Chapter 819

"Eh!"

Zhao Xueyi quickly took the piece of ancient ink that Zhu Dafu pointed to and looked at it carefully. But after a while, he couldn't help but give a light, frowning, and the expression on his face began to become more complicated. After a while, he took out a magnifying glass and observed the ink ingot over and over again.

Seeing that Zhao Xueyi would be good for a while and a half, Uncle Wu asked curiously, "Xiao Chen, where did you get this ancient ink?"

Chuchen smiles and repeats what happened just now. Wu Shu and Zhu Dafu can't help shaking their heads and sighing.

At this time, Zhao Xueyi has finished reading the ancient ink, he said: "if you want me to say, Xiaochen, you're just a good talker. Since he's not so authentic, you should take down the jade medal."

Chu Chen scratched his head and said with a simple smile, "I don't want to go along with them."

Zhu Dafu didn't agree with this and said, "Xiaochen, I'm going to tell you about this. In fact, you're not pitying him, but harming him!"

Chu Chen Leng Leng, then asked: "how to say?"

Zhu Dafu replied: "I know, you think this ancient ink should be very unusual. If you think you've taken advantage of it, you'll let it go. But then again, the other side could not see the quality of the ancient ink. That is to say, in his heart, he felt that he had exchanged thousands of yuan for hundreds of thousands. Do you think he will do this kind of thing with huge profits in the future? "

Hearing this, Chu Chen can't help feeling a little ashamed. The reason why he put it down before was that he felt that he had taken advantage of it, as Zhu Dafu said. In addition, the old man looked really pitiful, so he didn't care about it any more.

But now he realized that it's not a good thing for him to have too much compassion. To do bad things with a good heart is a reflection of himself. For many people, it's like the high price of Zhu Fu's little resistance! After that, if the other party does this kind of thing again, will he be a booster?

Seeing Chu Chen's tangled color, Uncle Wu said, "well, Xiao Chen, don't think about it any more. If he can do business, he won't come up with such an idea. Even if there is no such thing as you, since he has come up with this method, he will still implement it when he has a chance. As the old saying goes, "If heaven does evil, you can still forgive it. If you do evil, you can't live. The outcome depends on his thinking."

Zhu Dafu took over and said: "yes, let's leave this kind of thing alone. Let's study which period of time this ancient ink was created. By the way, Lao Zhao, do you know what's the reason for that? "

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

"What else?" Zhu Dafu then asked.

Zhao Xueyi stood up and said, "now I just think the texture of this ancient ink is very excellent. As for other things, I'm not sure."

Hearing this, Zhu Dafu said angrily: "after talking for a long time, you just said some such nonsense. I'll take it!"

With that, he took the ancient ink into his hand and observed it with a magnifying glass. However, when he saw it, his face was surprised and hesitant, and his brow was locked, as if he had encountered some difficult problem.

Seeing the situation, Uncle Wu said strangely: "Lao Zhao, although you don't know much about the study of stationery, you have some knowledge about the identification of ancient ink. Can't you see anything except that it is old ink?"

Zhao Xueyi shook his head: "the gold on the surface of this ancient ink is almost worn out, and this ancient ink has no lacquer clothes. It's really hard for me to tell when it is old."

"Can't you tell the general age?" Uncle Wu asked, frowning.

Zhao Xueyi shook his head and said, "you should know when lacquer clothes were popular. As far as the hardness of this ancient ink is concerned, I think the earliest time of making this ancient ink can only reach the late Qing Dynasty. But from the traces of time precipitation, I think that the age of making this ancient ink should be at least 500 years."

Hearing this, Uncle Wu frowned and pondered. A moment later, he said, "is it because of the good relationship between the materials and technology of ancient ink, so this ancient ink can be so hard after hundreds of years?"

Zhao Xueyi nodded: "it's really possible, but this kind of ancient ink is generally made by famous artists. Now the gold depiction and style recognition are worn so seriously that it's impossible to see who made it."

"What about the comparison with Mohist? Are there any similar techniques? " Uncle Wu asked again.

"In any case, in my memory, there is no Mohist in Ming Dynasty who is similar to me!"

"Actually, I think..."

"Brother Chen, what are you doing?"

As soon as Chu Chen spoke, he saw Liu Sizhe come in: "Uncle Wu, you are here too!"

Uncle Wu said with a smile, "Xiao Liu, how did you come here?"

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "after having lunch with brother Chen, we came here together. Just now, brother Chen came in with an old man and left us next door. We didn't see him from left to right, so we sent me here to see if brother Chen was abducted by the old man! "Chuchen said with a smile: "go! I'm not a three-year-old. Am I so easily abducted? "

"I'm not sure!" Liu Sizhe smiles and then asks, "by the way, what are you doing?"

"Isn't that what you said the old man left behind..." Chuchen repeated the story with a smile.

"Hi Liu Sizhe clapped his hands: "brother Chen, I didn't say you. You are too soft hearted. In that case, why don't you take down the jade medal? I'll tell you, if you do this, the old man's son will only laugh at you for being stupid, and won't read you well at all! "

Chuchen said with a smile, "I won't talk about it. I'll be at ease anyway."

"It's the same here!" Liu Sizhe smiles a little and then asks, "what do you say about this ancient ink now? Do you know the date and the production? "

"Here, Lao Zhao has seen it, but he doesn't know when he asks!" Uncle Wu said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhao Xueyi said with a smile, "Lao Wu, we are laughing at each other for 50 steps. There is so little information left by this ancient ink. I don't believe you can be better than me!"

After listening to their conversation, Liu Sizhe understood what was going on, which made him feel a little surprised. Although Zhao Xueyi didn't focus on the four treasures of the study, with Zhao Xueyi's years of appraisal experience, a piece of ancient ink can also find some clues. But now he asks three questions, how can he not feel strange?

At this time, Zhu Dafu also put the ancient ink back in the box. At this time, he looked dignified. Seeing this, Liu Sizhe was curious and quickly looked at the ancient ink.

"Well, this ancient ink has lacquer clothes, and the broken lines of lacquer clothes look like the lines of rhinoceros horn. It's really strange!"

"The pattern is like a rhinoceros?" After listening to Liu Sizhe's exclamation, Zhao Xueyi began to meditate. After a while, his face suddenly changed, and a cry of surprise came out in his mouth.

Wu Shu and Zhu Dafu, who are not well-informed people, immediately understood the meaning of Zhao Xueyi's cry of surprise, and their expressions were quite shocked.

Although Chu Chen had guessed this from the result of the ability, he couldn't help getting excited when everyone thought in the direction of his guess.

"What's the matter with you?"

At this time, Liu Sizhe was a little confused, so he really couldn't understand why he just said a word, which caused such a big reaction.

Chuchen laughs: "you have read several books about ancient ink, but you can't imagine that" its pattern is like rhinoceros "is a praise for the ancient ink made by a famous artist?"

"The pattern is like a rhinoceros?" Liu Sizhe pondered for a moment, and then remembered: "it's as firm as jade, its patterns are as sharp as rhinoceros, and it doesn't take one or two minutes to write dozens of paintings. This is not the praise of the ancients for Li Tingfan's ink! wait! You don't mean that this ink is the famous Li Tingli ink, do you

At the end of the day, Liu Sizhe almost jumped up in excitement. This is also because Li Tingli's ink is so famous. He also loves calligraphy. Sometimes he dreams of owning such a good piece of ink, but now it's more difficult to find another one besides the Forbidden City.

Now, a piece of ancient ink close at hand is likely to be Li Tinglin's ink. How can he not be very excited?

The early ink was natural graphite, which was easy to fall off after writing. Artificial ink making began in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The large-scale ink making was after the Han Dynasty. By the time of Tang Dynasty, the technology of making ink had been perfected.

The representative of ink making in Tang Dynasty was Xi Nai. It is said that his ink is not only black and shiny, but also fragrant, so it has become a brand. At that time, the domestic painting and calligraphy circles all flocked to it. In order to maintain the brand, Xi Nai printed the word "Xi Nai" on his ink.

Xi Nai's inkmaking factory is a famous family business. It has been operated for three generations and its technology has been improving. From the end of Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Xi family moved to Shezhou due to social unrest. There are all over the mountains of Pinus taiwanensis, which is the best raw material for making ink. The family continued to do their old business here. The production is still growing and the reputation is growing.

Because the ink of Xi family was excellent and easy to use, it was highly praised by Li Yu, who was good at calligraphy, painting and temperament at that time. So Li Yu bestowed his surname Li to Xi Nai family.

The technology of Li tingnai's system developed greatly. While inheriting the technology of his ancestors, Li Tingfen also made great efforts to innovate.

After repeated research and numerous experiments, he invented new formula: Pine smoke one jin, pearl Three Liang, jade chip one or two, borneol one or two, and raw lacquer, antler glue, pearl, rhinoceros horn, gamboge, Croton, tung oil, musk, borneol, ash, wood skin, pomegranate skin, etc., pounded 100000 times.

As a result, the quality of the ink he made did not deteriorate, and the ink did not deform. The quality of the ink greatly exceeded that of his grandfather and father, and reached the peak of perfection. As a result, a new brand "Li Tingli ink" was formed, referred to as "Li Mo".