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

Chapter 492 Shipyard

"Your Majesty, we have been in Jiangnan for nearly half a month. Your original intention of coming to Jiangnan was to destroy the pirates on the sea. Why haven't you done anything to deal with the pirates since you came here?"

Xiangxiang was still confused. Although she was very smart, she couldn't guess what Ning Fan was thinking at this time.

"The question you mentioned involves confidentiality and I refuse to answer it."

Ning Fan chewed carefully while eating.

Eating is eating. Ning Fan rarely talks when eating, but Xiangxiang does not have this habit. She often likes to communicate with Ning Fan at the dinner table.

Ning Fan is very busy these days, but he still has a meal with Xiangxiang every night when he comes back.

This woman who he once called his sister-in-law has now established some kind of ambiguous relationship with Ning Fan. Although the two have no physical contact, there is no substantial emotional communication.

But the tacit understanding between the two people will always make people see the kind of personal relationship between the two of them at a glance.

"Even if it's something confidential, if you told me, who can I tell it to? As you know, I can't get out of this tent all day long. There are men outside. Where can I go?"

Xiangxiang took the initiative to stop and pick up some vegetables for Ning Fan.

"Do you know what the highest level of the art of war is?"

Ning Fan did not answer Xiangxiang's question directly, but asked the other party a question.

Hearing Ning Fan ask this, Xiangxiang was stunned. For a long time, she didn't know what Ning Fan meant.

"Do you mean to say that the highest state of the art of war is not to send troops and to make the enemy thirsty to death at sea? But I think it is impossible to thirst these people to death, because it will rain after all."

Xiangxiang looked at Ning Fan with some confusion.

"Of course these people will not die of thirst at sea, but if we block the fresh water areas along the coast, it can make their life at sea very difficult, make them resentful, and make them have dissatisfaction with each other, and even Let them kill each other."

Ning Fan said calmly.

"Actually, we are not in a hurry. Isn't it better to let these pirates sit on the sea and eat nothing, and let them internalize? Why should we rush to destroy them all at once? In fact, the purpose of my coming to Jiangnan has already been told to you. , is to build a large shipyard."

After Ning Fan quickly finished the food in his bowl, he put on his coat and prepared to go out.

When they were about to go out, Xiangxiang caught up with him and put a cloak on Ning Fan: "It's windy outside at night and it's still a bit cold. Put this on to avoid catching a cold."

Ning Fan nodded, looking at Xiangxiang who was like a gentle wife in front of him, he couldn't help but feel something strange in his heart. He reached out and hugged Xiangxiang's slender waist.

The two of them were so close to each other that Ning Fan could even smell the fragrant aroma emanating from Xiang Xiang's lips.

"What are you doing out so late?"

Xiangxiang seemed a little reluctant to leave Ning Fan, her eyes were blurred and her face was slightly red.

"The Ocean Design Bureau is working on an urgent problem. Several engineers are forgetting to eat and sleep, and their bodies are almost exhausted. I have people prepare some food and send it to them personally to encourage them."

Ning Fan sighed, his expression a little desolate.

In any era, there are people who are at the forefront of the times, and the engineers of these design bureaus are the people at the forefront of the times in Ning Fan's eyes. In this era, these people have not only mastered the knowledge that will belong to future generations for hundreds of years, but also To master it, not only to master it, but also to study it day and night.

The level of efforts of the ancients is far beyond the understanding of later generations. After all, people in this era have very short life spans and their daily lives are also very careless.

It has to be said that the Dragon Scale Army moved very quickly. In less than ten days, they selected papers along the coast and built the design bureau into a grand and vast place.

The seaside in the distance was brightly lit, and tens of thousands of soldiers from the Dragon Scale Army were busy digging and transporting earth in the designated area on the seaside.

This place was specially surveyed by Ning Fan, and it is a very good harbor location.

As for the soldiers digging day and night, the purpose is actually to dig a dock.

Seeing these soldiers shouldering the burden of hard work, Ning Fan suddenly realized that he had overlooked a problem, that is, he had ignored the instrumentality.

If this project were moved to a thousand years later, then humans at that time would definitely use a variety of large enterprises to do these jobs, such as excavators, crushers, various large transport trucks, etc.

But in this era, only manpower can be used, but manpower does not mean less consumption. The most precious thing in this era is food. The food consumed by tens of thousands of people working every day is also extremely amazing.

Even if each person only needs one kilogram of food per day, then 10,000 soldiers will need 10,000 kilograms per day, as well as various vegetables, meats, etc. These calculations together are an astronomical figure.

Of course, with the current level of development of the seven Jiangnan provinces and Song Chengzhou providing logistical support, Ning Fan does not have to worry about logistical issues for the time being.

But the problem now is that the efficiency is too low, and Ning Fan must improve it.

Saltpeter mines are still abundant in Dakang, so the cost of making gunpowder is not high. It happened that many engineering experts came to Jiangzhou, and there were also many gunpowder experts. Ning Fan decided to use local materials to make more gunpowder and use gunpowder. The explosive power will speed up the progress of the project.

In addition to gunpowder, Ning Fan also thought of another problem, that is, how to transport the earth.

Now workers mainly rely on ox carts and manpower to transport earthwork, which is too slow.

After Ning Fan thought for a while, he finally thought of a transportation tool that was simple, convenient, easy to manufacture, and low-cost, and that was a wheel dump truck.

If a one-wheel dump truck can be manufactured, the efficiency of the project will be increased by more than three times. After all, the main content of the project today is to dig and transport earth.

The speed of transporting earthwork greatly limits the speed of the project. If the problem of transporting earthwork can be solved, all problems will be solved.

Ning Fan walked into the brightly lit research room. At this time, the engineers were discussing the construction drawings of the future large ship around the big table.

How to make the keel? How to choose materials? There are also various mechanical issues including how to use the mortise and tenon structure, how to use glue to stick the glue, what materials to use, etc.

The enlightenment knowledge of these people all comes from the mathematics, physics and chemistry written by Ning Fan, basic enlightenment readings, but the knowledge written by Ning Fan is easy to understand, but after they have mastered this knowledge, they continue to diverge their thinking and study, and they have It surpassed Ning Fan's height.