At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 154 Listen to me, have something to eat

Gao Bufan had visited an oil refinery in his previous life and had been exposed to crude oil. He could almost conclude that the dark brown liquid stained on Liu Qiusheng's clothes was oil. But for further verification, he went down to the bottom of the well again without carrying a torch to avoid accidents. After all, oil is not a joke. Once it is ignited, it is difficult to extinguish it by conventional means.

It's night now, and the bottom of the well more than ten meters deep is so dark that you can't stretch your fingers. However, Gao Bufan's eyesight is different from ordinary people, and he can clearly see the situation at the bottom of the well with the faint firelight shining from the top of the well.

The bottom of this well is not too big, only about one meter in diameter, and there is no water, but judging from the color of the walls around the well, the well used to have water, but it dried up for unknown reasons.

Gao Bufan used his feet to push aside a layer of dead branches and leaves at the bottom of the well, and found that there was a crack at the bottom, about three fingers wide and twenty to thirty centimeters long, and he could see that the crack was filled with that dark brown sticky substance. Obviously, this is what Liu Qiusheng's clothes were stained with.

Gao Bufan's heart moved, he tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve and stuffed it into the crack, absorbing the black liquid inside, but after a while, the black liquid in the crack of the stone slowly filled up again. Nine times out of ten it is an oil field, and it is an oil field that is extremely easy to exploit. Gao Bufan couldn't help being excited, but when he thought that it was the Sui Dynasty with almost zero industrialization, he immediately calmed down again.

Petroleum is called the blood of industry. It is the main energy source and the most important industrial raw material in later generations. Almost every industry cannot do without it. However, in the feudal farming society more than 400 years ago, this thing was A piece of chicken rib is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to throw it away, and its value is almost zero.

As a matter of fact, my country’s earliest records about oil were recorded in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The "Book of Han" mentioned that "Gao Nu has water that can be burned", while Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty described it in "Shui Jing Zhu": "On the water There is fertilizer, you can pick it up and use it." The ancients called oil water, fertilizer, stone grease, and stone paint, etc., until Shen Kuo, a man in the Song Dynasty, named it oil.

Although oil was discovered very early in ancient my country, it was hardly used because the output of this stuff is small, it is choking when it burns, the smell is extremely bad, and the smoke is billowing, so people prefer to use vegetable oil and animal fat to refine oil. Lighting, also does not use oil.

However, an open-air oil field that is extremely easy to exploit is still very useful to Gao Bufan, but it is a pity that it is in the territory of Goguryeo. If it is in the territory of the Sui Dynasty, he must try to get this piece of land, and then try to refine kerosene Gasoline or something, in the future, you can make a lot of money just by selling lamp oil.

As for now, it is still possible to get some oil for marching lighting, and make simple rockets and incendiary bombs, so Gao Bufan plans to ask someone to make some clay pots and urns tomorrow to hold a hundred catties, and maybe he can send them in later. It might be useful.

Since there is oil in the well, Gao Bufan probably guessed the reason why the village was deserted. Obviously, this is not a man-made disaster, but a natural disaster. It is very likely that an earthquake changed the structure of the underground rock formation, causing the original water The well has dried up, but the shallow oil underneath has come out.

If this happens in future generations, it will definitely be a good thing that the pie falls from the sky. The whole village has made a lot of money. The state’s demolition compensation alone has a large sum, and there are resettlement houses. But now it is the Sui Dynasty, and even people who know oil There are very few people here, and demolition and resettlement are even less of a dream.

Just imagine, the wells in the village suddenly dried up, and black and smelly liquid came out. Those villagers cut off the water source, maybe they were suspicious, and the migration of the whole village could not be more normal.

Let’s say Gao Bufan climbed up to the wellhead again, lit the piece of oil-soaked cloth with a torch, and it immediately burned up, black smoke billowed, and the smell was extremely pungent, a bit like the smell of rotten eggs, it was definitely oil, and The sulfur content is relatively high.

Dou Xianniang covered her nose and said in surprise, "Brother Gao, the... oil you mentioned can really burn, but the smell is too choking."

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "The oil here has too many impurities. Direct burning is not only polluting, but also extremely wasteful. It's a waste of money. It needs to be processed and refined to be useful."

"Oh!" Dou Xianniang nodded half-understanding. Since Brother Gao said the word "violent waste", it must be that this kind of black and dirty thing is really useful.

"By the way, Xian Niang, prepare more containers later, preferably clay pots and urns, I can use them." Gao Bufan ordered.

"Brother Gao, is he going to use it to hold oil? Well, yes, the oil can be used to light fires and make rockets."

Gao Bufan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs up and praised: "My Xianniang is getting smarter and smarter. It really is that the one who is close to vermilion is red, the one who is close to ink is black, and the one who is close to wisdom is sensitive."

"I'm not stupid in the first place, okay?" Dou Xianniang pouted her water chestnut-like mouth, and gave Gao Bufan a quick look. They all stared blankly.

Gao Bufan coughed lightly, waved his hand and said, "It's all gone, what should I do?"

A group of government soldiers and villagers dispersed wisely, guarded and guarded, those who made dinner made dinner, and those who rested.

snap...

A flash of pale lightning pierced the sky, and then there was an explosion of thunder, and the big raindrops fell, and everyone scattered like birds and beasts. In the heavy rain, the piece of cloth stained with oil was still burning until the cloth was melted into pieces. The ashes just went out.

The rain came quickly and went quickly, and it stopped after about half an incense stick. It seemed to be specially delivered "water" to cook dinner for everyone. I found water outside, which saved me a lot of effort.

Soon, the whole village was filled with the tempting smell of rice and meat. Just as the government soldiers and villagers were having dinner happily, the cavalry led by Pei Xingyan finally returned and escorted back to Old Zhao. The number of people under his command, however, was quite different from the 200 or so people that Old Zhao said. It was more than [-] people, more than four times more.

Looking at the dark crowd in front of him, Gao Bufan finally understood why Pei Xingyan had been gone for so long before he came back. It was obvious that the bastard, Old Zhao, was playing tricks. They clearly had more than 200 people, but they only reported 50 people. He also kept an extra mind and asked Pei Xingyan to take fifty cavalry to go, otherwise he might not be able to suppress the 200 people, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

The more than 200 defeated soldiers of the Sui army in front of them were obviously very hungry. At the moment when they smelled the aroma of the food, they all had green eyes, salivating, and even ready to move, like a pack of hungry wolves. The cavalry with tall horses must have rushed forward and started to rob.

The government soldiers and villagers who were holding their rice bowls and eating dinner couldn't help being very annoyed and vigilant when they saw this. They took up weapons one after another, and while eating, they stared fiercely at the two hundred newly arrived soldiers. Crawling out of the dead, who is afraid of whom?I managed to eat enough food for two days, you newcomers, what are you pretending to be like big-tailed wolves?If you have the guts to try it out, you bastards can't be killed!
People are most likely to lose their minds when they are hungry, and people who lose their minds are no different from wild animals. Let alone compatriots at this time, even fathers and sons may kill each other for one bite. It is a word in the history books, but a cruel reality.

"Squat down, don't move rashly, whoever moves will die!" The horse in Pei Xingyan's hand was shining coldly, and he sternly ordered, and the defeated soldiers all squatted down obediently, but their eyes couldn't bear to move away from the rice bowls in everyone's hands. He kept swallowing his saliva.

Pei Xingyan controlled all the routs, and then came to Gao Bufan and got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Gao, that old Zhao guy really played tricks and underreported the number of people. Fortunately, we were prepared."

Gao Bufan nodded and said, "Brother Pei, you've worked hard!"

Pei Xingyan licked his lips with a sinister smile and said, "What's the hard work? There are more than 200 tired soldiers. They are not enough to look at in front of our cavalry. If you kill a few, you will be honest."

Gao Bufan is not surprised by this, although everyone is Sui soldiers, but right now everyone is fighting on their own, and the opponent has more than 200 people, the strength is not weak, the leader of the opponent will definitely not easily attach himself to others as a younger brother.

"Where's their leader, isn't it Old Zhao Tou?" Gao Bufan felt that since Old Zhao Tou went to the front to scout the way himself, it should be unlikely that he was the leader of this defeated army.

Sure enough, Pei Xingyan shook his head and said: "Old Zhaotou is not their leader. The leader of these rout troops is a brigade commander. This guy is very aggressive. He not only ordered me to let people go, but also robbed our horses. I was furious. I stabbed him to the core, that guy still has more than a dozen soldiers who want to attack, and I will kill them all."

Gao Bufan sweated secretly, Pei Xingyan was really fierce, no wonder he was a fierce general known as the enemy of ten thousand people in the history books, he wanted to win, it seemed that his decision to hand over the cavalry to him to lead was extremely correct.

"Well, the brothers are tired after running around all night, take them to eat and rest, and I will take care of the rest!" Gao Bufan ordered.

Pei Xingyan cupped his hands and led the brothers of the cavalry team down to eat. As for the newly arrived rout soldiers, all their weapons were confiscated, it is not afraid that they will cause chaos.

Gao Bufan walked forward at a leisurely pace, and those new rout soldiers all subconsciously looked at him, with uncertain expressions on their faces.

Gao Bufan pulled out a waist knife, flicked his fingers lightly on the blade twice, making a thumping sound, and suddenly struck the blade with force, and the waist knife made of wrought iron snapped off in response, those newcomers The defeated soldiers couldn't help but change their expressions in shock, this kid has such strong finger strength, what's the origin?
Gao Bufan casually snapped the broken knife into several pieces, and then he clapped his hands casually and said: "I am Gao Bufan in Jixian County, Bohai County, and my name is Changqing. I have the final say here, listen to me, and I have something to eat." !"

(End of this chapter)