C1799 Black Gold

The Kalimantan Island that the westerner was called was the Bohai and the Borneo that was recorded in ancient Chinese books. This tropical island was as big as 21 Taiwan and was the third largest island in the world.

Chinese understanding of the island began in the Jin Dynasty, when high monks crossed the sea from India to China, passing the Borneo on the way.

In the following years, as long as the culture of the Central Plains recovered its stability and walked out of the shadow of war, the King of Earth of the Borneo had made contact with the Central Plains Empire, let alone the later Three Treasures Eunuch going to the Western Ocean.

Until the time of the colonists in the Portugal when they began to explore Southeast Asia, a Chinese nation, the Lanfang Republic, had once appeared on this island, along with a few other small Chinese cities.

Unfortunately, the Central Plains had a self-styled policy of maintaining the continent, and the concept of a country locked in seclusion was deeply rooted. As a result, the Chinese on this piece of land did not have the support of the Home Country and thus, these small republics disappeared in the long history of the continent.

Xiao Letian would definitely not allow this tragedy to continue. The Chinese people who grew up here had to have their own country, so they shouldn't hope for other indigenous people to coexist peacefully with the Chinese.

Not to mention the northern part of Borneo, which was the territory controlled by the local tyrants and Sudan, the land possessed the most important resources of the Second Industrial Revolution, oil!

Oil was the core of Xiao Letian's strategy. In the internal combustion engine era, there was no country like oil that was crippled, but unfortunately, China had been poor since ancient times.

Not that China really has no oil, but that it lacks shallow and rich fields. For example, in the famous Daqing Oilfield of the future, when Japan was fighting the Pseudo-Manchuria, they had also tried to explore for oil but failed.

An important condition for the exploration results was depth. The Daqing Oilfield's ultimate exploration success was the discovery of oil after a bit more than 1200 meters, while most of the oilfields developed by humans before the second world war were shallow oil fields hundreds of meters long.

The importance of technology can be seen from here. At that time, the United States was the world's number one oil technology, and there was a wild record that American geologists had long known that Daqing had rich oil fields, but they also knew that no other country could mine them.

In the end, it turned out to be true. Forget about mining, the Japanese couldn't even find him.

There was no shortage of oil in Japan's militaristic tanks, and at the time, Japan relied heavily on the United States for oil imports. Much of the wealth looted from China was sent to the United States in exchange for oil.

This is a big strategic bottleneck, and to break through Japan has to look at areas in south-east Asia where oil has been found.

In the Brunei Area, the shallow rich oil fields in the Sumatra region were Japan's only choice. In particular, the Kuwait in the east of the country, where the entire country was located, was above a large oil field.

This kind of oil field was something that Xiao Letian had to have, because he knew very well that his subordinates, the researchers, were far weaker than the Americans and Europe. Even if Xiao Letian told the children that there was oil under the ground, they would not be able to mine it.

If the technology couldn't reach that level, then so could it. He had no choice but to rely on the accumulation of time.

Today, Xiao Letian did not want to keep secrets with these direct descendants anymore. He pointed at the cabin door, and Wang Huaiyuan immediately understood as he went to the door and listened attentively, then locked the cabin door.

Xiao Letian said coldly, "What I am saying now concerns the life and death of the Chinese people in the coming hundred years! I can tell you, under the Brunei Area's territory flowed the most precious asset of the future, Black Gold, and that is oil! "

"I have never concealed my ability to predict. Now, what I want to give you is the boldest kind of prophecy!"

"From the moment humans entered the scientific world of reason, all the scientific and technological explosions were actually built on the utilization of energy … There is no doubt about this, the primitive man did not know how to use fire, he could only drink blood and fight back like a beast against the cruel nature! "

"Later on, the smart humans learned about the power of fire and the fact that wood and hay could be burned. But now, science has proved that wood and hay plants are the energy they store for the sun!"

"So it's clear from the look of our lives that plants store the sun's energy and turn it into a solid, while humans store this solid for energy... The natives of the Far East have to cut down large amounts of wood from year to autumn, and the heat emitted by this wood can sustain people's production throughout the winter! "

"This is a scientific method of using solar energy. We call it life experience!"

Xiao Letian poured himself a cup of iced rum and drank it all, letting the cold wine slowly flow down his chest, he said in a comfortable tone, "Later on, the Europeans started to level up this method of using energy, they suddenly felt that the firepower was not enough, and now the era of coal has arrived!"

"In fact, the era of steam engines was to extract the energy stored in coal in the earth's crust through the use of steam engines. This energy is more violent, more tyrannical, and it can be stored in the form of minerals that are not affected by the seasons!"

"Jenny's textile machine can get enough power in the four seasons of the year. The steam locomotives on the rails are roaring and running like the wind. If the steamers on the sea are carrying enough coal, there's no need to think about the monsoon!"

"Even the Zhiyuan Warship under our feet rely on the energy provided by the black coal to fly across the ocean … Remember, what we're burning right now is the solar energy that was stored billions of years ago! "

Xiao Letian slammed the glass down on the table and squatted on the floor. "What about the future? Is there no more efficient alternative to coal? "Yes, of course there is. It's the Black Gold, oil!"

"I firmly believe that the energy of this liquid will definitely change the appearance of the human world in the future. Whoever stands at the top of this industry will dominate the world!"

"Now, let me tell you, there is enough black gold under this piece of land for us Chinese to use for a hundred years. Do you want it or not?"

This time, even Sima Yun, who was still thinking steadily just a moment ago, started to become fanatical. Of course I do! Since the leader has said that this land has the lifeline of our Chinese people for the next hundred years, then, even if it is an invasion by Guoguo, we will still go to war! "

Luo Huo smashed his fist on the table, "Right, right! Although I don't know which oil should be used, but the Führer said that it was a good thing, so we must snatch it! "

Wang Huaiyuan was even more excited, "Yes, yes … Since this is so important, we might as well build a dozen or so universities here in the future and start researching around this oil industry … If you want people to give you money and properly study it for eight to ten years, I do not believe that we, the Chinese people, will not be able to understand it! "

Xiang Ying saluted, "I'm going to check the cannonballs. I'll personally choose the three big gifts that will be given to the local tyrants tomorrow!"