Chapter 276: Seeking Values
Ji Mi, the son-in-law of Bo Ni Kingdom, said to Captain Gnawing Dog: "If I don't have you as a friend, I will suffocate to death in Bo Ni City...... I don't know why, Shen Qianqian and Nana ignored me and chatted with other merchants, they only knew money. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Captain Dog Chew heard that he was a little sad in his words, so he persuaded him: "It's better to go and go for a walk, that is the best place in the world...... I'm going back soon. ā
Then, he told him about Nana.
There is still a trace of jealousy in Jimi's heart!
His friends can be busy with work, and they can return to the house of the Lord to seek peace because of love...... So what else can you do for yourself?
In terms of money, status, and easy life, he is far better than his friends, but he can't be happy, he doesn't know what he can be busy for, and he always feels that something is missing.
Ji Mi sighed: "Both the owner of Zhang Island and the quiet master have to work personally...... I didn't understand it at the time, I thought they were weird, but now I understand, it's a kind of pleasure! ā
The gnawing dog was also worried at that time: "What are you happy? ā
"Construction...... From scratch, from small to large construction, it is indeed very happy.
For example, you used to have wooden fences and bamboo and wood sheds, and you built brick and lime kilns here one after another, so that the people here have built tall and sturdy Liuqiu houses; For example, Shen Qianqian and Nana, they set up a money bank and let the Liuqiu currency be used here at will...... There is also the oil well by the river, as long as a well is drilled, it is a flowing flow of coins...... Moreover, only Liuqiu Island can do this, and it is useless to give it to others for nothing!
It's all a joy to have......"
Speaking of which, the gnawing dog does feel the sincerity of the chicken.
Since they came here, or since the prince Anda here went to Liuqiu and the Great Song Dynasty to study, Liuqiu Island has spent a lot of money here...... Oil here is what they need the most, and the rest is just a foil for commercial goods.
The oil on the banks of the Wenlai River is easy to extract, they are all shallow, and some oil wells can even self-spew; They are also easy to refine and are mostly light crude oils.
At that time, Wang Defa's family determined the direction of the development of those oil imports, which was only responsible for supplying crude oil, and the later refining was completely carried out on Liuqiu Island.
There was a funny thing that happened...... When a chieftain saw that the artisans had made oil out of his land, he was so curious that he asked for some.
The construction craftsman said that this thing is not processed by Liuqiu, and it is not used at all.
Wang Defa's family once promised a condition that no matter which tribe's land or surrounding oil wells were drilled, they would give the tribe a certain amount of material compensation, such as food, clothing, daily necessities, etc., and try to make everyone have a share.
After they drilled the oil wells, they also gave some compensation to the tribe according to this condition...... The chieftain, however, still begged for some oil, and demanded that it be kept in round barrels of the kind used by the craftsmen.
The Liuqiu craftsman in charge of this wellhead reminded that this thing is blazing when it encounters fire, which is not conducive to cooking rice, is not convenient for storage, and the smoke hurts people when burning.
The chief insisted that if he could use the island, he would be able to use it...... This thing is from my clan's territory, of course you have to wait for me, the previous efforts are not enough!
Well, the Liuqiu craftsman, in the spirit of calming things down, gave him dozens of barrels.
That oil well can produce hundreds of barrels a day, which is not worse than that.
The artisans offered only one condition, that they transport the oil away from the wells...... He dared to guarantee the safety of his fire ban, but he had little confidence in the natives.
That request may have saved the well.
The chief was going to sell ...... at first However, no matter how much it costs, no one in the market buys it.
No one can use them, and certainly no one can buy them.
The chief simply used it to burn the land for his tribe...... Even a few more cassava or corn is good!
Speaking of which, the king of the Bo Ni country is really grateful to Liuqiu Island, it is the people there who selflessly bring these delicious foods, and in a few years they have taken root in the Bo Ni, so that the people here can fill their stomachs.
Of course, there are many wild fruits in the local area, but there is no food that can better feed people.
Therefore, some remote tribes can also grow corn and cassava to resell, which is also a large income.
Of course, the chief's intentions had a point, but their understanding of crude oil was too low.
As a result, when they used crude oil to burn the waste, it triggered a deflagration of crude oil...... In the initial deflagration, nearly half of the young and strong laborers were killed and burned on the spot!
Some of the wooden blocks with flames that flew up everywhere fell back into the village, and the whole village suddenly burst into flames!
He also took the chief and some elders, all of whom were burned alive...... This is truly a human tragedy.
At that time, the oil wells several kilometers away seemed to feel the temperature of the flame!
The Flowman turned pale with fright...... He immediately ordered the work to be stopped, and his men desperately filled the wellhead with water, and at the same time, pushed all the oil cylinders that were in reserve to be transported into the river and let them float away!
In the end, they managed to save the wellhead, and the fire was extinguished by the arrival of a heavy rain.
But despite this, the tribe was completely lost, and only a few children were left who had escaped with dexterity.
This incident caused the shock of King Boni...... Subsequent investigation revealed that the tribal chieftain had caused the disaster himself.
However, the craftsman who gave them the crude oil was not exempt from blame...... Some ministers said that if they insisted on not giving oil drums at that time, there would not have been this disaster?!
At that time, on behalf of Liuqiu, the captain of the gnawing dog negotiated with the ministers of the Bo Ni country, and the result was very simple, first, Liu Qiu was fully responsible for raising the surviving children and handed over a sum of money to the treasury of the Bo Ni country, and the second was that the king of the Bo Ni country ordered that no one should ask for crude oil from the oil well, not a small barrel.
Later, there was a saying among the people of Boni that the crude oil in the ground was a dirty and dangerous thing, and if the people begged to suck it all away, who would dare to put it in their own homes?!
Unless you let Liuqiu Island process it with a formation, and remove those dangerous ingredients, it will be easy to use...... No one knows where these rumors came from, anyway, in the end, the Manchu civil and military ministers also heard about it...... There seems to be some truth to this statement.
The king of Bo Ni once asked his versatile son-in-law, Jimi, how many years would it take to drain those filthy and terrible things......
Ji Mi remembered that he had talked to Gnawing Dog about what kind of oil it was, and Captain Gnawing Dog once said that they would never be able to smoke it in their lifetime...... But Jimi didn't want to disappoint his father-in-law, the king, like this, he gritted his teeth and said that after ten or eight years of pumping, he would be drained, and it would be safe at that time.
Jimi knows that he is probably the only one in the court who knows the truth, so he is not afraid that they will find out...... Besides, it doesn't hurt the Bo Ni country.
Well, although the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty of the Boni Kingdom felt that the speed was a little slower, at least there was some hope.
Ji Mi thinks that this thing can still be used in war...... However, he didn't want to make this suggestion, according to the level of the army of the Bo Ni Kingdom, he was afraid that they would be more likely to burn themselves.
Of course, Nipple Dog knows how his friend Jimi answers his father-in-law's inquiry, and he also knows that he has done a lot of good things for the good relationship between Liuqiu Island and Boni Country, which should actually be regarded as a kind of construction.
Gnawing Dog once asked him: "Are you a beggar or a boy?" ā
Ji Mi said indifferently, in his eyes, there was no difference between Liuqiu Island and Boni Country at all.
Jimi said: "A while ago, I personally met the owner of Zhang Island...... He told me that as long as you do something that is in line with the values of Liuqiu Island, then you will be treated the same if you are not in Liuqiu, whether you do things for Liuqiu or not! ā
Of course, they all understand the values of Liuqiu, that is, the three golden rules, which Zhang Daozhu has repeatedly talked about......