About five kilometers southeast of Qingshan Town, this place was originally just a barren mountain and a wild range, and there were not even any homes nearby.

But not long ago, there was an influx of people digging wells and building more than a dozen simple wooden houses.

In just ten months, the place has changed dramatically, with houses and workers digging wells.

All these changes are naturally due to Lin Ziran's discovery of the oil in this place and the development of the oil in this place.

When Lin Ziran came to the oil field again, what he saw was such a hot look.

Lin Ziran didn't go to see the other facilities in the oil field, but went straight to the No. 2 oil well!

After a while, he saw the No. 2 oil well, which was hundreds of meters long and he naturally couldn't see, and all he could see was the drilling well erected on the ground.

This is actually a very rudimentary drill, with a huge tower above it, and a roulette wheel on top of it, and this wheel is wound around a cable, and at the other end of the cable is connected to an iron drill bit, which drives the wheel disc through a small steam engine, and when the wheel disc is driven, the drill bit is pulled up, and then released, and the drill bit falls freely, and so on and so on.

There are also iron pipes in the well to avoid mud, sand and gravel blockage, which can hinder the operation of the drill bit.

In Lin Ziran's eyes, this kind of drilling is naturally a simple drilling equipment, but for this world, this is actually very good.

The steam engine was purchased directly from the state town, and despite its small size, it was quite powerful.

Other scattered equipment is also procured from outside and then assembled on-site.

It was completely done by Qingshan Town, and it is estimated that there is only that tower and part of the external structure.

It's just that this drilling platform is still not the target of Lin Ziran's attention, and this thing was designed by him himself, so he naturally has no curiosity about it.

Now he is more concerned about the oil that is flowing from the oil wells!

Dark, slimy oil was flowing out of the well, and then the construction crews on site were scrambling to connect the pipes and catch the oil in drums.

Even these ordinary workers know that this black and slimy oil is money, and it can't be wasted.

At this time, a young man in a short robe came over: "My lord, the little one has finally dug up this oil!" ”

He spoke with an excited smile on his face.

Lin Ziran took two steps forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Good job!" ”

This young man's name is Ding Quankun, and he is also one of Lin Ziran's old bandits, but he is different from other bandits.

When other bandits encounter a battle, if they encounter hard stubble, they will definitely run away from the wind, but if they encounter soft-footed shrimp, then most of the bandits are still very heroic.

In the words of the earth, it is a tailwind and a headwind!

But as for Ding Quankun, whether it is a tailwind or a headwind, he hides behind and never comes forward.

Standard headwinds and tailwinds!

This is not cautious, but really afraid of death, when he was defending the attack of the Guang'an rebels at the head of the city, the Guang'an rebels had just opened fire, and he himself was peeing his pants......

However, this person knows how to read and write, and he was also a senior talent who went to elementary school in his early years, and in this group of bandits, his academic qualifications are also among the top ten, so it is not useless.

When developing the oil field, Lin Ziran felt that this person was too afraid of death and was not suitable for joining the army, even if it was an old bandit who could only fight with the wind, there was no living space for this person.

In addition, the oilfield also needs a trustworthy person to preside, so this Ding Quankun was transferred to the oilfield to be a manager and preside over the development of the oilfield.

Although this is just a foreman role, there is no technical content, but judging from today's results, he is still very successful.

Ding Quankun saw Lin Ziran patting him on the shoulder and said that he was doing a good job, and suddenly his legs and feet were a little weak.

In twenty years, no one has said to him, 'Well done!' 'That's the case.

When he was a young student, the teachers in the school thought he was stupid, and he was often said to be greedy for life and afraid of death after falling into the grass.

Never!

Never said good job to him!

This is a poor kid who has never received praise since he was a child!

At first glance, hearing Lin Ziran's praise, Ding Quankun almost couldn't stand, with tears in his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "My lord, I'm ...... I ......"

Lin Ziran patted him on the shoulder again: "Keep up the good work!" ”

Ding Quankun nodded continuously: "I will, I will!" ”

Lin Ziran smiled, then crossed over and stepped forward to continue to observe the No. 2 oil well, and even squatted down directly and touched the oil flowing out, which was slimy.

At the same time, he asked, "How much can I produce?" ”

At this time, Ding Quankun also calmed down, stepped forward and said: "My lord, the small estimate has been made, according to the current situation, it should be able to produce about twenty barrels of oil every day!" ”

After hearing this figure, Lin Ziran showed a satisfied expression, in fact, there is no need to ask, he himself can estimate the scale of oil production from this oil well, and he can roughly estimate about twenty barrels.

Twenty barrels, that's enough!

In the past, the output of the No. 1 artificial well was only two barrels per day, but now the No. 2 well has 20 barrels, which is directly ten times higher.

This also means that when these oils are refined and sold at the current price of whale oil, they can be sold for more than 10,000 Hengyuan a month!

More than 10,000 Hengyuan!

Even if the cost is deducted, the net profit is at least tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands a month, how many troops is enough for you?

After Lin Ziran heard about this output, he had already directly estimated how large the patrol battalion could be expanded according to this income.

Now the patrol camp is about 300 people, and the monthly salary is about 3,000 Hengyuan.

According to this calculation, 60,000 yuan can probably support 1,000 people.

But in practice this is impossible, because many of the expenses of the patrol camp are not counted in the three thousand dollars.

The newly equipped rifled guns and two five-pound guns of the patrol battalion alone, as well as the ammunition in reserve, are worth more than 10,000 Hengyuan together.

This Fuyuan smoothbore gun costs more than 20 Hengyuan, and if you engrave a rifling, you have to add another 8 Hengyuan.

Six thousand guns, plus matching ammunition, there is no two hundred thousand that cannot be taken.

With a force of 6,000 people, you must have artillery, cavalry, and the like to cooperate with each other.

So you have to build another artillery battalion to provide long-range fire support, another cavalry battalion to provide reconnaissance and mobile firepower, and another baggage battalion to maintain logistics.

And these technical classes are more expensive than infantry!

If Lin Ziran wants to train an army of 1,000 people, the initial investment is definitely not a matter of 10,000, but a matter of 100,000.

With such a huge investment, Lin Ziran naturally couldn't get it in a short period of time, so he didn't think about getting a thousand people in a short period of time, but was ready to come step by step, and now expand it to one or two hundred people, making up five hundred.

After a while, I will train a few hundred more people, and after a while, I will train a few hundred people.

You can't get fat if you eat in one bite!

But if you keep eating that, you can become fat!

If this continues, an army of 1,000 people is just around the corner!