Chapter 30 What did I find?
Ma Mingfeng was quite satisfied with Ma Liang because he always cooperated with him at critical moments, and he cooperated perfectly. If he wanted to give an award, this guy would definitely win the best supporting role.
Seeing Ma Liang say this, Ma Mingfeng immediately asked, "Silverware? What kind of silverware?"
Ma Liang said, "Old immortal, this is the case. These two Han people asked my father to build a silver bracelet for them. My father tried his best to build it, but they suddenly went crazy and said that the silverware was fake. The whole village knew that my family had made silverware for generations, and there were not a thousand or eight hundred silverware that had passed through my father's hand. How could it be fake? If he wasn't crazy, what would it be?"
Ma Mingfeng thought for a while and said, "Can I let that silverware be seen? Perhaps the monster is related to this silverware."
"How is this possible? This is a silverware made by the old man." Ma Xian was a little alert when he saw that the other party was about to see the silverware and quickly said loudly.
At this time, the village leader Ma You stepped forward and advised, "Brother, your technique of creating silverware is well-known, what are you afraid of? Besides, this old god is so profound that you may really be able to see something. There is naturally no problem with your technique of building silverware, but this does not mean that when you build silverware, the monster will take the opportunity to make trouble. Although the monster is now sealed, there will be aura of monsters on the silverware. Let the old god show you, and he will help you erase the magic of monsters, so you can sell it in the future."
Ma Xian saw the old village leader say this, so he reluctantly ordered Ma Liang to go home and bring the silver bracelets he had made for the two Han people, so that the old Taoist priest could appraise.
After a while, the bracelet was taken back, and Ma Liang carefully handed the bracelet to Ma Mingfeng.
Ma Mingfeng took the bracelet and asked Ma You to help get a water bowl, fill it with water, and then get an empty water basin.
Ma You didn't know what Ma Mingfeng was going to do, but he did it anyway.
Not long after, the water cup was taken over, and Ma Mingfeng took a look. The water bowl was full and the water basin was empty, which was indeed as he wished.
Ma Mingfeng put the bracelet in the bowl, and the water naturally overflowed and flowed into the basin. Ma Mingfeng hit the water in the basin into a cylindrical water cup, and borrowed a ruler for measurement. After a simple calculation, he concluded that the density of this thing was only about 8.5, and it seemed that this was definitely not a pure silver product, or even a simple metal.
So Ma Mingfeng said to Ma Xian: "Brother-in-law, your silver bracelet is hollowed out? It is very exquisite and meticulous, and this technique is simply unique."
After hearing this, Ma Xian smiled so hard that the folds on his face appeared. He said to Ma Mingfeng: "I am really glamorous in my face when I can get the Taoist priest so much. To be honest, the Taoist priest is the best at hollowed-out ornaments. Although it is a bit difficult to make, once it is formed, it will definitely look much better than the solid one."
Ma Mingfeng smiled and then said, "My father-in-law doesn't know anything. In addition to being good at catching monsters, I also have a skill called turning stones into gold."
"What? Turning stones into gold?"
After hearing Ma Mingfeng's words, everyone around was shocked and looked at Ma Mingfeng with envy. At the same time, they also secretly thought, how great would it be if I had this ability? I would become a rich man in minutes and be free for a lifetime.
Seeing that his words had successfully aroused the interest of everyone, Ma Mingfeng said with a loud laugh: "Don't think that turning stones into gold is really just pointing to a stone to make it turn gold. I really don't have such ability. All I know is the primary technique of turning stones into gold, also known as alchemy. Although I can't turn ordinary stones into gold, I can turn gold ores into pure gold, and the purity is absolutely high. Of course, not only gold, but also silver, just like this bracelet, I can turn it into gold."
As soon as Ma Xian heard this, he knew that something was going to be bad. The other party would never be able to turn the silver bracelet into a gold bracelet. Instead, it is very likely that he would expose his secret. He wanted to get the silverware in his hand back, but now everyone around was eagerly hoping that Ma Mingfeng could show his skills. If he wanted the silver bracelet back at this time, everyone would definitely not want it.
Besides, Ma Xian felt that Ma Mingfeng might not be able to find out the problem. The one he had just done was not casting spells at all, but it looked a bit like a craftsman's style. Although he didn't know what he was doing, Ma Xian always felt that he was pretending to be a ghost.
Ma Mingfeng had to prepare more things next. The first thing he needed was a super high temperature-resistant container. This was not difficult to do, because Ma Xian's blacksmith shop had an iron smelting furnace and coal as fuel.
So Ma Mingfeng proposed to borrow Ma Xian's iron smelting furnace. Ma Xian felt relieved when he heard this. He was very proficient in iron smelting. He had never heard of it that through iron smelting, he found that silver was not silver.
Then Ma Xian happily lent the iron smelting furnace, bellows and other items to Ma Mingfeng, and asked his son to find a few people to move to the square.
Seeing that everything was all right, Ma Mingfeng warmly invited Ma Liang to help him pull the bellows.
Ma Liang has been doing this since he was a child, so he did not refuse and started heating the silver bracelet.
Not long after, a small half of the silver bracelet began to melt and soon turned into a small stall of silver-white juice. In addition, most of the other half became soft, but they were still in solid form.
At this time, many people who were wise to watch already knew that the bracelet was not made of sterling silver, and there must be other metals inside. So these people all looked at Ma Xian angrily. Even Ma Liang felt a little incredible. He looked at his father deeply, but said nothing.
Ma Xian's face suddenly felt sweaty, but he still reluctantly explained: "The silverware is mixed with other metals to make the silverware look better and durable, and this is also impossible."
But someone in the crowd said, "It's not necessarily true that our ancestors also created many sterling silver jewelry. They didn't say it was not good-looking, nor did they say it was not durable?"
Ma Xian was speechless for a moment. He knew that he had said the wrong thing in a hurry and didn't say anything else.
But Ma Mingfeng sneered, because according to his judgment, the furnace temperature is at most 500-800℃, and the melting is definitely not silver. However, because there are several types of white metals with melting points in this range, Ma Mingfeng is not easy to judge what it is. He can only wait a while to judge by calculating the density.
But no matter what, the melting this time is definitely not silver, because the melting point of silver is as high as 962 degrees, and the furnace temperature close to 1,000 degrees is not so easy to reach. There is no need to judge. It can be seen from the movement of Ma Liang pulling the bellows. It is precisely because the furnace temperature has not yet been reached that Ma Liang continues to pull the bellows violently. If the furnace temperature reaches the temperature, his movements can naturally slow down.
However, when Ma Liang's movement slowed down, some of them had not melted, and at this time there was no metal in the furnace. This proves that the silver bracelet created by Ma Xian did not have a slight silver, and it was all alloys of other metals!
At this time, Ma Mingfeng basically knew what those unmelted metals were. The only metals that could highly imitate silver were probably white copper, because the colors of the two were similar and the density was not very different. Moreover, just before traveling, when Ma Mingfeng traveled to western Hunan, he knew that some of the jewelry claimed to be Miaoyin was actually made of white copper.
Ma Mingfeng sighed and said to Ma Liang: "Continue to add fire. The remaining part should be copper and nickel. When nickel is melted into the red copper, the color of the copper will turn silver-white. If you don't look closely, you will not be able to see the difference at all."
When Ma Liang heard this, he was stunned. He didn't say anything, and pulled the bellows hard like anger.
At this time, Ma Xian murmured: "So this kind of white iron is called nickel. I always thought it was meteorite black iron."
Later, copper and nickel were precipitated. Ma Liang threw the precipitated copper and nickel in front of Ma Xian with a cold face, and said hatefully: "Dad, why are you lying? The silver bracelet you made does not have a little silver at all. This is also called a silver bracelet? Why not just call it a white copper bracelet."
Ma Xian's face turned into a pig's liver, but he didn't say a word, and finally turned into a long sigh.
The village leader Ma You looked at Yang Wencong and Wu Jing who were still confused and said slowly: "It seems that we have wronged these two guests. The bracelet Ma Xian made for them is indeed not silver. According to me, let's put them down."
Ma Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Not only do you need to put it away, but you also have to apologize to others and compensate them for a real silver bracelet!"
Ma You waved his hand and asked someone to let Yang Wencong and Wu Jing go, and brought them food and water to relieve the poison they had put on. It was not until then that the two finally gained full freedom.
Chapter completed!