The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

"What's your name?" Although the man had agreed to go with her, Gu Yin still didn't know his name.

"Xiao Mang."

"What a good name!" Gu Yin praised, "Xiao Mang, look, is there anything you need to bring?"

After Gu Yin finished speaking, the two of them looked at the house that had been blown to pieces, and there was a moment of silence.

Xiao Mang scratched his head awkwardly: "Wait."

As he spoke, Xiao Mang walked towards his room, took out two sets of clothes and shoes, and wrapped them in cloth into a small bundle.

Holding a handful of silver coins in his hand, Xiao Mang walked up to the old woman and said, "Auntie, this is all the silver I have. Do you think it is enough?"

The old woman grabbed the silver and said, "If it's not enough, you can't give me more."

Every bit we can get is valuable, and the money Xiao Mang gave us is quite a bit.

The old woman clenched the silver and quietly approached Xiao Mang and said, "Do you really want to go with this girl? Aren't you afraid that she will cheat you?"

"I'm penniless now, what is there for her to cheat on me?" Xiao Mang said indifferently.

The old woman was speechless after hearing this. What Xiao Mang said made sense. It was obvious that the girl was not short of money and there was no need for her to lie.

Xiao Mang borrowed the old woman's house to sort things out for himself, and then walked up to Gu Yin: "How do I get there?"

"Go back to the county government office first." Gu Yin instructed Little Lizi.

Xiao Mang was a little confused after hearing this. County government?

It was not until Xiao Mang sat in front of the carriage that he asked hesitantly, "What is your identity, young lady?"

"Of course a lady is a lady, Miss County Magistrate." Little Leo said proudly.

Xiao Mang then realized who he followed. He didn't expect it to be the famous county lady. It was really... pie in the sky.

Everyone in Ning County knows that anyone who works for the county lady will be envied by many people if they tell others about it.

However, Xiao Mang was not interested in material things like gold and silver, but rather Gu Yin's full support for people with special skills, allowing them to develop freely and even giving them guidance.

But what did the county lady like about him? Burning stones or blowing up houses?

Thinking of this, Xiao Mang asked directly: "Miss, what do you want me to do?"

"Hmm... are you interested in distilling something into different substances?"

"Fractional distillation?" Xiao Mang was puzzled. It was the first time he heard this word.

"Well, it's a way to separate different substances." Gu Yin tried to explain, but seeing Xiao Mang still looked confused, she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, you'll know when the time comes. Maybe you've already tried it, but you just call it a different name."

The two came to the county government office, and Gu Yin took Xiao Mang to find her father.

Gu Huaiyi was checking documents in the office as usual when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the door: "Dad, what are you busy with?"

Gu Huaiyi didn't even raise his head, he was used to it: "Just tell me what you want to say."

"Dad, look who I brought back?" Gu Yin asked excitedly.

Gu Huaiyi suddenly looked up and saw a young man standing behind him. His face looked a little dark and he was wearing coarse cloth clothes.

Does my daughter like this kind of man? Gu Huaiyi was a little doubtful about his own eyes. This man didn't look special. He wasn't tall or good-looking.

Xiao Mang shrank his head nervously as the county magistrate stared at him.

Gu Huaiyi frowned even more when he saw this, staring at Xiao Mang without saying anything.

Gu Yin waved her hand in front of Gu Huaiyi and explained, "His name is Xiao Mang, and he can help us solve the oil problem!"

Gu Huaiyi then came to his senses and glared at Gu Yin.

Scare your dad to death...

Gu Yin was confused by her father's stare and asked weakly, "What's wrong?"

Gu Huaiyi coughed lightly: "Nothing, how do you know he can solve it?"

Gu Yin told Gu Huaiyi about Xiao Mang's situation, and Gu Huaiyi was confused. But this did not stop him from nodding his head. Anyway, he didn't understand, so he just followed Gu Yin's arrangements.

Not long after, a yamen runner suddenly reported outside the door: "Sir, county lady, Wang Kangsheng is back!"

"Let him in." Gu Yin said excitedly. He must have brought back oil.

As soon as Wang Kangsheng entered the room, without waiting for him to salute, Gu Yin asked anxiously, "Did you get the oil back?"

"I got it back, it's here!" Wang Kangsheng was holding a clay jar. He looked disheveled, but he was extremely energetic and his eyes were shining.

Gu Yin quickly took the pottery jar and put it on the ground, then opened the lid. An unpleasant smell emanated from it. It was pitch black inside and it was hard to see clearly.

"Which bowl?" Gu Yin ordered the yamen runner.

Soon, the yamen runner brought in a large bowl, and Gu Yin did not delay and poured out some liquid.

At this time, Gu Huaiyi, Xiao Mang and others also gathered around and looked at the dark, sticky liquid in the bowl with tiny green glows.

"It's really oil!" Gu Yin finally confirmed.

Xiao Mang didn't know what happened yesterday, but when he thought about what Gu Yin had said before about separating substances, could this be what he was talking about?

Gu Huaiyi was also very excited when he saw Gu Yin confirmed it. He had heard about the asphalt that Gu Yin mentioned. If it could really be produced, then the roads outside the county town would no longer have to worry about being washed away by rain or damaged by vehicles and horses!

"So what should we do next?" Gu Huaiyi looked at Gu Yin.

"Then it depends on Xiao Mang."

Xiao Mang was confused. What did he do? He didn't do anything...

Gu Yin patiently explained: "This is oil, dug from the ground. There are many useful substances in oil, but we need to separate them now. This depends on you."

"Fractional distillation?"

"Right!" Gu Yin didn't expect him to listen. "You don't have to worry about the equipment. You just need to find a way to fractionate them."

"How about it? Are you interested?" Gu Yin raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Mang's eyes lit up, and he nodded suddenly, "I'm interested!"

But then he became confused again, "But how do I fractionate this?"

"Hmm... It's probably like boiling salt water, collecting the water vapor separately and leaving the salt behind?" Gu Yin made an analogy. "The principle is about the same, but vacuum distillation is required in the middle. I'll talk about this in detail later."

Xiao Mang agreed, but his eyes were fixed on the oil in the bowl, and he looked eager to try: "Miss, can this be burned?"

"Of course!" In order to prove that what he said was correct, Gu Yin took out a lighter on the spot and lit the oil.

However, when she saw the thick black smoke coming out of the bowl, Gu Yin was dumbfounded...

She forgot about this for a moment...

He suddenly turned around and looked at his father.

Gu Huaiyi looked at this little girl who dared to set fire to his office. What else could he say?

If Gu Yin was a man, he would let her taste the flavor of fried bamboo shoots with meat!

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you take it out quickly? Do you want to blacken this place before you're satisfied?" Gu Huaiyi held his forehead and scolded them.

Headache………………