The ice age has not yet ended, and the Black Fire Land is still covered by a layer of ice and snow, but there are already people here who are clearing up wasteland.
On the plains in the northwest, hundreds of serfs, led by a team of knights, were exploring black oil veins. The mineral veins nourished by the wyvern are basically superficial mineral veins, which do not require drilling and are easy to mine.
A group of people on horseback came to the team that was mining.
“Lord Russell.” The knight leading the team quickly stepped forward, saluted Russell, and then saw Rowling next to Russell, and immediately exclaimed, “Ah, Miss Rowling, you… why are you here, this Is it Mr. Cooper?”
“Quinn, hello.” Rowling greeted her carelessly, and then she saw a big dark scorpion crawling on Quinn’s shoulder, “Hey, Quinn, have you contracted the Gloomy Black Scorpion? Are you also a Phantom Beast Knight now?”
Quinn immediately replied: “Your Excellency trusted me and gave me the opportunity to contract with Black. Now I have been appointed as the Knight Commander of the Mine Team, responsible for mining black oil for Your Excellency and Lord Russell.”
“I see, congratulations to you.” Rowling said with a smile, “The dragon is watching. I knew before, Quinn, that you would definitely be put to good use by your father.”
Quinn is a great knight of the Fluorescent Mushroom family.
Not long ago, he successfully contracted with the Gloomy Black Scorpion and was promoted to Phantom Beast Knight. Then he was sent by Baron Roman to mine black oil.
Seeing the gleaming black scorpion on his shoulder, Russell also smiled.
It was because this guy was so good at whispering that Russell could hear its phantom whispers from morning to night, and he couldn’t even sleep peacefully. Only then did he have to ask Saiban Fairy for help to evolve the Phantom Beast Whisper into a Lucky Whisper.
For more than a year, my schedule was always in a hurry, or I was soaking in the snowfield, so that the lucky whispers were not triggered.
After greeting.
Russell asked: “Quinn, how is the progress of black oil extraction?”
“Back to Mr. Russell, we have dug ten oil extraction points on the black oil vein and successfully collected black oil. We currently plan to dig a black oil lake in the middle of the black oil vein to leach out the surrounding black oil. “
“Let me see the black oil.”
“My lord please.”
The group of people quickly arrived at the oil extraction point, and Russell immediately saw the black oil samples extracted. The dark, viscous liquid was more like a paste than a liquid. It was dark and shiny, but it didn’t have the special smell that Russell imagined.
“Look, sir.” Quinn asked someone to bring a wooden stick, then dipped one end of the stick in black oil and lit it.
In an instant, the sticks burst into flames.
Quinn said excitedly: “Lord Russell, the burning effect of black oil is much stronger than that of coal. With just a little bit of black oil, the effect can be compared to the burning temperature in a coal kiln, and it can completely replace coal.”
Although the black oil seemed a little different from the oil Russell imagined, Russell was still very happy to see the black oil burning so well.
“Very good, very good.” Russell ordered, “Expand the scale of black oil extraction as soon as possible.”
“Yes, Lord Russell!” Quinn took the order.
Seeing this, Rowling joked: “Russell, you have made a fortune. Black oil is better than coal. From now on, everyone will compete for your black oil… How about selling a batch of black oil to us at Heitingbao first?” A family discount.”
“Sister, brother-in-law, the value of the black oil has not been determined yet, so it will not be sold for the time being.” Russell smiled.
“What else is it worth?”
In Rowling’s view, black oil burns more intensely than coal, so as a “metal” that can burn, its value can be priced compared to coal.
Russell smiled slightly: “The value needs to be discovered slowly.”
He already had a set of ideas, and even formulated a strategy as early as when he chose the Black Oil Dragon.
Black oil is obviously not the same as oil on Earth.
This is a magical creation, nourished by flying dragons, rather than related to hundreds of millions of years of geological changes like oil.
But generally speaking, the world with extraordinary power is also made of matter.
Black oil and petroleum should have a similar relationship. Petroleum on the earth can produce many chemical products, but the black oil here may not be able to. So he plans to try to establish a chemical system for black oil.
But at least the black oil must be refined and decomposed to see if products such as kerosene, gasoline, diesel, lubricating oil, and asphalt can be obtained.
If we really can’t develop any products, we can only use black oil as fuel. We also have to study how to fully burn the black oil and maximize its effect. For example, what kind of furnace is suitable for black oil, or how to solidify black oil so that it can be easily carried and burned.
Later, he will invite a group of scholars to come to the Black Fire Land to personally study the development and utilization of black oil.
We will also open several brick kilns and porcelain kilns nearby to explore the use of black oil.
When the time comes, the Youguang River Valley will provide clay slag, and clay bricks can be continuously fired here, and then the clay bricks can be used to build castles and towns.
After watching the black oil burning for a while, Rowling felt bored and said, “Russell, let’s go to Leize again and take a look.”
“Leize can’t.”
“Why?”
“Leize, you can tell by the name. This is a large swamp. The melted snow and water cannot be drained out, making it impossible to walk on it.” Russell said, he didn’t care that he could fly, but Rowling and Cooper couldn’t fly. .
So I couldn’t take my sister and brother-in-law to visit Leize.
But in the end, the group went to the edge of Leize, standing on the broken ice cap and overlooking the vast scenery of Leize.
“Such a large piece of land is actually a swamp. Russell, how are you going to develop this?” Rowling asked.
“We will wait and see when the warm season arrives. If the water really cannot be drained, I will dig a large lake in a low-lying area to store water.” Russell said, “The fire ant swamp was turned into a fertile field by digging the Swan Lake. I You can do it too.”
He doesn’t even need to spend much manpower.
If you are in a low-lying area, you can use Dragon Breath Star Explosion and use the Dragon Breath like explosives to blow up a large lake.
certainly.
He and Black Oil Dragon Luo Sai had only been promoted for a short period of time. They were still in the process of practicing and had not learned the Dragon Breath Starburst yet.
Cooper suddenly said: “Russell, I don’t think it is necessary to dig a large lake. After the three territories resonate and the snowfields melt, the scope of Lei Ze will be further expanded. By then, Lei Ze’s water may be able to be vented.”
Russell nodded: “This is naturally the best.”
There was no scenery to see. After wandering around Leize for a while, the group left. After walking quickly, it was already dark when we returned to Black-waisted Snake Manor.
So Rowling Cooper and his wife could only stay at the Cigar Courtyard.
“If you are used to eating the food in the castle, come and try the food in my small courtyard.” Russell specially ordered the kitchen to prepare all the special dishes.
Secret ginger and scallion fish soup, secret sweet and sour pork loin, secret braised chicken and rice, secret marinated tofu, secret…
“The dragon is watching!” Rowling frowned and tasted the food briefly, “Russell, do you eat these foods every day?”
“Isn’t it to your taste, sister or brother-in-law?” Russell ate happily.
Rowling looked at Cooper, who happened to raise his head. The couple looked at each other, then shook their heads at the same time.
Rowling also exaggeratedly said: “It’s hard to imagine what kind of shock you have suffered before you like this kind of food!”
“Okay, okay, it won’t be difficult for you.” Russell shook his head and laughed.
Once a person’s food taste is developed, it becomes ingrained and it is difficult to accept new foods. Just like he always likes the food of his hometown on Earth, but does not like the local dishes of Longmian Continent.
Then he turned back to Butler Morris and said, “Let the kitchen serve ordinary dishes.”
(End of chapter)