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

In the days since returning from Jiangzhou, Ning Fan has been in a daze. Ministers have come over more than once to urge the marriage, but unfortunately Ning Fan has always turned a deaf ear.

It's not that the relationship between Ning Fan and Xiao Lingxi has faded, but that Ning Fan completely forgot about himself when he was focusing on one thing.

For Ning Fan, the most important thing now is to build the lathe quickly. Only with the lathe can we lay the foundation for industrial manufacturing. Without the lathe, everything is empty talk.

This time I went to Jiangzhou and saw the scene of using a hammer to create a flintlock gun, which deeply stimulated Ning Fan.

He originally thought that he had advanced Dakang's technological level step by step and had reached a certain level. Little did he know that the current level of manufacturing still required manual forging, which Ning Fan could not accept.

He had to change this situation in the shortest possible time, otherwise Ning Fan would have trouble sleeping and eating, and would not even be able to sleep at night.

"Your Majesty, you just came back from Jiangzhou and don't you want to rest for a few days? Why are you here in such a hurry? What's the important thing?"

Like Ning Fan, Shen Mengxi is also a technology geek. His brain is full of scattered things all day long. He has a pair of panda eyes, and it seems that he has not had a good rest recently.

The monarch and his minister stared at each other's panda eyes, silently.

"You should pay attention to your health and rest. This country needs you. If your body collapses, who can take your place in the future."

Ning Fan looked serious, even with a hint of reproach in his tone.

Shen Mengxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at the panda eyes on Ning Fan's face, he felt silently distressed in his heart. This well-off young emperor really did his best.

In just a few years, a country on the verge of collapse was transformed into the current environment. For Shen Mengxi, this was like a fantasy.

"It doesn't matter, I'm still young."

Shen Mengxi didn't say much, and silently took out the drawing. This was the lathe drawing that he had recently spent all his sleep and food and worked with more than a hundred craftsmen to draw.

Of course, this picture is just based on Ning Fan's original rough sketch, and further refines Ning Fan's sketch.

The drawing drawn by Ning Fan was a very general direction. It roughly explained the principles of the lathe, but it did not explain more details. Many of these details required Shen Mengxi and his team to work day and night. to work.

"Can this drawing run perfectly now?"

Ning Fan didn't want the process, he only wanted the results. However, Ning Fan was very happy to see Shen Mengxi perfect the drawings in such a short period of time.

"Now the craftsmen are urgently building a prototype. It will take about half a month. This is a question of how to control the accuracy. It needs to be carefully considered. This first prototype must be manufactured with sufficient accuracy."

Shen Mengxi's expression was very cautious.

"There should be no problem with the materials, right?"

Ning Fan asked again.

In fact, the most important thing in building a lathe is the material. Whether it is a drill bit or various cutting tools, it must have sufficient hardness. Otherwise, if it breaks midway or other situations occur, accuracy problems will occur.

Of course, precision is still very important when polishing, and you must not make a single mistake.

"The materials have been tested many times. The hardness of these materials has exceeded the original upper limit set by His Majesty. From what I can see now, there should be no problem."

Shen Mengxi is still very confident in her design. She is a person who demands perfection extremely, and she has made many arguments during the design process, so Mengqi thinks there is no problem with this design.

"If you think there is no problem, then there is no problem. Sometimes the accuracy of things made by hand may not be worse than that of machines, so the accuracy of this first prototype machine can be extended appropriately to achieve the ultimate accuracy. "

Ning Fan let out a sigh of relief. This was a worry for him. If a lathe is made, lathes can be produced in batches in the future. With the lathe, various parts can be precision polished with the lathe. .

Not to mention anything else, just the barrel can save countless efforts.

As long as the seamless steel tube is forged and then drilled using a lathe, the probability of the barrel exploding will be greatly reduced.

And with materials with sufficient hardness, things like flintlock guns will be directly eliminated by then.

"Let's take a look at this kind of gun. This is something I designed on a whim recently. The projectiles don't need to be filled with gunpowder and then ignited like now. It's just that the primer is a little troublesome to make. But once it is successfully developed, this kind of gun will Both the rate of fire and the power can reach unprecedented levels."

Ning Fan took out a drawing and handed it to Shen Mengxi. After seeing the rough design, Shen Mengxi's eyes suddenly lit up. On the drawing, Ning Fan drew a powerful double-barreled shotgun.

"Your Majesty, this gun looks strange, but it seems to be very powerful."

When Shen Mengxi saw this gun, her eyes shone. Men naturally have a special affinity for weapons. Especially the double-barreled shotgun that Ning Fan drew with such a powerful shape made even a weak scholar like Shen Mengxi They all feel excited.

"This kind of gun is indeed very powerful, but its ammunition is very unique. It can be fired into a flat surface, which means it can spray out a large amount of iron sand."

Ning Fan patiently explained the principle and lethality of shotguns to Shen Mengxi, and Shen Mengxi's eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty, the problem we are encountering now is that the projectiles of this gun are somewhat difficult to make, and ignition requires some chemical raw materials."

Shen Mengxi quickly understood what Ning Fan meant.

"There is no need to rush this matter. I just draw a drawing first. If you have time, let someone do it. If you don't have time, put this matter off first. The most important task now is to build the lathe first. , it can only be made on a lathe, and the steam train should not be far away.”

Ning Fan took a long breath and smiled on his face.

Both the monarch and the minister were very satisfied with this meeting, especially after Shen Mengxi received the award from Ning Fan, she felt even more ambitious and passionate.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I heard that your wedding has been postponed again and again. This matter should not be postponed anymore, right? The emperor's wedding is related to the national destiny of a country, and if we have a prince as soon as possible, we can all feel at ease. .”

Shen Mengxi, a technical official who had never heard anything outside the window, was now also concerned about Ning Fan's marriage, which made Ning Fan a little bit dumbfounded.