Soldiers come to the world

The county magistrate of Xiazhi County was originally a member of Huang Zu's clan. After Xiazhi County was handed over to Liu Jing, the county magistrate Huang was transferred back to Wuchang. Now the county magistrate is in charge of the entire county affairs. The county magistrate's surname is Mao and Chaisang The man, about 40 years old, has a very ordinary appearance, the kind of ordinary appearance that is difficult to find when thrown in the crowd.

However, the magistrate of Mao County is also shrewd and capable. This time the people of Chaisang moved westward, he put in a lot of effort, exhausted his energy and mind, and exhausted his mind.

At noon, Liu Jing, accompanied by Mao Xiancheng, inspected the situation in Xiazhi County on horseback.

"I would like to report to Sima, our Xiazhi County is a small county with a population of only 6000 households and 5000 people. The county is small and small. This time, the population of Chaisang has surged to [-], which is already the limit. gone."

Liu Jing nodded, he also saw that the small county town was full of immigrants, and the houses of the aborigines were requisitioned, almost a family lived in one room, making the small county town extremely crowded, shouting and cursing everywhere. The sound and the crying of children made the whole county smell foul and disgusting. "

Liu Jing frowned, and turned to Mao County Prime Minister and said: "This is not acceptable. The county is messy and the disease is easy to spread. Once the plague breaks out, catastrophe will be imminent. Measures must be taken immediately."

Yiji next to him said, "Sima is right. We must strictly prevent the epidemic. We can use lime to eliminate the poison. In addition, if someone gets sick, they must be quarantined immediately."

Yiji is a high-ranking official from Xiangyang, and the county magistrate just appointed by Mr. Jing. The magistrate Mao dared not argue, and only obediently agreed.

Liu Jing glanced at Yi Ji with satisfaction, and said to the two of them: "If you are short of manpower, you can ask the troops stationed outside the city to assist you. Just say it is my order and ask Wang Tai to send hundreds of soldiers to assist you."

Mao Xiancheng was overjoyed. He was worried because of the shortage of manpower. Since there are soldiers to assist, then the matter can be done. He hurriedly said: "Then let's arrange for the humble job now?"

Liu Jing glanced at Yi Ji again, and Yi Ji was very helpless. It can be said that he was forcibly appointed as the magistrate of Xiazhi County. On the one hand, he felt a little ridiculous. He was obviously the emissary of the state pastor without the state pastor's consent. , became the county magistrate in Jiangxia, which does not conform to the official appointment process.

But on the other hand, he himself was a little tempted. Seeing that Liu Qi and Liu Cong are unreliable people, and he is not from Jingzhou gentry, he is just a fellow of the state shepherd. He has no background and no backer. where again?

And Liu Jing's importance to him made him see a glimmer of hope, maybe there will be a future with Liu Jing, so he was very conflicted in his heart, like a bride who wanted to marry her husband but felt that the ceremony was not enough, shy, wronged and entered The bridal chamber, took office as the county magistrate of Xiazhi County.

Yi Ji understood what Liu Jing meant when he saw him, and he sighed in his heart, so he had no choice but to enter the role of county magistrate, and bowed to salute, "I'll make an arrangement with Mao County Cheng for the humble job!"

"I'll go to the barracks with you!"

Liu Jing had nothing to do for the time being, so he took Yi Ji and Mao Xiancheng to the military camp outside the city. The military camp was stationed outside the northern city, with two thousand soldiers under the command of Wei Yan and Wang Tai, while Liu Hu and Liao Hua were stationed. In Yangxin County, Gan Ning patrolled the Yangtze River to monitor the actions of the Jiangdong Army.

Because Liu Jing lived in Xiazhi County temporarily, Xu Shu rushed to Yangxin County early in the morning. Yangxin County has a larger population and all the money, food and materials are concentrated there, so Liu Jing ordered Xu Shu to be fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Yangxin County.

As soon as they arrived at the barracks, Wei Yan and Wang Tai came out after hearing the news. They knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Sima!"

"The two generals are invited, I have something to trouble the two of you."

Liu Jing brought everyone to the big tent. He sat down and told Wei Yan and Wang Tai about the situation. It was only natural to send troops to assist the local government, but Wei Yan was more careful and asked, "This will require a lot of lime. Is there so much lime in Xiazhi County?"

Liu Jing didn't know much about the situation in Xiazhi County, so he looked at Mao Xiancheng, who smiled and said: "General Wei doesn't know, the biggest specialty of Xiazhi County is 'two stones', one of which is lime, The Qizi Mountain area in the west of the city is rich in limestone, and many businessmen hire people to mine it every year, and there is ready-made limestone in the warehouse at the mining area, which can be directly transported by ship and used.”

Wang Tai laughed at the side and said: "It's easy to handle. I know Qizi Mountain, so there's no need to delay. I'll immediately take five hundred soldiers to carry it by boat."

At this time, Liu Jing asked curiously: "I don't know what is the other stone among the 'two stones'?"

"Reporting to Sima, it is a black, sticky substance that can burn and has a pungent smell, but we usually use it to treat diseases. The locals call it paraffin oil, and some people even use it to light lamps."

Liu Jing was taken aback, isn't this just oil?He immediately asked, "Where is this paraffin oil?"

Seeing Liu Jing's expression of concern for this kind of paraffin oil, Mao Xiancheng hurriedly said, "It's in the area of ​​Xiazhi Lake in the south."

Liu Jing got up immediately and said: "General Wang and Yi County Magistrate are going to move the limestone mine. I'm going to see this kind of paraffin oil. Please ask County Magistrate Mao to take me to Xiazhi Lake."

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The terrain of Xiazhi County is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. A lake is formed at the lowest depression in the southeast. It is called Xiazhi Lake because of the county's name. The lake is surrounded by large forests and sparsely populated. Hunters and woodcutters usually set off , but the west of the lake is rich in a major local product of Xiazhi County, paraffin oil.

The so-called paraffin oil is actually oil. Xiazhi County is located in the center of the Jianghan Plain. This is the Jianghan Oilfield of later generations. There is a wealth of oil underground. Generally, it needs special mining to get it. However, in some stratum fault zones, oil will also overflow through cracks. On the surface, this is how ancient people obtained oil.

In the west of Xiazhi Lake, there are just a few formation fault zones, and the underground oil overflows the surface, forming several natural oil wells. But at this time, people still don't know the use of oil. It can be burned and used to light a lamp for cooking.

Liu Jing followed Mao Xiancheng to Xiazhi Lake, and soon found several cracks rich in paraffin oil. He happened to meet a few local people who were collecting paraffin oil. When he saw a large group of soldiers, several oil producers frightened him. I have to get out of the way quickly.

"Sima, this is the most productive oil well." Mao Xiancheng took Liu Jing to a crack in the ground and pointed to the bottom.

Liu Jing took a look at this so-called fissure oil well. It was actually a natural fissure with an oval shape at its widest point. Dried and solidified oil is everywhere around the ground fissures, dyed into large patches of black.

"Will the paraffin oil inside not overflow?" Liu Jing asked.

Mao Xiancheng scratched his head, "It overflowed once or twice a few years ago, but then it disappeared. You need to use a wooden barrel to tie a rope to scoop it in. But it's not deep, and you can pick it up in less than ten feet. Anyway, it can't be finished. In fact, It's not very useful, for ordinary people."

Liu Jing didn't wait for him to finish, so he waved his hand and interrupted him. He turned to a military marquis and said, "Now all the paraffin oil is requisitioned by the military, and no one is allowed to exploit it. In addition, tell General Wei to send 300 people are permanently stationed at Xiazhi Lake to guard these oil wells.”

The Marquis Jun agreed and immediately sent someone to notify Wei Yan. Liu Jing couldn't bear the excitement in his heart. When he was fighting with the Jiangdong Army yesterday, he was once helpless in the face of the attack of the nest cart. At that time, he thought, If you have kerosene, you can use kerosene to burn the nest car.

I didn't expect that I just thought of kerosene yesterday, and discovered oil today, which made Liu Jing feel emotional. It was simply that God was favoring him. He asked Mao Xiancheng, "This kind of paraffin oil, except for Xiazhi County, Are there any other counties?"

Mao Xiancheng thought for a while and said: "I heard that there are also in Jingling County, more than here, and the specific humble positions are not very clear."

At this time, a soldier borrowed a wooden barrel and a long rope, and brought up a bucket of paraffin oil from the oil well. It was like black syrup, sticky and thick. The soldiers gathered around and asked in one go: " Sima, what's the use of this?"

Liu Jing laughed, "It's useless now, but if it's dealt with, it will be of great use."

He immediately said to Mao Xiancheng: "Go find me a blacksmith, I need him to make something."

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Liu Jing has seen indigenous oil refining in later generations. Although many equipments are not available in this era, and he does not understand many details, he does understand the basic principles.

It is also very simple, that is, three steps of precipitation, distillation and cooling. Although it is impossible for him to refine industrial products such as gasoline and diesel, at least after processing, the oil is no longer so viscous and can be used in the military.

At this time, Liu Jing's thoughts were all on refining fire oil. He called a blacksmith to make some curved pipes with iron sheets, dug a few pools, and found a few large iron pots.

The principle is very simple. First settle for a day or two, then put the filtered oil into an iron pot for refining, and the evaporated oil and gas flow through the iron pipe. One of the iron pipes is in the pool. When passing through the pool, the oil and gas will condense and flow from the iron pipe The kerosene flowing out from the other section will become clear and light yellow.

Of course, this is still far from the diesel gasoline of later generations. This is actually the most primitive kerosene, and it is also the kerosene that Liu Jing was looking forward to. In fact, after more than a hundred years, this same liquid appeared On the list of weapons and equipment of the Byzantine Empire.

On the afternoon of the third day, when Liu Jing and dozens of soldiers were concentrating on refining kerosene, a soldier sent by Gan Ning brought the expected news that Wuchang County had been conquered by the Jiangdong Army. The shooting was defeated, and he fled to Xiakou in a panic with hundreds of remnants.

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In Wuchang County, Sun Quan stood on the top of the largest city in Jiangxia, looking down at the thousands of households in the city. At this moment, he had a feeling of lofty ambition. Taking Wuchang City meant controlling Jiangxia's heart.

But Sun Quan also knows that it is not easy to completely control Jiangxia, the key lies in the Huangzu family, and the key to Jiangxia's smooth integration into Jiangdong's territory is to uproot the Huang family from Jiangxia.

Sun Quan summoned General Pan Zhang and told him in a low voice, "You immediately lead five hundred troops to Huang's Villa, and kill all Huang's clansmen, leaving no one behind!"

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