After Auvergne studied the soap for a while, Sinampe had already noticed that the elemental composition in this world should be no different from that of the earth, and the chemical reactions that could be achieved on the earth could be completed here - and vice versa, so Sinampe had already put a question mark in his heart about the statement that Miss Silmeria in front of him could refine real gold.

Now that I look at it, it turns out to be so. At first, Sinampe thought that Hilleel Melia had done it magically, but when she said the words "iron" and "alum", she understood what she meant by alchemy—it was actually "wet copper smelting".

The principle is very simple, just put iron in the bile alum solution, so that the copper ions in the bile alum are replaced by the metal and deposited into elemental copper powder. In ancient China, Ge Hong Daxian's "Hug Puzi" has recorded this method of copper smelting, but it is a pity that Eugenia in this era is so outdated in practical science - in fact, when Ge Hong invented this method, there were also jokes similar to the current Sillmelia - the copper powder soaked in the solution looks very similar to gold dust at first glance, but if these powders are collected and cannot be distinguished, it means that this Sylmeria is too stupid!

"You, are you serious?" Hilmelia's originally sunny face suddenly darkened.

"That's right. Sinan Pei smiled, "The method of putting iron in bile water to smelt copper was invented thousands of years ago in my hometown. With that, Sinan Pei began to explain to her the basic process and steps of Shiyàn.

Hearing that her "secret" was told by Si Nanpei little by little, her face became worse and worse, until she was about to cry at the end.

She didn't even think to go back to the real room to verify the authenticity of Si Nanpei's words, so she collapsed to the ground like a duck, her face helpless: "How can this be, how can it be like this......!

This made Si Nanpei at a loss, although he saw a great beauty who poured all beings on the ground in a duck sitting posture and the crying of pear blossoms with rain was still full of eyes, but the key is that he was not mentally prepared, who knew that this chick was so fragile?

Theresa stepped forward and squatted down and touched her back to comfort her: "Don't cry, Shilmelia, even if you can't refine real gold, you won't lack wealth with your ability, why be so persistent?"

Theresa cried even more when she spoke of her lack of wealth: "I can't pay my debts anymore, and the usurious Jacobs threaten me to take me into debt and make me a slave girl......"

The Jacobs, a minority who migrated from the East, had managed to establish roots in Eugenia over the course of a long period of history, and had become a superior class and wealthy on their own wisdom - but they were still discriminated against by many and became synonymous with usurers.

"You're a magician!" said Theresa, frowning, "do they have the courage?"

But seeing the robe she was wearing, Sinan Pei was also relieved - don't all magicians like to wear robes!

"But I'm really in debt, and I've heard that the church and even the Council of Wizards have approved of their recourse to the debt. Shirmelia hugged Theresa and continued to cry, "I'm going to be a contract slave if I continue like this, and no one will help me." ”

Theresa shook her head: "How can you say such a thing, isn't there still me! Do you think I, a rich man, will have no money to help you pay off your debts!"

"But...... But I owe twelve thousand livers!" said Shilmelia, with a sad face, "and even you can't come up with so much money to help me pay off my debts. ”

This figure made Sinampei gasp - even if it is a county of land, it is definitely not worth so much money! And although Theresa has a large amount of fixed nature, if it is about liquidity, Theresa can't get it anyway.

"Why do you owe so much money?" Theresa also looked surprised, and couldn't figure it out.

"I didn't owe that much, I just owe more than 3,000 livres. Shilmelia's hat had fallen off, and she didn't care, "I borrowed it a year ago, who would have thought that it would be so much now." ”

"The point is, how do you owe usury?" Si Nanpei couldn't help but laugh.

"The investment failed. "I bought a sixty percent stake in a Saranyi merchant ship that transports goods from the East, and entrusted the captain to buy a large number of oriental spices to be sold, but who would have thought that because of the conflict between the Selman Empire and the Eastern Rite Sect, the goods on the ship were confiscated, and those hateful Tuks even demanded that I take money to ransom the crew members who had become prisoners." ”

"But I had no spare money on hand, so I had no choice but to take the public funds from the university to ransom people. Not long afterward, I was confronted by the Professors' Governance Committee to check the accounts, and I had to borrow money from the black-hearted Jacobs. "When the situation finally calmed down, some merchants from Salanyi wrote to the Holy See asking the Pope to support them, and the Holy See sent an envoy to discuss the return of the goods. ”

"Although those Tuks readily agreed, for some reason, on the list of assets handed over to the Holy See by the Tuks, the large Karak sailing ship with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons under my name has become a 200-ton offshore pulp sailing ship, which is still used for decades, silk has become 'worn-out linen', spices have become 'oriental leaves', and it is worthless when converted into cash! I went to the regional bishop to protest, and he said that it would be nice if the infidels could give me back this little thing, and everyone is like that, anyway, now the Holy See can't organize a crusade, so I pinched my nose and confessed. As she spoke, she became excited again, "My money has been blackened by the Selman bureaucrats who have been stabbed a thousand times......!

It was a sad story, but Sinampei said he couldn't do anything about it - he touched his nose and didn't know how to comfort the unfortunate and poor girl. Although cross-border trade has extraordinary profits, at the same time, this windfall profits also come with risks, even in the 21st century, cross-border trade is a very risky business, let alone in this era.

Putting all her eggs in one basket like Sylmeria is a fool's choice. If you don't go bankrupt, that's weird!

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