The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 506
Ding Yi and Zhao Dashan's expressions changed slightly, Chang Jiangang ran down first, and came back to report after a while.

There was a man from the tribe of Jacob who was not dead. He was hiding in a hole. He just came out suddenly and threw a ignited jar at Ding Yi's soldiers and horses. One of the gunmen in iron armor was burned to death.

I don't know what kind of kerosene is in that jar, but it's very powerful anyway, once it burns, it can't be extinguished, it's more powerful than the kerosene in their army.

Ding Yi was taken aback for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly took people down to have a look.

As soon as I entered the stockade, I smelled a familiar smell.

In the original history, it was not until the end of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty that oil was discovered in Daxuan.

During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, oil and natural gas were discovered in Tainan, Chiayi and other places.

Right now, their position should be close to Chiayi.

"Quick, quick." Ding Yi laughed, and immediately said: "Find it quickly, find the kind of thing they ignite, but be careful, it is flammable."

Dayuan doesn't have many oil resources, but if Ding Yi can use them early if he discovers them early, it will definitely be of great use.

Ming Jun and Naqige searched everywhere separately. After searching for half an hour, a freshman finally came to call them.

The crowd followed him from the valley to the northwest, climbed a hillside, turned over a small hill, walked through a jungle, and finally came to a pothole.

I saw that the pit was surrounded by dark brown viscous liquid substances, not crude oil, and it seemed very easy to mine, because Jacob's department in front had been digging for a while.

Ding Yi found a long spear and poked it inside, feeling very deep, all underneath.

"Hahaha." Ding Yi laughed out loud, never expecting such a discovery in Dayuan.

"My lord, what is this?" Zhao Dashan asked strangely.

"This is a good thing, black gold." Ding Yi danced happily.

The things extracted from this oil have various functions, and can also be used to synthesize rubber. Of course, with the current technology, it may not be possible, but at least it can be one step ahead of others.

Wait, rubber?Ding Yi suddenly thought of the rubber tree.

If there is rubber, and his infantry carriage is replaced with tires, the speed of travel is completely different.

Historically, it was transplanted to England 200 years later, and then to China 200 years later.

The original history is that the Japanese successfully tried to plant rubber in Chiayi.

Ding Yi thought that in the future, businessmen from Europe and Persia could find a way to bring him rubber tree seeds, perhaps hundreds of years in advance.

In view of this important discovery, Ding Yi decided to occupy Sanjian Mountain.

The location here is very good, but the students have no firearms. If Ding Yi builds a bastion at the gate of the village, if he works harder and brings a few cannons up, no number of students around will be able to attack.

And the mountain in front of here is a bit difficult to walk. In the future, a lot of trees on the mountain will be cut down to build a mountain road, and the traffic will be much easier.

Of course, he doesn't know how much oil this oil will produce, so we'll talk about it first.

At the moment, Ding Yi decided to set up a stronghold in Sanjian Mountain.

Keep [-] Ming troops stationed, please help build the fort and build the camp. Before the winter this year, all must be completed.

After it is built, recruit nearby students to help extract oil.

According to Ding Yi's idea, temporarily stock up in Sanjian Mountain, and then quickly find an expert who knows this, otherwise it will be useless to dig it out.

But in this day and age, it's hard to find someone who understands oil.

If you let Ding Yi use it himself, he will put it in a jar, light it on fire and throw it away, but he really can't do anything else.

Naturally, Ding Yi won this battle completely. With the raw soldiers in front and the Dutch soldiers in the middle, he wiped out the entire Jacob's tribe. On his side, more than 40 casualties were killed and injured, and more than 20 Dutch soldiers were killed or injured.

The Ming army accidentally fell, and his feet were pinched.

And because Zhao Dashan lent the iron armor to the old and familiar, it was well received by the tribal fighters. No one felt that the Ming people were letting them die and using them. Even Naqige felt that the Ming people were very loyal.

On June 24, Ding Yi led his troops back, because the food they brought when they came out was almost exhausted.

They gave most of the remaining food to the stationed people, and each of the others brought five days' worth of food and started the return journey. Along the way, they also sent out to the mountains to hunt wild animals to supplement food.

After more than 1000 people walked halfway, they suddenly turned and rushed to the south of Touzhu.

Arah didn't know why, but he followed anyway.
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Touchi Mountain is the gathering place of the first tribal tribe nearby.

There are more than 6000 people in Posi, and more than 4000 of them live near the mines in Mount Touchi.

This mine produces copper ore, and Posi relies on this copper mine to grow weapons, buy salt and sugar, and unify the nearby small tribes.

The closest channel for them to communicate with the outside world is the cliff that Ding Yi ordered people to block with stones and wood.

Now Ding Yi sent people to block that place, and he still garrisoned a hundred soldiers and horses. He also recruited craftsmen to make a simple blockhouse with wood and stones to guard the intersection to prevent them from going out.

The tribal elder and leader Misa is still quite depressed.

But that doesn't bother them.

Ding Yi blocked the road to the west, and his tribe could still go out from the east, but it was a bit difficult.

First of all, the west side used to be able to trade with the Dutch, but now it is trading with Ding Yi. The west side is blocked, so they can't trade with them naturally, and the east side is other reborn tribes.

That's why the people in Poxi are also very depressed recently. They can't get out from the west, and go around from the east. They often fight with other Shengfan tribes. If they want to trade with them, they often suffer losses. After all, no one is like Ding Yi. Give them the benefit.

In normal times, the leader Misa would most likely choose to fight with the tribes in the east.

But now that he has offended Ming Ren, he naturally chooses to be patient, not wanting to offend both sides.

this day.

Old Misa, with his daughter Mihaer and son Misha, was watching their craftsmen practice copper in the tribe.

They still use the oldest method, which is slow and inefficient.

"Father, recently you have to dig deeper to get out of the mine, and it's getting harder and harder to dig." Misa sighed.

Their mines are getting deeper, farther and farther away, and less efficient.

"Mingren's hoes and shovels are much better than ours." Mihaer said.

Hearing what his sons and daughters said, old Misa's face wrinkled slightly. Of course he knew that Mingren's things were better, but Mingren deliberately only exchanged a few for them.

He also didn't want to turn against the Ming people, but the Jacobs killed the Ming people, and his men failed to take down the Jacobs at the time, which caused the Ming people to misunderstand him, thinking that he was in partnership with the Jacobs.

Then the Ming people asked him to send troops to deal with the Jacobs, and of course Old Misa was unwilling.

After all, everyone is of the same clan, and they used to be friends, and they played other strangers together.

He didn't want to offend Mingren, but he didn't want to completely rely on Mingren either.

But he knew what his son and daughter were thinking.

Young people like to accept new things, and there are many temptations for outsiders.

A couple of his sons and daughters want to reconcile with Mingren, so that they can get a lot of sugar and salt, and they can also trade beautiful and useful things with Mingren.

"How is Mingren doing recently?" Old Misa asked.

"Most of the Ming people went to the northwest, as if they were going to fight Jacob's tribe." Misa said.

"You have to send people to watch everywhere all day and all night." Old Misa said.

"Ming people have blocked the way out west." Mihaer said.

"What do you know? Smart people are cunning and tricky." Old Misa said, "Worse than those Fanyi (Dutch)."

"We must send people to guard everywhere to prevent them from sneaking in."

"Then there is a reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days?" Misa felt that it was too exaggerated.

People in the tribe have their own affairs, and it is impossible to send people to watch everywhere all day long.

"Ming people have guarded it for a long time." Mihaer smiled and said, "Father, don't worry."

"Hey." Old Misa felt uneasy, and had to find someone to watch him all day and all night.

"Go, let's talk when we go back." The three walked out of the mine.

Old Misa is preparing to call a meeting of important people in the tribe.

Sudden.

"Bang bang bang" there was a continuous sound of gunfire in the distance.

"Not good." Old Misa's expression changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)