However, despite the excitement, the subsequent analysis results extinguished everyone's joy, because the quality of this oil is so bad, its refining is very difficult and costly, so much so that only the United States in the world can control costs. Refine it under the circumstances.
Why is it the United States again? It really makes people speechless.
And most importantly, the U.S. government subsequently prohibited oil companies such as Mobil, Occidental, and Sunco from selling related refining equipment to Ming Dynasty unless Ming Dynasty agreed to three conditions:
First, joint ventures develop oil fields.
Second, the oil produced in this oil field must not be used to produce gasoline with an octane number >86; at the same time, the proportion of gasoline production with an octane number >73 must not exceed 20%, so as to make more "peaceful and mutually beneficial" use of natural resources.
Third, it promised not to reduce imports of U.S. oil in the next twenty years.
The Cabinet rejected Articles 1 and 2 after discussion and study, but Article 3 is negotiable.
It is not difficult to understand the calculation of Americans, because fighter planes need to use high-octane aviation gasoline to achieve optimal performance. The lowest grade of gasoline stipulated by the Ming Dynasty Air Force is also No. 87. In addition, there are No. 91, No. 95, and No. 100 gasoline. No.
No. 87 aviation gasoline is only used for training flights and transition flights, not for combat.
As for No. 100 aviation gasoline, currently only the United States has the capacity to produce it, while Britain, France, Italy, Ming Dynasty and Russia all need to import it.
He Cheng's previous remarks made Zhou Changfeng a little worried, and he had to carefully consider the possibility of a direct conflict between Ming Dynasty and the United States in the future.
Although both belong to the rear industrial countries, the period of rapid development of the Ming Dynasty was too short, just a few decades, and the United States was twice as long as the Ming Dynasty even from the Civil War; during the European War, when the Ming Dynasty watched from the sidelines and made war fortune, The same is true in the United States.
Today, the urbanization rate in the United States is close to 60%, while in the Ming Dynasty it is estimated to be only in the 20s. As one of the reference data for measuring the level of economic development and industrialization, the gap between the two sides can be seen from the urbanization rate.
Last year, the GNP of the United States, that is, the gross national product, was as high as $82.1 billion. For comparison, the German society was $35.6 billion, the British mainland was $25.9 billion, the Ming Dynasty was $21.1 billion, the French mainland was $18.4 billion, and Tsarist Russia was $18.4 billion. It is 17.8 billion US dollars and Italy 8.7 billion US dollars.
Although the famous Stolypin was lucky enough to survive the assassination, Tsarist Russia's economy has never been prosperous because it inherited too many huge debts it owed during the European War; France, on the other hand, has not been able to claim its debts. The economy is slightly better than historically.
To be fair, fighting against a monster like the United States is really daunting. For Zhou Changfeng, he is more worried that even if Ming Dynasty can achieve a series of tactical victories, it will inevitably fall into strategic decline.
Of course, if you look at it optimistically, with Ming's industrial capabilities and resources, the intensity and scale of the Pacific War will increase to unprecedented levels. Countless warships from both sides will be put into service like dumplings, and then plunged into the vast Pacific Ocean, eventually sinking in the battle .
This cycle repeated again and again, and the two sides were forced to choose peace talks after a long tug-of-war.
No one knows the strategic changes in the future. Now Zhou Changfeng can only be said to be a grain of sand under the torrent of history. Being in it, he can't help but lament how helpless it is to be a small person with no will.
If you want to have the right to speak or even make decisions, strength is indispensable. Although he does not have that qualification now, it does not mean that he can just let it go. At least he feels that he should work hard for a while before the edges are smoothed by reality.
Otherwise, wouldn’t this journey through rebirth be in vain?
The next day, it was approaching Yin hour.
Nanjing is still sleeping soundly at night. Even the lights around the Qinhuai River and Confucius Temple, which are known as "busy as day and night," are a little dim. Even the most energetic young people are somewhat sleepy at this time. .
Beside a street in the northwest of the city, Shen Yu was smoking a cigarette and leaning on the hood of a car. Around him, a dozen agents in two vans were jumping out one by one.
"Boss, do we take action directly or wait?"
"No wait, now."
Shen Yu and his party came here to arrest a logistics officer from the Uzbeg Governor's Mansion who was suspected of being bribed. The foreign factory approved the arrest and issued a driving notice.
Some time ago, while MI6 received false information from Liu Wanyun, it also received real information from an informant that reinforcements were rushing to Demaji. However, because there was a contradiction between the two, and MI6 did not believe that the Ming army would cross the mountains, they did not believe it.
According to the investigation conducted by the outside factory in the past two days, they believe that the reason why the logistics supply from Lingzhi to the front line is always bombed by the British and Indian Air Force at "just the right time" is because a traitor leaked the information of the convoy.
Exactly three days ago, a lieutenant colonel in charge of logistics work said that he had left the front line due to a sudden illness and returned to the capital by plane.
However, according to the investigation, although he went to the Army Hospital during the day and was hospitalized, his ward was empty. The foreign factory immediately listed him as a subject of high suspicion and planned to take him back for interrogation.
Witnesses passing by near his residence in Beijing claimed to have spotted him returning home at midnight last night, so the factory decided to take immediate action.
This is a Baroque-style villa with light-colored brick walls and double floors. Among the nearby courtyards and triple courtyards with Chinese style and summer charm, this French-style villa stands out particularly.
With Shen Yu's order, the arrest operation began.
Ambushes were hidden around the villa, and several agents who were "visiting" had already arrived at the gate.
"Open the door!"
There was a loud knock on the door, and after a while, when everyone was about to break in, an impatient voice came from inside.
"Who is it? What are you doing so late at night?"
"From the Inspection Department! Someone was robbed nearby. Let's register it."
The people inside opened the door while muttering, but the next second they were knocked to the ground by the agents who suddenly took action, and four or five people rushed in one after another.
The sound of fighting and shouting suddenly started, one after another.
"Handle the case outside the factory and arrest Chai Guoyi!"
"Irrelevant people should kneel down with their heads in their hands!"
Less than half an hour later, Shen Yu finished smoking his second cigarette. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stamped it out, and then had someone throw it into a trash can on the street.
When he walked into the villa, several agents had already led four people to the corner, holding notebooks to record confessions on the spot.
A steward, two maids, and a cook are the only people left in this villa.
"Where is Chai Guoyi?" someone asked.
"Sir, he went out at night, probably to a restaurant." The steward replied.
An agent came over and said: "Boss, this grandson ran away, let's..."
Shen Yu, expressionless, waved an order: "Call the airport and dock immediately to suspend all departing planes and ships!"
"But we don't have that right..."
"Then apply and rush over immediately!"
Someone responded with clasped fists and immediately ran away.
