Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2068
He only said other counties, not where.Obviously there is still some wariness.Hao Erye knew the danger of the Australian patrol, so he didn't care.

Gong Zhilin said: "When Zhuangzi is done well, we can relax a little bit. Every day in the temple, there are turmoil and turmoil, and people are worried. Although the newspaper in the Kun thief's mansion can read news every day and is not closed, but look at it. Look at what Xiong Du said above after repeated battles and defeats, now not only Wuzhou has been lost, but even Guangxi is in danger. I really don’t know if it’s true or not, can the market in Guangzhou be peaceful?”

Hao Erye became depressed again: "Guangxi is thousands of miles away, winning or losing in Guangzhou does not matter, I forgive the thieves for not lying. Although the market in Guangzhou is depressed after the epidemic, it is not a big deal. A few days ago, the newspaper said In order to boost morale, the national treasure of the Song Dynasty will be sent to Guangzhou to guard the dragon spirit and drive away the plague forever. There is only one bad thing. The former beggars were arrested or fled, and the idlers were also cleaned up. Manpower and news were lost. Most of the time, we have to find another way to sell the goods.”

A few people became interested and asked what national treasure?But Fan Li knew about this: "It is said that it is a replica of the Tiansheng Bronze Man of the Great Song Dynasty. One is placed in the Provincial and Hong Kong General Hospital, and the other is placed in the Temple of the Five Immortals. Everyone can watch it. As for the so-called one brought to Australia I don’t have much to say about the original product. The bronze man from the Taiyuan Hospital has seen it before, and I will go to see it when the time comes to see how the knitting thief’s craftsmanship compares.”

The living insect Zhao said: "If you can rob the bronze man, can you break his dragon spirit? But if you want to come to such a national treasure, the transport must be carefully guarded. If Zhuo Daxia, Huang Daxia and others are still there, maybe you can give it a try. It's a pity... ..."

"The theory of luck is illusory and cannot be taken seriously. If you destroy a bronze man, you can hinder the luck of the thief. What do you want us to do?" Gong Zhilin stopped talking, "Speaking of idlers, Mr. Fourth Mr. Er has been contacted there, and the group leader Gao Lingxiang and others who ran away before also have news, after all, there is no way out, and we still say that the business is important."

Hao Erye took out a worship box from his arms and put it in the middle of the table.

Everyone here knows the purpose of coming to Guangzhou, so they are not curious about the things in his box.Liu Cheng of the Chaobi Liu family present here is the lowest in seniority, so he got up and opened the prayer box, and took out a stack of papers from it: it was the silver dollar certificate made by Yuanwai Hao.Everyone here picks it up, pinches and looks at it, and passes it all over.Because it only imitates one yuan and half yuan, it doesn't take long to complete a circle.

Luanbi Liu whispered: "Hold the lamp!"

Liu Cheng responded, and immediately lit an Australian oil lamp on the table, and turned down the flame.The old lady put the silver coupon on the lamp, and Liu Cheng took another black cloth and covered the old lady and the lamp under it.

Everyone didn't think it was strange. Since ancient times, those who made fake calligraphy and painting had to "observe the micro" first, and pay attention to every brushstroke on the real painting, so that they could imitate it in place.This can only be done by viewing through light.

In less than a cup of tea, I saw the black cloth move, Liu Geng hurriedly took off the black cloth, Liu Weiwei closed his eyes for a moment, but did not speak.Several people exchanged winks, and it was Gong Zhilin who said first:
"I am entrusted with great trust to come here. I don't use any words on the scene. Let me tell you the truth: although your paper is stronger than earthen paper, raw and cooked rice paper, and flower sticks of various colors, it is far inferior to the paper of kun thieves when you touch it. The banknotes are straight, but they are thicker than others, but they are soft when you shake them, and they will be exposed as soon as you stretch out your hands, and they are not smooth and white, and I am afraid that they will be worse if they get wet."

"I'm afraid the materials used by this thief to make paper are different from ours." Hao Erye was quite frustrated, "I tried all the papers on the market, but none of the earthen papers are suitable for me - I bought this paper from Australians and made it myself. The best writing paper is re-pulped and copied - only [-] to [-]% similar."

"Probably they made it in secret." Gong Zhilin pondered, "Is there a way to buy the fake kun craftsman?"

"This paper, needless to say, was made in Lingao, and the craftsmen would not be in Guangzhou. Not to mention whether it can be bought, but the effort required to travel to and from Lingao is not three or two days. I heard that Lingao is the lair of thieves. The police are dozens of times stricter than those in Guangzhou. Outsiders like us rashly go to investigate, but we are just sending heads to the Imperial City Division for credit."

"It seems that this road is different."

"According to Shi Weng, the kun thieves mostly use wood pulp to make paper, not the straw bark that is commonly used in this dynasty. You can try this kind of thinking."

"It's easy to say, how much manpower and weather will it take to turn wood into pulp? It is this rice paper, which is only made of green sandalwood bark and straw. It has to be soaked, steamed, dried, Lime pickling, it takes one winter to prepare enough materials. If wood is used, I don’t know how long it will take.”

The most difficult part of papermaking is pulping. Turning various plant fibers into white, cotton-like pulp is very labor-intensive and costly in the era of no machinery and chemicals.Gongzhilin enshrines paper in front of the emperor in the capital, and you can see almost all kinds of paper in the world. You can also make all kinds of paper, but this Australian paper is really hard to understand.

In order to crack this secret, he himself turned Australian writing paper into resurrection paper. The first thing he felt was the fineness of the pulp, which was far superior to all kinds of earthen paper. Second, there seemed to be some kind of powder mixed in the pulp, but He couldn't make out what it was.

Just thinking about it, Luanbi Liu also said: "You have to touch the paper to tell the real from the fake. The picture looks alike from a distance, but it's too rough to look at closely. According to my old man, your banknotes are almost the same at a rough look. , but it can’t withstand a closer look. The first is the color: the color on the Kun thief ticket is different in shades, you are one color, even if there are changes, the boundaries are clear, not like the real ticket from light to dark. ——In addition, there are many secret marks on the banknotes of the thieves. You are pasted into one piece, so it is really difficult to identify. I guess you have to see the engraving king." While speaking, he took out a magnifying glass produced by Zizhenzhai, and illuminated it with an Australian oil lamp. Then I searched carefully and pointed them out: "Look here, the waves under the boat cover half of the fish's head; there is also a string of 1628 numbers hidden in the seam of the boat; the front side wall of this one yuan There are three characters of 'Senate' in the pattern and so on..."

Some of these secret notes were known to Hao Erye, and some he hadn't discovered.Hearing Luanbi Liu Yiyi, Hao Erye thought to himself that Jiang is too old!It's just that I don't know how much money Mr. Wang spent to invite them!

Wang Dou continued, "Whether you use a wood block or a stone block, I'm afraid you can't make such a pattern as a thief. Shi Weng also asked the shopkeepers of the Shanxi Merchants Bank and the old doorman of Xu Ge, and found one in a hurry. The way, it starts with a big case back then."

"I'm asking for advice." Hearing that there was a new method for plate making, Mr. Hao felt refreshed.

"Not long after the Daming banknotes were issued, the banknotes were worth hundreds of thousands of guan, and the value was not cheap. Engraved tin plate, fine art and science, printed by a professional householder who prints paper Ma Ming coins, the treasure banknotes produced are almost authentic! This case involved tens of thousands of deaths: "From (Nan) Beijing to Jurong, the journey is more than ninety miles. The corpses of the owls look at each other'..."

As soon as the word "tin plate" came out, Second Master Hao suddenly became enlightened, slapped his thigh and said, "Why didn't I think of that!"

"how?"

"Wake up the dreamer with one word!" Hao Erye carved the wood block of Master Qian, because the material relationship always failed, so he thought of changing the material for carving.

"There are master ivory craftsmen and famous jade carvers in the local area, who can chisel out extremely small handwriting patterns. However, no matter whether it is ivory or jade boards, firstly, they cannot make large layouts, and secondly, the texture is too smooth. I can’t write ink. I’ve tried my best, but I still can’t figure it out... What a fan of the authorities! Copper and tin movable type has long existed in the world!”

Both copper movable type and tin movable type were used in the Ming Dynasty.However, the movable type printing technology in China at that time still had shortcomings that were difficult to overcome. Coupled with the relationship of cost, metal movable type has never been widely used.It's normal for Erye Hao not to figure it out.As for the use of copper and tin engravings, it was even less mainstream at the time-up to the Qing Dynasty, copper engravings were still a special product in Europe. In order to commemorate his perfect martial arts, Qianlong also specially ordered copper engravings in France through missionaries.

"Only this imitation of Song banknotes can be done by imitating the pictures. I have never done this engraving of copper and tin. I can only say that I have tried it. My carving skills are barely enough with a magnifying glass, but this version must be It needs to be made of tin and copper, but this will fall on Fan Li."

Fan Li had no embarrassment: "You have said before that on the way here, I also talked with Mr. Si. A set of items have been purchased and will be delivered in a few days. Two apprentices came together to assist in this matter. Chong Zhao can also help you."

Zhao Lue, a living creature, said embarrassingly: "Before I left Beijing, I only knew that I had to deal with money, but I didn't expect to do this engraving work. It must be because I didn't work hard. My craft is mostly on silverware. This lead-tin thing I usually use cups, plates, and bowls for home use, so I’m really not familiar with them.”

Wang Doudao: "It's okay, the silversmith in Yang Mantou's case was also in charge of the engraving, and I'm not familiar with it. The two of us are shoulder to shoulder. It's easier to get this than to get money."

Mo Doumeng said again: "Just now, Luanbi Liu mentioned that the color of imitation banknotes changes bluntly. We will have no solution if we follow the old road. The ink color of this banknote is not ink, and I have devoted myself to it; this ink color has distinct layers but is mixed together. It looks like there are eight or nine kinds of color changes, and they have to be adjusted one by one, the second; in addition, there are multicolored silk threads mixed in this paper, which don't seem to be dyed..."

Gong Zhilin said: "My family once turned Song banknotes into pulp. This is colored cotton thread. It seems that the color is grown. It will not fade after washing. I don't know where it came from. My family tried to smash colored bird feathers and mix it into pulp. It's easy to fall off..."

Hao Erye didn't care about it: "As long as it doesn't fall off when you take it out for sale, it doesn't matter. We are not making real banknotes, so it's useless to think about it."

Gongzhi Lin was originally pondering his skills, but at this moment he realized that he was on the edge of a dead end, so he just smiled.
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