I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 840 Caused by Oil

Zhao Xi still knows what the current oil lamps are like.

Although there are almost no oil lamps in the inner garden now, there are still some in the inner garden in the early years.

At that time, there were oil lamps in Wang Zhong's main room.

Zhao Xi also knew that most of the oil that people used to light their lamps was sesame oil.

"What Wang Xiang said is very true. This oil should be popularized for civilian use... let's call it kerosene."

"Jifu, then you and Zirong will set a price for kerosene and promote civilian use as soon as possible."

Zhao Xi dragged the cabinet to the workshop city today, not to see the power of kerosene bombs.

Selecting kerosene to promote civilian use is one purpose, and the other is to look at the workshop and storage of distilled kerosene in Workshop City.

I was busy some time ago, although I also knew about the accident at the kerosene workshop in Workshop City.

He needs to find a suitable excuse, and he can't be too late to predict the future.

"How do the officials know that... that kerosene can be used for oil lamps?"

No, even so, Wang Anshi still asked.

As for the others, they have long been accustomed to the unconstrained thinking of officials, so they are not surprised by it.

"Gasoline, that is, the first distilled oil, I think the distillation process should be the lightest, because it flows out of the highest side pipe."

"The reason why Workshop City uses the first oil shows that gasoline is flammable."

"And the last oil residue is randomly piled up, which means that the flammability is not high. I wonder if the second oil is the same as sesame oil?"

"Trying like this, it really is..."

At this time, I looked at the oil lamp again, and it was still on like that, without any change.

Regardless of whether this reason can convince the cabinet, it is a reason anyway.Zhao Xi can't say that he has used this thing for many years, can he?

"Officials, since it is popularized, can the fire oil distillation process be sold by Workshop City?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Official, this is impossible!"

As soon as Han Zhen finished speaking, three or four people spoke up.

Han Zhen has no military experience, but he has served in Workshop City for a long time.

He has led the sale of Workshop City several times. The first thing he thought of was that once kerosene was popularized for civilian use, it would be a big benefit for Workshop City and the imperial court.

After all, it is difficult to meet the demand for kerosene of the entire country just by the output of the distillery in Workshop City.

In the Kingdom of China, there were still few people who could afford candles, and most of the hundreds of millions of people still used oil lamps.

"Officials, as Zihou and Zichun said, this product can be promoted, but the process of distilling fire oil cannot be spread outside."

"Everyone has seen the power of kerosene bombs. This is a military weapon, how can it be owned by the people?"

After Zhang Dun and Wang Shao's voice fell, Wang Anshi stated the reason.

Although Wang Anshi hoped that the common people in the Song Dynasty could use kerosene, he also knew that this stuff really couldn't be released casually.

"Indeed, the method of distilling fire oil cannot be leaked out, and even the imperial court should strictly control it."

"Gasoline is not only used for armaments, more importantly, the risk is too great, and disasters will happen if you are not careful."

Su Song also said the same.

But at that moment, Han Zhen already figured out the truth.

"How about this, Workshop City will work with the track side to formulate an operable transshipment plan to ensure that kerosene can be promoted to the widest possible extent in the state capitals of the country."

"In addition, Jifu negotiates with Workshop City to determine the price of kerosene, based on the principle that the common people can afford it..."

Zhao Xi also knew how to price this thing. For the imperial court, it was just a derivative of kerosene bombs, and it would be a waste if they were not sold.

It doesn't matter, there is almost no use of oil at this time.

"Officials, should military control be imposed on the origin of kerosene? At the same time, the imperial court listed kerosene as an armament material and prohibited civilian mining... The old minister thought that if a little kerosene was promoted and used, the source of kerosene would be known to the court. If there are no restrictions, I am afraid that such powerful kerosene bombs may also become a flood.”

Wang Anshi's way of thinking seems to have changed, and he is no longer blindly relying on public opinion. At least such a formulation shows a kind of old-fashioned and good-looking style.

"Officials, I have seen that the people in the Yanyan area use stone ester as fuel..."

I thought that Shen Kuo had no experience in Fuyan, and history would change. I didn't expect him to pay attention to Fuyan Petroleum, but I don't know if he has borrowed oil fume to make ink.

Zhao Xi didn't bother with this.

"Dingyang, Gaonu, there is water in it, you can dip it in fat."

This is recorded in "Former Hanshu Volume 38 Chapter [-] Geographical Records", and Zhao Xi has also read it.Gao Nu or Yan Yan, Zhao Xi knew that they all referred to the Yan Yan area in later generations.

The Yanchang area is the production area of ​​Changqing Oil and Yanchang Oil in later generations, and it is also the first oil well in later generations.Zhao Xi knew all this.

"Then let the imperial court control it. The strategy that the cabinet will draw up later, what kind of trading company to form, how to mine, how to transport, including how to keep the distillation method secret, etc., should be reflected in the strategy."

Zhao Xi thought about it, and based on the current mining methods and the current use of oil, it should not have any impact on future oil extraction.

"Among the mountains in the northwest of the country, something like ointment flows out of Chengchuan, and runs for several miles into the ground. It looks like a scorpion, and it smells very bad. There are many official houses and stone esters in the northwest area..."

What Zhang Dun said about Zhao Xi is even clearer.

Although Guochao has opened up the commercial routes in the Western Regions and restored the Silk Road to a certain extent, it is still too early to say that it has reached the strength of the previous dynasty and even the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.

The oil in Suzhou may be exploitable, but what Zhang Dun said refers to Kucha, and Kucha is still the territory of the Xizhou Uighurs, and even borders the Black Khan Dynasty.

Not to mention Heiyou Mountain, which belongs to Shangjing Road in Beiliao.

"As far as historical records are concerned, in terms of Shizhi, the Northern Liao Dynasty, the Uyghur Dynasty, and even the Black Khan Dynasty, which ate Persia and other places, produced much more than the Guo Dynasty."

There was no need for Zhao Xi to pretend, nor did he need to hide what he knew.Historical materials of the Han and Tang Dynasties have many records of stone ester, whether it is called Shiqi, Shizhi, or any other name, it refers to oil.

"Officials and ministers believe that once kerosene bombs are used in war and kerosene is used in civilians, the role of stone ester will be known to all dynasties. This will definitely lead to the reduction of the country's advantage in war."

"I believe that before other dynasties are familiar with the method of fire oil, the origin of stone ester should be included in the territory of the dynasties as much as possible."

Zhang Dun did not hide his ambition at all.That's right, it's been two years since the new cabinet, and the country has no plans to expand its borders, which makes their current cabinet very aggrieved.

The last cabinet not only recovered the four states of Yunying, but also wiped out Xixia and recovered Dali.

Although they also had the achievements of Tuohai, from the traditional understanding, the real contribution was the land battle or the battle against Beiliao.In Zhang Dun's view, it is not difficult to support the recovery of Yanyun and other states with the current military equipment, money and food reserves of the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)