Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Before Liu Jinqiu finished speaking, the head of the housekeeper——Guan Yeqi walked into the room. As soon as he entered the door, he looked at Lin Yuan and asked, "How do you know it's not money?"

Lin Yuan smiled and replied: "The difference between silver and cupronickel is so big, how can others not know."

Guan Yeqi was followed by an old servant. Hearing this, the old servant couldn't help weeping and said: "Master, just be soft and send the money to the Fengtian magistrate."

Guan Yeqi frowned, and said angrily, "Hmph! Even if I lost my head, I wouldn't use money to flatter these corrupt officials."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "If that's the case, then why did Master Guan take white copper as silver and give it to the magistrate?"

Guan Yeqi sat down on the chair helplessly, and said: "It's because the magistrate forced me too hard, so I made this decision. Our housekeeper saved a lot of money, but some time ago, General Lin Yuan led his troops to fight against the Japanese. , we donated more than half of it, and there is not much money left, and the rest of the money cannot be moved, in case the people in the vicinity suffer any disaster, there is an emergency."

But Liu Jinqiu said: "Didn't someone send money to Mr. Guan? Why are you still short of money?"

Guan Yeqi asked: "Who will send me money?"

Liu Jinqiu said with a smile: "Mr. Guan, don't think that we don't know that you can't earn the money in your house by selling copperware. As for who gave you the money..." Liu Jinqiu said with his finger Pointing to the sky, he said: "This is the silver that God gave you. If you guessed right, there are quite a few silver mines associated with the copper mines mined by your family. Your stewards have accumulated a large amount of silver by virtue of this." !"

Lin Yuan saw that Guan Yeqi's eyes moved obviously, and knew that Liu Jinqiu had hit the secret. Liu Jinqiu said again: "I not only know that your copper ore is accompanied by silver ore, but also that you used the amalgamation method to extract it. Silver, you are short of silver now, probably because your silver ore is running out."

Guan Yeqi looked at Liu Jinqiu in surprise, and asked dumbfounded: "You... how do you know this?" Copper ore is often accompanied by many kinds of ores, including silver ore, which of course cannot be hidden from metallurgists Liu Jinqiu, modern gold and silver production methods mainly include cyanidation and other methods, but in ancient times there was only one method, that is amalgamation, so Liu Jinqiu also knows the smelting method of the housekeeper.

Liu Jinqiu laughed and said: "It's okay to hide this matter from others, but it's not okay to hide it from me."

Guan Yeqi stood up, made a deep salute, and said: "This expert, to be honest, our ancestors discovered silver mines after they mined copper mines in the mountains. , can form amalgam, and then through further processing, silver can be produced." "Our ancestors said that this silver is a gift from heaven, and if you use this silver for your own pleasure, you will be punished by heaven, so leave your ancestors' instructions, This money can only be used to help the common people, so we housekeepers for more than a dozen generations dare not take this money privately."

Liu Jinqiu nodded with a smile and said, "When you make silver, how do you do it?" Guan Yeqi said: "It is to mix mercury and silver ore together, and the amalgam will naturally form, and the remaining stones will be thrown aside... ..."

Liu Jinqiu stretched out his hand and said, "Slow down! This is the place, I have a way to increase your silver production, do you believe it?"

Guan Yeqi asked: "Do you have any clever ideas?"

Liu Jinqiu said with a smile: "Go get some sulfuric acid, mix the silver ore with sulfuric acid, wait until the silver ore is almost melted, then soak it in mercury, and you can get amalgam."

It turns out that when silver is extracted by the amalgamation method, only the silver in the ionic state can be extracted, and it can't do anything to the silver in the compound state. After adding sulfuric acid, the silver in the compound state in the ore becomes an ion state, so it can be used. Mercury extraction.

Guan Yeqi was dubious when he heard that, at this moment, the old servant stumbled into the door and said out of breath, "Master, it's not good, Master Zhang from Fengtian Mansion is here."

Guan Ye Qiwen's complexion changed when he heard this, and he said to Lin Yuan and Liu Jinqiu, "This Master Zhang is a vicious dog from the Fengtian prefect! He is the one who has repeatedly pressed us for money! You two, let's avoid it for a while."

Lin Yuan thought: "He came just in time." So he said to Guan Yeqi: "We are here to listen, don't worry, with us here, he dare not do anything to you!"

Before the words were finished, there was a burst of laughter from the courtyard outside the door. After a while, a thin, withered middle-aged man came in. He wore a small hat with a tortoise shell on his head, and a folding fan was inserted obliquely on the back of his neck, playing with a fan. The two jade balls walked into the middle of the hall, gave a deep salute, and said with a smile: "The little one pays my respects to Lord Guan."

Guan Yeqi didn't even have to look him in the eye, and said, "What are you doing here?" Master Zhang pulled up a chair and sat down, glanced at Lin Yuan and Liu Jinqiu, didn't take them seriously, and said with a smile: "Our prefect's new official took office, rich businessmen and gentry in the local area presented congratulatory gifts, but Guan Ye did not send congratulatory gifts, presumably because we think that our prefect's prefect is not good enough to take on the prefect's important task, so the prefect sent a small Come and ask Master Guan, is there anything he has done that is not thoughtful?"

Guan Yeqi sneered, and said: "Let your elders focus on receiving gifts from the common people, and let someone give gifts naturally!"

Master Zhang said with a smile: "Master Guan is unreasonable to say that. You will use our magistrate in many places in the future, such as tax collection. If our master raises the tax on bronze wares by a few points... "

After finishing speaking, Master Zhang sneered, looked at Guan Yeqi, and thought to himself: "Just because you are a small businessman, you dare to fight with the government!"

In desperation, Guan Yeqi turned his head to look at Lin Yuan, who smiled and said, "Your official, let me say something fair."

Master Zhang gave Lin Yuan a sideways look, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said disdainfully, "What are you doing! I'm talking to Master Guan, and you have a role to interrupt!"

Guan Yeqi thought to himself: "These two mysterious visitors revealed my secret with one mouthful. They must have a lot of background. They may have a way to help me out of this disaster." But Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Master Guan, This master Zhang is right, you have to give money to this magistrate."

Guan Ye Qiwen's complexion changed upon hearing this, and just about to get angry, Lin Yuan smiled at Master Zhang, "You go to the guest room to rest and have a drink of two cups of tea, let me persuade Master Zhang."

When Mr. Zhang heard this, his face turned happy, and he said: "This master is a sensible master. It's okay, I'll go to the guest room and drink two cups of tea. You can persuade Master Guan well."

As soon as Master Zhang left, Master Guan became furious and said to Lin Yuan, "If you want to persuade me to give money to corrupt officials, you'd better die of that!"

Lin Yuan was not in a hurry, and asked, "Master Guan, do you know who I am?"

Guan Yeqi just remembered that there were too many things just now, and he didn't ask the identities of these two people, so he asked, "Who are you?"

Lin Yuan took out a document from his sleeve, Guan Yeqi took it over and looked at it, his face changed drastically, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly: "You...you are... Lin Yuan?" It turned out that Lin Yuan showed him The document was the letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials, on which there was not only the seal of the Ministry of Officials, but also Emperor Guangxu's imperial seal in Zhubi, which read: Appoint Lin Yuan as governor of the three eastern provinces!

Seeing this document, Guan Yeqi couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat after being surprised!