1798 Black Gold

The island of Kalimantan, as Westerners call it, is the Boni country and Borneo recorded in ancient Chinese books, and this tropical island country is the largest island in the world, the size of 21 Taiwan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Chinese's understanding of this island actually began in the Jin Dynasty, when senior monks crossed the sea from India to China, passing through Borneo on the way, and later ships in the Central Plains could sail here during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang.

In the years that followed, as long as the Central Plains civilization returned to stability and came out of the shadow of war, the Tuwang of Borneo had contact with the Central Plains Dynasty, not to mention the later Three Treasure Eunuchs who went to the West.

Until the time when the Portuguese colonists began to invade Southeast Asia, there was also a Chinese country on this island, the Republic of Lanfang, and some other small Chinese city-states.

However, it is a pity that the Central Plains maintained the policy of maintaining the mainland and closed off the country to the rest of the country was really deep-rooted, resulting in the Chinese in this land not being supported by the mother country, and finally these small republics disappeared in the long river of history.

Xiao Lotian will never allow such a tragedy to continue to happen again, the Chinese who grew up here must have their own country, and they expect other indigenous peoples to coexist peacefully with the Chinese, and if they want peace, they must be protected by force.

Not to mention the northern part of Borneo, which is also the Brunei region, under the control of those land kings and sultans, there is the most critical resource of the second industrial revolution, oil!

Oil, this is the core of all Xiao Letian's strategies, the era of internal combustion engines without oil like a country is crippled, but it is a pity that China has been an oil-poor country since ancient times.

It's not that China really doesn't have oil, it's that China lacks shallow and rich fields. For example, the famous Daqing Oilfield, when Japan was in the war and puppet Manchukuo, also explored oil here but failed.

An important condition restricting the exploration results is the depth, the Daqing Oilfield finally succeeded in the exploration of more than 1,200 meters before the discovery of oil, and before World War II, most of the oil fields developed by human beings were hundreds of meters of shallow oil fields.

From here we can see the importance of science and technology, the United States at that time oil technology is the world's first, there has been a wild history recorded that American geologists have long known that there are rich oil fields in the Daqing area, but they know that no country can exploit except for American technology.

In the end, the Japanese couldn't even find it, let alone mining.

At that time, Japan relied heavily on the United States for oil imports, and a large part of the wealth plundered from China was sent to the United States for oil.

This is a major strategic bottleneck, and in order to break through Japan, it can only focus on those areas of Southeast Asia where oil has already been discovered.

In Brunei, the shallow rich oil fields in Sumatra have become the only choice for Japan, especially in Brunei, which is almost Kuwait in East Asia, and the whole country is on top of a large oil field, and oil can be produced from oil wells of four or five hundred meters.

This kind of oil field is a must-have for Xiao Letian, because he knows very well that the foundation of his scientific researchers is still far from Europe and the United States, even if Xiao Letian stands in Daqing and tells those children that there is oil underneath, they can't extract it.

If the technology can't be reached, it can't be reached, which is very helpless, and can only rely on the accumulation of time little by little.

Today, Xiao Lotian didn't want to hide his personal affairs with these descendants, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the hatch, Wang Huaiyuan immediately walked to the door and listened, and then locked the hatch.

Xiao Lotian said coldly: "What I am talking about now is related to the life and death of the Chinese people in the future for a hundred years! I can tell you that under the land of Brunei, there is the most precious wealth of black gold flowing in the future, that is, oil!"

"I have never been shy about my prophetic powers, and now I will give you the most daring prophecy!"

"Since mankind entered the rational world of science, in fact, all the big bangs of science and technology have been based on the use of energy...... There is no doubt about this, primitive humans did not know how to use fire, they could only drink blood like wild beasts to resist the cruelty of nature!"

"And then intelligent humans knew the power of fire, and knew that wood and hay could burn, and now science has proven that wood and hay plants are actually storing the energy of the sun!"

"In this way, it is clear that plants store the energy of the sun and turn it into a solid, and humans collect and store this solid and use it to obtain energy...... The natives of the Far East cut down a lot of wood every autumn to chop firewood, and the heat released by this wood can sustain people for a whole winter!"

"It's a scientific way of using solar energy, which we colloquially call life experience!"

Xiao Lotian poured himself a glass of rum with ice and drank a glass of bitter drink, letting the cold wine juice slowly flow down his chest, and he said comfortably, "Later, the Europeans began to upgrade this way of using energy, and they suddenly felt that the wood firepower was a little insufficient, and the era of coal had arrived!"

"The era of the steam engine is actually to use the medium of the steam engine to extract the energy stored in the coal in the earth's crust, which is more violent, domineering, and stored in the form of mineral deposits without being affected by the season!"

"The British Jenny loom can get enough power all year round, the steam locomotive on the rails roars and gallops for 365 days, and the steam engine ships on the sea don't have to think about the monsoon climate if they have enough coal!"

"Even the Zhiyuan under our feet is rampant across the ocean with the energy provided by the black coal...... Remember, what we burn now is the same amount of solar energy that was stored billions of years ago!"

Xiao Lotian slammed the glass on the table, "What about the future? Isn't there a more efficient energy source to replace coal? Yes, of course there is, it's what I call black gold, oil!"

"I firmly believe that the energy of this liquid will definitely change the appearance of the human world in the future, and whoever walks at the top of this industry will be able to dominate the world!"

"Now I tell you, there is enough black gold under this land for our Chinese people for a hundred years, do you say you want it or not!"

At this moment, even Sima Yun, who was still thinking steadily just now, became fanatical: "Yes! Of course, I want to! Since the Führer said that this land has the lifeblood of our Chinese people for the next hundred years, then even if Chiguoguo invades, we will go to war!"

Luo Huo slammed his fist on the table, "Yes, that's right! Although I don't know which oil should be used, but the Führer said that it is a good thing, and we have to grab it!"

Wang Huaiyuan was even more excited, inexplicably "yes, yes, yes...... Since it is so important, why don't we build a dozen universities here in the future and start research around this oil industry...... If you want people to ask for money and give money, and study it for ten or eight years, I don't believe that we Chinese people can't study this kind of thing thoroughly!"

Xiang Yingli saluted, "I'm going to check the cannonballs, and I'll personally select the three gifts for those earth kings tomorrow!"