Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 263: Still have to develop slowly?
Kevin, Brian, Hugo and others arrived at the Qijiazhuang Living Base in several Pearl River T-model cars at around 8 o'clock in the evening. They drove into the compound under the street lights and saw Wang Shouliang coming out to greet them. .

Kevin couldn't help but sigh, "Wang, it only took you about a year to bring backward feudal villages into the age of electricity and steam."

"I don't know what the level of such a farm layout is. Or maybe Hugo knows better? After all, it comes from North America."

In his words, Kevin's arrogance and look down on the Hugo bumpkins in North America were very exposed, and he didn't bother to cover it up at all.

The First World War had not yet broken out, and this was still the peak of glory for the nation. North America had the image of a nouveau riche and a country bumpkin.

Before the First World War, there were still a lot of wealthy North American families, with dowries of millions of dollars, dreaming of marrying into a noble family!

Not to mention, since the Connecticut joined the Four Seas Fleet, this is the Shiba Inu brother grabbing money!
Hugo glared at Kevin angrily and smiled warmly, "Wang, I'm too lazy to say anything or ask for mercy for the Thirteen Taibao water bandits who span the 800-mile Dongting Lake."

"I came here this time to ask if the large oil fields you are negotiating with have been settled? When it comes to oil field exploration and production, as well as transportation, refining, etc., we have the largest and best professional teams in North America."

Wang Shouliang, "..."

Good guy, he thought that Hugo really wasn't here for the big oil field, but to intercede with the North American grain merchants for the grain transport ship that was being hacked.

This was still an era when landlords and wealthy people could not eat rice every meal.

Kevin and Brian stared at Hugo for a few more times before Brian said, "Wang, although the mainland wants to support the island countrymen and half sell and half give them a few Majesty-class battleships, we can't affect the mainland on this matter. resolution."

Now that the matter has reached this point, is the big oil field real or fake? The possibility of it being fake is very low, otherwise William would still have to fight with Wang Shouliang? !

"It's too late now. We can only sit at the negotiation table and talk slowly."

"Whether building a large shipyard or developing a large oil field, it does not happen overnight, but over many years. With this cooperation, everyone wins."

After scolding, Brian couldn't bring himself to speak for the kidnapped Yalun Matheson, so he could only change the subject, "King, William's fleet has sailed out of the North Sea, and seems to be heading for the Mediterranean..."

People of all sizes, including Hans Cat, from Qindao, also gathered in Baoan to build a shipyard for Wang Shouliang.

"In exchange, we will give you 10 tons of high-quality rice."

That was William who forced Yin Lun to play a life-threatening arms race.

"It's far less troublesome than the follow-up."

This is enough food to feed more than 30 people for a year, or 100 million people for half a year.

But now, William's royal fleet really set off.

He took the wine glass and looked at the sky. On the night of the 10th of the twelfth lunar month, it wasn't too cold here in Jiaxing, and tons of high-quality rice was not a small amount of money.

"Compared with this information, those bastards who went to Hunan to pick up bargains deserve to die."

Hugo took two glasses of wine from a four-sea guard who came with a tray, one for himself and one for Wang Shouliang, "Wang, we also want to know where the oil field is."

Wang Shouliang, "..."

"Is that big oil field in North Africa? Or is it?"

Wang Shouliang burst into laughter, "This oil field family cannot afford it, especially Kevin and you guys didn't seize the opportunity. If I had discussed this matter for the first time in September last year, you would have decisively made a deal with me."

Are you showing off your cards at the beginning? ?
Both Kevin and Brian were furious. Kevin stopped talking. Brian was the boss of the Shanghai Public Settlement and the Ministry of Industry. He pointed directly at Hugo’s nose and yelled, "What level are you and what level are we? That oil field is Can you get involved?"

"Shit!"

Kevin had to give up the topic of the Thirteen Taibos of Dongting Lake, mainly because Hugo, the North American jackal, was too annoying. Even if it was the first time he heard about the big oil field, he couldn't believe it at all. He thought it was too ridiculous.

“The island country really needs to be supported over there to check and balance the country.”

"But we can ask a group of local experts to convert your six Majesty-class battleships into fuel-powered ones. Even if they are half fuel and half steam, the Majesty-class's normal speed of 15 to 17 knots will easily break 20 knots. .”

Since William's big move, Yalun has really had no shortage of regrets. If he had known it, he would have decisively agreed to it in September last year when Wang Shouliang raised the time limit for the first time...

Instead of waiting for a few months, the news spread to all the great powers, and everyone negotiated and negotiated. Wang Shouliang was not vain at all. William was stimulated and made a big move. Now North America is surrounding him.

With so many competitors, the probability of Yinglun alone taking over this large oil field no longer exists.

To put it bluntly, a majesty-class battleship shipyard is not a very important technology to the entire world. This thing is in the phase of elimination.

The Dreadnought was built several years ahead of its original trajectory. Who allowed the 1902 Xiaoliuqiu naval battle and the Picric Sour Explosion Force to join in, and it taught all the powerful powers a lesson!

Wang Shouliang thought for a while and said with a smile, "That big oil field is in Yinni."

Kevin, Brian, and Hugo were all dumbfounded. They were silent for a few seconds, and some of the ghost guys began to express their beautiful words like Wang Defake, Sanof Bichi, and Shete.

Everyone was dumbfounded by this news. How could there be such a terrifying treasure in a scummy place like Yinmu? What a hell.

Ink pad, the country of ten thousand islands!
The Dutch colonies... The Netherlands is nothing in this era. The Netherlands is the kind of situation where the adults talk and your children sit at their own tables.

In the current stage of East and Southeast Asia, the United States has occupied a large number of colonies such as Xingjiapo, Malaysia, Brunei, and Australia, the French have occupied Vietnam, Cambodia, etc., and North America has occupied the Philippines, etc., to put it bluntly Go, there is nothing vacant.

Hans Cat also controls many islands in the Mariana Islands, Nauru and other places. Mariana is the closest to the island country, and Nauru and Hawaii are next to each other.

It was at the beginning of the 20th century, before the outbreak of World War I, that William's Hans Cat really had many disputes and frictions with North America in the Pacific.

No one would have thought that India, a colony under the Dutch command surrounded by colonies of many powerful powers, would actually have a super-large oil field with an annual output of several million tons of oil! !
This is a super gold mine!
A few minutes later, Hugo quickly drank the wine and said excitedly, "Wang, I promise to deliver those 100,000 tons of high-quality rice to Shanghai within two months."

"This news is so important, our Atlantic Fleet must be transferred in advance!"

India is very big, a country of ten thousand islands, but as long as it is India, it is easy to say, whether it is Hawaii or the Philippines, the North American fleet across the Pacific, bases, etc.

More or less, you have to eat a bite of meat!

They also have a base in Guam, next to Mariana of Hans Cat, a neighbor!
Not to mention Kevin and Brian, the entire Yinni colony is surrounded by the entire Yanlun colony. They now hate even more that they didn't directly trade with Wang Shouliang in September last year.

Once the transaction is successful, the ink pads surrounded by them can be eaten as much as they want? At that time, I was still an island countryman, and I was finished with the Czar's Pacific Fleet of Mao Xiong.

If before France, Hans Cat and North America could react, the fleet would close the door and eat meat, it would be too exciting.

Now William's fleet and the North American Atlantic Fleet are about to set off. This is a missed opportunity!
It wasn't until Kevin and Brian's intestines were almost turning green with regret that Wang Shouliang laughed and said, "You two, don't you take the time to contact the mainland and inquire whether you still want to strongly support the island country's issue?"

"I'm not worried about how much of a threat the island nation will have to me if it has three or four more majestic-class battleships, but their navy has experienced the Sino-Japanese War, Kumejima, Koryukyu and Tsushima naval battles."

"It's also an elite force."

"With an elite navy and big ships, you don't have to worry at all. The island countrymen are coveting the big oil fields in India?? The future here is already chaotic enough..."

"And as a country with thousands of islands, Yinni may not only own an oil field!"

Of course, there is more than one Minas oil field in Indonesia. There are also large oil fields in Java Island adjacent to Sumatra...

Not to mention Indonesia, Malaysia is also among the top oil and natural gas resource tycoons.

It is because of the restricted era that the technology has not been developed.

Wang Shouliang does not need to use these oil fields and natural gas to create much wealth and profits, he only needs to curb the development of the Japanese.

Hugo's eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes, Kevin, Brian, there is enough chaos around Indonesia, and the island country guys are not good people. After winning the Ghost Bear War, they blackmailed the tsar, and the tsar was so angry that he wanted to overturn the table. .”

"Their own shipbuilding capabilities are stronger than Wang's now. If we support them again, they will not be able to covet the oil fields this time."

“What about the discovery of new oil fields in the future??”

Kevin and Brian looked at each other.

The ambitions of the islanders are very big. Who among them doesn’t know that? After the Sino-Japanese War, they captured the Bendian side and Xiaoliuqiu earlier. In addition to the peninsula, the Ghost Bear War also wanted Northeast China...

It's so brutal to be so ambitious!

Although the island nation suffered a heavy loss after the Ghost Bear War, they had to open ports and cede concessions to repay debts and recover blood.

But you are right to say that they have developed a certain elite navy and army through war after war.

This news really needs to be spread back to the mainland as soon as possible and discussed carefully.

………………

On a new day, standing at the gate of the Qijiazhuang Living Base on the farm, watching Kevin, Hugo and others leaving in a hurry, Wang Shouliang complained speechlessly, "It still needs to grow slowly for a while."

"But this time, an oil field can curb the development of the Japanese navy and get a lot of good things in exchange. The effect is very good."

Bai Xiuzhu was numb as she listened, "Big shopkeeper, do you still want to grow slowly?"

You've scared the old witch so much that she hasn't returned to the capital for a long time, and you often suffer from insomnia. Isn't this enough?
Wang Shouliang laughed dumbly, stopped talking, and continued to start a new day's itinerary.

He is inspecting and regulating all the farms in the Yangtze River Delta. This is no small job.

For the next period of time, except for New Year's Eve and the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, Wang Shouliang rested for a few days at the Prince's Mansion in Shanghai. For more than a month, he traveled to farms in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui.

Regardless of whether the 10 tons of high-quality rice sent from North America or what Bai Xiongqi continued to purchase and transport, it was all put into large warehouses and granaries in the Yangtze River Delta.

Also from February 2, the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raised its head, and the rain gradually started from the Hunan side and swept across the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The security departments in Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu were originally expanded by one year, each with 1200 people and ten full-staff brigade leaders, but they were also expanded to ten full-staff 400-person deputy section chiefs, and each province had 4000 troops.

The Thirteen Taibao Tiantian Regiment stationed in Dongting Lake are ensuring that only one grain ship will enter Hunan during the disaster period, and they will severely attack every grain ship that leaves Hunan.

It was also during this time that fleets of European and American powers, all large ships, and various 305MM main gun turret gunboats gathered around Indonesia...

It made countless uninformed people shout wildly, could this be a world war?
But the big fleets of the great powers are gathered in the Strait of Malacca, the Philippines, Australia, the Mariana Islands and other places, which seems to be too biased.

………………

On May 1906, 5, Wang Shouliang returned to Shanghai on the Sihai Fleet. He took a look at the stormy Shanghai Beach and couldn't help but sigh.

This time, large oil field trade has officially entered the track.

He went to Sumatra for two months, using several exploration experts he had previously hired in North America, and coordinating and commanding the exploration expert teams sent by North America, Yilun, Hanscat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, the Tsar, etc...

Just open every point where oil can come out, and that's it.

The rest was built and divided among the great powers themselves.

So many oil experts not only cooperated wholeheartedly with Wang Shouliang's command, but also wanted to steal the Minas oil field. The annual output of the Minas oil field can directly catch up with North America and Mao Xiong. Why was it possible for someone named Wang to discover it? ?

Why can't you? !

If experts from various countries could discover it in advance, why would they need to provide Wang Shouliang with so much support, material and technical equipment transactions?
Fortunately for the great powers, Wang Shouliang himself did not participate in the oil field trade this time, otherwise he would get another share. What they paid for was that many countries worked together to help Wang Shouliang build a shipyard in Baoan to manufacture Majesty-class battleships.

When Wang Shouliang and his team disembarked from the ship, at the dock, a convoy of dozens of Pearl River T cars, four Pearl River Liberty trucks, and two Xijiang trucks were already lined up and waiting.

Apart from the various intelligence ministers, war department dart chiefs, and chief dart chiefs, Bai Xiongqi has also been waiting with Bai Xiuzhu for a long time. Since Bai Xiongqi took over as the commander of the special fleet in March last year, in addition to transporting guano, Except for various negotiations, or business purchases and other actions.

He has also been brainwashing his sister...

In the past, Bai Xiuzhu was somewhat spoiled and unruly, and the eldest lady had a bad temper. But now that she has fallen into the eyes of shopkeeper Wang, she will continue to be brainwashed.

As the crowd walked towards various vehicles, Bai Xiongqi quickly came over and said, "Big shopkeeper, floods are constant in Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but Hunan and Zhejiang are the worst."

"Fortunately, the big shopkeeper has planned so far in advance, so the intensity of this year's disaster is still within the tolerable range."

"The great shopkeeper is truly unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness, and there are countless people alive."

Wang Shouliang was speechless, "Stop flattering and do more practical things. No matter what you are doing for, as long as you do more practical things, the world will not owe you much."

Bai Xiongqi nodded repeatedly, "What the big shopkeeper taught me is that Xiuzhu and I have been on the front line of disaster relief recently, so we can take her to experience life."

"This girl used to have a bad temper. She needs to be educated properly."

Bai Xiuzhu's eyes widened and she didn't know how to complain. She only knew that she was 14 years old, so she seemed to be an adult?
(End of this chapter)