Chapter 30: Convincing People with Reason
"Hmm, hahaha!"
The other three Turks couldn't understand words for a while, but judging from their movements and expressions, they should be very angry.
The Turkic translator turned around and said viciously to Li Chunfeng: "You guy who is not dry and dares to collide with the Great Turkic envoy! Humph, do you think your life is too long?"
"I see who dares to act wildly in the palace of the Qin King!" Yuchi Jingde shouted loudly, as if he was to put Li Chunfeng in the formation.
The four Turks were frightened by the pressure of Yuchi Jingde and did not dare to act rashly.
Li Chunfeng walked past the four Turks with ease, and said as he walked: "Do you suspect that these gold ornaments are mixed with brass? Today, I will prove it to you, open your short-sighted eyes and see clearly."
"Wow!——" The Turkic translator could understand Li Chunfeng's words and clenched his fists in anger.
Li Chunfeng was not surprised when he was changing. He came to the high table, looked at the more than ten gold jewelry on the table, turned around and asked Fang Xuanling, "Mr. Fang, may I ask your highness, are the more than ten gold jewelry on this table really from the hands of my Tang Dynasty craftsmen?"
Fang Xuanling nodded: "Not bad."
"Okay," Li Chunfeng asked Li Shimin for advice, "Your Highness, if you want to know whether the gold jewelry is true or not, I need some verification props."
"Enter whatever props are needed."
Li Chunfeng said: "I need copper and gold as heavy as gold ornaments on the table, as well as a large porcelain bowl and a large bucket of water."
"allow!"
Li Shimin was convinced, so the waiter began to prepare. The items Li Chunfeng needed were very easy to find.
Big porcelain bowls, big buckets... one by one were placed in front of Li Chunfeng, but only Li Chunfeng knew about the use of these things on the field.
The waiter weighed gold jewelry aside and prepared brass and gold of equal weight, while Li Chunfeng slowly spoke.
"Everyone knows that the density of gold and copper is different. The space occupied by gold and brass of the same weight is absolutely different. Because the density of gold is large, the space occupied by gold must be small at the same weight."
"Today, these Turks said that our gold jewelry was mixed with copper, but they did not allow the jewelry to be cut open, so we can only use another method to detect the purity of the gold jewelry."
Li Chunfeng paused for a moment and continued: "First of all, on my left hand, there are brass and gold with weights of gold ornaments and copper, and on my right hand, there are gold ornaments."
"Imagine if I throw these gold ornaments, brass, and gold into the same porcelain bowl filled with water, then what will the final weight of the porcelain bowl containing gold ornaments, brass, and gold?"
Li Chunfeng raised a question and asked everyone on the field to answer.
Cheng Yaojin said without thinking, "There is no need to say that the bowl is the same bowl, gold jewelry, brass, and the weight of the gold is the same, and it is also filled with water. Their weight is of course the same."
Li Chunfeng shook his head, "General Cheng, think about it again."
"Think about it again? What do you think about?"
Li Chunfeng smiled and said, "Above, I said that the density of the three of them is different."
"Then I, Cheng, think they are the same." Cheng Yaojin couldn't make up his mind.
However, there were some people in this hall who understood it. After Li Chunfeng reminded him, everyone began to realize something was wrong.
Fang Xuanling frowned and said, "If they are different in size, the water overflowing from the bowl is also different, and the water remaining in the bowl is also different."
"That's right, that's the reason." Li Chunfeng laughed.
After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, everyone suddenly realized. "High, it's really high."
"This method is simply wonderful."
"You don't need to cut the gold jewelry and tell whether there is adulterated inside by weight."
"What a wonder, what a wonder."
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The ministers in the hall praised Li Chunfeng's method. On the high platform, Li Shimin's previous sorrow was also wiped out, and he smiled and said, "Hahaha... Li Lushi is indeed a pillar of the country! Hahaha..."
I was just yelling to make Li Chunfeng's butt blossom. Now, seeing Li Chunfeng looks like a baby again, Li Shimin is also interesting.
While speaking, what Li Chunfeng needed was ready.
Li Chunfeng turned around and looked at the four Turkic people and said, "You guys are ready, I'm going to start."
As he said that, Li Chunfeng first carefully placed the dozen or so gold ornaments into the porcelain bowl filled with water. As each gold ornament was immersed in the water, the water slowly overflowed the porcelain bowl.
"Remember, wipe the overflowing water and record the weight of the porcelain bowl at this moment." Fang Xuanling said.
"Affect the order."
I remembered that I carefully wiped the water droplets overflowing from the bowl with cotton cloth, and carefully transferred it to the weighing instrument: "Your Highness, there are 9 pounds, 8 taels and 3 ounces in total."
"Okay." Li Shimin nodded, "Continue."
Then, Li Chunfeng poured out the water from the porcelain bowl, took out the gold jewelry, then filled it with water, and then put the brass in it.
"Remember, please help me weigh it again." Li Chunfeng smiled.
I remembered it and repeated the steps just now, and finally said: "This time, there are 9 pounds, 6 taels and 6 coins."
"Okay." Li Chunfeng nodded, took off the water and copper again by copying it, and then poured water into the porcelain bowl.
Turning around, Li Chunfeng came to the four Turks: "Four, if you put these golds into the porcelain bowl, the weight you finally weigh is the same as the first time, it means that the dozen or so accessories are pure gold. How about it? This time, should you come in person?"
In fact, the four Turks knew in their hearts that the dozen or so gold jewelry were real, so when Li Chunfeng proposed the test method before, the four Turks knew that their conspiracy was undoubtedly exposed.
"Hmph!" The translator snorted coldly, not coping with Li Chunfeng.
Li Chunfeng said indifferently: "Since the four of you are not interested, then let me do it."
Turning around, Li Chunfeng slowly immersed the gold into the porcelain bowl. In fact, by this time, everyone on the field could already predict the final result.
"9 jin, 8 taels and 3 coins, the weight is exactly the same as the first gold jewelry!" The record was announced solemnly.
"good!"
In the crowd, someone took the lead in shouting the lottery, and then there was a sound of echoing in the hall.
Li Chunfeng turned around and replied to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, the weight of the first time and the third time is not bad. In other words, there is no problem with the gold jewelry I donated to the Turks in the Tang Dynasty!"
"Okay, I know," Li Shimin turned his head and looked at the four Turks, "Do you have any objections?" He looked proud and seemed to be saying, "How about it, the plot of the clown's jumping bell has been exposed?"
This time, Li Chunfeng really made a contribution to Li Shimin and the big face of the Qin Prince's Mansion, and truly convinced people with reason.
Chapter completed!