During the Apocalypse, the Ming Empire started with the industrial revolution led by coal mines, and had a very deep accomplishment in steam power. However, with the development of the oil industry, human beings gradually began to replace the huge steam engine with a smaller internal combustion engine, and embarked on the road of faster development. However, within the Ming Dynasty, there was not much oil field to support its development of the oil industry, so that it even lagged slightly behind other powers in the world.

In this world, some things are determined by external conditions, such as the lack of copper mines and oil in the Ming Dynasty. These mineral deposits have restricted the development of the entire industry, and even, to a large extent, restricted the arms race between the Ming Dynasty and other countries.

Due to the lack of copper mines, it was impossible to produce the most practical copper cartridge shells on a large scale, and the troops of the Ming Dynasty had to use iron cartridge shells to produce bullets. As a result, guns jam failures are frequent, affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops. On the other hand, the naval forces of the Ming Dynasty, known as the oil tigers, could only use larger and less powerful steam engines as power, and there was no plan to replace the battleships so far.

Once, in the most glorious era of the apocalypse, the lancers of the Ming Empire once drank on the banks of the Danube, like Mongolia, and occupied most of Eurasia. However, with the exchange and learning between countries, the world began to slowly master the steam engine and various key technologies of the industrial revolution - the unilateral crushing power of the Ming Dynasty gradually declined.

In 1770 AD, taking advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty was forced to send troops to suppress the rebellion in Europe and the main expedition to Prussia, the Jurchens in eastern Liao in the Far East rebelled, shot Ming officials and allied with Japan, defeated the Ming Dynasty Jiliao troops at that time, and established the Dajin Empire. This rebellion also directly led to the loss of large colonies in the Middle East and Europe by the Ming Dynasty, and the world's influence fell to the bottom.

Then in 1794 the First World War broke out, not so much a world war as an independent war between the world and the Ming Dynasty. In a fit of rage, the reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty declared war on the whole world, marched into the Korean Peninsula, and landed in Greater Luzon (Australia). However, due to the depletion of resources and the dispersion of troops, they were finally defeated and sued for peace.

However, because the Ming army was undefeated on the battlefield, and the Ming Dynasty was far from collapsing, the World Alliance had no intention of making excessive demands. Eventually, the Treaty of Shanghai was signed in Shanghai, and the influence of the Ming Dynasty on Greater Luzon and Southeast Asia, as well as India, was affected.

It was precisely because of the defeat of that war that the bureaucracy of the Ming Empire took the opportunity to rise, and the imperial power also felt its own crisis. Therefore, the main theme of foreign conquest has unconsciously evolved into today's internal fighting between monarchs and ministers, and the entire empire has become more and more decaying.

Today, the newly rising United States, the old European power Prussia, the rich France, the maritime hegemon England, the Asian wolf Japan, and the newly established Muscovy are all eyeing the hegemony of the world and competing for the protagonist of future energy - oil.

The smoke of war had already spread, the Franco-Prussian War ended with a German victory, and the Anglo-American naval war shook hands and made peace...... The great powers were tempting each other and slowly seeking the possibility of an alliance.

And now the Ming Dynasty is also brewing a great change inside, and everyone is in their own position to welcome the arrival of this change......

A luxurious black carriage pulled up in front of a factory gate in the Tangshan industrial base, first dismounted by a tired-looking foreigner and then by a young Chinese man. Surrounded by more than a dozen guards who had turned over and dismounted, the two men walked to the gate of the factory.

"These two are going to enter the factory for inspection, this is a certificate issued by the Imperial Industrial Bureau, please check it." Behind Wang Jue, who was dressed in civilian clothes, was a captain of the Wang family's guards, tall and burly, he looked like a capable person, and there was a majesty between his gestures.

After taking the supporting documents, the guard looked at the photo on it, closed the document and handed it back to the captain of the guard, and then stood up and saluted: "Release!" A crack slowly crept into the iron gate of the factory, and two men and a translator walked into the doorway with a huge plaque hanging on it, saying the factory of Factory 1014.

"We have been working to improve our disadvantages in the oil sector." Wang Jue walked towards the factory building with William, and pointed to the workers on both sides who were walking briskly under their feet: "Seven years ago, we have introduced the relevant technology of coal-to-oil conversion to Germany...... And our scientists have improved the process, increased the efficiency of the coal-to-oil conversion, and shortened the time consumed in production......"

"Coal-to-oil conversion has always been one of the studies that the Prussian military is very concerned about, after all, it is the same situation as your country, which is a country that lacks oil fields." The translator translated Wang Jue's words into German, Wilhelm? Mr. Wenger nodded while listening to what Wang Jue said.

However, after hearing the translation, Wang Jue suddenly stopped and looked at the German scientist in front of him who was much older than him with his hands behind his back. With a faint smile on his face, he opened his mouth and slowly corrected and said, "Since Mr. William has joined the nationality of the Ming Dynasty, then don't call your motherland your country anymore, okay?" ”

After hearing the translator's questioning, William? Wenger nodded with a wry smile, and then explained to Wang Jue: "After all, it's only been a few days, and I haven't gotten used to the change in my identity yet. I need to see if the finished product produced in this factory can meet the gasoline engine I designed! ”

"Excellent! Mr. William. I invited you here with a lot of money, because I liked your research, and if you can make your own contribution to the Ming Dynasty, then you are the most honorable person in the Ming Dynasty...... I can give you so much more than you think! "Wang Jue looked at William? Arsene Wenger said: "Please keep one thing in mind. That is: if we can thrive in the Apocalypse Dynasty, we can rise again! ”

After speaking, Wang Jue took a step forward with the translator, and William didn't say anything, so he could only follow behind. He knew that in this empire, dignity and power were all about power. The young man he was following was one of the most powerful few in the empire. And what he said he could give was absolutely above the law, absolutely above the imagination, and there was no lie......