This is the way of refining oil smoke ink, as for the refining of pine smoke ink, these small bowls can not be used, you need to go to a special small kiln, put in Huangshan pine, ignite and burn, and on the top of the kiln, there are several small holes, the smoke particles will remain on the inner wall of the kiln, and the remaining smoke will finally float out from the small holes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Generally speaking, the time for refining pine smoke will be longer than that of oil smoke, after all, one is to burn pine wood, one is to burn tung oil, one is to use the kiln as a unit, and the other is to collect tobacco particles in small bowls.

Next, Tang Huairen walked over with a tung oil bucket, poured a certain amount of tung oil into some of the empty bowls, then put in the lamp grass, attached it to the edge of the bowl, and lit the lamp grass with fire, and then, he took the thing that could hold the bowl above, adjusted the position of the bowl, and slowly placed it on the top of the tung oil bowl.

The bowls containing the burning tung oil are placed in a groove, and the bamboo device that holds the bowl is held in a triangular shape, and the three corners of it can be placed on the edge of the groove.

The black smoke particles produced by tobacco refining are the most important materials for making ink, and its quality can be said to be related to the quality of the final finished ink, so it must be operated by a skilled master.

The location of these bowls, the degree of burning of the lamps and grasses inside, the heat, and the size of the air inlet and outlet set aside, as well as the final time of collecting the cigarettes, will have some impact on the quality of the tobacco particles formed.

Looking at Tang Huairen's skillful movements, Nie Wenshan smiled, "Old Tang, you haven't made ink for many years, and now it seems that the business is still very proficient, not bad." ”

"Old man Nie, you suddenly talked to me, which made my hand tremble, the position of the bowl is a little wrong, it will affect the quality of the final cigarette particles, but I don't plan to adjust it, the ink made of the tobacco particles in this bowl is yours. Tang Huairen said with a faint smile.

"Don't, Old Tang, who are you, a famous ink-making master, there are no more than ten people in the whole of China, how can your hands tremble, it is definitely steady, I believe in your strength very much. Hearing this, Nie Wenshan hurriedly said, making everyone laugh again.

Tang Huairen couldn't help laughing, "Haha, your face has become really fast." As he spoke, he poured all the bowls in the grooves into tung oil, lit the lamp grass inside, and put it into the device that collected the smoke particles on it.

"Alright, we're done, let's go out and catch our breath first, and we'll be back later. After covering all the bowls, Tang Huairen checked them again, and finally clapped his hands and said.

At this time, Nie Wenshan didn't speak again, as if he had seen the process of making ink before, and Zhou Yu also knew in Tang Huairen's introduction that the current location of the lamp grass is enough to make the tung oil in it not completely burn for a while, so there is no need to watch it in real time, and then move the position of the lamp grass after a while, and continue to make the tung oil not completely burn.

When he came to the workshop outside, Tang Huairen also took a piece to visit the various processes of ink making, tobacco refining, glue, mixing, pounding ink, making, drying ink, repairing ink, and finally painting gold out of the factory, which can be said to be very complicated.

Among them, a piece of ink in the production process, the time to dry the ink is the longest, according to the weight of the ink, the drying time is also different, it generally takes half a year, according to Tang Huairen, some ink factories in a month or even half a month to dry, that is because of the gypsum, mixed with this kind of thing, the ink not only dries quickly, but also easy to shape, looks good, but just look at it, with this ink to write out of the word, than the traditional ink, the effect is not half a star.

At the same time, because there are many Chinese herbal medicines in the high-quality ink, and the blank part of the paper is eaten by insects, but the handwriting is intact.

Zhou Yu also knew these things before, the reason why the ancient calligraphy and painting works have been preserved for many years and are intact, in addition to the rice paper, the more important thing is these ink ingots with Chinese herbal medicine.

After visiting for a while, Tang Huairen returned to the tobacco refining workshop and began to adjust the position of the lamp grass that had been burned in it for a while.

Incomplete combustion, which means more smoke is emitted, and more smoke particles can be collected, and the quality is better.

When Tang Huairen adjusted the position of the lamp grass, he said with a smile: "In this experiment, I am going to make thirty ink ingots, fifteen pine smoke, and fifteen oil smoke, all of which are two taels, and they are also more suitable for collection and appreciation. ”

"Donald, we have to thank you, now we can only watch here, and we can't help anything. Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile and thank, through his previous observations, he also knew that the burning speed of tung oil was not fast, and a pound of tung oil could collect tobacco particles, at most about one or two taels, although a piece of ink needed other materials, but the tobacco particles that came out of the smelting tobacco accounted for the largest proportion of all raw materials.

After all, this is making ink, and the only thing that can represent ink is these refined tobacco particles, and other materials are all auxiliary products for these tobacco particles, and similarly, including the ink grass he got in the Xianxia world.

"Haha, Xiaoyu, I'm also for myself, if the experiment can be successful, then the ink that has not been able to break through will make a huge breakthrough, and these thirty ink ingots, I have to leave some as a souvenir in this factory, hehe." In the end, Tang Huairen couldn't help but smile and deliberately looked at Nie Wenshan with his eyes.

"Old Tang, I look a little worried about your eyes, you must give me the least amount of ink, right? Sensing Tang Huairen's gaze, Nie Wenshan couldn't help but take a step back.

Tang Huairen laughed loudly, "Look at what scares you, it will be evenly distributed when the time comes." ”

Subsequently, Tang Huairen continued to refine the cigarettes, and spent some time in one afternoon refining all the tobacco particles needed for fifteen pieces of oil smoke ink, and in order to avoid being insufficient, he also refined some more.

This time it was mainly to experiment with the proportion of ink grass, so the less experimentation the better, if it wasn't for the first collection commemoration, he wouldn't have made so much ink, but in the future, he would make a small amount of ink to find the right ratio as soon as possible.

Tang Huairen carefully put the collected oil smoke particles into the bag, then put them in a cabinet and stored them, locked them, and after saying hello to Master Sun, he left the workshop with Zhou Yu and others, visited other parts of the factory for a while, and then drove back to the previous house.

In the evening, Tang Huairen took them to the famous food street of She County, and tasted the famous food of She County, as the seat of Huizhou Mansion, the Huizhou cuisine here has been greatly inherited and innovated.

Huizhou cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines of China, originated in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the place of origin is She County, in the food street, they tasted the famous Huizhou edamame tofu, the surface has a layer of white fluff inch long, it looks very fresh, and the taste is also very delicious, fragrant and refreshing.

There is also Huizhou stone chicken, said to be a chicken, but not a chicken, in the deep mountains and valleys of Huizhou, inhabited with a kind of frog comparable to the Cuban bullfrog, called the stone chicken, whether it is braised or steamed, the taste is enough to surpass the chicken.

However, this dish is not like edamame tofu, which is available everywhere, so Tang Huairen also took them to a restaurant, and after eating this dish and tasting the tender taste of fresh meat, Nie Wenshan said that he had already brought some spiritual rice.

Although he didn't bring spiritual rice, Zhou Yu brought two bottles of fairy fruit wine, and with the food of this restaurant, they were also very happy, but it was just fun.

In their hearts, although these delicacies taste very good, they cannot be compared with those meals in Xianweiju, where the meals have a perfect taste and can bring people good enjoyment.

After eating, everyone walked around the neighborhood for a while, and then Tang Huairen sent someone to drive them back to the house, drank a pot of tea, and they went back to their rooms.

On the second day, after everyone had breakfast, they continued to the ink factory, and Tang Huairen asked people to move the Huangshan pine wood to the kiln, put it in the innermost, and then began to burn it.

This kind of kiln for refining pine smoke is about twenty or thirty meters long, but it relies on the smoke particles in the innermost part of the kiln, which is the most fine, and the closer it is to the outside, the rougher it is, which is also the experience obtained through countless experiments.

Close to the innermost part of the kiln is clear smoke, which is the raw material for making high-quality ink, and the famous Yide Pavilion Yuntou Yan ink is named after this, the cloud head symbolizes the distance, that is, by the innermost part of the kiln, and Yan, which represents the ink color.

If you burn a kiln of pine or pine branches, it takes a long time, but now only a little pine wood, the time required is a little short, but it also takes at least a day, because the same as the smoke, pine also needs to be incompletely burned, in order to produce more smoke, collect more smoke particles, so you must control the fire, can not let the pine wood burn completely.

And when refining pine tobacco today, the old man Liu who made rice paper that Tang Huairen knew also rushed over from Jing County, Hui Province, and it took about three or four hours to drive a car from Jing County to She County.

After coming to She County, this old man Liu rushed directly to the ink factory, and when he saw Lin Xiuyuan and others, he couldn't help laughing, "Haha, Lao Lin, Lao Nie, or Lao Xu, I didn't expect you all to be here, and the famous dog owner Zhou Xiaoyou." ”

This old man was wearing a long robe, and his body exuded an elegant atmosphere, giving people the feeling of being quite white like rice paper.

"I said Old Man Liu, give you a big surprise, you are not in a hurry at all, you didn't come over until today, if someone else came early, Old Tang, if you want me to say, you better change someone." Nie Wenshan pointed at this old man Liu and scolded jokingly.

This time, Tang Huairen nodded very approvingly, "I also think that it is better to change people." ”

"Hey, I said, you can't do this to me, Old Tang only called yesterday, I put down the work in my hand quickly, and rushed over early this morning, and this old man just said to give me a surprise, I don't know what the surprise is. Old man Liu suddenly waved his hand, and said with depression in his words.

Nie Wenshan laughed, "Haha, I've learned from Xiaoyu to stay mysterious." ”

Tang Huairen shook his head and smiled, stood up, and patted him on the shoulder, "Lao Nie, they are all old friends, Xiaoyu, you are the first time you have met, I don't need to introduce more, Xiaoyu, this is the master of making rice paper I said, Liu Zhonghe, the high-quality rice paper sold by the Four Treasures Store of the National Scholar's Room, but a large part of it is produced in his factory, and my ink can't be compared with him." ”

"No matter how much you produce, you don't make money with your ink, I've heard of ink collections, but I haven't heard of collecting rice paper. Liu Zhonghe squinted at him and made a joke.

Everyone laughed, they all knew that this was a joke, although a piece of rice paper without any traces of the collection value is not as good as ink, but those famous calligraphy and painting works, can be handed down, but must be used as a carrier

Joking, Liu Zhonghe walked directly to Min Zhouyu and shook hands, "Zhou Xiaoyou, I have admired my name for a long time, not only the news, but some of the children in my family have fallen in love with Huzi during this time." ”

"Elder Liu, it's an honor to meet you, since the children in your family like tigers, I just brought some photos of them, and I will take them out and give them to you later. Zhou Yu shook hands with Liu Zhonghe and said with a smile.

Liu Zhonghe's face showed some joy, "Haha, that's good, the children in my family must be very happy, Zhou Xiaoyou, thank you." ”

"Okay, don't patronize and ask for photos, do you want to surprise you, don't change people. Tang Huairen waved his hand, and then spoke.

"Of course, but I know what the surprise is. Liu Zhonghe spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Don't worry, I'll let you know what this surprise is now. Tang Huairen smiled and said to an employee around him: "Go and call Master Sun, ask him to help me take care of the smoke kiln for a while, and I will be back in a while." "The kiln for refining pine smoke does not need to be watched in real time, just look at it every once in a while, and Master Sun's tobacco refining technology is also very proficient, and this will not affect the final quality.

Subsequently, Tang Huairen took Zhou Yu and others to a reception room in the factory, closed the door, and there were only a few old men and Zhou Yu in the room.

"I said, Old Tang, what kind of surprise, such a mysterious and mysterious, and how did you start refining tobacco yourself, I don't think anyone can be worthy of you refining tobacco and making ink yourself. Seeing this scene, Liu Zhonghe asked with doubts in his heart.