Rebirth 1912 starts with people on the Titanic

Chapter 19 is in trouble

"Oh, damn it. The boss must be crazy to dig up oil in this shabby place. "

After sending Bruce away, Wallace finally broke out, grabbing his hair and jumping to his feet to complain loudly.

"Hey, Wallace, why are you so angry? Anyway, whether we dig up the oil or not, we won't be paid, will we?"

"Shut up, Barrudo. Wallace glared at Barudo and exclaimed, "That's why, I'm the boss's assistant, and you two are just two coolies carrying equipment." "

Barrudo and Hibiier pouted at Wallace and began to work unconvinced.

With Wallace as a professional at the helm, plus two employees who had previously been employed by many oil exploration teams, worked for him.

Instead, Bruce's life became more laid-back.

Every day, all Bruce had to do was take a shotgun he had pulled out of his previous farmer's house and rode around his first farm on that lean horse.

Although the farm land is barren, the area is surprisingly large.

It's almost twice as much as the fertile farm in Handar.

Except that it is a little far from the nearest gathering point, there are a little fewer crops on the farm, and the cattle and sheep raised by the previous farmer are a little thinner.

Bruce thinks the farm is still very good.

In the wasteland, there are occasionally wild animals such as hares.

Bruce patrolled his farm and went hunting.

If it weren't for the wrong timing, Bruce would have liked the laid-back life of a farmer in the western part of the country.

As for the drilling, that's something he doesn't need to think about.

In his previous life, he was nothing more than a mercenary.

When

it comes to oil drilling, Bruce doesn't know anything about it.

All he knew was that in the soil of St. Daven's Spring, there must be rich oil resources.

As long as the well is drilled deep enough, oil production is a sure thing.

......

In general.

At the beginning of the 20th century, it took about half a month to drill an oil well.

This is a limitation of hardware conditions, and naturally cannot be compared with the developed technology and advanced equipment of later generations.

If it is handed over to a professional drilling team to drill the well, the time can be shortened by about two days, but it is not much faster.

Two weeks passed.

The

roar of the machines on the farm barely stopped.

For days, Bruce went out on patrol and hunting every day with a shotgun.

I don't care about the work on the drilling side.

He wasn't in a hurry, but Wallace was a little anxious.

It's been two weeks of drilling, and nothing has come of it.

This made him even more disbelieving in Bruce's decision.

During this time, Wallace asked Bruce if he needed to change the location and drill again.

Because if this continues, the rig will soon hit the rock layer.

If this is the case, then it is a great challenge for the drill bit of the drilling rig.

At this point, Bruce confidently comforted Wallace and told him to be patient.

In desperation, Wallace had no choice but to let Barudo and Hebier continue to drill down.

Sure enough, just one day, the rig actually got into the rocks.

At this time, Wallace was still lucky, hoping to find the possibility of oily rock formations from the rock composition.

However, he was still extremely disappointed with the results of the analysis.

In fact, Bruce is not as confident as he seems on the surface.

The reason why he chose to dig a well here was only a decision made from memory.

According to his memory, in 1927, there was indeed an oil tycoon named Paul Gettie who found a large oil field on this land.

Paul Gertie has thus become the envy of countless people in the United States as an oil tycoon and billionaire.

It stands to reason that the earth's mineral resources have been fixed since ancient times.

Even if there is a certain fluidity of oil.

But that's also relative.

It is impossible that because I came here to drill oil wells a few years in advance, the geological environment here has changed, right?

Finally, when Wallace appeared in front of him again, Bruce had to follow Wallace to check on the drilling.

When Bruce and Wallace first appeared on the construction site, Barudo waved at them from afar.

Barrus shouted at the top of his voice, "Boss, we may be in big trouble. Drilling may have reached a solid rock formation. "

Hearing Barrus's shout, Wallace was the first to turn bad.

He took a quick step and grabbed the front of the drilling rig to take a look.

Bruce also sank in his heart, knowing that things were far worse than he had imagined.

"Tell me, what's going on?" asked Bruce as he jumped off his horse and ran over.

"We seem to have gotten into the rock, and it's still a very strong one. Barudo said as he handed Bruce a small piece of stone.

Bruce took the stone and looked at it, his heart even heavier.

Because the stone looks very much like granite.

"Can you keep drilling?" asked Wallace with a calm face.

"The theory is possible, but the current situation is that we don't know how thick the rock layers are. Hebiyer, who was on the side, replied.

"And, we need to take a break. If this continues, the drill bit will wear out too badly and it will be damaged. The experienced Barudo said.

Bruce secretly complained in his heart.

He doesn't have a lot of money, and if the drill bit does break, then he should pay a sum of money to buy a new one.

To make matters worse, this kind of professional drill bit cannot be bought in nearby towns, and you need to go to Los Angeles Machinery City to buy it.

It takes a lot of time to go back and forth.

If he still can't drill through this layer of granite after changing the drill bit, then he has to consider whether to change the location and continue drilling.

It's just that in order not to let his subordinates see through his anxiety, Bruce has to pretend that nothing happened.

"Okay, let's rest for a day and then resume tomorrow. Bruce ordered with a wave of his hand.

For a moment, all four fell silent.

Wallace was the first to see it now.

He glanced at Bruce comfortingly and said, "I really can't help it, let's change places." Anyway, the area of this farm is large enough. "

"Who is sure that this is the only place where this rock formation is talented?" Bruce said with a self-deprecating laugh.

"Hey, boss. Don't be discouraged, it's already so deep anyway, it's just a matter of a few more days. Let's take a break with a sip of water. Barudo was also very kind to comfort Bruce.

He had seen too many of these oil-seeking adventurers whose mentality collapsed because of failed investments.

I've seen too many of these adventurers who can't think of doing things they can't think of because of investment failures and having nothing.

Barrudo and Hibiyer are now worried that their new boss will do something stupid.

After all, a 3-meter job a day is rare in California.

"Drink water?" Bruce suddenly felt relieved, as if he remembered something.

He jumped up and said excitedly, "yes, why didn't I think of it." Add water...... Add water to the well. Add water and drill down. "

"Huh, what's your principle?" said Wallace, confused.

He really didn't understand why Bruce said that.

He even wondered if Bruce, the boss, was crazy enough to talk nonsense here.

"Definitely. Adding water to the rock formation can make the rock layer softer, and it can also reduce the temperature of the drill bit, so that the drill bit is not so damaged. Bruce explained.

"Is it possible? We've never done that before. Barudo said incredulously.

"No problem, it's okay to try anyway. In this way, even if the drill bit is damaged, how bad can it be?" Bruce said with a smile.

Barudo and Hibier looked at each other, not knowing whether to do what Bruce said.

"Forget it, it's like this anyway, just fight it. Wallace shouted as he slammed his fist to the ground.