Royal Master Painter

Chapter 16 Mason Lu Yufu

There are many poisonous snakes and beasts in Shimen Mountain, and even ordinary hunters and woodcutters often avoid it.

Jiang Greed was enlightened very early and he had an adventure in the Pan Valley, and now he is at the spiritual enlightenment level. Looking at the younger generation in Lin'an City, there are really few people who have entered the realm faster than him.

Relying on his cultivation base and Dan Qing method, Jiang Li is confident that he can break into Shimen Mountain, especially after taking down four big men with ease yesterday, he is full of confidence.

Jiang Greed packed a package and brought some food, and set foot on the road to Shimen Mountain early the next morning.

After walking for an hour, Jiang Li also found some problems, that is, there are too many mountains near Lin'an City, and he didn't know which one was Shimen Mountain.

Forced to have no choice but to wait by the side of the road to find someone who knows the way, a man wearing a bamboo hat and sackcloth drove up in a carriage. Jiang Li hurriedly waved his hand and stopped the carriage.

"Brother, Wansheng is planning to go to Shimen Mountain, but there are too many mountains to distinguish, please show me the way." Jiang Li asked very politely.

The man lifted up his bamboo hat, revealing a young and handsome face. It seemed that he was not much older than Jiang Lian.

"Shimen Mountain? It just so happens that I'm going to get in the car for you as well."

The young man very readily invited Jiang Lu to ride in the car. Of course, Jiang Lu didn't refuse. After thanking him, he sat on the other side of the car.

Jiang Greed looked back. There were some tools such as hammers, hooks, locks, chisels and a knife in the car.

"Are you from Lin Ancheng?"

"Not bad," Jiang Greed said.

"My name is Lu Yufu. You don't look like a craftsman. What are you doing at Shimen Mountain?" Lu Yufu asked.

"I am a painter, but my family is poor and the paint is too expensive, so I came to Shimen Mountain to see if I can find some colored stones"

Lu Yufu laughed out loud after listening

"Leaving aside whether Shimen Mountain is dangerous or not, even if you find those colored stones, do you know how to make paint? There are only a few people in Lin'an City who know how to make paint."

"Maybe I should be honored because now I have one"

Lu Yufu looks very young, but his hands are very rough driving the carriage, and you can even see a lot of calluses. In addition to the tools pulled on the carriage and their destination, it is not difficult to guess that Lu Yufu should be a stonemason, but it is too rough. young.

Confucian scholars, Taoist priests, monks, scribes, and musicians all have high status in Xuanguo, and although the status of craftsmen is not as high as these, they are also highly respected.

"Sure enough, since you are a painter, you must have some paintings, why don't you let me appreciate them?" Lu Yufu laughed.

"There are a few sketches"

Jiang Gu took out a picture he had drawn casually from his package and handed it over. At first Lu Yufu was just asking casually, but after opening it, he showed a bit of shock.

A tiger's mane is empty and the tiger's eyes are wide open. It is standing on the rocks and isolated on the back of the green pine. They all felt a bit of oppression.

"Did you draw this?" Lu Yufu asked hastily.

"kindness"

When Lu Yufu looked at Jiang Li, his eyes were a little different. Jiang Li was only eighteen or nineteen years old and could draw such a painting. Whether it is painting skills or layout, it is no longer a talent that can be described. , at least none of the painters he knew had such a talent.

In Xuanguo, the pigments are all made by stonemasons, so the relationship between painters and pigment stonemasons can be described as a relationship between lips and teeth. Every famous painter has a master behind him, and no painter will offend one. Pigment Mason.

Vice versa, stonemasons also need to rely on painters to become famous, and even some huge paintings will not only bear the name of the painter but also the name of the stonemason.

"This picture of the tiger descending the mountain is full of momentum. In terms of painting skills alone, I'm afraid it has reached the height of the middle grade, but it lacks a bit of evil spirit, and without the help of paint, the painting spirit cannot be born. After all, it is just an ordinary painting."

Even in Qingdu, the prefecture of Yunzhou, it is rare to be able to draw medium-quality paintings. It is hard to imagine that this painting would be made by a young man, and Lu Yufu is nitpicking.

"Mainly I can't gather so many paints"

Jiang Li was a little helpless, Lu Daoxuan didn't have much paint left, he could only make a painting at most, and now he only had homemade red and green paints, and the tiger painting needed at least four paints, and he had no martial arts but couldn't use it The melancholy only he himself understands.

"I live in the stone shop in the west of the city. If you want paint, you can go to my place to see. I might have some treasures. As for the price, it will be cheaper than other places. The quality can be seen in the whole Yunzhou. I can assure you that it is absolutely top-grade."

After seeing this picture of a tiger descending the mountain, Lu Yufu already wanted to make friends, and he was sure that if there were no accidents, the young man in front of him might become a world-renowned master painter.

"Thank you then"

Jiang Greed thought that Lu Yufu was just selling his paint to himself, so he didn't take it seriously, and he didn't have that much money.

"Brother Lu, how many kinds of colored stones are there in Shimen Mountain?"

How much paint can be found from Shimen Mountain is the most concerned issue for Jiang Li.

"Bluestone and cinnabar are mainly these two kinds"

"Only two?"

Seeing Jiang Greed, Lu Yufu was a little disappointed and laughed angrily.

"What do you mean by only? In addition to ink, painters also need four colors of blue, red, purple, and yellow. The main peak of Yunzhou has more than [-] sub-peaks, and the output of colored stones in Shimen Mountain can be ranked in the top three."

"How the colored stones are made into paints"

Jiang Greed regretted it just after asking the question. Like the Danqing method, these production methods are naturally a secret. It would be a bit offensive for him to ask such a question, but Lu Yufu was very generous and candid.

"Only stonemasons who are enlightened can make pigments. They use their own spiritual power as fuel to calcinate in civil and military fires. After the colored stones are melted, they are mixed with special glue."

"Sorry, I didn't intend to pry into the mason's secrets." Jiang Greed was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, the manufacturing method is not a secret, what is difficult is experience, and it is impossible to make paint without ten or eight years of hard work"

Craftsmanship is a profession that can only be achieved by accumulating experience, and it cannot be learned in a few sentences, so Lu Yufu is not worried at all about others stealing his master, and what is more serious, if there is no famous teacher to guide him, he may even throw it away blindly. life.

"But I think you're not a few years older than me," Jiang Greed said with a smile.

"I'm different. My father and grandfather are stonemasons. I grew up in a stone workshop since I was a child. I became enlightened at the age of seven."

"There are countless strange peaks and strange rocks in Shimen Mountain, and they stretch for hundreds of miles. You, an inexperienced person, looking for colorful stones here is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack. Why don't I guide you here?" Lu Yufu laughed.

"Free?"

From the chat just now, Jiang Li discovered that Lu Yufu knew a lot about paintings and paints, so it is natural to wish for such a guide.

"Of course not, the picture of the tiger descending the mountain is considered a reward."

"Pleasant to work with"

(End of this chapter)