It has been more than a month since I came to this world. Although I spent the first period of time wandering around in the mountains and escaping for my life, the rest of this period has been nestled in a small place like Qingshan Town.
But it didn't stop Lin Ziran from getting to know the world better and better.
Through the memory of the original body, coupled with Lin Ziran's knowledge and books during this period, it is enough for Lin Ziran to make a relatively clear judgment about the world.
This world is generally similar to Earth, but its technological level is still at the level of Earth's first industrial revolution.
Based on contemporary small details and industrial judgment, Lin Ziran concluded that the scientific level of this world should be equivalent to that of the earth in the early to mid-19th century.
The Fuyuan musket is very obvious evidence. This musket uses a percussion cap and maroon gunpowder. The parts of almost every musket are the same size and can be interchanged with each other.
Many factories and even workshops have used steam engines as power on a large scale, and even steam ships have appeared, which is even more obvious.
Such a world also means that a preliminary industrial system has actually been established.
Otherwise, Boss Wang would not have been able to help Lin Ziran change the smoothbore gun into a rifled gun.
It’s because although Boss Wang’s workshop seems to be just a small-scale workshop, it is also a workshop with the level of the mid-19th century. The few mechanical equipment may seem simple, but they are also products of the industrial age.
If you change it, you can still draw the rifling.
This also means that if Lin Ziran finds a suitable opportunity, he can rely on the existing industrial system to further develop.
For example, oil!
Petroleum is actually not a new thing in this world. People generally call it kerosene. They also know that this dark thing can burn. Some people even put kerosene into wars a long time ago: put it in a can and light it.
Throw it out and use it as a burning can.
In addition, in ancient times, some people poured oil directly into the moat and ignited it when the enemy attacked the city. The moat would instantly turn into a wall of fire.
However, although this thing has been around for a long time, no one has discovered the secret of oil so far.
At least, Lin Ziran has not heard any similar words about the petroleum industry in the past month or so, either from what he has seen or read in books.
This means opportunity, a chance to make a lot of money.
Luo Mazi's work efficiency was still very high, and he quickly found the villagers who sold kerosene. Although he usually likes to brag when there is nothing wrong, and his words seem to be out of tune, he is still quite reliable when doing things.
Otherwise, Lin Ziran would not have continued to reuse him for more than a month, allowing him to continue to maintain the honorary title of number one confidant.
A person who knows how to compliment his boss is a talent.
Those who know how to compliment their superiors while also getting things done, and getting things done well, are the talents among talents!
In Lin Ziran's view, Luo Mazi was such a talent.
If Luo Mazi's level of praise was a little higher on weekdays, Lin Ziran felt it would be better.
Unfortunately, Luo Mazi has not studied enough in this area and needs to continue to strengthen his professional level.
The villagers found by Luo Mazi seemed to have been frightened for a long time, so much so that their legs were shaking when they saw Lin Ziran.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ziran was speechless.
I'm no longer the bandit leader, okay? Do you have to be as frightened as if you saw the bandit leader?
But he was speechless, and things still had to be done, so Lin Ziran asked: "Where did you get all this kerosene?"
After hearing this, the villager immediately collapsed on the ground with his feet weak, and then said: "Sir, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Lin Ziran was even more speechless. He was just asking a question. You are so scared.
Luo Mazi on the side obviously saw Lin Ziran's displeasure, and immediately said sternly: "I'm asking you something, answer it quickly, don't say yes or no!"
After Luo Mazi shouted like this, the villager seemed to be frightened, and then he said: "This kerosene... this kerosene..."
Lin Ziran saw that this person was hesitant in speaking, and he probably had some problems, but Lin Ziran was too lazy to care about this and asked directly: "Say!"
Luo Mazi answered: "Speak quickly!"
It took me a long time before the villager replied that he got it from a small dark pond.
Then when he asked where the pond was, Lin Ziran realized why he was hesitant and frightened because the place where the pond was was a piece of official land.
This man probably thought he had stolen the kerosene from Guantian, so he brought him here.
Lin Ziran was speechless. It was none of his business if you stole the kerosene from Guantian!
Next, he stopped talking nonsense and asked him to lead the way. Lin Ziran wanted to go to that dark little pond to take a look himself.
Although he hasn't seen it with his own eyes, Lin Ziran has already made a guess. If nothing else happens, it should be an oil seedling.
Since oil seedlings have appeared, there must be an oil field nearby. It's hard to say what the reserves are, but there must be oil.
After taking dozens of people out of the city, they walked about five kilometers south under the guidance of the villagers and arrived at the black pond that the villagers called black pond.
It was a small pond estimated to be only about ten meters in diameter. There was no water in it, only dark oil. There was no doubt that this was an oil seedling.
Although he had already speculated in his mind, Lin Ziran still couldn't help showing joy after seeing the oil sprout.
"Okay!" Lin Ziran said okay, then turned to Luo Mazi and said, "Have someone pick up a load of kerosene and go back!"
Now that oil has been found, the next thing Lin Ziran has to do is to find a way to extract kerosene from the oil.
First pick up a load of oil for testing, and then start customizing the refining equipment. As long as the refining is successful, you can try to exploit it on a large scale.
Back in Qingshan Town, Lin Ziran found an empty room and asked Luo Mazi to get a lot of glass bottles and other test equipment, and then started doing the test himself.
Since Lin Ziran plans to engage in kerosene, he naturally has the confidence to do so.
During his college days, a chemical engineering girl who lived with him loved to play in various experiments when she had nothing to do. He would occasionally run to help her with homework, etc., so that she could finish the experiments quickly and turn off the lights and go to sleep. During this period, the oil was distilled. I've played it too.
While thinking about the school girl, she started doing experiments. The school girl was not bad looking and left a deep memory for Lin Ziran. But too many memories made Lin Ziran sigh!
Sometimes the school girls dress so inappropriately that when Lin Ziran recalls it, some inappropriate scenes always appear in his mind, which further disturbs Lin Ziran's interest in studying science.
Scientific research requires concentration and calmness, but the school girl makes him unable to calm down!
well!
It’s all the schoolgirl’s fault!
After struggling for a long time, Lin Ziran gave up completely and walked out of the temporary laboratory with a depressed look.
The important thing to note is that it's not that Lin Ziran can't do it, it's just kerosene, no big deal!
As someone who has never seen a pig running but has eaten pork, this little problem is not a problem at all.
The problem is that the instruments on hand are too crude. Can such crude instruments be used for experiments?