Chapter 38 Tin Plague

Chen Wei didn't speak, just looked at Jerry with a smile.

Tom finally sighed and said to Jerry, "Idiot, you are a scholar of alchemy, you will not forget all the basic skills of alchemy!" You won't forget what tin plague is! ”

Listening to Tom's words, Jerry's body shook suddenly, as if he had thought of something. kept muttering: "Tin plague, tin plague, I see, if this is the case, then no one will find out, it is normal." ”

There are three allotropic forms of tin: white tin, gray tin, and brittle tin. Tin can have different crystallization states in different environments. At room temperature and above room temperature, the most stable form is white tin, which is a malleable metal, and is often used to make pewter, wine jugs, tea cans, etc., such as the tin staff in the hands of the priests of the Holy See.

When the temperature drops to minus 13 degrees Celsius, the crystalline lattice of tin rearranges and the gaps between atoms increase" to form a new crystalline form, grey tin.

The internal stress that occurs at the contact between the different crystalline lattices of the gray tin causes it to break into powder.

The silvery-white tin ware with good ends loses its luster and turns dark gray at low temperatures, and the "plague" of tin will spread to other people, and the "pestilence" of "healthy" tin ware "a piece of tin ingots turns into ash powder" and scatters ash powder on the tin ingots that have not yet been transformed, and soon all of them turn into ash powder, as if they were infected by an epidemic, and people observe this phenomenon, so they call it tin plague.

Generally speaking, tin plague only occurs in some cold areas, such as the Magnolia Empire, which has a mild climate all year round, which is extremely rare, so for a while, people did not think of it.

Looking at Jerry's thoughtful appearance, Chen Wei took out a silver-white crystal from his spatial bracelet. At first glance, this is no different from silver, but in reality, tin is always tin, and in the end it cannot replace silver.

Chen Wei said: "This is tin, on the surface, it and silver have a silver luster, if you don't look closely, you can't see the difference between them." In addition, in the secret room, the light is dim, and the silver in the secret room cannot be touched casually, and every time you check it, you can only open the box and look through it, so that you can reach the point of confusion. ”

A bottle of spirits and a handful of red salt appeared in Chen Wei's hand.

Chen Wei laid the tin flat on the table and sprinkled wine and red salt on it. After a while, I saw that the tin block gradually turned gray, lost its metallic luster, and with Chen Wei's light clamp, it turned into a pile of powder.

That's when Jerry realized, what was going on? Wine and red salt are combined to act as a catalyst for tin.

It stands to reason that there is no reason for the temperature here in the rock canal to reach -thirteen degrees Celsius, but the volatilization of this alcohol will take away a lot of heat, so that the temperature of the object will reach below the temperature, and with the catalytic action of the red salt, these tin blocks will all turn into powder.

As for the red salt and spirits, it's very simple. This can be done simply through the air windows around the chamber. In this way, everything can be explained.

The Milky Way on the surface of the river, because the tinned powder flows above the river. As for why the fish appeared on the surface of the river, these Toms had already explained last time, and those jumped out of the water in pain because the gills of the fish were blocked.

If Jerry asked Chen Wei why there was no trace of the tin left in the secret room if it had turned into powder, it was actually very simple, as long as a water magic could clean the ground.

Chen Wei continued: "Of course, these are all my guesses. I guess that's the rough picture. However, I think the perpetrator must have used some ice magic as well. After all, anyway? A full 500,000 catties of silver, this amount is really too large. If it's all about using alcohol to cool down, it's inevitable that it will attract the attention of others. 500,000 catties of silver, how much wine does this have to use! Of course, it is also possible that the other party did not use alcohol at all, and directly used ice magic. Of course, these are all just my guesses. ”

Tom took Chen Wei's words and continued: "There should be no wine, after all, on the day the silver was stolen, there was no smell of wine in the secret room, so it seems that there should be no wine. Then, the only thing left to cool down is ice magic. It's just that there doesn't seem to be one on this Ice Magician Harmony No. 3! ”

Chen Wei smiled and said, "Tom, you seem to have forgotten that there seems to be a way besides the ice magician!" What about this magic scroll? As long as there is a magic scroll, isn't the result the same? ”

Tom patted his head and smiled at Chen Wei: "Hehe, it seems that I didn't think it through!" ”

Listening to Chen Wei's words, Jerry obviously thought of something? Start thinking about it.

"Silver, tin, red salt, ice magic." One by one, the characters kept popping up in Jerry's mind, and they began to be strung together. Jerry becomes interested in the perpetrator and wants to find out, who is the perpetrator?

"So, Chen Wei, guess who it is? I think you've already found that person in the middle of your search! It's just that you don't want to say it. What do you think? Chen Wei, can you introduce this genius to me? was able to come up with such a way to transport all the 500,000 catties of silver silently. I think the place where the silver was stolen should be in Duck City! If not, you won't be able to find a trace, how about it? Am I right? Tom looked at Chen Wei with amusement and smiled at Chen Wei.

As soon as I heard Chen Wei, I knew who this person was? Jerry came to his senses in an instant, looked towards Chen Wei, and asked Chen Wei urgently, "Who is it?" Chen Wei, who is it! ”

Chen Wei didn't speak, a smile appeared on his face, smiled at the two, stopped the next topic, and bowed his head silently.

Tom sighed at this and didn't say anything more? After all, who did this? Does this have nothing to do with Tom? However, out of curiosity, Tom still wondered who did it?

"Who is this person? It's up to you to find out for yourselves. What's my business? Besides, since the last time the Giant Shark Thieves attacked, I had already offended Mori. Now that someone can trouble Maury, why wouldn't I? If you knew, you might as well work hard! Chen Wei said no more, and left everything to Tom himself, no matter what the outcome of the matter was, what did it do?

In fact, Chen Wei has already vaguely told Tom and the two of them about the initiator, but whether the two can succeed in comprehending it depends on themselves.

First, Chen Wei refused to say this person, and it was inevitable that this person would have something to do with Chen Wei at this time. Second, Chen Wei has already said that the occurrence of tin plague requires conditions of minus 13 degrees, so either wine or ice is used. In this use of ice, this ice mage has been eliminated first, and the only thing left is the ice scroll. How many of them can use the scrolls on this ship?

Third, the occurrence of tin plague requires the catalyst of red salt to accelerate the change.

In this way, how many can meet these three conditions?

To be honest, at the beginning, Chen Wei didn't plan to say this in front of Jerry, after all, Chen Wei didn't know much about Jerry. Who knows if Jerry will leak this information to Maury.

Since the last time, Chen Wei has known that he and Mori, the two of them have already concluded. Being able to make Mori suffer damage, this is something that Chen Wei is happy to see.

In addition, for the initiator, Chen Wei has a good impression of it? I don't want him to let Maury catch him like that.

But Chen Wei also knew that from the moment Tom asked Jerry to sit down. Chen Wei knew that Tom was planning to let Jerry know about this? In this case, how can Chen Wei be a wicked person. Even if Chen Wei doesn't say it, Tom will say it to Jerry.

As for wanting Jerry to demonstrate the tin plague? Chen Wei believed that in front of Jerry, who used alchemy, Jerry had known this for a long time. I just didn't think about it for a while. If you think about it, you can still detect it.

After a long time, Jerry suddenly shouted, "It's him!" It turned out to be him! Chen Wei, what do I say? No wonder, no wonder you don't tell us? Chen Wei, there is really you! ”

Tom glanced at Jerry curiously and asked Jerry, "Who is it?" Jerry, who is so capable? It is possible to carry out this seemingly simple but very complicated play! ”

"Hehe, teacher, you definitely didn't expect it. He was the one who started it! Jerry laughed out loud.

"Oh, did you guess that? So, who is it? Chen Wei picked his eyes and smiled at Jerry.

"Who else? It's not him, Amway. Jerry said.

"On this Harmony No. 3, the only one who has the best relationship with you, except for Bonnie and Ruolin, is Amway. Bonnie and Ruolin were the first to be excluded by me because they were women, and besides, the relationship between the two of them and you was nothing more than strangers, and you were scolded by someone at the banquet. In this way, you don't feel cold to them in your heart, and there is no reason to hide it. Then, the rest is only Amway. Jerry smiled at Chen Wei as he analyzed.

"Also, just now, when you first started, you said that red salt and spirits were the catalyst for the tin plague. Although in the end, it was refuted by you. But when it comes to this, why do you include this spirit? ”

"This also shows that the person has strong liquor, so you will be suspicious. Of the people we have just investigated, Amway is the only one who has red salt and spirits, except for one or two big merchants. Those two businessmen, there is no reason for you to cover for them, then, this is only the remaining Amway. What do you think? Am I right? The more Jerry spoke, the more energetic he became, and he kept analyzing.

Chen Wei didn't speak, just nodded at Jerry, and didn't say anything more?