Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1813, Rich overnight

"Brothers~"

Qiu Kaiwen wore clean and tidy clothes, held a large stack of bank notes in his hand, and looked at his drilling team members with a smile on his face.

Hearing Qiu Kaiwen's words, everyone looked over in unison, and everyone became excited.

A few days ago, they finally drilled an oil well, and finally sold it to Daming Petroleum Company at a high price of 5 taels of silver, making Qiu Kaiwen and Fang Ming rich overnight.

Fifty thousand taels of silver, this is a number that ordinary people cannot earn in their lifetime.

In this era when the monthly income is only a few taels of silver, and a year is only a few tens of taels of silver, [-] taels of silver is an astronomically huge wealth.

"Very brothers have always given us the hard work of our drilling team, and the trust and support for the two of us."

"Without everyone's hard work and hard work, there would be no harvest today."

"I promised everyone that after drilling into the oil field, I will give you 5% of the proceeds as a gift. This time, our oil field sold for [-] taels of silver. This achievement is [-] taels of silver."

"Now I will distribute the five thousand taels of silver to everyone. There are fifty people in total, and each of us will share 100 taels of silver. Next, those whose names I read come and get the silver tickets!"

Qiu Kaiwen smiled all over his face and heaved a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, before the end of the mountain, he finally found a big oil field and sold it for [-] taels of silver. This is considered a sudden wealth.

"Brother Li~"

"Yes~"

After Qiu Kaiwen's words fell, a man stood up excitedly, wiped his palm, watched Fang Ming count the bank notes anxiously, and handed over 10 bank notes with a denomination of 10 taels to his hand.

"Thank you master, thank you master!"

After receiving the money, I quickly thanked him again and again. Now, the hard work and complaints of the past few months disappeared in an instant.

At the beginning, I felt that following the two of them had no future and prospects. I got less salary, I did a lot of work, I was exhausted, and I didn’t eat well.

Now, I got 100 taels of silver at once, which is a lot of money, enough to build a beautiful big house at home and buy two female slaves as concubines.

"Brother Li has worked hard during this time~"

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~"

"Brother Wang~"

Accompanied by Qiu Kaiwen's constant yelling, the team members came up to receive their own bonuses, even the cooks who followed the drilling team had a share.

One by one got a large sum of money, all smiling.

"Cough cough cough~"

"Fang Ming and I used to be poor, so the treatment for the brothers was very ordinary."

"Starting from this month, everyone's salary will be the same as that of other drilling teams, 8 taels of silver per month. During the holidays and so on, everyone has what they should have. In addition, in terms of food, our monthly food expenses in the future It has been raised to 10 taels of silver, everyone is open to eat, it’s time to buy meat, it’s time to kill pigs, and it’s time to keep everyone eating and drinking well.”

"Of course, in the end, I also brought you the female slaves that everyone has been looking forward to. There are 10 of them. Everyone, take it easy. Don't get too tired from playing. It would be embarrassing if your legs are weak when you are working."

After the rewards were distributed, Qiu Kaiwen also raised everyone's wages and benefits, and bought 10 female slaves to wash clothes and warm quilts for everyone.

"Haha~"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but burst out laughing in unison.

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, and they could think of their fate with their toes.

"Okay, disband, everyone rest for a few days, we will start again in a few days, and strive to achieve greater glory!"

Accompanied by Qiu Kaiwen's disbandment, everyone couldn't help cheering immediately, and each of them hurried to the female slaves, listening carefully to the female slaves.

"Ahem, rock-paper-scissors~"

"Do you have any comments?"

"No opinion, no opinion~"

"Rock, scissors, paper~"

"Yeah~"

As the voices kept ringing one after another, one person was dejected and dejected. As for the final winner, he yelled excitedly, and then directly picked up a female slave he had dreamed of and went into the tent, accompanied by the shaking of the tent. , 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 this barren mountain, and someone must wash our clothes. Everyone is young, which is normal."

"Leave them alone, let them play."

Qiu Kaiwen smiled and said indifferently, ten female slaves only cost a few hundred taels of silver to solve a lot of problems. Some people can wash clothes, some can cook, and they can also warm the quilts for the team members. The money is spent. It is very cost-effective.

"The two of us will each share five thousand taels of silver that we saved, and repay our respective debts, and send some back home."

"There is still money left, we have to save it and continue to look for oil. Next time we find an oil field, we will mine it ourselves and build our own oil business."

"Now the price of oil is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more places to use oil. I estimate that it will continue to rise in the future."

Qiu Kaiwen began to plan in detail his future plans.

Finding the first oil field is just the beginning, and his ambition doesn't stop there.

"It is becoming more and more difficult to find oil in Yulin now. In some places, those big commercial houses have bought it, and the land is getting more and more expensive."

"I feel like I have to look elsewhere for oil."

Fang Ming nodded, then took out a map and pointed to the Yulin area on the map.

"Well, it is difficult for us to compete with those big business houses."

"It is necessary to open up new areas. It's just that oil is hard to find. There are really not many places with oil."

"I heard that there is a lot of oil in the Chaling colony and the British colony on the Persian Gulf side. It's 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 the people of Daming Petroleum Company that they discovered a large oil field in Liaodong with astonishing reserves. Do you think we should go to Liaodong to try?"

"I've also heard about that oil field. Now it seems to be the largest oil field in the hands of Daming Petroleum Company, with a daily output of more than [-] barrels."

"It is estimated that there should be oil in Liaodong, but our drilling team are all from Shaanxi. If we want them to go to Liaodong, many people may not want to go."

"In addition, our equipment and the like are very heavy, and transportation is also a problem."

"Can we consider buying some trucks to transport the equipment? I heard that the trucks are powerful and convenient for transporting goods. Sometimes the four-wheeled carriages are really weak."

"The truck is powerful, you can buy a few to try."

"First ask about everyone's situation. If you don't want to go to Liaodong, it will be troublesome. Everyone is already proficient. It is not easy to recruit people again. I also heard that the people here in Liaodong are very rich. With thousands of acres of land, it is difficult to recruit people for the factories over there, and everyone is not willing to go to the factory to receive the dead wages, and is more willing to farm at home and engage in breeding.”

"If it doesn't work, let's go to Shanxi to have a look. I heard that someone has discovered oil in Shanxi."

"Shanxi?"

"Yes, I think there should still be oil in Shanxi. The geology has many similarities with here."

"In addition, I heard that someone discovered oil in the Hezhong area. Maybe we can try it in the Hezhong area in the future."

"Hezhong is far away, but there are a lot of agricultural machinery on this side of the river, and the demand for gasoline is huge. Maybe we can directly open a smelter here in the future to smelt oil, and then sell gasoline around the river. I think This will work."

"What you said really hit the 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. arranged for this."

"If we want to refine our own oil in the future, we must find a place with oil and a market. This area in the middle of the river may really be a good place to go."

"Or we can just make a decision like this. We will set off for the Hezhong area in a few days, go to the Hezhong side to mine oil, and then set up a smelting plant to smelt oil by ourselves and sell gasoline."

"The current oil price is more than 200 Wen a barrel. If you find an oil field, you can just lie down and collect money. If you refine the oil into gasoline, kerosene, diesel, etc., the profit can be doubled. That's called making money."

"Yes, I feel that there will definitely be oil on this side of the river, and grain, meat, and vegetables are very cheap on this side of the river, and we can still save a lot of expenses. The terrain there is also flat. If we have a car, we can It's more convenient."

"Then it's settled, go to the river!"

(End of this chapter)