Datang all-rounder

Chapter 291

Early in the morning, Wang Ke stood in the furniture workshop, watching Carpenter Yang with three carpenters who were skilled in carving, setting out according to the pattern he had discussed with Carpenter Yang yesterday. Wang Ke had nothing to do, so he remembered Last night, I was discussing with Carpenter Yang about the engraving.

When Wang Ke drew the pattern in his mind, he saw Carpenter Yang with his mouth open and his eyes staring straight at him. He obviously felt that there was something wrong with the pattern he drew. For Wang Ke's sake, I'm ashamed to say it directly.

Wang Ke immediately lowered his head and carefully checked the pattern he had drawn, but he didn't see anything wrong. If he said that he drew it strictly according to the hierarchy system in the ancient court, there was nothing neglected, it should be You can't go wrong!

Although Wang Ke himself feels that there is nothing wrong with it, he is from later generations after all. He also knows that in this long historical development, many things have been slowly developed. What he knows in later generations may not necessarily be true. It must be like that in this era, and it may not appear yet, or it may appear differently.

Wang Ke hesitated and asked Carpenter Yang: "Master Yang, is there something wrong with my painting? You feel that there is something wrong, just say it. Now we are here, what is wrong? Questions must be addressed quickly, otherwise it will be too late if the emperor finds out that there is something wrong after it is done. By then, not only my Wang family, but Master Yang's family may also be implicated!"

Wang Ke's words are definitely correct. In this era, if there is something that does not conform to the rules, it may be considered a violation of the rules, especially now that it is making things for the emperor. There are more rules , as long as there is a little negligence, it will not be treated as a general mistake at all, but will be said to be a felony, which is really thankless.

Of course Carpenter Yang understood the meaning of Wang Ke's words. He knew the seriousness of the matter very clearly. He would definitely not be polite to Wang Ke at this time. After all, to be polite at this time is to take his own life. Just kidding, no one would do that.

Carpenter Yang pointed to the pattern on the paper and said: "Master, the villain has no objection to the other patterns, but this dragon pattern, is it wrong? Although the villain has never done anything for the royal family, he still remembers that it represents the emperor. My dragon, this dragon claw seems to have three claws, how did Young Master Long Ai draw five claws? Did the young master make a mistake here!"

"Three-clawed dragon?"

When Wang Ke heard this, he was stunned. In his own memory, it was stipulated in the Zhou Dynasty!Why is Carpenter Yang saying that he made a mistake in the painting?Could it be that I remembered it wrong?
Seeing Wang Ke like that, Carpenter Yang didn't know what was going on. Anyway, he had never made anything for the royal family. These were all family heirlooms, and the previous generation talked about it. Is it true? If this is the case, I have no idea in my heart, and now I don't dare to speak casually, so I can only look at Wang Ke to see how he explains this matter.

Wang Ke immediately went through the question about the number of dragon claws in his mind, only to realize that he had overlooked a question. The things in his memory were correct, but Carpenter Yang was not wrong either. The ages are confused. The Zhou Dynasty stipulated that "emperor with five claws, aristocrats with four claws, and doctor with three claws" are correct, but since the Zhou Dynasty in Chinese history, there have been several damn separatist eras.

Regarding the status of the Zhou Dynasty, despite the strong challenges to the authority of the Emperor Zhou during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the subsequent dynasties still respected the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. However, in order to show respect for the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, they put their own status on the seat of the nobility, and the dragon used was also the three-clawed dragon used, not the five-clawed dragon of the Zhou Emperor.

It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty re-defined that the emperor had five claws on the dragon, princes and nobles had four claws on the dragon, and ministers had three claws on the dragon. After that, it followed until the end of the entire feudal dynasty. It is stipulated that the three-clawed dragon is no longer called a dragon, but a python. This is the origin of the folk saying "five claws are a dragon, and three claws are a python".

I come from later generations, so of course I remember the regulations of the Qing Dynasty that I am most familiar with. If I didn’t still vaguely remember the records of this matter in some history books, I probably would have to make a confused account of this matter. Come.

After figuring out this key point, Wang Ke was relieved at once, and hurriedly told Carpenter Yang everything he knew, and Carpenter Yang was also taken aback when he heard it.

Regarding Wang Ke's statement, Carpenter Yang has never been literate, so of course he doesn't know these allusions. Anyway, he just listens to what Wang Ke says. Now that Wang Ke can tell such a lot of truth, let Wang Ke Ke did what he said, and he couldn't go wrong if he thought about it, so he didn't say anything, just discussed with Wang Ke on where to put these patterns, how to carve them better, and where to use which knife techniques. After it was settled, the plan was decided, and the carving could start only after dawn.

When Wang Ke was recalling yesterday's scene, Carpenter Yang and the three carpenters had already placed the drawing and painted it on the carriage board, waiting for Wang Ke to step forward for final confirmation, just because he saw Wang Ke Standing there, I didn't know what I was thinking, and I didn't dare to go up to disturb Wang Ke for a while, for fear of interrupting Wang Ke's train of thought, so that Wang Ke couldn't think through the important things that Wang Ke was thinking, so I didn't call Wang Ke .

Wang Ke woke up suddenly, saw Carpenter Yang and the others standing beside the car and looking at him, and knew that the pattern must have been drawn, so he hurried forward, checked it carefully according to the pattern, and made sure there was nothing wrong There was an omission in the place, so he waved his hand and asked Carpenter Yang and the others to do it.

Carpenter Yang has also become accustomed to the piece-by-piece contract method taught to them by Wang Ke. He led three carpenters to carve the square panels of the entire carriage. The only one of the box panels is fine, and the others are not within the scope of my consideration.

In this way, the entire carving time is greatly shortened, and there will be no such thing as I want to carve here, but someone is also doing things here, and I have to wait for things to happen.

Because the workload faced by each person is only a quarter of the entire car, it not only saves trouble, but also makes it more meticulous because there is no rush work.

Wang Ke's sculpture is just a little bit of woodcut painting techniques that he has been exposed to when he was studying painting before, such as shallow carving, round carving, hollow carving, etc. Compared with the four people who are working now, they are far worse. There are too many, some techniques Wang Ke has never seen before, so he can only stand aside and guess what technique is probably used based on the effect of the carving.

Sometimes, a few carpenters would stop to discuss what techniques to use to make the pattern of this place more vivid. Whenever he wanted to hear Wang Ke's opinion at this time, Wang Ke waved his hands again and again to let the carpenters Make up your own mind.

Wang Ke really didn't dare to show off his meager carving knowledge in front of them, it would be like playing tricks, if he made a mistake, he really didn't know where to put his face, so he might as well just let them go Do it, maybe the effect will be even better by many times!

Time passed quickly, Wang Ke didn't feel anything yet, the sky was already dark, although the enthusiasm of Carpenter Yang and the others was still very high, but the weather was no longer allowed to continue, Wang Ke spent a lot of time Knowing that no amount of tongue-in-cheek can make them stop what they are doing.

Wang Ke had no choice but to resort to the last trump card: "Don't do it! Things that are made in a hurry will not be good. If you make a mistake, what will you do when the time comes? Wouldn't it be redundant if you do it again? Time is going to be wasted. It's getting late now, let's wait until tomorrow, we can't ignore the quality just to rush the work, we have to make something for the emperor, so that the emperor will be very satisfied when he sees it!"

As soon as Wang Ke said this, the four carpenters stopped immediately, making Wang Ke feel regretful in his heart. If he knew this was the case, wouldn't he have already persuaded these people by saying that at the beginning?There's no need to spend so much talking and wasting time.

In the next few days, several carpenters have been busy with carving and carving. Wang Ke also went out to the furniture workshop every day at dawn. He could only watch, and couldn't help him, but as long as he stood here and watched a few carpenters working there, he felt very at ease in his heart.

Every day when I go home, Wang Si also asks how far the progress has been made as usual. Wang Ke always smiles and doesn't say anything. It is only when Wang Si is annoyed by the question that he spits out "I'm doing it." "Two words, without saying anything else, made Wang Si's heart itch.

On this day, Wang Ke got up as usual and planned to go to Zhuangzi. As soon as he walked out of his room, he saw Wang Si walking around with his hands behind his back. When Wang Ke walked past Wang Si, he casually asked, "Father, Haven't entered the court yet!" He was about to go out, but was stopped by Wang Si.

Wang Ke didn't know why Wang Si was holding her back, but she stopped and looked at Wang Si to see what he was going to say to her.

Wang Si smiled and said: "Ke'er, the wood used to make the emperor's carriage was also taken out for my father. I am resting for my father today. Do you want to let my father go together to see how it is made?"

When Wang Ke heard Wang Si say this, he really couldn't find a reason to refute Wang Si. After all, what Wang Si said was not wrong. Although he promised to help Wang Si and his wife find some wood afterwards, but It also takes time, and I don't know when I will be able to find it. Now that Wang Si has made this request, it is really not too much. If I don't agree, it is really unreasonable.

Wang Ke nodded, and brought Wang Si to the village. As soon as he entered the furniture workshop, Wang Ke saw four carpenters already working on it. Wang Ke was already used to this. , They all saw that several carpenters had already started. In Wang Ke's mind, these carpenters must have started work at dawn. After all, they were making things for Comrade Li Er. Of course, these carpenters would feel Energetic and driven.

Sure enough, it did not exceed Wang Ke's expectations. When Wang Si saw that the carved dragon had five claws, he also asked the same question as Carpenter Yang.

For a literati like Wang Si, Wang Ke doesn't need to waste his words like he did to Carpenter Yang. It's just that the ancients said that the Zhou system cannot be abolished!Let’s talk about Comrade Li Er’s outstanding achievements, how can those emperors in the past be comparable, of course he must use the five-clawed dragon according to the Zhou system, Wang Si nodded repeatedly, and there was no room for refutation. It can only be that Wang Ke is very thoughtful.

In fact, Wang Ke also knows today that there is not much left to carve, and it will take a short time to complete. As long as the carving is completed, the next step is to paint well, and when the paint is dry, he can decorate the car a little , I can send it to Comrade Li Er. From what I can see now, Wang Ke can imagine that Comrade Li Er will definitely like it after seeing it.

The carriage of this four-wheeled carriage is much more spacious than that of the two-wheeled carriage, and I deliberately raised the space a little higher. If Comrade Li Er sat in it, it would be much more comfortable than the previous carriage.

Carpenter Yang started to boil the paint early in the morning, and waited for the three carpenters to stop before going forward to paint the paint. At this moment, everyone was very excited, after all, the number one in the Tang Empire A four-wheeled carriage was born in Wangjiazhuang, and it was made for the current emperor. Speaking of it, it is an extremely glorious thing!

As soon as the paint was applied to the carriage boards, the entire carriage immediately changed its appearance, looking so luxurious. Although Wang Ke also knew that this was only the first coat of paint, and there would be countless coats of paint to be applied afterwards, but At this time, it has begun to be a little intoxicated.

(End of this chapter)