The oil refining industry can be a chemical plant with many towering fractionation towers, or a small workshop that uses a few gasoline barrels as heaters to refine oil by local methods.

Weeser's refinery, if not as advanced as it was in the 21st century, is definitely a much larger investment than a small Tufa workshop. The fractionation column was erected, and a lot of equipment was built. In recent years, there have also been imports of American oil, and thousands of tons of oil are processed every year, and the refinery is barely holding on here. When the refinery learns that a large amount of oil is about to arrive, it can really be said that it is looking forward to it. When the oil tanker appeared at the dock in Nanjing, the factory personnel who came to greet them cheered.

After seeing the oil in person, Weeser finally understood a lot of things. There are two types of oil: light crude oil and heavy crude oil, and the difference is the length of the olefin chain inside. Gasoline and diesel in Europe and the United States are much better than those made in China, because Europe and the United States control the best oil fields in the world and control the vast majority of light oil.

The oil that is now shipped from Sumatra is light oil and quite transparent in color. Most of the ingredients are gasoline and diesel, and the proportion of kerosene is already very small, and the final asphalt is even less. Even the very viscous part is liquid at room temperature. This heavy oil is not small, it can soak the canvas, improve the waterproof performance of the canvas, and can be used to treat sleepers. To prolong life, sleepers need to be soaked in insect repellent solutions. After the potion is treated, this viscous oil is applied to the outside of the sleeper to dry, and the life of the sleeper can be greatly increased.

With gasoline and diesel, the internal combustion engine finally solved the fuel problem. By October 1869, all the buses in Nanjing had removed the huge gas packets on their roofs, and the power of the internal combustion engines using gas was naturally not as large as that of gasoline and diesel, and the passenger capacity of the buses was greatly increased.

In December 1869, the tractor drove into the army farm near Nanjing. The central leaders watched as a tractor with four large wheels dragged steel pears and completed the work that dozens of people had to take several days to complete in half a day. Replaced with different agricultural equipment, the tractor can plough the land, transplant seedlings, harvest, and thresh. Replace farm machinery with trailers, and the tractor becomes a transport attack, and the trailer can transport a large amount of supplies, whether it is smelly fertilizer or other items. Manpower simply cannot be compared with a tractor, and animal power is far from being comparable to a tractor.

Large tractors, medium-sized tractors, or small walk-behind tractors have been unveiled to amaze everyone. Or there's a mechanical glitch that triggers ridicule, laughter, wry laughter. On the whole, this kind of machine that does not need tracks, does not need to burn coal, is not large, and can walk on various roads has been recognized by the upper class.

By the time Weeser finished talking about the relationship between the internal combustion engine and oil, the hawks had serious expressions on their faces, and they knew that the time had come for war. The attitude of the doves was divided between those who strongly expressed their support for the war over crude oil and those who asked if there was really no way to a peaceful solution.

This different expression even made Wei Ze regret that he couldn't draw, otherwise it would be too classic to look like a living being. In the face of interests, everyone makes the same choice. Maximize your own interests!

"I would like to inform you that we have re-signed an agreement with the Dutch East Indies under which we were granted the right to prospect and exploit the Dutch East Indies for a lump sum of £1 million. The new agreement stipulates that the agreement will be re-signed after five years. If we send oil back from the Dutch East Indies, we will have to pay the Dutch. Weeser said.

"Five more years, right?" Hu Chenghe sneered.

"I think five years is enough to prepare." Pang Congcong replied seriously.

"It's only been five years?" The Minister of Finance said, rubbing his temples.

"Do you have to wait five years?" Wang Mingshan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Bank, said.

"Five years should be fine." Navy Commander Lin Jiajun expressed his opinion.

These guys and the department they represent have talked to Wei Ze, and everyone thinks that "it is better for us to have a father and a mother". The Dutch East Indies have recently touched everyone's bottom line, and the attitude and stance of the British have also made the Chinese upper echelons feel deeply hostile. A war, at least ready for a war is already imperative.

It must be noted that as long as the Dutch did not defect to China and serve China like their father, the Chinese upper echelons would not have considered the Dutch East Indies reliable. The Dutch East Indies were guilty, and the possession of abundant oil fields that were not entirely controlled by China was the original sin of the Dutch East Indies. This sin had to be cleansed with blood and fire, and it was necessary for the Dutch East Indies authorities to atone for it with their dogs' lives.

Unlike in the past, Wei Zebing did not agitate to go south, he said loudly: "Comrades, let's not think about the issue of the army for the time being, now we have to build oil tankers, and no matter how much oil is exploited, it will be in vain if we can't transport it back to China." Expanding the production of oil tankers and expanding the production of oil barrels is the key in the near future. ”

Oil-related industries are all state-owned enterprises, and there is no need to get involved in local problems. Moreover, the development of the oil industry and the development of the internal combustion engine industry can strengthen the influence of the state on the local level. At present, transportation in rural areas is still basically dependent on livestock, and local governments have to carry out large-scale mobilization every time they use labor on a large scale. It is easy to mobilize manpower, as long as money is given, old men and old ladies are willing to work on the construction site during the slack season. But the masses are not very unhappy to use the people's livestock. Local reports of livestock clashes with civilians have caused more or less problems.

Premier Bi Qingshan immediately spoke, "I think there needs to be a lot of investment in these industries, and this industry is really important. ”

The attitude of the members of the political bureau was completely unanimous, and everyone looked at Wei Ze with burning eyes, just to see that Wei Ze handed over this hot industry to that department to be responsible. Wei Ze said: "Since it is an investment in state-owned assets, it will be handed over to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to be responsible." ”

The members of the Political Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission showed an unbearable smile on their faces, although in the face of all kinds of envious and jealous eyes, Pang Congcong also showed a happy smile without care. This kind of appointment is by no means a pie falling from the sky, but Pang Congcong's own hard work.

The comrades who led the SASAC wrote the consensus is not Pang Congcong shirking the responsibility, after following Wei Ze for so many years, Pang Congcong firmly believes that Wei Ze does not need a slave who bows down to his ears, what he needs is an enterprising and capable comrade. For this kind of comrade, Wei Ze never hesitated to give opportunities. That consensus is to express the SASAC's views on economic development to Wei Ze, and to prove the level of awareness of the SASAC. When Wei Ze agrees with the theoretical level of the SASAC comrades, he will naturally give the SASAC a chance. As the chairman of the SASAC, Pang Congcong finally established her position in the SASAC with the internal combustion engine industry, which seemed to take many years to develop.

The internal combustion engine is new to the members of the political bureau, and they do not know how to make it, let alone the principle. After Wei Ze spoke, everyone felt that they didn't have this diamond, so they naturally didn't dare to take the humiliation and jump out to stop the porcelain work of the internal combustion engine.

The Standing Committee meeting is different, although the internal combustion engine is a major breakthrough, but the Standing Committee members do not care about the specific content, they need to discuss the matter from the perspective of politics. Bi Qingshan asked at the meeting of the Standing Committee: "Governor, why do you have to hand over the internal combustion engine to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission?" ”

"A few years ago, everyone should have known that I had pushed for war against the Dutch East Indies, and even against the British, right?" Weeser was talking about a different matter.

Although there have been some changes in the Standing Committee, everyone has either personally participated in the incident or is aware of it. Everyone nodded.

"In the present situation, I am afraid that without my push, the Dutch East Indies or the British dare to try to block our access to oil, and many people will take the initiative to ask for war against the Dutch East Indies against the British. I believe that with the development and application of internal combustion engines, more people will take this position in the future. Weeser continued.

Until now, China has not produced oil domestically. When they thought that oil, which was very important to China, was actually controlled by others, these cadres who were born in the military were of course very reluctant. If this is the case now, it will naturally be like what Weizer said in the future, and more people who benefit from oil will never allow any country to threaten China's interests.

But how does this question relate to everyone's question? The members of the Standing Committee were very puzzled.

"Our goals haven't changed, but everyone's attitudes have changed. Who would have thought a few years ago that the reason why comrades would be willing to go to war with the British turned out to be oil? Weeser continued.

Several members of the Standing Committee who had attended the meeting at that time nodded heavily, and a few years passed in a snap of a finger. The purpose was to fight the British, but no one really thought that the future would be what it is now.

Bi Qingshan was also an instigator of the southbound faction, but what he was thinking about at that time was palm oil and rubber, and he had never heard of oil at the time, let alone planned to incorporate it into his own planning system. This experience really made Bi Qingshan feel suddenly enlightened, and this perception was very helpful to his understanding of the world and life. Ke Weize's explanation and "why do you have to hand over the internal combustion engine to the SASAC?" "It doesn't matter.

Bi Qingshan asked again, "Governor, why do you have to hand over the internal combustion engine to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission?" ”

"The SASAC manages state-owned assets, and the SASAC manages state-owned enterprises. I can give you a lot of reasons right now, and I have said them many times. However, the reason why I handed this over to the SASAC is that I hope that the SASAC will gradually improve the system through guò work. But this matter is not so easy to discuss. So let's let the SASAC do it first, and then we will discuss it after they have some results? Weeser gave his reasons.

This reason is not a reason at all in a sense, but it has a strong but difficult to explain persuasive force when it comes to the change in people's thinking about the war in Britain over the past few years. It was not that no one in the Standing Committee wanted to refute it, but in the end they did not say anything about it.