As the temperature changed, a drop of liquid dripped from the outlet of the distiller's condenser.
Fang Er dipped a finger into it.
He brought it to his nose to smell.
Hey!
This was the smell!
It was gasoline, no doubt.
The gasoline in the barrel grew more and more.
Until no more gasoline flowed out of the condenser.
Fang Er swapped for another barrel.
Then he increased the heat and burned it fiercely.
Oil appeared again.
Its color was darker than gasoline, and he sniffed it.
It carried a mixed scent of diesel and kerosene.
After adding charcoal.
Fang Er took out his textbook.
How to separate diesel and kerosene?
Damn it!
It looked so troublesome!
He wondered if the mixed oil could be used in an internal combustion engine.
After the diesel was finished, the furnace fire was intensified again.
An even more viscous oil appeared.
This was the base oil for lubricating oil.
It needed further purification and dewaxing, and then some additives to be usable.
In the end.
For a hundred jin of crude oil in one furnace.
Nearly half of the black, sticky substance remained.
This was merely atmospheric distillation, and it couldn't extract all the gasoline and diesel from it.
So, for these hundred jin of crude oil.
Fang Er had distilled over ten jin of gasoline, a mixture of nearly thirty jin of diesel and kerosene.
And five or six jin of base oil.
But the remaining residue could not be wasted, as it might be useful later.
Following the methods in the book, he purified and dewaxed the base oil.
As for the additives, he decided to skip them for now.
It was too damn troublesome!
He would deal with it later.
He needed to get the vehicle out first.
Fang Er carried a wooden barrel in each hand.
He walked over to the engine.
This was just a cast-iron prototype.
He opened the fuel tank cap and poured in the fuel.
Then he added the preliminarily treated lubricating oil.
Finally, he added water to the radiator.
He took a look.
Something was still missing.
He had forgotten to make a key!
He returned inside, and after half an incense stick's time.
Fang Er came back with a large cranking handle.
Yes, you read that right.
It was the kind used on tractors!
He inserted the front end into the starting port of the engine.
With one hand on the throttle and the other gripping the cranking handle.
He began to crank vigorously.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Thump-thump! Thump!
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!
Thump~~~~~~~!
The engine's exhaust pipe began to spew out puffs of black smoke.
Then it continued as a steady stream.
Go!
He decisively pulled the cranking handle back.
Thump-thump-thump-thump~~~!
Looking at the running engine.
Fang Er grinned, smiling like a child.
Perhaps because the temperature control during distillation was quite good.
The kerosene mixed in the diesel wasn't too much.
It was still enough to start the engine normally.
A V16 diesel engine, the noise it made was extraordinary!
Not long after.
Ma Chao and Liu Meng came running over, their faces filled with alarm.
Lord!
Fang Er waved his hand at them.
It's fine, go back to what you were doing.
However, Ma Chao and Liu Meng were drawn to the engine on the ground.
What is this?
Such a massive thing.
Making such a loud noise? And spewing black smoke?
Ma Chao pointed at the engine: Lord, what is this thing? Why is it making noise?
Hahahaha!
Fang Er laughed and said.
This is something I just made, you'll know later.
Have the steel ingots been delivered?
Liu Meng pointed to the room next door.
Lord, they have all been delivered. The hundred shi of steel ingots you requested are piled up next door.
Fang Er walked out and looked into the next room.
Neatly stacked steel ingots.
Piled up in half the room.
After sending Ma Chao and Liu Meng away.
Leaving the engine to run on its own.
Fang Er began to build the vehicle body.
The power of a V16 engine was undeniable!
Therefore, he barely had to consider the weight of the car body.
First, he fabricated the wheel hubs according to the tire size.
Then came the chassis.
And the car body.
He made each piece one by one, placing them aside.
The process was slow.
And tiring.
But Fang Er worked with great enthusiasm!
Xiao Qing came every day to deliver meals on time.
Liu Meng and Ma Chao brought people to help out each day.
Cleaning up the scrap materials Fang Er had discarded everywhere.
Finally!
Seven days later!
All the parts were processed.
With the help of Liu Meng and Ma Chao.
It only took one day to assemble the vehicle body!
The hands of a master craftsman were like rulers, even more precise than rulers!
All the components fit together perfectly!
He lifted the engine, which had stopped running long ago, into place.
Inflation required an air pump, which wasn't too difficult.
He made a simple air pump, had a group of Tianhuo Army soldiers take turns operating it, and filled all four tires with air, then mounted them.
Installation complete.
The world's first, purely handcrafted, V16 naturally aspirated, all-wheel-drive diesel off-road pickup truck!
Was born!
The concrete roads hadn't begun to be paved on a large scale yet.
Since this rough road wouldn't allow for fast driving anyway, the exterior was designed to be as cool as possible.
Therefore, to improve its off-road capability, the ground clearance was seventy centimeters.
Six meters long, two and a half meters high, the pure metallic finish of the car body looked absolutely imposing!
The front cabin had a double row of five seats.
The weather had become hot, so Fang Er couldn't be bothered to install glass on the windows.
The rear cargo bed was four meters long.
All the seats were covered with wolfskin cushions, filled with compressed kapok that still retained some softness.
As there were no integrated circuits, there was no instrument panel.
But an instrument dashboard was essential.
The dashboard, crafted from premium golden nanmu, was dazzling!
When bathed in sunlight, the golden threads, like fine cow hair, shimmered brilliantly.
As Fang Er was a novice driver, he had specifically made pneumatic anti-collision beams at the front and rear.
In essence, these were the same principle as air suspension, just oriented differently.
Their function was to mitigate some of the impact force during a collision.
The entire vehicle body weighed nearly five tons!
If it weren't for the four super-wide tires, comparable to F1 racing tires, produced by the system.
The flagstones paving the city might not have been able to withstand it!