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

After meeting Ning Fan, Luo Yong asked Ning Fan something that shocked Ning Fan, that is, these soldiers continued to want to stay in the military camp instead of returning to their respective hometowns.

Ning Fan always thought that when people could have a stable life, they would never live such a life of fear, but the reality was exactly the opposite of what he imagined.

However, Ning Fan thought about it for a moment and understood the truth. In this era, materials are still scarce. Although we are on the eve of the industrial revolution, material affluence will soon see a huge improvement, but after all, today's Materials are still extremely scarce, and many people serve as soldiers just to have enough to eat.

Moreover, being a soldier not only allows you to make a living, but also provides military pay. With the military pay every month, you can support your family very well.

"Since no one wants to go back, I have an idea. Although we can no longer use such a standing army, we still need to have the necessary military strength."

"Some people can go to Yunzhou to farm, and some people can be specially transferred to the engineering army to build railways and various engineering facilities. Let everyone rest assured that the military pay will be higher and higher in the future."

Ning Fan was actually overjoyed when he heard that there was such a request. These soldiers were very physically strong and very organized. It would be easy for these people to learn various engineering techniques.

For Ning Fan, there are too many benefits to allowing these soldiers to be directly converted into workers. After all, there will still be a lot of projects in the entire Jiangnan region in the future. For example, the amount of various projects such as laying railways is simply difficult to calculate. A large workforce.

"Okay, I will transform it according to His Majesty's instructions. Anyway, Jiangnan Camp's current strength has reached 200,000. It shouldn't be too stressful to spare 150,000 to convert it into engineering troops."

Luo Yong also agreed with Ning Fan's statement. He felt that if the court did not fight, it would be too extravagant to feed these people in vain.

After all, these people just train every day, do exercises every day, and are not engaged in any production at all. Letting this labor force go unused is a direct waste.

After coming out of Jiangnan Camp, Ning Fan went to the last and most important stop of his trip to Jiangnan, which was the Jiangnan Shipyard. Navigation is of great significance to Ning Fan. After all, it means a lot of wealth on the sea. .

Next to the Jiangnan Shipyard, Ning Fan saw a fleet of hundreds of large ships at the harbor.

This huge fleet is being repaired, and many of the ships that set sail on the first ocean voyage have problems and are being renovated. According to Qin Ying's plan, the fleet will set off again in half a month, and this time the plan will be more... Far away.

"Your Majesty, there are too many problems encountered in navigation, and the sea is too dangerous. However, I don't care much about the dangers at sea. This time I want to go further and see more people. Last time I I saw people with high nose bridges and golden hair, and it was said that there were people further away whose skin was as black as coal. I was really looking forward to seeing them.”

Qin Ying talked endlessly about what she had seen and heard overseas, turning into a talkative talker who couldn't stop talking.

Ning Fan understands this very well. After all, a person stands at the forefront of this era and has become a trendsetter of the era. He is lonely and lonely. If you tell others these words, maybe no one will be interested, but He told Ning Fan, but it resonated with Ning Fan.

Because no matter what Qin Ying said, it was nothing new to Ning Fan, because Ning Fan had seen and heard about it, and Ning Fan knew all the things overseas without even thinking about it.

Although spring has not come yet, in the shipyard, workers are shirtless and working enthusiastically.

The working atmosphere here was too strong. The workers were just holding sledgehammers and banging various parts. No one noticed that the supreme ruler of Dakang had arrived at the shipyard.

When Ning Fan saw these workers working hard, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This is a great era, and it is also a pure era. People are not blinded by interests, and many people have the qualities to endure hardships and stand hard work.

For many people in this era, their material requirements are not very high. They only ask to be fed, clothed and not oppressed. Perhaps this is their biggest dream in life.

Ning Fan saw these workers sweating profusely and thought of many problems in his mind. For example, once the industrial revolution continues in the future, there will be great abundance of materials by then. If the ideological development cannot keep up, society will be in trouble. Many contradictions will arise.

But Ning Fan soon smiled. He felt that he was overthinking. If a society changes too fast, it may not be a good thing, but it is definitely not a bad thing. Once there is a problem, just solve it when the time comes. Now the problems are all It hasn't happened yet, but thinking about it now is a bit unfounded.

The entire cabin was filled with the smell of sweat, but these workers didn't care. They were full of energy.

Walking out of the cabin, Ning Fan saw hundreds of workers pulling ropes. They struggled to pull the ropes in order to hoist a huge steel giant high.

"What it is?"

Ning Fan was a little surprised when he saw this huge thing, because it looked like the front of a steam engine. You still don't know why, these workers wanted to install the front of the steam engine in the cabin.

"Your Majesty, this is Mr. Shen's latest design. He wants to install a steam turbine on the ship, so that the ship does not have to rely entirely on wind direction and wind force when moving. The steam turbine can be started even when there is no wind, so that the ship can move on Navigate the sea faster."

Qin Ying knew this very well. He had a much richer grasp of the entire shipbuilding process and technology than Ning Fan. If he asked Qin Ying for many things that Ning Fan didn't understand, he would often be able to give the most reasonable explanation.

Ning Fan suddenly found that after staying in the northwest for several months, he seemed to have derailed from the world after returning. Shen Mengxi's development speed was so fast that even Ning Fan felt incredible.

Shen Mengxi is only one person, but Ning Fan feels that Shen Mengxi is like Monkey King, with seventy-two clones. Why is Shen Mengxi involved in everything? Can he study so many things by himself?