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

"Master Song, you probably haven't read those mathematics, physics and chemistry textbooks written by His Majesty. Some of the principles and knowledge in them are simply astonishing. I will tell you some of my opinions. You will definitely be surprised when you hear them."

Chen Hongru seems to have great respect for Ning Fan's views. In his eyes, Ning Fan is a god.

Even when he mentioned Ning Fan, Chen Hongru's eyes seemed to light up instantly.

"I'm old and can't accept new things. I also briefly read through His Majesty's books, but I can't understand many of them. I can't understand them at all. Maybe you young people can understand them."

Song Chengzhou's eyes dimmed slightly when he heard what Chen Hongru said.

"Your Majesty has said that this area in the northwest is dry and windy, mainly because the northwest cannot receive the water vapor from the ocean. Another reason is that there are too few trees in the northwest to retain the rain sent to the northwest."

"We only need to plant a large number of trees on this land in the northwest. Then the rainwater from the sky will fall to the ground and will not be directly evaporated by the sun. Then there will be more water sources in the land and rivers will be formed."

"Only the northwest has enough forests. We don't even need to divert water from the tributaries of the Qinjiang River. The northwest's own rainfall is enough."

"Of course, what I said is just a hypothesis. It will take at least tens or hundreds of years for tree planting to have a real effect. We are simply too late. From the current point of view, water is diverted from the Qinjiang River into the northwest land. At the same time, Digging a large canal for transportation is the most crucial for the entire northwest, and I support any decision made by His Majesty and Mr. Song."

Chen Hongru spoke with reason and reason, and paused from time to time, giving people a powerful feeling. Even Song Chengzhou felt that this young man was a rare talent with high spirits.

Perhaps if a shortcoming could be found in this young man, then the only shortcoming that Song Chengzhou felt in this young man was that he was not too humble and too proud and complacent.

"Tomorrow morning, you can take my carriage."

Song Chengzhou didn't say much, he just said that he wanted Chen Hongru to ride in the same carriage as him.

Only Chen Hongru in the whole tent has received such an honor. The other staff members have been with Song Chengzhou for three to five years, and for twenty or thirty years.

But even in such a long-term relationship, these people may not be able to receive such courtesy from Song Chengzhou. However, Chen Hongru, a young and inexperienced boy, with so much virtue and ability, actually got Song Chengzhou's favor. People with discerning eyes have even seen it. To a rising star.

Song Chengzhou's words not only made the other staff in the tent excited and envious, but even Chen Hongru himself seemed to be in a huge shock. He did not expect that he would make impromptu remarks out of curiosity. It actually changed his destiny.

Early the next morning, the sandstorm stopped, the wind stopped, and the rain stopped. The weather became much clearer. The team felt much better after resting for half the night. The soldiers were full of food and drink. So no one complained about the rest of the march.

At this time, in the bumpy carriage, Song Chengzhou was sitting on a large and soft quilt, looking at Chen Hongru, who was sitting in the corner a little restrained.

Although Chen Hongru was in high spirits when he was chatting with other scholars in the tent last night, he still seemed a little restrained when he met Song Chengzhou alone.

"Why, are you a little timid? Didn't you scold Fang Qiu yesterday? Why did it become like this in the blink of an eye?"

Song Chengzhou looked at Chen Hongru with some humor.

"Master Song, what I said yesterday was a little impatient. They were all immature opinions and made you and everyone laugh."

After calming down, Chen Hongru also knew that what he said was somewhat inappropriate.

"Young people need to be energetic, and they need to be like you. I appreciate your courage to dare to think and act."

Song Chengzhou saw Chen Hongru's somewhat restrained look and simply gave him a high evaluation. As expected, Chen Hongru's face was filled with confidence.

On the carriage, Chen Hongru and Song Chengzhou chatted about everything. In just a few days of travel, Song Chengzhou and Chen Hongru formed a deep friendship between teacher and student.

Ning Fan, who was hundreds of miles away, had just returned to Kyoto.

It had been two months since he left. Kyoto looked the same as when he left, but Ning Fan knew that some earth-shaking changes had secretly occurred in this country.

The first change was Chen Qiao's rebellion. Chen Qiao went to the side of the Huns. He will definitely be a time bomb in the future and may cause immeasurable losses to Dakang at any time.

The second change is that Dakang will usher in another war, and Ning Fan must immediately mobilize for this war.

To fight the Huns, Dakang needed to devote all its efforts to the war.

When fighting against the Miluo people, Dakang did not need to use so much force. To Ning Fan, Miluo was just a small country, and at best its national power was only equivalent to a province of Dakang.

But since ancient times, war is no small matter for a country. Whether it is a large war or a small war, it is a major event that may cause the country to subvert, so Ning Fan does not dare to take it lightly.

When he received the memorial from the northwest, Ning Fan immediately called Zhou Qun and some ministers from the court to discuss these matters.

"Your Majesty, do you really plan to build a grand canal that runs through the entire northwest?"

When he heard Ning Fan made this decision, Zhou Qun was shocked and couldn't react for a long time, because in his opinion, this was an impossible task.

First of all, let’s not talk about the size of this project. Let’s just say that the terrain in the northwest is hilly and undulating, with loess and sand everywhere. It is simply an impossible task to dig a canal under such conditions.

"It is imperative to dig a canal in the northwest. Without a canal, various minerals in the northwest cannot be transported."

Ning Fan slowly explained to Zhou Qun the importance of this canal. Even if the entire country of Dakang devoted all its efforts, this canal still needed to be opened.

Of course, digging a canal cannot entirely rely on the Northwest Army. The Northwest Army only has 200,000 to 300,000 people at most. To dig such a strong long river, the number of people needed is simply not hundreds of thousands.

According to Ning Fan's previous plan, the construction of the Northwest Grand Canal would require the efforts of millions of people at the same time, and multiple sections would need to be excavated at the same time, so that the canal could be opened in the shortest possible time.