There is Room For the Poor Daughter

After Xiao Yeyang returned from Xintunwei, Daohua mentioned the oil to him.

Xiao Yeyang looked surprised: "Petroleum? You mean stone paint, right? I've seen this thing in books. It's a kind of oil and water, which can be ignited for lighting. Xiliang also has this thing?"

Daohua nodded quickly: "Lifu knows where it is, let him show us."

Xiao Yeyang still attaches great importance to oil, because he has seen from military books that some people used oil to attack the enemy. If oil is really useful, then Xiliang's defense ability can be improved.

However, he did not agree to go with Daohua.

Daohua shook Xiao Yeyang's arm: "There's nothing to do at home now, I'm too boring to stay at home all the time, you can take me with you."

Xiao Yeyang went to ask Gu Jian, and after hearing Gu Jian say that Daohua is in good health and can go out for a walk, he agreed to take her there.

Afterwards, Xiao Yeyang called Wang Lifu to Xiao Mansion, and carefully inquired about the place where he encountered the oil. He learned that it was a little far from Ganzhou City, and after some preparations, he took Daohua out.

In late October, the temperature in Xiliang is already very low.

In the carriage, Daohua huddled in Xiao Yeyang's arms, holding a hand warmer in her hand.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yeyang couldn't help but say, "You came out so afraid of the cold, aren't you asking for hardship?"

Most of Daohua's face was buried in the fox fur scarf: "I just want to come out for a walk."

After a day's journey, when it was getting dark, Daohua and his party came to the black water ditch that Wang Lifu said.

"It's really a black ditch!"

A gully less than one meter wide was filled with thick black oil. The pungent oil level made Daohua not dare to get too close, so he could only watch from a distance.

Xiao Yeyang put the torch head into the oil and stirred it, and then let it ignite.

"Boom~"

A huge flame suddenly burst out.

Delighted to see it, he said excitedly, "The torches that have been dyed with oil have much stronger lighting."

Daohua took over the words: "Water for oil is inextinguishable. It can not only be used for lighting, but also to lubricate the axles to reduce friction, which is very useful."

This time, Master Wang also came. He was standing not far away. Hearing Daohua's words, he thought to himself, this Mrs. Xiao is really knowledgeable and talented.

She discovered the cement, and she discovered the oil again. She was indeed Lord Xiao's virtuous helper.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Heishuigou, thinking about how to attack the enemy with oil fire.

"Bring the oil barrels you brought over here and see how much oil you can get out."

Daohua said again: "The oil here has already emerged, and there must be a large amount of storage underground."

Seeing that Daohua was covering her nose, Xiao Yeyang ordered Bu Gandang to hit the oil, and asked Defu to send someone around to take a look around, and then walked towards the tent that was set up with Daohua.

"Whoo~"

Away from Heishuigou, Daohua took a few deep breaths immediately.

After she became pregnant, she had no adverse reactions, but she was quite sensitive to smells. A little bad smell could make her nauseous and vomit.

Meilan and Meiju have brought people to tidy up the tent, and the charcoal basin has also been lit.

Daohua entered the tent, took off her cloak, and sat in front of the charcoal basin to drink the hot tea handed over by Xiao Yeyang. Seeing that Meilan and Meiju started to prepare dinner, she said:

"Prepare more. I can find oil thanks to that little guy Lifu. I will send him and Master Wang a copy later."

When Mei Lan handed the food box to Master Wang and explained the reason, Master Wang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted Wang Lifu's head: "You little guy has good luck."

Looking at the raging fire ignited by oil in the distance, he can also think of the role of this oil in the battlefield.

After dinner, Xiao Yeyang walked with Daohua outside the tent for a while.

At this time, Defu ran over excitedly.

"Master, ma'am, just now our people found that there is oil coming out from the other side of the mountain."

Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang and Daohua were very happy.

Daohua smiled and said: "It seems that there are quite a lot of oil reserves in this place. We can drill a few more oil wells to extract oil."

Xiao Yeyang: "I will discuss this matter with Master Wang, don't worry about it, I will accompany you back to rest."

The next day, when Daohua woke up from the warm bed, she heard the steps outside the tent reporting to Xiao Yeyang.

"Master, the oil barrels we brought are full. Once the oil in the black water ditch is finished, new oil will automatically emerge."

"However, the speed of oil output is a bit slow."

"After reading it, Master Wang said that we can drill a few oil wells and take the initiative to exploit underground oil like a salt well."

Xiao Yeyang nodded: "I will leave the well digging to Master Wang. Now you go back to Ganzhou City and send a thousand soldiers to station here."

After Xiao Yeyang finished explaining the matter and returned to the tent, Daohua had already got up and washed up.

After breakfast, Xiao Yeyang thought that it would be rare to come out, so he took Daohua to the surrounding area.

Daohua was sitting on the back of the horse, and Xiao Yeyang was leading the horse. Although the scenery was not very good, both of them were very happy.

When a thousand soldiers came to set up camp, Xiao Yeyang ordered everything, leaving Master Wang here to watch, and he returned to Ganzhou City with Daohua.

As soon as the two returned to the house, the dark guard came over with the flying pigeon biography: "Master, this is the news just sent by Xintunwei."

Seeing Xiao Yeyang read the note, Daohua's face suddenly sank, and she couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "Big brother learned from the drunk Hong Zhong that Wei Hongcai has been taking empty pay since he took over as the commander of the capital."

"There are nine guardhouses in Xiliang, and each guardhouse is guarded by frontier troops. But as far as I know, the number of frontier troops in each guardhouse is not up to the standard. Only Ganzhou guards are short of 10,000 people. The military salaries paid out every year are full.”

Said, snorted.

"Over the years, Wei Hongcai has embezzled a lot of money, the amount is as high as several hundred thousand taels."

Daohua is not very surprised about this, but she is a little worried about Yan Wenxiu's safety: "eldest brother just went to Xintunwei not long ago, so I started to investigate Wei Hongcai, isn't it a bit risky?"

Xiao Yeyang thought for a while and said, "I'll write back to eldest brother later, and let him pay attention."

In November, after five oil wells were built, Master Wang returned to Ganzhou City.

Knowing that dozens of barrels of oil can be extracted every day, Xiao Yeyang first gave in and sent a batch to Ganzhou City for storage, and the rest were sent to twelve military towns.

At the same time, Xiao Yeyang gave the emperor another discount, and was going to exchange oil and the five army governor's office for a batch of ordnance.

Royal Palace.

The emperor handed Xiao Yeyang's book to Wu Jingyi.

Wu Jingyi was very surprised when he saw that there was oil in Xiliang.

As the commander-in-chief in command of the military and horses of the whole country, he has a good understanding of armaments and materials, and he has long known and used the method of attacking the enemy with oil fire.

Unfortunately, there are very few places where oil is produced. He also sent people to look for it, but he couldn't find it.

Thinking of the financial constraints of the Protectorate of the Five Armies these years, Wu Jingyi immediately prepared to appeal to the emperor for bitterness and bargaining, wanting to see if Xiao Yeyang could provide oil for free, but the emperor spoke first before he spoke.

"On the side of Xiliang, the imperial court did not give much support. Originally, the replacement of ordnance should also be a matter of the imperial court. Now Ye Yang is willing to exchange oil for it, you can assign a batch to him as appropriate."

"Oil can't be extinguished by water, and the oil that is exchanged is just used in the navy."

The emperor has spoken, Wu Jingyi is naturally not good to say more, he can only sigh in his heart that Xiao Yeyang's luck is so good that oil can be found in the barren land of Xiliang.