The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

"Black water? Where is it?" Cheng Xingwang frowned. Black water was coming out from below, which sounded horrifying. "Wang Kangsheng, you can't lie!"

"Master Cheng, I dare not say anything nonsense. The black water is in a large valley." Wang Kangsheng said anxiously, "In fact, it is not water, but a black and sticky substance."

Song Ruorou was a little scared when she heard this. She was about to reach out and grab Gu Yin's sleeve, but she didn't expect to hear Gu Yin's excited voice: "Really?"

"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes." Wang Kangsheng said affirmatively.

"Have you observed that thing up close?" Gu Yin continued to ask.

"Yes!" Wang Kangsheng nodded, but he didn't want to say it. When he first saw that place, he thought it was the gate to hell and was so scared that his legs went limp. After he recovered, he saw that the black thing didn't move, so he bravely stepped forward and poked it with a stick to check it carefully.

"Is it dark brown? If you look closely, there's a bit of green fluorescence?" Gu Yin wanted to verify his guess.

"Yes! How did you know that, County Lady?" Wang Kangsheng's eyes widened. How come the County Lady seemed to know more than him? He exclaimed and added, "Besides that, there is a very special smell there, which is not pleasant."

"That should be correct, it's oil!" Gu Yin said excitedly.

"Oil?" Several people were surprised, hearing this name for the first time.

Gu Yin nodded and asked Wang Kangsheng: "Where is the valley? Let's go and take a look."

"This..." Wang Kangsheng hesitated after hearing Gu Yin's words, "It's nearly twenty miles from here, and the carriage can't move."

This was awkward, and Gu Yin hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this, Cheng Xingwang suggested, "Does the county lady want to see the oil with her own eyes? You can ask Wang Kangsheng to fetch some."

"Yes, county lady, you don't have to go. I'll get some in a can and bring it back." Wang Kangsheng discovered oil by accident and had no intention of bringing some back at the time.

Gu Yin nodded in agreement. If it was really oil, it would be of great use.

However, the problem came again. Gu Yin knew that many substances could be obtained through the distillation of petroleum, but she didn't know how to control the specific temperature...

Gu Yin couldn't help but pull a handful of her hair, her brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito.

That night, Gu Yin suffered from insomnia, which was rare...

Since coming to the Daji Dynasty, Gu Yin no longer has to work overtime or stay up late, and her biological clock is more punctual than the alarm clock.

An oil lamp was dimly lit in the room. Gu Yin was lying on the bed, thinking hard about how she should extract the oil and then how to distill it.

When it comes to the uses of petroleum, Gu Yin first thought of asphalt and kerosene. Asphalt is a good adhesive that can be used to pave roads and roofs, and can even be used to build city walls. Not to mention kerosene, a great tool for lighting. As for other gasoline and diesel, they are not useful here.

After thinking about it, it all comes down to a problem of distillation. Does she have to do the experiment herself?

Gu Yin rolled up the quilt irritably and wailed, "Oh my God, please send me someone talented..."

However, what Gu Yin did not expect was that the talent would come so suddenly.

The next day, Gu Yin was lying in the carriage when she was startled by an explosion.

Wait, explosion? Where did the explosives come from?

"Ah..." Little Li tried his best to steady the horse, turned his head and asked in the carriage, "Miss, are you okay?"

"It's okay, Little Li, what's going on outside?" Gu Yin asked in surprise.

"I'm not sure, but the noise seems to come from the west side of the city."

"Let's go and take a look." Gu Yin said decisively.

"But...Miss, wouldn't that be too dangerous..." Little Leo was a little worried because the noise was so loud.

"It's okay, let's see what's going on from a distance."

Little Li started the carriage again and headed towards the west of the city.

"You bastard, what the hell is this? It's blown my roof off. Are you trying to blow me to death too?"

"It's fine if you just deal with bottles and cans on weekdays, but what are you doing now? Do you want to blow up the house?"

"Do you want to die or not? If you don't want to live, don't drag me down with you!"

"Why aren't you talking? Are you mute? What do you think we should do?"

From an alley at the westernmost end of the city, an old woman's continuous yelling and cursing could be heard.

Gu Yin got off the carriage and saw that the roof of the outermost house was blown to pieces. The second house further in was in much better condition, except that the eaves were blown down and only sparse thatch was left.

"What happened?" Gu Yin was curious. He couldn't think of anything else at the scene except explosives.

"Oh, isn't it obvious? He blew up the house!" The old woman complained when she heard Gu Yin's words.

Gu Yin then noticed a man squatting nearby. His hair was messy and sticking up, and he was covered in black. His clothes were obviously affected and shattered into pieces by the explosion.

"Hey, are you okay?" Gu Yin felt a little scared. His clothes were blown to pieces like this, is he really okay?

"All my things are gone..." The man raised his dark face, looking distraught.

"What is it?" Gu Yin was curious.

"What could he have? Just bottles and jars, making the place smoky and dusty all day long. Now it's gone! Hahaha..." When the old woman heard the man still feeling sorry for those things, she was immediately furious. However, when she thought about how they were all blown up, she felt relieved instantly.

"You!" The man stood up, pointed at the old woman, and wanted to say something but didn't say it in the end.

"What do you mean by 'you'? Just say that you blew up my roof and how are you going to compensate me?" the old woman said angrily. If it hadn't been for the fact that they had been neighbors for many years, she would have hit him with a broom.

Hearing about the compensation, the man lowered his head in disappointment: "I have lost my house, what can I use to compensate..."

"That's none of my business. Who told you to play with those things?" The old woman just insisted on getting her compensation back. The roof couldn't be blown up in vain.

"That's not a thing." The man retorted, "No, that's not a thing, that's a magical thing, forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you!"

"Oh? How magical?" Gu Yin asked with interest. It seemed that God heard her cry.

Seeing that someone was actually interested in his stuff, the man said excitedly: "Burning different stone powders will produce different colors of flames. And mixing different liquids will produce different things. And this time, mixing sulfur frost and charcoal together will explode when ignited, but it's hard to control..."

At the end of the conversation, the man felt a little embarrassed.

"Are you willing to come with me?" Gu Yin stated her purpose.

"Go with you?" the man was surprised.

"Well, do what you like, food and accommodation are provided, and you will also be paid." Isn't this kind of man who is passionate about research exactly what he is looking for?

When he heard that food and accommodation were provided and he could cook what he liked, the man nodded without hesitation.

Gu Yin was extremely happy. It was true that after searching for a long time, he finally found it without any effort.