Li Sheng's "not sure" is not because internal combustion engines are difficult to design, difficult to solve, or difficult to manufacture...
These are not big problems, it can even be said that there is no problem——
Hangzhou craftsmen have spontaneously understood the importance of precision in improving product quality, and vernier calipers have long been popular.
The colleges in Lingzhou already have the ability to independently design machinery - even if it is only some components now, but... after all, these outstanding cultivators are already on the road and getting started.
Whether it's design or manufacturing and assembly, this doesn't matter, but the problem is...Li Sheng, I don't know when I will be able to solve the fuel problem.
Without fuel, even if this machine is...even if I use all my strength this time to come up with the engine design for a supercar, so what? Isn't this still a figure, Mad...
Therefore, the problem still lies in the oil, and as mentioned above, Li Sheng has no way to deal with Datang's fuel...
But this time Xiao Yu came for help, and Li Sheng dared to give Xiao Yu a guarantee - although there was no particularly effective guarantee, it was just a relatively firm encouragement.
But since Li Sheng dares to say this, of course there is no basis for it.
That is the role of Li Er.
Before... a long time ago, Li Er had planned to collect the world's resources... Of course, that was Li Er's ultimate goal, but at present, he still collected it indirectly by collecting precious metals in a covert manner.
Of course, Li Er did not reveal this news. The way Li Sheng knew it was indirectly... Lao Li "accidentally" told him during a chat...
But this is not the point. The point is that Li Sheng knows that Li Er intends to collect resources from all over the world and use them to further promote industry - the benefits of industry. Now Li Er has truly experienced it, and it is really spicy.
And because he knew this, Li Sheng had been taking care of Wu Meiniang and told her to keep an eye on Li Er's announcements and policies at all times.
Of course, this mission was handed over by Wu Meiniang to other people, such as Danqing, Ying'er, etc... But these are not important.
The important thing is that Li Sheng knew that Li Er had recently issued an announcement.
The content of this announcement is that Li Er added a new item to the encouragement policy for merchants: Anyone who discovers overseas oil fields, coal mines, iron ores, etc., will be rewarded heavily if he reports it to the officials.
This notice appeared not long ago, that is, recently. Because it felt important and Li Sheng happened to be overseas, Wu Meiniang paid attention to it. As soon as Li Sheng arrived at Zhongzuo Institute, he read it from the business briefing sent by Wu Meiniang.
arrive.
And it was precisely because of this piece of information that Li Sheng said what he said to Xiao Yu——
Datang has indeed not found any oil fields so far, but... In this regard, Li Sheng does not have much hope, or simply has no expectations at all... Of course, the later the local resources in China are moved, the better
, the less the better.
But now, Li Er is unexpectedly very aware and reacts very quickly. Taking advantage of the craze of merchants going overseas, he actually kept up with the rhythm and remembered this matter... In this case, Li Sheng estimated that these merchants
It should be only a matter of time before we discover the oil field.
After all, now more and more wealthy people in the Tang Dynasty have chosen to say goodbye to the daily routine of buying land and collecting rent, and gradually turn to overseas to seek higher income levels.
It is said that under heavy rewards, there must be brave men, and there are clouds of people who die for money. Now we don't ask these merchants to be brave - at least they don't need to risk their own lives to fight everywhere, just looking for oil fields.
Wait until you find it...and then take it down, and that's it.
At present, due to the huge profits from maritime trade, it is no longer necessary to say that the scale of maritime trade is huge. And if oil fields are found, it will not only be huge profits, but also a windfall.
Windfalls and huge profits are different. Although they both bring a lot of benefits...but businessmen are generally not so sensitive to windfalls. After all, it is fundamental that their business grows bigger and bigger.
The people under the merchants are different. Boatmen, sailors and other people who go to sea with the merchants do not have the family background of the merchants. At this moment, Li Er directly gives up the opportunity to make a fortune...
Even if the merchants are not enthusiastic, those who follow them to sea will definitely be!
Not to mention that recent maritime merchants have even opened branch bases everywhere. Under this swarming scene... those who want to make a fortune will have more opportunities to make the windfall that Li Er promised this time.
Therefore, Li Sheng speculated that it would not be long before...
News will come back from overseas, and soon Datang will be able to follow the plan and use a lot of gold and silver collected in the past few years to harvest overseas oil fields and coal mines!
Of course...at this stage, Li Sheng guessed that Li Er would not immediately spend a lot of money to acquire coal and iron mines, because right now...the scale of Datang's industry is not that exaggerated.
Domestic resources are sufficient for the time being, and the most important thing is...
Coal mines and iron ores are resources that are relatively easy to explore and excavate. Although Li Sheng has not intervened at the moment, he has compiled an exploration manual for the Forbidden Army.
Although the exploration manual was used to find resources in Southeast Bay, Li Sheng had no doubt that it was also used by Li Er in China.
The proven coal and iron resources must far exceed those currently being mined.
Since it is not so scarce, the power will naturally not be sufficient, and the key is... At the current stage, fishing for resources from overseas, even if coal and iron are discovered, is still impossible given the current scarcity of these resources and the most important transportation capacity constraints.
It is difficult to say how to carry out stable mining...
Even if it is Li Er's ship, the transportation capacity of these ships is valuable, and there are always other more cost-effective things to do.
But oil is different. This thing is really scarce. If you transport it directly, you can make money with the ship's capacity!
And more importantly, this oil is different from other things... To make grenades, charcoal is much more powerful than coal, and explosive grenades are still the strategic weapons of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Li Sheng has no doubt that Li Er will not skimp on shipping capacity and quickly invest manpower and material resources to develop the first oil field found overseas!
And... once an oil field is found, except for the highest quality part, which can be calculated as gasoline, the rest can also be used as fuel for internal combustion engines.
In this way, Li Er's bottom line of "national defense cannot be starved" and the businessmen who want to develop oil but do not know the prospects, and the difficulty and cost are too high, have formed a coordination...
In other words, no matter which angle you look at, as long as an oil field is found, it will be developed immediately and there will be oil!