Chapter 264 American-Style BBQ (2/2)

After waiting for the others to finish speaking, he turned to the others with his eyebrows creased. ”What did you guys say it’s made off?”

”Copper and steel. Aren’t all the boilers made of copper and steel?”

Hans shook his head and said, ”No, no. Guys, I think this is made of silver!”

Li Du was taken aback for a moment. ”Sorry, brother. I think I might have misheard what you said. What did you say it was? Silver? This boiler is made of silver?”

Hans stopped talking. He disassembled a few parts of the boiler, and then started weighing the columns.

After examining the parts closely, he said with a heavy expression, ”Li, you really have a crazy pair of eyes! It’s really something valuable! It’s made of silver!”

Li Du hadn’t been able tell what it was made of; he had only determined that it had some history with the bug.

Hannah said in surprise, ”Don’t be ridiculous, brother. This boiler is made of silver? Who would use silver to make a distilling boiler for moonshine? Unless he was some oil tycoon!”

”But here it is,” Hans said. ”There’s a distilling boiler made of silver right here!”

As he spoke, he burned a piece of pine bark with a lighter.

Bark burns easily, and burns hot.

He lifted the flame to the exterior of the boiler, which turned black. Then, he moved to the tubes and columns, and the silvery columns remained the same!

Li Du exclaimed, ”The columns are made of silver!”

As the saying goes: ”Real gold does not fear the test of fire.” Real silver was also unafraid of fire.

The ordinary steel had turned black from the fire due to oxidation; silver retained its color after burning.

”Yes, the tubes and columns are all made of silver. The canister is copper, because copper conducts heat well, and doesn’t absorb alcohol.”

The discovery excited everyone. Although the distilling boiler was not fully made of silver, the columns were, which would greatly increase its value.

Stephen said, ”Actually, it’s not rare to see silver tubes in distilling boilers. Silver does not get dirty easily, and has antibacterial properties. With silver columns, the alcohol would also become purer from the distillation.”

”You’re right,” Hannah said, ”but it takes quite a bit of money to make those columns with silver! Most of them are just silver-plated!”

Seeing everyone becoming increasingly excited, Li Du stretched out his hand and said, ”Calm down, everyone. It’s all just theories and guesses for now. We’ll go get a testing kit to validate it tomorrow. We can make conclusions then.

”Now, our main concern, is to clean this up quickly and prepare the alcohol. The sun is setting soon—we need to start making it!”

Hans was the first to regain his composure since he had been getting a bunch of extremely valuable items from storage units with Li Du recently.

He and Godzilla quickly rinsed the boiler. The columns, made of silver, were not hard to clean, so the process became much easier. Silver had antibacterial properties, and the main concern when cleaning the columns was to wash off any bacteria or viruses.

Li Du and Hannah prepared the food. They bought fast food like fried chicken and fish; these were easy to heat up by microwaving. Barbecue would be the main part of the party.

Two grilles were set up. Stephen started the fire, and placed strips of bacon and ribs on it. Soon they were beautifully grilled.

Hannah brought apples and honey, and began preparing her specialty: honey grilled apples.

Li Du rolled up his sleeves, and started cooking up some dishes in the kitchen, showing off his skills.