amaotonovel Chapter 716 Oil Breeds the Ming Army
Chapter 716 Oil Breeds the Ming Army
Five minutes later, I will walk out of this house and go to the courtyard next door to find my mother-in-law.
"Mother-in-law, help me!"
"My father-in-law is trying to kill his son-in-law!"
"I wouldn't mind dying, but the thought of never being able to serve my mother-in-law again breaks my heart."
Yang Shaofeng had prepared his lines.
I can even picture what will happen next.
"Zhu Chongba!"
"You must give our son-in-law an explanation today!"
"You're really something, even betraying your own son-in-law like this!"
After all, I have never complained about hardship or fatigue. Now that I have suddenly come to my mother-in-law to cry and plead my grievances, how could my mother-in-law not feel sorry for me?
Faced with his mother-in-law's furious roar, this old man knew that even if he ate all the goji berries in Ningyang County today, let alone five catties of goji berries, he wouldn't be able to eat them as a meal!
Well, when my mother-in-law scolds Lao Deng, as a sensible and filial son-in-law, I must say a few words of advice and absolutely cannot stir up trouble.
Such a happy decision!
Yang Shaofeng smiled slightly, intending to say goodbye to Emperor Zhu first, but unexpectedly Emperor Zhu suddenly coughed and said, "By the way, Bo Ren sent a letter by express courier, mentioning the matter of oil."
oil?
Let's hold off on reporting Old Deng for now.
Let him live a little longer.
But then Yang Shaofeng thought about it again and felt that something was not right.
Chang Yuchun, that charcoal-faced man, is in Liaodong. Could it be that he has already reached Heilongjiang and successfully explored the Daqing Oilfield?
That's not right either.
Regardless of whether Chang Heitan's attack speed was that fast, even if he conquered Heilongjiang in two days, the current technology of the Ming Dynasty probably wouldn't be able to explore the Daqing Oilfield.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Emperor Zhu continued, "Bo Ren said in his letter that he plans to launch a fire attack on Hu Yuanlai after autumn, so he asked us for a large amount of oil, preferably the kerosene that you produced in Ningyang County before. If you have even better oil, that would be even better."
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng was dumbfounded.
Is Chang Yuchun, that dark-skinned man, going to launch a fire attack on Hu Yuanlai?
No, what was that old scoundrel thinking? Playing with fire on the grasslands, and even setting fire with strong oil in the autumn. He was afraid of accumulating too much merit, so he used whatever vicious tricks he could think of.
Look at what he often does.
Kill prisoners.
They used catapults to hurl enemy corpses at the city walls.
Now they're thinking about setting fires later in the fall.
Compared to Chang Heitan, Jia Xu and Cheng Yu are both exemplary moralists!
While mentally ranting, Yang Shaofeng shook his head and refused: "The grasslands belong to our Great Ming Dynasty. We must not let the Duke of E burn them down. Therefore, no matter how much kerosene there is, or whether there is better fire oil than kerosene, I will not allocate even a single drop to the Duke of E."
Emperor Zhu hummed in agreement, silently apologizing to Chang Yuchun in his heart, and then looked at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "So, Ningyang County has a kind of 'fierce fire oil' that's even more potent than kerosene?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded slightly, while Emperor Zhu let out a long sigh of relief.
Right.
Let's talk about how Dengzhou University suddenly created a petrochemical engineering major and even assigned several old Taoist priests to study how to refine oil.
Damn it, if we hadn't used Chang Heizi's name to scam him, this bastard would probably still be hiding it, waiting until he'd made enough money off those flammable oils before telling us.
That bastard!
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Tell me, is this oil really that useful?"
Yang Shaofeng, unsuspecting, said, "Of course, oil is very useful."
"Just the oil that can burn, petroleum can be refined into several kinds."
"The residue after oil refining can be used to pave roads."
"Furthermore, as research into petroleum deepens, we might even discover other ingenious uses in the future."
What if, what if some old Taoist priest accidentally produces chemical fiber materials and synthetic rubber while refining oil?
What if some old Taoist priest thought of the internal combustion engine when he was working with kerosene?
Even if they couldn't develop these strange new materials, and no one thought of internal combustion engines, but simply used them to refine kerosene, diesel, and gasoline, and used the remaining residue to pave roads, it would still bring huge benefits to the Ming Dynasty.
While pondering this haphazardly, Yang Shaofeng said, "It seems that our Great Ming Dynasty is very lacking in oil."
"In my humble opinion, why not send a fleet out to search for oil deposits?"
"This stuff has huge benefits; we should at least seize a few territories with oil fields."
"Otherwise, future generations might write about Father-in-law in history books."
"By the way, I know where there are oil fields."
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng's words were getting more and more off-topic, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but glare at Yang Shaofeng angrily and shouted, "Shut up!"
"If we want to send a fleet out to sea to look for oil fields, we have to wait until the fleet is of sufficient size."
"Furthermore, the whole world belongs to the emperor. Explain to us what it means to seize a few territories with oil fields?"
That good-for-nothing bastard!
After criticizing Yang Shaofeng a few times, Emperor Zhu barely suppressed the urge to summon the scoundrel to the imperial prison to reflect on his actions. He coughed and said with a dark face, "Later, write down the places with oil fields, and we'll have people keep an eye out for them."
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu added, "By the way, we've been in Ningyang County long enough. We're planning to go to Dengzhou Prefecture for a while. What about you? What are your plans?"
Why not go and raid oil fields now?
It seems we won't be able to play the joke about oil breeding Ming soldiers anytime soon.
Yang Shaofeng clicked his tongue with regret and said, "I will stay in Ningyang County for the time being. I will go to Huai'an Prefecture after the water pumps are installed in Ningyang County."
But as soon as he finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng suddenly felt that something was wrong.
No, something's not right out of ten.
Why did Old Deng suddenly bring up the matter of kerosene?
Has the news that Denju University is offering a petrochemical engineering major been leaked?
So, it wasn't that Chang Yuchun wanted flammable oil, but that this old man had his eye on my petrochemical expertise.
You old bastard, not only are you eyeing the personnel I've painstakingly trained, but you're also eyeing the newly established petrochemical engineering major.
You old man, are you born in the year of the Pixiu?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting, Emperor Zhu looked at him and said, "Speaking of Huai'an Prefecture, I just remembered. Huai'an is short of a prefect. What do you think about transferring Xu Jingyu there to be the prefect?"
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng was completely bewildered.
Did I forget to check the almanac before going out today?
Or did he offend Old Deng again?
Why is this old man eyeing the manpower of Dengzhou Prefecture again?
No way, you're going to provoke me like this, aren't you afraid I'll complain to my mother-in-law?