Baojian

Chapter 54

"I'm so sleepy, whose chicken is crowing again? Grandma's, I have to steal it to stew at night!"

When it was just dawn, Li Tianyuan came out of the house with a stretched waist. When he looked up, he saw Qin Feng and Xie Xuan squatting at the door of the kitchen. He couldn't help being stunned, "Brother Feng, why did you two get up so early?"

"It's not that I got up early, it's that I didn't sleep at all!"

Xie Xuan replied without raising his head, his eyes were fixed on the ground, as if there were some rare treasures there.

"What are you fussing about if you don't sleep?"

Li Tianyuan stretched out his head to take a look, and said without interest: "Isn't it just a rock? I said you are still a treasure."

Li Tianyuan couldn't find a single elegant bone from his hair to his heels. Although the stone was shining and beautiful, he didn't pay attention to it at all. He took a few steps back to the yard and began to practice standing. work hard.

"Simple-minded brawn!"

Seeing Li Tianyuan's actions, Xie Xuan muttered in a low voice, but immediately turned his attention to the emerald that had just been taken out of the strong acid.

"It's so beautiful!"

Looking at the almost transparent large piece of jade, Xie Xuan couldn't help moaning. If he didn't know that this thing was corroded by strong acid, he would like to hold it in his arms and play with it carefully.

"The method taught by Master really works!"

Qin Feng also showed an excited look on his face. He used to listen to the theory, but after applying it in practice, Qin Feng can truly feel the strong visual impact brought about by this change.

In fact, before starting, Qin Feng also had some doubts in his heart. A black stone became crystal clear in just one night. This is simply the ability to turn stones into gold.

"Brother Feng, shall we sell this?"

Xie Xuan looked at Qin Feng, his eyes full of admiration, if he hadn't been staring at it since last night, he would never have believed that the stone could undergo such a big change.

"It's so easy for you to pretend to be a fake? There are still several processes that have not been completed." Qin Feng took a deep breath and said, "Little Fatty, go to the fire and heat this stone!"

"Hey, brother Feng, is the steam reaching 212 degrees? I must master the heat!"

Although he didn't sleep all night, the little fat man was full of energy. He squatted beside the stove excitedly to light the fire, and filled the pot with water to boil it up.

Qin Feng put the stone that had been treated with the impurities between the grains into the water, then poured the pot of strong acid with a pungent smell into the sewer, and rinsed it several times carefully with clean water, Only then did I take out the chromium salt solution I bought yesterday.

Chromium salt is one of the main products of inorganic chemical industry, including sodium dichromate and chromic anhydride, and a small amount of potassium dichromate, chromium oxide green, basic chromium sulfate and some chromium-containing pigments.

Chromium salts are widely used, mainly in electroplating, leather tanning, printing and dyeing, pigments, medicines, catalysts, oxidants, glass ceramics, magnetic materials, wood preservation, metal polishing, etc.

In addition to these functions, chromium salt can also be used as a pigment and artificially injected into jadeite.

After boiling the jadeite in water with a steam temperature of 212 degrees for half an hour, it is immediately put into the chromium salt solution, and the chromium salt will penetrate into the crystal lattice of the jadeite, making it present a beautiful and attractive green color.

It's just different from civilian chromium salts. This method will make the objects added to the chromium salt solution contain a harmful radioactive substance. If exposed to it for a long time, it will have a great impact on human health.

So when teaching Qin Feng this method, Zai had specifically told him to try to avoid cheating as much as possible. This kind of prescription is indeed against the harmony of nature.

However, Qin Feng didn't completely follow the process taught by Zaishi. After removing impurities and injecting color, the jadeite will be stored for a very short period, and it may not cause fatal harm to the wearer.

"Brother Feng, it's done!" Half an hour later, Xie Xuan's voice rang in Qin Feng's ear.

"Success or failure depends on this." Qin Feng picked up the ladle and carefully put the rough stone into the chromium salt solution. The pure stone immediately showed a light green luster of chromium salt.

If you want to implement your own plan, this piece of jade is an indispensable link. At Qin Feng's current age, it is unrealistic to want to be an empty-handed white wolf, and the jade soaked in the basin is his trustworthy important props.

"Brother Feng, why does this look like dyed cloth?" Xie Xuan, whose face was stained with black ash, came over, looked nervously at the stones in the basin, and asked, "Brother Feng, how long will this stuff soak? "

"It's almost two hours, fat, go to sleep." After the rough stone processing is completed, what is needed is handicraft, which can't be learned in a short while.

"No, Brother Feng, I want to watch!" Xie Xuan rubbed his bloodshot eyes and shook his head. He was involved in this matter from the beginning to the end, and the sense of expectation in his heart was no better than Qin's. How much is the wind.

"Yuanzi, come here!"

Seeing Li Tianyuan standing up and putting on airs, Qin Feng suddenly lost his temper. The two brothers are busy with their happy life in the future.

"Brother Feng, what's wrong? Did I practice wrongly?" Hearing Qin Feng's shout, Li Tianyuan looked nervous.

"Can't you fill your mind with other things besides practicing?"

Qin Feng said angrily: "Don't practice now, go buy some breakfast, don't just buy sesame seed cakes, buy more meat buns, Xiaopang and I are starving."

"Hey, I'm going right now!"

As the saying goes, a half-child eats a poor old man, Li Tianyuan has already digested what he ate and drank yesterday, and now he is hungry. After hearing Qin Feng's words, he hurriedly went to buy breakfast.

After breakfast, Qin Feng sent Li Tianyuan who was "not seeking to make progress" to continue standing, while he and Xie Xuan squatted next to the porcelain basin with the rough emerald stones.

After two hours passed, Qin Feng poured out the chromium salt solution in the basin, and suddenly, a piece of emerald green and crystal clear appeared in front of the two of them.

"It's... so beautiful!"

Seeing the emerald green in the sun, Xie Xuan's eyes were full of fascination. He couldn't connect this emerald with the broken stone yesterday.

"Pretty is pretty, but it's fake!"

Qin Feng put the basin under the faucet and rinsed it many times. When the water flowed on the stone, it seemed to be infected by the green color, and the color of the entire pond changed.

"It's so beautiful, I'll recognize the fake!" Xie Xuan looked at Qin Feng and begged, "Brother Feng, leave a small piece and polish it for me? This thing is really beautiful!"

Xie Xuan once saw a friend of his father wearing a green emerald ring, but the luster and greenness of the ring was far worse than the one in front of him.

"Didn't I tell you just now, this thing is harmful, it doesn't matter if you want to kill me!"

Qin Feng held the piece of jadeite in his hand, looked at it carefully against the sun for a while, and then turned his head and said: "Our process is too simple, and the chromium salt solution is also used in industry, and it may contain radiation. , you dare to wear something like this?"

Qin Feng is not trying to scare Xie Xuan, Zai once told him a story when teaching him this recipe.

It happened more than 60 years ago in the 30s. There was a boss who specialized in jade. He spent a lot of effort and consulted many domestic chemical experts at that time. After doing many experiments, he came up with this recipe.

At that time, most of the best jadeites that appeared in the country were produced by this person, almost forming a monopoly, and no one could compete with him in the sale of jadeite.

But when the boss's business was booming, news of his death suddenly spread. Someone found an imperial green ring noodle the size of a pigeon egg in his hand.

This thing aroused the attention of Miss Song Jiasan at that time, but what was unexpected was that this mask was actually a fake, and after identification, the mask would radiate harmful radiation to the human body.

In order to dispel the panic of those who bought the emerald, the news was only circulated in a small circle, but the counterfeit recipe was spread out.

Zai is the prescription that will be obtained, but then the Japanese army invaded China and the war broke out, and the emerald as a plaything was gradually forgotten by people. By now, things have changed.

"What's the matter, do you still want it?" After telling the story to Xie Xuan, Qin Feng looked at him with a smile.

"Brother Feng, I haven't lived enough yet." Xie Xuan took a few steps back subconsciously, and said with some regret: "It's such a pity that such a beautiful thing can't be used."

"The real imperial green jadeite is even more beautiful than this. Now the country doesn't pay much attention to jadeite. We can pay more attention to it in the future."

Although he got the inheritance from the Outer Eight Sects, Qin Feng didn't want to get involved in the muddy waters of the rivers and lakes. He already had some vague plans for the future.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to turn this piece of rough jadeite into an ornament, and then sell it. After several processes, the mold is ready, but there are two more important steps behind it.

"The bracelets are too labor-intensive, and the pair of bracelets in the legend are also somewhat flawed. Let's just make a pair of earrings and a Buddha statue. Anyway, that person is called Lafayette!"

Holding that piece of jade in his hands, Qin Feng's hands were covered with a layer of green luster. After pondering for a while, Qin Feng finally made a decision in his heart.

The expenses these days are not small, and Qin Feng also knew that there was not much food left, so he went back to the house and took out the set of carving knives he bought yesterday.

"Hands must be steady, eyes must be quick, and you must not hesitate when you cut the knife!"

Thinking of some tricks taught by his master, Qin Feng's weak and boneless hands moved on the surface of the emerald.

At the beginning, Qin Feng's hands were still a little rusty, but after 10 minutes, Qin Feng's movements have become more skillful, where the knife fell, jade debris kept falling down.

(End of this chapter)