Chapter 118: Brass Oil Lampstand
Ren Fei called them early this morning, just to explore the secret in this copper candlestick, after he informed Wang Chengyuan's father and daughter of Yunli's discovery, the two of them were also very much looking forward to it, Wang Yuyao couldn't wait to say: "Then what are you waiting for, let's liquefy it quickly, I want to see with my own eyes what kind of scene this gold-burning candle looks like after it is lit." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"I'm afraid the general method can't detect it, this glittering gold should be liquefied with special dissolved substances, after such a long time, these dissolved substances have volatilized, and the glittering gold has also become solidified, do you really want to disassemble this candlestick?" Ren Fei wondered again.
"This pair of ever-bright candles has already been used, so if there is glittering gold in the candlestick, it should also be correspondingly less, that is to say, the inside of the candlestick is hollow, and if this can be confirmed, there is a great possibility that there is glittering gold in it, and as for how to liquefy it again, it will take some more means." Yunli spoke his opinion.
In fact, when he was using electromagnetic force to probe the Changming candle last night, Yun Li found that a small part of this copper candlestick was hollow, and it was only thanks to his electromagnetic force that he could detect it, and others would not be able to discover this secret if they did not have special means.
At the beginning, Yun Li told Ren Fei that he was only half sure that the candlestick was shimmering gold, in fact, this was just a conservative statement, his grasp was more than ninety percent, in addition to finding that there was a hollow in this candlestick, and from the feedback of electromagnetic force, it can be known that there is a completely different metal from copper in this candlestick, and he is no stranger to this metal, because in his own collection, one of them has this kind of shining gold.
Speaking of this collection is very memorable, when he was just in high school, when he skipped class to wander the antique market, in a stall came across a small and delicate brass oil lampstand, only the size of a palm, cylindrical, with a small disc on the top, used to hold lamp oil and candlesticks, 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 that time, Yun Li negotiated with the vendor to buy this brass oil lampstand, but the vendor saw that Yun Li was a hairy boy and was wearing a school uniform, thinking that he was just hanging out casually, and only had money to buy popsicles in his pocket, so he ignored him and asked him to go away quickly and not get in the way of business.
Yun Li didn't know that the brass oil lampstand contained glittering gold at that time, and he wanted to buy it just out of curiosity to see what was inside, but seeing the impatient look on the vendor's face, he didn't bother much and continued to walk to other stalls.
Originally, he missed out on this brass oil lampstand, but he had not gone far when the law enforcement officers who verified it arrived, and at that time the sale of this kind of antique was very strictly controlled, and it was not allowed to sell without the relevant documents.
The vendor who sells brass oil lampstand obviously belongs to the category of no documents, and he is a novice, everything is spread out, and it is not so fast to clean it up temporarily, and generally those vendors who do not have documents will put the items on the wrapping cloth, and they will be placed in different categories, and the fragile items will be wrapped in paper cloth in advance, in case of this emergency, the wrapping cloth is closed, and the legs can be flashed, and it is rare to be caught.
Seeing the inspectors approaching, he didn't care so much, he picked up the package and ran, but there was a long iron sword in the package that was not buckled properly and fell to the ground, and the vendor did not stop to pick it up, thinking that it would be better to lose a sword than to seize all the things, so he quickly fled into the pile.
The direction of the vendor's escape was exactly on Yunli's side, and the long iron sword also landed right at his feet, so naturally he picked it up and chased after the vendor.
Although Yun Li had not yet mastered the method of electromagnetic power at that time, with his ability, it was quite easy to catch up with a vendor, the vendor panicked and almost bumped into the patrol personnel who were outflanked from behind, Yun Li helped people to the end, and he was very familiar with the nearby places, and finally escaped from the antique market with the vendor.
Not only did he escape the inspection, but the lost long iron sword also returned, which made the vendor feel very lucky, and took out the brass oil lampstand and gave it to Yunli as a thank you gift, but Yunli didn't want to take advantage of him, and finally the two agreed to make a deal at a price of five hundred yuan.
But before he went far, Lily appeared in front of the two, and without saying a word, he was about to catch him back to school with Yunli's neck, this kind of scene Yunli had long been used to, and he knew that it was useless to resist, so he was held by Lily and left, attracting the attention of many passers-by.
The brass oil lampstand is in Yun Li's hand, but the money has not been given, the vendor drank the two of them, and asked them to give the money first before leaving, although Yun Li just helped him get out of trouble, but after all, the two sides have agreed on the price, and the vendor is also very reluctant to give it out in vain, especially he is frightened, and the character of the merchant has recovered.
Yunli then realized that the brass oil lampstand was still in his hands, and the bank was afraid that he would not be able to go, so he could only return the brass oil lampstand to the vendor, but as soon as his hand was stretched out halfway, he was intercepted by Lily, and the brass oil lampstand was also taken away by her, she directly took out 500 yuan to send the vendor away, holding the brass oil lampstand in one hand, and continuing to hold Yunli back with the other.
The vendor didn't know the true value of the brass oil lampstand, only that it was an old item, about 1,800 yuan, and it was not bad to get back 500 yuan in the end, at least in his opinion, the long iron sword that Yunli picked up and gave him was far more valuable than the old lampstand, and he didn't lose anything, and he made a deal by chance, so he left happily humming a song.
After several twists and turns, he finally got this brass oil lampstand, Yun Li spent a lot of thought, searched a lot of relevant information, and only then did he unlock the secret in this lampstand, but he didn't expect it to contain shimmering gold, although the amount is not much, but it is also extremely precious, and the shimmering gold in the lampstand has not completely solidified, and a small part is still in a liquid state.
Driven by curiosity, Yun Li went to make a special oil wick according to the method in the information, but he couldn't find most of the materials described in the book, so he had to try to piece together the special oil wick by himself.
And the effect after ignition is quite good, only a small oil lamp, can light a wide range of scattered light, although not as brilliant as described in the book, but can still clearly distinguish this oil lamp, and the others have many differences, the golden flash with peace, the weakness exudes strength, is a rare good thing.
During a power outage, Yunli used this oil lamp for lighting, and this secret was discovered by Lily, and after learning the whole situation from him, Lily asked for the brass oil lampstand, saying that if they needed money urgently, they would sell it to relieve the emergency.
This brass oil lampstand was originally the money from Lily, and Yunli 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 has not had much chance to see this treasure, according to his estimates, this brass oil lampstand can be worth at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan, Lily is quite fond of it, and now he will take it with him wherever he goes.
She is very aware of Yunli's ability to identify antiques, and she did not hesitate to pay for it at the beginning, but also out of trust in Yunli, most of the things he fancied were worth the money, and it was right to buy them, and now she has just taken over the affairs of the welfare institute, and many places need financial support, maybe one day, she will really sell this brass oil lampstand.
It can be said that the value of this copper candlestick is higher than the sum of the two ever-bright candles, and Ren Fei took it for less than 500,000 US dollars.
The hollow of the copper candlestick is not difficult to detect, and many simple methods can be used, but they don't have the ability of electromagnetic force, so they can't intuitively judge the existence of shimmering gold. In fact, there are many ways to find out the existence of shimmering gold, and people with professional hearing training can distinguish the type of metal from the echo of the percussion sound, or they can use physical methods to detect the frequency and wavelength of the metal with electric waves, so as to derive the corresponding metal type.
They didn't have such experimental conditions now, but Yun Li had already thought of an easier way, he had dealt with Shuo Jin for a long time, and he knew it better than anyone else.
I saw that he took out a small trumpet-shaped iron block and put it on the side of the copper candlestick, his hand was released, but the iron did not fall, Yun Li explained to everyone again: "This small horn was removed from the landline phone in my room, and there is a small magnet in it..."
Before Yun Li finished speaking, Ren Fei's face was happy, and he interjected: "Copper is a metal that is not magnetic, and it can't be attracted with magnets, which shows that this copper candlestick contains other metal substances." ”
"But gold is also non-magnetic, so doesn't that mean it's not gold?" Wang Chengyuan was puzzled.
"Generally speaking, gold and copper are not magnetic, which is related to their molecular structure, we all know that molecules are made up of smaller atoms, and atoms are made up 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 immediately interrupted: "Stop, stop!" Teacher Yunli, it's not a physics class now, just explain it to us simply and clearly, what molecules, electrons, atoms, I was most afraid of physics class when I was in school, you don't want to chant the scriptures to us like Tang Seng. ”