The next day, he took Li Yan, Bi Dengfu, and Mao Yuanyi to Shuntian Academy, and even Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing were invited.

On the big playground of Shuntian Academy, it was already crowded, and countless students heard that the emperor came to Shuntian Academy again, and they almost came out of the nest, all came to watch the emperor's demeanor, as for what oil, it was not in the consideration of the students, after all, even the emperor was a little stumped, what could he do with such a little level of knowledge? It's better to watch the excitement.

The three barrels of oil were all placed on the viewing platform in the large playground, and as for the people who could get on the viewing platform, they were naturally well-known scholars from various colleges in the capital.

"Gentlemen!"

Zhu Jie said loudly, "This thing is the loot found when the army of the Western Expedition entered the Rakshasa Kingdom, I know what his name is, and I also know what kind of use this item has, but how to decompose and refine this thing is a little tricky, today, I came to Shuntian Academy, just to use the knowledge of your gentlemen, to see if I can resolve this matter, I don't know that gentleman has studied this thing......

Everyone looked at each other and did not speak.

Song Yingxing walked out first, looked at the oil in it, frowned, and replied: "Emperor Qi, this thing is stone paint, Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty once recorded in the "Mengxi Writings", named it oil, because this thing is extremely flammable, the flame is extremely fierce, like fat and oil, it is produced in Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi, and even the Sichuan people use this thing to boil salt. ”

Zhu Jie nodded secretly, Song Yingxing is worthy of being a contemporary encyclopedic master, he can see oil at a glance, and can accurately describe it, much stronger than an ordinary scholar, this insight is far beyond ordinary people can compare!

"Old Song is really extraordinary!"

Zhu Jie exclaimed, Xuan immediately set his sights on other people, although there are not many people who know oil, but Song Yingxing is definitely not the only one, but there are really not many people who have in-depth research on oil.

"Begin to play the Emperor!"

A foreigner walked out of the crowd, bowed down and said, "The minister knows something about this thing!" ”

Zhu Jie looked at the foreigner, obviously not knowing.

"Emperor Qi, this gentleman is from Rome, Mr. Maldini, he came to Daming three years ago, and it has been three years......"

Mao Yuanyi on the side hurriedly said.

"Maldini, tell me, how much do you know about this oil?"

Maldini hurriedly said: "Emperor Qizuo, this oil is produced all over the world, but the most produced and famous is the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty, from Yumen Pass to the west, about 5,000 miles away, there is an inland sea, called powerful, and an area in the north of the Caspian Sea is called Baku, where oil is abundant, you are right, this oil can be extracted from it to extract purer oil, which can be used as fuel oil and used for night lighting......

"Do you know how to distinguish oil from other substances?"

Zhu Jie asked.

Maldini said in a deep voice: "This, I know a little bit about it, you only need to heat the crude oil, and the oil in it will become a fog to rise, and then it will be condensed in the sky, it will be clean oil, but this kind of facility is prone to accidents and hurt people's lives, and in addition to lighting oil lamps, these oils, I really don't know what other functions they have......"

Zhu Jie nodded and asked, "Then do you know how to make this decomposition facility?" ”

"Your Majesty, I can give it a try!"

Maldini was confident.

Zhu Jie smiled: "In that case, then I will tell you today, what is the purpose of this oil......

"Listen to you!"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "The so-called crude oil is a comprehensive liquid mixed with a variety of oil mixed with impurities, among which, according to Maldini, the crude oil is distilled or fractionated, from which various oil qualities will be decomposed, because the oil quality in the crude oil, because of the different composition, the temperature at which they change from liquid to gas is also different, and the quality of the oil is not the same. It can ensure that the road will not appear muddy in rainy days, even if the horses are rolling on the cart, it is still smooth as new, unlike the current official roads, which must be renovated frequently, you can imagine how convenient it will be for our transportation and even the march once we use these residues to pave a new road, which is abnormally smooth......

"As for all kinds of oil, for the time being, we can use it for lighting, in the future, we can also transform the steam engine, the coal provides heat, and the heat of the fuel oil is far better than that of coal, and the other fuels also need you to use the test to prove their use one by one, remember, distill together, refine separately, and don't waste the residue behind, it's all treasures, I'm waiting for your research to succeed, once the right equipment for refining crude oil is made, I won't hesitate to reward you......"

No hesitation of rewards!

In the world, who doesn't know that the emperor is the most heroic? Especially for those scholars who have research results, they have always been generous, and they have never paid attention to eighteen thousand taels of silver!

Now that the emperor is not stingy with a heavy reward, then this amount will definitely not be less than 100,000 silver dollars, and if this amount is dropped, I am afraid that the emperor will fall off the shelf......

The scholars present had stars in their eyes one by one, and there was an opportunity, so we must seize it, three barrels of crude oil are too little, and it is not enough to test at all, so call people from Shaanxi, Sichuan and Gansu to send crude oil over, as long as the test is successful and the emperor rewards it, what is this cost?

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and now what comes out is not a brave man, but a university scholar with real talent, or an engineer, no one is willing to give up this opportunity, a fame and fortune, the opportunity to become famous in the world, especially those foreigners, originally came to the Ming Empire to pan for gold, and now there is an opportunity, if you can't catch it, then I'm really sorry for yourself not far away, far away from the ocean.

"Your Majesty, if you do this, will something happen, you see that the eyes of these foreigners are starting to glow green, don't make any trouble......"

Mao Yuanyi said in a low voice, as the secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mao Yuanyi is in charge, seeing these people rubbing their fists one by one, Mao Yuanyi is a little worried......

(End of chapter)