Kai Fu Han

Chapter 406 4 Sketch
"Have."

Liu Xinqi affirmed.

"It's still the same strategy as before, to defend the enemy outside the realm. Naturally, there is no need to worry that we will be exhausted on defense."

The best defense is offense, and in some situations this is very appropriate.

"Isn't this difficult? How long is the defensive line that surrounds the Bohai Sea?" Cui Wu asked.

"difficult"

Liu Xinqi affirmed again.

"But if we can grasp the operation of all the Jin army, we can respond in time. As long as we are prepared, the Jin army will not cause me trouble."

In Liu Xinqi's words, there is no longer pseudo-Qi.

Because if the Xinghan Alliance officially begins to implement the Bohai Rim Strategy, then the puppet Qi will no longer be regarded as the main opponent of the Xinghan Alliance.

Cui Wu thought for a while and said: "In this case, all the pressure will be borne by Di Ting and the Military Intelligence Department."

"Yes, the pressure to listen will be very high." Liu Xinqi admitted. "However, this situation will not last long. The Bohai Rim strategy is just a phased strategy. It will end in one year at the earliest and two or three years at the latest."

After speaking, Liu Xinqi pursed his lips, and his tone became more serious: "At that time, it should be Jin Guo who is tired of coping."

"I believe this." Cui Wu said.

……

After Li You came to Penglai, he was assigned to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After learning that his previous occupation was a painter, he was arranged to learn sketching from a master.

The burly old master did not have the aura of a scholar at all, but when he took a charcoal in hand, his temperament immediately changed.

Li You watched the charcoal pen splatter quickly on the paper, and then the face of the soldier sitting opposite appeared on the white paper.

Lively, very realistic.

Li You was shocked for a moment and exclaimed:

"What kind of magical painting technique is this?"

"Sketch, invented by the leader."

"Another alliance leader?" Li You has heard too many alliance leaders along the way.

"Yes." The master didn't take Li You's exclamation seriously. He was used to being surprised.

Most people in the Xinghan League came from this stage.

"This kind of painting technique? Can I learn it?" Li You couldn't believe it.

Such a magical painting skill should be a special skill and a secret that is not passed down to others. How could it be taught lightly to others?

"This is a basic skill for our work. If you don't master it, the work will not be carried out. So it is not a question of whether you can learn it, but a question of whether you can learn it or not, but you must learn it and learn it as quickly as possible." The old master replied: "The ministry allows If I take you there, it means you already have a certain foundation, right?"

"It's not bad." Li You looked at the old master's paintings, and his painting skills, which he was originally proud of, have become a little less confident.

Perhaps in the eyes of future generations, freehand painting and sketching belong to two schools, and there is no distinction between them.

But in Li You's view, he himself was very good at painting, and he was very proud of himself before. But now he finds that others can easily do it, and what he cannot do, he feels that others are better than him.

"Okay, let me tell you some basics first. You can contact me more often. When you meet the requirements, you can learn the more difficult ones."

"Okay, could you please ask me what kind of work I will be mainly responsible for after I learn it?" Li You asked.

"Portrait people."

"Senior officer?"

"No, it's for all the soldiers in service."

...Li You said silently, in this era, self-portraits are the privilege of high-ranking officials and rich people. It is impossible for ordinary people to ask a painter to paint a self-portrait for themselves. It is unnecessary and cannot afford to hire one. "Does this have to be painted in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?" Li You said.

In this day and age, self-portraits are time-consuming.

"No, you saw it just now. I draw very fast. When you learn it, you will be so fast too." The old master explained: "The self-portrait for a soldier does not require painting the whole body. Only the upper part of the shoulder is required. , mainly the face.”

While the two were talking, the old master finished drawing another person.

"And the requirements for portraits are not very high. As long as the face is like, there are basically no detailed requirements for other things such as hair, shoulders, clothes, etc. I can draw a hundred pictures a day at the fastest time."

"There shouldn't be many experts like you in the Xinghan League, right?" Li You asked.

"Many, there are ten in the Ministry of Finance alone. There are also in other departments, and Dali Yuan has more than those in the Ministry of Finance." The old master replied, subverting Li You's cognition.

"So my painting skills are so bad? I always thought I was pretty good." Li You was shocked that there were so many people in the Xinghan League whose painting skills surpassed his own.

"This is different. This sketch looks difficult, and it is indeed difficult for ordinary people, but it is not difficult for people with painting talent. If you are talented, you will definitely be able to learn it quickly. "

"Hopefully."

"Let's get started." The old master stopped spending time with Li You and took advantage of the break to start teaching Li You.

"Let's start practicing the most basic thing first, arranging strokes."

As he spoke, the old master picked up the charcoal pen in his hand and quickly drew lines on a piece of white paper.

The hand speed was very, very fast, and there was a double image in Li You's eyes, as if it suddenly changed from one hand to several hands.

Rows of very thin lines quickly appeared on the white paper.

"Just drawing lines?" Li You asked, this was too basic.

However, he was still an experienced painter after all, so he immediately noticed something was wrong.

These lines are very straight. Except for the turning points at both ends of the lines, there are no wrinkles or bends in the middle. At least with Li You's eyesight, he can't see it at all.

As the lines increased, Li You discovered that the distances between these lines were exactly the same. With Li You's eyesight, he could not tell which line had a large distance and which line had a small distance.

Li You knew he couldn't do this kind of wiring without even trying.

Then, an even more magical scene occurred.

The spacing between the lines began to shrink, and within a few lines, it began to widen again.

There are sudden changes and there are gradual changes.

After the various changes are displayed, the lines begin to become curved. Although they become curved, the spacing between the lines is still very balanced.

First there was one bend, then several.

When making this change, the master's line drawing speed did not slow down significantly.

Li You's mouth opened wider and wider without realizing it.

Soon, it felt like there was only a few breaths of time, and a piece of paper as long as an arm was filled with lines.

"Here you go, the basis of sketching is to draw lines, straight lines and curves. When you can control the lines, we will proceed to the next step of learning." The old master handed the drawn paper to Li You.

Li You took it with respectful hands, as if receiving a unique martial arts book.

"Okay, you can draw next to me. If you have any questions, you can ask me anytime."

After speaking, the old master took out a small stack of white paper and two spare charcoal pens, and handed them to Li You together.

"Would it be too wasteful to use such good paper for practice?" Li You came back to his senses and looked at the white paper in his hand.

"It doesn't matter, you will also use this kind of paper to draw in the future. Being familiar with it in advance will speed up your learning progress." The old master disagreed.

The Xinghan League already had no shortage of paper.

(End of this chapter)