One day, a Persian, Agenus, came to the bazaar and wandered around with the crowd. When he passed by Hani Copperware Shop, he walked in by and had a look. His eyes rolled as he admired the bronze ware made by Hani and exclaimed, "Your craftsmanship is very high, your bronze ware is very delicate and unique, you are a great coppersmith!" ”

Hani was looking at an ancient book to study the techniques of making bronze ware, and when he saw the Persians, he praised him and said, "Where and where, my skills are still very shallow, please ask the master for more advice." ”

"How much do you earn by making bronze every day?" Akinu asked.

"Just enough to make ends meet." Hani replied.

"Do you want gold? I have a way of turning your copper into gold, so that you can make a fortune and enjoy it without having to do business so hard every day. Aquinu said.

Hani had seen gold and knew it was worth more than his broken copper. He always wanted to have a lot of gold, but his family was too poor, and gold was just an illusion for him. There were still a few customers in the shop who were picking up copperware, and Hani got impatient with them, and after sending them away, he closed the door and pestered Akinu, trying to learn from him about brass smelting.

Akinus took out a crucible and baked it on the stove. He took out another hammer and told Hani to find a copper disc, and struck it vigorously, until it was broken into pieces and put it into the cauldron. After a while, the copper flakes melted and turned into a golden-yellow liquid. Akinu took out a paper packet and poured the yellow powder into the cauldron and mixed it with the copper water. Hani tugged at the bellows, and the fire grew stronger and stronger, and Aquinu pulled out something and stirred it. When the liquid in the crucible cooled, it turned into a golden thing.

"That's it, brass has turned to gold!" Akinu shouted happily.

When Hani saw Aquinu's process of refining gold, he was stunned and then ecstatic. He took the gold in his hand, watched and played with it over and over again, and felt that it was heavy. He took out another file and filed it, and found that it was indeed a real piece of gold.

"The crucible is too small, can you make it bigger and refine more gold at a time?" Haney asked.

"Son, you have to learn to be content, gold is not something that can be easily cultivated. The raw material we use is copper, and we can only smelt this little gold. If the raw material itself is gold, a lot of gold can be smelted by giving birth to children from mother to gold. Aquinu said.

"I don't have any gold at home, can I use the gold I am refining now as the mother gold?" Haney asked.

"The gold that is being smelted now is the next generation of copper, and it cannot be regarded as mother gold." Akinu said.

"Then the gold you refined is fake? If it is true, then the mother gold and the newly generated gold will be exactly the same. Hani continued.

"Son, why don't you get it? In terms of material form, the gold just refined is exactly the same as the mother gold. Because the raw material is copper, the gold smelted has no aura, so it cannot be used as mother gold and then refined into the next generation of gold. Aquinu explained.

"What is the aura of the mother gold?" Hani continued.

Agenu didn't actually make gold, but only changed the color of the copper to make it look like gold. His purpose was to deceive, but he didn't expect Haney to keep asking these weird questions. Akinu thought for a moment and replied, "Child, the aura of the hen is like the hen you feed at home, it can lay eggs, but the eggs laid by the hen may not be able to hatch chicks, and the eggs that cannot give birth to chicks will not have aura. So, I can let the mother give birth to the son Jin, but the child gold can't regenerate the child gold. ”

"Master, I seem to understand a little bit. Not only can you make gold, but you're also very knowledgeable. Hani couldn't help but adore Akinu.

"Do you have silver at home? Since I can turn brass into gold, and mother gold begets son gold, I can also let mother silver beget son silver. Aquinus asked, his purpose was to cheat Hani out of the family's gold and silver.

"I'm going to go back and look for this, it seems like my father left me some." As if he remembered something, Hani asked, "If the mother who can give birth to a son is a mother like a hen, then the gold that cannot give birth to a son is a male?" ”

Hani's question is tricky and weird, Aquinu is really difficult to answer, and it is not easy to fool him. Hani likes to ask questions, he should really go to college, and he shouldn't be buried on an island in the middle of the ocean. In order not to arouse Hani's suspicions, Akinus replied, "The gold we have just made from brass is male, and it cannot be recycled. ”

"Why is it male?" Hani asked again.

"Because it's been refined once, and there's no aura," Akinu replied, .......

Fortunately, Hani didn't ask again, and he said to Agenu, "Wait here while I go home and find some Mother Silver to see if you can give birth to a child Silver." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you here, go and come back quickly." Aquinu said.

Hani walked out of the copperware shop, fearing that Akinu would steal from the shop, and turned back and asked Akinu to wait for him outside the store. He was afraid of Akinu's heart, and said, "Master, customers who buy things are very difficult to deal with, and if I close the door, they won't trouble you." Aquinu had to wait outside the store. He felt that although Hani was greedy for money, he was still relatively smart, and he had to be careful not to show his feet.

"Mom, did you leave us some silver when my father died, and find me some." Hani came home and said to his mother.

"Son, what do you want money for? Your father said that we mother and son could only use the money he left behind when we were too poor to survive. Your father's intention is not to let you be lazy and sit on the mountain. Hani's mother said.

"Mother, I met a Persian Akinus in the coppersmith shop, and he showed me how to turn brass into gold. He also said that the mother silver can produce a lot of silver, so that we will be rich, and you will be able to live a good life. Haney said.

"Remember, kid, there is no pie in the sky. You have to be careful, don't just listen to other people's bragging. Especially beware of the then Persian Akinus, do not trust him, he is certainly a liar. There is no alchemy and alchemy in the world, he is just swaggering and deceiving everywhere and designing to harm people! Hani's mother said.

"Mom, I just need a little silver. If the Persian does not produce a child with his mother's silver, I will bring it back. He's a foreigner, and he dares to rob me of my money? I'm still smart enough for your kid, and it's not that easy for him to lie to me. Haney said.

Hani's mother thought about it and thought it was right, if Aquinu couldn't refine the silver, he wouldn't be able to take the mother's silver. If he comes by force, there are so many people on the island, are you afraid that he won't succeed? Hani's mother returned to the room, opened the safe, took out a little bit of silver, and gave it to Hani, telling him to be careful, because Hani's father had worked so hard to get it back.

Hani and Akinus entered the bronze shop and closed the door. Akinus placed the cauldron on the stove, and Hani pulled the bellows, and the fire began to burn. Aquinus put the silver in the cauldron, took out some lead and mercury and mixed it in, and when it melted, he took out a paper bag from the bag, and opened it to be full of powder, and Aquinium picked some up with his fingernails and bounced it into the crucible, and soon the lead and mercury were gone, and became as good silver as snowflakes.

When Hani saw this, he was very happy and admired Aquinu so much. He built bronze tools day and night, doing all the physical work, extremely hard, can only get food and clothing, and now he met a master with real skills, wanted to learn from him, and asked: "Master, how is this silver refined?" Please teach me. ”

Agenus said, "This is what I told you about the birth of a mother's silver." First take the silver as the mother, no matter how much, exercise with medicine, and raise it in the ding. The fire is enough, and the yellow buds are sold, and the snow is turned into white again. After the furnace is opened, these dantou are swept away, and they only need to be as big as the of the eyes, and they can be turned into gold and silver, and the mother silver still has no loss. ”

"How much mother silver do you need?" Haney asked.

"The more silver there is, the greater the aura, and the more refined the dantou. Dantou is refined, and the wealth is rival the country. Aquinus replied.

"The silver of the crucible is the mother's silver? Or is it the mother silver that refines these powders? Hani asked again.

"They all have mother silver, and they are used for different purposes. According to the amount of lead and mercury, silver is added to the crucible in a ratio of ten to one, and the powder made from the mother silver is added to turn all the lead and mercury into silver. That is to say, your share of silver becomes ten parts, and it is completely dependent on the powder refined from the mother silver, which is the key to alchemy. Aquinu said.

"I still have some silver at home, and I beg the master to teach me the art of ignition, so I can fulfill my wish in life." Hani said.

"My alchemy is not easy to pass on, but I see that you are very religious, with strange bones, and you have a fate with me, so I might as well teach you a lesson." Aquinu said.