The carriage traveled slowly in the walled oil production area, probably because it was afraid of affecting the head of state's thoughts. The carriage ran very slowly and steadily, so steadily that Xiao Letian could not even feel the movement.
The oil wells in front of him have no shadow of his previous life. There is not a kowtow machine here. Instead, there are sixteen spindle-shaped oil wells that are only three stories high.
This is completely American technology, but Xiao Letian did not pay any patent fees to the Americans!
On August 27, 1859, American Edwin Drake learned from salt well drilling technology and used steam engines as power to extract oil in Pennsylvania, USA. This was the first oil well in the world to use mechanized drilling and mechanized oil production!
Xiao Letian obviously took advantage of this loophole. The Americans used salt well drilling technology that has been made public, and there is no patent period for this!
By copying, the Chinese can take the entire technology into their own hands without any impact!
Even Xiao Letian published a manuscript sketch of a kowtow machine that was common in later generations. His scientific name was the beam pumping machine!
However, this technology will have to wait a little longer. It must wait until the power technology becomes more mature before it can be brought out!
Americans obviously still don’t understand the importance of oil. 100% of the oil mined in the United States is refined into kerosene, and the kerosene produced in the United States accounts for nearly 80% of the world’s share!
Just a kerosene business has allowed American companies such as Mobil Oil to make a lot of money, and the influence of the boss behind it, the old Rockefeller, has gradually increased!
Before the United States became a global hegemon, it had accumulated more than two hundred years of economic and technological strength, of which investment in petroleum technology played a major role!
"It's not that we in China don't have technology, but it's a pity that the technology tree is locked..." Xiao Letian suddenly spoke quietly.
"What?" Huang Wanxia asked in confusion, but Xiao Letian obviously did not hear her voice, but fell into his own absolute thinking space.
"Did you know? We Chinese already had records of using natural gas to boil salt during the Qin Dynasty. By the Han Dynasty, people in the northwest had already collected oil to make fires for heating..."
"Is our *** very powerful? The Song Dynasty already had one, and there was even an upgraded version of the fierce fire oil tank!"
"The Song Dynasty's two major victories in pacifying Xia City were achieved by using petroleum weapons at critical moments, which made the Xixia people run away with their heads covered!"
"The greatest contribution of the Song Dynasty was actually the percussion drilling method! This is clearly written in the book Tiangong Kaiwu!"
"With this magic weapon, oil or salt brine can be mined even from a hundred meters underground. There are still many such wells in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places!"
"But I never expected that the rounds of literary inquisition in the middle and early Qing Dynasty would actually list strange books like Tiangong Kaiwu as banned books. This technology tree of oil mining technology would be locked up!"
"You banned it in the Qing Dynasty, but you also banned it overseas? The book Tiangong Kaiwu was a bestseller in Japan and spread to Europe in the mid-19th century!"
"I will not pay a penny in patent fees for the technology used by the American Drake... because the principle of his Drake oil well technology is the percussion drilling method of the Song Dynasty!"
"Based on the principles of our technology, he upgraded human and animal power into the power of steam engines. This is how the American oil industry prospered!"
"Now... I will never give Americans such a historical opportunity again. We, the Chinese, must take a big piece of the big cake of the oil industry!"
Xiao Letian woke up from his soliloquy. He looked at Huang Wanxia and said, "Sixteen oil wells, what is the output of each?"
"Well No. 16 has not stopped flowing for three consecutive months, and its daily output of oil ranges from six tons... The remaining oil wells **, No. 6, and No. 8 produced 1,200 tons of oil and then stopped flowing..."
"Other oil wells stopped producing more than 3,000 tons of oil..."
"Have you tried water filling? It requires high-pressure water filling... Oil is lighter than water. Using high-pressure water to squeeze out the oil is a feasible idea, but how to add water at high pressure still needs to be studied by our engineers and scientists! "
"If high-pressure water injection still doesn't produce oil, don't be discouraged...keep drilling down and increase the depth!"
"You remember, there is a large oil-rich field under our feet. It is impossible not to have oil... If oil does not come out, it is because it is not deep enough. Keep deepening!"
Huang Wanxia looked bitter, "Continue digging? The capital consumption is too great. After the well depth exceeds 100 meters, a drill bit of 30 meters will be used up... more than 50,000 silver dollars each, it is too expensive!"
"There are also supporting equipment, and investment requires more money...Borneo is full of waste, and there really is not that much money!"
"How big is the gap?" Xiao Letian asked!
"Head of State, this is not a question of the size of the gap, but that your requirements are too high. You want a hundred oil wells that can be used all year round, as well as supporting large-scale refineries and storage equipment..."
"Many machines require us to entrust professors and students from Ryukyu universities to independently develop them, and then go to the factory to customize them!"
"It's a bottomless pit... I can only say that we consume funds according to your requirements. We can't survive without one million silver dollars a month!"
"Twelve million silver dollars a year? Hahaha... You, Huang Wanxia, are also talking like a lion!"
"However, if you dare to ask, I dare to give it! As long as you don't embezzle the public funds of our Chinese people, I will definitely be willing to invest in basic science!"
"I will allocate 20 million to you! Brunei's oil industry must meet the standards I want!"
"In one year, 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 enough money, why don't I dare to write a military order? You have made your word and don't go back on it!"
"Haha... I, Xiao Letian, don't have any credibility at all? I promise to keep my word!"
"Okay! But I have a prerequisite... Head of State, you really need to recruit some experts in the metallurgical and metal industries from Europe. The bottleneck of our oil production technology is actually mainly in the equipment!"
"Especially drill bits. The metal hardness is not up to standard, so they get old and broken! The level of our metallurgical industry is too poor!"
Xiao Letian put away the smile on his face, "Yes, you are right on the key point! Why is the level of our Chinese metallurgical industry so poor? It is the level of all basic scientific research that is so poor!"
"The parts produced in our factory can be used, but the standards are not high enough!"
"But there is no way. Breakthroughs in basic science and technology take time and require the accumulation of compulsory compulsory education from generation to generation!"
"There is no shortcut! There is no shortcut..."
Xiao Hexin, who was riding together in the car, was obviously more optimistic, "What are you afraid of! The Yuan Dynasty has already pointed out the direction, and we Chinese people have saved too much time!"
"I think that within thirty years, our Chinese people's technology will definitely have explosive breakthroughs!"
