I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 309 The First Oil Refinery
Not to mention the idiot emperor's "disorderly mandarin ducks", Song Yingxing, the king of science in the Ming Dynasty, was devastated, and at the same time secretly delighted for a long time.

After all, that is the blond and blue-eyed princess...

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Let's talk about the Northwest Ministries, after privately signing a "win-win cooperation" agreement with Ming Dynasty, they respectively received assistance from a large number of new firearms, and quickly withdrew their troops from the Hexi Corridor.

The predicament of Suzhou Wei was finally resolved.

After receiving the secret decree, Zhu Yousong, king of the Northwest of the Ming Dynasty, finally rushed to Dong Zhiyuan, and secretly met with the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian. The two brothers had a long talk all night in a cave dwelling, and made a series of follow-up plans.

Nothing less than three points: first, transport a large number of new firearms and equip hundreds of thousands of "Zhu Jiajun";
Second, close up the mess in the Hexi Corridor, build railways and expressways, and run through [-] miles.

Third, on the basis of the original system of stationing troops, fully promote the 'Qingyang Mansion Model', mobilize all possible forces, reclaim wasteland on a large scale, and restore agricultural production...

Among the three "national policies", the most urgent thing for Zhu Youjian is to have a traffic artery that runs through the Hexi Corridor. For Zhu Yousong, it is several times more difficult than for him to stick to Suzhou Guard.

However, this former dude prince finally matured after two years of hard work on the battlefield.

He quickly came up with several feasible plans and started to work hard.

Of course, the main reason why it went so smoothly was the scuffle between the grassland tribes, which finally broke out a few months later.

Every prince, headman, chieftain, and leader not only has a large number of ready-made cavalry, but now also has free muskets and ammunition.

Then, a few incidents that were originally small finally became the fuse.

Among them, the war between Waikalkha and Erut was the first to break out, and it was out of control.

The Erut Ministry and the Wai Khalkha Ministry have a common feature, that is, they are externally connected to Tsarist Russia, which is tantamount to swinging between Daming and Tsarist Russia, and they belong to the kind that can eat and take what Naka wants at both ends.

According to the intelligence of Princess Anna and Catherine's mother and daughter, Tsarist Russia is now in a civil war, and the major principalities have been fighting for years, and they can't take care of themselves, so the plan of the idiot emperor can be quickly realized.

Then, immediately afterwards, wars among the Yongshao tribe, Turpan, Yarkand, Tumed, and Ordos tribes also broke out one after another.

At the beginning, the idiot emperor provided weapons and ammunition to the grassland tribes for free, and at the same time, in order to show the sincerity of cooperation, he was also responsible for escorting.

Later, the flames of war became less and less intense. Not only did the wars between the tribes continue to escalate, and the smoke filled the air, but even the internal struggles among the tribes were gradually revealed.

So, the idiot emperor finally started to 'service charge'.

As long as there are cattle, sheep, horses, livestock, etc., there are almost unlimited supplies of musket bullets.

At the same time, it is no longer limited to those headmen, chieftains, princes and chiefs. As long as you have animals that can be called, we will do business with you. Anyway, they are all first- and second-generation products.

The real big killer, but he doesn't show his face at all!
As a result, a very special vacuum appeared on the front line of Jincheng Pass, Liangzhouwei, and Suzhouwei.

Because this is the exclusive channel for transporting guns and ammunition to everyone. Which tribe dares to make a move, the idiot emperor will definitely kill him.

This is like having a large number of free bodyguards...

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At the same time, an exciting piece of news came from Qingyang Mansion!

The first serious oil well, a success!

Looking at the scarlet flames in the tall chimney, burning coal gas and natural gas that cannot be collected at present, a huge 'kowtow machine' with steel and wood structure started to operate.

An oil pipeline leads directly to an 'oil refinery' thirty miles away.

The idiot emperor was so excited that he and Miss Hongliu stayed up all day and night...

Early the next morning, he rode his horse and galloped straight to the refinery.

As for the oil well site, he felt that if he went, it might affect the work progress of the Daming students, so he was very self-aware and didn't go.

Daming's first oil refinery, still following the idiot emperor's usual preference, was named:
By inspection No. 1 refinery.

For this refinery, he didn't have ready-made blueprints at hand, and Song Yingxing led a group of students to repeatedly demonstrate and test, and finally the oil could be simply refined into three substances.

Gasoline, diesel and asphalt.

As for high-tech products such as pesticides, fertilizers, and plastics, they can only watch them go to waste. The idiot emperor feels a little distressed...

"How much diesel can be refined in one day and one night?" Zhu Youjian asked directly as soon as he entered the refinery.

The invention of the gasoline engine has not yet made any progress. Currently, only diesel and asphalt are available.

"For the first time refining, the amount of diesel oil is not large, probably about three to five thousand catties," said Song Yingxing, who was busy on the construction site and had no time to pick him up. Xu Guangqi naturally became the best 'tour guide', "The current equipment, They are all experimental products, and when they are officially put into production, the production can be gradually expanded."

"Is there any difficulty, please bring it up quickly, even if I sell the Forbidden City, I will support this matter!" Zhu Youjian laughed loudly and said proudly.

"Refined iron." Xu Guangqi was not polite, "We need a lot of refined iron."

"Many parts, due to the lack of enough refined iron, can only be replaced by wood, which is not suitable for working under high temperature. Therefore, His Majesty still has to find a way to transport a large amount of refined iron."

Zhu Youjian pondered for a long time, then turned his head and said to Miss Hongliu: "Send Mao Yuanyi an order to let him join hands with Northwest King Zhu Yousong to pass through the railway traffic of the Hexi Corridor at the fastest speed!
In addition, in the Zhangjiachuan area not far from here, we will increase iron ore exploration and try to excavate, crush, and refine nearby, so as to save a lot of labor, money and food consumption.

By the way, the railways on the Datong, Yulin, and Qingyangfu lines have also sped up the progress, and passed an order to Wei Zhongxian, asking him to mobilize 1000 million tons of iron, copper, tin, lead, etc. for me at all costs, and quickly transport them to Jinchengguan! "

"Jincheng Pass is a good place. I will reward the King Su's Mansion to my brother Zhu Yousong..."

Dozens of secret orders were passed down, and the idiot emperor became a prodigal son who was idle, ignorant and incompetent.

After wandering around Pingliang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion for more than a month, he secretly returned to the capital.

The first thing the emperor did after returning to Beijing was to decorate the boats in the Zhonghai and Nanhai areas, entertain guests, and treat guests to dinner, so as to establish a good relationship with the ministers...

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"Long live my lord, I have something urgent to report!"

As soon as the banquet started, Wei Zhongxian came trotting all the way, his face was covered with sweat, and as soon as they met, he immediately rushed over: "Long live, help me..."

(End of this chapter)