Many things can be done with twice the result with half the effort as long as you find the right person. Although oil is a specialty of Yanzhou, its quality is not good, it can neither provide lighting, nor is harmful to the body, so it is not valuable at all, and the government does not care about it.
But Li Ye knew that well diggers would definitely encounter shallow oil, so it would be better to go to them than to the government.
Oil is generally stored thousands of meters deep underground, but it will also overflow to the surface in small amounts and is difficult to encounter. The key is to see if there are historical records. Once there are records in ancient times, there must be a small amount of shallow oil in this place. Drill a well
People know best where it is?
At present, the only place with historical records in the Tang Dynasty is Yanzhou. It is recorded in the "Book of Han": "Gao Nu has water to burn."
Wang Dalin has been drilling wells in Yanzhou all his life and has encountered oil many times, but the one that impressed him the most was in Chenjiagou Village, Yu Township, which is about thirty miles away from Fushi County, right next to the big tree at the entrance of the village.
, he dug a deep well here twenty years ago, and the petroleum oil that spewed out almost drowned him.
Later, the whole village did not dare to dig wells and went to Xiaoyu River a mile away to fetch water for drinking.
Wang Dalin led a dozen of his apprentices to live up to Li Ye's expectations. Three days later, they dug a new deep well at the location of the deep well twenty years ago. Oil gushes out of the deep well soon.
Li Ye had ordered his soldiers to dig several large dry ponds nearby. The gushing oil did not stabilize until the three dry ponds were filled.
The soldiers purchased a large number of water tanks, wooden barrels and large urns from nearby states and counties in advance. They filled up five thousand barrels before filling the dry pond with oil.
How to transport 5,000 barrels of oil? Of course, it was by water. Li Ye asked his soldiers to dig a mile-long ditch to divert water from the Xiaoyu River and form a pond in a low-lying area. First, he used a small boat to transport the barrels filled with oil.
It was transported to Yanshui, then transferred to large rafts, and transported from Yanshui to the Yellow River, and then along the Yellow River to Jincheng County.
Li Ye spent money to move all the people in Chenjiagou. Wang Dalin drilled three more oil wells in one go, and the daily oil production was stable at about 500 barrels.
Li Ye also ordered the army to build houses on the oil wells, and hired dozens of people to fetch oil and load barrels. At the same time, he arranged for the military commander Zhao Hui to lead a thousand soldiers to garrison in Fushi County.
After arranging all this, Li Ye led the army to continue westward and returned to Longyou.
Ten days later, Li Ye led his army to Jincheng County. The Anxi Army's barracks had been built. The soldiers entered the camp to rest, and then Li Ye entered the city with hundreds of soldiers.
In fact, Li Ye was quite nervous. He had no communication with Jincheng County for more than a month. According to time calculation, his wife should have given birth during this period.
When he came to the palace, he saw that the palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations and was full of joy. Butler Liu happened to see Li Ye and ran forward to salute, "Your Highness, you are finally back?"
"Is there any happy event in the house?" Li Ye asked with a smile.
"Congratulations to Your Highness on the birth of your son!"
Li Ye was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "When was he born?"
"Three days ago, it went very well. I heard it weighed seven kilograms."
Li Ye got off his horse and walked quickly into the palace. The maids shouted loudly: "His Highness is back! His Highness is back!"
Yang Yuhuan ran out first. Her eyes turned red and she threw herself into her husband's arms. Qing Yu also ran out, and Li Ye also hugged her.
Li Ye kissed their hair and said with a smile: "Everyone is fine at home!"
Yang Yuhuan nodded, held Li Ye's hand and said with a smile: "I'll take my husband to see the little guy! My husband finally has a son."
Dugu Xinyue has moved to the rest room, which is a room specially designed for confinement. It is clean, warm and very comfortable.
"Your Highness is here!"
The maid called out, opened the curtain, and Li Ye walked into the room.
I saw my mother, Pei Sanniang, also there, holding a baby in her arms, smiling from ear to ear.
Xinyue was sitting on the bedside, looking at her husband with a half-smile.
Li Ye came forward and sat on the edge of the bed, held his wife's hand and smiled: "I have been worried on the way!"
Xinyue pursed her lips and smiled: "I have given birth to three children, so I can be a midwife. What do you have to worry about?"
At this time, Pei Sanniang handed the child to Xinyue and said with a smile: "You guys have a look! I'm going to take a look at the two older ones. Don't say grandma is partial."
When Pei Sanniang left, Xinyue uncovered the gauze on the child's face, pulled up the skirt of her clothes and nursed the child.
Li Ye gently held his son's little hand. This little guy is his eldest son! He will inherit the country he has built in the future.
Xinyue touched her son's little face lovingly and said with a smile, "Husband, you don't know his name yet!"
Li Ye was startled, "Have you already decided on a name?"
"My father-in-law and my father discussed it together. If it's a boy, he should be named with the character Jin."
Jin is the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty! Li Ye suddenly understood, I am afraid that this is the name that his father-in-law Dugulie wanted, and his father would not think so much.
It was actually called Li Jin. Li Ye said happily: "This is a good name!"
Xinyue sniffed and frowned slightly, "Why does your husband have a strange smell?"
Li Ye smelled his clothes, and the smell of Yanzhou oil was still there. He smiled bitterly and said: "This is the smell of kerosene. I discovered the kerosene production area in Yanzhou and was delayed for a few days."
"Then husband, hurry up and take a shower!"
Xinyue gave instructions and Yang Yuhuan arranged for her husband to take a bath.
Of course, Yang Yuhuan personally served her husband to take a bath. She had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.
After some lovemaking, the two of them lay in the big bathtub and peacefully enjoyed the moment of intimacy.
Li Ye hugged Yang Yuhuan and smiled: "Did you know? I met Sister You in Chang'an this time."
Yang Yuhuan nodded, "I know. I also received her letter. I was so happy that I shed tears. Although we were not on good terms in the past, it is such an exciting feeling to be able to hear news about my sisters again for the rest of my life.
I can't describe it."
Li Ye nodded, "I can understand. I feel that she is different from before. She actually gave me the heart of the prairie and I gave it to Qingyu."
"That's what Qingyu deserves, but she said in the letter that she bought her husband the security for the rest of her life. I don't understand what she means?"
Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "She hid a fortune in her former mansion. She couldn't take it away. It happened that that mansion became my palace, so she did a favor and gave it to me. I
I agree that she will move to Longyou, and I will ensure her safety for the rest of her life. No one can harm her. She is alone and so rich, so she will be targeted by many people."
Yang Yuhuan smiled sweetly and said: "I was shocked. I thought she wanted to enter my husband's house again!"
Li Ye shook his head, "She would like to, but I won't agree. I'm not interested in her."
Yang Yuhuan put her jade arms around her husband's neck and said with a sweet smile: "Is your husband interested in me?"
"Of course, let's study this issue tonight?"
Yang Yuhuan lay on her husband's chest, gently scratched his chest with her nails, and whispered: "I really want to give my husband a son!"
"It doesn't matter! I just like Qiuhe."
Yang Yuhuan was delighted and tested the water temperature, "Yeah! The water is a bit warm."
Li Ye smiled and said, "That's enough. I haven't eaten for a day. I'm very hungry and want to have dinner."
Yang Yuhuan dried her husband's body and put on new clothes. She also put on her clothes. It was getting dark now, so she hurriedly went to arrange dinner.
The next morning, Li Ye came to the official office and found that the entire official office was deserted. There was only Wen Jingnian in his official office, but Ji Shouchun was missing.
"What's going on? Where have everyone gone?" Li Ye sat down and asked.
Wen Jingnian asked with a wry smile: "Your Highness, we have all gone to Lingzhou. I heard that the population there has exceeded one million, and we really need manpower. Then we transferred officials from various states and counties, and we have gone to most of them here."
"No wonder! Who is on duty here?"
"Li Changshi and Wang Jianshi are still on duty. Liu Sima just came back and rushed off again."
Li Ye nodded, "I understand. If you have any important discs, please give them to me!"
Wen Jingnian said quickly: "General Xin is here and is waiting for His Highness to summon him."
Li Ye also happened to want to ask about Tibetan information, so he happily said: "Invite him in!"