Jianbao life

Chapter 813 Picking up sesame seeds but losing watermelon
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Zhao Xueyi quickly took the piece of ancient ink that Zhu Dafu was pointing at, and looked it over carefully.But after a while, he couldn't help but let out a small sigh, his brows were furrowed, and the expression on his face began to become complicated.After a while, he took out the magnifying glass again, and observed the ink stick bit by bit repeatedly.

Seeing whether Zhao Xueyi would be okay for a while, Uncle Wu asked curiously: "Xiao Chen, where did you get this piece of ancient ink?"

Chu Chen smiled slightly, and repeated what happened just now. After hearing this, Uncle Wu and Zhu Dafu couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing.

At this time, Zhao Xueyi had also finished reading Gu Mo, and he said: "If you want me to say, Xiaochen, you are easy to talk to. Since he has acted so dishonestly, you should also take down that jade plaque."

Chu Chen scratched his head and said with a naive smile, "I don't want to get along with them!"

Zhu Dafu didn't agree with this, and said: "Xiao Chen, I'm going to blame you for this matter. What you did is not to pity him, but to harm him!"

Chu Chen froze for a moment, then asked, "How do you say?"

Zhu Dafu replied: "I know, you think this piece of ancient ink should be very unusual, and you feel that you have taken advantage of it, so you will spare the other party. But then again, the other party must not see the goodness of this ancient ink Bad, that is to say, in his heart, he felt that he exchanged thousands of dollars for hundreds of thousands. Do you think he will do this kind of money-making thing again in the future?"

Hearing this, Chu Chen couldn't help feeling a little ashamed. The reason why he put this matter lightly down before was indeed like what Zhu Dafu said, because he felt that he had already taken advantage of it, and the old man looked really pitiful. It looks like, no longer care about these.

But now he understands that overflowing sympathy is not a good thing, and doing bad things with good intentions is a reflection of himself now.Just like what Zhu Dafu said, he exchanged a small price for a high profit. Many people have no resistance to this!After that, if the other party does this kind of thing again, is he adding fuel to the flames?

Seeing Chu Chen's tangled expression, Uncle Wu said, "Okay, Xiao Chen, don't think about it too much. If he can do his own business, he won't come up with such an idea. Even if he doesn't Regarding your matter, since he has come up with this method, he will implement it when he has the opportunity in the future. As the old saying goes, if you do evil, you are forgiven, but if you do it yourself, you can’t live, and the outcome is all in his mind."

Zhu Dafu took over the words and said: "Yes, don't worry about this kind of thing, let's study it, what period is this Fang Gumo's work? By the way, Lao Zhao, what did you see and why it came here? ?”

"This piece of ancient ink must be old." Zhao Xueyi replied.

"What else?" Zhu Dafu continued to ask.

Zhao Xueyi spread his hands and said, "I just think that the texture of this piece of ancient ink is very good. As for the other things, I'm really not sure!"

Hearing this, Zhu Dafu said angrily: "After talking for a long time, you just said such nonsense, replace me!"

After finishing speaking, he took Gu Mo in his hand, and observed it carefully with a magnifying glass, but at a glance, his face showed surprise and hesitation, and his brows were furrowed, as if he had encountered some problem.

Seeing the above situation, Uncle Wu said a little strangely: "Old Zhao, although you don't have a deep understanding of stationery, you do have some knowledge about the identification of ancient ink. Could it be that you can tell that it is old ink? , can’t see anything else?”

Zhao Xueyi shook his head: "The inscribed gold on the surface of this ancient ink is almost worn out, and this ancient ink has no lacquer coat. It is really difficult for me to judge how old it is."

"Can't you tell the approximate age?" Uncle Wu frowned and asked.

Zhao Xueyi shook his head and said: "You should also know when lacquer clothes became popular. In terms of the hardness of this ancient ink, I think the production time should only reach the late Qing Dynasty at the earliest, but judging from the traces of time, it makes me I feel that this piece of ancient ink should have been made at least 500 years ago..."

Hearing this, Uncle Wu also frowned and began to ponder. After a while, he said: "Could it be that the materials and craftsmanship of the ancient ink are particularly good, so this piece of ancient ink can last hundreds of years? can be so strong.”

Zhao Xueyi nodded: "It is indeed possible, but this kind of ancient ink is usually made by famous masters, and now the gold inscription and inscriptions are so worn out that it is impossible to tell who made it."

"How about comparing it with the ink-making school? Is there any one with a similar production method?" Uncle Wu asked again.

"Anyway, in my memory, there is no similar ink maker in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Actually, I think..."

"Brother Chen, what are you doing?"

Just as Chu Chen said something, he saw Liu Sizhe walking in: "Uncle Wu, you guys are here too!"

Uncle Wu smiled and said, "Xiao Liu, why are you here?"

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "Brother Chen and we came here together after having lunch at noon. Brother Chen came in with an old man just now, and left us next door. We waited and waited until he was nowhere to be seen, so we sent I'm here to see if brother Chen has been abducted by that old man!"

Chu Chen scolded with a smile, "Go! I'm not a three-year-old kid, so can I be abducted so easily?"

"That's not sure!" Liu Sizhe giggled, and then asked, "By the way, what are you doing?"

"Isn't this what you said the old man left behind..." Chu Chen repeated the story with a smile.

"Hi!" Liu Sizhe clapped his hands together: "Brother Chen, I didn't mean you, you are too soft-hearted. In that case, why didn't you take down the jade plaque? Let me tell you, if you do this, the old man's son I will definitely only laugh at you for being stupid, and will not miss you at all!"

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "I won't talk about it anymore, I can feel at ease anyway!"

"That's right!" Liu Sizhe smiled slightly, and then asked: "What about this piece of ancient ink now? Do you know the age and production?"

"Hey, Lao Zhao has read it, but he doesn't know anything!" Uncle Wu laughed.

Zhao Xueyi laughed and said, "Old Wu, we are laughing at fifty steps. There is so little information left in this piece of ancient ink. I can't believe how much better you are than me!"

After listening to the conversation between the two, Liu Sizhe understood what was going on, which made him feel a little surprised. Although Zhao Xueyi was not focusing on the Four Treasures of the Study, based on Zhao Xueyi's many years of appraisal experience, he could tell a little bit about how a piece of ancient ink was handled. , but now he asked three questions, how could he not find it strange?
At this time, Zhu Dafu also put the piece of ancient ink back into the box, and his expression was a little dignified at this time. Seeing this situation, Liu Sizhe was curious, and quickly looked at the piece of ancient ink.

"Hey, this piece of ancient ink has a lacquer coat, and the broken lines on the lacquer coat look like the lines of rhino horns, which is really strange!"

"Its pattern is like a rhinoceros?!" Hearing Liu Sizhe's exclamation, Zhao Xueyi became deep in thought, and after a while, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he let out an exclamation from his mouth.

Uncle Wu and Zhu Dafu, which of them is not a well-educated person, when they heard Zhao Xueyi's exclamation, they immediately understood the meaning, and their expressions were quite shocked.

Although Chu Chen had already guessed about it from the results given by the ability, but when everyone thought about his guess, they couldn't help getting excited.

"What happened to you?"

At this time, Liu Sizhe was a little confused. He really couldn't understand how he could cause such a big reaction from everyone just by saying a word.

Chu Chen chuckled: "Didn't you also read several books introducing ancient ink, did you never think that 'its pattern is like a rhinoceros' is a compliment to which famous artist made ancient ink?"

"Its pattern is like a rhinoceros?" Liu Sizhe pondered for a moment before he remembered: "Its firmness is like jade, its pattern is like a rhinoceros, and it doesn't take a penny to write dozens of pieces. Isn't this the praise of Li Tinggui's ink by the ancients! Wait! Are you saying that this piece of ink is the famous Li Tinggui ink?"

At the end, Liu Sizhe almost jumped up excitedly. This is also because Li Tinggui's ink is too famous. He is also a person who loves calligraphy. Sometimes he wants to have such a good ink in his dreams. However, this kind of ink is now only available in Baodao. Outside the Forbidden City, if you want to find another piece, it can be said that it is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Now, a piece of ancient ink close at hand is likely to be Li Tinggui's ink. How could he not be extremely excited?
The early inks were all natural graphite, which fell off easily after writing.Artificial ink production began around the Western Zhou Dynasty.Large-scale ink production began after the Han Dynasty.By the Tang Dynasty, ink-making technology had been perfected.

The representative figure of making ink in Tang Dynasty was called Xi Nai.It is said that the ink he made is not only black and shiny, but also has a fragrance, so the brand has been formed.At that time, the domestic calligraphy and painting circles were flocking to it.In order to maintain the brand, Xi Nai printed the word "Xi Nai" on all his ink styles.

Xi Nai's ink factory is a well-known family business, which has been operated continuously for three generations, and the technology has been continuously improved.From the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Xi family moved to live in Shezhou due to social turmoil.There are Huangshan pine all over the mountains and plains, which are the best raw materials for ink making. The family continues to do their old business here, and the production is still unabated, and the reputation is growing.

Because the ink of the Xi family is excellent and easy to use, it was highly praised by Li Yu, the Queen Li of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was good at calligraphy, painting, and melody at that time, and the Queen Li bestowed his surname Li on the Xi Nai family.

Xi Nai's ink-making technology was further developed when it was passed on to his grandson Li Tinggui.Li Tinggui is also striving to innovate while inheriting the technology of his ancestors.

After repeated research and countless experiments, he invented a new formula: one catty of pine smoke, three liang of pearls, one liang of jade chips, one liang of borneol, and lacquer, deer horn glue, pearl, rhino horn, garcinia, and croton , tung oil, musk, borneol, ash, wood veneer, pomegranate peel, etc., pounded one hundred thousand times.

Therefore, the ink he made, the glue does not deteriorate, the ink does not deform, and the quality greatly exceeds that of his grandfather and father, reaching the pinnacle level, so he formed a new brand "Li Tinggui ink", referred to as "Li Mo".

(End of this chapter)