In the morning of the next day, Cao Yuan left the town guard mansion with a few entourages, preparing to go to the oil field area for a banquet.

After leaving the city gate, he walked along the dirt road, and along the way he saw many people walking on the road.

Listening carefully to the conversations of these people on the road, Cao Yuan also knew that a considerable number of these people were villagers from nearby villages, who were carrying grain, fruits, vegetables, chickens, ducks and other food to the oil field area to sell.

I heard that the oilfield area has always refused to come to the grain, vegetables, fruits and vegetables, etc., and has opened up the purchase to supply the employees of the oil company and the patrol camp.

Others are oil dealers from nearby villages and even several other towns who come all the way to buy a shipment of kerosene from the Castle Peak Petroleum Company and ship it back to sell.

Just from the people who come and go, the grassland can generally be judged that Lin Ziran's Qingshan Petroleum Company is not small.

Along the way, he walked leisurely in a carriage, and near noon, Cao Yuan finally arrived at the oil field area.

In fact, this place used to be a wasteland, but later there was an oil field, and the construction of an oil refinery began, and finally Lin Ziran simply relocated the Qingshan Petroleum Company and the patrol camp as a whole.

The entire oil field area can be roughly divided into five large areas.

A building in the northeast corner, as well as a large area, belong to the barracks area.

The rows of dense wooden buildings in the northwest corner are the living quarters of the employees of Castle Peak Petroleum Company.

In the middle and south areas, the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 oil wells, crude oil storage warehouses, and equipment warehouses are located.

Directly west is a building that is an oil refinery area.

To the east is the newly developed oil well area, where well No. 6 has just begun to be drilled by machines.

The above-mentioned five districts have formed a huge area of more than 2,000 meters from north to south and more than 1,000 meters from east to west, and the whole area is even larger than the area of Qingshan Town.

The perimeter is covered with simple fences and fences, and soldiers patrol day and night.

The inner and outer core areas, such as several oil wells and oil refinery plants, barracks, and living quarters, have their own independent walls, and have sentry posts, and soldiers are on duty 24 hours a day.

At this time, Cao Yuan came from Qingshan Town, and the first thing he arrived at was the north gate of the oil field area, which was a simple wall on both sides of the north gate, and there were still towers on the wall, and there were two soldiers stationed on the tower to watch out.

There are horses at the gate, and there are also many soldiers at the gate.

There is also a plaque erected on one side of the door, which reads: Tsingshan Petroleum Company.

Cao Yuan, who was sitting in the carriage, saw the signboard and the soldiers at the door through the window, and secretly said in his heart, it seems that this is Lin Ziran's lair.

Just looking at the soldiers at this gate, they know that this is the Longtan Tiger's Den, and they don't know how many dangers are hidden inside.

If he hadn't been invited, Cao Yuan wouldn't have come by himself on weekdays.

But since he was invited today, and he also had the intention of personally coming to find out the truth and provide information for the follow-up plan.

So that's where I came in person.

After arriving at the north gate, he did not enter directly, but asked his entourage to go to the guard with an invitation card to report.

After a while, he saw soldiers trotting in at the door, and after a few minutes, he saw a young officer dressed in the uniform of a sergeant officer and wearing a corporal on his collar hurrying out.

I saw the human: "I've seen Lord Cao!" ”

The Qingshan Patrol Battalion is a local militia attached to the Qingshan Town Guard's Mansion, and theoretically he Cao Yuan is the town guard, and he is really their boss, and the people who come to claim to be lowly are also in the process of being cleaned up.

But although the officer who came claimed to be humble, there was no respect in his demeanor.

After seeing this salute, he continued: "The lowly post has been sent to inform my lord, and I also ask Lord Cao to come with the humble!" ”

What this means is, don't expect Lin Ziran to come out to greet him in person.

Cao Yuan flashed a trace of displeasure!

This Lin Ziran didn't even bother to do face-saving work, he was the new town guard of Qingshan Town, and this Qingshan patrol camp was also hung under Qingshan Town.

In any case, he Cao Yuan can be regarded as half of his Lin Ziran's boss.

According to common sense, when he, the new town guard, took office, Lin Ziran should have gone to meet him in person, but now, he came to the oil company in person, but this Lin Ziran was not even willing to go out to greet him.

In this way, it may not be so easy for me to get involved in the kerosene business for the adults above me in the future.

Cao Yuan, who was unhappy or even worried in his heart, did not show it, but nodded slightly and then got out of the carriage and followed in.

After entering the north gate, you can see a lot of houses on the right, most of which are wooden houses.

To the left, there is also a dense cluster of houses, most of which are wooden houses, but there are also a few slightly taller masonry houses.

After following the soldiers of the patrol battalion to the left for a while, he saw a large number of soldiers in the open space in front of him training in formation, and at a glance, he knew that it should be the soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion.

But after a brief look, he just thinks it's just that.

Although Cao Yuan is not a soldier, he is also knowledgeable, and he has seen many military drills, and the queue of this patrol battalion is far worse than the queue of those regular troops.

After walking further, the group stopped in front of a brick and stone house, which looked like it was newly built, and although it occupied a large area, it was a little simple.

There is also a signboard at the door, which reads: Qingshan Town Patrol Camp.

This place is naturally the battalion headquarters of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, and it is also the daily life and office of Lin Ziran.

I didn't see Lin Ziran come out to greet him at the door!

Instead, he followed the soldiers into the gate, and saw Lin Ziran in the main hall.

Although Cao Yuan had never seen Lin Ziran before, he still recognized him at a glance, because Lin Ziran was standing and waiting at the door of the main hall at this time, wearing a doctor's military uniform and a doctor's collar badge pinned to his neck.

This dress undoubtedly allowed Cao Yuan to confirm his identity.

At this time, he saw Lin Ziran on the opposite side take two steps forward with a smile on his face: "Lord Cao! ”

"Originally, Lin should have personally gone to the town to visit Lord Cao, but Lin was so busy with military affairs that he couldn't leave, please forgive Lord Cao!"

Cao Yuan smiled inwardly, is this a reason for being busy with military affairs?

However, there was a smile on his face, and he said with a smile: "Officer Lin Ying's military affairs are busy, so naturally he should focus on military affairs!" ”

After saying a few words at the door, Lin Ziran bowed down and invited Cao Yuan to sit in the main hall.