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The county magistrate of Xiazhi County was originally a member of Huang Zu. After handing over Xiazhi County to Liu Jing, Huang County magistrate was transferred back to Wuchang. Now the entire county magistrate is in charge of the county magistrate. The county magistrate is Mao, a native of Chaisang. He is about forty years old and looks very ordinary. He is the ordinary appearance that is difficult to find if thrown into the crowd.

However, County Magistrate Mao was smart and capable. This time the people of Chaisang moved westward, he made great efforts, worked hard and exhausted his mind.

At noon, Liu Jing rode a horse and accompanied by Mao County Magistrate, inspected the situation in Xiazhi County.

"Reporting to Sima, our Xiazhi County is a small county. The population of the county is only more than 1,000 households, five or six thousand people. The county is small. This time the population of Chaisang has surged, and the population of the county has soared to 15,000, which is already a limit."

Liu Jing nodded, and he also saw that the small county town was full of immigrants, and the houses of the indigenous people were requisitioned, almost a house was living in a family, making the small county town crowded, and there were screams, curses and crying of children everywhere. The whole county town was stinking and disgusting."

Liu Jing frowned and turned to the county magistrate Mao and said, "This is not possible. The internal organs in the county are chaotic and epidemics are prone to epidemics. Once a plague breaks out, a disaster will come. Measures must be taken immediately."

Yiji next to him said: "Sima is right. He must strictly prevent epidemic diseases. Lime can be used to eliminate filth and poison. In addition, once someone gets sick, he must be isolated immediately."

The high-ranking official from Yiji came from Xiangyang and the county magistrate just appointed by Duke Jing. County Magistrate Mao did not dare to argue and agreed timidly.

Liu Jing glanced at Yiji with satisfaction and said to the two of them: "If there is insufficient manpower, you can ask the troops outside the city to help. Just say it is my order and ask Wang Tai to send some soldiers to assist you."

County Magistrate Mao was overjoyed. He was worried because of insufficient staff. Since there were soldiers to help, the matter could be done. He hurriedly said, "That's a good job and arrange it now."

Liu Jing glanced at Yi Ji again, and Yi Ji felt helpless. He could be said to have been forcibly appointed as the county magistrate of Xiazhi County. On the one hand, he felt a bit ridiculous. He was obviously the envoy of the provincial governor. Without the consent of the provincial governor, he became the county magistrate in Jiangxia. This did not meet the appointment process in the officialdom.

But on the other hand, he was also a little moved. Seeing that Liu Qi and Liu Cong were both unreliable people, and Yiji was not a genius in Jingzhou, but just a fellow villager of the provincial governor. He had no background or background. Where was his future in the future?

Liu Jing's emphasis on him made him see a glimmer of hope. Perhaps following Liu Jing will have a future, so he was very conflicted. He was like a bride who wanted to marry a man but felt that he was not etiquette. He was so embarrassed that he entered the bridal chamber and became the magistrate of Xiazhi County.

Yiji understood what Liu Jing meant, and he sighed in his heart, and had to enter the role of the county magistrate, bowed and bowed, "I will arrange it with the county magistrate Mao."

"I'll go to the military camp with you"

Liu Jing had nothing to do for the time being, so he took Yiji and Mao County Magistrate to the military camp outside the city. The military camp was stationed outside the northern city, with two thousand soldiers, led by Wei Yan and Wang Tai, while Liu Hu and Liao Hua were stationed in Yangxin County, while Gan Ning patrolled the Yangtze River to monitor the Jiangdong Army's operations.

Since Liu Jing temporarily lived in Xiazhi County, Xu Shu rushed to Yangxin County early in the morning. Yangxin County had a larger population and all the money, grain and materials were concentrated there. Liu Jing ordered Xu Shu to be fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Yangxin County.

As soon as he arrived at the military camp, Wei Yan and Wang Tai met him after hearing the news. They knelt on one knee and saluted, "See Sima"

"Two generals ask for help, I have something to bother you."

Liu Jing brought everyone to the tent. He sat down and told Wei Yan and Wang Tai about the situation. It was natural to send troops to assist the local government. However, Wei Yan's heart was more meticulous and asked: "It requires a lot of lime. Is there so much lime in Xiazhi County?"

Liu Jing didn't know the situation in Xiazhi County. He looked at Mao County Magistrate. Mao County Magistrate smiled and said, "General Wei doesn't know that the biggest specialty of Xiazhi County is two stones, one of which is lime. In the Qishan area in the west of the city, limestone is abundant. Every year, many merchants hire people to mine. There are ready-made limestone in the warehouses in the mining area, which can be used directly by ship."

Wang Tai smiled and said, "This is easy to deal with. I know Qishan, and it's not too late. I will take five soldiers to ship to transport them immediately."

At this time, Liu Jing asked curiously: "I don't know what the other stone is among the two stones."

"Reported to Sima, it is a very sticky black thing that can burn and has a pungent smell, but we usually use it to treat diseases. Locally, we call it stone carbon oil, and some people use it to light the lamp."

Liu Jing was stunned. Isn’t this oil? He immediately asked: “Where is this kind of carbon oil?”

Seeing that Liu Jing was quite concerned about this stone and carbon oil, the county magistrate Mao hurriedly said: "It's in the area of ​​Xiazhi Lake to the south."

Liu Jing immediately stood up and said, "General Wang and County Magistrate Yi go to transport lime mines. I want to see this kind of stone carbon oil. Please ask County Magistrate Mao to take me to Xiazhi Lake."

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The terrain of Xiazhi County is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. A lake is formed in the lowest lying in the southeast. It is named after the county, and it is called Xiazhi Lake. The lake is surrounded by large forests and has a sparse population. It is usually set off by hunters and woodcutters. However, the lake is rich in Xiazhi County, a large local specialty, stone and carbon oil.

The so-called stone-carbon oil is actually oil. Xiazhi County is located in the center of the Jianghan Plain. This is the Jianghan Oilfield in later generations. It contains abundant oil underground and generally requires special exploitation to be obtained. However, in some stratigraphic fault zones, oil will also overflow the surface through cracks, which is also the way people obtain oil in ancient times.

There are just a few strata fault zones west of Xiazhi Lake, and underground oil overflows over the surface, forming several natural oil wells. However, at this time, people still don’t know the use of oil, mainly used to treat skin diseases, but some people have found that it can burn, so they are used to light the lamp to cook.

Liu Jing followed Mao County Magistrate to Xiazhi Lake and soon found several cracks that were rich in stone and carbon oil. He happened to meet several local people taking stone and carbon oil. Seeing a large group of soldiers coming, several oil producers were so scared that they dodged away.

"Sima, this is the oil well with the largest output." County Magistrate Mao took Liu Jing to a crack in the ground and pointed at the bottom and said.

Liu Jing looked at the so-called ground crack oil well. It was actually a natural crack. The widest part was oval, and it was dark and dark below. However, when you approach the ground crack, you could smell a pungent smell. The crack was full of dried and solidified oil, dyed into large areas of black.

"Will the carbon oil in it overflow?" Liu Jing asked.

County Magistrate Mao scratched his head, "It overflowed once or twice a few years ago, but it disappeared later. He needed to tie a rope with a wooden barrel and scoop it in. However, it was not deep and could be picked in less than one meter. Anyway, it could not be finished, so it was not very useful, and most people would."

Before he could finish his words, Liu Jing waved his hand and interrupted him. He turned to a military marquis and said, "Now all the stone and carbon oil is requisitioned by the military, and no one is allowed to be mined. In addition, tell General Wei to send people to Xiazhihu to guard these oil wells."

The Junhou agreed and immediately sent someone to notify Wei Yan. Liu Jing couldn't help but feel excited. When he was fighting with the Jiangdong Army yesterday, he was helpless in the attack of the Chaoche. At that time, he thought that if he had tincture oil, he could use the tincture oil to burn the Chaoche.

I didn't expect that yesterday I just thought of tinea oil, but today I found oil, which made Liu Jing feel moved. It was simply God favoring him. He asked Mao County Magistrate, "Is this kind of stone carbon oil, except Xiazhi County, there are other counties?"

County Magistrate Mao thought for a while and said, "I heard that there are also people in Jingling County, more than here we are here, so I don't know very well about the specific positions."

At this time, a soldier borrowed a wooden barrel and a long one and brought a bucket of carbon oil from the oil well. It was like black syrup, sticky and thick. The soldiers surrounded him and asked in a lingering manner: "Sima, what's the use of this?"

Liu Jing laughed, "It's useless now, but if you handle it, it will be of great use."

He then said to the Mao County Magistrate: "Go and find a blacksmith for me. I need him to make something."

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Liu Jing once saw local oil refining in later generations. Although many equipment did not exist in this era and he did not understand many details, he understood a little bit of the basic principles.

It is also very simple, it is the step of precipitation, distillation and cooling. Although it is impossible for it to refine industrial products such as gasoline and diesel, at least after processing, the oil is no longer so viscous and can be used in military use.

At this time, Liu Jing's mind was all focused on refining tin oil. He found a blacksmith, used iron sheet to create some curved tubes, dug a few more pots, and found a few large iron pots.

The principle is very simple. First precipitate for one or two days, then put the filtered oil into an iron pot to make it. The evaporated oil and gas flow through the iron tube. One of the iron tubes is in the pool. When passing through the pool, the oil and gas will condense, and the turbid oil flowing out of the other section of the iron tube will become clear and light yellow.

Of course, this is still far from the diesel and gasoline in later generations. This is actually the most primitive kerosene and the turbid oil that Liu Jing expected. In fact, after another year, this same liquid appeared on the weapons and equipment list of the Byzantine Empire.

In the afternoon of the same day, just as Liu Jing was leading dozens of soldiers to refine tincture oil, a soldier sent by Ganning brought unexpected news that Wuchang County was captured by the Jiangdong Army, Huang Shi was defeated, and fled to Xiakou with several remaining soldiers in panic.

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In Wuchang County, Sun Quan stood on the top of the largest city in Jiangxia, looking down at thousands of households in the city. At this time, he felt a sense of ambition. Taking down Wuchang City means controlling Jiangxia's heart.

But Sun Quan also knew that it was not easy to completely control Jiangxia. The key was the Huangzu family. If Jiangxia can be successfully merged into the Jiangdong territory, the key was to pull the Huang family out of Jiangxia.

Sun Quan summoned the general Pan Zhang and whispered to him: "Source the five armies to Huang's villa immediately and kill all the members of the Huang clan for me, and leave no one behind."

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Jingling County is the Qianjiang River in later generations, the headquarters of Jianghan Oilfield. The entire Jiangxia County is the core area of ​​Jianghan Oilfield, so it is reasonable to find oil in Xiazhi County.
Chapter completed!