time, he did not show a cheerful expression, but showed a rare serious expression. He really listened to Ning Fan's words, because only generals can Can understand the meaning of Ning Fan's words.

"The order goes down. Starting from tomorrow morning, if any barracks smell a bad smell, I will arrest them and punish them."

Chen Yuanqing ordered to the adjutant beside him.

The two lieutenants followed the order and left, but Ning Fan shook his head slightly after hearing this: "We don't have this barbaric style of yours. We need to lead the troops in a civilized way. You make these soldiers clean and hygienic, and you provide them with appropriate supplies." Is there a place for them? We need to provide a bathtub with hot water so that they can take a hot bath every day. Only in this way can they practice hygiene and prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases."

Ning Fan shook his head. The generals in this era almost all think like Chen Yuanqing. In fact, I don’t blame these people. It’s because supplies are too scarce in this era. It’s good to have enough food. Who cares? Dirty or not.

Ning Fan did not stop at the Linzhou camp and took Chen Yuanqing straight to Jiangzhou early the next morning.

Jiangzhou was Ning Fan's base camp back then. Ning Fan stayed dormant here for nearly a year before he soared into the sky and won the position of emperor in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Ning Fan had special feelings for every plant and tree in Jiangzhou. But after entering the boundaries of Jiangzhou, Ning Fan was really shocked.

Jiangzhou was originally a swamp. Later, after the river was reshaped and a dam was built, Jiangzhou slowly returned to normal. But what Ning Fan didn't expect was that the refugees had built Jiangzhou into a beautiful city.

The beautifully planned market town, the simple-faced people, the carriages coming and going, and the endless flow of merchants all made Ning Fan truly realize that Jiangzhou is now very different from before.

Chen Yuanqing may not have been to Jiangzhou for a long time, and he was shocked when he saw Jiangzhou at this time.

"Your Majesty, is this still Jiangzhou? When we came here, it was a barren land. There were swamps everywhere, and there were no crops in the fields. When the refugees came here to settle down, they had to sleep in the ground. son"

"Look at what Jiangzhou looks like now. There are flat houses everywhere, and the people's faces are filled with smiles. It shows that they live a happy life."

Chen Yuanqing was filled with emotion when he saw the spirit of the people in Jiangzhou and the prosperous scene in Jiangzhou.

"The development of a place only takes a few years. If it develops well and has great material abundance, there will also be a big explosion in spiritual culture. Just wait and see. Jiangzhou will definitely be the core area of ​​the entire Jiangnan in the future. It’s where it all comes from.”

Ning Fan is still very confident about Jiangzhou, especially Jiangzhou. This place has a very special geographical location. It is at the junction of two large rivers. The two main arteries from the north to the south meet here, and shipping is very developed.

With the guarantee of water transportation capacity, it guarantees the foundation for Jiangzhou's future development. Whether it is iron ore or other ores, as well as various fuels, it is very convenient to transport them to Jiangzhou, where these raw materials will be sent factories, then became steel.

"Jiangzhou will still need people in the future, but the population is still too sparse. Did you see that? A large area of ​​land in Jiangzhou is still deserted, which shows that the people here cannot finish cultivating these lands."

Ning Fan felt heartbroken when he saw those lands being abandoned.

"Your Majesty, how precious this land is, but it has been abandoned. Why don't we find the local chief officials of Jiangzhou and kill them if they can't?"

Chen Yuanqing was born as a soldier with a murderous spirit, and the way to solve the problem was to kill him brutally.

Ning Fan was immediately laughed at Chen Yuanqing's words. He shook his head and motioned for Chen Yuanqing to shut up.

"Let's go directly to the arsenal. I believe the flintlock gun you want is ready. You can go back with these things tomorrow. I will be wandering around Jiangzhou for a few days."

After all, Chen Yuanqing is a rough man. Having someone like Chen Yuanqing by his side would have some influence on Ning Fan's thinking. After all, many times this kid speaks out of tune.

Chen Yuanqing also saw that Ning Fan was too lazy to take him with him, so he agreed very wisely. After all, there is still a basic tacit understanding between monarch and ministers.

The arsenal that originally covered an area of ​​dozens of acres has now become a large arsenal covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. Ning Fan walked into the arsenal with Chen Yuanqing, and the sound of hammers hitting ironware could be heard constantly in his ears.

Thousands of blacksmiths are sweating profusely, and the red-hot steel in the blast furnace is the basic material forged in their hands.

When seeing all this, Ning Fan found that he couldn't be happy at all. Hand forging is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the accuracy is very poor. It is difficult to guarantee the accuracy of a flintlock gun made by this kind of hand forging. It will explode easily.

Nowadays, the most important thing for Ning Fan is to develop precision machine tools. As long as the machine tools are available, a lot of precision processing will be completely realized.

The sound of knocking is not so pleasant to Ning Fan, because in Ning Fan's opinion, it is completely the most backward workshop style. Ning Fan does not want this kind of manual workshop style industry, he wants precision. Big industry under machine tools.

When Zhou Qun was in Jiangzhou, he had already planned everything in detail. Coupled with the blessing of Shen Mengxi, a technological genius, the entire Jiangzhou is now like a kite flying into the sky. A gust of wind blows. It can make Jiangzhou fly higher and higher.

The emperor arrived in person, and all forces in Jiangzhou were mobilized. No matter where Ning Fan went, there were always many people accompanying him. No matter what Ning Fan wanted to know, he would always know it immediately.

What makes Ning Fan the most happy is the Jiangwu Hall. Today, the Jiangwu Hall has developed into a military-style academy. It takes at least five years for students here to graduate, and these five years will Study many subjects.

"In the future, all military recruits in major legions will be selected from the martial arts hall, and even teachers from the martial arts hall will be selected to join the army in major legions."

Ning Fan glanced at Chen Yuanqing who was standing next to him, and deliberately told him what to say.

"Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to supervise the army, but the supervising army is only responsible for military affairs and logistics and cannot interfere with military command. Military command is the prerogative of one person to act arbitrarily. If one person cannot fully command an army, then the combat effectiveness of the army will be There will be a huge discount.”

Chen Yuanqing didn't say what was in his heart a few days ago, but now he suddenly expressed all his worries.