Zhao Feng opened "Tiangong Kaiwu" and looked at it carefully. For a whole month, he almost forgot to eat and sleep.
At this time, the book is already half a person's height, and the contents in it are all-encompassing and really complicated.
If Zhao Feng's memory had not been fundamentally improved due to the sudden increase in national fortunes, he might not be able to remember what he saw before or what he read in front of him.
The more he read this book, the more excited he became. There were indeed countless new things in it.
To be precise, they are some new inventions that are of great significance to the present, such as oil refining technology and sealing technology!
And this oil refining technology is definitely valuable in this book!
Oil is not just something that can be burned. For the current situation, the most important thing is that it can provide abundant materials.
Refining petroleum can not only obtain a large amount of kerosene, but also the extremely critical asphalt.
And this asphalt is of course used to pave roads.
Nowadays, the roads in the Wei Dynasty are really worrying. Looking at the entire road from the Wei Dynasty to Rome, the roads along this road seriously hinder trade.
If a flat highway can be built, it will have a huge impact on future travel between the East and the West.
Once a road is built at the national level, it will benefit the people below.
After all, the huge savings in transportation costs and the great improvement in efficiency will make it easier for more people to switch things between the two sides, and gain more profits. It will also further increase trade between the two sides, thereby strengthening the relationship between the two sides.
This allowed for continuous exchange of materials between the East and the West, further improving the life of the Wei Dynasty.
Of course, in oil refining technology, many by-products require high-temperature distillation.
Although Zhao Feng now has conventional glass bottles for distilling fine wine, if he wants to obtain by-products such as kerosene, he still needs to further mass-produce high-temperature-resistant glass bottles.
The greatest use of this thing is the efficiency of the steam engine.
If there is no sealing technology, there will inevitably be a lot of air leaks, and the higher the water pressure, the more obvious the air leaks will be, which will seriously affect the efficiency of the steam engine.
With this thing, the efficiency of the ships built by Zhou Yu and others will be greatly improved, and they will be able to travel anywhere.
"Oil is located in the Kushan area. Now the Kushan people have benefited greatly from trade. The mining of various minerals has allowed them to make money, whether they are the nobles or the common people below! However,
The most abundant resource in Kushan is obviously oil."
Zhao Feng thought that in future generations, there would be so much oil that they would never be able to use it up. The world's top and second largest producers are here. Moreover, the cost of extraction is low. If you just dig a well in some areas, the water that comes out will not be water, but water.
It's rolling oil.
In other places, oil is gold, but in these places, oil is the most hated thing, and water is more expensive than gold.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but laugh: "Well, now, I have brought benefits to you! The oil that you had a headache in the past can now be contracted by me!"
However, who will complete the oil refining process?
If oil refining is to be carried out in Kushan on a large scale, steel manufacturing, glass manufacturing and other processes will also have to be moved there. As these technologies move westward, Kushan will certainly change the trade route of the Wei Dynasty to a certain extent.
Play the role of leader!
Therefore, people in Kushan must be absolutely loyal and capable!
Zhuge Liang is definitely fine, but Zhao Feng wants to send Zhuge Liang further away to Rome. After all, that side is equally important and someone needs to take care of all the matters there.
After thinking about it, Xun Yu is still reliable.
Xun Yu is stable and very capable. Moreover, as a Confucian, he is extremely loyal to Zhao Feng.
After thinking carefully for a long time, Zhao Feng felt that if these crafts were established in Guishang, the crafts there must be protected and the people who know these technologies must be protected. Otherwise, if they are robbed by some careerists, these technologies will be lost.
was leaked out.
Therefore, heavy military protection, plainclothes protection, and all kinds of means are required.
This is destined that the management organization established by Guishang must be a military and political entity, and it will be highly independent of the Wei Dynasty!
Such institutions have not existed before, such as enfeoffment and the Protectorate of the Western Regions.
Zhao Feng thought about it and finally came up with an idea.
Soon, he called several advisers over.
"I intend to establish a Protectorate Palace, what do you think?"
Guo Jia was surprised: "The Protectorate? Your Majesty, the Western Region is considered inland now. Why set up that thing?"
Zhao Feng immediately laughed: "It's not the Western Region, it's the establishment of a Guishan Protectorate to garrison in Guishang!"
Guo Jia was even more surprised: "Didn't His Majesty say that we need to rely on trade and commerce to stabilize Kushan? And now it seems that it is indeed the case. Kushan is indeed tied to us economically! Establish a Protectorate.
, what to do? Don’t we have commercial departments stationed in various places to do things?”
Zhao Feng nodded: "That's right, but that was in the past. I want to move steel, glass and other crafts to Kushan. In addition, I will start some new crafts to prevent these technologies from being robbed by the Kushan people or others."
, I must send heavy troops to guard it there."
Jushu, who had just returned to Beijing, immediately frowned: "Your Majesty, steel is a technology related to the lifeblood of the country, how can it be placed there? Glassware, although we have certain restrictions and do not make more exquisite things, but everyone knows that, then
It’s also a great tool for digging gold!”
"If it is leaked, among other things, high-purity wine will not be our patent from now on!"
Zhao Feng spread his hands: "So, I need to send troops to guard them, I need to send secret personnel to protect them, and I need someone to sit there and take charge of the overall situation!"
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Your Majesty's whimsical ideas can always change the Wei Dynasty and even change the pattern in a wider range. This is indeed admirable. Although I don't understand what your Majesty is going to do, as of now,
, if we really want to build these crafts there, then it is indeed the most appropriate to establish the Protectorate!"
Later, Xun Yu was transferred to Guishang and began to sit there for a long time!
"What? His Majesty asked me to take full responsibility for building the Kushan Protectorate? Appoint me as the Protector of Kushan?"
Xun Yu looked confused.
"Your Majesty, you trust me too much!"
A large amount of gold has been transferred to Guishang, and recently, the large amount of funds earned by the Wei Dynasty in the Kushan area are no longer sent to the mainland of the Wei Dynasty. Zhao Feng directly ordered that the massive funds here be retained for Gou Yu to establish
For use by the Protectorate.
"My lord, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"
After Xun Yu received the drawings of oil refining and other processes, he immediately sent people to find where the things were.
If these things are in the north of Kushan, then of course his Protectorate must be located in the north. If it is in the south, then his Protectorate must be located in the south, and it will be by water in the future.
His people received a lot of news, all of which pointed the oil to offshore areas.
After hearing the news, Xun Yu directly began to build a new city in the southwest region of the Kushan Empire, three hundred miles west of the large city of Talmena, and transported talents from various industries here on a large scale.
