After Xia Zoe sent someone to send the letter demanding compensation, she turned to deal with the oil mine dug in the Lifens Mountains.
-Oil is an important energy reserve.
Xia Zuoyi has to firmly control it in his own hands, after all, oil is also equivalent to gold to a certain extent.
In addition, Quincey West was originally a border city, close to the San Air Empire.
In case the various benefits of oil are known to the outside world - Quincey is like a piece of fat that is put on the bright side and coveted.
In addition to strengthening the troops stationed by the cavalry, the way to defend the oil and Quinceys is to expand the border - push the edge of the territory outwards and extend the garrison line.
Xia Zoe touched his chin and thought, the border of the Saint Air Empire... Well, just right.
He understands that this letter demanding compensation is impossible to make the lord of the border of the empire willingly and voluntarily give up his territory.
This letter only served as a pretext, a reason for the attack.
- First rites and then soldiers.
Since "good communication" is not enough, then don't blame him for not talking about martial arts in the future.
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The discovery of oil in Quincy was a complete surprise for Shazoe.
In particular, the mineral oil is not very common on the Western Continent.
As far as Xia Zoe is aware, only one oil mine has been excavated in the Anas Empire, which is now the Anas Kingdom.
There is another place where oil is extracted from the Kadi tribe in the far west.
Furthermore, the role of oil currently being discovered is not comprehensive.
Most of the uses are in the extraction of kerosene from petroleum.
- The price of portable and very simple kerosene lamps on the Western Continent is not cheap, especially in some territories for nobles to use.
In addition to using kerosene lamps, people also light candles.
At present, there are roughly two main raw materials for the production of candles.
One is beeswax, which is a substance extracted from beehives.
The other is white wax.
White wax is made from the secretions of wax worms, plus some things, such as animal or vegetable oils and so on.
In modern times, the main raw material for making candles is mostly paraffin.
Paraffin is a mixture of hydrocarbons extracted from certain distillates such as petroleum or shale oil…
Some civilians or slaves' homes use firewood for lighting at night, and families with a little extra money will buy candles for lighting.
The presence of oil in the territory is of great significance.
In addition, oil can also be used for lubricants and anti-corrosion coatings on the Western Continent.
But this kind of use is even less compared to lighting.
Mainly due to the limitations of existing technology, coupled with not much oil extraction... What's more, this brown-black viscous liquid is also called "the 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 studied much in the case that it is not very popular.
Not to mention, some commoners, slaves, and even nobles do not know that the kerosene in the kerosene lamp is a substance extracted from petroleum.
Oil is not only an important raw material for production.
It also has many functions in life, and the production of many daily necessities is related to oil.
Xia Zoe exchanged a lot of related books with reputation points in the library on the system interface.
—Actually, oil has already appeared in ancient China, and there are records in some circulating books.
In addition to being used for known lighting, oil can also be used to make medicine, kill insects and treat diseases, or be used as a weapon on the battlefield.
Xia Zuoyi thought a little about this in his heart.
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After he executed the corrupt, deceitful and collusion mayors, officials and robbers on the spot in the early morning, he imprisoned the merchants from the San Airo Empire.
And the suffering people are properly accommodated...
Finally, he led Valk and the others to the village near the Lifens Mountains again, and found the location of the second mine that was determined last night, and planned to continue digging.
At the same time, he was not idle either.
Today, the oil that has been excavated and extracted has been packed in more than a dozen barrels.
Among them, the barrels that were previously pulled by the merchants to the Saint Airo Empire have also been recovered by the cavalry team...
Fortunately, the deputy company commander, who was disguised as an ordinary civilian, paid attention to this.
He reported it to Barna immediately after the barrel full of oil was taken out of Quincesi, and Barna made the right decision right away.
Now we have petroleum raw materials in our hands.
Xia Zoe plans to make incendiary bombs to prepare for the subsequent attack on the territory of the San Air 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.
- On the one hand, the people were called to come to mine oil, and the amount of wages was considerable. On the other hand, they ordered people to study and produce it quickly... Finally, a few days later, the plan to siege the city was implemented.
With the help of hundreds of incendiary bombs, the territory on the border of the Saint Air Empire was unexpectedly smooth.
In particular, people in the Empire's frontier territories did not have much resistance to the cavalry's presence.
Taylor, who came back to report the war, said that there were still some people who offered them the residence of the lord of this frontier territory at that time.
This allowed Taylor to catch him before he could escape.
Xia Zoe was satisfied with this.
- Doing good deeds will be rewarded, not to mention curbing the spread of the epidemic.
Now that the territory on the border of the San Air Empire has been captured, it is useless to keep these merchants.
Although they secretly bought oil in Quinceysine, they were only middlemen who made the difference, and they were not guilty of death.
So according to what they said before - willing to give a lot of money in exchange for their own lives, Xia Zuoyi sent someone to take them back to the border territory, and let them go home when they got the money.
Pity these businessmen who were imprisoned early.
They thought they could finally return home after losing a lot of money, but they didn't expect that the territory they were in now belonged to Desinia.
Looking at the ruined city walls and the white cavalry troops stationed in and around the city, the merchants' faces became bitter, and they planned to hold their tails in the future...
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On this side, Valk asked if he would continue to capture the Saint Air Empire.
Xia Zuoyi: "What do you think of the current situation?"
Valk said: "The reason why we were able to occupy the border territory of the Saint Air Empire so quickly is because the other party was caught off guard at the time of the attack."
"And we had the advantage of a surprise attack."
"The second is because of the power of incendiary bombs."
"at last… "
Speaking of which.
Valk looked at Xia Zoe and smiled: "In the end, it was naturally because of the Lord's kindness that the people in the border territory of the empire accepted us smoothly."
Xia Zuoyi frowned: "It is of course best to minimize casualties in a war."
"Valke, go on."
Valk said sternly: "Because of these three reasons before, this battle was very successful, but if you want to continue to attack the Saint Air Empire..."
"Lord Lord, with all due respect for your subordinates, the next battle may not be as smooth as this time."
After all, the advantage will gradually diminish or even disappear.
Moreover, the situation of all parties on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the slightest carelessness will lose the territory that has been occupied, and the loss will outweigh the gain.
Xia Zoe nodded.
He understood what Valk meant.
If he wants to continue to attack the Saint Air Empire - if the opponent is prepared, or if the empire sends cavalry and the troops increase, the war is likely to continue...
It can be as short as one or two months, or as long as half a year, unless one side admits defeat first.
Furthermore, the Black Death had just passed not long ago.
It is best for all parties to focus on recuperating and recuperating.
But this aspect is not enough to worry Xia Zoe for the Desinia Territory. It should be the San Air Empire who should be worried about this.
But Xia Zuoyi didn't want to let the border between the two sides fall into war all the time.
This is one aspect.
On the other hand, Xia Zuoyi was thinking about the planting of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops.
There is no better farming in war.
Even if he could say that Orville and Archibald allied with him to take advantage of the Empire... but there was still a lot of work to be done in the territory.
What's more, oil is also being mined, and the method of making incendiary bombs is not difficult.
If you use it a few times, you will naturally find a way to crack it and make the same incendiary bomb to fight back.
Xia Zoe crossed her chin with her hands and thought seriously.
In addition to being made into incendiary bombs, oil can also be made into violent fire oil tanks that can continuously shoot fire, and can also be used as raw materials 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 made of wood, and once the fire spreads, it is a devastating disaster.
Xia Zuoyi changed his posture again, and pointed the table with his finger-now the battle is going to be fought, but it is up to him to decide how far it will be fought.
That is to say, before the advantages of the incendiary bombs have completely passed, they will first occupy a few more territories on the border of the empire.
Then, contact Orville and Archibald.
After all, the alliance of the three parties 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 research in all aspects of production and life.
For example, weapons manufacturing, medical pharmaceuticals…
Valk saw that the Lord Lord changed his posture again - he used one hand to rest his cheeks, and gave him an order with a contemplative expression on his face.
"Keep fighting, Valk."
"Also send someone to inform Fernandi and let him guard the rear position..."
After ordering the orders one by one, Valk carefully remembered them in his mind, and then led the order out.
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In war, information transmission is really a very important decisive factor.
The king of the Saint Air Empire was furious, and immediately ordered the eldest prince Warner to go to the border to defend against the attack of Desinia.
However, while the eldest prince Warner was still on his way, the borders of the empire were quickly captured in two small areas.
at the same time.
The territory of Akyayoli and the kingdom of Anas even sent troops to support the lord of Desinia, who currently has the upper hand.
Warner is just a prince after all, and the power in his hands is not as good as that of a king.
He analyzed the pros and cons of the war, and planned to make peace with Lord Desinia and stop fighting, but the king did not agree.
Half a month later, the border fell one after another.
The territory of Desinia expanded westward and the garrison line was extended.
In the end, the two sides ended in front of the city where Prince Warner led the cavalry to resist. After talking, the Empire of St. Airo gave up a lot of conditions.
And the war finally came to an end.
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