Generally speaking, yang engraving is more of a test of the craftsman's craftsmanship than yin engraving, because only yang engraving belongs to carving in the true sense.
Every stroke, every stroke, must be carefully polished, as long as the slightest distraction in the process of carving, the blade of the hand may destroy the entire panel.
And if you engrave the letter, the carved font must also be the reverse word, only in this way, the seal printed after brushing the ink will be the font that people see normally, which undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to the craftsman when carving.
Therefore, don't look at the low status of craftsmen in society, but their craftsmanship is not something that everyone can learn, only perseverance to endure hardships is not enough, but also enough talent and spirituality.
Jin Shifan is not only a master of wood carving, but also proficient in stone carving, after all, the vast majority of seals in this era are made of jade, even if they are masters, they must cater to the market.
Jin Zhongyi has obtained his inheritance, and naturally he is also familiar with wood and stone, and the skills in his hands have reached the level of preparation for becoming a teacher.
In other words, Jin Zhongyi's talent in the carpenter industry is very good.
Li Fengman stood by and watched quietly for a while, and saw that Jin Zhongyi played with the carving knife in his hand as flexibly and lightly as a literati writing with a pen, and couldn't help but nod slightly.
He does not discriminate against young craftsmen, although being young means a lack of experience, which means that the probability of failure is greatly increased, but being young also means that they are more energetic, their fingers are more flexible, and their ideas are more innovative.
Of course, more importantly, Li Fengman himself is also a young man.
"How long will it take to finish these verses?"
Li Fengman asked Jin Shifan softly.
Jin Shifan said: "Don't be in a hurry, carving is originally a water mill kung fu, don't be in a hurry, otherwise it is not only easy to make mistakes, but also not easy to get high-quality products." ” Wang Dynasty glared at him: "What's the ink?"
Just say how much time it will take?
” At this time, Jin Shifan wanted to throw his sleeves and take a sip of this guy, and it was superfluous to say anything to these two laymen.
"Half an hour is almost."
Jin Shifan glanced at his grandson and said, "If An Pinghou has no time to wait, you can go to other things first, and it is not too late to come back after half an hour to verify." ” There are still dozens of half-dead servants outside the Hou Mansion, and the Yongzhou Mansion will definitely not give up, so Jin Shifan feels that the current Anping Hou should have more important things to deal with, and there is no reason to stay here all the time to watch them carve.
"It's okay, I'm idle anyway, and I happen to be very interested in wood carving."
Li Fengman waved his hand indifferently, staring at the carving knife in Jin Zhongyi's hand with great interest.
Jin Shifan was a little confused and didn't know what to say.
Is this full of concentration, or is it heartless?
provoked the official errand of Yongzhou Mansion, and even stood here like a person who had nothing to do and watched people carving and playing.
I have to say that this young An Pinghou does have a strong heart that is different from ordinary people.
No wonder Jin Shifan was frightened, beating officials in this era is actually the same as someone attacking the police in later generations, it is a great event, and it is completely provoking the majesty of law enforcers.
This kind of thing, at best, violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and at worst, it is tantamount to rebellion, and it is definitely not a trivial matter.
Jin Shifan is now a little uneasy in Anping Houfu, and he is deeply afraid that their ancestors and grandchildren will also be affected when the soldiers of Yongzhou Mansion overwhelm the border later.
But look at the main owner, you should talk about it, you should laugh and laugh, and you can get a batch easily, just like someone who has nothing to do.
Sure enough, the people who can mix with the dynasty are not fuel-efficient.
Jin Zhongyi was not distracted by the fact that someone was watching next to him, and from the moment he picked up the carving knife, his entire energy was completely focused on the willow wood in his hand.
The small, diagonally pointed cutter is nimble and moves along the grain of the willow wood, and with each movement, a fine debris falls off the willow panel.
Soon, the first word popped out, and a fingernail-sized square appeared from the willow panel.
The word "Ming" written in reverse, I can't see whether it's good or bad in my eyes, but it's also horizontal and vertical, and the bone rod is firm, and if it is printed, it should be good.
One word was carved out so quickly, and perhaps it would not take half an hour to carve out the whole poem.
Li Fengman nodded and asked Jin Shifan softly: "Jin Lao is well-informed and proficient in woodwork, I wonder if I have ever heard of the art of engraving printing before?"
” Jin Shifan thought for a moment, shook his head slowly, and asked Li Fengman with some uncertainty: "An Pinghou said that it is a stele rubbing?"
” "Pretty much."
Li Fengman said: "The principle is the same, but the engraving printing is more elaborate and practical." ” "Just as this little brother carved these poems on a wooden board, brushing some ink can rub the words on the engraving plates, so that they are more delicate and legible than those so-called inscriptions."
"This ......"
Jin Shifan's mind thundered, as if the previously closed window had suddenly been opened and an unprecedented light shone in.
Enlightened!
"Yes, since the inscriptions can be rubbed and seals can be rubbed, why can't these plates carved by them be rubbed?"
"Although it will take a lot of time to engrave the plate surface, as long as a face analysis and engraving is completed, then it can rub out countless articles on the board, which is not much faster and more convenient than manual copying?"
Jin Shifan has been a craftsman all his life, and he is extremely proficient in the art of carving, and he knows very well what kind of effect they can print on the carved plate.
It's just that he hasn't thought about this aspect before, thinking that it is a matter of scholars, and it has nothing to do with them craftsmen.
Now, after Li Fengman's little push, Jin Shifan instantly realized the operability of this matter.
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Engraving printing, it seems that it really can!
"Think about it," Li Fengman continued, "if a book has 100 pages, we can divide it into 100 pages, and if one page engraves one page of text, then a book needs 100 engravings. ” "If there are 10 craftsmen who are good at carving, each carving five pages a day, it really only takes two days to complete the engraving rubbings of a book."
"And these engraved panels, if there is enough paper and ink tubes, how many sheets can be rubbed out of each one, I'm afraid that even 10,000 sheets can be printed, right?"
"Then, when the printed paper is bound and a brand new book is made so simply?"
Jin Shifan nodded vigorously, his expression had changed from reluctance at the beginning to a little depressed, and he suddenly became excited and excited.
A lot of things are like that, and all it takes is a hint and a little inspiration to make people instantly cheerful.
A leaf is blind, and Mount Tai is not seen.
Just like the previous blackboard, it is actually just an ordinary wooden board with some black lacquer, and for many craftsmen, it is simply a simple little craft.
But before Li Fengman proposed that such a thing could be used to teach literacy, who would have thought that this small board could play such a big role?
The same is true of today's engraving printing, in fact, this is a concept that can be seen through a little, and almost everyone who is good at engraving like Jin Shifan can easily do it.
But why didn't they think of it until Li Fengman said the concept of engraving printing?
It's not that Jin Shifan and other craftsmen are not smart enough, but their thinking has always been limited to their identity as craftsmen, and they can't even think of using the skills in their hands to do this.
No one asked them to do it, and they themselves wouldn't have put so much effort into trying it out anyway because they didn't see any benefit.
"A set of engravings can print at least 10,000 new books."
Li Fengman said lightly: "And a book, well, take the most commonly used "Analects" as an example, a newly copied "Analects" can sell at least 300 texts on the market, and this does not care about the copyist's pen strength and whether there are any typos. ” "And the Analects of the Analects that we have carved and printed, what kind of font you carve out, what kind of font he prints, it can be neat, it can be elegant, and it can also avoid typos as much as possible."
"Such a "Analects", not to mention 300 texts, even if it is 200 texts, do you think there is a market, will anyone pay for it?"
"A book is calculated as 200 texts, how much is 10,000 copies?
Two thousand!
” Jin Shifan and the dynasty were shocked, and two thousand guan was no longer a small amount of money for them.
In particular, Jin Shifan is even more aware of the interests involved, just as Li Fengman said, if ten craftsmen are invited to carve for two days at a time, the wages required are only three to five yuan.
And the cost of paper and ink is not worth mentioning, 10,000 books, if you only count paper, it is not even a hundred.
In this way, with only a cost of more than 100 guan, you can create a profit worth 2,000 guan in just three or five days.
The net profit is twenty times that is enough to make any businessman in the world flock to it.
"Making money is actually just a small way," Li Fengman continued: "Printing books into books is also spreading education for the saints, so that more readers can afford to buy and read books, so that reading is no longer a relatively luxurious thing." ” Jin Shifan and Wang Dynasty nodded again in agreement, yes, reading is indeed a relatively luxurious thing for most ordinary people.
Not only because of the high cost of the four treasures of the study, but also because of the rarity of books, ordinary people can only borrow and copy a set of four books and five classics if they want to buy them, so they may not be able to get all of them.
And between copying, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes, which is the most difficult thing for those poor scholars to accept, because no one can help them correct them in time, many typos, and they are even mislearning and misusing them in the imperial examination, and the result is naturally that they will not escape the misfortune of falling off the list.
Jin Shifan and Wang Chao were both born in poor families, although they did not study and entered the office, they were not illiterate, and naturally they were very aware of the hardships of studying for poor students.
An Pinghou said well, printing books and preaching is also a great merit.
Not only can you earn a huge amount of profits, but also win a good reputation for a saint, this kind of thing, it makes people feel excited to think about it.
"An Pinghou told the old man this, I don't know what ......?"
Jin Shifan was very moved, and couldn't help but ask Li Fengman about the temptation.
Li Fengman puffed out his chest, looked at Jin Shifan and said: "My 'Chengde Bookstore' in Anping Houfu is ready for everything, and there are only a few skilled carving masters. ” It was obviously a commercial transaction full of copper smell, but at this moment, it was made extremely sacred by Li Fengman, as if Jin Shifan did not agree to him, which was deviant and the greatest disrespect for the saint.
Wang Chao glanced at Li Fengman with admiration, and when it came to fooling people, he didn't accept anyone now, so he served An Pinghou.
This mouth, as clever as a tongue reed, can be said to be alive when he died, and the clumsy appearance of his tongue when he sat in the East Palace in the past is simply like two people.
Seeing such a huge change before and after Li Fengman's amnesia, the whole dynasty wanted to go to the lake one day to try it.
"Thanks to An Pinghou, if you have to meet such a grand event, what is the pity of this old bone!"
Sure enough, as expected by the dynasty, the old man Jin Shifan couldn't resist the temptation.
Confused, he was fooled by Li Fengman.
Just said that he was old and frail and couldn't hold a knife, why did he have strength again now, what about his face?
Wang Dynasty glanced at Jin Shifan with disdain, Jin Shifan's face didn't blush, he just pretended not to see it.
Li Fengman didn't care about this, and said with a happy face: "With the help of Mr.
Jin, this matter is done!"
” It was very festive on the face, in fact, Li Fengman didn't say that he had heard of Jin Shifan before today, after all, he was also a newcomer and knew nothing about everything in Chang'an City.
But this does not affect Li Fengman's enthusiasm for Jin Shifan, because from the beginning this old man was very proud, this kind of arrogant attribute Li Fengman is very familiar with, because when it comes to cooking, he is also this expression that everyone else is garbage except himself.
Most of these people have real skills.
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Moreover, when Jin Zhongyi was carving just now, he had already shown extremely solid basic skills, and carving on hard wood was as easy and comfortable as writing with a pen.
Grandson is still like this, let alone grandfather?
The next thing was to discuss some details, and Li Fengman asked Lao Fuguier to call him and give him full authority to deal with it.
In this way, after almost half an hour, when there was still nearly half an hour before Jin Shifan's estimate, Jin Zhongyi suddenly stopped his knife and straightened up, and said in a loud voice: "It's done!"
” I saw that he raised the engraving in his hand, blew a long breath, and blew away all the sawdust on it, and several columns of neat and orderly character carvings were completely revealed.
Li Fengman's spirit was shocked: "Take it to me!"
” Jin Shifan, Lao Fugui'er, and Wang Chao also came over, and watched curiously as Li Fengman laid the engraving flat on the bookcase, and evenly applied ink to the protruding plate with a brush.
Then, take a one-foot-square piece of white paper and lay it on the completely blackened engraving, and take a paperweight from the white paper, gently press it on the white paper and scrape it from top to bottom.
The white paper was instantly dyed with ink, but it was not soaked, and after Li Fengman took off the ink-stained white paper from the engraving plate, he gently flipped it, and the handwriting on the white paper jumped into their eyes very clearly.
A complete "Song of Tomorrow" was easily printed, the handwriting was clear and neat, and there was not even a trace of residual ink in the blank space, which was very clean.
It worked!
Li Fengman's face was overjoyed, he didn't expect that the craftsmanship of this grandson surnamed Jin was really good, the carved engraving was neat horizontally and vertically, without raw edges, and the carved word also looked very hot.
Young people nowadays are amazing.
"Well, that's good!
It works!
Jin Shifan's eyes were fixed on the extension on the paper, and he couldn't help but stroke his beard and sigh lightly: "It's similar to Shi Tuo's method, but it's a hundred times more delicate and clear than Shi Tuo. ” Jin Zhongyi was a little confused, what was grandpa talking about, isn't this just a slightly larger seal, what is there to admire?
Also, this seal was carved by me with great effort, does it have anything to do with him Anpinghou?
Grandpa, are you old and confused?