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

"How long will it take to rebuild a fleet of thousands of armored battleships in a short period of time?"

Ning Fan found Shen Mengxi to discuss the issue of rebuilding the fleet.

In Dakang today, all the first batch of fleets have been destroyed, leaving only a dozen remaining large ships. This ocean-going fleet is completely destroyed.

However, Ning Fan will never give up on ocean trade. After all, ocean trade is almost like a cash cow. As long as ocean trade is done well, a steady stream of money and resources will flow back to Dakang.

If international trade cannot be opened, then there will be no market for the products produced by Dakang. Now that Dakang itself cannot digest the excess production capacity, Ning Fan's industrial revolution within Dakang will be a dead end. .

Originally, Ning Fan's idea was right. Industrialization was carried out within Dakang, and agriculture also began to enter large-scale production.

In this way, as food production increases, the population will increase exponentially in a short period of time. At that time, the explosion of human resources will be accompanied by a rapid increase in industry.

Over time, the entire Dakang will become a powerful industrial country. From here, industrial products will be exported to the surrounding inland countries, thus turning into a powerful giant.

But now there is Yingjili in front. If Ning Fan wants to follow Yingji's old path, he must compete with Yingji for hegemony at sea.

However, with the current strength of Dakang at sea, it is absolutely impossible to engage in a protracted war for hegemony with England. Unless Dakang has this local advantage in the offshore area, once it goes out of the offshore area, then Dakang's team will definitely not be able to Out of the sea.

So at this moment, Ning Fan is eager to rebuild a fleet.

Not to mention completely defeating the maritime overlord Yingji, just fighting for a part of his own survival space is enough for Ning Fan.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible to rebuild a team in less than two years. The battleships we built before have used up all the existing resources of our Dakang. If we want to rebuild those resources , all have to be accumulated again!”

Although Shen Mengxi didn't want to admit it, she still had to tell the truth. After all, Ning Fan was the king and couldn't just use lies to deceive him.

"If this is the case, then in a short period of time, our power at sea will not be able to compete with the British Empire. At least we will have to station troops in the coastal area for a long time to prevent the British forces from landing."

Ning Fan reopened the map and drew red circles on some areas along the coast. Without exception, these areas were all strategic points that guarded the throat.

As long as these places are firmly under control, it will be impossible for the English to launch an attack on Dakang from the sea.

There is no doubt that Ning Fan's strategic vision is unparalleled. He circled these red circles at will, blocking all the routes the English could use to attack Dakang.

"Your Majesty, do we still have a way to break the situation? Are we, Da Kang, going to be trapped alive on this land? The English are too overbearing."

Although Song Chengzhou was old, he had a good temper. Especially at this time, he was even red with anger.

"It's not that there are no ways to break the situation. If we invented the train, we might have been trapped alive by the English at home. But now, with steam trains, we can build railways across the entire continent."

Ning Fan slowly unfolded the map, revealing the open space in the north. Then Ning Fan used a pen to draw a red line on the route. This red line almost traversed the entire Eastern Continent.

Then Ning Fan drew another straight line based on this horizontal line.

"In terms of military strength, the English are actually far inferior to our Dakang in terms of combat. If we compete on land, I am afraid that even ten English are no match for our Dakang."

Ning Fan drew a red circle on the blank area of ​​the northern continent and put a question mark on it.

"If we can win this Northern Expedition, then these millions of square kilometers of area will belong to us. This is a natural treasure house that requires countless labor forces to develop. It not only requires a large amount of labor force but also requires technology. If we can make this area The resources from Dakang will be continuously transported to our Dakang, so Dakang can rely on the land route to re-develop the Silk Road, and sell Dakang’s advanced goods through railway transportation to various countries in the entire Eastern Continent.”

Ning Fan kept fussing on the map and drew various diagrams and schematic diagrams.

Shen Mengxi and Song Chengzhou were dazzled by what they saw. Their thoughts could hardly keep up with Ning Fan's, but they could clearly feel that Ning Fan's thoughts were correct.

"If you say so, the direction we want to break through is still in the north. Under this premise, we must defeat the Rakshasa people."

Although Song Chengzhou couldn't keep up with Ning Fan's thinking, he was good at observing and summarizing, and he got to the crux of the problem right away.

"It's like this. The Rakshasa people have blocked all our routes to the north. If we want to go deep into the northern continent, we must pass through the Rakshasa people's territory and defeat the Rakshasa people. This is indispensable. step.

Ning Fan put down his pen and rolled up the map again. Ning Fan was still very optimistic about Xiao Zhong leading the 300,000 troops in the northern expedition.

"Your Majesty, a call from the north."

A royal guard opened the curtain and walked in, holding a piece of paper in his hand. This was the latest telegram sent back from the northern command.

Since Ning Fan invented radio technology, the communication speed of the entire Dakang has been raised to a higher level.

"Your Majesty, General Xiao Chong sent a telegram saying that there have been two battles with the Rakshasa Japs, and we, Dakang, have definitely gained the upper hand and defeated our opponents."

The leader of the Jin Yiwei took the telegram he had just sent and read happily to Ning Fan.

Ning Fan waved his hand. Although he had expected such a result, Ning Fan was still very happy when he heard the result.

Don't worry about Ning Fan being happy, Shen Mengxi and Song Chengzhou standing in the room both looked excited.

"What has happened in recent years always makes people feel unreal. I have lived for so many years, and I never thought that one day, Dakang would develop so fast."

Shen Mengxi sighed.

"I feel the same as you. It seems that since His Majesty came to the throne, our national destiny has taken off completely. Every time there seems to be a good opportunity on our side, we are always lucky. No matter what we do, it is special. smoothly."

Song Chengzhou glanced at Ning Fan.