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

Although Ning Fan is a time traveler from modern times, he dare not say that he is the smartest person in this era.

In this era, there are many people who are smarter than Ning Fan and people who work harder than Ning Fan. Especially these engineers, after they fully understood Ning Fan's knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry in just a few years, they fully applied it to practice. Ning Fan was amazed by their research and invention abilities. .

Especially when a group of engineers were discussing around the table, they were completely in a state of selflessness. Even the emperor Ning Fan walked in without anyone noticing.

"Didn't His Majesty tell us? Only one object has enough buoyancy. Even if we build a big ship with steel, it can still float on the sea. Just do what I said and build a big ship entirely with steel. This way, it will float on the sea. Only then will everything be possible at sea.”

An engineer, against all odds, insisted on casting the ship out of steel.

Ning Fan just stood aside and listened quietly, without interrupting or disrupting the engineers' thinking. However, from his perspective, it was obviously impossible to cast a large ship out of steel in this era.

Whether it is welding or other processes, the current level of process technology and the strength of steel cannot reach it at all. Besides, seawater is very corrosive. Steel will rust and leak within a few years of being put into the water.

According to Ning Fan's idea, food must be eaten one bite at a time and the road must be walked step by step. In this era, boats should be made of wood.

Of course, in this era, technology has developed ahead of schedule due to Ning Fan's arrival, and various steel materials are hard enough to be used. According to Ning Fan's idea, steel is used to strengthen the rigidity of the hull on the basis of wood. .

In this way, several large ships will be built first, and when the technology matures later, the large ships will be manufactured using modular welding technology.

I don't know when or who was the first to discover Ning Fan, and then the engineers knelt to the side and shouted long live.

"Everyone, please get up quickly. I have specially prepared some midnight snacks for everyone."

Ning Fan waved his hand, and the Jin Yiwei behind him quickly brought up the food that had been prepared long ago.

There were more than a dozen big boxes, and the hot food they took out made these engineers' eyes turn red with excitement.

The emperor personally came to give them food. This was a blessing that they could never get in a few lifetimes. Especially in this era, to be able to receive this honor would make them willing to die.

"Everyone, let's eat first, but before eating, I want to make a suggestion, that is, our idea of ​​​​building ships must be changed. The meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. Our current technical limitations and material limitations cannot Allow us to take too big a step."

As Ning Fan spoke, he observed the emotions and expressions of these engineers. When he saw that there was not much resistance from everyone, Ning Fan continued: "Now I think what everyone should consider is how to use the old-fashioned The traditional shipbuilding method is to first build a large wooden ship. Of course, you don’t use pure wood to build a large ship. You can also use steel, and use various corrosion-resistant steel materials.”

After Ning Fan finished speaking, these engineers all fell into deep thought. Many of them felt that Ning Fan was right and kept nodding.

"Anyway, we are not building one ship, but two. In the future, we will build an ocean-going fleet. There will be at least hundreds or even thousands of large ships with a displacement of thousands or even tens of thousands of tons."

Ning Fan painted a grand picture of the future to everyone, which immediately made these engineers as excited as if they had been given a shot of blood.

"Your Majesty, what is on the other side of the sea? Are there immortals in the sea? Are there Penglai Immortal Mountains under the sea?"

While eating delicious food, these engineers gathered around and looked at Ning Fan expectantly. In their eyes, Ning Fan was an omniscient god.

"The other side of the sea is also a land like ours. There are countries and people there. It's just that the people there look different from us. All we have to do is get along well with them and do business with them."

Ning Fan explained that his main purpose of building an ocean-going fleet was not to plunder or fight, but to exchange what was needed.

"Think about it, everyone, the products on the other side of the ocean are completely different from ours. What we have, they don't have, and what they have, we don't have. We can exchange and complement each other, isn't that enough?"

"Maybe there are mountains of gold on the other side of the ocean, and we will get rich after we go there, or maybe the food production there is very high, and we bring back some seeds, and no one will have to suffer from hunger from now on. .”

Ning Fan paints a beautiful vision for everyone step by step.

Everyone was fascinated by what he heard, and everyone fell into daydreams about the future.

After communicating with these engineers, everyone's minds were completely opened, and they all looked at Ning Fan with admiration.

"Chen Guang, come here."

Chen Guang is not the host of the Ocean Design Bureau this time, but a very inconspicuous design engineer. However, Ning Fan likes this young man very much, because in Chen Guang, Ning Fan sees a future great scientist. 's appearance.

One of Chen Guang's characteristics is that he likes to be alone and study. The biggest reason why Ning Fan is optimistic about Chen Guang is that Chen Guang likes mathematics very much.

Mathematics is the underlying logic of this world and the foundation of everything. If mathematics is not done well, many things will lose their original flavor.

That's why Ning Fan was very optimistic about Chen Guang because of mathematics, and Chen Guang also had the qualities of a great scientist.

"I'll give you one thing. I'll take the time to design this thing later, and write down the materials and structure carefully. Tomorrow I'll find a craftsman to build this thing and mass-produce it."

Ning Fan handed Chen Guang a drawing, which showed the shape of a wheelbarrow dump truck.

When he saw the shape of this unicycle, Chen Guang's face was undoubtedly confused, because he didn't know what this thing was for.

However, when he figured out the true function of the unicycle on the drawing given by Ning Fan, Chen Guang's eyes suddenly widened in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Both the tipping principle of the dump truck and the mechanics of the vehicle inspired him a lot.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, one night is definitely enough. Let the craftsmen come over early tomorrow morning to get the drawings."

Chen Guang is still very confident in his design ability. Although Ning Fan only gave a simple sketch and Chen Guang needed to design the specific dimensions and materials, Chen Guang was very confident in it.