Chapter 273

Li Du is especially familiar with Brigham Yang, because when he applied for graduate school in the United States, he had considered Brigham Young University, and this school was named after him.

Brigham Young University is the largest Christian university in the United States and the third largest private university in the United States. According to the comprehensive ranking of U.S. News and World Report, the most authoritative university in the United States, Brigham Young University was named the 62nd best university in the United States in 2016.

The reason why he didn't go, of course, was his poor grades.

Speaking of Yang Baihan, Li Du thought he was very interesting. According to the evaluation of Confucian culture, this person's character is very questionable.

As far as private life is concerned, the founder of the church, Joseph Smith, had 34 wives. After his death, part of his wives and career were inherited by Baihan Yang.

Also, in 1857, Brigham Young declared martial law throughout Utah, barring federal troops from entering. It's like breaking up the territory, breaking up with the federal government.

But in the end, the gentleman became one of the most celebrated religious leaders in American history.

After hearing what Hans said, Li Du understood what this guy wanted to do. He wanted to gain fame from a celebrity, and wanted to add gold to this distiller to increase its value.

This made him a little worried: "I warn you, don't mess around, and beware of Mormons making trouble for you."

Hans said nonchalantly, "I intend to sell this still to the Mormons."

Li Du smiled and said, "You're really thinking, buddy, Mormons don't drink alcohol, so you've made a mistake."

Mormons believe that tobacco, alcohol, tea, and coffee all have bad effects on the body, so people don't see these things in their diets.

But historically these people have used brewers, and they made wine not to drink but to sell, and in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, moonshine was the best and quickest way to get rich.

Hans said: "No, I sold the still to them, not to let them make wine, but because it is a religious object, it should be returned to them."

Li Du asked strangely: "Then you are planning to fool the Mormons? Why would they believe that this distiller was used by the former leader?"

This is the same as finding a Zen stick in China and selling it to Buddhists as a product of the Patriarch Bodhidharma. Unless you meet a fool, how can you sell it?

Hans laughed. He turned on the computer and showed him the photo. In this photo, a man with long hair was sitting next to a still.

The long-haired man was Yang Baihan, and the still was almost exactly the same as the one they found.

Of course, this is also related to the resolution of the photo. This should be the earliest photo taken by an old-fashioned camera. The resolution is very low and it is black and white.

Hans said: "What a coincidence, brother, I found this photo by accident."

"I searched the internet for brewers and celebrities, and this photo came up. I looked at it and said, well, this is clearly a God-given opportunity."

Li Du released the little flying insects and used the ability to recreate the old times.

Judging from the scene in the old days, the person who used this still was definitely not Yang Baihan, but an Amish wearing a vest and a top hat.

So he was not optimistic about Hans' idea, and said: "Your plan is very unreliable, brother, Mormons will not be fooled."

Hans shrugged and said, "Unfortunately, someone did this. It took me a few hours to post the photo online before someone contacted me."

Li Du asked: "Is there really someone who doesn't have a brain?"

Hans spread his hands and said, "Only God can answer you. Anyway, the other party will come to see the goods in a day or two. Let's see then."

Then Li Du read the information Hans posted on the Internet, and he sent two photos, one was a photo of Baihan Yang and the brewer, and the other was a photo of the distiller.

In addition, Hans attached a brief introduction, including the age certificate of the brewer, the introduction of the material, and the so-called "exact news from the Amish population".

In this definitive message, he said that the Amish told him that the brewer had been acquired in Michigan during the Great Migration of Amish villages in the nineteenth century.

Indeed, in the nineteenth century, the Amish were resisted by the locals and moved their location. They arrived in Michigan and then divided into two groups.

The largest group of people traveled northeast to Pennsylvania, forming the current large gathering place in Philadelphia, and some of them traveled southwest to Arizona.

Around the same time period, the Mormons were also migrating, and their footsteps also reached Michigan, and then went all the way west to Utah.

Therefore, from this point of view, Hans' words are flawless.

But Li Du still didn't believe it. Just because of these unreasonable reasons, the Mormons would believe that this was the brewer used by their leader.

In late July, some Mormons really flew from Utah City to Flagstaff City, and three of them arrived. Hans specially borrowed a Lincoln President One to receive them.

The location of the identification of the brewer was in the camp. After the three middle-aged men arrived, they briefly introduced themselves, and then began to use instruments to test the brewer.

In addition to testing the material of the wine brewer, they also need to check the approximate date of birth. If this is the wine brewer used by Baihan Yang in the photo, it should have been born for more than a century.

Li Du is quite confident about this. He used small flying insects to recreate the old days of the wine brewer. After using the ability, the first picture that came out showed someone brewing wine.

Judging from the limit that the little flying insect can reproduce the old time of about a hundred years, at least this brewer has survived for at least a hundred years.

After some careful inspection, the leading man named Nick came over and said: "According to our inspection, this is indeed a wine brewer made by our sage Yang Baihan."

Li Du's face was dull: Did he run into a fool when he stepped on the horse?

Hans said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations on finding the holy artifact in the church."

Nick said seriously: "Yes, we are also very happy, this is a big event for our sect, now, let's discuss the price, how much do you want to sell?"

When mentioning the price, Hans immediately cheered up: "Now the international price of silver is 17 yuan an ounce, and the pipeline alone has more than 30 kilograms. In conversion, it is at least 20,000 yuan, right?"

Nick nodded seriously, and Hans continued: "But because this is an item of your religion, using such a measurement method is disrespectful to you, so I think the price of 100,000 yuan is very appropriate."

Li Du was speechless and looked at the sky: Americans have a different way of thinking from Chinese people, but no matter how they are different, at least everyone is not stupid. If Nick accepts this price, then he is stupid.

As a result, Nick happily said after hearing the quotation: "Okay, then one hundred thousand yuan!"