At this moment, Gu Fang had no concrete concept of the power of the explosive reactions Lin Yi had mentioned. After all, the raw materials she referred to—flour, charcoal, sulfur, saltpeter, and even sugar—were, in his eyes, nothing more than ordinary or even insignificant items. Even the now-costly sugar was, given his extensive industrial base across Great Qian, by no means a rare treasure difficult to obtain. He found it hard to imagine how these mundane things could unleash such astonishing force when mixed together. However, he was intrigued by the sugar itself that Lin Yi had mentioned: "White sugar? Is it the kind of sugar that is as white as frost?"
"We call it granulated white sugar. In your time, it should be very close to rock sugar. It looks like sand, but the sugar is white in color," Lin Yi explained.
"I see." Gu Fang nodded, then got to the point. "So, does Xiaoyi plan to start by preparing this white sugar, or directly experiment with gunpowder?"
Lin Yi thought for a moment and decided to arrange things based on Gu Fang's likely schedule to the north. "Husband, when do you roughly plan to set off for the Northern Frontier?"
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