The vast world map is full of endless reverie.

Xiao Ming said slowly: "Workers must first sharpen their tools if they want to do their jobs well. This is what I want to say. The foundation of the pearl chain strategy is the navy. From now on, sailing warships should not be built. Technology needs to build a brand new battleship."

Cui Shangan was excited. The first-generation steam engine armored battleship was already very powerful. You can imagine the horror of the second-generation armored battleship.

If the latest rear-mounted rifled guns are used on these warships, the European navies will be completely targets at sea.

However, relatively speaking, the construction process of ironclad ships is slower than sailing warships. The construction of a warship often takes one year or even two years.

Because of this, it is necessary to cut sail battleships and let the shipyard fully invest in the construction of the iron armored ships.

"Yes, the emperor, the next official will supervise this matter when he goes back." Cui Shangan bowed his orders.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, and then the two of them talked about some details before ending the conversation.

Watching Cui Shangan leave, Xiao Ming sighed slightly. Although he wanted the Chinese empire he ruled to be worshipped by the world, the realization of technology was still the biggest limitation.

After all, it is easy for him to come up with technology, but it takes a long time to realize the technology, such as the construction of this ironclad ship.

And this is just one of them. The infrastructure such as thermal power plants, bridges, railways, and water conservancy projects are not built overnight.

However, despite this, the empire is always flourishing under his leadership. The main problem now is not once resisting aliens, but competing with Western powers for sphere of influence.

He was thinking. At this time, Qian Dafu hurriedly trot all the way. When he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, he smiled and said, "The emperor, Lin Wentao's telegram, the internal combustion engine is very impressive."

Since the telegram, the transmission of information has been much faster, and many things can be solved with only one telegram, which has made Xiao Ming and the officials a lot easier.

Especially the time of scientific researchers like Lin Wentao is very precious, so he gave Lin Wentao and others the privilege to send him a telegram directly.

"Today is the double happiness." Xiao Ming laughed. The development of this internal combustion engine has long been on the agenda. After all, there is no pressure to manufacture internal combustion engines with the current industrial capacity of Qingzhou.

Stretching, he said to Qian Dafu; "Let's go, how about Lin Wentao's internal combustion engine?"

"Good." Qian Dafu smiled and walked towards the palace gate with Xiao Ming.

At this time, in the Qingzhou Machinery Research Department, Lin Wentao was discussing gasoline and diesel with Lu Tong.

In the process of developing the internal combustion engine, because of the lack of two combustion oils, gasoline and diesel, Lin Wentao actually first used the gas combustion method to test the combustion performance of the internal combustion engine. It was not until these two days that he obtained real gasoline from Lu Tong. To test the first four-stroke internal combustion engine manufactured, it was verified that the engine speed had reached 800 revolutions per minute, the compression ratio had also reached three to one, and it was running smoothly. Only then did he officially send a telegram to Miyaka.

"This thing is much stronger and more powerful than a steam engine." Lu Tong said that the internal combustion engine was powerful in the test just now, and the most important thing is that the internal combustion engine is small in size. According to Lin Wentao, the internal combustion engine will make a tremendous change in domestic transportation.

Lin Wentao sighed, "No matter how good you are, you have to have oil. You simply don't have enough oil."

When Lu Tong heard the words, he spread his hands. He said: "This is the result we have collected in Kanto for three months. Unless the Minerals Division officially drills the oil well, no one can do anything about large-scale oil."

The two were talking gossip. After a while, Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu arrived at the Research Department. Seeing Xiao Ming, everyone stopped their work.

"Emperor, this is a four-stroke internal combustion engine." Lin Wentao pointed to the machine in front of him and said to Xiao Ming.

The horizontal machine in front of Xiao Ming was seated on the ground, roughly like a "worker" type. At this time, the connecting rod and crankshaft were reciprocating to drive a pair of wheels to spin idly.

This scene made Xiao Ming smile with satisfaction. He said: "It seems that the internal combustion engine is very successful."

"The emperor has won awards, all relying on the technical information provided by the emperor, this four-stroke internal combustion engine is no longer a problem, the next official is going to study six-stroke internal combustion engines." Lin Wentao is confident.

If he didn't dare to say this big talk before, but now it is different. The appearance of electric motors has given Qingzhou industry a qualitative leap, and conditions allow him to boldly develop internal combustion engines. After all, all the necessary conditions are available.

The only thing lacking was gasoline, so he said, "The emperor, this internal combustion engine is no problem, but this gasoline is a problem. Xiaguan and Lu Tong were talking about this problem just now."

Lu Tong echoed: "The method of preparing gasoline and diesel by distillation has been mastered by the official chemical institute. As long as there is a large amount of crude oil, the official can provide gasoline and diesel."

All the questions were concentrated on the issue of oil extraction. He smiled. Although he wanted to transport oil directly from the Middle East, it might be difficult at this stage, and he couldn't wait to open up business.

Therefore, under consideration, he placed his hope in the Guandong. After all, the contemporary Daqing oil field is located in the Songnen Plain of Heilongjiang, and this layout has already begun when Zhu Sansi went north.

After Yaxa was occupied, the Minerals Department sent personnel to the Songnen Plain to find the location of the oil field. During this time, they basically figured out the specific location, because they found floating black oil in some springs in these places~www.mtlnovel .com~ These black oils proved to be petroleum.

And this method is not proof that it is unfounded. There is a record in Shen Kuo’s "Mengxi Bi Tan" in the Song Dynasty. There is a kind of oil in Yanzhou. This oil is produced by the water and mixed with sand and spring water. It flows out from time to time, so local residents dipped it with pheasant tail hair and collected it in an earthen jar.

This kind of thing is the oil brought up by the groundwater, and they also discovered this situation when the Minerals Department was searching for oil.

"It used to be impossible, but now we have it. The most critical part of the drilling equipment is already there." Xiao Ming said, pointing to the internal combustion engine. In the early days, the driving force for drilling was mainly diesel engines. Electricity was not used until modern times. After all, oil is generally in shortage. In the countryside, electricity is difficult to reach.

Lin Wentao and Lu Tong glanced at each other and both laughed. They did not expect that the fuel and the internal combustion engine would complement each other.

He said: "If this is the case, the next official will let the machinery factory try to produce a set of drilling equipment."

Xiao Ming nodded. Now the industrial standard of Qingzhou has reached the level of the end of the nineteenth century. It is time for the application of petroleum and internal combustion engines.