Chapter 924 Chapter 924, Exchange

  After Xiao Yeyang came back from Xintunwei, Daohua mentioned the oil matter to him.

  Xiao Yeyang looked surprised: "Petroleum? Are you talking about stone paint? I have seen this thing in books. It is a kind of oil and water that can be ignited for lighting. Xiliang also has this thing?"

  Ina Hua nodded quickly: "Lifu knows where it is, let him take us to see."

  Xiao Yeyang still attaches great importance to oil, because he has seen from the military books that someone used oil to attack the enemy with fire. If oil is really so useful, then Xiliang’s defensive ability can be improved.

  However, he did not agree with Inaka to go with him.

   Daohua shook Xiao Yeyang’s arm: “There’s nothing wrong at home now. It’s too boring to stay at home, so take me with you.”

  Xiao Yeyang went to ask Gu Jian, and heard Gu Jian said that Daohua is well-groomed and she can go for a walk appropriately, before agreeing to take her with her.

  After that, Xiao Yeyang called Wang Lifu to the Xiao Mansion, and carefully inquired about the place where he encountered the oil, and learned that it was a little far away from Ganzhou City. After some preparations, he took Daohua over.

  In late October, the temperature in Xiliang is already very low.

  In the carriage, Daohua shrank in Xiao Yeyang's arms, holding the hand warmer in her hand.

   Xiao Yeyang saw her doing this and couldn’t help but said, “You still come out so afraid of the cold, aren’t you asking for hardship?”

  Most of Daohua's face is buried in the fox fur collar: "I just want to see it."

  After a day’s journey, when it was getting dark, Daohua and his party came to the Heishuigou that Wang Lifu said.

   "It's really a black water ditch!"

  In a gully less than one meter wide, it was full of thick black oil. The pungent oil level made Daohua dare not get too close and could only look at it from a distance.

  Xiao Yeyang put the torch head in the oil and stirred it, and then let the person ignite.

  "Boom~"

  Huge flames burst out immediately.

   Step by step dared to see him, and said excitedly: "The lighting is much stronger with the torch dyed with oil."

  Taohua took the words: "Petroleum and water can not be extinguished. It can be used not only for lighting, but also for lubricating axles, reducing friction, and it has many uses."

  This time, Master Wang is also here. He is standing not far away. Hearing Daohua’s words, he said in his heart, this Madam Xiao is really knowledgeable and talented.

  Cement was discovered by her, and this oil was discovered by her again.

   Xiao Yeyang looked at Heishuigou, thinking about how to attack the enemy with oil fire.

  "Bring the oil drums you brought over and see how much oil can be pumped out."

   Daohua said again: "The oil here has already emerged, and there must be a lot of storage under the ground."

   Xiao Yeyang saw Daohua holding his nose, and ordered Bu dare to fight for oil, and let Defu send people to look around, and then walked towards the tent with Daohua.

   "Hoo~"

  Away from Heishuigou, Daohua immediately took a few deep breaths.

  After she was pregnant, she had no adverse reactions, but she was quite sensitive to smells. A little bad smell can make her nauseous and vomiting

  Meilan Meiju has taken someone to tidy up the tent, and the charcoal basin is also lit.

  The rice flower entered the tent, took off the cloak, and sat in front of the charcoal basin and drank the hot tea that Xiao Yeyang handed over. Seeing Meilan Meiju preparing dinner, she said:

   "Prepare more. I can find oil thanks to the little guy Lifu. I will give him and Master Wang a copy later."

  When Mei Lan handed the food box to Master Wang and explained the reason, Master Wang was taken aback, then smiled and touched Wang Lifu’s head: "You little guy is really lucky."

  Looking at the raging fire caused by oil in the distance, he could also think of the role of oil on the battlefield.

  After dinner, Xiao Yeyang walked with Daohua outside the tent for a while.

  At this moment, Defu rushed over.

   "Master, madam, just now our people discovered that oil was also coming out on the other side of the mountain."

  Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang and Daohua were very happy.

   Daohua smiled and said: "It seems that there are a lot of oil reserves in this place. We can drill more oil wells to extract oil."

  Xiao Yeyang: "I will discuss this with Master Wang, so don't worry about it. I will accompany you back to rest."

  The next day, Daohua woke up from the warm bed and heard that she dared to report to Xiao Yeyang when she stepped outside the tent.

  "Master, the oil drums we brought are full. As soon as the oil in the black water ditch is finished, new oil will automatically emerge."

   "However, the rate of oil delivery is a bit slow."

   "After seeing it, Master Wang said that we can drill a few oil wells like salt wells and take the initiative to exploit the oil underground."

  Xiao Yeyang nodded: "Master Wang will handle the well drilling. Now you go back to Ganzhou City and transfer a thousand soldiers to station here."

   Waiting for Xiao Yeyang to return to the tent after confessing the matter, Daohua has already got up to wash.

  After breakfast, Xiao Yeyang thought that it would be difficult to make a trip, so he took the rice flower to the surrounding area.

  Daohua sat on the horse's back, and Xiao Yeyang led the horse. Although the scenery was not very good, both of them were very happy.

  Waiting for a thousand soldiers to come to camp and station, Xiao Yeyang ordered everything to be done, leaving Master Wang here to watch, and he took Daohua back to Ganzhou City.

  As soon as the two returned home, the dark guard took the flying pigeon and found it: "Master, this is the news from Xintunwei."

   Daohua saw Xiao Yeyang read the note, her face suddenly sank, and she couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?"

  Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "My eldest brother learned from the drunk Hong Zhong that after Wei Hongcai succeeded as the commander of the capital, he has always been eating out of money."

"There are nine guards in Xiliang, and each guard has a border army stationed there. However, as far as I know, the number of border guards in each guard has not reached the standard. Only Ganzhou guard has a deficit of 10,000, but the court The military salary paid out every year is in full."

   said, snorted.

   "In recent years, Wei Hong has been greedy for a lot of silver, and the amount is as high as hundreds of thousands of taels."

   Daohua is not that strange about this, but she is a little worried about Yan Wenxiu's safety: "It's not long before my eldest brother went to Xintunwei, so I started to investigate Wei Hongcai, is it a bit risky?"

  Xiao Yeyang thought for a while and said, “I’ll reply to my eldest brother later, let him pay attention.”

  In November, after completing five oil wells, Wang Shiye returned to Ganzhou City.

   Knowing that dozens of barrels of oil can be mined every day, Xiao Yeyang first gave in and dared to transport a batch to Ganzhou City for storage, and the others were sent to twelve military towns.

  At the same time, Xiao Yeyang gave the emperor another discount, preparing to exchange a batch of ordnance with oil and the Five-Army Capital.

  The Royal Palace.

  The emperor handed Xiao Yeyang's fold to Wu Jingyi.

  Wu Jingyi was very surprised to see that Xiliang had oil.

  As the governor of the country’s troops and horses, he has a good understanding of armaments and supplies. He has known and used the method of attacking the enemy with oil and fire a long time ago.

  Unfortunately, there are very few places where oil is produced. He sent someone to look for it, but he didn’t find it.

  Wu Jingyi immediately prepared to appeal to the emperor. He wanted Xiao Yeyang to provide oil for free, or to bargain, but he did not speak, and the emperor spoke first.

  "On the side of Xiliang, the imperial court did not give too much support. Originally, the replacement of ordnance should also be a matter of the imperial court. Now that Yeyang is willing to exchange it with oil, you can give him a batch as appropriate."

   "Oil can't be extinguished with water, and the oil exchanged back is just used for the navy."

  The emperor has already spoken, and Wu Jingyi is naturally not good enough to say more. He can only sigh in his heart that Xiao Yeyang's luck is so good that he can find oil in the barren land of Xiliang.

  (End of this chapter)