Whether to start an oil smelting workshop, whether it is state-owned or private is a big question, Wu Yanzhi thought about it for a long time, and finally decided that it was best to be private.

The state-owned oil refinery has to be audited, which is cumbersome. There are not so many restrictions on starting a private oil refining workshop, and you can make a lot of money yourself. Anyway, I'm not afraid of being reported now, those princesses of the county, there are many people who make money in business.

So he transferred two people from the guards to be responsible for the establishment of an oil smelting workshop. One is named Zhang Zhen and the other is Gao Jian, the two are very astute, but they are also suitable candidates.

The investment in building an oil refining workshop was only taken out by Wu Yanzhi himself.

According to the area he needs, about half an acre of land will be repaired, as well as copper, iron and tin for making stills, etc., and he has estimated the cost, which may cost about 400 to 500 yuan.

Of course, now this money is not a problem for him at all.

He called Zhang Zhen and Gao Jian over and said to them: "You two are temporarily responsible for setting up an oil refining workshop, and you will work here for two years to train some local skilled people and managers.

Then I will transfer you back to the capital, and there will be no problem in becoming an official and a half-job. As for this treatment, I will not treat you badly.

In the future, if you win the war, you will also have a share of the credit, and there is no problem in raising the two of you to the third level. ”

The two of them are naturally grateful, according to Wu Yanzhi's method, there is no problem for them to earn tens or hundreds of times a year, and there is almost no risk, why not?

"Please rest assured General Wu, his subordinates will do their best to complete the task." The two swore an oath.

Next, Wu Yanzhi called several county officials such as the county magistrate, as well as Muramasa, and the old man Gao to the side to discuss the matter of handling the oil refining workshop.

Wu Yanzhi said: "The contemptible people plan to build an oil refining workshop here, and I hope you will greatly assist." You call this thing water resin, and I'll call it oil.

If this thing is only used for lighting, it is too wasteful, and it is very inconvenient to use, so I want to start an oil refining workshop.

At this time, after smelting and distillation, many kinds of oil can be produced, which is very useful. Some of the oil can also be used as weapons, and it is extremely powerful. Most of them can be used to light lamps, which is much better than using oil directly.

I hope that you will greatly assist you, and the profits of this oil refining workshop will be very high. Because this can also be used for machines in the future, I estimate that there will be no problem with this profit multiplying several times a year. ”

When everyone heard that their profits could be doubled in a year, they were very happy. However, the county officials are not allowed to invest, and the two of them, the village and Mr. Gao, have shown strong interest.

Then Liu Cunzheng said: "I don't know how much money I need to invest, the villain has twenty or thirty yuan of money, but there is no more." ”

"Well, that's good, thirty dollars is about the same. Uncle Gao, what about you? ”

"This ...... Since Liu Cun is investing thirty times, the villain is willing to invest thirty times. ”

"That's the best, in order to ensure your income, I'm going to open another brewery here, mainly producing liquor."

Next, Wu Yanzhi arranged many details for the establishment of the winery and oil refinery.

It is not easy to set up an oil refinery and distillery here without the participation of the locals. Now that the village is participating with Mr. Gao, things will definitely be done.

After discussing with a few people, Wu Yanzhi and his group began to look for a place to open a brewing workshop and a brewery under the leadership of Muramasa.

In the end, it was decided that the wine-making workshop would still be opened in the county seat, and this oil refining workshop would only be opened in the village near the Yellow River.

It is also very close to the capital of Yanzhou, and not far from the Yellow River, through which wine and oil can be transported to the capital and Luoyang by wooden boats, which is also very convenient.

After arranging all this, it was almost dark. Everyone gathered in the city for one night, and the next day, Wu Yanzhi began to arrange the construction of the factory.

The brewing workshop is simple, but the stills also need to be well designed, too big to waste copper, too small to produce much wine.

As for the distillers in the oil refining workshop, the principle is actually similar, but there is no need to use copper, just lead and tin.

In this way, Wu Yanzhi was busy here for more than 20 days before he finished a few stills, and the construction of the factory was very fast, all of them were earthen walls and tile houses, and the house was repaired in a few days.

In these days, Wu Yanzhi also handed over some of their methods for drilling wells, mainly to improve the drill bit, increase its stiffness, and change its shape.

In fact, ancient craftsmen, such as drilling wells for salt and oil, could drill wells for three or four hundred meters. Of course, such a deep well usually takes several years, and it can be drilled about 100 meters a year. Nevertheless, this technology is also leading in the world.

During this period, a number of wooden barrels were also produced, which were used to hold wine and oil.

In order to facilitate the sale of kerosene and diesel, Wu Yanzhi also produced some oil lamps. Of course, the quantity is not much, mainly because the materials such as iron and tin here are very expensive.

In fact, Wu Yanzhi also plans to make horse lanterns. However, after looking for a long time in this state, I didn't find a small workshop for making glass, so the horse lantern couldn't be made.

This not only gave Wu Yanzhi the idea of producing glass. At this time, the price of high-grade glass is very amazing, even the same price as gold.

This horse lantern was a treasure in ancient times, it could be protected from the wind, and it could also be used at night, and it was not afraid of wind and rain.

Here is a horse lantern, many people may not have seen it, this was 200 years ago, but it was a very fashionable thing.

It's actually just a shelf on the outside, and you can make a shelf out of wood and iron, but of course it's cheaper to use wood. A glass cover with another oil lamp inside.

Why is it called a horse lantern, of course, it can be hung on a horse.

Then Wu Yanzhi found a few craftsmen who burned bricks and tiles, mainly to let them master the temperature of this burning fire and oil refining, of course, this thing has to be tested repeatedly, because there is no thermometer, no one can control it so accurately, this is completely based on experience.

On the 35th day, Wu Yanzhi finally felt that the distilled gasoline could barely be used, so he said, "Let's smelt a few thousand oils first." I bought some of this gasoline in the name of the government and took some of it away, and I also took some of the kerosene with me.

All the remaining kerosene and diesel fuel were sold, and all of them were sold to Chang'an and Luoyang in the early stage, and the prices must be set higher.

By the way, I plan to build a workshop in Chang'an and Luoyang to make oil lamps and horse lanterns. When the sales of horse lamps and oil lamps increase, the sales of kerosene and diesel will be even greater, and they will be sold all over the country in the future. Don't look at the fact that you only invest a few hundred times now, maybe you can earn thousands of dollars a year. ”

Ancient candles were definitely the most high-end luxury, and they were generally used by emperors or princes, and perhaps some powerful princesses could also use them. Ordinary rich people light oil lamps. Freedom lamps are mainly made of tung oil, rapeseed oil or animal oil.

Ordinary people rarely light lamps, and they use a small amount of oil lamps when they do. More often than not, it is lit by a stove fire, pine resin, or firewood.

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