Chapter 133 Booster for Oil Consumption

Yanjing, the Forbidden City.

On the stage, the words are round and full of charm.

Under the stage, a finger with a golden finger cover gently closed the beat and beat the mahogany chair. Suddenly, a rapid sound of footsteps disturbed the rhythm on the stage. His fingers suddenly stopped and clicked the armrest of the chair: "Little plum, go and see who this is! It's so unruly!"

"Ha ha, the Empress Dowager, is a slave!"

Hearing the reply, the Empress Dowager Cixi twisted her neck and saw clearly the person who rushed to the front. Then she smiled and said, "Isn't this Laishan (Sun Yuwen's character)? Is there anything important in such a hurry?"

Sun Yuwen stood in the distance, raised a fold high, and shouted, "Old Buddha! What a great joy, what a great joy!"

"Great joy?" Cixi took a look at Li Lianying, motioned him to take over the fold, and asked, "What a happy event? It's worth your excitement as a military minister. Let me have a look."

Li Lianying hurried over and took the fold over. After turning to Cixi, she gave it to Sun Yuwen and said, "Lord Sun, what kind of happy event is it? Can we have fun with us?

Sun Yuwen smiled and hurriedly said with surprise, "Old Buddha, you burn incense and worship the Buddha every day to pray for my Qing Dynasty. Now it is finally God's wish!" It's not that I have finished fighting with Hawaii. The Hawaiian not only sank all my big ships, but also heard that they have lost a lot of money recently. Now they no longer have the strength to toss our Qing country!"

"Oh?" Cixi paused for a moment and quickly opened the fold. After looking at it, she was also happy on her face. She quickly asked, "What country is this in Hawaii?" Why have you never heard of it?

"Five back to the old Buddha, this Hawaiian grandson told the slave." How can Li Lianying let go of this moment of pleasing the empress dowager? He quickly showed off and said, "Hawaii is composed of a string of small islands, just like Penghu in our Qing Dynasty. I heard that there has been a Grand Duke in the past few years! It's still the descendant of our Qing Dynasty. It's also our descendant of the Qing Dynasty who defeated me this time.

"Oh! Is there such a person? Cixi was a little moved and asked, "Do you know what it's called?"

"My name is Li Mo. He is the son of Li Guotai, a former general of the Jinzhou Guard Green Battalion. After the death of Lord Li, he escaped from the country with several family members. He has become the Grand Duke of Hawaii and controls all the sailors."

"Li Guotai?" Cixi frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Is it Li Guotai, the Russian who once led the army to kill, retreated for several miles?"

"Old Buddha, it's good for you to remember your last name. It's Li Guotai. It's a pity." How could Sun Yuwen let go of such an opportunity? After a pause for a moment, he said angrily, "These talents were forced to death by Li Zhongtang, otherwise I would be rampant!"

"Oh? Li Hongzhang? Cixi closed the fold and turned it over in her hand. She seemed to be thinking about something. After a long time, she asked faintly, "Tay it in detail to my family."

Sun Yuwen quickly talked about Li Guotai. Of course, the greed for ink and silver trafficking in arms was concealed. It was just that Li Hongzhang was jealous of talents and forced Li Guotai to death.

"Oh..." Cixi sighed: "Look, what's going on? Can you say that the mourning family can not be angry!"

"Yes, the old Buddha worries about the country and the people, and no one in the world knows." Li Lianying quickly flattered.

"Oy, little plum. Don't flatter me as an old woman. Nowadays, many people don't like my family!" Cixi sighed. Li Lianying hurriedly said, "Old Buddha, you worry too much, my lord..."

After Li Lianying continued, Cixi raised her finger, interrupted him, and asked Sun Yuwen, "Does the emperor know the news?" Sun Yuwen nodded quickly: "Long live you already know. I'm very happy. I ordered a banquet to celebrate the ministers and congratulate me that I was defeated!"

"Humph!" Hearing Sun Yuwen's words, Cixi suddenly snorted coldly and scolded, "It's a shame to defeat me with a fugitive slave. Why do you celebrate? In the past, it is said that my family is not feeling well now. Let's cancel all celebrations before long live, and go back to the Yangxin Hall to have a good rest. Don't worry too much!"

"Wo." Sun Yuwen waved his sleeves and knelt down to answer--

Master Li, thousands of miles away, did not know that he had been demoted to a fugitive slave by the old Buddha in the Forbidden City. At this moment, he was staring with a large group of men, opening his mouth, looking at the two four-wheeled cars slowly driving into the dock, drooling.

Oh my God! This thing was finally made out by the young master! Wow... I'm rich! Make a fortune!

After throwing all the unhappiness brought from Ryukyu to the sky, Master Li danced. Before the boat stopped, he jumped off the deck, quickly got into the driver's seat of the car, skillfully stepped on the accelerator, and ran far away in the stunned eyes of everyone.

"Yuanshou, is this the car you mentioned?" Long Guozhang had never seen Simmons's goods. He only heard Chen Ping talk occasionally, so after seeing the iron box with four wheels running faster than the boat, he quickly pulled Chen Ping, who was ready to disembark.

Chen Ping looked at the car with a dull face. Although after he came back from Europe last time, the young master said that he wanted to get a real car for him to see, but later he was too busy and forgot about it for a long time. Unexpectedly, the young master took it seriously and quietly built a car, and from the outside, it was bigger and faster than Simmons. It also looks better!

The two elders were dumbfounded, not to mention the little brothers behind them. They squeezed in the bow of the boat one by one, looking at the young master and driving back and forth for a few times. Finally, when the car was parked at the dock again, he remembered that he had not disembarked yet. He hurriedly scrambled to get off the boat and surrounded the car.

"Young master, is this the oil-burning car you mentioned?" Chen Ping swallowed his saliva and looked at the car in front of him. His eyes were full of little stars.

The wide driver's seat can be made into two people in the front and back rows. A large glass windshield is also installed in front of the driver. The engine is placed in front of the car and wrapped in iron. There is no need to put the ugly ** outside.

Unlike Simmons, the car's engine drives the front wheels in the front, and then relies on the long bearings under the chassis to drive the rear wheels, and there is a long exhaust pipe extending from the bottom to the rear of the car. As soon as the car starts, it will spew out a stream of black smoke. After starting, it will spread with the wind, and there is no need to smell it anymore. It smells bad oil.

"Changlin, have you tested it all?" Master Li stepped on his legs, jumped out of the car, walked to Chang Lin, who came to pick him up with the car, and asked excitedly.

"Yes, all the tests have been completed last month. Except that the engine power can only reach 15 horsepower, and the fuel consumption rate is still a little high, everything else is fine."

Fifteen horsepower, no wonder it didn't look very powerful just now. But it doesn't matter. This is a necessary process. No one can get a high-horsepower engine overnight. Besides, this level is already the top in the world!

"It's okay!" Li Mo patted Chang Lin on the shoulder happily. At the beginning, the target he set was already a little high, and it was normal not to reach it. Judging from the situation of his driving in person just now, he could completely enter the production process.

The question now is how long it will take to put the car into practical use. This is not only related to the start of Master Li's another wealth-up machine, but also to his most basic conditions for building an oil empire, that is, consumption, a consumer-oriented oil market!

The two cars in front of

are the biggest drivers of this vigorous oil consumption revolution! At the thought of the major oil-producing areas that Thomas had circled, and the scene of those lands full of pipes, Master Li trembled all over. How much does it cost?

So he didn't wait for Chang Lin to continue to talk, so he hurriedly asked, "Chang Lin, according to your estimation, if we start building a factory now, how long will it take to produce the first mass-produced car?"

I expected that the young master would have such a problem, so Chang Lin reacted very quickly and immediately said, "Young master, we have eaten through the gasoline engine. Although the fuel consumption and power have not reached the target you want, there is no problem with mass production, and we have also summarized a lot of experience in the trial production process. According to my It is estimated that as long as there is a year to build a factory and purchase special machinery and equipment, the first car can be produced.

"Build a factory?" Li Mo turned his head and looked at the car that was already full of people and frowned.

It's nothing in a year. The main reason is that the problem of building a factory is too big. Oahu is not suitable for heavy industry. Now it has been used by him to the extreme. Shipyards, large forging factories, etc. are all huge objects, and there is no space for a large-scale automobile factory.

Although Ryukyu has been controlled and the area is enough, the conditions are similar to those of Oahu. All resources need to be imported externally. Although it is closer to China and closer to Canada, in addition, Australia is also about to reach the harvest period, which seems to be guaranteed, but cars are a high energy-consuming industry, not to mention To maintain the needs of shipbuilding, we can't afford such a large industry.

In fact, the best place is the United States, where there are not only a large number of industrial workers, but also huge resources for the production of cars. However, with the current relationship between the United States and itself, if there is a large-scale investment, in case it is swallowed up or confiscated one day, there is no place to cry.

Europe is a good choice, but World War I was completely fought on the European continent. In the long run, it is also facing investment risks. It seems that only on its own land is the most assured.

After thinking about it, there is only Huang Zichen left. However, according to his letter not long ago, there are also some problems in Taiwan. Although the shipyard has been built, the scale and situation are very poor, not to mention the supporting factories in the later stage. As for the car factory that Master Li took special care of, there is no shadow.

When it comes to Huang Zichen's ability, not only has he been praised by Li Enfu, but also Li Mo feels that it is a material that can be made. After all, the foreign ink in France in those years was not for nothing, but why is the progress in Taiwan so slow?

"It seems necessary to go to Treasure Island once!" Li Mo muttered to himself that his biggest dream has always been to pry open a crack in China and activate the huge domestic resources, so that he can establish a complete industrial chain for himself, so he will send people back to Liaodong first. Now that the cars have been picked up, there are some things that can't wait any longer. And rubber, as one of the raw materials, also needs to use more brains!

Thinking of this, Li Mo immediately pulled Chang Lin and Tang Xiao to his side. The face-to-face interview should let Li Enfu take the money first, and immediately send people to Europe and the United States to purchase the equipment they needed. Due to the sheet metal needed to make cars, the forging machinery is relatively small, far less than the shipbuilding equipment **, but at present, Master Li has recently It's eye-catching enough, so it's still required to be as low-key as possible.

In addition, we should use existing resources to start training automobile workers as much as possible, the fief of Master Li of Ryukyu, and build a small automobile manufacturing factory for the accumulation and training of workers. As for the number of machinery and the tentative goal of automobile factories, the annual output is at least 10,000 vehicles!

Ten thousand!

Tang Xiao stuck out his tongue. The rumors in the world were not wrong. The young master just liked tall, big and complete. No wonder last time I heard that the British had come up with cranes and other equipment that could be used with the 30,000-ton dock, he immediately sent someone to purchase a set to expand the original smallest 10,000-ton dock on Oahu. Now the dock is almost The expansion is over! But he didn't think about it. Even if a 30,000-ton ship is built, I'm afraid it's as fast as a snail. What's the use?

Although Tang Xiao didn't understand what the young master wanted to do in such a big car factory, the lesson of the last training was vivid in his mind and he did not dare to ask more. He quickly arranged manpower to arrange the training of workers. At the same time, he sent a large number of buyers to Europe and the United States to purchase equipment, and also arranged his two mechanical factories to start construction immediately. The assembly line equipment needed by the automobile factory.

In the end, Chang Lin and Tang Xiao took two bridge cars to present the treasure. One was requisitioned by the young master, and the other was given to the State Council. There was nothing they could do. They were all weak scholars. Generally, they couldn't run fast for some emergencies, and it was best to use the car.

As for Long Guozhang and others who didn't get it, they almost broke the threshold of Tang Xiao's office. In the end, they had to let the factory build a few cars and send them to the navy and the army, so that they could have a good time.

At the same time, considering that the future oil refining and processing process cannot be controlled by others, Li Mo ordered the establishment of his first oil refinery in the northernmost part of Ryukyu Island. At the same time, on the land he bought by Guam, he secretly built a small refinery on the land he bought in Guam.

As for oil storage, Li Mo is not worried. Since the day of the establishment of the East Dallas Oil Company, he has been stockpiling oil at a rate of 500 barrels a day. Now he has taken over Ryukyu and has enough reserves, this speed must be accelerated.

"Why did you just take down Ryukyu, or do you still think the place is too small? If you want to calculate, if you add up to pieces, I'm afraid there are more than 6,000 square kilometers! Why do you always feel that it is not enough? Looking at the map under his control, like an island group scattered on a blue jade plate, Master Li finally knew what the problem was!

The young master's territory is still too scattered!

After a long time of sad face, Master Li suddenly gritted his teeth, grabbed the magnifying glass again, staring at the red eyes, and over and over again on the map.

Searching for...

(to be continued)