After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 379 Fire Oil Resources
This last rebus is the most difficult, and no one would be able to figure it out if they didn't know the allusion.

Ye Yu'an also looked at Ning Qingheng with slight surprise, he couldn't guess this riddle either.

Ning Qingheng leaned his head on Qu Chu's shoulder, "I happened to see this allusion in the master's study a few days ago."

The host didn't quite believe it, but he didn't want to get to the bottom of it, so he said: "Princess Luanfeng guessed right, this lantern riddle is indeed 'The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers', Cao Min asked someone to fetch the lantern."

The shape of the lantern that Ning Qingheng guessed was not too special, it was made in the shape of a waist drum, but above the lantern was a lotus flower.

This lotus is made lifelike, and it also exudes the fragrance of lotus.

There is a painting on this lantern:

A bodhisattva whose face cannot be seen clearly and a man raised their heads slightly, and there were lotus petals falling from the sky, among which many petals were stained on the body of the bodhisattva, but there was not a single petal on the man's body.

Although these two people don't have faces on the screen, they can feel their demeanor through the screen.The lines of the clothes are delicate and smooth, and every detail is clearly visible, and each petal is faintly shining.

Here is a Buddhist story:
"Vimalakirti Sutra: Spectator's Life": At that time, there was a woman in Vimalakirti's room. When she saw the adults heard the preaching, she appeared in her body and scattered the heavenly flowers on the Bodhisattvas and great disciples. Falling, the great disciple will not fall.

People who don't know this allusion will not be able to guess the answer to the mystery of "The Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers".

The question is how old is Princess Luanfeng?Not yet three years old?
I heard that she had a vision when she was born, could it be that she is really a god in the sky?
After the owner brought the lantern over, Yan Hong carried it for Ning Qingheng.

Su Yingxue looked at Ye Yu'an with an unfriendly gaze, and Ye Yu'an bid farewell tactfully.

That night, Mrs. Hua pulled Qu Chu aside alone and talked for a while.

"General Qu, I want to tell you something today: Everyone thinks that the land of the wolf country is barren and the products are scarce, but it is not.

The wealth of the wolf kingdom is buried underground.

There is a wealth of kerosene under the grasslands and Gobi in the wolf country. "

Qu Chu was slightly surprised: "How did the old lady know?"

Mrs. Hua said: "When I was young, I was doing business in the Wolf Country, and I discovered it by accident."

Of course things are not that simple.

Mrs. Hua traveled from the future, and her identity in the future is a geological surveyor, so she was able to find coal mines, porcelain clay mines, and purify perfume for the Hua family.

Mrs. Hua said:

"General Qu, I know that kerosene is not very useful now, it is mainly used to ignite the fire, so you don't pay much attention to it.

But please believe me, kerosene is very useful, but the current technology has not yet developed to that point. "

Qu Chu half-understood, "Madam, can you tell me more about it?"

Mrs. Hua's expression became serious:
"Right now, our main means of travel is horses, but in the future, after many, many years, horses will no longer be our means of travel, and there will be vehicles, ships, trains, planes and other means of transportation that can drive.

They are many times faster than horses.

For example, it doesn't take an hour for an airplane flying in the sky to travel from Luofu to Yudu.

As for the means of transportation I am talking about, they need fuel to start, and these fuels are refined and processed from fire oil. "

Qu Chu looked at Mrs. Hua carefully.

Mrs. Hua smiled wryly: "General Qu, this is the first time I've said these words to people. I know that as long as I say it, others will regard me as a lunatic."

Qu Chu said: "That's not true. I see that the old lady has a clear mind, and it doesn't seem like she's talking nonsense. I'm just curious why the old lady Hua is so determined?"

Mrs. Hua said:

"I also hope that the general will not get to the bottom of it.

The reason why I said this to the general is because the general has a broad mind.Even if the general doesn't believe me, he won't do anything to me.

I just don't want such a good resource as kerosene to fall into the hands of the wolf country people. "

The reason why Mrs. Hua said these words to Qu Chu was also because she saw that Ning Qingheng was extraordinary.

Qu Chu thought for a while and said:

"Actually, I don't doubt what you said.

For example, the ships you mentioned used to be driven by sails and wind, and could only travel along the coast.But today's ships can go far overseas.

Therefore, the cars, trains, planes, etc. you mentioned, I believe it is possible to appear in the future. "

Seeing that Qu Chu didn't believe her words, Madam Hua said happily:

"exactly.

Let’s just talk about the current ships, which are still driven by steam engines and fueled by coal, but in the future, ships will be propelled by propellers, and the speed will be faster, but the fuel will be heavy oil.

And this heavy oil is also a processed product of kerosene. "

Qu Chuli understood what Mrs. Li Hua said, "What does Mrs. Li mean, are these transportation tools in the future inseparable from kerosene?"

Mrs. Hua said:

"That's what I mean.

Technology is constantly advancing, but resources such as fire oil and coal mines are limited.Whoever can master these resources will have capital.

Therefore, Dayu Country should take advantage of the wolf country's current slump to take over the resources of the wolf country. "

Qu Chu faintly understood.

"I remember what the old lady said."

After returning to Chu Palace that night, Qu Chu told Ning Youbei what Mrs. Hua had said to her.

Ning Youbei is much more economically sensitive than Qu Chuqiang. Although he felt that what Mrs. Hua said was too weird, he knew the importance of resources.

"You invite Mrs. Hua to Chu Palace tomorrow, and I will have a detailed talk with her."

……

The next day, Mrs. Hua was invited to Chu Palace.

Ning Youbei looked at Mrs. Hua. This old lady gave people a really different feeling from ordinary old ladies. She didn't have the aging spirit of an old man at all, which would make people forget her age unconsciously.

"Madam, Ah Chu told me everything you told her yesterday, but I still have some things I don't understand, so I invited you here."

Mrs. Hua smiled and said, "It is my honor to be invited by His Highness the King of Chu."

Mrs. Hua talked about the future ships and planes again, but in more detail.

Small cars burn gasoline, trucks burn diesel, airplanes burn kerosene, and ships burn heavy oil, all of which are processed and refined using kerosene.

Mrs. Hua said: "It's just that I only know the superficial knowledge, and I don't know the refining methods and techniques."

Ning Youbei said: "The old lady is very grateful for being willing to tell me. I wonder if someone under the old lady can find out the flames of the wolf country?"

Mrs. Hua said: "I know how to detect these kerosene myself."

Ning Youbei said: "It's not that I don't believe in the old lady, it's just that the old lady's body can bear it?"

Mrs. Hua said: "I'm only guiding from the sidelines, and it won't take much energy."

Ning Youbei thought for a while, "Then I will discuss it with Brother Huang, how about sending a detection team to go with the old lady in the near future?"

Ning Youbei also considered that Mrs. Hua was getting old, so she could move while she was still physically fit.

　Idle People Gossip Gossip is a pen name I took when I was young and randomly wrote my experience. Two years ago, I suddenly had the idea of ​​writing a novel, so I continued to use this pen name.

　　At first I thought I couldn't last long, but after two years, I felt that there were still many stories I wanted to tell, so I decided to adopt a more formal pen name.

　　So the new pseudonym "Linheng" (heng, second tone) was born.

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