The tools prepared by Yue Muxuan are very complete, and there are five saws alone.

Three frame saws, one band saw, and one wire saw are used to deal with a variety of different situations.

Xu Wen sawed the wooden sections with a coarse frame saw and cut them into pieces, and used a medium saw to cut the wooden planks into strips.

Thin frame saws are used to deal with smaller areas and make mortise and tenon joints, while band saws and wire saws are more flexible and can be used to make curves.

Before he changed here, he had never seen most of these tools, and even if he did, they were in other people's hands, and he had never touched them.

But now, as soon as his hands touch their handles, a familiar feeling wells up in his mind.

Over the past year, he has been most exposed to these tools, except for wood, which is also a matter of course. However, this sense of familiarity and intimacy seems to be more than just time......

The planks were planed, and wisps of shavings ran down his hands, slid down to the ground, and piled up.

Xu Wen's sweat sprinkled on the shavings, reflecting the sunlight shining in from the narrow window in the heights, but he was completely unconscious, and all his mind was immersed in the work at hand.

When he was in the original world, Xu Wen has always been conscientious in his work, doing everything he can to do every detail he can.

But the feeling now is something he has never felt before......

Saw and saw, planed and planed, his mind became extremely calm and focused in the process.

"This young man...... It's kind of interesting!"

Now Xu Wen couldn't hear the sounds around him at all, let alone the whispers coming from outside the house.

At this time, the examiners were patrolling the examination room and happened to pass by him.

The wooden house is small and isolated from the outside, there are no large windows, and only a small opening is opened at the height of one person, which can breathe and allow people outside the house to clearly see the situation inside.

This opening is cleverly designed, and when people from the outside look in, they can just see the hand movements of the people inside, but they can't see the finished product that has just been made below, so as to prevent the examiner from touching the "test paper" to be judged in advance.

The three examiners looked into the window and saw his expression at a glance, and Master Qin said approvingly.

"The eyes are good, and there is life in the eyes. Master Song was concise and to the point.

Zhu Gantang saw Xu Wen's face, and his eyebrows moved slightly.

The three of them continued to watch, and Master Qin shook his head first: "It's a pity, it's a novice, and it shouldn't be long after." What do you think, Old Song?"

"Up to two years. Master Song said.

"Well, I think so too. His master asked him to come and practice his hands, right? It's not bad, seeing the world, and next time will be better. Master Qin agreed with him.

"Why, doesn't it mean that some children are very talented? Two years is not enough time for them to learn the basic skills and pass the apprenticeship test?" Zhu Gantang asked unexpectedly.

"That's not the case. Song Qin and the two glanced at each other, and Master Qin patiently explained to him.

"For talented and serious apprentices, two years is actually enough time for them to become teachers. In the streets and alleys, it is enough to do some common work for ordinary people. But we tried in vain, and we chose talents for the emperor—"

Master Qin arched his hand towards the north as he spoke, paused for a moment before continuing: "It's the best of the best!

Zhu Gantang suddenly realized and nodded slightly: "This kid is not very old, and it is not bad to take the test once to accumulate experience." ”

"Then you have to have a quota. Master Qin laughed and looked at the window again, "This should be a child from a big workshop." ”

Master Song looked in the same direction as him, and after a while, he suddenly said, "It's too basic." ”

One Tai character is enough to explain his attitude, and Master Qin also feels the same: "Yes." ”

The two of them obviously lost interest in this side, stopped looking at Xu Wen, and began to move on to the next wooden house.

They are all old craftsmen, the kind that are old and sophisticated, just by looking at the movements of Xu Wen's hands, they know what he is doing now, and they also know what he plans to do next.

Chopping, sawing, planing, and chiseling, these are all the basic skills of a carpenter, the most basic kind.

That's what the apprenticeship test is, but it's not exactly that.

As they just said, there are only 30 people in the apprenticeship test, how do you stand out from these 30 people?

Basic skills alone are not enough, there must be additional pluses!

The mortise and tenon structure is a plus point listed on the surface of the text, and if the full score is 100, each different mortise and tenon joint type is equivalent to adding five points, which is a great advantage.

In addition to such things on the surface, there are actually more plus points behind the scenes.

The topic requirement is a wooden stool, but there are many kinds of wooden stools, which are square and round, experienced apprentices, and will add a lot of tricks to the production details. Girdles, cloud heads, arcs, carved ...... If these tricks are done well, they can completely make people shine and leave a very good impression at the beginning.

It can be said that in the past few years, when it comes to the production of finished furniture such as wooden stools, there is no one who does not do tricks.

Looking at Xu Wen's movements just now, his basic skills are quite solid, but the movements are horizontal and vertical, which is the simplest operation, and there is no work at first glance.

No matter how good such a finished product is, it is impossible to get a high score.

Xu Wen in the room was so attentive that he didn't know that the examiners were coming and going.

The part of the paulownia wood he was assigned to had a large internal cavity, and it was difficult to take out the whole large piece of wood, so he sawed them all into strips of wood with a thickness of one cubic centimeter, square, and the surface was all very smooth with fine planing, without any burrs.

He then began to chisel out the square holes used in mortise and tenon structures in such small strips of wood.

Wood is all grained, and these grains usually grow in one direction, so there will be a difference between cross-section and vertical section.

Xu Wen made these wooden strips, all of which are vertically cut along the grain of paulownia wood, and digging holes in such small wooden strips can easily break up its texture and directly chisel the wooden strips.

Xu Wen did it quickly, and the crisp sound of "ding, ding, ding" kept coming from the wooden house, and square eyelets kept appearing on the wooden strips, with clear edges and no cracks.

The two masters of Song and Qin were not wrong in their judgment before, and Xu Wen really only knew the basic skills.

In the past year, Lian Tianqing has taught him countless knowledge, but in terms of craftsmanship, he has only repeatedly honed the most basic items, and he must be required to be perfect.

And now, Xu Wen is using these basic skills he taught to make this simplest square stool.

Zhu Gantang and the others left the wooden house where Xu Wen was and continued to inspect the examination room.

They stopped by each hut for a while, exchanged a few words, and then moved on.

After some time, they came to the window of another wooden house, which was almost diagonal to Xu Wen, glanced inside, and immediately withdrew their gaze and looked at each other.

The boy inside had a baby face, and his eyes were round and large, with a bit of childishness.

This face is very familiar to the three of them, it is Yue Mu Xuan Qi Kun.

"Let's go. Zhu Gantang said.

"Hmm. Master Song immediately raised his steps, and Master Qin hesitated for a moment, and then walked along.

"I'm too familiar with Xiao Kun, but I don't dare to look at it. What if I recognize it when the time comes to judge the papers?" Zhu Gantang said with a smile.

"Suspicion should be avoided. Master Song said.

"The two of them didn't know that when they chose the examiner before, they originally chose the second master of the Qi family, but later heard that Qi Kun was going to take the exam for reference, so he was temporarily removed and replaced. I'm afraid that he is too familiar with Qi Kun's craftsmanship, even if he paints his name, he can see the clues. Zhu Gantang explained a few more words.

"Haha, too, Second Master Qi has a pair of divine eyes, it is impossible not to see it. "Originally, it was taboo to say that other masters gave priority to them. But when it comes to Master Qi Er, both of them only have respect in their eyes.

"Speaking of which, why did Qi Kun temporarily withdraw from the exam last year?" Master Qin suddenly remembered this incident and asked.

"This ...... It's also something that can't be explained. But the past is also gone, so don't say more. Zhu Gantang sighed.

"That's right. Anyway, it's a good thing that he came to take the exam this year!" Zhu Gantang clearly didn't want to say more, and Master Qin immediately changed the topic.

"Qi Kun's craftsmanship has improved again. Master Song suddenly came to say this.

"Hmm, what do you say?" Master Qin didn't see it clearly just now.

"The wire saw is decisive, and the curved surface is formed at one time. Master Song said.

"Can a wire saw do it to this extent? That's true......" Master Qin was a little surprised, he really didn't expect Qi Kun to have such strength.

What's more, with this process, it means that the square stool he made is definitely not simple.

"It seems that the head of the county this time is none other than him. Master Qin said with a sigh.

"Hmm. This time, even Master Song did not object.