After Zhao Xin talked with Xu Dayong, he chatted with Liu Sheng and Chen Qingsong for a long time in the evening.
"I think the biggest problem at the moment is not buying ships and weapons, but oil." Liu Sheng hit the nail on the head and pointed out the problem that Zhao Xin has been reluctant to face.
Taking generators as an example, Zhao Xin bought six 1-megawatt diesel silent generators. The fuel consumption of these generators is 30 liters per hour, and the daily diesel consumption is more than 2,000 liters.
In addition, the most fuel-consuming one is the Thor. The fuel consumption of ocean-going ships increases exponentially with the increase of ship speed. Among the consumed fuel, in addition to heavy oil, there is also light oil. As long as the Thor goes to sea to perform tasks, in order
When in a hurry, the speed is often increased to 20 knots or even higher, resulting in a daily fuel consumption of around thirty or forty tons.
Of course, this would be very simple in modern times. You could refuel every time you enter the port. But what about in ancient times? The transportation of the future is very enjoyable to use, but the large amount of energy consumption that comes with it is a real headache for Zhao Xin and others.
With more and more new tools, fuel has become an extremely urgent issue. Unless Zhao Xin wants to return to the state of ancient society that relied on the sky and abandon a large number of modern tools, he must pay attention to the energy issue.
The three of them discussed for more than two hours, and the final topic became whether Beihai Town needs to expand, whether to go west or north. If you go west, you have to start a war with the Manchu Qing, and you have to hold it after the war; and if you go north,
, that is, to occupy Kuye Island. Apart from this, there is no other way to solve the oil problem.
The debate lasted until midnight, and the three finally reached an agreement to go north and occupy Kuye Island. Compared with the huge area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, one island can still be defended. And it is not that they want to occupy the entire island, but only the oil-producing area in the northeast of the island.
You must get it.
So according to this plan, there is no need for Zhao Xin to rush to buy a ship. Exploration and oil extraction equipment will become the first priority; then there is the refining equipment. Zhao Xin doesn’t care about environmental protection anymore. Large-scale refining equipment cannot be used, then
Let’s have some backward production capacity!
When it came to the matter of local oil refining, Chen Qingsong suddenly said: "Zhang Bo has done this before in his hometown. I heard him mention it."
When Zhao Xin heard this, he was overjoyed. He immediately went out to Zhang Bo's dormitory, pulled him over from the bed, and asked him to tell him about the local oil refining.
Zhang Bo, who was still dizzy and yet to wake up, heard this and gave a brief explanation. The principle of local oil refining is very simple, which is to heat the crude oil and let the processed oil enter the container through the pipeline. The first thing to be discharged is gas.
, after the gas evaporates, gasoline will be obtained first, and diesel will come out later, and then the final oil residue will be heavy oil.
As for the equipment, it is even simpler. Zhang Bo explained while drawing on the paper: "In the past, when I was in my hometown in Shandong, the oil refining workshops in the village would first build a waste oil collection pool or a raw oil tank, and then pass it through a
The oil pump is connected to the combustion earth kiln. The calcined waste oil passes through the iron pipe on the top of the kiln, is cooled by a large water tank, and then enters the sedimentation filter tank. The filtered oil is then pumped into the oil storage tank through the oil pump.
This thing is very simple to make, but if it is not operated properly, it will explode and cause serious pollution. In the past, those oil refining workshops dumped the last oil residue directly to the right place, which caused great damage to the soil and was polluted by dust and waste water.
The place is barren of grass."
Chen Qingsong asked: "Based on your diagram, how much oil can be produced in a day?"
Zhang Bo scratched his head and recalled: "Seven to eight tons a day. But the best is to use crude oil bags, the oil yield rate can be about 55%. If there is another 'oil washing', the quality of the diesel will be the same as refueling
There was no difference between the stations. At that time, the diesel produced in the village was bought by the transport drivers passing by, and it was also purchased at the gas station."
The so-called "oil washing" is to use the action of acid to separate and precipitate most of the impurities in the waste oil; then use "alkali neutralization" to neutralize the oil from which the acid residue has been removed after pickling; and finally through "alkali neutralization"
"Washing". Wash away the acid, alkali and other water-soluble impurities in the oil; just filter it again.
"Okay! This matter is settled." Zhao Xin carefully went over what Zhang Bo said, and then decided that Zhang Bo would be responsible for the entire Kuye Island oil industry. After the location of the oil wells is determined, construction will start on a dozen or so.
Twenty sets of oil refining workshops are fully engaged in producing oil.
So one day later, Zhao Xin, who returned to another time and space, went directly north to Kuye Island. It took him nearly a week to bribe an oil field manager in the northeastern oil mining center city and obtain the detailed location and depth data of each oil well.
He also purchased three sets of oil pumping units and corresponding drilling equipment locally. Zhao Xin would not take these equipment away, but rented a local warehouse to store them.
No matter which time and space it is, the winter weather on Kuye Island is always bad, and strong hurricanes from the ocean will bring violent storms. Therefore, even if Zhao Xin makes all preparations, he will not be able to start action until the beginning of next spring.
After that, he flew to Europe, preparing to meet with Andrew and finalize a batch of equipment.
As soon as the two met, Andrew smiled, shook hands and hugged Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin had purchased a large amount of arms supplies from Andrew in the past year. And Andrew also earned a lot of money from Zhao Xin.
Commission, he has left Daniel and is preparing to go it alone.
This time, the person who came to greet Zhao Xin was no longer Andrew alone, but a small convoy with four luxury off-road vehicles and ten subordinates. Zhao Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly at the formation. This was too ostentatious.
During dinner, after Andrew and Zhao Xin chatted about business for a while, the topic changed and he said: "Dear Zhao, I have a friend who wants to meet you."
Zhao Xin looked at the other party expressionlessly, but his heart skipped a beat. He took a sip of water and asked lightly: "Oh, who is it?"
When Andrew whispered a name and told Zhao Xin the identity of the other party, Zhao Xin's pupils suddenly dilated.
A few days later.
"You mean you're being targeted by the FSB?"
As soon as Zhao Xin came back, he immediately went to the military camp to find Liu Sheng, and the two began to whisper in Liu Sheng's room.
Zhao Xin didn't speak, just nodded. In recent months, all transactions with Andrew were in gold. If such a large amount of gold suddenly appears on the market, it will be noticed by interested people. Every time he thinks about this, Zhao Xin can't wait to see it.
He beat Andrew with a hammer and rubbed him on the ground. This grandson acted too openly!
"I'll go! My previous worries have indeed come true." Liu Sheng sighed helplessly, thought for a while and then asked: "What do they want to do when they see you?"
"Said he wanted to get a share of the arms business."
"You agreed?"
"Brother, do you think I dare to disagree?"
Zhao Xin thought of the man he met under Andrew's introduction. He was in his fifties, affable, and wore glasses. He looked like a university professor.
"Mr. Zhao, Andrew's uncle and I are old friends. I have known Andrew for many years." When the other party said this, Zhao Xin noticed that a trace of embarrassment flashed across Andrew's smiling face.
"Sir, what can I do for you?" Zhao Xin asked tentatively.
"I heard from Andrew's uncle that there is some commercial cooperation between you. We don't care who you provide the goods to. What I want to tell you is that for the same goods, the varieties I can provide are richer and more diverse.
"
Zhao Xin noticed that the other party said "we don't care". Damn! He felt that the other party must have checked him.
Seeing that Zhao Xin remained silent, the other party smiled softly and said, "Mr. Zhao, what goods do you want?"
Zhao Xin fiddled with the silver spoon on the dining table, his heart went crazy, and he pretended to be casual and said his request.
When Liu Sheng heard this, he asked eagerly: "He agreed?"
"I agree, but I think I bought too little."
"What do you want from him?"
"Thirty thousand SKS, 20 million rounds of 7.62 bullets, one bullet production line. 20 D30s, 10,000 rounds of 122 high-explosive armor-piercing bullets."
Liu Sheng uttered a national curse, and then said: "Why the hell do you still call me Young Master?!"
"Brother, for such a predator, this is really not much. Let's take a look. Come here a few more times and see if you can buy a warship."
"Buy a warship? If you buy a warship, you will really be blacklisted! Not to mention the FSB, you won't be able to go back home!"
"It seems that I can't go back easily." Zhao Xin was a little lucky. Fortunately, he bought oil-related equipment this time. Now he can't go to the other side of the ocean, and the country in the north can't show up easily in the future. From now on, he will spend most of his time just
You can live in the eighteenth century.
"Oh~~ It seems that you can only go home from the Qing Dynasty in the future." Liu Sheng patted Zhao Xin on the shoulder with some sympathy. He himself had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry. Zhao Xin's parents were still in another time and space.
Twenty days later, the Thor set off again.
Zhao Xin only brought Sheng Haizhou's company with him this time. He felt that he was not going to "Urupu" Island to fight and kill, so he could just let Tuka take responsibility for the action.
Because the weather has turned cold, Denzo Katsuyama and his colleagues have temporarily suspended coal mining in Ezochi; most of them have withdrawn to the Sendai Domain, and only a few guys who guard the warehouses are left here.
This time Zhao Xin brought another batch of winter grain and high-quality wine to the Shachuan people. Tuka took out the best bear skins and deer skins as thanks.
During his stay, Zhao Xin asked Tuka about the cooperation with Beihai Trading Company. Tuka said that everything was going well and that Beihai Trading Company never deducted the remuneration of the Ainu people; from Shachuan to Quanzhou Town, many Ainu people
Helping build roads and dig coal.
The two agreed that after next spring, Zhao Xin would send troops to help Tuka unify the entire Ezo Territory, completely expel the Matsumae Clan, and make Tuka the first king of the Ezo Territory.
"King?" Tuka didn't quite understand the word. But when Zhao Xin explained that the king was the chief of the entire Ezo land, Tuka became overjoyed.
Later, Zhao Xin mentioned the purpose of his visit, and Tuka didn't say anything. He quickly arranged for fifty of his subordinates to go north with Zhao Xin. The leader's Ainu name is very difficult to pronounce, and the translation is "
fur seal".
Sea Dog knew Zhao Xin. This guy had been tortured by the Matsumae clan with Tuka before, and Zhao Xin had treated him. When the guy saw Zhao Xin, he grinned and came up to hug him.
"I'll go! This guy hasn't had a bath in how many days."
Zhao Xin smelled a strange smell from the seal when he was two meters away. He resisted and hugged the other person, and decided that the first thing he did when he returned to the ship was to take a bath, and he had to wash it three times in a row.
Three days later, the Thor arrived at Urupu Island, northeast of Ezo. But the first thing that caught Zhao Xin's eyes was the wooden church on the coast with a cross on top.
Zhao Xin stared at the church on the island dumbfounded, and then he realized that the Tsarist Russians had already arrived!
When the Western European countries along the Atlantic coast sent fleets traveling thousands of miles to East Asia in search of spices, silk, tea and even endless wealth, the rising star of the Tsarist Empire also began to make preparations.
For most Cossacks of the same generation, their journey to the Pacific seemed simpler and more direct. They only had to go all the way east on their own land, over the Ural Mountains, across Lake Baikal, and through the long forests of Siberia.
There are forests and plains at your fingertips everywhere.
In 1696, a man named Denbei from Jotani Town in Osaka encountered a storm on his way to Edo by boat and drifted to Kamchatka Peninsula. Three years later, the Cossacks who came to Kamchatka Peninsula to explore
Found him.
Two years later, Chuanbingwei was brought back to Moscow to meet with Peter the Great. Peter the Great ordered someone to teach him Russian, and in 1705 he opened a language learning institute in St. Petersburg and began to train language talents; Chuanbingwei became Tsarist Russia's guide to understanding the island country.
starting point.
In 1711, the Tsarist Russians began to officially explore the Kuril Islands. The so-called "Thousand Islands" actually had a total of fifty-six islands. In 1733, the Danish explorer Bering, who discovered the Bering Strait, organized another expedition to collect information about the island countries.
information.
In 1719, Peter the Great ordered the "explorers" to carefully survey the Thousand Islands and find a waterway to the island country.
In 1721, an expedition led by geologist Yefremov surveyed 14 islands, including Shezhigudan Island, and included the northern part of the archipelago into the territory of Tsarist Russia.
In 1738, the fleet led by Lieutenant Colonel Spanberg went all the way south to Shikotan Island. They surveyed 29 islands in the Kurile Islands and named them in Russian.
In 1739, Tsarist Russian fleets docked at various shores on the east coast of the island country one after another and conducted transactions with local people. This was the "Yuanbun Black Ship Riot" in the history of the island country. Although the shogunate was a closed system, the Eighth Generation Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune
However, they adopted a relatively tolerant policy. Later, the shogunate learned through the Dutch that this empire called Tsarist Russia was not far to the northwest of itself.
Since then, Tsarist Russia has continued to expand its influence in Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.
After 1760, the frequency of visits to the Kuril Islands by Tsarist Russian fleets increased significantly. They erected crosses on the islands, built immigrant settlements, and tricked the local Ainu into being baptized and naturalized. Many Ainu were confused and confused.
After being naturalized, they were forced to bear the heavy "fur tax".
In 1771, the Ainu people on Defu Island and Ergu Island launched a riot to resist Russian oppression, and 21 Russian tax collectors were killed in the conflict.
In 1779, out of the need to stabilize her rule, Catherine II issued an edict declaring that all taxes in kind on the Kuril Islands without permission from St. Petersburg would be abolished.
On Urupu Island, two Orthodox priests were called out of the church by the panicked Ainu people. They looked at the blue and white giant boat anchored on the sea not far away with shock on their faces.
Father Macarius made the sign of the cross on his chest with both hands (the posture of the Orthodox Church before the reform, after the reform it was up, down, right, left.) and prayed: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on sinners like us!"
At the same time, the sound of the Thor's whistle startled seabirds.