On the same day that Zheng Zhilong entered Fuzhou City, the Yuandou, which set out again from Damuan Port, also sailed out of the channel and headed north along the coastline, heading straight for Miasu.

Miaosu is located in one-third of Taiwan, not far from Taipei.

Miasu in the 17th century was a truly wild land: this land between mountains was home to primitive savages without any trace of civilization, except for the primeval forests.

The savages here are more "pure" than their distant relatives in Taipei and Tainan, because they have no contact with outsiders. Fujian merchants will not come here. The terrain here is steep, with high mountains and dense forests. There is no sulfur and no half-life.

The civilized natives opened the village gate to welcome their arrival.

For thousands of years, the Miaosu area surrounded by mountains, like the seaside deltas in Taitung, has been a forgotten corner.

Historically, even after driving away the Spaniards, the Dutch people who conquered the entire island still ignored this wild mountainous area. It was not until the middle of the Qing Dynasty that a small number of Han people gradually entered Miaosu.

Of course, the Dutch didn't know that there were treasures in the land of Miasu. It was precisely because of the existence of this dark, sticky treasure that it attracted the terrifying travelers and their...

The Dutch who were defending the merchant house were blown up into the sky.

Now, the Yuan Dou is finally about to enter Miasu to find the origin of everything, making the time traveler to start Taiwan's fundamental driving force at all costs: oil.

Miaosu's geographical location is very remote.

Starting from Tainan and heading north along the inner island coast, between Taichung and Hsinchu, there is a large river: Houlong River.

After entering Houlong River, the ship's sailing direction went south again. In other words, the Yuandou's sailing route was in the shape of a "bu". The point of the "bu" character is the twists and turns of Houlong River.

Pan Mingzhong's destination, Miasu, is at the end of the road.

The water volume of the rivers in the 17th century was far greater than that of later generations. You must know that in later generations, due to the industrialization process of the cities along the way, even the Yellow River began to dry up from time to time. The Huanglong, which had ravaged the land of China for thousands of years, was treated in this funny way.

Governed.

The water volume of Houlong River is very abundant, with an average width of more than 100 meters. So when Pan Mingzhong and others entered the river mouth and started the gas machine, with the assistance of low-speed propellers, they easily started their exploration trip on the river.

Like all rivers in the 17th century, there are many sandbars and rocks in the channel of Houlong River. These locations will be recorded by the instruments on the Yuandou today to facilitate future cleanup.

The Yuan Dou entered Houlong River from west to east, passing through some hills and small plains on both sides of the river. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that these places were pioneered and reclaimed by the Hakkas. The four coastal towns of Zhunan, Houlong,

The main residents of Tongxiao and Yuanli are ethnic groups that speak Taiwanese Hokkien.

After driving on the river for almost 10 kilometers, the Yuandou came to the first big bend in the river. The alluvial plain here was where Miasu City would later be located, and it was also the largest plain along the Houlong River.

, although this land is actually very large, with a total area of ​​only 37 square kilometers.

Miaoli's old name was Maoli, but it was not renamed until the Qing Dynasty.

Nowadays, there are no traces of Hakkas on both sides of the river. Dense camphor forests occupy every inch of land in the plains and hills. Yuandou slowly goes up in the deep dark green mountains. The mountains on both sides are high and densely forested, with the cries of apes and the roar of deer. It is quite interesting.

The feeling of the Little Three Gorges This is what makes Miao Su unpopular with Fujian merchants: there is not even a beach or thatched grassland, only trees.

After turning the big bend in the river in Miasu City, the Yuandou's course changed to due south, which means it was heading back. A mountain away was the sea.

This distance is still 10 kilometers.

At this time, some people on the boat began to get excited: after turning another big bend ahead, when the boat resumed sailing from west to east, less than six kilometers ahead, it was the first place in Chinese history.

The original site of the oil field where it was discovered: Chushuangkeng.

In 1861, the last year of Xianfeng's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Qiu Gou, a resident of Chusuangkeng area in Miaoli County, first discovered an oil outcrop there. He used manpower to dig a well with a depth of more than 3 meters, with a daily output of 40, which was used to light lamps.

During the Japanese occupation, the oil exploration team went to the area for actual investigation, and started drilling in Chusuangkeng the following year. Two years later, Well No. 1 was successfully drilled, with a cumulative production of 170,000 tons of oil and 55 million cubic meters of natural gas from 1876 to 1946.

In real history, even in the 21st century, oil and natural gas are still produced here, and it is the oldest existing oil and gas field in the world.

It is also the most suitable oil and gas field to travel through.

The Chulunkeng area is geologically an anticline structure. The central part is the highest and the two wings slope outward. The oil and gas are trapped in the anticline structure.

The two wings of the anticline structure are composed of interbedded sandstones and shale of different softness and hardness. In addition, the terrain is relatively high. Therefore, the initial oil fields here were either dug by indigenous people with shovels or wells dug by the Qing Dynasty Yamen.

, the depth is about 100 meters.

Just like a baby, there is no need to eat meat in the beginning: it has neither a stomach nor teeth. With the current industrial capabilities, it is impossible to handle high-yield oil wells with a depth of one or two kilometers and violent eruptions of oil, such as those in the Gulf.

An oil field.

On the contrary, the oil field here in Miasu is the most suitable: American technicians came here to drill wells in the third year of Guangxu's reign. The shallow wells with a depth of only 120 meters produced 950 liters of oil per day. Such shallow wells, which do not require large-scale oil production machinery and have no eruption pressure, are kilns.

The oil well model that is most needed by the regional base at this stage.

After turning the second river bend and proceeding for about 6 kilometers, the Yuandou followed the plan and found a small river bend near the place named Chusulukeng in later generations and lowered its anchor chain.

Looking at the lush vegetation on the creek bank in front of them and the dense woods in the distance, with no terrain visible at all, the three people standing on the bow of the boat couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

You know, in the photos Pan Mingzhong and his colleagues have, there was a special "oil town" on this river bank in later generations.

CNPC's facilities here are quite complete: oil storage tanks, office buildings, homes, oil production facilities, oil derricks, wires, and poles are all over the place. In addition, there is also the most important road into the mountains.

A tall, thin, middle-aged man with a tile face, who looked very much like a black boss, faced the virgin forest in front of him and said in frustration: "The terrain has completely changed. Who knows where the oil pit is?"

Ning Wei, a former maintenance worker at Yumen Oilfield, is the only oilfield professional in Chuanzhongli.

After hearing Ning Wei's complaint, Lei Jian, the deputy captain of the exploration team, asked: "Don't you have the coordinates in your hand?"

"What we are looking for is an ancient pit where oil sprouts appeared during the Qing Dynasty. This thing has long been lost in history." Ning Wei said this and shook his head: "The coordinates I have now are all

The thousand-meter wells drilled by China Petroleum Corporation in later generations will be useless in the short term."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and talk about the entire landing site first." Pan Mingzhong, the exploration captain, has no time to think about where the oil pit is. His current responsibility is to arrange for people to go ashore and build a camp first.

Soon, more than twenty workers with picks and shovels got off the boat. These people were all drawn from the team that specializes in dredging rivers in Chikan, and they were highly skilled and experienced.

Since it has entered the flood season and the river level has risen, the river bend where the Yuandou is stationed at the moment is not far from the river embankment. After the workers disembarked, some started shoveling stones to build roads on the narrow river beach, while others

A few of them went directly to the river embankment and began to use pickaxes to carve out a path of steps.

An hour later, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the simple passage was repaired. Next came the moment of brave and diligent work: a large number of workers carried tools onto the river embankment, including three main workers with electric saws, and quickly climbed up the river embankment.

There was a harsh sound of sawing wood.

Whether they were shrubs, weeds or thick trees, they were all quickly knocked down in front of the electric saws. At this time, Pan Mingzhong and Lei Jian were already fully armed, with several formal exploration team members also carrying them, standing behind the workers.

Pressure the formation.

At the same time, some logs of suitable size were also thrown off the embankment. These fresh water-containing logs will be stuffed into a gas stove to provide electricity to the shore, so as to save high-quality retort logs stored in the cabin.

The engine room of the Yuandou has been modified. When the electric saw on the shore is working, the gas stove system and a small generator also start at the same time, and then a bundle of wires is thrown to the shore: leaving the wires, the rechargeable electric

A saw can run out of battery quickly, especially in a 17th century environment filled with giant trees.

At 6 p.m., Pan Mingzhong promptly ordered the work to end.

More than 2 hours of non-stop frantic work had drained all the workers' physical strength. If they continued to work, it would affect tomorrow's work. So after giving the command, the team withdrew the Yuandou, leaving only the workers on the embankment.

Two sentries are stationed there.

The results of these two hours are still remarkable: a half-acre open space has been cleared on the embankment, and some dense vegetation further away has also been knocked down. As long as the exploration team is given one day tomorrow, a small wooden

The stronghold will rise from the ground.

Of course, before the village was set up, it was better for everyone to go back to the boat and spend the night, lest they be captured by the savages and cooked for barbecue. According to records from the Qing Dynasty, Miasu was the territory of the Pingpu Daokas people. However, no one could

There is no guarantee that there are no high mountain cannibals in the nearby Miaosu area in the early 17th century, and there are no records of mountain aborigines.

In the evening of that day, several iron pots were set up by the river beach. After the members of the exploration team took the time to eat some dried venison soaked in rice, they took an early rest. The three crossing leaders of the exploration team, after dark,

Climb up to the machine gun nest, put on night vision goggles, and start taking turns.

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