Great Tang Southern Emperor

Chapter 184 Oil Alternatives and Departures ([-] in [-])

"Your Highness, Your Highness, don't scold anymore, God will be angry if you continue to scold." Li Zhen scolded happily, but Fang Yiai and the others next to her were so frightened that their souls would lose their minds.They are not Xibei like Li Zhen, but ancient people with upright roots and upright roots.

As we all know, the ancients were very awed by the heavens, and they had the same attitude from top to bottom-the heavens can only be respected, not scolded.

At this time, seeing Li Zhen yelling at the sky like this, while being taken aback, she was also extremely terrified in her heart, fearing that Li Zhen's words would anger the sky, she hurriedly persuaded her.

Li Zhen disdainfully said: "What am I afraid of? This king is protected by the Great Immortal Zhenyuan, and what is the little Lei Gong Dian Mu Feng Bo Yu Shi? How dare they provoke me?"

"..." Fang Yi loves to cry, but you have no tears, you are blessed by gods, you don't have to be afraid, but we are all ordinary people with mortal bodies, so we dare not mess with the heavens.

Li Zhencai ignored everyone's thoughts, and was still cursing endlessly: "God, if you have the ability, let it rain again, and put out this big fire?"

"Crack!"

A thunderbolt landed and hit a big tree not far from Li Zhen, and instantly the whole tree burst into flames.It's a pity that such an ancient tree has lived for hundreds of years, but now it is completely destroyed by a lightning bolt.

Fang Yiai was even more taken aback. In their view, this was God's punishment for them - Li Zhen was protected by the Great Immortal Zhenyuan, and the immortals had nothing to do with him, so they vented their anger on themselves and others.

Feeling angry and helpless in my heart - go and bully the righteous master if you have the ability?What kind of skill is it to take out our entourage?This is too bullying, right?After all, you are also gods, can you be a little bit moral?

But he was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show any disrespect on his face. He looked at Li Zhen again, still cursing there: "Bastard, I made you rain, what's your ability in fighting? If you have the ability, you will Put out the fire all over the mountain, what's the use of farting?"

"Your Highness, don't talk, don't talk, it's going to rain, it's already thundering, and it should be raining soon, let's go back first." Fang Yiai rushed forward and dragged Li Zhen away. , the rest were relieved.

"Whoa!"

Not long after Li Zhen was dragged into the camp by Fang Yiai, there was a 'crash' outside, and the rain poured down on her head, and some of the young soldiers who hadn't entered the camp in time were immediately drowned.

Huge raindrops hit the camp tent, and there was a 'boom boom' sound, as if someone was hitting a wooden post with a giant hammer, which was soul-stirring.

On the contrary, Fang Yiai breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, with this heavy rain, the fire outside should be under control."

"It should be fine." Seeing that the rain had really stopped, Li Zhen calmed down, and nodded in agreement: "But I am quite interested in this kind of shrub called oil bush, which means that after the rain stops, Get someone to collect some more oil and send it to the military medical camp for Mr. Gu and the others to study and see if it is of any use."

Fang Yiai responded immediately: "Yes, I will do it after it rains."

Of course, Li Zhen didn't just look for oil tanks because he was interested, but because he thought of something through oil tanks-oil.

Li Zhen has been in this world for more than ten years, and has never given up on industrial revitalization. She has always wanted to use her own hands to push Datang to a higher level.

It's just that industrial revitalization is easy to say, but how easy is it to actually do it?

Ordinarily, with Li Zhen, a high-level engineering student, it should be no problem to complete the initial industrialization. He originally thought so, but when he actually did it, he found it extremely difficult.

The first is the material. Regardless of the fact that Datang is now able to manufacture cannons, it has qualified cannon steel.But that was just an accident, which was accidentally caught by the craftsmen. In fact, the current material industry in Datang is very backward (compared to the era of industrial explosion), although Li Zhen has been personally imparting knowledge over the years, the problem If he himself is a half-assed person, how can the students he teaches be so good?

Fortunately, although he doesn't know much about the materials, he does know the basic theories. After years of hard training, the theories he knows have been successfully instilled in the students. Now this group of students has grown up and entered the industrial field , I believe that it will not be long before Datang's material industry should be able to show an explosive state.

In addition to materials, there is also design. Don't worry about this. Li Zhen usually draws some basic mechanical design drawings for his craftsmen to make deduction and improvement.Through this training method, some old craftsmen are able to design their own machinery, and the design is quite good, which is a good sign.It's a pity that some machines have been unable to be successfully manufactured due to unqualified materials, such as steam engines.

As I said before, the design of the steam engine has been drawn by Li Zhen, and the finished product has been successfully produced, but it has been limited by the unqualified airtight material, so it cannot be used normally.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen complained to the Materials Department (Materials Department: Blame me ╮(╯_╰)╭).

In addition to materials and design, craftsmanship is also an important indicator in the industrial field. Whether the processing technology is good or not is directly related to the quality and precision of the product.But this is the most reassuring point for Li Zhen. There are not many other things in the Tang Dynasty, but there are many "eighth-level workers"-the craftsmanship of the masters at this time is not much worse than that of the eighth-level workers in later generations.

There are various masters to check, and the mechanical precision is what Li Zhen is most assured of.It’s just that some processes require special tool processing, but the material industry is underdeveloped, so naturally there are no suitable tools, so Li Zhen complained to the material department again (material department: whatever you want, you can say whatever you like...)

If Li Zhen is most satisfied with the craftsmanship, Li Zhen is more satisfied with the design, and the material is what Li Zhen expects, then the power or fuel is Li Zhen's most dissatisfied.

Of course, Datang is not without high-quality coal, such as Jinyang (Taiyuan), there are not many other things in Jinyang, but coal resources are quite rich, there are many large coal mines alone, which makes Li Zhi and Sizi (Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, the most beloved daughter of Li Shimin, was more favored than Princess Changle, but unfortunately died at the age of 12) made a fortune.Both of their fiefdoms are in Jinyang (Li Zhi is the king of Jin, and Li Mingda is more directly the princess of Jinyang). Now with the development of coal, both of them have become outright big local tyrants. Received soft hands, not to mention both of them have a lot of coal mines under their names, and they are rich in wealth.

It's just that although there is a lot of coal, the industry does not only need coal. In addition to coal, it also needs a sufficient amount of oil.It's just that although China also has oil fields, they are all difficult and deep oil fields that are not suitable for exploitation-at least with the current industrial strength of Datang, they cannot be exploited, and the rest are small oil fields.

What's more, even if there are oil fields, oil can't be used directly as long as it is extracted. It needs n times of industrial refining to be considered a finished product, and this is what Datang can't do—at least the catalyst needed for oil differentiation, It is not something that can be produced now. According to Li Zhen's estimation, even if he has his own hook, it will take at least 50 years of development to produce a catalyst.

Li Zhen has always wanted to find a substitute for petroleum. Originally, Li Zhen planned to use alcohol, but his local method of distilling alcohol is really not good enough. Up to now, the highest purity alcohol that Li Zhen has obtained is only more than 70 degrees. That's all, it can be ignited for sure, but it is far from enough to be used as fuel. It can only be used and sold as medical alcohol and spirits. On the contrary, it has made a lot of money, which can be regarded as a surprise.

Originally, Li Zhen planned to continue to improve the distillation technology, at least to purify the alcohol of more than [-] degrees, but now it seems that there is no need for it, and she seems to have found a more suitable substitute—this oil tank is undoubtedly It is a plant with high oil content, and the burning smell that Li Zhen smelled just now is not like vegetable oil, but more like the smell of burning biodiesel. If the oil in it can be extracted, maybe a pure oil substitute can be produced.

It can be regarded as fulfilling his oil dream.

With oil, most of his plans can be launched, and Datang's industry will also enter a state of rapid development.

The heavy rain in the rainforest is not an ordinary heavy rain. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as pouring. If it is put in Datang, it must be at least the level that you see every few decades. If it falls in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it is estimated that there are two big rivers It's all going to crash.

If nothing else, let's just talk about the small lake in the valley. The water volume has increased by at least one-third. Fortunately, the terrain of this small valley is relatively high, so the young army avoided the "tragedy" of being flooded by the Seventh Army. .

However, although the rain in the rainforest was heavy, it did not last long. It only lasted for three days. On the fourth morning, it was another sunny day.

"Your Highness, the heavy rain has finally stopped, should we go?"

"Of course I have to go. After staying here for so many days, I feel uncomfortable all over." Facing the sun, Li Zhen stretched her waist, sneezed hard, and sprayed all the musty smell accumulated in these celestial bodies Going out, he took a deep breath, and the cool air mixed with the fragrance of the soil was poured into his lungs, and then Li Zhen sneezed again...

Deliberately ignoring Fang Yiai's face that wanted to smile but didn't dare to, Li Zhen said, "Go ahead, order everyone to start packing immediately, we're leaving."

"Yes." Speaking of business, Fang Yiai immediately put away her original expression, turned serious, and replied loudly.

"Oh, it's really comfortable to sit on an elephant." Sitting beautifully on the elephant, Li Zhen once again enjoyed the blessing, which made the young soldiers below who were struggling to follow the elephant's footsteps feel envious and jealous...

Fang Yiai noticed the expressions of the young soldiers below, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Your Highness, please don't provoke them. The ancients valued that soldiers and generals share weal and woe, is it not good for you?"

"What's wrong? Huo Qubing also didn't treat soldiers as human beings, but didn't he still win battles? Wouldn't someone be willing to die for him? At least I didn't starve my soldiers, which is better than Huo Qubing Is it too much?" Li Zhen was not willing to give up such a comfortable mount, and go to play some fun together, so she immediately retorted using Huo Qubing as an example.

"But you and Huo Qubing..." Fang Yiai originally wanted to say that you and Huo Qubing were comparable?But I stopped talking halfway through. Thinking about it carefully, His Royal Highness is much better than Huo Qubing. No matter how awesome Huo Qubing is, then he only knows how to fight. Li Zhen is not only good at fighting.Although Li Zhen might not be able to beat Huo Qubing when it comes to fighting, but if he really wanted to use all his means, even ten Huo Qubing would have to kneel down.

If Li Zhen and Huo Qubing were placed in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at the same time, and he had to choose one of them, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would probably choose Li Zhen instead of Huo Qubing—yes, Huo Qubing is powerful in fighting, but he is at the same level as him It's not that there are no great generals in the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Li Guang are not much worse than Huo Qubing.But you can find another Li Zhen for me?

Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is not unacceptable for Li Zhen to enjoy such treatment.

Li Zhen smiled and didn't answer Fang Yiai's words, but turned her head and asked, "Wang Can, where are we now? How far are we from Yueshang?"

The answers to these questions have always been in Wang Can's heart. Hearing the words, he immediately replied: "Your Highness, we are not far from Yueshang. According to the current speed, we should be able to arrive tomorrow, but there is one problem..."

"what is the problem?"

"According to the records on the map, there is a river more than fifty miles away. We didn't pay much attention to this river at first, but now it is the rainy season, and it has just rained heavily. The big river is likely to swell. If we go to cross the river at this time... ..." There was a hint of hesitation in Wang Can's tone, obviously he was not very optimistic about forcibly crossing the river. The young army was not familiar with Nanyang. No one knows what's going on inside. A land overlord like an elephant is probably not enough to face a big river...

"That's it, let's not talk about this for now, we will talk about it when we get to the place." Li Zhen was also a little helpless, but the situation is not clear now, and I will talk about it when I get to the riverside to understand the situation.

"Yes."

"Your Highness, General Xue's carrier pigeon."

Just when Li Zhen was about to lie down and continue to rest, someone suddenly handed over a carrier pigeon.

"Rengui's carrier pigeon?" Li Zhen was taken aback, why would there be a carrier pigeon at this time?Is something wrong?