Chapter 272 Fools Tend to be Rich (1/2)

Chapter 272: Fools Tend to be Rich

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Li Du was quite familiar with Brigham Young. When he had first applied to study in America, he had considered going to Brigham Young University, a school named after the historical figure.

Brigham Young University was one of the largest religious universities in America. According to the latest rankings of universities in America, Brigham Young was in the top 100 universities around the world.

The reason he hadn’t gone was that he didn’t make the cut.

Speaking of Brigham Young, Li Du felt that he was an interesting man. If he were to be evaluated with Confucianism values, there were several points worth debating about his character.

From his private life, the church founder, Joseph Smith, had 34 wives. After his demise, some of his wives and career were inherited by Brigham Young.

Also, in 1857, Brigham Young had once declared a complete quarantine of Utah against other regions, barring the federal army from entering. It was as if he were dividing the land to become another nation, to go against the federal government.

However, the man eventually became one of the most well-known religious leaders in American history.

Hearing what Hans had said, Li Du understood what Hans was trying to do. He wanted to use the fame of Brigham Young to boost the value of this distilling boiler.

This made him worried. ”I’m warning you, don’t be rash. The Mormons might come knocking on your door.”

Hans said frivolously, ”I’m going to knock on their doors instead, and sell this to them.”

Li Du couldn’t hold back a chuckle as he said, ”Dream on, buddy. The Mormons don’t drink, you’re going after the wrong crowd.”

The Mormons deemed that cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and coffee had adverse effects on the human body. Thus, these products would not appear in their diet.

Still, throughout the history, the Mormons had used equipment for making alcohol. They didn’t brew liquor for their own consumption, but for sale. From the 18th century to the early 20th century, moonshine was one of the best ways to earn wealth.

Hans said, ”No—the reason I’m going to sell it to them is not so they can make liquor, but because it’s a religious relic. In a way, I’m returning this to them.”

Puzzled, Li Du asked, ”Then, you’re trying to fool the Mormons? Why would they believe that this was something their leader had once used?”

That was like finding a Buddhist staff in China, saying it belonged to Bodhidharma, and selling it to Buddhists. Unless the buyers were fools, why would they buy it?

Hans snickered slyly, and switched on his computer to let him see a photograph. In the photo, there was a man with long hair, sitting beside a distilling boiler.

The long-haired man was Brigham Young, and the distilling boiler looked almost the same as theirs.

Of course, this had something to do with the resolution of the photo. It was one of those photos that had been taken with a vintage camera; so not only did it have a low resolution, it was a black-and-white photo.

Hans said, ”This is a crazy coincidence, brother. I found this photo by accident.

”I was searching on the web for ‘alcohol distillation equipment’ and ‘historical figures,’ and this photo came up. After seeing it, I said, ‘Alright, this must be an opportunity from God.’”

Li du let out the bug, and used the ability to playback the history of objects.

From the scenes that played, the person who had used this equipment was surely not Brigham Young. They were people wearing vests and ceremonial hats, which meant they were Amish.