Craftsman: I continue to learn for the sake of the saints

Chapter 143 Living Ring Chain Carving
Qin Luo was slightly taken aback by Yang Jianjun's sudden question.

Not only Qin Luo, but everyone present were stunned by it.

No one here knows such things as living rings and chain carvings, because it has really been lost for a long time.

As for the reason for the disappearance...

In fact, it is essentially an economic reason.

In the unified feudal dynasty, during the heyday of Kangxi and Qianlong, the emperor's family was rich, and they spared no expense in the cost and materials of any skill. As long as I like it, I have to make it for me.

Resources are piled up.

In the future, after there is no such prodigal emperor, there will still be a market for living rings and chain sculptures, and there will definitely be a group of niche but loyal fans.

But, this stuff is really too expensive.

The completion of a highly skilled chain work often takes several years of painstaking and meticulous efforts by the jade carver, and the entire creation process requires painstaking efforts.

Moreover, the current seed materials have already been sold at sky-high prices.

Using a whole piece of large material to make a live-link chain, the loss in it is astonishingly large.

This is still a success, so it's okay to say, at most the loss will be greater.

But if it fails, it is simply nothing.

There is no way to verify the success rate of the living ring chain carving, but even if you want to use your feet, it is extremely low, and even [-]% is not bad.

If you are not a master craftsman, you don't even have the courage to try.

Because it definitely can’t be done, and it can’t be done well.

"Boss Yang, you are an avid fan of the chain carving of living rings. However, this technique has nothing to do with the Zigang School. The living rings are born out of round carvings... Isn't this embarrassing? There is no sincerity in cooperation."

Li Guoqin couldn't help jokingly said.

Crazy hints at Qin Luo.

I can't accept this job.

That is to kill people.

Yang Jianjun also laughed when he heard Li Guoqin's words: "I just said this casually, hey, I also considered this point. If Master Qin is willing, he can study it."

"Now there are no more than five people in the country who know how to do chain carving, but they only know how to do it. If they really want to do it, they won't be able to do it."

"They are all old people. Their physical strength and mental strength are far behind, and they can't bear it. I have learned it before, but unfortunately I can't learn it. It's too difficult. My talent is limited."

"I invited about [-] people before, provided them with time and materials, and carefully studied this technique, but after five years of research, there was no result."

"When the five old people die, this kind of work may be completely gone. Gold, silver, copper and iron can be industrially produced to make chains, and jade can only be made by hand."

He said, his expression was a little sad.

chain……

Very simple things can be seen everywhere, and the machines start to produce them casually.

However, no machine can mass-produce jade chains.

Is it beautiful?
Of course beautiful, very beautiful.

It can be said to be exquisite.

However, because it is too delicate, the "cost performance" is extremely low, and gradually, it was eliminated.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Qin Luo frowned slightly.

Living ring chain carving, I have never learned it myself.

After all, this technology only matured during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and Lu Zigang belonged to the Ming Dynasty. The technology and aesthetic trends are not on the same path.

but……

Qin Luo is very interested.

"I don't know, but I can learn. Do you have any information on this? Can you provide me with some?"

"I'll do some research first, and then I'll give you an answer."

Qin Luo said bluntly.

It's a bit of an ignorant feeling of fearlessness.

However, since his foundation lies here, Qin Luo does not believe that what the ancients can make, cannot be researched by himself.

"Okay, no problem."

"I can't ask for it."

When Yang Jianjun heard what Qin Luo said, he immediately agreed with a bright smile.

Compared with other jade jobs, the living ring and chain carving is the eternal white moonlight in his mind.

……

This "Jade Appreciation Party" is over.

That night, Yang Jianjun sent all the documents and documents of the living ring and chain sculpture to Qin Luo, a total of more than a dozen G.

There are written materials.

There is also video material.

Qin Luo watched patiently, and soon immersed himself in it.

It's just... interesting.

This kind of thing is like an additional question in the exam, it is purely the pursuit of the ultimate craftsmanship, it is the jade carver's show off.

The core feature is that it takes its material and cannot be separated from its body.

The most basic carving technique is - for a whole piece of jade, first determine the length of each ring and the width between the rings, then hollow out the gaps, round the edges and corners, and cut out the middle part of the ring. come out.

When carving, there must be no mistakes or omissions, and the rings must be interlocking, equal in length, and in the same direction. If a ring is damaged, all previous efforts will be wasted.

It must be done by hand to achieve the precision of machining, but also to take into account the aesthetic feeling.

Looking at these materials, Qin Luo found it interesting, but at the same time felt a little tingling.

This thing must be practiced.

But the key point is that there is loss if you want to practice. The average cost of practicing once, even if you use the most inferior jade, is at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

Who can afford such a loss?
After the practice is complete, you have to use the jade carving well to do a good job. If you fail at this step, the casual loss will be several million, or even tens of millions.

At the auction, the piece of 95 Yutian jade that appeared was quite suitable for chain work because it was so big.

However, the price of that piece is more than ten million.

If the carving is broken, you will lose everything.

……

Thinking of this, Qin Luo consciously immersed himself into the system space.

It would be great if we could exercise in the system space.

However, after looking at it, it is obviously not possible.

at this time.

In the system space, task No. 007, Wuzhong's stunt, has been prompted to complete.

The "training spaces" were closed long ago.

The rewards for completing the task have all been brushed out.

It is a piece of portable jade, not big, only the size of an egg, but the material is... Tian Huangshi.

Tian Huangshi, although called stone, is 100% jade.

Throughout the dynasties, Tianhuang has been one of the best jades, and has the six virtues of "fine, clean, greasy, warm, moist, and condensed", and was called "Emperor Stone" in ancient times.

Yellow, a symbol of imperial power.

In the world, there is only ten acres of land in Shoushan Village, Fujian Province, which produces Tianhuangshi.

At present, these paddy fields have already been excavated countless times. They have been dug three feet into the ground, exhausted, and completely extinct.

There is only stock in the market, no increment.

The quality of this piece of Tianhuang is absolutely top-notch, and the price is at least tens of millions.

While Qin Luo regretted that the "practice space" was closed, he was also a little surprised.

And the next system task has already been refreshed.

【Mission No. 008: Longquan Sword Casting】

[During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Ou Zhizi dug the Xiexi River in the mountain, took the Tieying from the mountain, and made three swords, which were Longyuan, Tai'a, and Gongbu.In the Tang Dynasty, because of avoiding the taboo of the great ancestor Li Yuan, the word Yuan was changed to the word Quan, and it was Longquan. 】

【Sword, the sacred item in the army, the most noble, the most precious, the gods are worshiped, the town house wards off evil spirits, and transforms evil spirits into prosperity. 】

[Task requirements: personally forge a handed down sword, the standard is no less than that of Yue King Goujian Sword. 】

[Mission reward: Jingchu swordsmanship. 】

Uh.

Looking at this new task, Qin Luo was speechless for a while, a little dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, the next task of the jade carving turned out to be to forge swords.

After a moment of silence, he could vaguely figure out the context here, from sugar figurines, to wood, to clay figurines, spices, purple sand, porcelain, jade... and now to iron wares.

It is nothing more than the shaping of various "materials".

Everything has its "nature".

Immediately, Qin Luo thought again...

sword……

There should be a jade sword too, right?
I don't know, will jade materials be provided in the system space?
If possible, it would kill two birds with one stone. By the way, carve the live ring chain and practice hard.

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(End of this chapter)