Lin Sanqi refused to let anyone pour the wine and explained with a smile:
"Director Wu, everyone, I'm from the south and I can't hold my liquor well, so please forgive me. Also, I'm here to do business, not to drink. I'm going back south soon to take a look.
You really got me drunk. When I get on a plane drunk tomorrow and fly away, don't regret it then. I'm giving you a chance. Director Wu, it's up to you whether to pour the wine or not."
Director Wu twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at Minister Zheng as if for help.
Minister Zheng was a shrewd man who could tell who was telling the truth and who was lying at a glance. He signaled everyone with his eyes and said with a smile:
"Okay, Minister Lin is a man of action, so let's not play these empty games. I'm going to make a rule tonight: we'll drink less, or even no alcohol, and eat more food. We can't waste all this delicious food on the table.
This is only in the Great Northern Wilderness. If it were in the capital, who would have such a feast during the New Year? Even if it was the leaders at the top, they would only have a bowl of braised pork at most. I feel a little guilty eating that.”
Director Wu quickly explained a few words:
"Minister, this table of wild game didn't cost much. We exchanged it with the local people. We just used some food coupons or cloth coupons.
Furthermore, to ensure the leaders can eat with peace of mind, I personally provided all the food and cloth coupons, without spending a single cent of the collective money. Minister, please rest assured that I, Old Wu, know where the red line is.
When Lin Sanqi heard this, he nodded secretly in his heart.
Only such cadres and such oil fields are worth helping.
If the Daqing Oilfield was like the oil system cadres decades later, then Lin Sanqi would also turn a deaf ear and say he could do nothing to help.
This was also the reason why he was willing to come to Daqing in the snow. He definitely wanted to come and see it in person. After all, the oil system was so...
After three rounds of dishes, Lin Sanqi was satisfied with his meal and burped, saying:
"Director Wu, I have an unsolicited request. Could you please make me a few more of this wild game tonight? Deer meat, roe deer meat, chicken stewed with mushrooms, bear paws, and so on. I'll take it all away."
Lin Sanqi was thinking that this delicacy would become extinct in later generations, so he should get some now while he could and bring it to his family in another time and space to taste.
They are all cooked and eaten secretly by the family. After eating, the bones are taken to another time and space and thrown away, absolutely without anyone noticing.
The Dongguan people even eat the Hujian people, let alone these cute little animals.
When Director Wu heard this, he was secretly delighted.
He was not afraid of Lin Sanqi making requests. If he made requests, it meant that the other party felt at ease and would definitely provide help to Daqing Oilfield in the future.
"Okay, Minister Lin, don't worry. Just wait for a day or two. I'll immediately arrange for people to go to several nearby counties to buy game. I'll make sure Minister Lin comes with excitement and leaves satisfied."
Lin Sanqi leaned back in his chair, then asked while rubbing his belly:
"Alright, Chief Zheng, and Director Wu, I'm already a God of Wealth and I'm already grateful for what I've done. Tell me what kind of assistance you would like."
When Minister Zheng heard this, he knew that the young man in front of him liked to play it straight and straightforward, so he stopped being reserved.
"Comrade Sanqi, if it's a personal request, I, Old Zheng, wouldn't be so shameless. But if it's for the public good and for the country, then I'll tell the truth.
I mentioned before that we currently have no shortage of oil. Not to mention other oil fields, the Daqing oil field alone is enough to supply the entire country's usage.
It’s still the same old problem. We currently lack refineries and refining technology, and have no way to convert oil into gasoline, diesel and aviation kerosene. This is something we are very worried about.
Currently, the most advanced refinery in our country is the Lanzhou plant, but the Lanzhou plant is responsible for more than half of the country's refined oil supply. We can't dismantle the Lanzhou plant and transport it to Daqing."
Lin Sanqi nodded. As mentioned before, the Lanzhou factory was aided by the Soviet Union, while the Daqing factory was built domestically.
Then the annual output of the Lanzhou plant is 400,000 tons, while the annual output of the Daqing plant is only 150,000 tons, which is a huge difference.
In terms of oil production, the Yumen Oilfield produces more than 1 million tons a year, while the Daqing Oilfield's annual output has reached more than 10 million tons. Moreover, the potential is huge, and there is oil all underground.
Therefore, the Ministry of Petroleum was eager to build a large refinery in Daqing to meet the national supply of refined oil in one fell swoop.
Lin Sanqi thought for a while and said:
"I'm an outsider when it comes to oil refining and don't understand your technology, but I visited the Daqing Refinery this afternoon. You're a very large plant with tens of thousands of workers. Why is your output so low?"
Director Wu sighed and replied:
"We are lagging behind in all aspects, and we must admit this.
For example, the Lanzhou plant assisted by the Soviet Union adopted technologies such as delayed coking, fluidized bed catalytic cracking, platinum reforming, urea dewaxing, and corresponding catalyst manufacturing processes.
In addition, there are more advanced processes such as hydrocracking, natural gas steam reforming to produce hydrogen, and alkylation. At that time, the Soviet experts were unwilling to teach us and kept it secret from us.
The direct consequence of this is that our workers know how to operate the machines and how to add catalysts, but we do not understand the manufacturing principles of the mechanical machines, the specific components of the catalysts, and how to produce them.
If we can’t solve the above two problems, we won’t be able to copy Soviet technology and produce advanced oil refining equipment.”
Lin Sanqi asked curiously, "So what kind of oil refining technology are we using now?"
Director Wu replied:
"We are currently using the kettle vacuum distillation method that was developed decades ago. To put it simply, it is a separation technology that uses heating to evaporate and then condense the liquid. The core equipment includes a distillation kettle, a heating device, a condenser, and a receiving tank.
The kettle vacuum distillation method can also produce oil, but the yield is very low, energy consumption is high, and pollution is severe. We used this method to refine oil in Yan'an before liberation.
If international advanced technology can produce 300 kilograms of gasoline from one ton of oil, our kettle-type vacuum distillation method can only produce 100 kilograms at most, which is a huge waste of precious oil resources.
Furthermore, the quality of the fuel is relatively poor, which is why we are unable to provide aviation kerosene to the Air Force."
Lin Sanqi was silent, thinking that the country was poor again. This was true for medicine, oil, and all aspects of the country.
If this bald guy had not been busy fighting the civil war and had focused on developing the economy, our country would not have been so blank in all walks of life.
Seeing Lin Sanqi deep in thought, Minister Zheng and Director Wu exchanged a glance, both becoming anxious.
"No, Minister Lin, why don't you ask us what kind of advanced oil refining equipment we need?"
Lin Sanqi burst into laughter when he heard this, thinking that this was from the 1960s, and the equipment he was going to ship over, even if it was second-hand, would be 40 or 50 years later.
Technology is developing rapidly, and the gap of a few decades is huge.
Haven’t you seen that a certain domestic electric car can launch three updated versions within a year, which is far ahead of the others?
"Forget about asking. After all, it's like talking to a cowherd if you're an outsider like me. Besides, I don't even know what kind of oil refining equipment I can get for you, so I can't answer you."
Minister Zheng was so excited that he grabbed Lin Sanqi's hand.
Lin Sanqi was so angry that she repeatedly shook him off, thinking, what's wrong with that? Can you touch a man's hand so easily? This is Daqing, not Chengdu.
"Comrade Sanqi, are you really willing to help us import advanced oil refining equipment? That's great! We've been dreaming about it day and night."
Lin Sanqi waved his hand and said:
"Now think about the scale of your refinery, such as the annual output of a certain number of tons of refined oil."
Minister Zheng and Director Wu were confused again, and then their eyes gleamed with gold. Minister Zheng gritted his teeth and said:
"We can go a step further, ideally with a refinery that can produce 10 million tons of refined oil per year. This will not only ensure the current national supply of refined oil, but also leave a surplus to accommodate potential future growth in usage."
In fact, at that time, the saturated consumption of refined oil in the country was about 3 million tons, and Minister Zheng had already tripled his request.
Ten million tons?
Before coming to Daqing, Lin Sanqi also checked some simple information on his mobile phone. The annual output of refined oil by general large-scale refineries in China is tens of millions of tons.
For example, Maoming Petrochemical and Huizhou Petrochemical in Dongguan Province have an annual output of more than 20 million tons.
Even as a medium-sized refinery, Guangzhou Petrochemical's annual output of refined oil products is over 14 million tons.
In another time and space, any refinery could provide the nation with refined oil in this era. Lin Sanqi felt sorry for Minister Zheng.
This opportunity is given to you, but you old man are useless. (End of this chapter)
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