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

The new fleet is about to be built and put into use. This is a veritable steel fleet, and each large ship is equipped with more than a hundred artillery pieces. These artillery pieces are the latest artillery pieces, with a long range. allow.

When Ning Fan boarded this giant battleship with a displacement of nearly a thousand tons, he still felt a little emotional.

In this era, a warship with a displacement of thousands of tons is simply a giant. It is naturally incomparable to the aircraft carriers with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons and 100,000 tons in later generations. However, in this era, it is a top-notch existence.

"With this armored warship, our Dakang's water power will be invincible in the world. No matter in any area or in any sea area, we are not afraid."

Qin Ying stood on the deck and said proudly.

Ning Fan didn't speak, but Brad beside him couldn't help it. He glanced at Ning Fan's face and retorted to Qin Ying: "Captain, I think you are still too optimistic. The last time I went to sea, I just went to some nearby island countries. I’m afraid you haven’t seen a real maritime overlord. Let me tell you, a real maritime overlord has tens of thousands of warships, and their footprints are all over the world.”

Brad's words immediately surprised Ning Fan and Qin Ying, because Brad had never mentioned this information before. Is there another country with an invincible fleet on the earth in this time and space?

The first thing that Ning Fan thought of was the Spain in that time and space that he once remembered.

"Mr. Brad, why haven't I heard of you talking about it before? Have you ever seen a country more powerful than Dakang?"

Ning Fan was also a little surprised.

"Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, I think you are still too optimistic. So I would like to ask you, will people starve to death in Dakang today?"

Brad looked at Ning Fan with a smile.

As the saying goes, you should never expose someone's fault. Brad's words caused Ning Fan's expression to change instantly.

Indeed, the problem of famine is a problem that all feudal dynasties have been unable to solve. You must know that in history books, a case of cannibalism is recorded every two or three years.

The entire history of the feudal dynasty was almost accompanied by hunger, war and famine. In this historical period with low productivity and underdeveloped agricultural technology, it was simply impossible to keep everyone fed.

Although Ning Fan has already begun researching fertilizer manufacturing technology, there is still at least ten years to go before output explodes.

"The historical facts recorded by your historians in Dakang are very detailed. I also took a closer look. Almost every two to three years, there will be a drought or flood in Dakang, and the impact is very wide. Each time there will be a large number of victims, who either starve to death or die in the war.”

"And according to the records of historians, cannibalism occurred in many places. This is simply the most barbaric and darkest thing."

Brad didn't hold back and directly exposed Ning Fan and the illusion behind Dakang's vanity and prosperity.

Ning Fan was speechless after being refuted because he really couldn't find a reason to refute Brad.

Indeed, nowadays Dakang is only prosperous in the Jiangnan area, and the prosperity in the Jiangnan area is still limited. This is preliminary industrialization, and it only produces preliminary industrial products such as guns and steam engines. It is far from the people being truly wealthy. There is still a long way to go.

"Mr. Brad, as far as you know, are there really powerful maritime countries in the world?"

Ning Fan was still a little unwilling to give up.

At this time, Brad heard Ning Fan's question and nodded after being silent for a while: "Actually, I really don't want to mention this country, because it is the England I have been to before, and the great fortunes in the future are bound to rise. There will inevitably be a war between the two countries in the competition for maritime hegemony. This is inevitable and I don’t want to see that happen.”

Ning Fan nodded. Judging from certain signs, the world he traveled to was a parallel world, but the general historical trend was still similar to the original historical trend in his memory. There were many things that were different from the one before the time travel. The world is a little different.

Before Ning Fan traveled through time, the British Empire was an empire on which the sun never set, and it had absolute hegemony at sea for hundreds of years, but this still happened in this world.

Only with maritime hegemony can we have foreign trade. Dakang is currently only in its preliminary industrialization and exports not many industrial products. Therefore, there is not much friction with England in trade, but in the future, once Dakang’s industrialization breaks out , the industrial revolution will completely bring about an explosion of productivity.

With the explosion of productivity brought about by the industrial revolution, Dakang's various products need places to be consumed, and these places of consumption are the focus of competition between the two sides. To put it bluntly, the two sides are fighting for territory for dumping. own goods.

Generally speaking, maritime hegemony is still about fighting for regional hegemony and so-called colonies.

In Ning Fan's mind, the little complacency he had just felt was shattered in an instant, and he was in a bad mood at this time.

"I suggest that we now modify the scope of the sea areas we set foot on and try not to overlap with the sea areas occupied by the English. This can avoid conflicts."

Brad stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the huge nautical chart. This circle was very small. According to the map of the ocean in Ning Fan's memory, this circle only occupied less than one percent of the ocean. In other words, Dakang's current so-called Invincible Fleet can only set foot in some offshore waters and nearby island countries.

Once out of the ocean, they will face the English Armada. By then, the iron-clad warships that Ning Fan is proud of may not be able to withstand the attack of the empire that never sets.

Ning Fan was in a depressed mood now, while Qin Ying, as the captain of the fleet, was full of disbelief. He thought that the fleet he had carefully built was already the most powerful ocean-going fleet in the world. I know that in Brad's words, this fleet is not worth mentioning at all.

"Brad, you must have lied to us. You must have deceived His Majesty, right? I don't believe in the Armada at all."

Qin Ying said somewhat hysterically.

Brad looked at Qinying and Ning Fan with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

"What I said is all the truth. Although it hurts your feelings a little, there are some things I haven't said yet. Don't be upset in a hurry. The first thing is the steam engine. England has not invented this kind of thing. That is to say, the big Kang is far ahead in some aspects of technology.”