Chapter 402 Black Oil
The ice age has not yet ended, and the Black Fire Land is still covered with a layer of ice and snow, but there are already people here reclaiming wasteland.
On the plains in the northwest, hundreds of serfs are exploring black oil veins under the leadership of a team of knights. The veins nourished by the wyverns are basically shallow veins, which do not require drilling and are easy to mine.
A group of several riders and horses came to the team that was mining.
"Lord Russell." The knight in charge quickly stepped forward and saluted Russell, then saw Rowling next to Russell and exclaimed, "Ah, Miss Rowling, you... why are you here, is this Mr. Cooper?"
"Quinn, hello." Rowling greeted casually, and then saw a dark scorpion crawling on Quinn's shoulder, "Hey, Quinn, have you contracted the Phantom Black Scorpion? Are you also a Fantasy Beast Knight now?"
Quinn immediately replied: "The Lord trusted me and gave me the opportunity to contract Black. Now I am appointed as the Knight Leader of the Mining Team, responsible for mining black oil for the Lord and Lord Russell."
"I see, congratulations." Rowling smiled, "The dragon is watching, I knew that you, Quinn, would be valued by your father."
Quinn is a great knight of the Fluorescent Mushroom Family.
Not long ago, he successfully contracted the Phantom Black Scorpion and was promoted to Fantasy Beast Knight, and then was sent by Baron Roman to mine black oil.
Seeing the Phantom Black Scorpion on his shoulder, Russell also smiled.
It was because this guy was so talkative that Russell could hear his beast whispers from morning to night, and even couldn't sleep peacefully. That's why he had to ask the Saiban fairy for help to evolve the beast whispers into lucky whispers.
In the past year or so, the journey was always in a hurry, or he was soaking in the snow, so that the lucky whispers had never been triggered.
After greeting.
Russell asked: "Quinn, how is the black oil mining going?"
"Replying to Lord Russell, we have hit ten oil extraction points on the black oil vein, and successfully collected black oil. At present, we plan to dig a black oil lake in the middle part of the black oil vein to leach out the surrounding black oil."
"Let me see the black oil."
"Please, sir."
The group quickly came to the oil extraction point, and then Russell saw the black oil sample extracted. The black viscous liquid, more like a paste than a liquid, 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.
Instantly, the wooden stick caught fire.
Quinn said excitedly: "Sir Russell, the burning effect of black oil is much stronger than that of coal. Just a little black oil is needed to burn, and the effect can be comparable to the burning temperature in the coal kiln, which can completely replace coal."
Although black oil seems to be a little different from the oil that Russell imagined, Russell was still very happy to see that the burning effect of black oil was so good.
"Very good, very good." Russell ordered, "Expand the scale of black oil mining as soon as possible."
"Yes, Sir Russell!" Quinn accepted the order.
Rowling teased: "Russell, you are rich, black oil is better than coal, and everyone will compete for your black oil in the future... How about selling a batch of black oil to our Black Court Castle first, and give us a family discount."
"Sister, brother-in-law, the value of black oil is not clear yet, so I won't sell it for the time being." Russell smiled.
"What else can it be worth?"
In Rowling's opinion, black oil burns more intensely than coal, so as a "metal" that can burn, its value can be priced in comparison with coal.
Russell smiled slightly: "The value needs to be discovered slowly."
He already has a set of ideas, and even as early as when he chose the black oil dragon, he had already formulated a set of strategies.
Black oil is obviously different from the oil on Earth.
This is a magical creation, nourished by a wyvern, not like oil, which is related to billions of years of geological changes.
But in general, the world with extraordinary power is also made up of matter.
Black oil and oil should also have some similar connections. The oil on Earth can produce many chemical products, and the black oil here may not be able to do so. So he plans to try to establish a chemical system for black oil.
Using black oil to produce clothes, plastics, rubber, etc. may be a bit too technical, and Russell can't do it.
But at least the black oil should 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 and can only use black oil as fuel, we have to study how to make black oil burn fully and achieve the maximum effect. For example, what kind of kiln is suitable for black oil, or how to solidify black oil so that it is easy to carry and burn.
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.
He will also open several brick kilns and porcelain kilns nearby to explore the use of black oil.
When the time comes, the Dark Light Valley will provide clay slag, and we can continuously burn slag bricks here, and then use slag bricks to build castles and towns.
After watching the burning of black oil for a while, Rowling felt bored: "Russell, let's go to Lei Ze again."
"Lei Ze is not possible."
"Why?"
"Lei Ze, you know it from the name, this is a large swamp, and the snow melt water cannot be drained out at present, and it is impossible to walk." Russell said, he can fly, but Rowling and Cooper can't fly.
So he couldn't take his sister and brother-in-law to visit Lei Ze.
But in the end, the group went to the edge of Lei Ze and stood on the broken ice sheet to look at the vast scenery of Lei Ze.
"Such a large area is actually a swamp, Russell, how are you going to develop it?" Rowling asked.
"Wait until the warm season comes and see. If the water really can't be drained, I will dig a large lake in the low-lying area to store water." Russell said, "The Fire Ant Swamp was turned into a fertile land by digging Swan Lake. I can do the same."
He doesn't even need to spend much manpower.
He can use Dragon Breath Star Explosion in a low-lying area and use Dragon Breath as explosives to blast out a large lake.
Of course.
He and Black Oil Dragon Luo Sai have been promoted for too short a time and are still exploring and practicing. They have not yet learned Dragon Breath Star Explosion.
Cooper suddenly said, "Russell, I don't think it is necessary to dig a big lake. After the three territories resonate, the snowfield will melt and the scope of Lei Ze will be further expanded. At that time, the water of Lei Ze may be able to be discharged."
Russell nodded: "This is naturally the best."
There is no scenery to see. After wandering around Lei Ze for a while, the group left. It was dark when they returned to the Black Snake Manor.
So Rowling Cooper and his wife could only stay at the Cigar Courtyard.
"You are used to the food in the castle, come and try the food in my small courtyard." Russell specifically ordered the kitchen to prepare all the specialties.
Secret ginger and scallion fish soup, secret sweet and sour pork tenderloin, secret braised chicken rice, secret brine tofu, secret...
"The dragon is watching!" Rowling frowned and tasted the food lightly, "Russell, do you eat these foods every day?"
"Don't like it, sister, brother-in-law?" Russell ate with relish.
Rowling looked at Cooper, who also looked up. The couple looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.
Rowling also exaggeratedly said: "It's hard to imagine what kind of blow you have suffered to like such food!"
"Okay, okay, I won't make it difficult for you." Russell shook his head and laughed.
Once a person's taste for food is formed, it is deeply rooted and it is difficult to accept new food. Just like he always likes the delicacies of his hometown on Earth, but not the local dishes of Longmian Continent.
Then he turned back to Butler Morris and said: "Let the kitchen serve ordinary dishes."