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Liu Jinqiu took the bronze vessel out of the box. It was a bronze tiger, which was made in imitation of the vessels of the Spring and Autumn Period. People in ancient times were also fond of ancient times, so they made many objects into the shapes of the ancient times.

Liu Jinqiu picked up the lifelike bronze tiger and did not hold it in his hand like other buyers did. Instead, he took out a steel file from his pocket and aimed it at the tiger's ear. This bronze tiger is useless!

When the shopkeeper was panicking, Lin Yuan grabbed Liu Jinqiu and asked, "Old Liu, what are you doing?"

Liu Jinqiu said in a low voice: "Aren't we here to find copper ore? This bronze tiger is painted on the outside. If I don't file off the paint, how can I know the composition of this copper alloy!"

Lin Yuan quickly said: "Wrong, wrong, I didn't mean to do this, you put away the file quickly."

Liu Jinqiu said "Oh" and said, "That's my misunderstanding." So he put away the steel file, and the shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Let's get to the point quickly. After a while, the shopkeeper might have a heart attack."

So Lin Yuan asked, "Shopkeeper, where did you get all the copper wares here?"

The shopkeeper replied: "Some of them are collected by our people from the countryside, and most of them are from Nanshan stewards. Their family has been making bronze wares for generations."

Lin Yuan asked: "Where is Nanshan? Please explain in detail."

The shopkeeper said: "Go out from the south gate of Fengtian City, walk fifteen miles, and you will arrive at Nanshan Town at the bottom of Nanshan Mountain. If you ask there, there is no one who doesn't know the housekeeper."

Lin Yuan asked: "Is their housekeeper so powerful?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "You are from out of town, of course their butlers are powerful, and their most powerful thing is not making copperware."

Liu Jinqiu asked: "What is that?"

The shopkeeper replied: "The most powerful thing about their butlers is that they are never short of money!"

Liu Jinqiu said with a smile: "What's so strange about this, their bronze wares are well made, and silver is naturally indispensable."

The shopkeeper smiled mysteriously and said: "Their housekeepers have more than ten generations of ancestors. Every time the people in the vicinity suffer from disasters, their family gives money. When there is a famine, they buy food. When there is a plague, they buy medicine. When is the money not used?" It's like flowing sea water! Even if their family sells bronze wares for a hundred lifetimes, they won't be able to earn that money!"

Lin Yuan asked: "Then what's going on?"

The shopkeeper approached Lin Yuan and said, "I heard people say that the housekeeper's ancestor made some kind of covenant with King Yama. Every day at midnight, evil spirits would send money to their house..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This is all a mess!"

The shopkeeper saw Lin Yuan's disdainful expression, and said, "My lord, don't believe me, the owner of their housekeeper is a strange person! The owner's surname is Guan, his name is Ye Qi, and his style name is Yixin. When he was born, There was a strange leaf falling from the sky, hence the name, and he was proficient in copper smelting when he was young..."

Seeing his eloquence, Lin Yuan was afraid that he would not be able to finish talking until dark, so he got up quickly, and rushed to the Nanshan housekeeper with Liu Jinqiu.

On the way, Liu Jinqiu said with a smile: "Your idea is not bad, that housekeeper must have copper mines, we just try to convince them to let us mine."

Lin Yuan said: "I have used this method once. When we were in Ryukyu, didn't I just find the saltpeter for making nitric acid from the porcelain shop? But I really want to know about the silver gift from that evil spirit."

Liu Jinqiu said: "This is nothing unusual, I have almost guessed the reason."

Lin Yuan quickly asked: "What is that, tell me quickly!"

Liu Jinqiu smiled mysteriously and said, "The secret must not be revealed."

The two hired a carriage, and soon arrived at Nanshan Town. After inquiring inside, they went to the butler and went up to pay a visit. Unexpectedly, the servant at the door smiled and said, "Our master doesn't see any guests. Please go back, both of you."

Lin Yuan took out a piece of silver from his pocket, and said with a smile, "I beg you, my little brother, to be more accommodating."

When the servant saw the silver, he smiled and said: "Our housekeeper has never been short of silver, please go back, both of you."

Lin Yuan said a few more good words, but the servant just declined with a smile. Lin Yuan had no choice but to walk back with Liu Jinqiu. As he was walking, he heard the sound of horseshoes from the southwest, and several carriages came out from the corner of the street and ran towards Liu Jinqiu. Jin Qiu bumped into him, Lin Yuan quickly pulled him away, and the driver quickly reined in his horse when he saw someone in front of him.

As a result, the carriage was tilted, and the boxes on the carriage were piled up quite high. As a result, the top box fell down and hit the ground. When the lid of the box was opened, the contents inside were scattered land.

Lin Yuan looked at the things on the ground and was shocked, it turned out to be white money!

The driver glared at Liu Jinqiu, and was about to swear a few words, but when he saw that he was an old man, he took those words back and muttered to get out of the car to pick up the money. Lin Yuan stepped forward and picked it up with him. , casually asked: "Why so much money?"

The driver said: "This is a congratulatory gift from our Patriarch to the Fengtian Prefect. The prefect is a new official. Our Patriarch originally didn't want to give it, but the Fengtian Prefect is really not a thing. If he doesn't give it, he will cause trouble for our housekeeper."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "The imperial court indeed sent a group of officials to the Northeast, but I didn't pay attention. I was only thinking about the industrial zone. I have to deal with them when I go back."

Lin Yuan was thinking while picking up the silver on the ground. The more he picked it up, the more he felt that something was wrong. He seemed to think of something, picked up a piece of silver, walked to the gate of Guanfu, and shouted angrily: "You guys just give this to the magistrate ?"

Seeing the servant, he hurriedly whispered something to the other servant, and that servant rushed into the house, and the remaining servant saluted Lin Yuanshen, and said with a smile, "My lord, please come inside."

Liu Jinqiu was confused and asked Lin Yuan after entering the living room: "What's going on?

Lin Yuan handed the piece of silver he picked up to Liu Jinqiu, and said with a smile: "You are an expert, let's see if there is anything wrong with this piece of silver?"

Liu Jinqiu picked up the piece of silver, looked at it over and over for a while, and said, "This doesn't look like silver, it looks like cupronickel!"

Cupronickel is actually a copper-nickel alloy, a masterpiece of non-ferrous metallurgy technology in ancient China. Its color is silvery white, which is very similar to silver.Liu Jinqiu asked, "How do you know it's not silver?"

Lin Yuan took the piece of white copper, weighed it in his hand, and said with a smile, "It's not as heavy as silver."

Liu Jinqiu said: "The density of copper-nickel alloy and silver is not much different, you can feel it."

Lin Yuan said proudly: "I am a pilot. When operating an aircraft in air combat, if the position of the control stick is changed a little, the position of the aircraft will be different. During air combat, I may not be able to grab a favorable position, so the aircraft in my hand The feeling is very sensitive, and this difference cannot escape my hand."

Liu Jinqiu said with a smile: "So that's the case, but I can't figure it out. Why did he send fake money to the Fengtian magistrate?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "I seem to have guessed the reason, but I'm not sure. If you want me to tell you the secret, you have to tell me the secret of the housekeeper's ghost giving money."

Liu Jinqiu smiled helplessly, and said, "This is easy to say..."

Just as Liu Jinqiu was about to reveal the secret, he heard the servant outside shout loudly: "Master Guan is here!"