There is additional demand for oil field development, and Li Er's recent announcement is timely enough to prompt a large number of merchants and the sailors and boatmen brought by the merchants to search for oil fields after landing in all countries around the world...
Well, actually you don’t have to worry so much about oil.
However, "Don't worry so much" does not mean "Don't worry about it".
In the final analysis, this thing still depends on luck, which is the same as hunting... No matter how thoughtful and rich the preparations of an old hunter who is unlucky, if he can't hit anything, he will still have nothing.
Therefore, Li Sheng did not dare to speak too harshly...
In this way, Li Sheng was waiting, and so was Xiao Yu. The whole country... merchants from all walks of life gradually began to build warehouses and commercial ports overseas, but found that things were not as easy as imagined, and various problems arose.
and problems.
The top priority among them is, of course, safety.
In the Tang Dynasty, all land owned by the owner was cultivated land. As long as it was not on cultivated land, other places... were counted as barren mountains and wild mountains. No one would care about you. Of course, places where warehouses and ports were built were not cultivated land.
——What can be cultivated when the seaside is full of saline-alkali land?
This seems normal, but it is not the real ecology of the jungle.
When you arrive in foreign countries, someone sees your warehouses and ports...
It is so neatly built, and there are so many goods and clothing... Even if it is different from other people's cultural styles, the sense of wealth can be seen at a glance.
Under such circumstances, anyone who doesn't encounter a calamity will be damned...
Therefore, in fact, not only Xiao Yu, but also most of the merchants in the Tang Dynasty had never heard of internal combustion engines or fuel, but... in fact, they were also waiting for this thing.
And a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Li Sheng's internal combustion engine was originally expected to take longer, but since something happened recently, of course he accelerated the progress... and because he had previously built steam engines for trains, he also accumulated a lot of experience, so the progress was actually faster.
few.
And at the end of the month, Li Sheng actually took out the original version of the internal combustion engine, Unit 1 - although it was not a large one, it could not be compared with the top freighters, destroyers and other vehicles of later generations.
Compared with the engine, it is still completed. Arming a ship of several hundred tons is not a problem, and a ship of several hundred tons...
In Datang's current shipbuilding industry, it is common to double the tonnage and then call it more or less "material".
During this period, Xiao Yu really thought of countless ways to maintain his overseas branch as much as possible.
That place is isolated on the subcontinent, facing the greed of the Zhunan country - and in a sense, it is greedy with reason, because no matter what, it is the merchants who occupy other people's territory.
Of course, this is actually unjustifiable. There are indeed reasons to expel the Tang merchants emotionally and ultimately from a moral perspective, but——
In reality, there is no such reason, because even for land near the sea that cannot grow food, almost most merchants pay money to local chieftains, chieftains, and the like.
This is also the expense of gold and silver, but Li Er rarely did anything about it. After all, this is actually...
In short, Xiao Yu paid money to Zhu Nian Kingdom.
Not only did he pay money to the treasury of the Zhongnian Kingdom, but he also sent a large number of priceless jades and curios to the king of Zhongnian in the name of personal friendship, many of which even Xiao Yu thought would be given to foreign countries.
I'm afraid I have some sins...but I won't let him go, and Xiao Yu can't do anything about it.
In this month's time, Xiao Yu could only use all his means.
First come the soft ones. Didn’t you give me jade treasures before? Then give them next!
Not only did they send gifts to the King of Zhunian, but they also gave a lot to the concubines and ministers of the King of Zhongnian.
However, what is extremely regrettable is that...the king of Zunchaan has no idea why he is so crazy. No matter how good Xiao Yu's attitude is, or how much the concubines and ministers say, he will not let go and will send troops no matter what.
That look... Xiao Yu received the message from his subordinates, and of course he knew what was going on. Even the chieftain and the headman, who had not read the classics and history of the Tang Dynasty and did not know the "gains and losses", were obviously quite knowledgeable.
A foreigner in his prime of life suddenly came to his own land...
Who can rest assured? The key is to build various buildings on their own land and live there for a long time... Who knows what the plan is?
Not to mention the merchants from the Tang Dynasty that we encountered before. Many small states, tribes and chieftains had not encountered merchants before. Everyone knew that the Tang Dynasty was powerful and had strong soldiers and horses.
In the eyes of most people in this world, having strong soldiers and strong horses can be directly equated with dangerous elements. After all, it is simply impossible for anyone with strong soldiers and strong horses to not engage in burning, killing, looting, etc.
As a result, whether it is out of greed or an instinctive need for security, in short, the "open semicolon" trend of businessmen has gone extremely unfavorably, and even...
Most of them are facing overt or covert, weak or strong security issues, and this security issue is not just criminal.
Rather, it is directly a military issue!
Although... as I said before, those who can own a sea-going ship and have the courage to go to sea to make a fortune are basically all heroes from all walks of life in China. They are good people... How can there be such pure good people? But no more
If you are a good person, if you encounter a regular army, you will have no choice but to accept it as bad luck.
Not even mentioning the regular armies from various tribes and foreign countries, such as the elephant soldiers, the pirate bandits began to proliferate more than a year ago, which gave countless merchants a hard time.
therefore……
Li Sheng's internal combustion engine can be said to be the one that people all over the world are clamoring for.
In addition to giving gifts to Wen, Xiao Yu is not easy to mess with when it comes to martial arts. He can get swords, guns, swords and halberds, as well as forbidden armor and hard crossbows - there is a saying, at least in terms of equipment configuration, Xiao Yu's
Among the majority of merchants in the private sector, the fleet is definitely ranked as a T1 or even a fantasy god, not to mention unparalleled in the world.
But... Zhu Chaan, like Tianzhu, also has elephant soldiers. The strength of elephant soldiers in ancient times was not as funny as watching documentaries in later generations. This thing seems not as agile as horses and cavalry, but it is actually a powerful weapon.
Heavy semi-infantry——
Elephants are huge in size, which is a dimensionality-reducing blow to ordinary infantry. Although the ability to resist the blows of bows and crossbows is not that strong, as long as it is not a grenade that can scare the elephants themselves, the general army will basically not be able to withstand the impact.
In other words, in terms of survival, elephant soldiers are not as mobile as horses and cavalry, and in terms of attack power, they are not as good as the arrow volleys of heavy infantry. However, they are a type of unit that has higher offensive power than pure infantry and is more stable than cavalry. It is very special.
This kind of power is not something that big men in the world can handle.
