The Rise of the European Emperor

In addition to taking advantage of the geographical advantages here to do business with Daming, Marin Console Island also covets the Jinguashi super gold mine on the island and the island's specialty camphor.

Needless to say, the trade with Daming and the Jinguashi gold mine have brought huge profits. Camphor is the best passivating agent for new gunpowder. Once the camphor was put into use, the new gunpowder could be considered to have real practical value. Otherwise, just because of the instability, it is impossible to board wooden warships at will. Otherwise, before others hit you, your own ship will be burned by the new gunpowder.

If camphor is used, the new gunpowder will become safe, and then it will be used on battleships...

In naval warfare, firepower is king. The power of the new gunpowder is more than three times that of the black powder. If it is used as a propellant for artillery fire at sea, it can knock out the opponent. As long as Marin wins a few more sea battles, he can become the overlord of the sea and control as many interests as possible.

In fact, Marin has been planning that one day in the future he will be able to defeat the current maritime overlord Portugal and take its place. After all, Portugal itself is very weak, and its national strength is not much stronger than that of Beihai. Moreover, its army is very scumbag, and it is not an opponent of the Beihai army at all.

However, the Portuguese navy is currently very strong, especially the large number of warships. Marin is now accumulating strength and intends to fight a decisive battle with Portugal at sea one day to wipe out Portuguese sea power in one fell swoop. Then, launch a landing war and completely disable Portugal...

When Portugal is disabled, then the native Portuguese Marin is not interested, but Marin has been envious of their maritime interests for a long time...

For example, Ronaldo's hometown, Madeira Islands, is a very good shipping transit point. The Azores are also an important transit point to the Americas... Not to mention Africa, the current gold mining area in South Africa is the territory of the Portuguese. If Portugal is not disabled, how can they seize the colonial rights of South Africa?

So, don't underestimate the camphor, it is an important weapon for Marin to dominate the ocean...an additive...

Marin refined more than a dozen barrels of camphor powder in one breath, and planned to take it back to make smokeless gunpowder. At this time, Marin remembered that he seemed to have one important thing to do on Taiwan Island...

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Of course, this is not the development of the Jinguashi gold mine. Marin is not that stupid. He rushed to develop the Jinguashi gold mine without fully controlling Taiwan Island, and was easily envied by others. Therefore, the development of the Jinguashi gold mine can be put on hold. Anyway, the mine is there, and it won't run away...

Another important thing that Marin wants to do is to find the first oil field on Taiwan Island and the location of the first modern oil well in Asia--Chusulphurous Pit...

The development history of Chusulphurous Pit is not long.

After all, the development of Taiwan Island only started in the late Ming Dynasty. It was not until the mid-to-late 19th century that the Chusulkeng was discovered to be capable of producing oil.

However, not long after oil was discovered in Chusulkeng, Yankee technicians were introduced to drill the well with machines, and the first mechanical oil well in Asia was drilled. Moreover, Chusulkeng oil well is also the second machine oil well in the world.

Therefore, the Wanwan people of later generations have blown out the sulfonic pit, and the local area has also become a famous historical scenic spot.

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Marin has never been to Wanwan in his previous life, but he can't stand the love of Wanwan. Especially during the time when Brother Xiao Ma was in power, in order to attract mainland tourists, he worked hard to promote various scenic spots. Although Marin had never been there in his previous life, he had seen a lot of information on the Internet, so he knew about Chusulphurous Pit and remembered its location.

Chusulkeng is located on the bank of Houlong River in Miaoli County, and Houlong River is a "Z" shaped river, and Chusulkeng is located near a certain corner of the horizontal line below the "Z" shape. As long as you find the vicinity of the inflection point, you can find the Sulfur Pit Oil Well.

It is said that Mr. Qiu Gou, who was the first to discover oil seedlings, only dug a 3-meter-deep pit to produce 40 kilograms of crude oil per day...

Oil can flow from such a shallow earth pit well, which proves that this oil field is not difficult to find. Moreover, its name "Out of Sulfur Pit" indicates that there is a sulfur smell here, otherwise, it would not be called "Out of Sulfur Pit". In fact, crude oil has a sulfur smell, and Marin estimated that the name of the sulfur pit came from this... Before leaving Taiwan and returning to China, Marin took a large team to find the sulfur pit...

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However, when he really started looking for the sulfur pit, Marin realized the difficulty...

First of all, it is very troublesome for Marin to find Houlongxi...

Because there is no GPS navigation, Marin can only try his luck to find it. In particular, there are many rivers and various "streams" on the west coast of Taiwan Island. When Marin passed by the Hsinchu area, he saw many streams flowing into the sea.

Marin didn't know which one was Houlongxi, so he led people into each stream to find the way first...

Fortunately, Marin remembered the "Z" shape of Houlongxi, so he sent people to take a boat to go deep into these rivers to see if it was the "Z" shape that Marin said.

Finally, after failing to explore several rivers, they realized that they had finally found Houlongxi. Then, Marin landed with a large force, and searched southeast along the south bank...

Along the way, Marin also encountered two aboriginal villages, and fierce conflicts even broke out. But this is of no use - Kahn can beat a group of them alone, not to mention that Marin brought hundreds of elite soldiers...

In this way, Marin followed the river upstream to the south bank, and finally found the horizontal position under the "Z" shape. Then, it is to find oil specifically...

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But even if the approximate location is determined, it is still extremely difficult to find the location of the Songkeng oil well. Because, at this time, there are tall trees everywhere on the edge of Houlongxi. If you want to find it slowly, you have to clear out these obstructive trees first...

Therefore, Marin had to go back and mobilize a large number of people to come to the south bank below the "Z" shape of Houlongxi for logging first...

After finally cutting down all the local trees, Marin was dumbfounded to find out—it seems that no natural oil deposits were found after cutting down all the leaves...

In desperation, Marin had no choice but to take a group of men with good noses along the south bank of Houlongxi, and started to smell...

Isn't this place called "Out of the Sulfur Pit"? That's simple, if you smell sulfur, it should be where the oil well is located. Then, just dig the well like crazy. Qiu Gou can dig out a 3-meter pit and start to produce oil. It can be seen that it is not difficult to find an oil well in the sulfur pit...

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These days, Marin has become like a police dog, lying down on the south bank of Houlongxi and sniffing with his nose...

Marin suddenly regretted not bringing a few German Shepherds here. If there were German Shepherds, it would be easy to find the sulfur smell. Unlike now, Marin himself is going to be a police dog...

The hard work paid off, and just when Marin was about to lose patience, Marin finally found oil seedlings at the Taidao Oil Mine Exhibition Hall in later generations, and asked someone to dig a 4-meter-deep earth pit well to facilitate oil production. Then, the oil seedlings in the ground really began to seep oil slowly...