Skinish City.

The government office.

The clerks in the yamen frowned, but they didn't dare to move, and even these unlucky bastards had to show a stammering smile when the eyes of the second master of the yamen swept by, and they didn't look like people with a backbone.

However, the officials snickered from time to time, but when Li Kui was present, no one dared to laugh out loud.

Yan'an Mansion, it should be said to be precise, including the Xuanfu envoy of Yanyan Road, the four most prominent people in the entire road gathered together. It's just that the four of them have their own expressions, Fan Chunren looked at Zhou Yuan with big eyes, Zhou Yuan was a little confused, he seemed to have said that he was counting on Li Kui if he was promoted and made a fortune, but ...... He also has a hard time!

Li Kui's self-confident appearance makes people unable to raise their confidence.

However, Chong Jianzhong's eyes have been looking at Fan Chunren, Zhou Yuan, and Li Kui, and there is a little anger between his eyebrows. He couldn't have imagined that it was just black oil used by ordinary poor people, and it was actually regarded as a treasure by Li Kui. He even said unashamedly: "The people of Yan'an Mansion are rich, and they are all counting on it when the treasury is full!" ”

While speaking, Li Kui pointed to a large urn with half an urn of black oil, and bewitched Fan Chunren and the others.

Obviously, Li Kui is going to collect taxes, and if it is said that the government treasury is full, it must be a heavy tax. The evaluation of Li Kui in Chong Jianzhong's mind suddenly dropped a little, and he was even afraid to see Li Kui's proud assertiveness, and the words 'dog official' burst out.

The honest man's sense of justice rose again, and after he was entangled in Jianzhong, he still reminded Li Kui: "Li Tong sentenced, if taxes are collected, the people can't afford to pay much taxes." ”

Tax?

If Li Kui hadn't been sentenced by Yan'an Prefecture, he would have wanted to occupy a few mines that collected black oil. Extend the oil field! If he occupies it, who in the world will dare to be richer than him? It's a pity that he was delayed by the official. If he really occupies the black oil mine, it doesn't matter if the black oil can't be sold at a price, but if the price soars, he will be on the cusp of the storm and wait for the hearing of the Yushitai. Where is this well, a treasure well that spews gold. Li Kuizhen didn't mean to look down on Chong Jianzhong, he had such a temper, and he spoke unforgivingly: "Collect taxes? Isn't it bad to mine it yourself? I can tell you, don't look at this thing as inconspicuous, but gold is very expensive, even if it is gold? ”

Chong Jianzhong has a black line on his face, although he is the lowest ranked among several masters in Yan'an Mansion, he is also the only civil official who does not have a Zhongjin Shi. But his teacher is Zhang Zai!

Well, than the teacher, Zhang Zai and Su Shi are not at the same level, and the gap is a bit far.

But he still couldn't help fighting for the honor of his master, and said straightforwardly: "Occupying minerals is a serious crime." ”

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister.

This is not as simple as saying, in fact, for the underground mineral deposits, they all belong to the emperor, which has been a practice for thousands of years. Since Li Kui wants to occupy the oil well, it is natural that there is a huge wealth and interest in it. Of course, Chong Jianzhong didn't see that this black stinky oil could really turn into gold as Li Kui said.

"This black oil is cheap and not popular, can it really be sold at a high price?" Fan Chunren felt that there was a door, and others said that he would make money, of course he would not believe it easily, but Li Kui was different.

That's right, just half an urn of black oil, more than 20 catties. They bought it from the city, and it was only forty wen, and the price was less than a pound of fine sea salt.

At this price, if heavy taxes were imposed, the poorest people in Yan'an would not even be able to afford oil for lighting lamps. Who wouldn't want to buy more than 100 pounds of sesame oil to light the lamp? Do you have to use this kind of black oil, which smells bad and is not very easy to use?

Isn't black oil fragrant for two pennies a pound?

Not only is it smelly, but it also stinks.

This is also a helpless thing, otherwise the serious lamp oil is more than 100 yuan a pound, why is the black oil only 2 yuan a pound?

Price is the last word.

But in fact, neither the experienced Fan Chunren nor the well-informed Zhou Yuan thought that Li Kui would sell black oil as lamp oil. Almost all the goods in the world that the poor say are good, they can't be sold at a high price. But Li Kui is a holy hand of money. Don't look at Li Kui's age, he has been making snowflake salt since he was fourteen years old, and it is nothing to make snowflake salt alone, the key is that Li Kui used snowflake salt to weave a big net, so that the originally cheap salt was sold at a sky-high price, and he made millions of dollars crazy.

Such a person takes out black oil in front of you and says that it is black gold, so he asks if he is panicking?

Even if this kind of thing looks very unsellable, and the smell is still unpleasant, especially on the top, but Li Kui can't stand it and pat his chest to assure that this thing is a treasure. Of course, Li Kui also has the courage to make such a guarantee. It turns out that the oil in Yan'an Province does not need to be exploited at all, it is directly to the surface, at most sometimes it is blocked, dredge it, and erect a shaft around it, which is not deep, shallower than the drinking water well.

Otherwise, when Shen Kuo was an official in Yan Yanlu, he would not have recorded black oil. But Shen Kuo is just a record, and he doesn't think this thing is good, if it is really easy to use and cheap, Shen Kuo will not only record it in the miscellaneous notes, but should give a poem - black oil praise.

Of course, Li Kui can't point to the black oil and say that this is a treasure and expect people to believe it. But it didn't prevent him from breaking in a confident tone: "Everyone, you don't understand that this black oil can be refined into clear oil, and the smell will not be so strong after refining. ”

"Can it be used as a substitute for sesame oil for cooking?"

Fan Chunren finally understood, but at the same time, he thought about it. He always had a kind of worry, but he couldn't say where he was worried.

"What Bachelor Fan said is reasonable, maybe the people in the capital will be like this!"

Zhou Yuan felt that he should shoot Master Fan's ass at this time, after all, he was just a disciple of Su Shi. In fact, he was a poor person who had never even participated in Su Shi's family banquet. If he hadn't been awarded the Jinshi, no one would have cared about his inheritance at all, and would even ridicule him for deliberately clinging to Wenzong Su Shi.

Fan Chunren just said casually, he was reluctant to spend the money for eating out, so naturally he didn't have the opportunity to participate in the banquet in the capital. I can't figure out what the dignitaries in the capital like, Zhou Yuan is different in his eyes, this is a rich man with a lot of money! The old Fan family is stingy, that is due to the family style, but Zhou Yuan is different, he came to the northwest to be an official entourage, a servant, a steward, and a large group of cooks, Zhou Yuan's money is not enough to pay for these people, he wants to say that the people in the capital eat the dishes made of black oil, which are basically the same.

Fan Chunren and Zhou Yuan don't know why, because they don't understand at all.

Stir-fried food has become popular in Beijing, and high-end restaurants naturally have to give matching cooking methods because of the expensive dishes.

Using expensive sesame oil to increase the price of the dish for stir-fry is not considered to be deceiving. Of course, the private chefs and first-class chefs in the capital basically know a few good stir-fried dishes.

It seems that if the oil after the condensation of black oil can be as clear as sesame oil, it seems that it can replace sesame oil.

But Li Kui is messy, can you eat oil? If you ignore it and lose hope in life, you can taste it. But this thing has excessive heavy metals, sulfur, and various impurities that are very unfriendly to people. Even pure gasoline and diesel fuel can't be eaten, right?

Diesel croquettes?

Diesel fried small trash fish?

Li Kui raised his head in confusion and looked at the serious Fan Chunren, and said in his heart: "Uncle Fan, how much resentment do you have against the powerful people in the capital, you want to harm them like this!" He also knew that he was to blame for this, who let him not make it clear?

"Uncle Fan, teacher, you have a mistake, the condensed oil can't be used for cooking, it can only be used to light the lamp." In fact, during the Song Dynasty, lamp oil was really edible, sesame oil was used for stir-frying, and sesame oil was also used for lighting. It's just that middle-class families are reluctant to stir-fry vegetables with sesame oil. After all, the price of more than 100 yuan a pound is very expensive. As for why sesame oil?

Because flax, that is, sesame seeds, has the highest oil yield, and at the same time, it is the most convenient to extract oil.

Lighting?

It seems that it can also be, Fan Chunren is even a little excited, and Lao Fan, who is reluctant to buy even meat dishes, finally feels that he can light the lamp comfortably in the future. After all, lamp oil is also very expensive, and using too much of it is as uncomfortable as killing him. The high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty are very comfortable, at his level, the emperor gives twelve sets of clothes every month, and they can't be worn at all. Grain, even mung beans, not to mention rice and noodles, but unfortunately no meat, and at the same time no lamp oil, which makes Fan Chunren resentful of these two luxuries in his eyes.

Now, Li Kui is finally going to do something about lamp oil.

Fan Chunren took out an arrogant tone, and asked Li Kui with the posture of buying ten catties of lamp oil: "Renjie, do you think this kind of lamp oil condensed with black oil is suitable to buy a few pennies a catty?" ”

"How much a pound?" Li Kuixin said that if it was sold so cheaply, he would still think about a fart! Besides, if it is really sold so cheaply, how can the 100,000 people in Yan'an Mansion make a fortune?

Li Kui definitely can't agree to the fact that the oil used for lighting the lamp can only be sold for a few pennies a catty, he has worked so hard, but he is not here to earn these three melons and two dates.

Li Kui immediately said that it was impossible: "Uncle Fan, sesame oil sells for one hundred and twenty wen a catty, and you are always using it." Why can the new lamp oil only be sold for a few pennies a pound? Why can't you sell it for 100 wen? ”

"Sesame oil can be eaten when you're hungry, is this okay?"

Lao Fan is Lao Fan after all, and the questions he asks are close to soul torture. Li Kui was speechless, so he had to take a step back and say, "Boss, it's always okay to sell eighty wen, right?" ”

"Li Tongju, it's too early to say now. After all, it is not clear what kind of quality of condensed lamp oil, if it is really unsatisfactory, it still can't be bought at a high price! Chong Jianzhong raised doubts on the side, as a descendant of the old Western Army, he always felt that Li Kui, his boss, was unreliable. Of course, fighting a war doesn't count, and if you ask your own uncle to survive, I'm afraid it can't compare to Li Kui. This fight is too unbelievable, and it is an incomprehensible fairy battle.

Oil has appeared, and Li Kui never thought that he would not be able to make new oil products.

He remembered that there seemed to be a way to refine oil by the local method, but he couldn't remember whether the oil was refined with gasoline, diesel or kerosene.

In addition, Li Kui is short-tempered, and he doesn't accept persuasion at all. immediately assured Fan Chunren: "Uncle Fan, give me a month, and I will make the lamp oil for you." Moreover, the lower official also assured that the lamp oil refined from this black oil must be better than sesame oil, no worse than candles. ”

"It's true!"

Fan Chunren was shocked, sesame oil was actually not used at all. According to Fan Chunren's money, he can't afford what kind of lamp oil, he just picks the door a little. At most, his old man's heart can withstand the results of sesame oil for lighting lamps at home. Candles are so extravagant that only the families of the losers can use them, and if they use candles at home, they will cut his heart with a knife.

But Li Kui's words suddenly cheered him up. If sesame oil becomes lamp oil, and then the cost performance exceeds that of candles, it is simply not too happy.

"Good boy, you go and do it, and the official business will be handed over to the people who don't care." With a wave of his hand, Fan Chunren made a decision. He is now the highest official in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty.

Scholar of Guanbundian University, is the second grade of the post.

The key is that this post is the post of the prime minister, and no one in the northwest dares to argue with him at all.

As for the cultivation of Jianzhong, there was a kind of abandoned injury. He was conscientious and conscientious, and he actually became the person who didn't care about it in Shangguan's mouth. Isn't it fragrant to build the city wall and accumulate hard work?

Two days later, a notice was posted at the gate of the city.

The yamen levied black oil, 400 wen and one stone.

Black oil is not rare in Yan'an Mansion, and the price has always been two wen a catty, one stone four hundred wen, which has doubled. Especially 'one stone', when can black oil be shipped so much at once?

After all, although this thing used to be two pennies and one stone, if it was really mined with life, it would not be able to sell it at all. No one wants to reduce the price, and hoarding black oil not only has a terrible smell at home, but also has to free up utensils. Pots and pots filled with black oil basically don't need to be filled with food. That smell can't be cleaned up for months.

For a time, the poor people in Yan'an Mansion saw the opportunity to make a fortune.

And Li Kui also officially began his career as a scientist.

His direction was kerosene.

As for extracting crude oil, he didn't panic at all.

He is in the extended oil field, even if the deep oil cannot be extracted, but the shallow oil is enough for him to wave. When the people of the Great Song Dynasty are really accustomed to kerosene, when the time comes, when social resources are invested, maybe there will be a turnaround?

He didn't have any worries at all, so he decided to let it go.

As for the oil refining equipment of later generations?

Don't be stupid, he can't figure it out. But it's not that he can't help it, the refinery seems to be a high-temperature and high-pressure catalyst, but Li Kui remembers reading in that book that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan had a method of refining earth kerosene. It's just that oil at that time was an associate of coal mines, and the amount of oil mined was not much. But also enough for local use.

Moreover, during the Red Army, oil was also mined in Yan'an and used to refine kerosene.

The solution must be a local solution.

Everyone else can do it, but Li Kui can't do it if he doesn't believe it.

The first thing he thought of was the steamer, the guy who made the high-grade wine.

But after all, oil volatilization is more dangerous than wine, Li Kui is cautious, and he asked a coppersmith to make a steaming barrel, as for how much temperature and how to pressurize, this thing can only rely on luck to fight.

The first pot of black oil was more than 100 catties, and it entered the steaming barrel, Li Kui stood on the edge of the cauldron with a torch, and hesitated for a while, in case this thing exploded, no matter how high his martial arts were, he couldn't seem to dodge!

In the end, he gritted his teeth and lit the firewood, which carried smoke and went out down the chimney. In the name of research, Li Kui hid far away, and saw the laborers working hard to add firewood...... Suddenly, a ball of fire erupted from the workshop, enveloping it in an instant. Li Kui jumped up from the ground and shouted to the surroundings: "Save people!" ”