Mr. Li, here are the things you wanted!" Jack curiously placed the purchased items on the desk, wondering what this gentleman from the mysterious East was buying so much medicine for.
"Thank you. Ruth, please pay Mr. Jack for the goods!" Li Qingyuan nodded slightly, instructing Ruth to settle the payment.
Heaven and earth, he really had no ulterior motives towards this female lead, because the system's mission had nothing to do with her at all, and he didn't want to create unnecessary complications.
However, he had clearly underestimated the fighting power of brain-dead fans. After learning that Li Qingyuan was alone, Miss Ruth insisted on using her status advantage to come to his side and act as the chief financial officer.
In her own words, Mr. Li had traveled across the ocean for thousands of miles, how could he not have someone to help him?
Carl almost turned green with anger because of this, but he couldn't persuade Ruth at all, especially after Li Qingyuan stated that he would only let Ruth be his secretary, and only help him during the day, Carl breathed a sigh of relief.
As for whether he can understand the true purpose of a secretary, that remains to be seen!
"That'll be thirty-two pounds in total," Jack reported the triple purchase price without batting an eye.
At first, he did have a good impression of the little girl in front of him, the kind of feeling that was like being suddenly shot in the heart by Cupid!
However, after a few contacts, Jack realized that he couldn't keep up with her thought process at all. Ruth's mind was now filled with the poems that Li Qingyuan had taught her, and she completely ignored Jack's flattering gestures.
So after two failed attempts to impress her, Jack completely let himself go. Anyway, there were countless gypsy girls in the third class of the entire Titanic, and with his handsome face, he wouldn't have to put in much effort. Why bother hanging himself on a tree he didn't need?
Besides, his most important task now was to make money. As long as he had money, he could become a rich man, and then wouldn't he be able to play with whoever he wanted?
"Here are thirty-two pounds!" Ruth took out the money from her wallet and handed it to Jack, who smiled so much that his teeth started to reflect light.
"Sir, is there anything else I can help you with?" Jack put the banknotes with the scent of ink into his pocket and asked with a slightly flattering tone.
He had only run around for a day and earned twenty pounds. This kind of business was simply like money falling from the sky!
"Not for now. I'll look for you again if I need anything," Li Qingyuan waved his hand directly. He didn't need this destined male lead anymore.
What he was racking his brains to do now was how to restore the formula for nitroglycerin.
As a failed writer, he had to have a certain understanding of all kinds of messy knowledge such as cement manufacturing, glass casting, gunpowder composition, hybrid rice, and so on, because these skills were the necessary path for the protagonist to get rich, whether he traveled to another world or ancient times.
But it was easier said than done. For example, the simplest black powder, everyone knows that it's one carbon, two nitrates, and three sulfurs, but what exactly is their ratio? It is estimated that it would be difficult to really make it without hundreds of experiments.
Besides, with the size of the Titanic, it was a bit difficult to sink it with black powder, so he could only choose the more powerful yellow powder.
That is, the yellow powder invented by the alchemist Nobel!
The medicines he asked Jack to buy were all medicines for treating angina pectoris. The basic ingredients of these things were all nitroglycerin. As long as they were slightly filtered, highly pure nitroglycerin could be obtained.
Then, as long as a little egg white, rust, and fine sand are poured into the nitroglycerin, and stirred evenly before adding wood ash and air-drying, the terrifying yellow gunpowder can be obtained.
This kind of trick can be obtained on the Internet in the 21st century as long as you have the heart, but in this era, it is the secret of major laboratories, so he is not afraid of being discovered at all, because even if others see it, they don't know what he is doing.
As for the formulas and data written in the diary?
If a chemist who is proficient in Chinese can be found on the Titanic, then it can only be said that the system is maliciously increasing the difficulty!
At first, he wanted to directly buy explosives on the black market, but after understanding the situation of the black market, he had to give up that plan.
Admittedly, as black market merchants, they don't care about what is prohibited or not. Those merchants do have explosives on hand, but they are just scattered black powder particles, and the amount is so small that it is unbelievable.
Li Qingyuan suspected that even if he collected all the black market explosives on the entire ship, it would be difficult to put on a fireworks show.
With those black powders, he thought that he could at most burn a hole in the bottom plate of the Titanic.
You must know that for a giant cruise ship like the Titanic, the steel plate at the bottom is five centimeters thick, plus various interlayers, the thickness of the bottom plate is estimated to exceed half a foot, even the yellow powder in his hand can only blow a big hole!
A two or three square meter hole may be a fatal threat to small ships, but it has no effect on the Titanic.
This ship took into account the problem of water seepage when it was built, so it specially designed twenty sealed compartments. Even if four of the sealed compartments leaked water, the other sixteen sealed compartments could ensure the safety of the entire ship.
The reason why it sank in the original plot was mainly because the iceberg smashed five sealed compartments at once, and then too much water entered the rear of the ship, causing the entire ship to be lifted up, and then broke in the middle.
Thinking of this, Li Qingyuan suddenly felt a little helpless, stretched out his palm and scratched his forehead. How did he feel that this task was unreliable no matter how he thought about it!
The explosives in his hand could blow up two compartments at most. If they were scattered into five compartments, then he might not even be able to break the steel plate.
As for collecting more materials to make explosives?
Let alone whether there are so many raw materials on the ship, he himself is too busy!
Making explosives is not like moving bricks. If you just find someone to do it, it is estimated that the other party will have blown up the cabin before you even go out.
Back then, the alchemist Nobel also created yellow explosives after sacrificing his entire family!
"Qingyuan, have you thought of some wonderful poetry?" Seeing Li Qingyuan scratching his ears and cheeks, Ruth immediately felt that the other party had a good temperament, and even the way he thought was so handsome.
There was no way, when a person was madly infatuated, even if you were shitting, she would think that your strength was different from others.
Ruth gently walked behind Li Qingyuan, and then gently approached him.
"Mr. Li, I..."
Carl Hockley pushed the door open directly, and then found a scene that made the green light on his forehead flash.