Spring in Liaodong still carries a strong chill, the earth is covered with snow, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting, and the cold wind howls from time to time, making people unable to help but wrap up their coats tightly.
On a concrete road in the northwest of Ice City, dozens of cars were driving slowly on the road. Because of the snow and ice, even if the vehicle tires were equipped with anti-skid chains, they still did not dare to drive too fast and could only drive slowly.
Drive slowly towards Daqing Oilfield.
After staying in Bingcheng for a few days, experiencing the ice fishing in Bingcheng, and tasting Bingcheng's unique delicacies, I originally planned to go south to Liaoyang and Tieling to see the spring plowing in Liaodong.
Who knew that Emperor Hongzhi actually remembered the oil exploration, so he temporarily changed his itinerary and prepared to go to Daqing to see the oil exploration in Daqing Oilfield.
Fortunately, Daqing Oilfield is not that far from Ice City. If you drive there, a few hours is enough. The only trouble is that there is a lot of ice and snow now, and the roads are slippery and unsafe.
Of course, one of the most important tasks for people here in Liaodong in winter is to clear the roads of ice and snow on the houses, so this road is cleaned every day by dedicated people and machines. It does not affect traffic, but it requires driving slower and at the same time giving
Tie anti-skid chains on vehicle tires to make them safer.
"Everything is good here in Liaodong, except that it's too cold in winter and there's too much ice and snow."
Sitting on the Mercedes-Benz car, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the convoy slowly moving forward and said helplessly.
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the winter in Liaodong is very cold and there is a lot of ice and snow that it makes Liaodong fertile and rich."
"This ice and snow can not only freeze to death a large number of insect pests and insect eggs, but can also be turned into water in the coming year, providing enough water for crops."
Liu Jin explained with a smile.
"That's true."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded. He knew this truth and had heard Liu Jin say it many times.
Look outside, in the open and vast wilderness, you can see immigrant villages one after another at a distance. These immigrant villages are neatly planned, with smoke and birds, and a large number of children playing and playing carefree.
No, it was a lot of fun playing in the snow.
Looking outside on both sides of the road, you can see a large number of granaries. These granaries are large in number and large in scale. They are all used by farmers to store their grain.
There was so much food that we couldn't keep it at home, so we had to build granaries on the roadside to store the food, and then sell the food when the time was right.
The wealth of Liaodong can be seen just from here. Every household here has a lot of land and endless food.
You can also see a large number of various machinery in front of this door. Some farmers have already begun to repair these machinery, because the spring plowing season will soon come.
Spring plowing in Liaodong can be roughly divided into two stages.
The first stage is to plow the land before spring begins. This time plowing pays attention to deep plowing, plowing the land deeply.
The advantage is to turn up the fertile soil at the bottom, turn over the weeds and wheat stubble on the surface, and bury it in the soil, where it will gradually rot away and become organic matter, providing fertility for crops. At the same time, a large number of weeds will be turned over.
There will be much less weeds inside.
Another advantage is that you can take advantage of the current cold weather to dig up insect pests and insect eggs hidden in the soil. If there is a heavy snow or cold wave, they can be frozen to death. In this way, the pests and diseases will be eliminated.
It will be much, much less.
The second stage is to wait until spring starts, when the weather warms up, and when planting begins, the land will be plowed lightly before planting again.
There are many benefits of plowing twice, mainly to reduce diseases, insect pests and weeds, and it is also beneficial to the growth of farmers. This is also a farming method that has gradually become popular in recent years.
Of course, this is due to the large-scale promotion and use of agricultural machinery in Liaodong. Using machines to plow is fast and labor-saving.
If you use a hoe to plow, you won't be able to plow much land even if you are exhausted, and there is no way to plow deeply, so the effect will be far from good. Pests, insect eggs, etc. in the land will not be plowed out.
If it doesn't freeze to death, then the pests and diseases will become serious.
Weeds and wheat stubble cannot be buried deep underground, which will also affect the planting of crops in the new year.
The reason why Liaodong's agriculture is developed, with high output and good quality, is mainly related to the mechanized farming in Liaodong. There is a lot of land, many machines, and a more scientific farming method is adopted. Naturally, the yield is high and the quality is good.
It is almost the first spring plowing now, so farmers in the Liaodong region have also begun to get busy, overhauling their machinery and preparing for the next spring plowing.
The motorcade kept moving forward, getting closer and closer to Daqing.
After arriving in Daqing, everything here changed dramatically.
Here in Daqing, although you can also see some immigration points, they do not exist in the form of immigrant villages, but in the form of immigrant towns.
There are not many in number, but they are large in scale. Each town has a population of tens of thousands, and a large number of people gather together. There are neatly planned towns dotted here and there, surrounded by vast fields and a lively town in the middle.
In addition, you can see large-scale oil refineries. Even in winter, the oil refineries are still very busy.
Vehicles were coming in and out. These vehicles were similar to the oil tankers of later generations. One truck trailer dragged a large tank filled with smelted kerosene, gasoline, diesel and other finished products.
These tank trucks transport the finished oil to Bingcheng, and then transport it by train through Bingcheng to the Beijing-Tianjin area, the largest consumer market, or directly to the mouth of the Liaohe River, and then transport it by sea to the south of Ming Dynasty and Nanyang.
etc., Japan, Korea and other places.
The whole scene is very lively, with a lot of oil tankers coming in and out. At the same time, you can also see a large number of oil workers wearing neat work clothes, riding bicycles or motorcycles to and from get off work.
The people here in Daqing are different from other places in Liaodong.
Most of the people here are employees of the Ming Dynasty Petroleum Company. They came here following the company's business to work and live here. They are not like immigrants who immigrated to Liaodong Province in response to the call of the Ming Dynasty court.
People who immigrate to Liaodong Province cannot easily immigrate to other places. They must live here for at least three generations before they can choose to immigrate to another place.
But the employees of Daming Petroleum Company do not have these restrictions. They can work and live here if they like it. If they don't like it, they can immigrate to other places at any time.
Of course, since you have come to Liaodong, which is vast and sparsely populated, the land will naturally be yours. You can cultivate it as you like, and it will be yours once it is cultivated.
Therefore, many people have reclaimed a lot of land while working. They use this land to grow food, vegetables, etc., which not only meet their daily needs, but also have a lot of excess that can be used to increase their income.
Often men work in oil companies, while women cultivate the land, grow vegetables and so on.
For the employees of Daming Petroleum Company, their salary is high enough, and their income is much higher than that of ordinary Daming people.
Because these people are often graduates recruited from major universities, and they are all educated, educated, and skilled young people of the Ming Dynasty in the new era.
They often have their own skills and knowledge and are considered talents.
To recruit them and retain them, the salary must not be too low.
Of course, they entered an oil trading company. People in later generations will know very well what is happening with oil. This thing is pure local tyrants. Those who produce oil in future generations are all local tycoons, and those companies that control oil and gas resources also
They are all awesome, so everyone should know how profitable the oil companies are.
Once the oil well is drilled and the switch is turned on, money will flow out like running water.
This is just about extracting oil. Daming Petroleum Trading Company not only extracts oil, it also smelts oil, sells refined oil, etc., maximizing its profit margins.
Even though it is just a newly established trading company, it has developed rapidly and is powerful. Now it holds a large number of oil fields, oil refining technology and factories, the sales of refined oil, etc. It is a company that is developing
The rapid development and rise of oil trusts.
Of course, because oil is highly profitable, more and more people are mining oil, refining oil, and selling oil. Everyone has seen the amazing potential and huge money potential contained in the oil industry.
It's just that oil is not that easy to find.
Just like the Daqing Oilfield, its output and reserves are very astonishing. It is an absolutely super large oilfield. However, only the Daming Petroleum Company knew that there was an oilfield here. How could anyone else know about it.
When they found out that all the land around Daqing had been bought by people from Daming Petroleum Company, and it belonged to Daming Petroleum Company, others could only stare and drool.
In addition, Liu Jin also made arrangements for the Persian Gulf region, which is the richest in oil. He, the Li family, and the Zhang family divided up most of the area in the Persian Gulf and occupied the oil resources here, which can be slowly exploited in the future.
.
There are also oil fields here in Huanghuangzhou. Daming Petroleum Company has also laid out its layout early. A large number of oil fields and oil-producing areas belong to Daming Petroleum Company. Even if others want to get a share of the pie, they can only do it in
There are other places looking for oil, but nowhere is the Daming Oil Company so advanced.
