Traveling through the ages, I relied on the sign-in system to become a boss!

Chapter 54 54. Incense Making Skills

[Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading his paper-tying skills to level 4, and hereby reward 100 check-in points]

After three days of continuous fighting, Shiliu finally upgraded her paper-tying skills. Now that her goal was accomplished, she was a little confused. After a while, Pomegranate came to his senses and shouted to Bai Luosang: "Master Bai, my paper man——"

"I know, you can input certain knowledge into the paper man when you activate the spirit. What abilities do you want to give the other person? And what do you want the paper man to look like, male or female?"

Pomegranate really hadn't thought about this problem. She pondered for a moment and then said: "I want someone who can do odd jobs, such as cleaning, cooking, collecting flower petals..."

"Cooking is not an option. I don't know how to cook, but other things are fine. The abilities given by the spirit must be mastered by the creator."

"Okay then." Shiliu didn't expect that there is such a restriction on Dingling. That's right. If there were no restrictions, it would be a mess. "I want a beauty like Xiaojiabiyu, just like the paper figurine used by the master."

"Yes, but you need to provide paper, thin bamboo strips and other things." Except for the things brought in by Pomegranate, the rest of the things in the space were transformed by their sisters and cannot be taken out for use.

Pomegranate directly pulled out the Yin Yang Pavilion and asked Master Bai to buy it by himself. Anyway, she still has a lot of merit in her account, which should be enough.

"Master Bai Luohuai, let's start learning how to make incense now." If it weren't for upgrading her paper-tying skills, she would have wanted to learn how to make incense a long time ago. Making incense sounds very elegant.

Bailuohuai lit an incense directly and said, "If you want to learn how to make incense, you must first learn to identify incense. Ask about this incense."

It can be said that Pomegranate has never been exposed to incense making. After hearing Master Xiaobai's words, she obediently stepped forward and took a smell: "I seem to smell the fragrance of Jade Dragon tea, and there is also a vague fragrance of bamboo. As for the rest, I can't smell it anymore." This smell reminded her of her former boyfriend Zhou Pan.

"Yes, your sense of smell is quite keen. I believe it will become even more sensitive after training." Bai Luohuai's tone was gentle and full of relief. She and her sister could be considered successors.

"The gentleman in Yulong tea is full of poetry. The spices mainly use citrus, black tea, green tea and ambergris. The water used in the process of making the incense is all the dew collected from the leaves of Polygonatum odorifera in the early morning, so the fragrance of Yulong It has the fragrance of bamboo.”

Pomegranate doesn't know much about making incense. In her previous life, she only went to the counter to buy perfume and spray it: "Does Jade Dragon Incense have any effect?"

"Jade dragon incense has the same effect of calming the mind and concentration as Qingxin incense, but Yulong incense is generally used when practicing painting and calligraphy, while Qingxin incense is more often used when teaching Buddhism and Taoism."

Pomegranate was relieved when she heard that it was for human use. She also knew that the skill of signing in at the white shop was probably related to worshiping ghosts and gods. Fortunately, incense has a wide range of uses.

"Maybe you want to learn how to make bamboo incense, which is specially used to worship ghosts and gods."

"No, Yulongxiang is very good, but Master Xiaobai, I have no citrus, black tea, ambergris and other raw materials in my hand. Would you like to teach me some raw materials to find some raw materials?" "Then change to change it. As an introductory incense, you have just started to learn how to make incense. It doesn’t matter what kind of incense you make. Your most important task now is to learn the shape of incense, and the second is the smell." Bai Luohuai waved his hand, and another incense appeared in front of him. A piece of incense, "Smell this, this is mosquito repellent incense. The main raw material is mugwort. There are a lot of them here, almost readily available. Mosquito repellent incense is a must-have in summer."

The tip of her nose was filled with the smell of mugwort. Pomegranate looked at the mosquito repellent incense that was no different from the one just now, and nodded with some difficulty. She had a bunch of mugwort in her warehouse. She had just started to get the sign-in system, so she casually She got it by signing in at the reed swamp. She originally planned to wait until summer to use it to smoke mosquitoes, but now the appearance of mosquito repellent coils is just right.

The environment in rural areas is indeed not as good as in cities. In summer, the buzzing of flies and mosquitoes makes people feel restless every time they hear it.

Now that she has mosquito repellent incense, Pomegranate plans to make some more to share with her family. She originally thought she had quite a lot of mugwort in her hand, but after careful calculation, the little mugwort she had is enough for her. Well, I will give it to her next year. Brother, they will pick more for her.

"Xianxiang" appeared as early as the Song and Ming Dynasties. Incense sticks burn for a long time, so they are also called "immortal incense" or "longevity incense". In ancient times, it was common in temples to use the length of incense sticks as the unit of time measurement, so they were also called "incense inches." Now what Master Xiaobai wants to teach her is the coreless incense stick. It is made by removing the bamboo stick contained in the middle, and the aroma becomes purer and more transparent.

Pomegranate watched as Master Xiaobai rubbed his little hands and a straight and smooth stick came out. After she really got started with it, she realized that the difficulty was not very low. Either the rub was broken or the thickness was uneven. In short, there were a lot of problems. .

"Master Xiaobai, can we use machinery to make incense?" Modern mechanical equipment is not easy to use. Just put the spices into the raw material tank and the incense will come out quickly, which saves time and effort.

Bai Luohuai shook his head slightly: "Machine-made incense is indeed fast, but truly good incense still needs to be made by hand. The spices will undergo very wonderful changes through contact with the hands. This is something that a machine can never achieve... and that's right. It’s because of your mentality of being afraid of hardship and tiredness and trying to save things that many precious traditional handicrafts are gradually lost.”

What she said made Pomegranate face full of embarrassment. She was actually lazy. If machine-made incense is really so good, then why do people in the upper class still pursue hand-made incense?

"I know, Master Xiaobai, I will work hard." This time Pomegranate completely concentrated on making incense.

Bai Luohuai nodded with satisfaction in his heart. He was worthy of being selected by the judge. He was a hard-working and good boy with extraordinary talents. Whether it was paper making or incense making, he could do it all at once. Even though his sister seemed to be very fond of her. Not satisfied, in fact, my sister is no less satisfied with her than herself, otherwise she wouldn't have spent her soul power making the paper figurine.

The hand-made process of coreless incense sticks is both simple and complicated. What’s simple about it is that it only requires the use of fragrant powder, sticky powder, and natural mountain spring water. It can be rubbed with just your hands without the help of complicated production tools. It's complicated. If you want to make a good-smelling incense, you need a lot of knowledge; the small details of every step are very important.

The more Pomegranate learns about it, the more she realizes that incense making is a broad and profound art. It can be seen that it is not easy to master any skill. The ingenuity of old craftsmen is worthy of admiration. She decided to give it to all the masters after she learns the incense. Burn some and let them enjoy the incense.

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