Tang Xingjian himself didn't understand, so he said: "When you see the car, you will understand." ”

"Driving ——!"

The coachman whipped his horse, and drove the carriage as fast as he could.

"Assistant Tang, is the car as fast as the carriage?"

Tang Xingjian was already impatient: "I said, why do you have so many questions?" Everything is understood when you see the car, do you understand? ”

"I, I see."

……

When the carriage was about to arrive in Bei'an, it saw oil wells erected on the side of the road, and there were workers busy under each derrick, and the pungent smell of oil blew to the carriage with a gust of wind.

Tang Xingjian covered his nose with his hand and said, "Speed up the horsewhip, let's go to the city to have a look." ”

The carriage kept moving forward, walked about two miles, and came to the gate of Bei'an City. With a population of just over 1,000, it would be more appropriate to say that it is a village or town. Although the population is small, the city gate is very magnificent, because it is the time when the workers are busy in the oil wells, and the residents of Bei'an City are all oil workers, so there are few people on the street at this time.

The carriage entered the city, the streets were deserted, the population of the city was small, but the city was large, it was built according to the size of 200,000 people, and the streets through which the carriage passed, most of the houses on both sides were empty, and it was clear that these new houses were intended for the inhabitants who would move in later.

Originally, there were nearly 100,000 workers working on the city, but because the city was completed last month, and the construction workers have been transferred to other places, the city is empty.

After the carriage entered the city, he went directly to the city hall, and came to the door of the yamen of Bei'an Town, Tang Xingjian got out of the car and walked to the yamen, there was a young man on duty at the door, he didn't recognize Tang Xingjian, and stretched out his hand to stop Tang Xingjian.

"Stop, who are you looking for?"

"I'm Tang Xingjian, looking for your mayor." Tang Xingjian didn't look at the young man on duty with a straight face.

Although I haven't seen Tang Xingjian, as a person in the yamen, how can I not have heard of it.

The young man hurriedly put down his blocking hand and said, "It turned out to be Assistant Tang, and our mayor went to the oil field." ”

"Who else is in the yamen?"

The young man replied, "Deputy Mayor Ma hasn't left yet. ”

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Before the young man's words fell, he saw a short and fat man who looked like a winter melon, running out of it, "Assistant Tang, I just received a call from the city, saying that you want to come to us to inspect the work, no, I have been staying in the yamen and did not dare to go out." ”

Tang Xingjian asked, "What about your mayor?" ”

Deputy Mayor Ma replied: "I went to the oil field, isn't this to expand the oil production team, the mayor went to the field for inspection." ”

The two walked inside the yamen while talking, and came to Deputy Mayor Ma's office, Deputy Mayor Ma greeted Tang Xingjian warmly: "Assistant Tang, please take a seat!" Have a seat! Have a cup of tea first, what do you want to know, I know everything. ”

A cup of steaming tea was delivered to Tang Xingjian, Tang Xingjian took the teacup, and did not drink it immediately, he put down the teacup and asked, "How are you preparing for the resettlement of migrants?" In a few days, 100,000 oil workers will be stationed with you. ”

Deputy Mayor Ma said: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the arrival of the migrant army, I believe that on the way to Assistant Tang just now, I also saw that the buildings on both sides of the street are newly built, just waiting for our oil workers to move in." ”

Tang Xingjian instructed: "You must ensure that these 100,000 oil workers eat and live well, and there is no negligence." ”

"Definitely, definitely."

Tang Xingjian asked: "Can your oil storage here be used normally?" ”

"Absolutely."

Tang Xingjian asked again: "There is no problem with safety, right?" ”

"Please rest assured, Assistant Tang, there is absolutely no problem." Deputy Mayor Ma patted his chest and said.

Tang Xingjian said: "I came this time to see for myself, and the safety of the oil depot must not be sloppy at all." ”

Deputy Mayor Ma said: "I have received an order from the mayor to accompany Assistant Tang throughout the process. ”

Tang Xingjian took a sip of tea and asked, "You are located here in the north of the oil city, very close to the Ottomans, have any strangers appeared in the city recently?" ”

Deputy Mayor Ma said: "The enemy has not found it, but a few Arabs have come to look for us. ”

"Arabs?" Tang Xingjian became alert, "Why don't you report such an important matter?" ”

Deputy Mayor Ma said aggrievedly: "Aren't I about to report to you? ”

"What's the situation?"

"That's right," Deputy Mayor Ma also took a sip of tea from his cup, "They said they could help us fight the Ottomans on the condition that they help them build their country." ”

Tang Xingjian immediately reported the situation to Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Wenzhao asked Gao Junshan for instructions as quickly as possible.

……

In Xinxiang Port on the west coast of the Americas, Gao Junshan received a call from Cao Wenzhao, and Gao Junshan immediately sent a telegram back to Cao Wenzhao, telling Cao Wenzhao that it is necessary to cherish the current peaceful environment, speed up the development of the petroleum industry, and speed up the development of military production.

These two developments were not only instructions to Cao Wenzhao, but Gao Junshan gave this order to the whole of China.

Develop the oil industry and develop military production.

This is the policy formulated by Gao Junshan for the current situation.

Because of the advent of the internal combustion engine, the strength of the navy can take a leap, and the strength of the army should not be underestimated.

Gao Junshan is not worried about the Ottoman Empire at all, because China is now starting to develop tanks, and with tanks, it is not a problem to push the Ottomans flat, so Gao Junshan can no longer look down on the assistance of the Arabs.

Didn't you talk about the development of tracked armored vehicles? Why is it that in only two months, it is said that the tank will be developed?

There is a reason for this, and the reason is that Huaxia developed yellow explosives, which are TNT explosives in later generations.

Yellow explosives are a bottleneck in modern military development, and now this bottleneck has also been broken through by China, no wonder Gao Junshan will issue an order for "two developments".

Gao Junshan usually likes to read medical books, once he found a medicine called green alum oil in the "Complete Book of Dou's Surgery", he suddenly understood, this green alum oil is sulfuric acid, he was excited, at that time he sent a telegram to the sixth son Gao Lantian who was very passionate about Chinese medicine, Gao Lantian with the assistance of his Chinese medicine tutor Jia Taichu, refined this medicine called green alum oil (sulfuric acid), with sulfuric acid, the development of yellow explosives is a matter of course.

Gao Junshan ordered the Science and Technology Institute to develop yellow explosives, and he told the engineers concerned the basic method of developing yellow explosives, and the gunpowder engineers carried out specific trial production.

With sulfuric acid can make nitric acid, with nitric acid can make smokeless explosives, this smokeless explosive is TNT, commonly known as yellow explosives, its power is not ten times or twenty times stronger than black explosives, the following is the data of these two gunpowders:

Black powder: detonation velocity of about 500 m/s, detonation gas volume 280 l/kg, detonation heat 3015 kJ/kg, flame temperature: about 2500 °C.

TNT: detonation velocity 6920 m/s, detonation gas volume 620 l/kg, detonation heat 5066 kJ/kg.

The Academy of Science and Technology received the task of TNT, and under the specific guidance of Gao Junshan, they prepared standard TNT gunpowder in half a month.

With TNT gunpowder, the army's weapons must be completely upgraded, and it is difficult to equip a modern army without three years.