Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 259: Do you need to be balanced now?

Wang Shouliang is not short of oil, he really is not short of oil at all.

In the Genesis Plane of 1994, in a small and cozy small suite in the Galaxy TV headquarters building, Xiang Nanfang burped repeatedly to show that he was not hungry at all. Wang Shouliang then opened the window and turned on the indoor fresh air system to allow fresh air from the outside to flow into the room. .

After he lit a cigarette, he smiled and said, "Are you going back to Nandu after the Spring Festival this year?"

Miss Xiang nodded, "It's been more than two years since I came here. Your brother-in-law Qiao Yicheng has become a regular student. I have to go back and work harder."

During the two years she has been studying and inspecting in Hong Kong Island, the dark alleys next door where Lao Wang likes to walk alone and quickly have almost become a highway.

Wang Shouliang laughed, "Then the millions of tons of oil that have been spilled in Nandu this year should be reduced to a certain extent."

The earliest oil transactions with Siberian oil oligarchs expanded from 300 million tons per year to 1994 million tons in the summer of 500...

In this era, 500 million tons is just drizzle.

But for the Plan A world in 1905, Mao Xiong and North America competed to see who was the world's largest oil-producing tycoon and overlord. That was also a production capacity of eight to nine million tons a year!

With a production capacity of eight to nine million tons a year, Rockefeller was worth US$1910 billion in 10, allowing cars such as the Ford T to sell hundreds of thousands or millions of units every year, making North America a country running on wheels. country.

He just arranged to put the 5000 tons of oil that he had collected in his portable space after he had stayed in the Genesis Plane for more than a month to relax and take a vacation, and put it into the oil depot of the car factory and sent it to part of the refinery.

When Wang Shouliang arrived at the automobile factory from the oil refinery again, and when he arrived at the factory guardroom, guards saluted and reported that Kevin and Joseph were visiting... They were in the western restaurant department of the factory cafeteria.

Just pull a little bit of oil from 1994, and you can put tens of thousands of Pearl River Model Ts in the Plan A world, including future Liberty Trucks and Jeffrey Trucks, into operation.

We can't let the big leaders give Xiang Nanfang a promotion in half a year. How old is she? Isn't that a mess? !

Although 1994 was only the third year that Wang Shouliang, an East Asian oil tycoon, went to Nandu to sell oil... the quantity was too much.

"You don't know that a certain knight has long been full of praise for your creativity. He has praised you on various occasions in Europe as a strong man who promotes the development of the times!"

Seeing Wang Shouliang smoking, Xiang Nanfang said happily, "It's better not to talk about these spoilers. I'll go downstairs to feed you."

"But the sudden advancement of land mechanization is really epoch-making!"

Millions of tons of oil turned North America into a country on wheels in the early 20th century, which hit a southern city every year with millions of tons of oil.

What Wang Shouliang is speechless is that he travels between two dimensions. If he uses his humanity and merit to open the door and transport crude oil, it is really not worth it!

This can only mean that he will not be stuck by the great powers in Plan A! !

Joseph also walked over quickly and added, "That one is the new Sea Minister. Last year he started to promote the conversion of steam engines into fuel engines. It has been converted into many majesty-class battleships."

Therefore, the large dining hall is used to receive people and entertain guests. It has long been a very decent place, making guests feel high-end and comfortable.

The biggest problem plaguing China at this stage is road construction! !

"I have to say that the mechanized team you created is too exaggerated to promote the pattern of land warfare."

“I don’t know what the price is??”

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"It's not that the coal mine owners are too wealthy and powerful. That person's idea of ​​a pure fuel battleship is about to be pushed forward."

200 points of humanitarian merit can only transport several thousand tons of oil at a time. In the Plan A world, the oil imported from North America last year cost more than 9 US dollars for tons... What does a US dollar mean to him?

Ten thousand cubic meters of portable space is much more cost-effective than transporting oil, regardless of mechanical equipment or paper technical materials.

How can a city in Southern China compare with a country in North America? !

In order to stabilize the many North American and Hanse cat car engineers, Wang Shouliang even hired thousands of North American Ocean horses, golden cats, and Latin mixed breeds, and hundreds of Japanese girls...

The Majesty-class battleships, namely the Shikishima-class, North American Connecticut-class, and Hanscat's Braunschweig-class, are also the strongest giant ships in the Shikai Fleet at this stage, the Shikai-class.

When it comes to food, he will definitely not be idle. Whether it is the Western food department in the canteen of the automobile factory or the Western restaurants opened in Bao'an New District and Yau Tsim Wang, they all employ top-notch chefs.

“In large districts, I don’t even know how to arrange return gifts.”

"If this continues, for several years, I guess even the provincial leaders won't know what to think of me..."

His humanitarian merits have already jumped to several million points because he saved countless lives in China. A round trip of 200 yuan only transports 5000 tons of oil at a time. A thousand times is 500 million tons of oil.

When he first came to this world, Wang Shouliang only had 5000 cubic meters of portable space, but now it has been expanded to cubic meters.

Xiang Nanfang smiled sweetly and nodded, "Okay, it's okay if you stop it completely. My dad said that the oil development and trade that my reputation has brought is too great."

September 1905, Zhujiang Automobile Factory.

"Originally, there were some important figures in our Royal Navy who insisted on converting steam power into oil-burning equipment in order to obtain a larger and better power system."

Kevin and Joseph were the ones he called over on his own initiative. What he wanted to talk about was this project. In the past, he had planned to go all out to build ships when the First World War broke out.

They all have a displacement of about 305 tons and are equipped with MM heavy artillery dual turrets.

Petroleum crude oil is less dense than water and can float on the surface of the water.

Even if China does not develop any oil fields, it is impossible for him to get oil stuck.

It is guaranteed to make countless ghosts linger over the food and enjoy it.

When Wang Shouliang inspected the progress of the automobile and truck industries, he found that it would still take several more months of research and development before the first truck could be built through a combination of semi-mechanization and semi-manufacturing.

When Wang Shouliang arrived at the first floor of the Western Food Department of the cafeteria, he saw Kevin and Joseph eating steak, foie gras and red wine. The waiting atmosphere was very good.

"But it has been severely hindered and suppressed. At least in the Panyang Lun Sun Never Sets area, a large number of coal mine owners have already established terrifying interests with the Royal Navy..."

Seeing Wang Shouliang, Kevin quickly put down his knife and fork and walked over with a smile, "Wang, the negotiations with the North American oil giant are progressing smoothly. The final price has not been set, but the price has been brought back to 13 US dollars per ton. ”

But after the promotion of land mechanized troops triggered new oil trade negotiations, Wang Shouliang unexpectedly discovered that this was a good opportunity.

Wang Shouliang suddenly remembered who that person was. When a waiter from the cafeteria came over to deliver wine on a tray, Wang Shouliang raised a glass of wine, clinked glasses with Kevin, took a sip and smiled, "I think We need a shipyard that can build Majesty-class battleships.”

Compared with the same volume of water and oil, water is heavier than oil. Only 7000 cubic meters can hold 9000 tons of water at a time, and the amount of crude oil ranges from to more than tons.

Kevin was stunned, as was Joseph.

Tens of seconds later, Kevin took a big sip of red wine and the glass was empty. Then he explained excitedly, "Wang, this is a dream, it's impossible."

"At this stage, Mao Xiong and the island country guys are bleeding each other, which is almost equivalent to dragging each other to death together. Your four-sea fleet is already too large in the Far East, and there is no opponent to restrain you."

"Even the Sea Lord, Sir, who admires you very much, only praises you because you promoted the value of oil and helped him modify the steam engine ship..." "I have received news that the Royal Navy is planning to semi- Sell ​​half of it to give the island nation a batch of Majesty-class battleships. Not to mention your current strength of 6 Majesty-class battleships, there must be at least 4 in order to balance the situation in the Far East."

"The worst we can do is let the islanders pay tariffs for a few more years, or open one or two concessions!"

Joseph also nodded repeatedly, "It's almost like this. Your rise back then was conducive to restricting and balancing. Now your development also needs to be balanced."

"No matter whether you can continue to buy majesty-class battleships from North America and Hans Cat, no matter how much you buy, the mainland will support the island country by opening concessions in the island country."

"This is the truth because our friendship has become stronger than ever over the years."

Wang Shouliang couldn't help but laugh. These two Yalun ghost guys are really sincere. Considering their friendship over the past few years, they have become stronger than each other. That's real money and money coming and going year after year.

Taking another sip of red wine, he said calmly, "What if I could find you an oil field with an annual output of several million tons?"

"Your Royal Navy wants to switch from coal-burning power to oil-burning power. The biggest obstacle is the coal mine owners all over the world, and Yan Lun does not have large oil fields..."

"A large oil field with an annual output of several million tons can almost catch up with the national annual output of North America and Mao Xiong!"

Which one is better, a coal-burning steam-powered ship or an oil-burning one? Burning oil can completely eliminate coal.

A simple example, whether it is the Yan Lun Majesty class with a displacement of 17 tons, or the North American Connecticut class, the maximum speed is about 18 knots or knots.

Hanscat's top-tier battleships are also at this speed, basically about 33 kilometers per hour.

In the future, the battleship Queen Elizabeth that shined in World War I is no longer a dreadnought, but a super-dreadnought, with all oil-burning power plants and eight 8MM main guns. That is 381MM, not the current pre-dreadnought. 381MM!

Each shell weighs 870 kilograms, more than twice the 305 kilograms of the 390MM main gun!

With heavier shells, a stronger rate of fire, and a longer range, it is truly the King-class battleship in World War I, with a displacement of 3 tons.

Various data, including the fire control system, comprehensively surpassed the Dreadnought, but its speed was as high as 25 knots, which is equal to 46 kilometers per hour.

What is the difference between 33 kilometers per hour and 46 kilometers per hour? ! This is the terrifying speed brought about by full-scale oil-burning power. It is also a small era where generations of Yinlun maritime ministers and Yinlun coal mine owners all over the world have been wrestling with each other.

The dispute between coal and oil was launched!

Without Wang Shouliang's intervention, the battleship Queen Elizabeth also started construction in 1912, was delivered and entered service at the end of 1914, and remained one of the battleships until World War II.

At that stage, there were few large oil fields in the world.

After being stimulated by Wang Shouliang's land armed exercises and raids, the pattern of land warfare was rewritten in advance, and the world's major powers knew the benefits of oil...

How about another oilfield thrill? ? He hopes to trade oil fields for shipyards!

If you don't want to change, just go to France, Hanscat, or North America. They also have shipbuilding technology.

As for the large oil field he was talking about, it was the Minas Oil Field in Sumatra. From its discovery and exploitation in the 40s until the 70s, it had a cumulative oil production of 2.8 million tons, with an average annual production of between and million tons.

This is straight back to the early 20th century, when North America and woolly bears were stimulated by year-round production.

Once this oil field is exploited and the oil production is determined, the maritime powers will fight to get it out of their minds.

Sumatra, India... It's just opposite Xingjiapo and Malaysia under the control of Yin Lun, only separated by the small Strait of Malacca.

Today's Sumatra is very Dutch.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Netherlands did not dare to participate in the First World War.

Wang Shouliang's Sihai Escort Bureau can easily defeat them all!

If Wang Shouliang shares the information about this oil field, for example, if I help with the exploration and extraction, you and I will share the percentage, that’s fine... That will ensure that the Pearl River Oil Refinery, Automobile Factory, etc. will never be short of oil. .

Yin Lun wanted to get rid of him and go it alone, but at worst Wang Shouliang organized a scheme and dragged Hans Cat into the water along with France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, each taking 10 or 20% of the shares.

With a large group of robbers on the table together, Yalun couldn't afford to make too much of a fuss.

After all, Wang Shouliang's Sihai Fleet is a force that cannot be ignored in East and Southeast Asia!

But after it is fully constructed, it will produce several million tons of oil a year, which is the amount of oil that he can produce in a thousand shuttle transfers between the Genesis plane and the Plan A plane.

If we continue to spend money and expand the portable space to 10 cubic meters, we can earn to tons in one round trip...

The Minas Oilfield in Yinni is considered dispensable to Wang Shouliang.

His final bottom line guarantee is that he can open large oil fields in China.

As the card was thrown, Kevin and Joseph looked at each other again, speechless for a long time. A few minutes later, Kevin asked for another glass of wine and took a big sip, "This is impossible!!"

Wang Shouliang smiled calmly, "First of all, I bought a large number of top automotive engineers, scientists, etc. from North America, including manufacturing guns..."

"Then I can secretly purchase oil exploration and mining talents, isn't that right?"

"Secondly, there is a continuous process from the discovery of a large oil field, its putting into production, and then its continuous oil production every year."

"You help me open a shipyard for majesty-class battleships, not in a day or two, but in years. There is basically no possibility of lying or deceiving you."

"If I lie, you will find out at any time and interrupt business cooperation at any time."

"Finally, if you don't sell, I will contact William and North America immediately. They will definitely be interested, and the Tsar will also be interested. Even if there is another ghost-bear war, he will definitely be interested in an oil field with an annual output of millions of tons!"

So what if the Tsar lost a million gray animals and a huge fleet in the Ghost-Bear War? One million tons of oil now costs 1300 million U.S. dollars, which is still the price on the negotiation table.

Ten million tons, $1.3 million!

Basically equal to the price of ten HMS Queen Elizabeth super-dreadnoughts built in 1912!

Approximately equivalent to more than 6 million taels of silver.

The Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded China and signed a treaty with an indemnity of 4.5 million taels of silver.

This happens every year? ? It's easy to break a dog's mind.

Even if the discovery of this oil field will have a large-scale impact on oil prices, such as falling from 13 US dollars per ton back to or US dollars, that is easily hundreds of millions of taels of silver per year.

He has now reached an agreement with Yin Lun, and Yin Lun, France, Hans Cat, North America, etc. will also compete for several rounds.

This is richer than a super gold mine! With just a shipyard, there is a high probability that you can get it.

(End of this chapter)