Dozens of large ships set sail from the harbor, laden with wailing homeless people.

The ship's guards turned a deaf ear to these voices as if nothing had happened.

These homeless people were captured by the Marquis from all over the country, and after thousands of kilometers of overland travel, they had to sail on the Pearl River for more than a month and a half before they could reach their destination.

The guard's face was expressionless, and he knew that when he arrived at his destination, the group would probably only be three or four percent left, or it might be even less. But he didn't care, it had nothing to do with him, even if this group of people were his compatriots.

The big ship sailed on the Pearl River, cleaving the waves, and every now and then a corpse was thrown from the boat and disappeared into the blue water.

……

Xu Kuang tossed outside for more than a month, and finally returned to Gladiolus City.

But Xu Kuang only stayed for half a day, inspected the tractor factory, checked more than 20 freshly baked tractors, and hurried to Xiangcheng Town.

Two months ago, Xu Kuang spent more than 400 mall points for more than 100 oil workers and 10 petroleum engineers for the first time, and now two months later, Xu Kuang doesn't know how many tons of oil the refinery has refined.

Huo Yun, the person in charge of the factory, took Xu Kuang to check the storage of oil for the first time.

"In the past two months, we have refined a total of 6,300 tons of crude oil, obtained more than 900 tons of gasoline, more than 2,600 tons of diesel, and more than 2,800 tons of oil residue, ethylene, propylene and other by-products.

Xu Kuang thought about it, and he said to Huo Yun:

"Now, you immediately send someone to Mushroom Ridge to transport oil, first transport diesel, as much as you want, and I will send a special car to do this later. Also, I'll give you a blueprint in a few days to build a tank here, and we're going to consume a lot of crude oil next. ”。

Although Huo Yun didn't know what these oils were for, he happily carried out Xu Kuang's order.

Soon, horse-drawn carriages drove out of Xiangcheng Town and headed for Mushroom Ridge.

Xu Kuang personally escorted the first batch of carriages to Mushroom Ridge safely, he looked at these carriages, not to mention how happy he was, he knew that from today onwards, Sword Orchid City would usher in a new take-off.

Xu Kuang personally filled the single-cylinder tractor with diesel, then walked to the engine himself, stuffed the crank handle, pulled the decompression with the other hand, and shook it violently.

When a group of people saw Xu Kuang's actions, they all felt a little funny, but because it was Xu Kuang who made the antagonics, everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

A moment later, the tractor emitted billowing smoke, and with a flick of the handle, the tractor started on its own.

Xu Kuang jumped onto the tractor, stepped on the clutch lightly, hung up the gear, and the tractor began to walk slowly.

A group of people were stunned when they saw this sight, they had never seen it before.

Xu Kuang stood on the tractor and roared:

"Quick, load the tractor!".

The sound of the tractor was too loud, Xu Kuang shouted several times in a row, and everyone reacted and began to load the tractor.

The tractors were loaded with refined iron ingots, each weighing a standard 500 kilograms.

Xu Kuang was unceremonious, and directly asked a group of people to load ten yuan.

The black smoke coming out of the tractor chimney grew bigger and thicker, but no one paid attention to this, and a group of people lay on the ground, quietly watching the wheels of the tractor.

Under the horrified gaze of everyone, the tractor slowly moved.

And then the tractor got faster and faster, faster and faster.

A group of people were worried that something was wrong with Xu Kuang, so they hurriedly got on the horse and followed Xu Kuang.

The speedometer hand on the tractor turned slowly, twenty kilometers, thirty kilometers, and soon forty kilometers.

This speed has surpassed that of horse-drawn carriages without loads, and has completely exploded the current mainstream load vehicles.

The hands are turning more slowly.

In the end, the hands stopped below fifty kilometers and only kept swinging slightly, indicating a subtle change in speed of the car.

Xu Kuang drove for six hours, and the group did not stop until the tractor ran out of gas.

Jian Yu looked at Xu Kuang in horror and said to Xu Kuang:

"Lord, you're too scary."

Jian Yu is now mainly responsible for all the affairs of the Industrial Division, and the tractor factory is under his management.

Xu Kuang patted the tractor under the seat and asked:

"How?".

Jian Yu's gaze also became solemn, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"It's great that we can run so fast with a five-ton load, and we may save a lot of money on transportation costs in the future."

Xu Kuang nodded, of course he also knew the commercial value of this thing, and he said to Jian Yu:

"And that's not all, with oil, we have all sorts of other tools at our disposal, and changing the mode of transport is just one of them."

Jian Yu nodded, hugged his fist at Xu Kuang and said:

"The lord is ingenious, and I admire it."

Xu Kuang smiled and waved his hand at Jian Yu, and then said to him:

"Of course, this is just a piece of cake, Jian Yu, your task will be very heavy in the future, don't take it lightly."

Jian Yu nodded and asked:

"And the first tractors are going to be distributed to the army?".

Xu Kuang nodded, and he said to Jian Yu:

"I will tell you the precautions for the use of gasoline and diesel, and in the future you will refine it into regulations and distribute them to every department that uses petroleum fuel machinery."

Jian Yu nodded heavily, and he could see how important this kind of machinery was.

The first batch of 20 single-cylinder tractors were successfully rolled off the assembly line after testing, and Xu Kuang asked this batch of single-cylinder tractors to pull diesel and other baggage, and rushed to Taidong Town quickly.

Xu Kuang also went there in person this time, and he took thousands of tons of steel to plan a vacant land in Taidong Town and set up the first oil depot.

Li Yunlong is the highest military commander here, because his mind is active, strong and resolute, so Zhou Jin recommended him to Xu Kuang.

Xu Kuang said to Li Yunlong:

"Li Yunlong, you have to understand, you are the first feudal official of my Mushroom Ridge, and there will be more troops here, although there is still only one regiment at present, but after I build this place, it is possible to station a division or even more here, as a pioneer, you must accumulate experience.

I give you the greatest freedom, as long as you don't rebel against me, don't be corrupt, you can do whatever you want, but I have one thing, you can't expose my strategic goals, do you understand? ”。

Li Yunlong's face also changed, as soon as Xu Kuang said this, he immediately understood how heavy the burden on his body was, he gave Xu Kuang a heavy military salute, and said to Xu Kuang:

"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, I will definitely guard this place."

Xu Kuang nodded.

"The twenty tractors I brought are placed here, you have to train this group of soldiers more in normal times, these single-cylinder tractors can be used to transport baggage in wartime, how important this thing is, you should be able to understand?".

Li Yunlong nodded, of course he knew how important this thing was, it used to take more than six days to travel, but under the effect of a single-cylinder tractor, it was compressed to two and a half days, and the time saved was too much.

You must know that in war, soldiers are very fast, and if he can save a few days of time, then he can fortify more calmly.

Li Yunlong looked at Xu Kuang with some gratitude, he knew that Xu Kuang really trusted him.

Xu Kuang explained again, and then turned to leave, he knew that there was no need to explain more, these were enough, Li Yunlong was a smart person, he definitely knew what to do.

Xu Kuang took a few of his subordinates, and Pegasus rushed back to Gladiolus City.

The tractor factory began to implement a three-shift system, and two or three single-cylinder tractors could be rolled off the assembly line every day, and the second batch of 20 tractors were converted into oil tractors by Xu Kun and began to transfer diesel fuel to Taidong Town.

Of course, there are other modulated oils such as lubricants, but these are nothing compared to diesel as fuel.

In just a few days, more than 300 tons of diesel produced in Xiangcheng Town were quickly consumed.

That's a terrifying number, and it's going to grow fast, thanks to the rapid production of single-cylinder tractors.

If it weren't for Xu Kuang's concern that the single-cylinder tractor would have problems with the production process, in the three months that Xu Kuang went to the royal capital, Mushroom Ridge would have been able to produce nearly 1,000 tractors.

The production line of tractors has been expanded several times, and even some individual components have been independently established as a production plant to increase efficiency.

Xu Kuang is too satisfied, this efficiency has reached the highest level at present, and no one can find fault with it.

Another month passed.

Thanks to the large amount of funds accumulated in Mushroom Ridge in the past few months, the single-cylinder tractors were quickly equipped by the army, and all kinds of large-caliber artillery could also be installed as they wanted, and there was no need to worry about towing.

Each of Xu Kuang's four brigades was equipped with more than 100 single-cylinder tractors, which greatly improved the combat efficiency of the Panshi Army and raised the combat capability of the Panshi Army by several grades.

The businessmen in the past were also very interested in this kind of machinery, and Xu Kuang also wanted to sell it, but there were too many restrictions, and Xu Kuang couldn't sell it for the time being.

However, there are exceptions, and Wren is the exception.

On this day, he found Xu Kuang and said to Xu Kuang:

"Viscount Xu, I want to buy some single-cylinder tractors.".

Xu Kuang sighed, and he said to Wren:

"Wren, you believe me, you buy a single-cylinder tractor now, it is definitely a loss-making deal.".

Wren looked at Xu Kuang in amazement and asked:

"How many gold coins are a single-cylinder tractor?".

Xu Kuang sighed and said to Wren:

"One thousand gold coins, and two hundred gold coins are required to modify the fuel tanker."

Wren breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"I thought it was expensive, but let's start with a hundred, twenty of which were converted into tank trucks."

Xu Kuang's eyes widened, he looked at Wren and asked:

"Tell me, how much money have you made in more than a year?".

Wren smiled embarrassedly and said to Xu Kuang:

"It's not too much, that's a million gold coins ......."

Xu Kuang held his forehead, he found that it was really a good time for Rennes to catch up, and he was a little suspicious that the price of his tractor was set low?

But the tractor has a simple structure and simple materials, and he can't think of any reason to give a high price.

Xu Kuang was defeated, and he said to Rennes:

"Yes, but I'm telling you, I still have a quota of a few thousand tractors in my territory, and you have to wait until I'm done producing before I can produce for you."

Wren nodded, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"I can pay upfront.".

Xu Kuang shook his head and said to Ren:

"No, you can let your men take the driver's license test first, and you can only go on the road if you get your driver's license."

Wren froze, and he asked:

"How much does a driver's license cost?".

Xu Kuang sighed and said to Wren:

"You only need two gold coins per person, but I tell you, those who can't read won't be used, and I will set traffic rules, and you have to restrain your men and make them obey the traffic rules, understand?"

Wren scratched his head, he found that Xu Kuang didn't seem to want his money, but simply wanted to make rules.

He nodded immediately, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"I know, don't worry, I won't let my men violate your traffic rules."

Xu Kuang nodded at this time and said to Wren:

"I said, you have made so much money in such a short time, should you thank me well?".

Wren's heart was cold, and he secretly sighed that he was still coming.

He was silent for a long time, and finally said to Xu Kuang:

"Half a million, that's my bottom line.".

Xu Kuang was stunned by Wren, and he asked:

"What do you mean?".

Wren was stunned by Xu Kuang again, and he asked:

"Don't you want my money?".

Xu Kuang was stunned and said to Wren:

"Why do I want your money?".

Wren's face turned red, and he said to Xu Kuang cowardly:

"I thought you would covet my property......".

Xu Kuang smiled:

"You look too highly at the money you earned."

Rennes:......

Although relieved, there is always a strange sense of frustration haunting my heart.