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

"Your Majesty, after all, England is too far away from us and the battle line is too long. Their supplies have become a problem. Even if the English maintain some colonies nearby and supplies can be sent to them from these colonies, the situation at sea is difficult and unpredictable after all. , they have little chance of fighting us at sea.”

Luo Yong did not rush to refute Ning Fan, but argued from another aspect that Dakang still had a chance of winning.

What Ning Fan said just now is actually not completely pessimistic, but a way of motivating others.

He wanted to arouse the desire to win in Luo Yong's heart. After all, Luo Yong was still the commander in this war. Although Ning Fan, as the emperor, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and made overall strategic decisions, he still needed to rely on Luo Yong for actual tactics.

"Then don't wait any longer and quickly build turrets on the coastline."

Ning Fan had already intended this, and when he heard Luo Yong's determination to resist was very strong, he also smiled.

In fact, Ning Fan has already figured out the key to this. So what are the English people thinking?

Ning Fan also guessed that the British did not regard Dakang as an opponent, but as a powerful vassal state. In the eyes of the English, Dakang would be their vassal state in the future.

Unfortunately, this time the English people's calculations were destined to be wrong. Ning Fan wanted to give the English people a show of strength and win a chance to have a fair and equal dialogue with the English people.

In fact, Ning Fan has always believed in a saying that the truth is always within the range of the cannon. It is useless to reason with the enemy. Only by comparing fists with the enemy, who has a bigger fist and who has a harder fist, can you have a chance to speak.

In recent days, the wind and waves have been particularly strong and the rain has poured down, but Luo Yong has not slacked off.

He ordered people to pile large stones on the coastline despite heavy rain, build a long embankment, and build a high stone platform. Then he built an embankment with cement on top and began to build turrets.

The rain stopped, and Ning Fan suddenly discovered that during the past few days of rain, the Dragon Scale Army had built a 2-kilometer-long stone embankment.

If the English want to attack Dakang, there are several landing places, but many landing places are vast no-man's land. Only the Qiandeng Town Port area is the most suitable, and it is also the area that directly cuts into the most prosperous core area of ​​Dakang. .

If the English really want to make Dakang surrender, then starting from Qiandeng Town is the only choice.

Therefore, in terms of defense, Ning Fan did not think about it at all and did not consider other landing areas as optional locations. Instead, he directly deployed defenses in the Qiandeng Town area.

Hundreds of cannons were placed on temporary cast turrets. Looking at each cannon and seeing the high-spirited fighting spirit of the Dragon Scale Army, Ning Fan breathed a long sigh of relief. Maybe the English were showing off their power on the sea, but That may not be the case on land.

In terms of guns, Dakang did not necessarily lose to England. As for why it lost in the naval battle, it was entirely because Dakang's fleet lacked experience in naval battles. It was not that Dakang's ship technology was inferior to England's.

Ning Fan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the first line of defense had been set up successfully. Of course, besides the first line of defense, there was a second line of defense and a third line of defense, all of which were prepared for the English.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that the weapons manufacturing bureau in Jiangbei is currently researching a new type of sea-going ship. This kind of sea-going ship does not float on the sea, but lurks under the sea water. Is this true?"

Luo Yong looked at Ning Fan with some curiosity.

In the past few days, Ning Fan was in a nervous mood, and Luo Yong had no intention of discussing this kind of gossip with Ning Fan. But now Ning Fan's mood has obviously improved a lot, so Luo Yong took the opportunity to inquire about this new warship. news.

"Actually, it is not a warship, but something called a submarine. It will lurk in the sea water, making it completely unpredictable to the enemy. Moreover, it can fire cannonballs from the sea and hit the enemy with one hit, causing heavy damage to the enemy."

"Of course, it won't be possible for this new type of submarine to be successfully developed within three to five years. Moreover, the current technology is still completely insufficient to meet the requirements. It will take at least several years to evolve."

Ning Fan didn't mean to hide it. Now Dakang has completely entered a period of explosion of several technologies. For example, Ning Fan handed over the AC motor and electric motor technology he designed some time ago to Shen Mengxi in the form of drawings. .

But after Mengxi understood all the principles, he began to quickly build hydropower stations. These are the problems that Dakang needs to solve most now.

Originally, Ning Fan wanted to light up the technology tree one by one and did not intend to take a step forward, but now time waits for no one. England, far across the ocean, has already come to the forefront of prosperity. Now Ning Fan can no longer wait too long. He The ultimate move must be released at the right time.

Dakang can no longer move from the steam age to the internal combustion engine age, but must directly step from the steam engine age into the electric age.

The development of Jiangnan has been changing with each passing day. A large number of people from more than a dozen surrounding countries are constantly entering Dakang, providing a solid labor force foundation for the development of Dakang. The development of Dakang as a whole is different every day.

Since the Grand Canal in the northwest was successfully excavated, the railway has been quickly connected. Resources from the northwest have begun to flow into the south of the Yangtze River. And after the northwest is penetrated, the railway will pass through the mountainous areas in the northwest, directly enter the territory of Miluo, and then pass through Miluo enters the vast northern cold zone.

The severe cold zone in the north covers a huge area of ​​millions of square kilometers, with almost endless amounts of timber, minerals, oil, water resources, etc.

However, if Dakang wants to develop resources in the vast northern land, it must reach an agreement with the Rakshasa people. After all, this land has always been occupied by the Rakshasa people.

Three days later, small black dots finally appeared on the sea level. This was the arrival of the British warships, and they kept their promise.

"Your Majesty, it is useless to talk about reason with these barbarians. We must let them know the pain and that we, the wealthy, are not easy to mess with."

Brad stood next to Ning Fan. This missionary had a foreign appearance but spoke fluent Dakanese.

"Mr. Brad, I have a suggestion. You can take the train and visit various places in Dakang these days."

Ning Fan smiled at Brad and said.

Brad still didn't know what Ning Fan meant and was a little confused for a moment, but Ning Fan slowly explained: "I want my husband to write a travelogue about Dakang. The name is Brad's Eastern Insights. record!

"You can record everything you see, hear, and think in this book, and recommend us to the people of the Western world. Only in this battle can we make the British suffer a big loss. Then what happens next? The British will inevitably reach some kind of agreement with Dakang."