Chapter 657 Compared with people starving to death, how much more can the casualties of oil refining be?
"Lao Bai, your Majesty asked us to stay in Gan to contain the Ming army from entering Guangxi. What a foolish move! At this time, we should take advantage of the fact that the Ming army has not established a stable foothold in Guangzhou City and lead the army to take it back.
Even if we cannot recapture the city of Guangzhou, we must defend Zhaoqing. Otherwise, our western camp will be encroached step by step by the Ming army, and the current situation will be gone. Once Zhaoqing is lost, Jiangxi will be affected first.
We have encountered the enemy several times, how can we defend for a long time?" In front of Bai Wenxuan, Li Dingguo's decision to Sun Kewang was just a series of scoldings.
He was not stupid, so how could he not see Sun Kewang's sinister intentions? It was not clear that he was going to let himself in Jiangxi act as a stumbling block to prevent the Ming army from entering Guangxi? Li Dingguo could even predict that once the Ming army attacked with all its strength, Guangxi would
Sun Kewang will definitely sit on the sidelines and wait until he is almost exhausted before he can launch a military response.
"Commander, your Majesty's strategy of dividing the enemy in two directions is not good for me. Once Zhaoqing is lost, we will be locked in Gan. Otherwise, we ignore your Majesty's arrangements and lead the army into Guangdong on our own?" Bai Wenxuan acted as Li Dingguo.
As the deputy general, he didn't want to put himself and others into death because of Sun Kewang's arrangement.
"That's what I mean. Since you, Lao Bai, also have this idea, we will make preparations in advance. Soon, we will lead a large army into Guangdong." Li Dingguo has become less and less serious about Sun Kewang, so he doesn't accept it at all.
Under the influence of Sun Kewang's military order, he prepared to go his own way and return to Guangdong.
When Li Bai and Li Bai discussed the plan and were preparing to return to Guangzhou to fight, Liu Tichun, who had fled to Xingguo Prefecture, sent a fast horse and told them a news. Wu Sangui of Wuchang had already gathered ships and troops, and there was a rumor that they were preparing to
First go down to Jiujiang, then go along the lake and go straight to Nanchang.
Wu Sangui's Ningyuan Army wanted to take Nanchang? Li Dingguo quickly sent people to inquire and confirm the news. The spies reported that this was indeed the case, because the forward of Ningyuan Army had already set off and was about to reach Jiujiang.
"The Wu thieves led the army to Fan, so the entry into Guangdong has to be postponed. We have to fight the Wu thieves in Nanchang and Jiujiang before we deal with him." The news had been confirmed, and Li Dingguo had no choice but to stop the invasion of Guangdong and take care of it first.
Wu Sangui.
"The thief Wu is a veteran who has been fighting for a long time. This attack is not a trivial matter. Can we handle it?" When Bai Wenxuan heard that Wu Sangui was coming to Jiangxi, he couldn't help but beat his heart. Old Wu's reputation was so great that he was really a little scared.
"Soldiers are coming to cover up the water and the earth. When encountering an encounter, we can only fight. There is no other way. The era of great strife has come, and the opponents we face will only become stronger and stronger. Wu Thief is not the strongest opponent, otherwise,
He won't be beaten and unable to stay in northern Xinjiang. If he can't even deal with the Wu thieves, how can he talk about fighting the Korean army!"
"Yes, the North Korean army is now very powerful. I heard that it has unified northern Xinjiang. Our hometown has also been pacified now. I wonder what the situation is there now?" After listening to Li Dingguo's words, Bai Wenxuan's train of thought couldn't help but run wild.
I thought of my hometown, Yan'an.
"Old Bai! What are you thinking about? The most important thing is to cope with the situation at hand." Li Dingguo interrupted Bai Wenxuan's homesickness, but he was actually a little moved in his heart.
I have been away from northern Shaanxi for nearly twenty years. In the past, who among them would miss their hometown? But as they get older, the nostalgia comes out involuntarily. Nowadays, when dreaming, I can often dream of my son.
In my memory, the mountains of Mohu in northern Shaanxi. I heard that the current court practices good governance and treats the people leniently, but I wonder if the people in my hometown enjoy good governance? Will the days pass?
Hey! What does the good or bad life of the people in my hometown have to do with me and others? My relatives are old and old, and they have long been dead and fled. Northern Shaanxi seems to have nothing to do with me.
How is the situation in northern Shaanxi now?
In the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the scorching sun shone on the thick loess soil. A group of people sweating profusely were busy in a ravine in Yanchuan County. They seemed to be digging wells, but the mouths of the wells they had drilled were dark.
Yes, some workers were busy using iron buckets to knock out some black stuff, poured it into a cart, and pulled it to a row of black smoke-emitting houses not far away.
Li Yuting, the prefect of Yan'an, was in this house at this time, talking with a group of people.
"Wang Gong, is it easier to use petroleum to refine oil than coal tar?" Li Yuting asked a man whose face was smoked like black charcoal with great concern, wanting to know more about the situation of petroleum refining.
"Judging from the current experimental results, oil refining must have a higher oil yield than tar. However, this oil is not easy to refine."
“Why is it difficult to practice?”
"The oil produced from petroleum has more complex components than tar, and some are too light. If you are not careful, it will catch fire. Our refinery has exploded several times. Now everyone is trying to find ways to improve the refinery facilities. In addition to being difficult to refine, oil extraction is also difficult.
Trouble. Unlike coal, oil can be dug directly into a hole. This thing requires digging a well. Lifting it up with a bucket is too inefficient. We are thinking of ways to improve the steam pumping equipment to be able to pump oil."
“From Wang Gong’s perspective, when can oil production and refining be put on track?”
"I'm afraid it will take several years! At least, it won't mature this year or next."
"Ah? This won't work. The entire Yan'an Prefecture is counting on oil to support people. It won't be able to use it this year and next, and the impact will be too great."
"Prefect, this is the reality, and there is nothing we can do. Who doesn't want to get on the right track as soon as possible? We have invested so much money, and we also want to make money for the palace as soon as possible. Recovering oil is so troublesome, and refining is so dangerous, there is no way
It is not suitable to expand the scale and start production seriously. Unless, we do not care about costs and human lives."
"Wang Gong, how can you make money by refining oil under the current situation?"
"There is money to be made! But it's too dangerous. An accident could happen every now and then, and I won't be able to explain it clearly to my superiors."
The uterine delivery system is very strict about production accidents. The industrial and mining industry is an industry with frequent accidents. If it is not strict, the accidents will get out of control. Zhu Youjian does not want too many orphans to appear in Ming Dynasty because of the production of the uterine delivery system.
Widow mother. Even so, there are quite a few accidents every year. If we relax a little more, the situation will be more serious.
"Let's do this! According to the current situation, we will first build a large-scale oil refinery. As for any accidents or the like, I will tell Your Majesty and your Palace Supervisor that I will be responsible for this matter."
"Ah? Magistrate Li, I'm afraid this won't work. Human lives are at stake, and we can't act recklessly."
"What does it mean to be unlucky? The entire Yan'an Prefecture and even the entire northern Shaanxi Province are waiting for rice to be cooked. Compared with starving to death, how can the casualties here be greater?"
"But even if the refinery is completed, the amount of oil production will not increase."
"I will issue an order to open up oil extraction rights to the people. As long as they pay taxes according to regulations, anyone can open oil wells and refineries and directly collect the crude oil they extract. Of course, these measures are only a measure of authority. You still have to find ways to combine oil refining and
The oil production facilities should be improved as soon as possible."