Manor Romance

Chapter 117 Brass Oil Lamp Stand

Ren Fei called them here early this morning to explore the secrets in the copper candlestick. After he told Wang Chengyuan and his daughter about Yunli's discovery, the two of them were also looking forward to it, and Wang Yuyao couldn't wait to say: "Then what are you waiting for?" , let’s quickly liquefy it, and I want to see with my own eyes what it looks like when the gold-burning candle is lit.”

"I'm afraid the general method can't detect it. This sparkling gold should be liquefied with special dissolved substances. After such a long time, these dissolved substances have evaporated, and the glowing gold has also become solidified. Could it be Are you really going to take this candlestick apart?" Ren Fei asked again in doubt.

"This pair of long-burning candles has already been used, so if there is glittering gold in the candlestick, it should also be less. That is to say, the inside of the candlestick is hollow. If this can be confirmed, the possibility of glittering gold in it is It is very large, as for how to liquefy it again, it will take some more means." Yun Li expressed his opinion.

In fact, last night when using electromagnetic force to detect the Eternal Candle, Yunli discovered that a small part of the copper candlestick was hollow, and it was only thanks to his electromagnetic force that he was able to detect it. If others do not have special means, There is no way to discover this secret.

At the beginning, Yun Li told Ren Fei that he was only half sure that the candlestick contained glittering gold. In fact, this was just a conservative statement. He was more than [-]% sure. In addition to discovering that the candlestick was hollow, there was also evidence from the electromagnetism. From the force feedback, it can be known that there is a metal completely different from copper in this candlestick, and he is no stranger to this metal, because one of his own collections has this kind of glittering gold. exist.

Speaking of which, this collection is very commemorative. At that time, he was just in high school. When he skipped class and went to the antique market to wander around, he came across a small and exquisite brass oil lamp stand at a booth. It was only palm-sized and cylindrical. There is a small disc on it, which is used to hold lamp oil and candle wicks. It is much smaller than this copper candlestick, but there are also irregular hollow areas in the supporting body under the disc.

After discovering this secret at the time, Yunli negotiated with the vendor to buy the brass oil lamp stand, but the vendor saw that Yunli was a young boy in a school uniform, and thought he was just wandering around with nothing in his pocket. Popsicle money, so he ignored him and told him to go away quickly so as not to hinder the business.

At that time, Yun Li didn't know that the brass oil lamp stand contained glittering gold, and he bought it out of curiosity, wanting to see what was inside, but seeing the impatient look on the street vendor's face, he didn't bother, and continued Go to other stalls.

Originally, he missed this brass oil lamp stand, but he hadn't wandered far when the law enforcement officers came to check. At that time, this kind of antique hawking was strictly controlled. Selling is not allowed.

The vendor who sells brass oil lamp stands is obviously an undocumented type, and he is still a novice. He spreads out his things all at once, and it is not so fast to pack them up temporarily. Generally, those vendors without certificates will put their items in the wrapping cloth Above, it will be put away by category, and fragile items will be wrapped in paper cloth in advance. In such an emergency, you can close the wrapping cloth and lift your leg to avoid people, and it is rare to be caught.

It was obviously the first time for the vendor to encounter this kind of thing. He was in a hurry and made things thumping. Seeing the inspectors approaching, he didn't care so much. He picked up the package and ran away, but there was a long iron sword in the package It was not buckled properly and fell on the ground, and the vendor didn't stop to pick it up. He thought that throwing a sword would be better than having everything impounded, so he quickly fled into the crowd.

The direction of the vendor's escape was exactly on Yunli's side, and the long iron sword fell right at his feet, so he picked it up naturally, and followed the vendor to catch up.

Although Yunli hadn't mastered the method of absorbing electromagnetic force at that time, with his ability, it was quite easy to catch up with a vendor. Helping to the end, he was very familiar with the nearby places, and finally escaped from the antique market with the vendors.

Not only did they escape the inspection, but the long iron sword that was lost also came back, which made the vendor very grateful, and took out the brass oil lamp stand and gave it to Yunli as a thank you gift, but Yunli didn't want to take advantage of him, and in the end the two The two agreed to settle the deal at a price of [-] yuan. Since Yunli did not bring so much cash, the two went to the nearest bank to withdraw money together.

But before they had gone far, Lily appeared in front of the two of them, holding Yunli by the neck without a word, and wanted to take him back to school. Yunli had long been used to this kind of situation, and knew that resistance was useless, so he was just like that. Lily held her back and left, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

The brass oil lamp stand was in Yunli's hands, but before the money was paid, the vendor stopped the two of them and asked them to give the money before leaving. Although Yunli helped him out of trouble just now, after all, the two parties had already agreed on the price The vendor is also very reluctant to give it away for nothing, especially since he has recovered from the shock and the character that a businessman should have has recovered.

It was only then that Yunli realized that the brass oil lamp stand was still in his hands. He was afraid that he would not be able to go to the bank, so he could only return the brass oil lamp stand that he finally obtained to the vendor, but just as he stretched out his hand halfway, Lily cut it off When she got down, she snatched the brass oil lamp stand, and she directly paid 500 yuan to send the vendor away, holding the brass oil lamp stand in one hand, and continuing to return with Yun Li in the other.

The vendor didn't know the real value of the brass oil lamp stand. He only knew that it was considered an old item, and it was worth about 800 yuan. It was not bad to get back 500 yuan in the end. At least in his opinion, Yun The long iron sword Li picked up and gave to him was far more valuable than this old lampstand, and he didn't lose anything, and even made a deal by chance, so he hummed a ditty happily and left.

After several twists and turns, he finally got this brass oil lampstand. Yunli spent a lot of thought and searched through a lot of relevant information, and finally solved the secret of this lampstand. Unexpectedly, it actually contained glittering gold. It is also extremely precious, and the glittering gold in the lampstand has not completely solidified, and a small part is still in a liquid state.

Driven by curiosity, Yunli followed the method in the materials to make special oil lamp wicks. However, he couldn't find most of the materials described in the book, so he had to try to piece together them by himself. The special oil wick was fiddled with.

Moreover, the effect after lighting is quite good. Just a small oil lamp can illuminate a large area with astigmatism. Although it is not as magnificent as described in the book, it can still be clearly distinguished that this oil lamp is different from other lamps. There are many differences, there is peace in the golden flash, and strength in the weak place, which is a rare good thing.

During a power outage, Yunli used this oil lamp for lighting. This secret was discovered by Lily. After learning the whole situation from him, Lily asked for the brass oil lamp stand, saying that if one day they needed If you are in a hurry for money, just sell it to make it urgent.

The brass oil lamp stand was originally paid by Lily, and Yun Li didn't bother with her, if he wanted to see it, he could ask her for it at any time.But since Lily went to college, Yunli had no chance to see this treasure. According to his estimate, this brass oil lamp stand could be worth at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of RMB. Lily loves it very much. Now I will take it with me wherever I go.

She is very aware of Yunli's ability to appraise antiques, and she bought it without hesitation because of her trust in Yunli. Wrong, now that she has just taken over the affairs of the orphanage, many places need financial support, maybe one day, she will really sell this brass oil lamp stand.

The copper candlestick that Ren Fei photographed was much bigger than Lily's brass oil lampstand, with a longer age and more glittering gold contained in it, so the value would naturally be higher. It can be said that the value of this copper candlestick is higher than The sum of those two long-burning candles is even higher. Ren Fei bought it at a price of less than 50 US dollars. He was really lucky. Their actual value may be more than one-fold higher than this figure. times.

It is not difficult to check the hollowness of the copper candlestick, and many simple methods can be used, but Ren Fei and the others do not have the ability of electromagnetic force, so they cannot intuitively judge the existence of Shimmering Gold.In fact, there are many ways to find out the existence of shimmering gold. People who have received professional hearing training can distinguish the type of metal from the echo of the knocking sound, or use physical methods to detect the frequency and wavelength of the metal with radio waves. , so as to obtain the corresponding metal type.

They don't have such experimental conditions now, but Yunli has long thought of a simpler method. He has dealt with Shuojin for a long time, and he knows it better than anyone else.

He took out a small horn-shaped iron block, put it on the side of the copper candlestick, let go, but the iron block did not fall off, and Yun Li explained to everyone: "This small horn is in my room. It was removed from the landline phone, and there was a small magnet in it."

Before Yunli could finish speaking, Ren Fei looked happy, and interjected, "Copper is not magnetic, and it cannot be attracted by a magnet. This shows that there are other metal substances in the copper candlestick."

"But gold is also non-magnetic. Doesn't this mean that what is contained in it is not gold?" Wang Chengyuan was puzzled.

"Generally speaking, gold and copper are non-magnetic, which is related to their molecular structure. We all know that molecules are composed of smaller atoms, and atoms are composed of nuclei and electrons, and this electron determines Whether the metal is magnetic or not."

Yunli's professional explanation immediately aroused Wang Yuyao's dissatisfaction, and she interrupted immediately: "Stop, stop! Teacher Yunli, I'm not in physics class now, just explain it to us in a simple and clear way. What molecules, electrons, Atomic, when I was in school, I was most afraid of physics class, don't read scriptures for us like Tang Seng."

(End of this chapter)