Qiu Kaiwen was wearing clean and neat clothes, holding a large stack of banknotes in his hand, and looked at his drilling team members with a smile on his face.
After hearing Qiu Kaiwen's words, everyone looked over and became excited.
A few days ago, they finally drilled an oil well, and finally sold it to Daming Petroleum Company for a high price of 50,000 taels of silver, making Qiu Kaiwen and Fang Ming rich overnight.
Fifty thousand taels of silver is a figure that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime.
In this era when the monthly income is only a few taels of silver, and you can only earn dozens of taels of silver a year, fifty thousand taels of silver is an astronomically huge amount of wealth.
"We are very grateful to our brothers for their hard work on our drilling team and their trust and support for both of us."
"Without everyone's hard work and efforts, there would be no harvest today."
"I promised everyone that after I drill the oil field, I will give you 10% of the proceeds as a reward. This time, our oil field was sold for 50,000 taels of silver. This achievement is 5,000 taels of silver."
"Now I will distribute the five thousand taels of silver to everyone. There are fifty of us in total, and each of us will receive 100 taels of silver. Now, those whose names I have read will come over and collect the banknotes!"
Qiu Kaiwen's face was full of smiles and he was relieved.
I was pretty lucky. Before I ran out of resources, I finally found a large oil field and sold it for 50,000 taels of silver. I became rich overnight.
"Brother Li~"
"Yes~"
As Qiu Kaiwen finished speaking, a man stood up excitedly, wiped his palms, and watched eagerly as Fang Ming counted the banknotes and handed 10 banknotes of 10 taels each into his hand.
"Thank you, boss, thank you, boss!"
After receiving the money, I quickly thanked him again and again. At this moment, the hard work and complaints of the past few months disappeared completely.
At first, I felt that there was no future and potential in following them. I would get little salary, do a lot of work, work very hard, and not eat well.
Now, I got 100 taels of silver at once, which was a lot of money. It was enough to build a beautiful big house at home and buy two female slaves as concubines.
"It's been hard work for Brother Li during this period~"
Qiu Kaiwen also said with a smile.
"It's not hard, it's not hard, it should be, it should be."
Li Er also said quickly.
"Brother Liu San~"
"Brother Wang~"
As Qiu Kaiwen kept shouting, each team member came up to receive their own bonus, even the cook who followed the drilling team also got a share.
Everyone got a big sum of money and they were all smiling.
"Cough cough cough~"
"In the past, Fang Ming and I were poor, so the treatment given to our brothers was very average."
"Starting from this month, everyone's salary will be the same as that of other drilling teams, 8 taels of silver per month. Everyone has what they need during New Years and holidays. In addition, in terms of food, our monthly food expenses will be paid in the future.
Increase it to 10 taels of silver, and everyone can eat freely. Buy meat when it's time to buy meat, kill pigs when it's time to kill pigs, and keep it safe for everyone to eat and drink."
"Of course, finally, I have brought you the slave girls that everyone has been waiting for, 10 of them. Everyone, please take it easy and don't get too tired from playing. It would be embarrassing if your legs are weak while working."
After the rewards were distributed, Qiu Kaiwen also increased everyone's wages and benefits, and bought 10 female slaves to wash everyone's clothes, warm their beds, and so on.
"Haha~"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
As for the ten European female slaves brought over by Qiu Kaiwen, all of them lowered their heads in fear at this moment, not daring to look at the Ming people in front of them. They could even think about their fate with their toes.
"Okay, let's disband. Let's all rest for a few days. We will start over in a few days and strive to create greater glory!"
With Qiu Kaiwen's dismissal, everyone couldn't help but cheer. They all hurried to the slave girls' side and listened carefully to the slave girls' looks.
"Ahem, rock, paper, scissors~"
"Do you have any objections?"
"No objection, no objection~"
"Rock, scissors, paper~"
"Yeah~"
As the voices kept ringing one after another, one person dropped his head in frustration. As for the final winner, he shouted excitedly, and then he directly picked up a female slave he had chosen and got into the tent, with the tent shaking.
, there were bursts of screams.
"is this okay?"
Fang Ming looked at the scene, smiled and said to Qiu Kaiwen.
"What's wrong?"
"We are looking for oil in these barren mountains and mountains, so we must have someone to wash our clothes. We are all young people, so this is normal."
"Don't worry about them, let them play."
Qiu Kaiwen smiled and said nonchalantly, "There are only ten female slaves, which means that for a few hundred taels of silver, many problems can be solved. Some people can wash clothes, some can cook, and some can warm the bed for the team members. This money can be spent."
It's very cost-effective.
"The money we saved will be divided into five thousand taels each, and we will repay our debts and send some back to our families."
"There is still money left, and we will keep it to continue looking for oil. Next time we find an oil field, we will mine it ourselves and build our own oil company."
"Now that oil prices are getting higher and higher, more and more places use oil. I estimate that it will definitely continue to rise in the future."
Qiu Kaiwen began to plan his future plans in detail.
Finding the first oil field is just the beginning, his ambition does not stop there.
"It's getting harder and harder to find oil in Yulin now. Some places have been bought up by big commercial banks, and land is getting more and more expensive."
"I feel like I have to look for oil somewhere else."
Fang Ming nodded, then took out a map and pointed at the Yulin area on the map.
"Well, it's hard for us to compete with those big commercial banks."
"We have to open up new areas, but oil is hard to find. There are not many places with oil."
"I heard that a lot of oil was produced in Chaling Colony and the British Colony on the Persian Gulf. It's just a pity that we can't get involved in the oil there."
Qiu Kaiwen thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
"I heard from someone from Daming Petroleum Company that they discovered a large oil field in Liaodong with amazing reserves. Do you think we should try it in Liaodong?"
"I've also heard about that oil field. Now it seems to be the largest oil field in the hands of Daming Petroleum Company. The daily oil production can exceed 100,000 barrels."
"It is estimated that there will be oil in Liaodong, but our drilling team members are all from Shaanxi. If we want them to follow us to Liaodong, many people will not be willing to go."
"In addition, our equipment and the like are very heavy, and transportation is also a problem."
"Should we consider buying some trucks to transport equipment? I heard that trucks are powerful and very convenient for transporting goods. Sometimes four-wheeled carriages are really powerless."
"The trucks are very powerful. You can buy a few and try them out."
"Let me ask you about everyone's situation first. If you are not willing to go to Liaodong, it will be troublesome. Everyone is already skilled. It will not be easy to recruit people again. Moreover, I heard that people here in Liaodong are very rich. Every household is rich.
There are thousands of acres of land, and it is difficult for factories there to recruit people. People are not willing to go to the factory to receive the dead wages, and would rather farm and breed at home."
"If that doesn't work, let's go to Shanxi to have a look. I heard that someone also discovered oil in Shanxi."
"Shanxi?"
"Yes, I feel there should still be oil here in Shanxi. The geology is very similar to here."
"Also, I heard that someone discovered oil in the Hezhong area. Maybe we can try it on this side of the River in the future."
"The river is far away, but there are a lot of agricultural machinery used here in the river, and the demand for gasoline is huge. Maybe in the future we can open a smelting plant directly on the river to smelt oil, and then sell gasoline in the area around the river. I feel
This will work."
"What you said is really on point. The transportation of oil and gasoline has always been a headache. Daming Petroleum Company is now building refineries and gas stations in various places. Obviously, it is
It was laid out for this purpose.”
"If we want to refine our own oil in the future, we must find a place with oil and a market. This Hezhong area may be a really good place."
"How about we just make this decision and set off for the Hezhong area in a few days, go to the Hezhong area to mine oil, and then set up a smelting plant to smelt the oil ourselves and sell gasoline and so on."
"The current oil price is more than 200 cents per barrel. If you find an oil field, you can collect money while lying down. If you smelt the oil into gasoline, kerosene, diesel, etc., the profit can be doubled. That is called making money."
"Okay, I feel that there will definitely be oil on this side of the river, and food, meat, and vegetables are very cheap on this side of the river. We can still have a lot of expenses left. The terrain there is also flat. If we have a car, we can