These materials are mixed in a blender, so a lot of work is saved, and after a few minutes of alternating clockwise and counterclockwise stirring with each other, Zhou Yu found that the smoke and glue inside, as well as other Chinese herbs and other materials, have been fully fused together and turned into a black mud, which is also called ink mud. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this time, the ink clay where all the materials were fused together exuded a faint aroma, which made Tang Huairen show a touch of surprise on his face, "This ink grass juice really has a great effect, and these ink clay are beginning to exude that unique aroma." ”

Lin Xiuyuan also smiled and nodded, "Just with the refreshing scent of ink grass, it can indeed make ink better." ”

After all the materials turned into ink mud, with the help of Zhou Yu and a few people, Tang Huairen poured the ink mud in the mixer into an iron mortar next to it, similar to the kind of thing that makes medicine, but it is much larger.

Later, Tang Huairen began to knead and hammer the ink mud so that the ink could be fully squeezed and become more compact.

However, after rubbing and knocking for a while, Tang Huairen took a breath, smiled and shook his head, "It's really old, I haven't been active for a long time, and a few years ago, I could pound a few buckets of this ink clay in one go." ”

Zhou Yu walked up with a smile, "Donald, I see that the technique of kneading the ink mud is not as strong as the first few processes, so leave it to me, I watched it on the side for a while just now, and I know the essentials." ”

Since this was the first test of ink grass juice, they came to a separate workshop and did not let anyone else come, after all, even if the test was successful, this kind of ink made of ink grass juice could not be produced in large quantities, and it could only be circulated in the circle of friends for the time being.

"Yes, Old Tang, leave this work of pounding ink to Xiao Yu, you are guiding by the side, I believe that there is only good for ink, and there is no harm. At this time, Lin Xiuyuan also said with a smile.

"Okay, Xiaoyu, I'll leave it to you, let's ...... like this first" Tang Huairen nodded and demonstrated to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu nodded, and then began to rub it with his hands, his current physical fitness was different from the past, the strength of the kneading was more than Tang Huairen, and soon, the entire ink clay was beaten very solidly.

Then, listening to Tang Huairen's words, he poured the ink mud in the iron mortar on a cutting board next to him, but first smeared a layer of rapeseed oil on the cutting board, including his hands, to prevent the ink from sticking when he was beaten for a while.

Placed on the board, Zhou Yu began to beat it with a hammer, and after a while, the ink clay was beaten and kneaded into a cake shape by him, and at this time, it can be seen that the ink clay has become more delicate than before, and it has also increased its toughness, so far, the ink clay has also become an ink blank that can make ink.

Two different ink clays, he also beat and kneaded them one by one into a cake shape, pine smoke ink and oil smoke ink, from the color of the ink clay, you can see the difference.

"Okay, Xiaoyu, stop, let's rest first. Tang Huairen waved his hand at Zhou Yu, then walked to the board, touched the two pieces of ink mud with his hand, and said with a surprised face: "This ink mud is more delicate than the best master in our factory. In the end, he made a joke.

Nie Wenshan couldn't help laughing, "Old Tang, you are whimsical, you are a small broken factory, but you can't accommodate the big mountain of Xiaoyu." ”

"Yes, even if you give the factory to Xiaoyu, he doesn't have to, it's too troublesome, and it's too slow to make money. Xu Minghua also said half-jokingly.

Zhou Yu wants to make money, it couldn't be simpler, Huzi and Dabao Xiaobao casually make an endorsement, which is comparable to the income of this factory for a long time.

After a joke, Tang Huairen took everyone outside to rest for a while, and then walked into the workshop again and began to take the next step, and then he began to cut the cake-shaped ink clay with a knife and put it on a small scale for weighing.

After weighing several ink ingots, he asked Zhou Yu with a smile: "Xiao Yu, the next ink will be made for you first, what pattern do you want to print on the ink ingots?" ”

Zhou Yu thought for a while, and then said: "Since there are six pieces of ink for one person, three pieces of each, then I will print the three friends of the year and the cold on the pine smoke ink, and the three mountains of the three mountains and five mountains on the oil smoke ink, I don't know if it's okay." ”

Tang Huairen laughed, "These are common ink ingot patterns, there are a lot of patterns in my factory here, there are ink in the world, we have them here, and we have them here." ”

"But according to my inference, I have prepared more raw materials before, and these ink clay can almost produce three more ink ingots, and this ink grass juice is taken out by you, so I will give it to you, in this way, the pine smoke ink is printed with Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, and the oil smoke ink is printed with Wuyue, what do you think, Lao Lin, you should have no opinion." ”

"Haha, okay, Old Tang, you dare to secretly get some more raw materials, these three ink ingots must want to keep them for yourself. At this time, Nie Wenshan couldn't help but joke.

Hearing Nie Wenshan's words, Tang Huairen's eyes widened, "Old man Nie, believe it or not, I will print three pigs on your ink for a while." ”

"No, I didn't say anything. Nie Wenshan hurriedly waved his hand and printed three pigs, which was really funny.

"Haha, we don't have any opinions, the ink grass juice was taken out by Xiao Yu, it should be so, not to mention, the four gentlemen of Meilan and Zhuju can't let them separate, and the five mountains are more magnificent than the three mountains. Lin Xiuyuan said.

"Then thank you a few old men, Donald, just do as you say. Zhou Yu nodded and agreed.

"Okay, wait for now, I'll go find the corresponding ink mold, Lao Lin, whatever pattern you want, you can go to the shelf to find it first, and stick the label." Tang Huairen smiled, stood up, and found the ink mold pattern that Zhou Yu needed.

Subsequently, he handed over the weighed ink ingot to Zhou Yu, and instructed him to continue beating, kneading and beating the cake-shaped ink ingot into a cylindrical shape, and under the workbench, there is an electric stove, which can make the ink ingots that have hardened soft again, which is conducive to the next step of work.

After turning the ink ingot into a cylindrical shape, Zhou Yu put it into the ink mold, and in this ink mold, there is a plum blossom pattern, and the entire ink mold has a pattern up and down, left and right, which can really turn the ink ingot into a painting.

The next work was handed over to Tang Huairen, the ink module was installed, and then placed under the presser to start pressing, which is also the most critical, the pressure must be slowly increased to make the ink block better shaped.

After squeezing, Tang Huairen put the ink mold on the ground, and then continued to press with other ink molds, these pressed ink ingots need to be cooled and shaped before they can be taken out, otherwise they will be taken out in a soft state, which will destroy the pattern that has been printed.

With Zhou Yu's help, the work of beating the ink clay became very fast, which also made them make ink faster.

Soon, Zhou Yu's nine ink ingots, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, and Wuyue pattern ink ingots were made, and at this time, Lin Xiuyuan and others also found the pattern they needed and took the ink mold.

Some of them chose verses, some chose landscape patterns, and some chose other types of ink molds, and Xu Minghua, an antique master, also talked about the collection of ink molds, some ink molds are not available in some factories or others, so they have a certain collection value, and when making ink, they can also be directly taken out for others to use.

"By the way, Xiaoyu, if you have time, you can learn carving, the Haoran Zhengqi calligraphy you wrote before, I took it and made a set of ink molds, but it is a lot different from the feeling of your calligraphy, maybe my carving and calligraphy attainments are not enough. At this time, Tang Huairen, who was assembling the ink mold, seemed to think of something, and then said.

Xu Minghua showed curiosity on his face, "Oh, Old Tang, you actually made the ink mold of Zhou Yu's calligraphy, whether you made the ink, let's see." ”

"I'll take you to see it in the factory storage room, but it feels a lot worse. Tang Huairen shook his head and said.

"Xiao Yu's heroic righteousness, it is true that not everyone can write it, even if it imitates the handwriting, it will feel worse. Lin Xiuyuan nodded, just like the calligraphy written by one person and copied by others, even if it is copied for a long time, sometimes it is impossible to achieve both form and spirit.

Just like Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, there are countless copyists, and almost everyone who learns calligraphy has to copy the object, but throughout the ages, there are not many people who can achieve a high degree of similarity with Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.

"Now that Donald has spoken, I'll take the time to learn carving, but I can't guarantee when I'll be able to do it. Zhou Yu smiled, it's good to learn, it's also a glorious thing to have your own calligraphy on the ink ingot.

"Haha, with your understanding, as long as you learn, you will definitely be able to learn. Tang Huairen laughed.

It wasn't until the evening that they finished making more than 30 ink ingots, and at this time, the finished ink taken out also exuded the unique aroma of ink grass juice, and the color and quality of the ink ingots were obviously better than the fine ink made in the factory.

"The ink made from the sap of the ink grass is really different, far more than the best ink ingots I have ever seen, and the words written with them are absolutely amazing. Tang Huairen said with emotion.

"Old Tang, this first batch of ink is for collection, you hurry up and make the next batch of ink, and we will use it for writing next year." Nie Wenshan opened his mouth and said, the ink ingot can only be perfectly written after it is completely dried and turned into a finished product.

"Although these ingots will not be able to be used until next year, if I experiment next, I will make a small amount of ink to see the smoothness of writing, although it is not as good as ink ingots, but it can also speed up the experiment, and when the experiment is almost done, I will make ink ingots. ”

At this time, Tang Huairen said with a smile that experiments do not necessarily need to be made into ink ingots, and it is convenient and fast to use the same material to make a small amount of ink.

"That's right, we have been focusing on ink ingots before, but we forgot that there is a convenient and quick way to have ink, you hurry up and make some ink in the past two days, let's experiment. ”

Lin Xiuyuan nodded, they all wanted to use the ink made of ink grass juice as soon as possible, what would be the effect of writing, but now it was a long time in advance.

"Haha, I forgot too, I can't wait to write in ink now. Nie Wenshan also nodded in agreement.

"This is nature, the production of ink, but it is much simpler than ink ingots, Xiaoyu finally came to me, how can I do it without leaving a piece of calligraphy. Tang Huairen said with a smile with a touch of mystery on his face.

"Haha, you old man, you have a good hand in calculation. Xu Minghua couldn't help but pointed at Tang Huairen and scolded with a smile.

Subsequently, Tang Huairen took the finished ink to the factory's drying workshop and put it on a shelf alone, which is a drying place for fine ink, and ordinary people cannot come in.

This does not mean that you only need to dry it next, and some ink will have some burrs at the corners when it is squeezed in the mold, so when the ink ingot is dried to three percent, it needs to be frustrated.

After drying, you need to fill in the color and paint the gold according to the above pattern, and after completing this step, a piece of ink ingot can be considered to be completed.

In the end, Tang Huairen took them to the factory's collection room, which contained some commemorative ink or other things, among them, several Haoran Zhengqi ink ingots he made were also among them.

When they saw the four big characters of Haoran righteousness on these ink ingots, Lin Xiuyuan and the others shook their heads separately, this feeling really can't compare to the calligraphy written by Zhou Yu, but it also has some rhyme.

Some of them took out their mobile phones, flipped out the photo of the calligraphy, and compared it with each other, it felt even bigger.

Therefore, they especially hope that Zhou Yu can learn to carve as soon as possible, and when the time comes, they can carve an ink mold, and they can get an ink ingot printed with Zhou Yu's calligraphy, whether it is used or collected, it is expected.

After reading the ink ingot, Zhou Yu and the others returned to Tang Huairen's house, looking forward to the completion of the next ink production, which would allow them to realize their wish now.

It is estimated that they will stay for another two days, and after the ink experiment, they will leave She County and return to Jingcheng, and this trip is indeed very worthwhile.

After returning to his room, Zhou Yu thought about it, after experimenting with ink, there should be time for him to climb to the top of Huangshan Mountain and watch the sunrise, after all, he has not climbed to the top of a particularly high mountain since he obtained the cultivation method of Haoran Righteousness.