"I'm going to the Heavenly Kingdom to find oil...... Cheng Qi's eyes rolled a few times, and he seemed to throw out some of the water in his head. He knew that Tianfang was the reference of ancient China to the Arab region, but later because of the strong Western culture, the traditional word Tianfang faded, leaving only the book "Arabian Nights", and the transliterated Arabic became an internationally accepted term, and in this plane, because the inheritance of history has not been interrupted, and there has been no impact of strong Western civilization, so many ancient words still have their vitality - of course, these are not the point, the point is that the twenty-three-year-old Cheng Qi knows that there is oil in the Tianfang region, And there is a lot of oil, enough to feed eight thousand princes and not let them make trouble.

Judging from Xia Yusi's statement, it seems that there are only mountain robbers and horse bandits who are blocking the road and robbing them, and all that is left is sand and dates.

It would be nice if I could make a penny. Cheng Qi knew that his brother-in-law would find an old hen that would lay golden eggs when they went this time, but he didn't know...... His gaze fell on the newspaper spread on his lap: "Which company did they go to, brother-in-law?" ”

"I guess it's called a standard." Xia Yusi said casually: "For a small company with a small name, it is still a question whether it can give enough money." ”

Cheng Qi was dumbfounded - he didn't know how strong the linkage of time and space was, but if his brother-in-law and their expedition team really found oil in the Persian Gulf, it is estimated that the standard of this time and space will be almost the same as that of America.

"Eat fruit." Xia Yusi handed him the orange: "Hungry or not, it's getting dark...... Those two living treasures haven't come back yet...... I'll get you some food. ”

The words followed, and before Xia Yusi's words fell, someone pushed open the door: "Sister, don't say anything bad about me." ”

One after the other came in two and a half children, both sixteen or seventeen years old, looking a little younger than Cheng Qi, with a little more childishness on their faces, but they were more robust than Cheng Qi, the seed of reading.

One of them carried a food box made of bamboo: "When my brother and I came over, we bought some side dishes and rice on the side of the road - brother, your favorite braised fish, as well as moldy tofu, fried leeks with thousands of shreds, and a bowl of egg custard." How's that, sister, aren't we great? ”

"It's pretty good." Xia Yusi raised his eyebrows: "Where have you been crazy for so many times, have you eaten?" ”

"We're not hungry, we'll eat when we get home in the evening." The two brothers patted their chests: "Let's go to the bookstore to see ......"

"Liar, you can't lie!" Xia Yusi helped bring out the food and handed it to Cheng Qi, while training his younger brother like a son: "Will you go to the bookstore?" When did the bookstore have something that interested the two of you? ”

The other brother waved his hand again and again: "No, no...... We want to give Brother Cheng Qi a gift. Grandma said that if my brother does not die in this catastrophe, he will have a blessing in the future. He also said that Brother Cheng Qi is a seed of study, he was admitted to a good school, and he can be an official in the future, which is a matter of glory to his ancestors, so he asked us to bring gifts to see Brother A. It's just that we don't know what to give, and we thought that Brother liked to read books the most, so we decided to go to the bookstore to buy books and give them to Brother. ”

"Where's the book?" Xia Yusi looked the two younger brothers up and down: "Still didn't bring any money, so you didn't buy it?" ”

"No, no." Although the two younger brothers are about the same size as the elder sister, they are like little sheep in this tigress: "We are optimistic and have chosen, but the boss said that it is not for sale, and it is only displayed in the store, not for sale." ”

Xia Yusi snorted and laughed: "You guys...... It's the treasure of the town's store, and the boss doesn't sell it...... It's not that you didn't offer a price he couldn't refuse. ”

The two little brothers were stunned for a moment, and it seemed that their life experience had increased by one percent again.

Xia Yusi turned around: "Forget it, these two kids can't do anything, I'll buy a set of books for you when I go back." It's a gift from our family to study in Tokyo. ”

Cheng Qi nodded again and again; "Then thank you sister first, and thank you to your two younger brothers."

Xia Yusi sat down again: "What does the family say thank you or not." What book do you want? I'll buy it myself...... The two of them, they really have no chance with books, I'm afraid they won't be able to buy them. ”

Cheng Qi thought for a moment: "Is there a big encyclopedia?" I want this. ”

"Okay, what I promised you must be done." Xia Yusi clapped his hands: "When you are discharged from the hospital, I will send it to you." ”

After watching him finish eating, the Xia family brothers and sisters also said goodbye. Cheng Qi picked up the newspaper again and read it, some people say that the newspaper is a kaleidoscope of society, which is not false at all. From a serious official newspaper, he can see the political system of the country, and from the popular newspapers that entertain the public, he can also find many important information about the life of the city.

After reading these newspapers brought by Xia Yusi, Cheng Qi had a general understanding of the world he was in now: the country where he was located, the full name was the Great Song Empire, and the Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny was the relationship between his grandson and his grandfather.

Between the Song Dynasty and the Great Song Empire, there were several bloodless changes and bloodshed revolutions, and now, it has evolved into the era of industrial imperialism - if human civilization really has a definite trajectory. The steam engine appeared in Jiangnan more than a hundred years ago, originally as a pumping equipment for coal mines, and now it has spread to all the corners of civilization in the world - if you look at the degree of civilization in this world, the Huaxia region is the most civilized region, and the second is the Jinxia region that surrounds China, and the greater Mediterranean, Europe and the Greater Eastern Continent (America) region on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, only the scattered Chinese colonies can be regarded as the dawn of civilization.

Now, the Great Liao Empire in the north has just built a railway from its eastern to western frontiers, and steam-powered trains have ruthlessly swept the nomads along the way into the torrent of industrialization; The Xia Empire in the west seems to be a **** country, but the state religion is Buddhism; The United States of the South China Sea, across the sea to the south, was originally a colony of the Great Song Dynasty, but now it has become an independent federal state, which looks very advanced and beautiful.

The Great Song Empire was a constitutional monarchy, with four levels of parliament composed of Shinong, industry and commerce holding the most important power in the empire, and the territory was divided into three levels: roads, prefectures and counties, and there were hundreds of colonies of all sizes scattered overseas, the big ones were as big as a continent (Australia), and the small ones were as small as a port within a radius of ten miles. The hospital where Cheng Qi is now located is located in Wucheng County, Huzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Road, and his own home is in Guangde Zhili Prefecture, Jiangnan East Road, one hundred and sixty miles away. And what he is reading now in his hand is "Jiangdong Daily Digest".

Coincidentally, the digest newspaper happened to be presenting several of the latest scientific discoveries: a naturalist at the University of Tokyo had discovered a new method for refining oil, and a professor at the Luoyang Higher Normal School had presented a new paper on the essential properties of light at an annual meeting of the International Physiognomy Society......