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Chapter 239 Accidentally Obtained Motor Oil
Chapter 239 Accidentally Obtained Motor Oil
The Second Emperor quickly agreed to Xiao Qi's decision to build the road, and decreed that Xiao Qi, King of Zhenbei, would be solely responsible for the road construction.
After finding raw materials and starting to produce cement in the future, Xiao Qi has the final say on when to repair the road, and they just pay for it. Now the treasury of Song Dynasty is full of gold and silver, and the second emperor has found a way to spend money.
After observing the proving ground this time, none of the ministers in the court dared to say that it was a waste to send those highest-level carriages to the army.
Not only that, those officials also stopped thinking about taking those carriages for nothing.
It's not that the minds of these guys have been sublimated, but the sight they saw in the testing ground frightened them.
They didn't dare to think of such a weapon before. The scene of the two armies fighting in their minds a moment ago was still the armies on both sides cutting each other with blades, and those with infinite strength were invincible.
But when they arrived at the Changsheng Camp Proving Ground, they realized that in front of the Changsheng Camp, how many strong men were ashes, who could survive in such a thunder-like situation?
In the past, they still thought that they were all Confucian children, that they were the favored sons of heaven, and no one could do anything to them. Even the emperor had to rely on them to rule the country.
Now they finally understood why Zhenbei King Xiao Qi didn't care about them at all, with such a sharp thing in his hands, let alone Confucians like them, even Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals can fight him!
As for Confucianism, which they have always regarded as the best school in the world, no one knows what is going on better than them, it is just a theory that is praised by everyone.
The reason why one family can dominate is that apart from being deeply loved by the emperors of various dynasties and having unique insights in philosophy, it is also an indisputable fact that the great Confucianists of various periods suppressed other theories with all their strength.
Now looking at the weapons in the Changsheng Camp, and thinking about the one Xiao Qi founded before, they thought it was a school that could only teach literacy craftsmen.
These so-called great Confucians feel that the crisis of Confucianism is coming, and this school will definitely be the biggest opponent of Confucianism in the future.
But if they want to let them attack the school founded by Xiao Qi, they dare not.
These people knew very well that it was impossible for Confucianism to compete against the school founded by Xiao Qi, no matter how recently it was founded.
If they really insisted on jumping out, insisting on keeping Confucianism and Xiao Qi's school alive, then Confucianism must disappear in the end, and they would have no way to fight against them.
As the old saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to explain why.
Not to mention that this group of soldiers are still soldiers with weapons that can destroy heaven and earth. If you fight against them, you will be courting death!
In the past, they could rely on the influence of Confucianism among the people for thousands of years to suppress their opponents, let the people stand on their side, and then quickly defeat their opponents in a narrow way.
But now the common people are all Xiao Qi's supporters, not to mention Confucianism, even if the old Zhao family of the royal family wants to move others, the common people can rebel!
Some ministers who were loyal to Confucianism secretly made a connection, and finally came to the conclusion that the school created by Xiao Qi must not be touched.
It seems that when people didn't compete with us for official careers, they did it on purpose, and it was a show of favor for our Confucianism.
If we insist on exterminating Confucianism like we did to other theories before, with Xiao Qi's temper, we will definitely uproot our Confucianism.
Soon these people decided on a strategy of harmonious coexistence between the two sides. As long as Xiao Qi's schools don't touch the foundation of official career, which is Confucianism, then the two sides will get along with each other in a friendly way.
In fact, they also knew in their hearts that if Xiao Qi really touched his official career, they would not dare to do anything. What he held was not only a knife, but also a sharp weapon that could kill thousands of people.
I can only pray that Xiao Qi will not want to expel Confucianism. If Xiao Qi, like those Confucian masters before, cannot tolerate other theories in his heart, then Confucianism will be really dangerous.
Xiao Qi didn't know how flustered those Confucian officials were, and even if he knew, he didn't care.
The conspiracy played by Confucianism is nothing more than loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, saying that you want to rebel, and what kind of literary inquisition, picking out words to say that you are dissatisfied with the court and have rebellious intentions.
Who dares to play this for me, whoever I kill, if the emperor believes that I want to rebel, then I will really show you.
As for the Confucianism that started the war, burning books and burying Confucianism cannot be done. The old man Shihuang has already done it once.
Besides, it is not good to burn too many books. The future generations can support as many scholars as they study antique books, so they have to leave food for future generations.
Burning books is definitely not an option, but cheating Confucianism can be tried, but I don’t know if these guys who started the war were as strong as the slogans they shouted when they buried them alive!
Xiao Qi is still busy with his preparations for road construction, as well as the research of various machinery such as steam engines and other machinery in the foundry bureau.
This day Xiao Qi was thinking that the problem of lubricating oil on the steam engine had been solved, but the problem of engine oil hadn't been solved yet, the key point was that he didn't know anything about engine oil in his previous life.
Just when I was worried, a system voice suddenly came from my head.
"Ding! The host's third dragon power sign-in task: the host has completed a steam engine according to the blueprint."
"Ding! The reward for the host's third dragon power sign-in task: increasing the host's dragon power value to the third level of dragon power has been issued."
"Ding! The host triggers Dragon Power Sign-in Mission [-]: Build the world's first cement road transportation network."
"Host: Xiao Qi."
"Sign-in level: Longli sign-in level three."
"Sign in: No sign in this time. (After completing the sign in task, you will get a random reward from the system.)"
"This check-in task: to build the world's first concrete road traffic network. (Do you sign in?)
“Experience of signing in and upgrading: 3/4.”
This series of notification sounds woke Xiao Qi up from his contemplation.
Since the system says that he has completed the conquest of the southern seas with his fleet, it means that Lin Zheng, Qin Tu, Long Yongsheng and others of the navy have completely captured the South China Sea islands according to their orders.
Without hesitation, I silently said in my heart: "Sign in."
"Ding! The host has signed in this time, the task of signing in: to build the world's first cement road traffic network. (After the task is completed, you will receive a random reward from the system)"
At this time, Xiao Qi came to his senses, this time the task was to let him lay the concrete road.
But now his specific task has not been completed, and the method of making cement has not yet been obtained, how to repair it?
After thinking about it, the system's tasks are very reasonable every time, and some tasks are actually similar to free gifts. It should be that this specific task is almost completed, right?
Thinking of this, Xiao Qi got up and went to the door to recruit a soldier, and asked him to ask how the carriages equipped with the Changsheng Battalion are now, and whether they have met his original requirements.
The soldiers immediately took orders.
After the soldier had left, Xiao Qi was still worried. It was a long way to go to the Changsheng Camp to check, and it would take a lot of time to go there and back, so he decided to go to the Foundry Bureau to check and ask.
He brought his own soldiers to the foundry bureau to ask, and got an affirmative answer, saying that the carriages were basically ready.
It was only later that he requested that Changsheng Camp be equipped with a large number of high-end carriages for the transportation of special items.
Except that all the high-end carriages were sent later, many craftsmen have been sent to bring many accessories of high-end carriages, and they are upgrading the ordinary carriages there.
Knowing this situation, Xiao Qi was very satisfied, and went to inspect the place where the steam engine was developed.
Xiao Qi told these craftsmen who studied the steam engine that when the steam engine is successfully developed, an additional small box should be designed on the steam engine to store the oil that lubricates the various parts of the steam engine.
Although the engine oil was not found, not even a shadow, but Xiao Qi felt that this thing must be designed first, otherwise the steam engine would still be unusable.
Without lubricating oil, even if the steam engine is built, with the quality of the current steel, the piston and the cylinder will stick together within a few days because there is no lubricating oil.
Returning to the palace from the casting bureau, Xiao Qi is so worried!
The engine oil in the previous life seems to be extracted from petroleum, right?
But now let alone refining technology, they don't even have oil extraction technology!
I have a headache, why is it so difficult to do something!
These days Zhang Xiu saw that Xiao Qi started to stay in the study all day long, so she was worried that Xiao Qi would be like last time, worried that he would burn his body out.
So I suggested to Xiao Qi that I haven't been to the northern territory for a long time, so I happened to take Xiaopingan out for a walk.
Xiao Qi immediately agreed that his precious daughter-in-law Zhang Xiu seldom made demands on him, and now that there was a four-wheeled carriage equipped with shock-absorbing springs and rubber tires, Zhang Xiu and the child would not suffer from any bumps on the road.
After the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion was in a hurry, the next day Xiao Qi, Zhang Xiu and Yong Jia took their son Xiao Qin, surrounded by a group of soldiers and servants, and more than 20 maids and maids, and went straight to the northern territory in two carriages.
The journey was fast along the way, and even the more than 20 maids and maids who were selected to follow had practiced the "Evil Resisting Knife Manual" and were as proficient on horseback as they were on foot.
It didn't take long for the group of them to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion. The generals staying in the territory learned that King Zhenbei's family had come, and they all came to meet the prince and concubine, and see what the little prince is like.
These guys are all old subordinates who followed Xiao Qi very early, and it didn't take long for them to express their real intentions for this visit.
In fact, needless to say, Xiao Qi could also guess that they definitely wanted to follow Lin Zheng Qin Tu and other four generals to fight everywhere.
This group of guys fought against Da Jin at the Changsheng Camp, and later, no matter whether they were fighting against the Longyou Governor's Mansion or Tubo, they fought more and more smoothly and almost won every battle, turning these guys into war madmen one by one.
Think about Lin Zheng, Qin Tu, Zhang Jiangong and others, it is not enough to lead troops overseas all the time. Those soldiers always feel homesick when they are away all the year round, so it is better to take turns to garrison.
Every two years, these soldiers are replaced and go home to visit relatives for a few days. Soldiers cannot be allowed to go out all year round.
With this in mind, Xiao Qi said to these generals: "Since you want to be stationed abroad, you have to be very capable. Go back and set the assessment goals for assessment. The top-ranked military camps can be replaced first."
After hearing this, these guys couldn't sit still, and left soon after, leaving a bunch of gifts for the little prince Xiao Qin, and ran away clean.
Xiao Qi knew that these guys were going to step up their training for their respective attributes, but he didn't care too much about the assessment, but it would be good to give these guys some motivation for their usual training.
Zhang Xiu was overjoyed when he arrived at his territory, and asked Yongjia to hold Xiaopingan in a carriage, while she led them to run around on horseback.
Xiao Qi didn't care about her either, it was rare for Zhang Xiu to be so happy, saying that Zhang Xiu seemed more willing to lead the army, when he came to the barracks, he inspected the barracks everywhere, and every time he went, he called the officials to test his martial arts.
These generals can be considered to have experienced why Qin Tulinzheng and others back then were so frightened to hide when they saw the princess Zhang Xiu.
It is said that the princess is the No. 1 under the king of Zhenbei, that's right!
Many generals under her command couldn't do three tricks at all, and this was because the princess didn't use her full strength and just let them attack.
This group of generals who used to just watch Lin Zheng and others being repaired, now fully understand what those generals were feeling at that time.
In the past, because of many victories, these guys who refused to accept any of their colleagues were beaten up by Zhang Xiu in less than three days, and reprimanded them for being lazy, otherwise how could they be so weak.
Zhang Xiu was really dissatisfied. He used to compete with Lin Zheng, Qin Tu and the others in the army. Although those guys were also very weak, they could always make a dozen or so moves. Now only three or five of these guys survived five moves. The three strokes are kneeling.
This made Zhang Xiu very dissatisfied, and began to check the drills of these soldiers every morning, calling up the unsatisfactory military camps from time to time to reprimand them for being lazy, and embarrassing the Changsheng camp.
Some soldiers refused to accept that the princess was so strong in martial arts that anyone else could fight, so Zhang Xiu directly called over 20 of her maids and guards and asked them to compete with these prostitutes.
It is said that these maids and guards were all taught by Zhang Xiu, and the depression of not being able to lead the army in the capital was all used on these female guards and servants.
In addition, when these court ladies and maids were in the palace, they were trained against them by those servants who had experienced battles. Since those servants can be selected as writers in the palace, they must all be ruthless talents on the battlefield.
It is conceivable how powerful these 20 female guards are. The best time, more than 20 female guards challenged a 500-man barracks one-on-one. As a result, the 500 men failed to beat these 20 men and were all defeated!
This made Zhang Xiu angry, so he tied up the battalion officer and whipped him, telling him that if he doesn't lead the army training well, he will let his guards beat him every day!
After the news spread, none of the soldiers in the Changsheng Battalion made fun of that camp. They all stepped up their training, for fear that Zhang Xiu would run to them and let the guards compete with them. They really couldn't beat them!
Xiao Qi didn't have time to talk to Zhang Xiuman's barracks to assess those officers and soldiers, because he had just arrived with some exciting news.
The natives of the South China Sea Islands who were sent to take care of the rubber trees accidentally told their managers one thing, saying that the rubber seeds can be used to extract oil, but they are not edible, not only the taste is not good, but also easy to diarrhea.
Hearing this news, Xiao Qi was overjoyed. He had never heard of rubber seed cooking oil in his previous life. Since it can be squeezed but not eaten, isn't it industrial oil?
Motor oil!
(End of this chapter)