The vigorous development of the automobile industry has also led to the rapid development of the oil extraction and smelting industry. At present, the oil of the empire is mainly on the island of Kalimantan in the South Sea. In order to save costs, the Empire's petrochemical industry also built oil refineries on the island. After the oil is extracted, it can be directly sent to the refinery for processing and refining, and the gasoline can be refined and then transported back to the domestic or overseas market.

It can be said that the world's oil consumption is now counting on imports from China. The rest of the main oil-producing areas are under China's control. At present, China has no plans to extract other oil.

Of course, the European countries are naturally not willing to be stuck by China, and they are looking for oil on their own territory. The Germans, in particular, pay special attention to this aspect. However, to the despair of the Germans, there was no trace of oil found on their soil. This made the Germans very jealous of China, and even resented that God was too unfair to Germany.

However, with the rapid development of the empire's automobile industry, the demand for oil also increased. oil fields in the South Seas, although the exploitation has accelerated. However, the growth rate of oil production cannot be compared with the growth rate of demand, and if this continues, it is estimated that it will not be long before there will be a shortage of oil. Although Emperor Long Yufei had already ordered the exploration of new oil fields, there was no good news yet. However, Long Yufei believes that the oil is buried in the ground, and it will not run away with long legs. With a little more effort*, China's oil explorers will be able to find oil buried in the ground. After all, the place where Long Yufei ordered exploration this time was the Persian Gulf coast. As a cross-over person, he naturally knows how rich the oil resources are.

"陛xià. We've put 200,000 trucks of oil on the market this month. However, demand is still in short supply. Especially overseas markets, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Germany and the Kingdom of Spain. The demand for cars is very large. According to the Ministry of Industry's forecast, the entire automotive market will be saturated. It is estimated that it will take two or three years! Imperial Prime Minister Lin Zihao said to Long Yufei.

"Hmmm! However, as the economy develops, there will be more and more wealthy people. In this case, the demand for automobiles will also increase. Therefore, in the future, the automobile industry is still an industry that can develop rapidly! Long Yufei said with great certainty. With mass production, the cost of cars also began to fall. Similarly, the price has gradually decreased. And, at the request of Long Yufei, China's automobile production began to be formalized. Styles and models are no longer single, which makes the whole market differentiated, so that there can be different types of cars to meet the needs of consumers, further stimulating the development of the automotive industry. This made the entire automobile industry extremely prosperous, and the Chinese Empire naturally benefited greatly from it. The benefits that the government has gained from the auto factories in which it has a stake alone are staggering. Not to mention taxes and the like.

"Your Majesty, the number of cars in the country is increasing, so that the demand for oil is also increasing. Some of the oil fields in the South Seas have been unable to keep up with oil extraction, and some have not kept up with consumption. Lin Zihao said. Since the automobile industry is developing so rapidly, the oil industry has to keep up. You can't be a drag! Otherwise, the development of the automobile industry will become a limitation.

"Judging from the current situation, at least for the next year, the oil supply in the South Seas should be able to meet the consumption. A year later. The new oil field must have been built and put into production! Long Yufei assured.

"Oh? Is there good news from there in the Persian Gulf? Lin Zihao asked. He knew that Emperor Long Yufei had always attached great importance to oil exploration in the Persian Gulf. Where the Empire is currently exploring for oil in full force. It's the Persian Gulf coast. Although, at the beginning, Long Yufei was very sure that there were rich oil resources there. That's why the empire desperately incorporated that piece of yellow sand into the empire's territory. However, the next exploration. But there was no good news, which made everyone a little surprised.

Of course, everyone will not doubt Long Yufei's vision because of this incident. At least over the years, Long Yufei's vision has never been wrong. However, the rapid development of the automobile industry has made the whole country wait for oil, and if the oil is not extracted, it will be a big trouble!

Long Yufei shook his head: "There is no news yet, but I believe that good news will come soon." I am a firm believer in this! ”

If oil can't be found in the Persian Gulf, where else is there oil on the planet? Therefore, even if it has not been found yet, Long Yufei believes that he will be able to find it soon.

"I hope so!" Lin Zihao nodded, he could only put his hope on this. However, he still decided to give an order to the Nanyang side, asking the Nanyang to increase oil production as much as possible in case of emergency.

The Persian Gulf is full of yellow sand and has a hot climate. It was originally an area of Arab habitation. However, after the fall of the powerful Arab Empire, it was occupied by the Ottoman Turkish Empire. However, with the marriage of the Ottoman Empire and the Chinese Empire, the entire Persian Gulf and Iraq to the north were given to the Chinese Empire as a dowry by the Ottoman Empire. Of course, the Chinese Empire also paid a bride price of more than 100 million Chinese yuan for this. This made the whole Ottoman Turkish Empire think that the Chinese Empire was a fool, and the Persian Gulf and Iraq, which were covered with yellow sand, were simply places where birds did not, how could they be worth so much money?

Even if some people have raised doubts that this must be a conspiracy of the Chinese Empire. However, they really couldn't think of what the conspiracy was, so they had to give up!

Buqaig is located about 300 km east of Riyadh and about 70 km southwest of Dammam. Despite its proximity to the coast, it is still in the middle of the desert and the weather is very hot and arid. However, in the depths of the desert, there is an oasis of several square kilometers, which makes a small town rise here. In the treaty between China and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Bugeig had been transferred to China. Now, the town is surrounded by troops from China and some quirky machines that the Arabs have never seen before.

Every day, the rumbling sound of drilling comes from the sea of sand, making the Arabs in the town a little miserable. It's just that they don't dare to resist. You know, this has become Chinese territory, and its residents have become Chinese. So far, of course, these Arabs have not been recognized by the Chinese government. The Chinese government has not officially recognized their identity.

Li Boyu, a professor of geology at Imperial University, was in charge of this trip to the Persian Gulf in search of oil. With dozens of students and assistants, he has been looking for more than half a year near Bugeig, but he has never drilled oil, which makes him a little suspicious. If that's the case, then the country will lose a lot. You know, with so many troops and oil explorers gathered in the Persian Gulf, the daily consumption is not a small amount. If you can't find oil, then all these investments will be wasted!

Therefore, Professor Li Boyu has been eagerly looking forward to finding oil sooner. In the past few days, because of the urgency and the climate is too dry, the corners of the mouth have been foamed.

The Middle East has a hot climate and a lack of fresh water, making it very difficult to station troops and extract oil in the Middle East. Fortunately, China has made great progress in the use of electricity, and the refrigerator has been invented. Although it is a little rudimentary, it already has the effect of refrigeration. The logistics department specially prepared hundreds of refrigerators for the troops stationed here, which were used for freezing water and drinks to relieve the heat of the soldiers. It's just that for this reason alone, a large amount of fuel has to be transported from the country, which has caused a lot of waste. If oil can be found in the Persian Gulf and oil refineries can be built, then the problem will be solved.

On the afternoon of March 22, 1857, it was destined to be a day that would go down in history. Professor Li Boyu was staring at the map in a daze. From the perspective of geological tectonics, there should be oil here in the Persian Gulf! But why can't you find it? At this time, outside the tent, there was a sudden earth-shattering cheer.

Immediately afterward, the door of the tent was opened, and one of Professor Li Boyu's students rushed in with a smile on his face.

"It's oily, Professor, it's oily. It's all light crude oil! The students cheered loudly.

Li Boyu hurriedly rushed out, only to see that above a drilling well, a crimson flame was rising into the sky. A steady stream of petroleum gas, because of the pressure, gushes out.

"Haha, oil, finally found oil!" Professor Li Boyu laughed, and the pressure he was under these days seemed to be released with the gushing oil.

"Hurry up and report to the country, and in addition, calculate the reserves!" Professor Li Boyu's voice trembled a little, most of the year's efforts have not been in vain!

"Yes, Professor!" The students are also very excited, they have been sleeping in the open for most of the year, in order to find oil? Now it's finally good, and they've finally succeeded!

Just two days later, Professor Li Boyu and his students calculated the initial reserves of the Bugeig field, a super large oil field with reserves of more than one billion tons. This is simply unbelievable, when the news was reported back to China, the emperor Long Yufei was very happy and ordered a heavy reward for Professor Li Boyu and others. He knew that Professor Li Boyu had found a big oil field in the Persian Gulf! (To be continued......)

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