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

These things are actually progressing steadily and there has never been any slack.

At this time, the two stopped talking, because the carriage had entered the Jiangzhou Sugar Factory!

In the past, when Ning Fan did business, they were all small workshops, but now it is different. A large white sugar factory has been established in Jiangzhou. Now a steady stream of white sugar is produced every day, and merchants from all over the world exchange it for grain. .

Of course, when these merchants come, they will bring raw materials with them, but the main business of the sugar factory is currently making white sugar.

There is no large machinery, but some necessary places are specially designed by Ning Fan, and some mechanical principles are used very cleverly.

Even without mechanical driving force, the workload of sugar factory workers will be greatly reduced.

"How much sugar can we produce every day now?"

Ning Fan looked at the busy workers going back and forth and felt very pleased.

Today, he was away from the busy military affairs, and what he was thinking about was the momentum of these industrialized factories and mines.

These preliminary things of the industrial era will play a decisive role in how Jiangzhou can develop in the future.

"At least five thousand kilograms of sugar are produced every day!"

Zhou Qun replied.

Obviously, Zhou Qun is already very familiar with these things and can answer them in one go.

"Too few! Look how many merchants are queuing up outside? I think we should continue to expand the scale of production and continue to select some strong refugees to recruit more people."

Ning Fan made a decision immediately.

After coming out of the sugar factory, Ning Fan came to the iron factory.

Iron is the main tool of this era, and all kinds of weapons require iron, so building a smelting plant in Jiangzhou has always been on Ning Fan's mind.

Fortunately, the departure from Kyoto brought a large number of craftsmen, and the refugees coming from all directions also provided enough labor force. As a result, everything in Jiangzhou developed rapidly.

You can see the blast furnaces in the distance, with thick smoke billowing from them, absolute air pollution in this era.

Jiangzhou itself has iron ore, and the smelting plant happens to be located next to the iron ore, which can greatly reduce transportation costs.

Truck after truck of coal is transported into the smelting plant, where smelting never stops every day.

At this time, the craftsmen were using the principle of leverage to lift a large bucket of boiling molten iron onto Tathagata and then pour it into the pool.

A gray-faced man came over. Ning Fan took a closer look and realized that the dark face actually belonged to Shen Mengxi.

It has been almost two months since she came to Jiangzhou, and Shen Mengxi has lost a lot of weight.

He was originally gentle and gentle when he was in Kyoto, but after coming to Jiangzhou, he turned into a rough guy.

He was no longer particular about food and clothing, even his beard was in a mess, and the clothes on his body were so dark that they smelled rancid, and even the original color could not be distinguished.

"Your Highness, the first batch of weapons you want will be delivered by the Ordnance Bureau right away!"

"Everything is made according to your manufacturing method, and it's extremely sharp!"

Shen Mengxi said excitedly.

Ning Fan nodded, looking moved: "You have worked hard these days!"

Shen Mengxi grinned, her white teeth dazzling: "Your Highness, I am not enjoying happiness by following you to Jiangzhou! Everyone knows that after Jiangzhou is built, we will all be better off in the future, and we will all work for ourselves! "

Ning Fan couldn't help but admire Shen Mengxi's realm and consciousness, and patted the other person's shoulder vigorously: "You should rest when you should, and don't destroy your body! In the future, I still have many tasks for you to do."

Next, Ning Fan went to cement factories, quarries, lime plants, etc. The degree of industrialization in these places has increased unprecedentedly.

A large number of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry like to study various textbooks written by Ning Fan every day, such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc. Almost everyone in the Ministry of Industry has a copy of these materials.

Besides physics and chemistry, what fascinates these craftsmen the most is mechanical theory.

Various gears and various crankshafts, linked together, can change the transmission direction of almost any power.

Even among the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry who came to Jiangzhou, several special weirdos were born.

Some people are obsessed with chemistry and do all kinds of weird experiments every day. Various minerals and chemical raw materials are their favorites.

Of course, along with the chemistry geeks, there were also several gear geeks. These people wished that their eating spoons were made to look like gears.

"Your Highness, the most shocking thing is actually a guy named Luo Binghui. After reading His Highness's chemistry textbook, this guy locked himself at home and burned the stove. As a result, the stove exploded and one of this guy's ears was blown off. Flying!"

Zhou Qun said with a horrified look.

"What happened next? How did this man become?"

Ning Fan was curious.

Since it can explode, it means that this guy named Luo Binghui has definitely touched the edge of gunpowder.

"I'm fine, but I'm just a little stupid. I actually sold all the family property I brought from Kyoto and replaced it with all kinds of unknown things!"

"Now, apart from eating and drinking water, I don't come out of the house. I mix and bake all kinds of things every day. The smell is very bad."

Zhou Qun told Ning Fan all these things as new things.

He originally thought that Ning Fan would be disgusted with these craftsmen for not doing their jobs properly, but after hearing this, Ning Fan was unexpectedly very interested.

"In the future, any craftsmen who find this kind of paranoid lunatic must be protected by me!"

"Give me whatever you want! Give me money, if you have a lot of money!"

Ning Fan said with a look of surprise.

The emergence of these people means that the seeds of science have sprouted.

The basic textbooks written by Ning Fan have already shaken up the basic pattern of this era! A great change is imminent.

"Your Highness, why? These people are not engaged in production. They indulge in meaningless things every day. Why do we support these people?"

Zhou Qun didn't understand.

"Zhou Qun, don't you understand this? These people who you said are not engaged in production are actually the most powerful people! They will invent many things and slowly change the world."

Ning Fan solemnly explained to Zhou Qun.

How smart is Zhou Qun?

He immediately heard the hidden meaning of Ning Fan's words, and immediately showed a look of shame: "Your Highness, it's me who is superficial! It's true that Your Highness stands tall and sees far."

"There are many places to spend money, but we have a lot of money in our accounts! Tianzhou also transports a lot of silver every day, as well as Kyoto, so don't save where money should be spent."

Ning Fan ordered towards Zhou Qun.

"Indeed, we seem to support so many refugees, but in fact we have a lot of income ourselves! Iron ingots, steel ingots, sugar, cement, etc., we all make money every day!"

Zhou Qun also echoed.