When Zuo Zongtang rushed to Hebei, the time had reached the eleventh year of Dewu, that is, in late October 1874.

To be honest, being able to rush back to Hebei from the west of the Green Ridge in such a short period of time, Zuo Zongtang had a feeling that it was not very real.

Six years ago, when he went out of the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions, he traveled through mountains and rivers along the way, which took several times as many days.

And now, under the hard work of 700,000 Ganxi laborers, two million catties of Zhu Fugui sausages have become a 3,000-kilometer-long Ming straight road.

The main body of this straight road is a rammed earth road that meets the high standards of Tianzhu, some important sections, and even cement roads or asphalt roads.

The hardening of the road surface made the passage of horse-drawn carriages much faster.

After personally walking the road from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, Zuo Zongtang had an intuitive and comprehensive understanding of the financial and material resources paid by the Ming Dynasty to maintain this supply line, and the generosity of the Ming Liangzong to himself.

In fact, if he hadn't been invited by the Royal Petroleum Longzhong Branch to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of their new drill halfway, Zuo Zongtang's arrival in Hebei would probably have been advanced.

It's also a wonderful thing to say.

At that time, Zuo Zongtang and his entourage hit it off at first sight with the cultural instructors of the Longzhong Branch of the Royal Petroleum Company and were invited to participate in their company's memories.

As a royal industry, the Royal Petroleum Company also has special imperial trainers stationed there.

These imperial trainers regularly return to Fengdu to receive formal training, and they also hold political and work competitions every two years, and they are all too familiar with the tried and tested routines of the Bittersweet Conference.

The routine is not important, what matters is the human heart.

As long as the human heart is available and guided in a professional way, a powerful force can be formed.

Although the employees of the Royal Oil Company sound decent and earn a lot of money, the places where oil is produced are basically difficult places, and they must have a particularly strong spirit, and it is not an exaggeration to call them iron men.

Only when material security and spiritual support are in place at the same time, can those black blood be continuously injected into the blood vessels of Daming.

To be honest, Changqing Oilfield is not a high-quality oilfield in the layout of Daming's oil resources.

Because the rock formations in China are relatively old, there is not much oil, and the burial is deep, so it is difficult to exploit.

This is also God does not bless the little devil.

If they could have discovered Daqing's oil back then, there is a high probability that they would not have gone to the South Seas to grab Borneo's oil and clash head-on with Britain and the United States.

But even Daqing oil, which is the easiest to exploit in China's homeland, is more time-consuming and laborious than Borneo oil, not to mention the big dog farmers in the Middle East, the natural choice for oil by inserting a straw.

But then again, Changqing's oil is difficult to extract, but it is not so difficult to extract.

In later generations, almost half of the drilling in the Changqing Oilfield was privately contracted, and although the oil production efficiency was unbearable, it was still profitable in the end.

Royal Oil doesn't need to go through the hassle of exploration, it can go straight to the perspective to find the most valuable oil formations and exploit the rich ores that private workshops can't contract.

Therefore, even if the equipment is older, the production efficiency can be comparable to that of private oil wells in later generations.

This oil is refined in Lanzhou Royal Petrochemical, and then it can be used to support the nearby Western Regions Protectorate, and it can also support the creation of the North China Industrial Zone, which is better than nothing.

In fact, the most important thing is to accumulate technology and train excellent oil workers.

Later, when he followed Zuo Wangye into the Persian and Caspian oil and gas fields, the Daming Royal Oil Company would be able to show its ambitions.

Of course, the Zuo Chu court will definitely be able to get some profits.

When the time comes, let Zuo Wang Ye live a big dog addiction of the Middle East prince.

In short, Zuo Zongtang only considered military value and knew that this oil was very important, so he gladly went to participate in the Royal Petroleum Remembrance Conference.

As a result, the four confused scholars didn't recognize Zuo Zongtang, and the imperial trainers of the oil company couldn't recognize them.

Zuo Zongtang is a crazy Confucian, and he still loves to be in the limelight.

Ever since he was in the newspaper in the First World War in Xi'an, he has fallen in love with the feeling of being in the newspaper.

He was very happy to be interviewed by the Ming media, and even built a "Qin Chu Monthly" in the Chu army.

Because in the Western Chu army, the Chu people accounted for 7 percent, the Qin people accounted for 3 percent, and the Qin and Chu families had a thousand-year-old feud in the west of the Green Ridge, so it got this name.

Although this newspaper did not sell much, it was all apportionment, but Lao Zuo also enjoyed himself.

At the same time, Zhu Fugui was also very willing to let the people of the Ming Dynasty know the deeds of these Qin and Chu men who went to the west to expand their territory, and often sent war correspondents to the Pamir Plateau to record their heroic battles with the camera, and by the way, take pictures of the stories of British soldiers and goats.

In terms of sales, the story of the British GI and the goat is the highest, and it sells out every time.

In addition, on the just-launched Daming "Time Magazine" magazine, the cover of the inaugural issue was not even Emperor Zhu Fugui, but Marshal Zuo Zongtang, who was dressed in military uniform, hung with imperial medals, and his expression was not angry and arrogant.

Zuo Zongtang's photo is much more spiritual than the photo of Wu Peifu and Chang Kaishen who appeared in "Time Magazine" magazine for the first time in history.

To tell the truth, whether it is Wu Peifu or Chang Kaishen, not to mention how to behave in the world, just the appearance is not bad.

Especially Brother Chang Kaishen, it is not an exaggeration to say a beautiful man on the beach when he was young.

Later, even if he was bald, he still looked very energetic, with a dignified appearance, looking quite like a generation of iron-blooded famous generals, and he was a model of a man with embroidered pillows.

In the 1927 photo of Time Magazine, Chang Kaishen looked like he was just one pigtail away from Fu Manchu and two beards.

The underworld filter of Ansa Lao Tie can be undoubtedly inherited for a hundred years and has a long history.

Chang Kaishen appeared in "Time Magazine" more than once, and it was not until the bald head began to encircle and suppress the "Soviet area" that his image became sunny on the cover photo of "Time".

Skillful switching, hints of lens language, these skills are worthy of learning by Ming journalists.

In short, the imperial trainer of Royal Petroleum recognized Zuo Zongtang at a glance, and even if he didn't pay attention at first sight, Bai Zhixin's big bald head behind him was also conspicuous.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the angry King Kong, the white master of the compassionate crossing, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?

As a result, Zuo Zongtang and his entourage were not only invited to participate in the conference of remembering the bitter and sweet, and to remember the poverty of their hometown together, but also invited to visit the new drilling site.

Zuo Zongtang held a gold scimitar full of red and green gems and diamonds to cut the silk and satin.

This scimitar was a gift from the Han of the Kokand Khanate to Agu Bai, and after cutting Agu Bai in pieces, it also became Zuo Zongtang's most beloved trophy.

Subsequently, Master Bai Zhixin was also invited to open the light for the drill bit.

Before and after, plus the snow, the trip was delayed for half a month.

As a result, when Zuo Zongtang and his entourage arrived in Shijiazhuang, the second World Olympic Games were nearing the end.