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The horse carriage slowly moved through the oil recovery area that was sealed by the wall, as though it was afraid that it would affect the leader's train of thoughts. The horse carriage moved extremely slowly and steadily, to the point that Xiao Letian was unable to move.

The oil well in front of him didn't even have a shadow of his previous life. There wasn't even a kowtow machine, and what replaced it were sixteen spinning oil wells that were only three stories tall.

This was entirely the technique of the Americans, but Xiao Letian did not give the patent fee to the Americans!

On August 27, 1859, the Americans Edwin Drake borrowed the power of salt wells to extract oil from Pennsylvania, using a steam engine as an engine. This was the first oil well in the world to mechanize drilling and oil recovery!

Xiao Letian had obviously made use of this loophole, the Americans used a salt well drilling technique that had already been announced to the public.

The Chinese could control the entire technology through reproduction!

Even Xiao Letian produced a rough draft of the manuscript, which was a common kowtow machine in future generations.

However, this technology had to wait a little longer. He had to wait until the power technology was more mature before he could take it out!

Americans obviously had not understood the importance of oil yet. 100% of the oil produced by the United States had been refined into kerosene, and 80% of the kerosene produced by the United States took up the entire share of the world!

Just one kerosene business was enough to make American companies such as Mobil Oil make a fortune, and it also increased the influence of its backer, Old Rockefeller!

Before the United States became the world's hegemon, it had accumulated more than 200 years of economic and scientific and technological strength.

"It's not that we don't have technology in China, but it's a pity that the technology tree is locked down..." Xiao Letian suddenly said in a faint voice.

"What?" Huang Wanxia asked puzzledly, but Xiao Letian obviously did not hear her voice, and had instead fallen into his own space of thought.

"Do you know? "When we Chinese were in the Qin Dynasty, we had already recorded the use of natural gas to boil salt, and when we arrived in the northwest region of the Han Dynasty, there were already people collecting oil to make fires to keep warm …"

"Are our Molotov's cocktail very powerful? Song Dynasty already has it, and there's even an upgraded version of the Fierce Flame Oils! "

"Song Dynasty had two great victories in Pingxia City. Both of them used the killing move of oil weapons at the critical moment, burning Western Xia people to the point of covering their heads and scurrying away!"

"The biggest contribution of Song Dynasty is actually the impact drilling method! This was clearly written in the book "

"With this magical equipment, even if it's oil or brine water from a hundred meters underground, it could still be extracted. Until now, there are still many such wells in Yungui and other places in Sichuan!"

"But I never expected that the first round of the Qing Dynasty's' word prison 'would actually include such an extraordinary book as the' works of heaven 'and' objects' as the banned book. The technology used to exploit oil was actually sealed to death!"

"You can ban Great Qing Dynasty, but can you still ban overseas? This book on heaven-defying treasures actually went viral in Japan, and was spread to Europe from the nineteenth century! "

"The technology used by Americans Drake, I will not give you a single cent of the patent fee... Because of his Drake oil well technique, the principle is the Song Dynasty's impact drilling method! "

"He was upgrading his manpower and animal power to the power of a steam engine based on the principles of our technology. That's how the American petroleum industry flourished!"

"Now... I will not give the Americans such a historic opportunity. We, the Chinese clan, must share a big piece of the oil industry cake! "

Xiao Letian woke up from the deep thought. He looked at Huang Wanxia and asked, "Sixteen oil wells, how much is each production?"

"Well 16 has not stopped flowing for three consecutive months, producing six tons of oil a day... The other wells 1, 6 and 8 are out of circulation after producing 1200 tons of oil... "

"The other wells stopped producing oil after more than 3000 tons..."

"Have you tried irrigation? To be irrigated at high pressure... "Oil is lighter than water, and using high pressure water to squeeze oil out is a feasible idea, but how to add water at high pressure still needs to be studied by our engineers and scientists!"

"If you still can't get the oil from the high pressure irrigation, don't be discouraged …" "Continue going down, and increase your depth!"

"Remember, we have a large rich oil field under our feet. It's impossible for us to not have oil … If I don't get the oil, it's because it's not deep enough, so I just need to keep going deeper! "

Huang Wanxia revealed a bitter face: "Continue digging? The consumption of funds was simply too great. After reaching a depth of over a hundred meters, just thirty meters was enough for a drill bit to be removed … Fifty thousand silver coins for one! That's too expensive! "

"And the equipment, the investment needs more money... Borneo is waiting for the opportunity, we really don't have that much money! "

"What's the gap?" Xiao Letian asked!

"Leader, this is not a question of the size of the hole, it's just that your requirements are too high. You need a hundred constant oil wells, as well as large scale refineries and storage equipment …"

"A lot of machinery needs us to entrust the professors and students of the universities in Ryukyu to develop them individually. After that, we will go to the factory to customize them."

"Bottomless Pit …" "I can only say that according to your request, without a million silver dollars a month, you won't be able to sustain the consumption of funds!"

"Twelve million silver taels a year?" Hahaha … You, Huang Wanxia, are asking for too much! "

"However, if you dare to speak, I will give it to you!" As long as you do not embezzle our Chinese public funds, I will definitely be willing to invest in basic science! "

"I will give you 20 million! Brunei's oil industry must meet the standards that I want! "

"A year from now, we Chinese will monopolize all the kerosene business in Asia! Can you do it? "

Huang Wanxia's eyes lit up: As long as you have the money, why would I not dare to write the military order? You can promise me that you won't go back on your word! "

"Haha …" I, Xiao Letian, don't even have this much credit? I guarantee that I will keep my word! "

"Good!" But I have a prerequisite... Führer, you really have to dig some experts in the metallurgy and metal industries from Europe. The bottleneck in our oil recovery technology is actually mainly about equipment! "

"Especially the drill bit. Its metal hardness doesn't meet the standard, which is why it's so old! Our metallurgical industry is too poor! "

Xiao Letian withdrew the smile on his face, "That's right, you said the key point! How is it that our Chinese are poor in the metallurgy industry? That is, we are poor in all basic scientific research! "

"The parts produced in our factory can be used, but the standards aren't high enough!"

"But there's no other way. The breakthrough of basic science and technology requires time. It requires the accumulation of a generation of compulsory education!"

"There is no shortcut! There is no shortcut... "

Xiao Hexin who was riding together was obviously more optimistic, "What are you afraid of!?" The leader has already pointed out the direction, we Chinese have already saved too much time! "

"I feel that within thirty years, our Chinese technology will have an explosive breakthrough!"