Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich

Ye Shiqi spent her second day in the cabin of the ship while the leader and his men continued to supply her with good food and drink, also keeping watch for pursuers and attackers.

During this day, they received signals from the shore that they hadn't spotted the batch of people transporting the grains managed by Old Housekeeper Yue.

The leader thought they might not be as fast as them, or perhaps they were held up by some matter, and all they could do was to continue their investigation.

Worries for the old housekeeper and his people could only be hidden within, as it was inappropriate to show these concerns to a little master.

He feared that if the little master were to know and act rashly, insisting on landing amidst these rivers, it might place them all in jeopardy.

The overnight painting they had done yesterday truly deceived many eyes; no following ships were detected, and so far, the enemies' traces were yet to be found.

Ye Shiqi noticed that the face of the person bringing in meals showed concern, yet they did not voice it, only asking her if she felt uncomfortable in the ship's cabin?

Or if she felt bored and stuffy?

Ye Shiqi was actually enjoying a rare leisure in the cabin, having lived a life filled with helping her family grow wealthy from the day she was born; she was always busy, and if she had unfinished tasks by day, she would continue to work on them secretly into the night.

These matters were known only to her close family, incomprehensible to outsiders.

She did all this for her family, to ensure that she would not be sold off later, and also to correct the bad plot the author had written.

The first day she read the Medical Book, the second day she wanted to mess around with something, not something that could be called an invention as she had learned these simple chemical principles from modern chemistry books in the past.

She was simply tinkering with easily flammable and explosive substances, of course not for dangerous purposes like killing or robbery.

It couldn't always be that they had to endure every deadly attack from others without the means to fight back.

The last time their assailants were caught unprepared, which led to the thieves wounding themselves.

Ye Shiqi thought about creating such flammables and explosives to prevent the enemy from causing them harm, unexpectedly blowing them up before they knew what happened.

Although creating such substances might harm many, if they didn't stand up for themselves and continued to be bullied, she could not swallow her pride.

Ye Shiqi also thought that, if she were to succeed in making them, once they reached areas outside the border, she could let the generals use these items to deal with bandits from other countries.

She asked the leader for some materials to make them, but he did not know what she wanted to do.

Sulfur, they had it ready on the ship, used for repelling insects.

Could the little master be afraid of mosquitoes in the cabin? While preparing her room, he had already fumigated it.

Perhaps after a day, having reached a different area, the medicinal smell had faded, and there might be mosquitoes?

As for white sugar and pine oil, he had no idea what she would do with them.

White sugar could be eaten, and pine oil was to make the cooking fire burn more fiercely, used as a fire starter.

Then, things like pepper powder and chili powder, these they used to ward off the cold, but why would the little master ask him to bring them?

Ye Shiqi, making these experimental substances, took considerable effort, and when she worked with white sugar, it didn't smell offensive.

But when she mixed in chili powder and pepper powder, Ye Shiqi, whose soul once hailed from the North, now a resident of the Southern region, found the nose-stinging sensation from the chili and pepper powders unbearable, and she couldn't help but sneeze.

The leader was always attentive to the little master's needs and, hearing the sneeze, couldn't help but come to check. His group of men, having smelled the chili and pepper powders, didn't react as strongly.

They were accustomed to the sea, where winters were colder than elsewhere, sometimes freezing over to the point where ships could not move.

During that period, they would busy themselves with other matters and never shirk work, even in snowy weather. In their food for all seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—there would always be dishes cooked with black pepper and chili powder.

They had grown accustomed to this taste, insisting on having it.

The leader noticed that the little master was preparing something without knowing what it was, using tiny clay bottles to store these prepared items.

Adding pine oil and sulfur to chili powder—is that even edible?

Sugar was mixed with pine oil and sulfur as well—could that be eaten?

He thought the little master was simply naive, unaware of the consequences of consuming sulfur and pine oil.

Therefore, he prepared to give Ye Shiqi a lesson on the uses of these few items.

There were no iron bottles in Ye Shiqi's space; all these clay bottles were specially made in large batches for her by a brick kiln her father had ordered to produce them.

Previously, she had used these bottles to store skincare perfumes and cosmetics.

But now, she was using them to hold substances that could explode upon contact with fire.

If they had never encountered fire or been in high temperatures, they wouldn't explode on their own.

Although they were dangerous materials, as long as you didn't throw them forcefully, there wouldn't be any issues.

The boat's leader, concerned for her safety, came to teach her such a lesson, and she cheerfully asked the leader to keep the boatmen needed to sail the ship while having everyone else enter her room to listen to the lecture.

She also encouraged him to find more of such materials, and she gave them a live demonstration.

At the time, the leader was simply concerned for the safety of the little master, unaware of the dangers of these substances.

When he brought some people to the doorway of the room, his subordinates stood guard, watching over their little master who, although dressed like a little Princess, was a girl over seven years old and was expected to understand propriety in matters of gender.

Ye Shiqi let the leader teach them.

It was then that the leader noticed that to the previously scant few clay bottles on the desk, some empty clay bottles had been added.

As for how these clay bottles appeared, he was very curious, yet he didn't ask the little master.

First, he placed what the little master had requested on the table and explained the uses of sugar, sulfur, chili powder, black pepper, and pine oil to everyone.

As everyone listened, they understood that sulfur and pine oil should not be consumed, and they all wondered why the little master wanted to mix these items together.

After the leader finished explaining the uses of the items,

Ye Shiqi began her lecture, and she demonstrated the preparation of these substances live.

But this time, she simply directed while the leader did the actual work, combining various ingredients in proportions sufficient to fill a clay bottle.

Although he didn't understand, the leader still followed the little master's instructions, making one bottle after another in front of his subordinates.

Ye Shiqi used the leader to label each bottle; they were all samples, and the labels specified that so they would know the strength and effects during future experiments.

For future production, they could adjust the components accordingly, adding or reducing.

While responsible for labeling, the leader heard the little master speaking of sugar explosives, black pepper explosives, and chili powder explosives.

He didn't yet understand the term "explosives."