From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian asked someone to unload some water buckets from the carriage in the distance, and took out the money he had promised at the beginning: "The money is agreed at the beginning. I will work for a few more days, and I can take a rest after a while. I will put these money away first." Fill the bucket."

The few people shared the money, and Chen Jian asked someone to carry the big bucket to a hut not far away, and took out various utensils from the carriage.

Fill a full bottle of black oil with a glass bottle with a capacity of exactly five liters, dry the outside carefully with a rag, and put it on a steelyard that can be accurate to half a tael.

After the two young people who came out from the school weighed it, they shouted: "Mr. Chen, the relative density of this stone resin is [-] according to what you said."

Chen Jian went over to look at the scale, took a long breath, and said in his heart that luck is really good, this is very good light crude oil, which is easy to refine.

Among the oil seedlings collected before, Chen Jian has already weighed them. One of them contains water, and it is hard to say whether the ones seeping from the rock wall are the same as the ones buried in the ground.

After weighing this time, I can be completely relieved.

Whether it is light oil or not has little influence on Chen Jian nowadays. Oil is not industrial blood, in fact, it is like catching a whale. It is nothing more than lighting and filtering paraffin and oil residue for lubrication.

As the saying goes, discard the dross and get the essence, but the essence is different in different eras. At this time, the essence is only kerosene, and the real blood of power must be thrown away or burned.

When Chen Jian topped the oil seedling field, he had already made all kinds of preparations. The front technology glass, thread and cotton thread of the kerosene lamp could have been completed long ago, especially since he is the owner of the largest glass workshop. This is not a problem.

When the oil seedling stone was obtained, the production had already started, and it was not as sophisticated as later generations.

But the kerosene lamp is something that can be made with an ink bottle and a ball of cotton thread. What is needed is that its brightness is better than rapeseed oil, not a sophisticated lamp.

Its essence lies in the oil, not the lamp.

A perfect kerosene lamp needs to have threads and gears to adjust the length of the wick. This can be made by craftsmen, and the price is a bit more expensive. It can be sold to the middle class and above with a glass cover.

As for oil refining, oil refineries like those in later generations were also developed from a small iron pot, and there is no problem in going from one to the other.

Kerosene distillation started with a simple still, just like most of the symbols of the handicraft era. Each time, a still was added with crude oil, and the fire was heated underneath. After the distillation was completed, the fire was extinguished and the temperature was lowered before adding raw materials.

Just like Chen Jian's sulfuric acid workshop, from the non-continuous production at the beginning to the continuous production today, experience can be explored step by step.

Large pottery vats can be used, as can copper and iron utensils, but oil cannot be used as a heat source too extravagantly, but needs to be transported to the county town to be heated by the coal there.

Today's production capacity is only one or two tons per day, and it can be completed without continuous distillation. Slowly accumulate experience, and it will accumulate after a few people die.

The theoretical range of the mercury thermometer is the boiling point of mercury, which is more than 350 degrees, which is lower than the temperature of kerosene distillation.

In addition to the sealing technology of sulfuric acid production, the crude ammonia of carbonized coal and the cooling technology of coal tar, the experience accumulated for several years can be used.

He doesn't care about this either, as long as the oil comes out, everything is easy to talk about.Even if there is no fuel, it is only to accumulate experience, and there is nothing to lament.

After confirming the news that oil has been produced here, and carefully verifying the quality of the oil, Chen Jian hurriedly returned to Mincheng.

The kerosene lamps that had been prepared and the kerosene distilled from the petroleum laboratory method collected by digging pits with the floating water method were taken out and displayed everywhere in Mincheng.

In fact, regardless of whether the drilling was successful or not, or whether oil was dug out, Chen Jian would make a fuss with kerosene lamps.

He needs a lot of cash to do some dirty work, and the easiest way is to raise long-term venture capital or stock.

Today, there is neither a regulatory agency nor experience of such a scam. Coupled with the profits from the previous orchid craze and shipping speculation, people are willing to invest money in the risky speculation proposed by Chen Jian.

As long as a large amount of cash is in hand, it is not known whether it is really used in the promised place.As for large sums of cash, in this day and age, even if you are hoarding goods, as long as the amount is large enough, you can make a fortune, and you will never lose money.

Having experienced the fright of the orchid wave, those who made money in the last speculation are still keen on speculation, but they have set their sights on the real thing.

The imperfect futures structure and stock-like transactions caused by the orchid trend, coupled with Chen Jian's reputation and borrowing people's psychology of worshiping science, Chen Jian is going to make a big move, dragging some industries in Mincheng into the guild The abyss of disintegration clears the final road for "free" competition, lays the most basic preparations for the future age of navigation, and shows a new way for the raising of industrial and commercial capital.

The story of the kerosene lamp quickly spread throughout the city of Fujian through the political power controlled by Chen Jian and the extensive network of the Mo party.

Everyone in Mincheng knew three things.

This kind of kerosene lamp is very bright, much brighter than the previous vegetable oil lamp, and much cheaper than candles, which is another embodiment of the great power of "science".

Mr. Chen bought a piece of land a year ago, and there is a lot of kerosene under that piece of land. It is said that if you don't use "science", you can't dig that deep, but if you use "science", the kerosene is like Like well water gushing out.

Mr. Chen is going to raise equity capital to mass-produce kerosene lamps. This time it is not a venture capital investment, but some stock, which is definitely profitable and kerosene is risky.There are many rich people or big speculators who want to invest money. This time it is not orchids, but something that everyone can use, and there is no risk of shipping.

In addition to the legend about kerosene lamps, Chen Jian hung a group photo with Qihou in the hall of the red brick building.

The evolution speed of rumors is much more terrifying than the mutation of viruses.

At the beginning, it was just a photo of Chen Jian and Qi Hou, but in less than a month, it became a more magical version that is popular among the public.

"It's said that Qi Hou has heard of Mr. Chen's reputation, and also knows that Mr. Chen's school is famous, so he gathered the students of the Taixue to make things difficult for Mr. Chen. When he saw Mr. Chen, he asked three questions first, but he didn't want Mr. Chen to slightly He answered it with a smile, and immediately the nobles under Qihou were dumbfounded. Mr. Chen asked three more questions, but everyone from Qihou couldn't answer."

"From this, the Marquis of Qi knew that the outstanding people in China are not comparable to a small country, so he immediately treated him with the courtesy of a guest, and wanted to hire Mr. Chen as his master, but Mr. Chen refused to accept his resignation. He also wanted to invite Mr. Chen to be the head of the imperial school. Rejected. Marquis Qi held a banquet for three days, and asked about the affairs of the world, eloquent and profound. Marquis Qi thought that like a fish meeting water, a bird gets wings. Three days later, a woman suddenly claimed to be the daughter of Marquis Qi..."

"In the end, I only took a group photo for souvenirs. The bluffed Qihou thought that this camera could absorb people's souls, so he forced himself to be at ease because of his frightened expression because he was afraid of being laughed at by Mr. Chen..."

Whenever this rumor is mentioned, the photo with Marquis Qi hanging in the hall is always used as evidence.Qi Hou's expression on the top was indeed serious, and it was unbelievable to say that he was trying to calm himself down.The problem is that Chen Jian also has the dead character, so he becomes indifferent... However, in fact, the photos at this time all look the same, with a rigid face, and no one can expose the eggplant shouting for a quarter of an hour.

This rumor was not spread by Chen Jian. It is said that it was said by a person who was depressed and thought that his talents were difficult to display. He probably imagined a scene with the mentality of a scholar to express his feelings.Combining the dream of being talented and beautiful with the nostalgia of Hou Boguo's hierarchical thinking in the old days made such a disgusting mess.

Hearing this, Chen Jian jumped up and cursed angrily, which made a group of comrades in the party burst into laughter. They all said that it is really strange that there are still people who think that scholars are superior to others and can govern the country while talking and laughing.

The only benefit brought by this rumor is that more businessmen came to ask Chen Jian when he would go to Qi country for trade again.

At the end of October, the rumors were still fermenting, and the real news that caught the attention of many Mincheng people finally came out.

Chen Jian wants to use "science and technology", land, management and operation, contacts, and part of the money as the share capital, accounting for 50.00%.The remaining 40.00% was divided into [-] shares, and a company named "Nan'an County Standard Petroleum Monopoly Workshop" was established at [-] silver coins per share.

The [-] shares are subject to a real-name system, which cannot be transferred or traded within three years, and can be transferred and traded after three years.Dividends are distributed according to the share capital held, and the annual rate of return is based on the profit from the operation of the workshop. The main business of the workshop is to refine kerosene, paraffin and sell kerosene lamps.

With the example of the last maritime venture capital and orchid craze first getting involved in making money, and with the physical display of kerosene lamps, all those who can get together more than fifteen silver coins, businessmen from other counties and counties who come here to trade, Speculators, etc., flocked.

70 million silver coins, not much.But when it comes to liquid disposable cash, it's scary.The amount on the books is different from the cash after all, and now there is no strict supervision, no one will know where the money has been used in the past three years.

On this day, Chen Jian was standing in front of the red brick building, drawing big cakes for everyone.

"Everyone, there are 3000 million people in the country, even if there are 400 million households, rich or poor, on average, each household needs an oil lamp to replace the dim vegetable oil. We don't count the money for oil lamps and lamps, but the annual lamp oil is a steady stream. Even if each household uses 200 coppers of lamp oil a year on average, this year is [-] million silver coins, and it will continue to flow...five years, ten years..."

He took out the mathematical figures, and used mathematics to draw huge cakes. He heard the people below with red eyes and panting heavily.

When he was using words to confuse everyone, a party comrade walked up to Chen Jianjian and whispered something in his ear.

"Chen Jian, something happened."

Chen Jian and everyone in the audience expressed their apologies, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"An accident happened in a coal mine. The mine was on fire. The mine owner was afraid that the fire would not go out in the air and the coal mine would be lost, so he sealed the mine before the miners ran out. 27 miners in another fork were suffocated to death inside. Over there they wanted to give money to settle the matter, but the comrades in charge of our employers’ association over there took the lead in negotiating an explanation, and were stabbed to death that night. Everyone said to hold a meeting and ask you to come over.”

Chapter 143 The Bottom Line

This mine owner is obviously knowledgeable and talented. At least he has read the articles on the study of combustion conditions published by the Academy. He is a talented person who has mastered advanced science and technology and avoided losses. He can be called a model mine owner.

When Chen Jian rushed into the venue, dozens of people looked serious and had already started a discussion.