Professor Tan Wenzhong took students from the University of Geosciences and they rushed to Persia by vehicle from China.
Zeng Xiaozhuang, a student in the same car, asked worriedly: "Professor Tan, are there really rich oil fields in Persia?
When we explore for oil reserves, we are walking in the wild, and the empire has just conquered Persia.
There may be many hostile elements among the Persian people, will this situation affect our exploration work?"
Zeng Xiaozhuang was not afraid of death. If he were afraid of death, he would not go to Persia.
There are too many unexplored minerals in the country, and working in the country is safe and comfortable.
Zeng Xiaozhuang was very interested in the causes and effects of oil, so he chose to go to Persia to explore for oil.
He can come to Persia, but his personal safety must be protected.
He didn't want to study hard for more than ten years and be sent away by a cold arrow.
Professor Tan Wenzhong saw that not only Zeng Xiaozhuang, but other students also had frightened expressions on their faces.
He immediately comforted: "We are all talents cultivated by the empire, and the empire will definitely send people to protect our safety.
The Imperial Royal Army will be responsible for security, so you don't have to worry.
The thing we should worry about most is that we cannot complete the tasks assigned by the empire."
When Zeng Xiaozhuang heard what Professor Tan said, his worried expression eased slightly.
Professor Tan is rigorous in his scholarship and never talks nonsense.
He in turn comforted Professor Tan and said: "Professor Tan, the empire did not hesitate to use force to let the army, which had not been on the battlefield for a long time, destroy neighboring Persia, which it had not cared about before.
It must be that a large oil field with rich reserves was discovered in Persia.
With the imperial court's attitude of not letting go of the hawk, it is impossible for the army to launch an attack without sufficient interests."
Zeng Xiaozhuang studied geology, but he also paid close attention to changes in imperial policies.
Tan Wenzhong nodded and praised: "That's right. There will definitely be big oil fields in Persia, allowing our teachers and students to show their abilities."
He serves as the vice president of the Imperial University of Geosciences, the dean of the School of Mineral Exploration, and a senior scholar in the field of geological exploration.
Tan Wenzhong has a rough impression of the distribution of minerals in the empire.
Liaodong is rich in coal and iron, Beihai is rich in minerals, and Shanxi Yili and Jiaozhi are rich in coal.
The empire has abundant reserves of various minerals that have been discovered.
The only exception is newly discovered oil, except for the large oil fields discovered in the Southeast Asia and India.
No large oil fields have been discovered in the empire's territory, especially not a single large oil field has been discovered in the empire's core territory.
Tan Wenzhong discussed with other scholars and found only two possibilities.
The first reason is that the formation of oil is very harsh, and the geological conditions of the empire are not conducive to the formation of oil.
The second reason is that there are large oil fields in some areas of the empire, but due to the backward exploration technology, it is impossible to discover the oil fields buried deep underground.
The empire's current technical capabilities allow the deepest depth of oil extraction to be no more than 800 meters.
The empire coveted the oil fields in Persia, except for the legendary oil reserves here.
The most important reason is that the oil fields are buried very shallowly, and in some places oil can be produced by drilling fifty meters away.
This kind of oil, which is extremely easy to mine, has a large output and low production costs.
This kind of oil field is the most suitable place for industrial production.
The prospect of oil can be seen by everyone. It is extremely important to industry and can be regarded as the blood of industry.
The empire itself was poor in oil, but its poorer and weaker neighbors did have plenty of oil.
Put these conditions together, and war will inevitably occur.
Tan Wenzhong watched the students chatting and looked forward to what kind of job he would have when he arrived in Persia.
Anxi Province has a large area of grassland, and cars can drive smoothly on the grassland.
He also saw herdsmen driving cattle and sheep around the convoy, happily eating grass.
After Tan Wenzhong sat in the car for so long, he gradually became tired and fell asleep leaning on the car seat.
After an unknown amount of time, he was awakened by a severe jolt.
Tan Wenzhong calmed down and saw that outside the car was no longer a grassland, but a rolling mountainous area with lush woods on the mountain.
The car is driving on a mountain road. These roads have obviously not been repaired. They are very primitive dirt roads.
When a car is driving on a dirt road, bumps will occasionally occur.
Professor Tan Wenzhong saw this mountainous area. He is a geography professor himself, so of course he knew where this location was.
He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Everyone cheer up, we have now entered Persia."
The car was traveling very fast and soon crossed the mountain pass and arrived at the station of the 25th Army.
The officers stationed there had been notified in advance by Commander Wu Ming that these talents were extremely important to Persia and they must be sent to Isfahan safely.
The officer immediately sent military vehicles to escort these professors and college students to Isfahan, the capital of Persia.
Tan Wenzhong thought that they would be able to carry out the mission immediately after arriving in Persia.
He didn't know the general location of the Persian oil field, but looking at the car running southward, the Persian oil field was definitely not in the north.
He has been sitting in the car seat for the past few days, and the road is very bumpy, and his waist is about to get sick.
Tan Wenzhong has been waiting anxiously. Only at night at the inn can he get sufficient rest.
Until he looked through the car window and saw a small town the size of a county seat ahead.
The city he passed before looked too dilapidated, and local officials had decided to tear down the simple city walls.
This kind of crumbling city wall cannot stop heavy artillery at all, and the city wall is of no use at all.
Those dilapidated small towns are also too small, and many are not as big as the towns in China.
Tan Wenzhong rubbed his numb legs and asked the driver: "Master Wang, stop here. You are ready to rest so early today."
The driver responded: "Professor Tan, we have arrived in Isfahan.
My mission is completed, what to do next depends on the plans of my superiors."
Tan Wenzhong smiled happily when he heard that the city of Isfahan was ahead.
They waited in the car for so many days and finally arrived at their destination.
He had wanted to save money to buy a car before, but he thought it was no longer necessary to ride in a car for such a long time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tan Wenzhong led the students and got out of the car.
The first thing they did when they got off the bus was to stretch their aching arms and legs.
Tan Wenzhong had sharp eyes, and he saw an official wearing a vermilion official uniform walking towards him.
The empire did not regulate the color of official uniforms.
However, in recent years, the color of official uniforms has become a custom among officials. Only first- and second-rank officials dare to wear vermilion.
If other officials wear such official uniforms, they will be laughed at for the rest of their lives.
If you wear it in front of your superiors, it will be considered disrespectful to him.
Tan Wenzhong is a scholar who is usually a bit aloof.
But he has always had great respect for officials who respect him.
He took the students and immediately headed towards the city gate.
When the two teams were about to meet, Tan Wenzhong heard the voice of student Zeng Xiaozhuang.
"Professor Tan, the officials in front are the Persian Governor Niu Jinxing and the Persian Governor Wu Ming."
Tan Wenzhong is recalling carefully whether he knows this official.
When he heard Zeng Xiaozhuang's voice, he immediately smiled and nodded. He, as a student, has a really good memory.
Tan Wenzhong stepped forward and greeted with a smile: "Governor Niu, Governor Wu.
There is no need for you two to welcome me as a white man in person."
Niu Jinxing showed a peaceful smile and said politely: "Our Persian industry still relies on Professor Tan and his college students.
I, the governor, must pay attention to you and improve your treatment, so that we can develop the Persian oil industry."
Niu Jinxing has moved from place to place over the years, and the speed of promotion can be said to be neither fast nor slow.
He is good at specialization and likes to figure out the best ideas.
He did not have the ability to be an official favored by Emperor Su He, so he could only work hard to be a mediocre official who was not disliked by the emperor.
Many of Niu Jinxing’s classmates are already working in the center.
But more people waste their lives or go to prison to reflect.
He can now become the governor of the new territory, which has surpassed many people.
Niu Jinxing knew that if he wanted to achieve success in Persia, he had to do well in the oil industry, which Emperor Su He was extremely concerned about.
Only then did he welcome the people from the School of Geology with solemn etiquette.
Without the help of these talents, they would not be able to find the oil underground, so how could they develop the oil industry.
At the invitation of Governor Niu Jinxing, Tan Wenzhong and his party went to the Governor's Mansion for dinner.
He ate at the same table as Governor Niu Venus.
Niu Jinxing said happily: "Everything is ready here, we are just waiting for Professor Tan's east wind.
The Shaofu has already transported all the equipment related to oil fields and oil refining from Nanyang to the port of Persia.
We will just wait for a big oil field to be found somewhere and build a complete refining industry around this place."
With the braised pork in his hand, Tan Wenzhong immediately nodded and promised: "Don't worry, Governor Niu, I will definitely lead the team to find the big oil field."
Wu Ming reminded: "Our 25th Army landed from the south of Persia and found that Persia has a lot of naturally emerging oil in the southwest, especially in the coastal area."
When Professor Tan Wenzhong heard the news, his eyes immediately lit up.
A large amount of oil can spill out of the ground in this area, and there is no doubt that this area has large oil fields.
Professor Tan Wenzhong immediately assured: "After hearing what Governor Wu said, I am very sure that a large oil field has been discovered."
He only promised to lead his own exploration of large oil fields.
He didn't mention a word about the large oil field discovered by the intelligence agency mentioned in the newspaper.
Professor Tan Wenzhong has seen too much. He knows that Governor Niu has not mentioned this matter, so there is no need to ask again.
Some things are in deep water and he cannot get involved in them.
When Wu Ming heard Professor Tan Wenzhong's assurance, he relaxed.
When the imperial court sent troops to Persia, the oil factor was the biggest influencing factor.
The phenomenon discovered by the Imperial Intelligence Department is also a real phenomenon.
Even if it is real information, as long as some sorting and guidance are done, the meaning will be completely different.
The oil fields discovered by the intelligence agency, after preliminary exploration, showed that the reserves are not as large as those in Nanyang.
Waging a war just for this small and medium-sized oil field has turned them into a joke.
This is a big thunder. Once it explodes, its power is extremely terrifying.
The only solution is for a large oil field with rich reserves to appear in Persia, which can solve the empire's oil shortage crisis.
Their military now hopes more than anyone else to discover a large oil field in Persia that will truly make the empire a sensation.
Wu Ming immediately expressed his position: "Based on the fact that southern Persia has just been occupied, the local situation is still extremely complicated.
In order to support the empire's exploration plan, and to ensure the safety of exploration personnel.
Our governor's office will dispatch a battalion to protect your safety."
When Professor Tan Wenzhong heard the news, he was overjoyed. The safety issue that he was most worried about before has now been completely solved.
Governor Niu Jinxing then expressed his position: "Our Governor's Office will also fully support Professor Tan's work. If he needs money, he will give money and if he needs people, he will give others."
Tan Wenzhong picked up his wine glass and toasted the two of them respectfully. He immediately promised: "As long as there is oil in Persia, I will definitely find it for him."
They drank and ate happily. After Tan Wenzhong left the table, his face immediately became solemn.
He must handle matters that are of great concern to these two big men.
Otherwise, his bad reputation will spread and affect his future development.
Tan Wenzhong is looking for good people to work in the city.
He and his students are mainly responsible for directing and using their own knowledge to find oil.
They were a group of more than 100 people, driving 15 vehicles specially approved by the Governor's Palace, and headed to southwest Persia with exploration tools.
When Tan Wenzhong formed the exploration team, he collected the march map of the 25th Army and the collected intelligence.
Based on the number of spilled oil deposits and local legends about digging wells to dig out oil, he targeted a place in southwestern Persia not far from the port.
Tan Wenzhong also considered the future oil transportation issues, so he started exploration from a location close to the port.
On the way to the destination, Professor Tan Wenzhong saw distinctive terrain and immediately asked the exploration team to stop.
A hole was drilled on the spot to collect underground samples.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Professor Tan Wenzhong discovered that there must be a large oil field here in Persia.
He judged that in oil-poor areas, a small amount of oil would emerge from the ground when drilling to a depth of three to four hundred meters.
This kind of situation has never happened to him in the interior of the empire before.
Professor Tan Wenzhong’s team has accumulated a lot of experience along the way and has basically mastered the geology of southwestern Persia.
He looked at the exploration points he had drawn after many adjustments.
The soldiers sent by the Persian Governor's Palace have surrounded the entire exploration site, and no one will disturb them.
Standing on a small slope, he saw that student Zeng Xiaozhuang was leading the drilling team and had already set up the drilling rig.
He looked into the distance and could see thick smoke billowing from the port, which was being expanded.
Professor Tan Wenzhong ordered: "Start drilling."
The roar of the diesel engine sounded, and the drill bit immediately descended bit by bit.
Zeng Xiaozhuang recorded the status of the drill bit and reported it loudly at the same time.
"We have drilled down five meters, and now we are still in the soil layer."
"We have drilled down ten meters and now we have reached the rock layer. We are increasing the output of the machine."
"Twenty meters, everything is normal with the machine."
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"Fifty-five meters, the rock texture is soft, replace the drill bit and start drilling again."
"Drilling started normally again and the drill has reached 60 meters."
As soon as Zeng Xiaozhuang finished speaking, the machine made an idling vibration.
He said excitedly: "I hit something, I don't know if it's water or..."
Professor Qian Wenzhong saw that before Zeng Xiaozhuang finished speaking, a jet of black water sprayed into the sky.
Zeng Xiaozhuang was drenched in oil. He saw the drill bit completely withdraw and the oil sprayed four to five meters into the air along the drill hole.
With his knowledge, he could easily tell that this was an unprecedentedly large oil field.
Professor Tan Wenzhong ordered people to evacuate the area.
He looked at the oil being sprayed and said excitedly: "The reserves of this oil field are at least tens of millions of tons.
The annual output of just this one oil field is enough to power all the diesel engines in the country."
Professor Tan Wenzhong immediately reported the good news to Governor Niu Jinxing and Governor Wu Ming.