After the fish was grilled, Ma Hanshan took a bite and immediately screamed, Damn, the strange smell in this fish was so familiar. In his previous life, he often ate fish with this strange smell.
What does it smell like? The smell of fire and water.
In Mahanshan's previous life, the waters around the city were seriously polluted. Whether they were stocked or wild, many fish had a strange smell of mud or kerosene.
"Master, what's wrong?" A Niu asked worriedly.
Is the young master getting sick again? This is really worrying.
"Eat fish, everyone eats fish. After eating it, tell me what the fish tastes like." Ma Hanshan was afraid that he would hallucinate, so he ordered everyone to eat fish.
Let alone the petroleum industry, even the light industry in this world is almost zero, and this place is still deep in the mountains. How could there be the smell of kerosene? Ma Hanshan thought that maybe he was hallucinating because he was thinking about lighter fluid all the way.
"This fish has a strange smell." A Niu was the first to react.
"Yes, this fish tastes weird." Liu Heizai also tasted it.
"Master, is this fish edible? What does it taste like?" Half of the people ate the fish and found it had a strange smell.
"This flavor is called the flavor of fire and water, and it's actually edible." Ma Hanshan smiled and took another bite of the grilled fish.
In the previous life, many cheap fish had this strange smell. I don’t know how many people ate it, but there were no major problems. Therefore, Ma Hanshan felt that the fish with the smell of fire and water in the deep mountains could also be eaten. At least, the water in this stream was edible.
There won't be any serious heavy metal poison in it.
Since the village owner said it can be eaten, it must be eaten. Now everyone has started to worship the teenage village owner.
"Master, what is fire water? Why does fish smell like fire water?" A Niu asked vaguely while eating fish.
"Fire water is... kerosene... a kind of thing that can be ignited..." Yes, damn, the fish in this creek smells of fire water, so where does the fire water come from?
No one in this world knows about oil yet. How can there be fish that smells like fire and water in these deep mountains?
The water source...could it be...that there is oil at the source of the creek?
Crude oil came out automatically? Mahanshan's heart suddenly jumped. Damn it, if oil is really discovered that has risen to the ground, it will really be discovered. No, it is not just discovered, but it will change the world...
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According to ancient records, in another time and space before the Tang Dynasty, someone discovered oil emerging from the ground. At that time, people did not know what it was and called it black oil. In the Tang Dynasty, there were more specific records.
In Yanzhou, black oil overflowed from the river, and some people used it to make fire.
Could it be that...there is oil spilling out of the ground in this mountain?
Ma Hanshan clutched his chest, his eyes blurred, as if a girl suddenly met the prince charming in her heart, she was so excited.
"Master...Master, what's wrong with you?" A Niu shook Ma Hanshan's arm very worriedly. It's bad, it's bad, the young master is really sick again.
"Ah...I have nothing to do. Let's eat quickly, have breakfast and rest. We will find the source of this stream tomorrow." Mahanshan came back to his senses and said.
"Zhai Leader, this stream flows from the valley in the northwest, and the Wild Wolf Valley we are going to is in the northeast. If we find the source of the stream, wouldn't it be getting further and further away from the Wild Wolf Valley?" Liu Hei
Zai pointed to the hilltop to the north and said.
"How far can it go? The source of such a small creek should not be far away. Let's go to the source of the creek first, and then go to the Wild Wolf Valley." Going into the mountains is a treasure hunt, and what treasure can be compared to what emerges from the mountain?
Oil on the ground?
The leader of the village said that it was fine. After everyone finished eating, they lit a fire at the entrance of the cave and chatted for a while. Then they assigned the people who were on duty for the night and everyone fell asleep on the hay spread in the cave.
There was no talking all night. The next morning, after eating dry food and drinking enough tea, we started to explore the source of the stream.
I originally thought that the source of the stream was at the end of the valley, but what I didn't expect was that the valley was very long, and it passed through a valley like a valley. There was a cave inside, and it turned out to be a small basin.
The basin is not very big. Mahanshan estimated that it is about four to five miles from east to west and two to three miles from north to south. It is a "pot bottom" with lush green grass.
Where is the water source? The creek is hidden among the long weeds.
"Wait, be careful, it's a swamp..." Hei Zai was about to walk into the grassland to find the source of the stream, when Ma Hanshan reminded him urgently.
"Swamp? Is the village owner talking about Cotton Pond?" Hei Zai said.
"Well...it will swallow people's mud anyway." Ma Hanshan has never heard of the swamp being called Cotton Pond, but he can imagine what it means.
"Don't worry, Village Master, this is not a cotton pond. Village Master, look, there is a lot of thatch growing on this grassland. The place where this kind of grass grows must be solid and not floating soil." Liu Heizai said with certainty.
Mahanshan took out his monocular and looked at the "bottom of the pot" for several miles. Sure enough, there were not only a lot of thatch growing on the grass, but also some short shrubs. It should not be a swamp. It may be because the soil here is too fertile and the grass grows long.
The trees were so lush that they covered the source of the creek.
"Master, look at the water here. It seems to be black, and the strange smell is getting stronger and stronger." As he spoke, A Niu had found a small stream in the grass.
"Have you found a puddle?" Ma Hanshan walked over and took a look. It was true that the water in the lawn was slightly black and smelled of kerosene... No, it was a strange smell, because it was no longer a simple smell of kerosene, but also seemed to have the smell of alkane.
"Master, look at the surrounding hillsides. Why are there no trees growing on them? Oh, this place has been burned by fire." A militiaman who was walking farther suddenly shouted.
"Don't walk too fast, everyone takes care of each other, and don't light the fire." Mahanshan glanced at the surrounding hillsides and shouted.
He seemed to understand why there were no tall trees here. Probably, this "bottom of the pot" would be burned again soon. So it was probably burned because the thunder fire ignited the crude oil that came out.
Is crude oil that can be ignited by lightning a very high-quality oil? Does it mean that kerosene can be easily refined? Ma Hanshan's heart was beating wildly, he was so excited, damn, he had played with a lot of things in his previous life, but he just didn't play with it.
I have never been involved in oil extraction, but I never imagined that I would personally discover crude oil and develop it in this life...
The world will change because of this discovery, can he not be excited?
In fact, he was already excited. Even if there was oil that came out, he didn't know how much it would be. What would a small amount change? Even if there was enough, he wasn't sure what kind of oil could be refined. Gasoline? Diesel? Kerosene?
Besides, even if he could refine gasoline and diesel, what use would it have in this world? At most, he could just make a few home-made gasoline and oil bombs.
If kerosene could be refined, it would be of some use to the world. After all, kerosene is more practical than gasoline in this world without industry.
"I found it, I found it, Master, Master, Heishui..." Suddenly I heard A Niu shouting.
"Found it? Really found it?" Ma Hanshan rushed over.
Sure enough, we found it. In the corner of the "bottom of the pot", at the foot of a cliff, there was an area of more than ten feet without any grass growing. In the middle, a six or seventy-foot "black mud pond" was gurgling with black water and bubbles.
Black water overflowed from around the "black mud pond" and seeped into the grass. It was obvious that this was how the "black mud" eroded the grass.
"Master, what is this? Is this kerosene? I think it's more appropriate to call it Black Water." Hei Zai shook his head and said.
He didn't understand why the leader of the village was so excited. This black water smelled so bad that it was neither used nor drunk, so what was the use?
For people in this world, black oil that has never been seen before is really of no use, but for Ma Hanshan, who came from another modern time and space, he knows that this black oil is something that can change the world and change the course of mankind.
Ma Hanshan ignored Liu Heizai and the others and squatted by the "black mud pond". He stretched out his hand and pinched a little sticky black oil and put it in front of his nose and smelled it. Sure enough, it must be it. When he was overjoyed, he actually stuck out his tongue and licked it.
Black clay in hand.
How serious is the young master's illness? He actually...
"Master, no..." Aniu didn't pay attention to anything, he only paid attention to his young master. When he saw Ma Hanshan actually licking this smelly black oil, he couldn't help but scream.
"What are you calling, what are you calling, don't make any noise, bring a shovel, create a path in the black mud, let the black oil that emerges flow to one place, and then dig a hole to collect the black oil." Ma Hanshan stood up and ordered Liu Heizai
, turned around and asked A Niu, "How many water bladders are there? Is there anything that can hold water?"
"Master, everyone has a water bag. You...you don't want to use the water bag..." A Niu has never been an idiot. When Ma Hanshan asked this, he already understood what the young master was going to do.
"Well, you're right." Ma Hanshan said with a smile, "Hei Zai, hurry up and drain the blood. I want to collect the black oil and take it back for research."
"Yes, village leader." Liu Heizai is different from A Niu. Under normal circumstances, he doesn't ask why, he only knows how to execute orders.
"Master, what's the use of this thing?" Aniu likes to ask questions now, often not because he wants to know, but to give the master a chance to express his "knowledge".
A Niu's idea is that the young master knows so much and if he doesn't let others know, he will feel uncomfortable. Therefore, he has to help the young master find opportunities for him to show off.
"What's the use? It's very useful. This kind of thing can change your life, cognition, and the world." Ma Hanshan didn't know how to explain the role of oil to A Niu and the others. He thought for a while and said, "Have you ever seen it?
Can a white light lamp illuminate dozens of feet like daylight?"
"Ah? This is the first time I've heard of a lamp that emits white light. It shines like daylight for tens of feet? It's incredible. Master, does it have something to do with this black oil?" A Niu said.
"Yes, it's related to this thing." You can use the black oil to generate electricity or any other bright lamp, but Ma Hanshan thought that in his lifetime, it would be impossible to use diesel to generate electricity in this world, but
It is probably possible to extract kerosene and then develop gas lamps.
Water should look down on gas lamps. The white light emitted by gas lamps is whiter than that of fluorescent lamps and shines farther than fluorescent lamps. This thing, even in the time and space where Mahanshan came from, in the era before electricity became popular, it was always at night.
The main lighting fixture during gatherings and opera performances.