Mangjia Mansion, Shirley's "special" laboratory...... Well, Yizhou College has already opened many natural disciplines, so the laboratory is not unusual. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info However, at the beginning, there were still many people who thought that Lu Ren and Shirley were going to teach people alchemy or something as "immortal masters", and Lu Ren almost had a bad taste for the entire "alchemy discipline".

These few sentences are funny gossip, and at this moment, Lu Ren is pacing back and forth outside Shirley's laboratory, and from time to time he will glance at the laboratory, and everyone can see what Lu Ren is waiting for.

Finally, the door of the laboratory opened, and Shirley's pretty figure appeared in everyone's sight. But at this time, Lu Ren didn't care about whether Shirley was beautiful or not, and immediately rushed to Shirley's side and asked urgently, "How is it?" What is the result? ”

Shirley nodded to Lu Ren: "There are nine barrels in total, three barrels are crude oil for oil, and the other six barrels are diesel and kerosene." However, the ingredients are very messy, and it can be seen that the refining process is very rough, and it has not yet reached the requirements of being used as engine fuel, and at most it can only be used as a fuel for general fire. ”

Lu Ren's brows furrowed again: "In this era, I'm not surprised that some shallow oil can be produced in Central Asia, but it's strange that the rest side can carry out oil refining now?" Could it be that the person I sent over said that he had leaked his mouth? ”

Shirley said: "No one can say this clearly. When I found out that it was oil and crude kerosene and diesel, I also checked the relevant information, which said that in the tenth century B.C., the Middle East had already used natural asphalt, and by the fifth century A.D., there were primitive oil mines near Susa, the capital of the Persian Empire, so before that, there was a high possibility that there were oil mines in the Middle East. In the past few years, Senior Brother, you have sent a lot of people over there to look for oil, and some relevant knowledge has also been brought over, and then the locals have inadvertently discovered some refining methods. ”

Lu Ren frowned again: "If that's the case, it makes sense." ”

Shirley asked, "Senior brother, do you want to import oil on a large scale?" The people over there are only doing rough refining at the moment, but if we import crude oil, we can do better refining, so we have some things to do. ”

Lu Ren said: "I know this, but what I want to buy now is some of our production processes and related equipment, and I always feel that I can't sell them so easily." ”

Shirley raised her eyebrows: "This matter depends on what you think, senior brother." ”

Lu Ren was silent for a moment and asked, "Shirley, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Shirley thought for a moment and responded, "We're using a steam engine right now. To be honest, although there is still room for further development of the steam engine, it ......"

Saying that, Shirley looked at the other people and saw that they were far away from her and Lu Ren, so she continued to Lu Ren: "However, due to the emergence of oil, the earth civilization replaced the steam engine prematurely, so that the steam engine technology has not been able to develop better. Correspondingly, there is a lack of information that can further increase the effectiveness of the steam engine. Of course, our metal smelting and rubber technology and the like have not yet reached a certain level, which makes our steam engine technology still have some room for development, but if we think about it in the long run......"

Lu Ren was stunned for a moment, but immediately said with an understanding: "Shirley, do you mean that we don't use it, and someone will use it sooner or later?" ”

Shirley nodded, "That's what it means." Senior brother, think about it, after so many years, although you have very strict control over foreign trade, who dares to guarantee that our steam engines will not fall into the hands of Guishan or Anxi in small quantities due to smuggling or shipwrecks? Senior brother, you also know that the steam engine and the oil-fired engine are similar in many principles, and now they have come up with the preliminary refining of kerosene and diesel, if they improve the steam engine to an oil-fired engine before us, then I don't know what to say next. ”

Lu Ren was silent. After a long time, Lu Ren nodded heavily and said, "You're right, we don't need to take care of this and that, but others will use it sooner or later." Rather than that, let's use it one step ahead. Moreover, this thing will represent unimaginably huge benefits in the future, and if we get something out first, maybe it will be able to stimulate the Chinese people to actively expand and plunder this resource in order to obtain this resource...... Hmph, aren't many wars in modern society fought for this thing? ”

Then Lu Ren slammed his feet: "I've decided!" Under controlled conditions, large quantities of oil are imported. It's a pity just to think about it, China and Southeast Asia also have a lot of oil and natural gas resources, but with our current conditions, there is no way to explore and exploit. Shallow oil areas that can be extracted directly, but not in our hands. ”

Shirley said: "Life is not satisfactory eight times out of ten, and it is impossible for you to take advantage of everything in the world, senior brother!" ”

Lu Ren snorted coldly at this time: "Now we don't have this condition. When the conditions are met, Lao Tzu will lead his troops to occupy the land in the Middle East! ”

Shirley glanced at Lu Ren: "Senior brother, wake up!" If you do that, not to mention that the Huaxia side will cause an emptiness in the garrison of Yizhou, just say that you are leading troops over and fighting against the great empires of Central Asia, and problems such as sea supply lines will be enough for you to have a headache. Even if you can take down the rest in a short time, I won't say how much chaos there will be in the face of Kushan in the east and Rome in the west. ”

Lu Ren spread his hands: "I'm not angry and complaining!" However, if we continue to develop like this, maybe in 20 or 30 years, we will really have the strength to conquer the Middle East by sea? ”

Shirley said: "Then you have to take the current road!" ”

“…… Yes, you still have to take the current path. Yiyi, come here! ”

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Some time later, Lu Ren was arranging to send a fleet to rest in peace, but Lu Cheng and Lu Xin, who were guarding the Pearl Cliff, sent a telegram, saying that they had docked a large rest merchant fleet there, and they were now resting and replenishing, and they would arrive in Yizhou in two days or three days, which made Lu Ren stunned at that time, and said in his heart that the rest should not be so anxious?

After another thought, Lu Ren asked Lu Cheng and Lu Xin to arrange a clipper ship first, and send the "diplomats" of the rest fleet to Yizhou to inquire about the situation first. So, the "diplomat" of the rest fleet came to Yizhou first, and then Lu Ren learned from the mouth of this "diplomat" that the reason why the rest side was so anxious was because they were fighting with the Roman side again, so the rest urgently needed to buy a batch of materials needed for rest from Lu Ren.

This explanation made Lu Ren nod. From the founding of the country to its demise, Rest has almost been fighting with the Roman side, and it is precisely because of this situation that the strength of Rest has been seriously consumed. Of course, there is also the reason for the infighting in terms of rest.

However, according to the "diplomat", there are some capable people in the Central Plains of China who went to rest in peace, and were reused by the current regent queen Cass Eli, and then Cass Eli stabilized the regime with the assistance of these capable people, so that the current Anxi entered a relatively good situation, which gave Anxi the confidence to fight with the Roman Empire again.

And such an answer really made Lu Ren a little crying and laughing. Only some people from Huaxia will be displaced to the Western Regions, and it is not uncommon to be honest. Let's take Lu Ren as an example, the fleet of long-distance ships sent by Lu Ren over there is also increasing day by day, who dares to guarantee that there will not be so many talented people who have never met them and run over there to seek development by boat? However, in this way, it seems to be able to explain some things, such as how the rest of the rest will know some about Lu Ren's situation here.

Well, I won't say much about these, in short, the main cargo of the fleet sent out this time is crude oil, according to the diplomat's explanation, I have often heard people from Lu Ren's side mention this thing before, so I think Lu Ren needs this thing more here, so I brought a batch here, hoping to sell it at a good price. In addition, a crude refining process of petroleum was specially attached, which meant that he wanted to exchange this for the manufacturing process and related equipment of some things to Lu Ren.

As for the refining process provided by the other party, Lu Ren didn't bother to look at it at all, the reason was naturally that if Lu Ren wanted to do it, he could do it better. However, some of the circumstances mentioned by the diplomat have dispelled Lu Ren's doubts about certain things, at least according to the diplomat, that is, the oil is a good lighting and fire making tool, and can also be used for war purposes. This is true, because there have been records of the use of petroleum products for warfare in the Middle East for a long time, and according to diplomats, it seems that Lu Ren wants to use this oil to fight wars.

In short, the next thing is the bargaining and mutual bargaining between Lu Ren and the rest side. The final result was that the two parties finally reached a deal agreement within the scope of Lu Ren's permission. The rest side produces oil, and Lu Ren's side provides some technology that is not so important here in Lu Ren.

In addition, of course, Lu Ren also asked the rest diplomat who Cass Eli was reusing, because Lu Ren was very curious about which of the pearls of the sea of China had gone there. The diplomat reported the names of several people, but for Lu Ren, these people did not have the slightest image. It should be some people who have not been able to leave their names and deeds in the historical materials, and such people are countless in the long history of China, so Lu Ren didn't pay too much attention to it.

Next, Lu Ren asked Shirley to preside over all matters related to petroleum refining. To be honest, if the oil sent by the rest caravan this time is not much according to modern concepts, it is probably about 2,000 barrels. After all, in those times, a fleet of long-distance ships that were not very large could carry 2,000 barrels of oil and basically reached a limit. In modern society, it is common for ships transporting oil to be 10,000 tons, 100,000 tons, or even millions of tons, so there is basically no comparison between the two.

However, at present, the use of oil here in Lu Ren is only in its infancy, and the things to be sorted out are not a little bit, and the demand for oil is not large, so there are about 2,000 barrels. Besides, these are just the first batch of goods, and there will naturally be follow-up transactions for Lu Ren in the future, so there is nothing to worry about for Lu Ren.

And according to Lu Ren's long-standing way of doing things, that is, when there is no way or ability to conquer, he will use the other party's existing ability as much as possible to seek benefits for himself. Like treating Shanyue and Nanzhong, Lu Ren knew very well that it was too unrealistic to attack them and conquer them. Instead of this, it is better to tie them to their chariots in the way of "everyone cooperates and makes money together", so that they can provide benefits for Lu Ren's side for their own interests. Facts have also proved that Lu Ren's soft knife is actually much more used than the steel knife pipe on the battlefield.

Now the same is true for rest. Now Lu Ren's strength is very good, but to say that going on an expedition to rest in peace is tantamount to nonsense. Since he is willing to exploit oil and sell it to Lu Ren, why should Lu Ren have some other thoughts? At least at least, if you want to move that kind of mind, it shouldn't be at this time, Lao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp? If Lu Ren had some emptiness and flaws here, the consequences would be unpredictable.

In short, the commercial agreement between Lu Ren and Anxi was reached, and the news soon spread back to the interior of China. However, such a piece of news doesn't seem to be a big deal for Lao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan. Everyone knows that Lu Ren's business routes are many and extensive, and now he has reached a relatively large trade agreement with a country so far away, which has a chrysanthemum impact on Lao Cao and them.

It's just that it's not that simple. At least Lu Ren didn't know that when the rest caravan returned to rest and sent some of the things brought back from Yizhou to Cass Eli, Kasi Eli didn't understand anything, but Wan'er, who was hidden beside Cass Eli, smiled coldly:

Sure enough, Lu Ren still had reservations, and there were some key things that he refused to release. But Lu Ren, do you know? The things you're willing to put out now have solved a lot of my problems and saved me a lot of time. The ones you won't let go, I can make with what I get now. So Lu Ren, how will you pick up my next move? ”

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(uh...... Dude called to go to the bar to drink and then soak in that, the bottle is a little unable to sit still, it is a man who understands it! Today is missing a thousand words, forgive me! What does the loneliness of the otaku need, not to mention that the bottle is still an old otaku...... ）