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

Ning Fan thought hard along the way, spending every day designing the basics of the ship.

He recalled almost all the knowledge points that he could recall that he had learned. When he pieced these knowledge points together, he did not piece together the complete technology of the big ship.

Three days later, Ning Fan finally freed himself from the bumpy carriage and boarded the big boat. The boat was driving on the water and people were sitting in the boat, which was relatively stable. Ning Fan's work and rest gradually began to return to normal.

Realizing that Ning Fan was a little tired and couldn't sleep well every day, Li Rongxiang prepared some medicinal meals for Ning Fan every day.

Often adding one or two common Chinese medicinal materials to the food Ning Fan often eats can greatly improve Ning Fan's mental state, allowing Ning Fan to maintain an energetic state every day.

Reviewing memorials every morning, and continuing to study the ship's design drawings in the afternoon, this has become a fixed pattern. As for the news about Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, Ning Fan simply stopped listening.

No matter what is happening in Jiangnan, Ning Fan is always out of reach on the road, so he simply doesn't think about it and feels a lot more relaxed in his heart.

Along the way, he chatted with Xiangxiang and got to know each other better. Only then did Ning Fan realize that Li Rongxiang had such a rich heart.

"Your experience is almost the same as the plot in my novel. It turns out that you learned your medical skills from a strange person. It's really a bit fantasy."

Ning Fan couldn't help but be surprised when Li Rongxiang told about the process of learning medical skills in a mysterious place.

"I have read all three novels you wrote. The plots in them are quite good, but I am very curious. How did you come up with the plots in these stories?"

Li Rongxiang looked at Ning Fan in surprise. In fact, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Of course, Ning Fan just smiled mysteriously and did not explain the real reason.

The ship went down the river and reached Jiangnan very quickly. Only nine days passed before Ning Fan reappeared in Jiangnan.

But this time, Ning Fan went directly to Linzhou first, to the Linzhou Camp, the home base of the Dragon Scale Army.

When he arrived at Linzhou Camp and saw the sanitary facilities in the barracks, Ning Fan couldn't help but frown. He had already given instructions before and repeatedly told Chen Yuanqing to improve the hygiene of the soldiers in the barracks, but now it seems that Chen Yuanqing has no need to do anything about it. Didn't listen.

When Chen Yuanqing noticed this situation, his face was extremely ashamed. One of his hands was hung around his neck with a bandage, and his whole person looked extremely decadent.

"Actually, when His Majesty left Linzhou, I always kept his instructions in mind. However, not long after Your Majesty left, news about the Japanese pirates came back from the coastline, so I went straight to the coastline to exterminate the Japanese pirates, but I never had the chance. To fulfill the promise made to His Majesty."

When Chen Yuanqing explained, his attitude was extremely sincere. Even if Ning Fan had any ideas, he didn't want to say anything anymore. He just asked Chen Yuanqing to recover first and talk about the following things later.

Having Luo Yong follow him to Jiangnan for no reason is an extremely abnormal thing in itself. Chen Yuanqing is not a fool. He has keenly felt that he is going to lose his position as the commander-in-chief of the Dragon Scale Army. Of course, his emotions are... Even lower.

In fact, he is not nostalgic for power, nor does he insist on being the commander-in-chief, but Ning Fan has given him many opportunities and high hopes, but he has always failed to live up to his expectations.

The extermination of the Japanese pirates this time made Chen Yuanqing realize his own strength. The once arrogant pride was completely extinguished, and was replaced by a deep inferiority and shame.

Ning Fan took Luo Yong to inspect the camp. The messy clothes of the soldiers and the messy situation in the barracks were all still fresh in Ning Fan's memory. Is this still his ace team?

Is this still his direct team from Ning Fan? How did it end up like this now?

There was no such thing as discipline in the army this time. The soldiers huddled together casually, some playing cards, some laughing and joking. I saw these people's eyes were numb and they didn't have any energy in them.

"Did you see it? This is the Dragon Scale Army that we trained with our own hands. Now it has become like this. How is it different from those miscellaneous armies? They are lawless."

Ning Fan was so angry that he didn't even have the appetite for dinner when he came back in the evening.

Back in his barracks, the entourage quickly served a sumptuous dinner, but Ning Fan had no appetite at all.

"Your Majesty, your expression is so solemn today. It's probably because today's review of the barracks gave Your Majesty a very bad experience. I guess it must be that General Chen is not strict in his military management and the soldiers are undisciplined."

Xiangxiang sat opposite Ning Fan, and he was basically the one accompanying Ning Fan during the meal.

Li Rongxiang also had a rough guess and conclusion about what Ning Fan was thinking.

"Did you know that the combat effectiveness of a team is closely related to the discipline of the army? If Chen Yuanqing allows the soldiers to be so lax in military discipline, what combat effectiveness does the entire Dragon Scale Army have?"

There were some things that Ning Fan couldn't say in front of others, but in front of Xiangxiang, he could freely express his feelings.

Because of the relationship between the two, Ning Fan even felt more relaxed and comfortable getting along with Xiangxiang than with Xiao Lingxi.

"Let bygones be bygones. Anyway, General Chen will rush to the northwest today. As for the Dragon Scale Army, Luo Yong should be in charge next, right?"

Ning Fan nodded. He was a little worried and didn't want to mention this matter. Because of Chen Yuanqing's incident, Ning Fan felt regretful. When he chose Chen Yuanqing, he wanted to train and promote him and let him do a good job. But now Chen Yuanqing's various The performance disappointed Ning Fan.

If a person makes a wrong move and makes a wrong move, the following consequences will be linear.

Now Ning Fan has not made up his mind to replace Chen Yuanqing, but Ming Fan has already seen clearly whether Chen Yuanqing is a malleable person. If Chen Yuanqing is left to continue to lead the army in the northwest, what kind of consequences will it cause to the northwest in the future? Ning Fan doesn't dare to talk about the situation now.

Perhaps sensing the resentment in Ning Fan's heart, Xiangxiang smiled. He served Ning Fan some dishes and then poured wine into Ning Fan's cup: "Actually, General Chen has no military command. Apart from his talent, he handles other things quite well, especially in terms of winning people's hearts, which is his strength. After going to the northwest, it is still unknown whether the old department that originally belonged to General Chen Qiao can convince him. Your Majesty Why don’t we just observe it temporarily.”