Xia Hongsheng's interest was very high, after all, gasoline was such a modern thing, if this could be made in advance of 1,387 years in the early Tang Dynasty, it would be like a big joke on the turbulent and ruthless time, this joke was no less than teasing, which made Xia Hongsheng feel excited. Besides, Xia Hongsheng has been pretending to be dead at home for so long, and he feels that his body is rusty, which is finally something new to do, which is naturally high-tech.

The three brothers of the Li family are also in good interest, it must be that Li Chengqian heard about it from Li Laoer, and then told Li Ke and Li Tai, so the three of them were curious, Li Chengqian and Li Tai both lived in the palace, and only Li Ke entered his own palace in Chang'an City, although he also lived in the palace, but this place was also his territory, so he volunteered to contribute. Look at the good relationship between these three brothers, I hope that scene in history will never happen again!

The old kiln head is also in high spirits, as long as he can show his ability, he will be in high spirits.

Everything you need is ready. A group of enthusiastic people started Datang's oil refining industry, and extracting gasoline was the first task to be overcome.

"I said Brother De, can these guards be trusted?" Xia Hongsheng looked around, looked at the guards who stayed behind as big helpers, and whispered: "Today's thing is made, once it is successful, it will immediately become one of the top secrets of the Military Aircraft Workshop, these individuals ......"

"Don't worry, these people were all sent by my father." Without waiting for Li Ke to answer, Li Chengqian nodded beside him and said.

Xia Hongsheng was relieved and commanded them to carry things.

Large wooden barrels were carefully lifted out of the shady storeroom. It was placed on the side of the still. Xia Hongsheng asked people to pry open a bucket. Sure enough, I saw a thick black and brown liquid inside. It was accompanied by a sulphur smell. Xia Hongsheng ordered someone to take a wooden spoon, scoop out a spoonful from it and put it into the copper basin, and then put the copper basin away and took the torch over. The torches are specially made of long lances, so they can be brought together from a great distance.

"Be careful, be careful!" The three people of the Lao Li family watched from a distance behind and shouted in their mouths.

Xia Hongsheng turned his head and rolled his eyes. Reaching out and grabbing the elongated torch, he reached into the copper basin.

Soon, I saw black smoke billowing out, accompanied by a choking smell, the black smoke was thick and black, and the ground was immediately blackened. The black smoke rose for a while, and then I saw a fiery snake rise from the copper basin, and it burned violently.

"Squirt water inside!" Xia Hongsheng shouted to the guards next to him who had prepared a bucket: "Stay away and splash!" Beware of burning on your body! ”

The guard picked up the bucket and poured the water out of the bucket from a distance, pouring it into the copper basin. A startling scene happened. And behold, the fire was pressed down by the water, but it was not extinguished. Instead, he suddenly jumped away from Lao Gao, and it became even more violent than Fang Cai, and at the same time, it burst out like something in hot oil!

The guard quickly ducked back so that he was not splashed. Only then did everyone understand why Xia Hongsheng wanted to keep him away - because this fire could not be extinguished by water at all, and after being doused with water, it actually burned even more violently!

"This ...... What the hell is this! Li Tai ran over excitedly and pulled the corner of Xia Hongsheng's clothes and asked.

Xia Hongsheng put down the torch and patted Li Tai's head, it's a good thing that a science teenager is curious!

"This thing is called stone lipid water, also called stone liquid, but I call it oil." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Tai: "It was formed a long, long time ago, by the organisms in the ocean or lake after a long evolution, and it was a biological sediment that turned into oil...... To put it simply, it is a living creature that was buried in the mud at the bottom of the water because of an accident, and after thousands of changes, this thing was born in the middle. However, it's just the ingredient for what I'm going to do today. ”

"Oh? Brother Sheng, what are you going to do? Li Ke asked curiously.

"In the far west, there was a Byzantine Empire, and in this empire there was a weapon that sustained the Byzantine Empire for a thousand years. Such a weapon, called Greek fire, flowed, could burn on water, and was difficult to extinguish once it was attached. Xia Hongsheng looked at the copper basin with raging flames and black smoke billowing and said.

"So powerful?!" Li Tai looked at Xia Hongsheng in surprise: "Brother Sheng, do you want this Greek fire too?!" ”

Li Chengqian was also surprised next to him: "This, even water can't be extinguished, but it can still be burned on water, isn't that a three-flavor real fire that can't be extinguished?!" ”

"Can't be destroyed?" Xia Hongsheng smiled: "See the sand and soil I asked people to prepare?" ”

Xia Hongsheng walked to the side of the large pile of sand, shoveled a shovel of sand and walked back and poured it towards the copper basin from afar, and after a few strokes, the copper basin was buried by the sand, and then, the raging flames were only left with plumes of smoke.

"Do it quickly! Do it quickly! Li Tai shouted beside him: "Brother Sheng, you quickly make Greek fire for me to see!" ”

"What I'm not going to do today is not Greek fire, what I'm going to make is much more powerful than Greek fire." Xia Hongsheng smiled, turned around and shouted at the guards, "Come, pour this barrel of oil into the still!" ”

Several guards lifted the barrel of oil, and the thick, black-brown liquid was slowly poured into the still, which was then lit under the fire and began to heat up.

In order to be able to clearly see when the steam comes out of the distiller, there is a section of glass in the middle of the conduit leading to the condenser, and when the water vapor rises on it, it means that the steam has come up.

Everyone was waiting there, and Xia Hongsheng stared closely at the glass catheter. As the minutes passed, the crude oil was thick and contained too many ingredients, so it heated up a lot more slowly.

Xia Hongsheng frowned, it seems that the distiller for distilling oil still has to be changed again, it is best to be able to stir the oil below under the premise of keeping it airtight, otherwise it is too thick, unevenly heated, and the heat conduction is slow.

Anxious about waiting, Xia Hongsheng scratched his head and walked around, and suddenly, he heard Li Tai shouting: "There is moisture!" There's moisture! The water vapor is up! ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly turned around and walked over, and saw that a layer of water vapor had appeared in the glass conduit, and after just looking at it, the inner wall of the glass conduit was already covered with water vapor, and he couldn't see it clearly.

That's certainly not water vapor!

"Quick, old kiln head, remember that it's just hot to this extent, it can't be higher!" Xia Hongsheng was overjoyed and immediately said to the old kiln head.

"Hey!" The old kiln head agreed, stretched out his hand and quickly stretched out the chamber under the still, and then quickly retracted it and said, "Childe, the old man remembers this hot one, and I promise that it will not burn over!" ”

Xia Hongsheng and the others nodded, retreated, no longer staring at the still, the old kiln head stayed there to adjust the temperature to ensure that the temperature under the still was not too high.

"Brother Sheng, what exactly are you going to do?" Li Tai was very curious, and asked Xia Hongsheng, he couldn't wait to look at the still from time to time, wanting to see what would come out.

"Li Tai, you remember, this black thing is called oil. It's a treasure, a real treasure, and it has so many uses, and what I'm doing today is one of them, and it's the most humble way. There are other uses, and even better ones, and that's waiting for you to discover. Xia Hongsheng patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, then looked at Li Chengqian again, and continued: "One day, all the countries in this world will compete for this kind of thing. Our Datang took the lead in using it, occupying it, and firmly controlling the source of this thing and the methods of use in Datang's hands. ”

Xia Hongsheng said deeply, but Li Chengqian and the three of them didn't have this consciousness at all, so they couldn't hear the solemnity in Xia Hongsheng's tone.

"Brother Sheng, after all, we don't even know what this is...... You say that one day, when will it be? Li Ke took this as a joke and asked with a smile.

Xia Hongsheng sighed secretly and shook his head: "Thirteen hundred years later." ”

Naturally, this made several people shake their heads and laugh, and it was even more regarded as a joke.

Xia Hongsheng didn't say much, just changed the topic and asked, "Chengqian, when can the East Market be built, do you have any news?" ”

Li Chengqian shook his head: "I don't know, but I can help you inquire, what?" ”

"I set up a storefront in the East Market, ready to be a bookstore for reading and selling books. This one burned, and half of it was burned. That's it, I'm going to demolish it anyway, but I don't know when I'll rebuild it. Originally, I thought I had an excellent reconstruction plan, and I wanted to contract the reconstruction of the east and west markets by myself, but now is the time for Your Majesty to clean up the mess, and I dare not say that this is not the right time. Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "Do you understand the contract?" That is to say, the imperial court gave me the money for this reconstruction, and I led people to complete the reconstruction of the east and west markets, from raw materials to manpower, the court did not have to worry about it, and all related construction was completed by me. Naturally, I offered a more appropriate price, cheaper, and better work...... Forget it, you don't understand it. ”

Li Chengqian was about to ask, but was suddenly interrupted.

"Something's out!" Suddenly, I heard the old kiln head behind me shouting: "Childe, something is out!" ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly walked over, and saw that the tube under the condenser began to slowly drip liquid, and when he went up to smell it, a familiar smell rushed straight to his nose, and he was immediately overjoyed! (To be continued.) )