The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

After Xia Zoe sent out the letter demanding compensation, he turned to deal with the oil mine dug in the Ravens Mountains.

-Petroleum is an important energy reserve.

Xia Zuoy must be firmly in control of his own hands, after all, oil is also equivalent to gold to a certain extent.

In addition, Quincesi was originally a border city, close to the Saint Airo Empire.

In case the multiple benefits of oil are known to the outside world-Quincesi is like a piece of fat on the bright side and is coveted by people.

In addition to strengthening the cavalry garrison, the way to defend the oil and Quincesi is to expand the border-push the edge of the territory outwards and extend the garrison line of defense.

Sha Zoe rubbed his chin and wondered, the border of the Saint Airo Empire...well, just right.

He understood that this letter demanding compensation would never allow the lord on the border of the empire to give up his territory willingly and actively.

This letter only served as a reason, a reason for the attack.

——First courtesy and then soldiers.

Since "good communication" is not enough, don't blame him for not using martial arts ethics in the future.

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The discovery of oil in Quincesi was an unexpected surprise for Xia Zoe.

In particular, the mineral oil is not very common on the Western Continent.

As far as Xia Zuoyi knows, there is only one oil field that has appeared in the Anas Empire, which is now the Kingdom of Anas.

And there is another place where the oil is extracted from the Khadi tribe in the west.

Furthermore, the role of oil currently being discovered is not comprehensive.

Most of the usefulness lies in extracting kerosene from petroleum.

——The price of portable very simple kerosene lamps on the Western Continent is not cheap, especially in some territories for the nobles.

People not only use kerosene lamps, but also light candles.

At present, there are roughly two main raw materials for candle production.

One is beeswax, which is a substance extracted from honeycombs.

The other is white wax.

White wax is made from the secretions of wax worms, plus some things, such as animal or plant oils.

In modern times, the main raw material for making candles is mostly paraffin wax.

Paraffin wax is a mixture of hydrocarbons extracted from certain distillates such as petroleum or shale oil...

The homes of some civilians or slaves used firewood for lighting at night, while families with a little surplus would buy candles for lighting.

The appearance of oil in the territory is of extraordinary significance.

In addition, petroleum on the western continent can also be used for lubricants and anti-corrosion coatings.

But this kind of usefulness is even less compared to lighting.

Mainly because of the limitations of existing technology, coupled with the fact that there is not much oil exploitation...not to mention, this brown-black viscous liquid is also called "devil's sweat"...

In the context of believing in the God of Creation, many people are very resistant to this.

Therefore, oil has not been well studied when it is not very popular.

Not to mention, some civilians, slaves, and even nobles did not know that the kerosene in the kerosene lamp was a substance extracted from petroleum.

Petroleum is not only an important raw material for production.

There are also many functions in life, and the production of many daily necessities is related to oil.

Xia Zoe exchanged prestige points for many related books in the library of the system interface.

——Actually, oil has already appeared in ancient China, and some circulated books also have records.

In addition to the known lighting, oil can also be used for medicine production, insecticide and disease treatment, or used as a weapon on the battlefield.

Xia Zoe thought about it a little bit.

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After he executed the mayors, officials, and robbers who were corrupt, deceived, and colluded on the spot in the early morning, he imprisoned the merchants from the Saint Airo Empire.

The suffering people were properly settled...

Finally, he led Walker and others to the village near the Ravens Mountains again, found the location of the second mine that was determined last night, and planned to continue the excavation.

At the same time, he was not idle.

Now the oil that has been excavated has been packed in more than a dozen round wooden barrels.

Among them, the wooden barrel that was previously dragged by the merchant to the Saint Airo Empire has also been recovered by the cavalry team...

Fortunately, the deputy company commander who was disguised as an ordinary civilian paid attention to this.

After the round barrel full of oil was taken out of Quincesi, he immediately reported it to Barna, and Barna immediately made the right decision.

Now we have petroleum raw materials in our hands.

Xia Zuoy intends to make incendiary bombs to prepare for the subsequent attack on the territory of the Saint Elro Empire border.

The compensation letter he sent out, the other party did not respond at all.

Xia Zoe was not surprised.

He stayed in Quincecine, multitasking.

——While summoning the people over to extract oil, the amount of wages is considerable, and on the other hand, they ordered people to hurry up to research and produce...Finally, a siege plan was implemented a few days later.

With the help of hundreds of incendiary bombs, the territory on the border of the Saint Airo Empire was unexpectedly smooth.

In particular, the people in the border territories of the empire did not have much resistance to the presence of cavalry.

Taylor, who heard back to report the war, said that at that time there were still some people offering them the residence of the lord of this border territory.

This allowed Taylor to catch the opponent before he could escape.

Xia Zuoyi expressed satisfaction with this.

-Doing good deeds will be rewarded, let alone curbing the spread of the epidemic.

Since the territory on the border of the Saint Airo Empire has been captured, it is useless to keep these merchants.

Although they secretly buy oil in Quincecine, they are also a middleman who earns the price difference and is not guilty of death.

So just as they said before-willing to take out a lot of property in exchange for his own life, Xia Zuoyi sent people to take them back to the border territory, and let them go home when they got the money.

Pity these merchants who were imprisoned early.

I thought I could finally return home after losing a lot of money, but I didn't expect that the territory they were in now belonged to Desinia.

Looking at the dilapidated city wall and the white cavalry troops stationed in and around the city, the merchants looked bitter, and they planned to puck their tails up in the future...

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On this side, Walker asked if he would continue to conquer the Saint Airo Empire in the future.

Xia Zuoyi: "What do you think of the current situation?"

Walker said: "The reason why we were able to occupy the border territory of the Saint Airo Empire so quickly was because the other party was caught off guard during the attack."

"And we have the advantage of a surprise attack."

"The second is because of the power of incendiary bombs."

"At last……"

Speaking of which.

Walker looked at Xia Zuoyi and smiled: "In the end, it was naturally because of the good deeds of Lord Lord, which allowed the people in the border territories of the Empire to accept us smoothly.

Xia Zuoyi bent his eyebrows and eyes: "Of course it is best to minimize casualties in the war."

"Walker, go on."

Walker sternly said: "Because of these three reasons before, this battle was very successful, but if you want to continue to attack the Saint Airo Empire..."

"My lord, forgive me for your subordinates' bluntness, the next battle will probably not go as smoothly as this time."

After all, the advantages will gradually decrease or even disappear.

Moreover, the situation of all parties on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and a little carelessness will lose the territory they have already occupied, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Xia Zoe nodded.

He knew what Walker meant.

If he wants to continue to attack the Saint Airo Empire-if the opponent is prepared, or if the empire sends cavalry to increase its strength, the battle is likely to continue...

It can be as short as one or two months or as long as half a year, unless one party first concedes defeat.

Furthermore, the Black Death hasn't been long since.

It is best for all parties to focus on recuperating and restoring their health, and it is not advisable to work the people and money, otherwise it is prone to turmoil.

But this aspect was not enough to worry Xia Zoe for the Desinian Territory. It should be the St. Airo Empire that should be worried about this.

But Xia Zoe did not want to keep the border between the two sides in war.

This is one aspect.

On the other hand, Xia Zuoyi was worried about the cultivation of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops.

Farming is better in a war.

Even if he can say that Orville and Archibald will form an alliance with him to take advantage of the empire... But there are still many things to be done in the domain.

What's more, oil is also being exploited, and the method of making incendiary bombs is not difficult.

If you use it a few more times, you will naturally find a way to crack it and make the same incendiary bomb to counterattack.

Xia Zoe put his hands on his chin and thought seriously.

In addition to being made into incendiary bombs, oil can also be made into fierce oil tanks that can fire continuous fire, and it can be used as a raw material for gunpowder...

Not only that, weapons made of oil can also be equipped on ships.

Such weapons are even more powerful, because the ships are all wooden, and once the fire spreads, it is a devastating disaster.

Xia Zuoyi changed his posture again and clicked on the table with his finger points-now the battle is going to be fought, but he has the final say to what extent it is fought.

In other words, taking advantage of the incendiary advantage has not completely passed away, first destroy and occupy a few more empire border territories.

Then, contact Orville and Archibald.

After all, the three-party alliance is still there, and it can exert pressure on the empire to a certain extent.

After that, it is to dig out oil mines as soon as possible, and use oil to carry out progress studies in various aspects of production and life.

Such as weapons manufacturing, medical pharmacy...

Walker saw that Lord Lord changed his posture again-resting his cheek with one hand, with a pensive expression on his face and commanded him.

"Continue to attack, Walker."

"In addition, send someone to notify Fernandi and let him guard the rear position..."

The order came down one by one, and Walker carefully remembered it in his heart, and then led the order out.

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In warfare, information transmission is really a very important decisive factor.

The king of the Saint Airo Empire was furious, and immediately ordered the prince Warner to go to the border to resist the Desinian attack.

However, when the prince Warner was still on the road, the border of the empire was quickly captured by two small areas.

at the same time.

The Akiyoli Territory and the Kingdom of Anas even sent troops to support them-to support the Desinian lord who currently dominates.

After all, Warner was just a prince, and he had inferior rights to the king.

He analyzed the pros and cons of this war, and planned to make peace with the Desinian lord and stop continuing the confrontation, but the king did not agree.

Half a month later, the border fell one after another.

The scope of the Desinian territory expanded westward, and the garrison line was extended.

In the end, the two sides ended in front of the city where the prince Warner led the cavalry to resist. After talking, the Saint Airo Empire gave up many conditions.

And this war finally ended.

The author has something to say: Xia Xia: We are different~different~

King of the Saint Airo Empire: Puff!

Pope: At first you asked me to stay in the castle to help you take care of Billow, waiting for you to come back, but after so long, you...

Xia Xia: Ah! I'm **** ah~~ A-ba, let's go back and provoke me.

pope:…………………………