Chapter 108: Chopping the Rod

Gu Changchuan said: "Then I'll rest assured, Director Zhang, Mayor Huang, do you think it's okay to do this, I'll call the comrades from the propaganda mouth first, don't say anything about whether it's broadcast or not, first do a good job of the material, be prepared!"

Both nodded in agreement, and Gu Changchuan went out to make a phone call.

A group of people sat down under the pergola, and Ai Yulian and Li Dongsheng served tea to everyone.

Masao Ikeda said, "I can't imagine that the scenery here is so beautiful, and even this courtyard is so beautiful!"

Li Junge said: "Mr. Ikeda has a good reputation, the trees around here are all new, and the so-called 'tree hut is not old, this person must be the Ministry of Internal Affairs', hahaha, this is a joke that mocked the nouveau riche in the old days." This courtyard is still almost tasteful, and when you have time to see the Li family ancestral hall, or the ancient buildings around Panao Township, it is called really beautiful. ”

As he spoke, the meal came up, and all the mushrooms were a mushroom feast.

At each dish, Masao Ikeda bowed and said, "It's too precious, it's too precious." ”

Seeing that the table was unaware, Ikeda explained: "In Japan, such wild matsutake mushrooms and chicken fir are sold in slices, and the price is very high, but I didn't expect that you could make a table of banquets here, and my father is right, it is too expensive." ”

Li Junge said: "Miss Ikeda, tell your father not to be polite, and eat as much as he likes." Uncle heard that you Japanese like to eat mushrooms, so he specially found someone to go to the mountains behind the village to pick some, and you are also blessed with mouths. ”

Ryoko Ikeda drank a soup of stewed pheasant with matsutake mushrooms and translated with his father.

Li Junge said: "If you don't like our taste, I can also take you to the mountains to pick, the pots and stoves here are ready-made, and you can also make them according to your favorite taste." ”

Masao Ikeda said: "There are beautiful landscapes, strong bamboos, great craftsmen, and delicious mountain and river freshness, which is described by a famous saying in your country: 'Treasures of nature, outstanding people'." ”

Li Junge said: "Yes, yes, the beauty of the hometown is beautiful, but many people don't know here, we are ready to slowly promote Lijiagou, so that more and more people come to Lijiagou, and more and more people fall in love with Lijiagou." ”

Masao Ikeda picked up the glass of black plum wine and said to Li Junge, "Li Sang, I have fallen in love with Li Jiagou now. ”

Everyone laughed and walked together.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the banquet is over.

The officials were busy, and after accompanying this meal, Li Junge sent a few people away. One person carries a bag of local products, which is a little bit of Li Junge's personal meaning.

After eating, the group walked towards Uncle Smith's hut again.

At this time, Si Xingzhun came panting, carrying a shelf on his shoulders and a machine in his hand.

Li Junge smiled and said, "Yo! The news reporter hasn't arrived yet, why did you come here first?"

Si Xingzhun said: "You didn't notify me in advance, or Qiu Yatou reported a letter to me, I said that these are all website materials, can you have more tendons in your head at any time?"

Uncle Craftsman took the group to visit his workshop, as well as the bamboo forest in front of the house and behind the house, as well as the bamboo that had been dried.

Ryoko Ikeda also went to the kitchen for a turn, and when she saw the clear pot and cold stove, her eyes turned red.

Masao Ikeda also sighed: "Tada-san's life is too cold. ”

Li Junge said: "If it weren't for the cold bones, how could the plum blossoms be fragrant." ”

Masao Ikeda nodded, but said nothing more.

Uncle Craftsman took everyone to visit, and introduced to everyone: "This is the first tool made by Piwa and me, you see that it is full of round mouths of various radii, which is used to scrape the tip of the rod, which I learned from you back then." ”

Masao Ikeda says: "The tool we still use today is to glue four square-shaped pieces of bamboo skin into a single strip and then scrape them on such an inner circular edge. ”

Uncle Craftsman took out another blade, which was full of large and small inner right-angled knife edges, and said: "This kind of blade can pull out four cross-sectional 90-degree fan-shaped bamboo pieces, and put them together into a pole tip, so that the bamboo skin will all be distributed on the surface of the pole tip, which can increase the surface area of the bamboo skin and increase the strength of the pole tip." ”

Masao Ikeda nodded and said, "It's just that the four pieces are not round enough, right? It's easy to put together four edges, and if you scrape the round, you will lose the bamboo skin and reduce the strength." ”

Uncle Smith said: "Exactly, that's why we developed such a blade. After saying that, he took out another piece, and the concave knife edge on it was all sixty degrees.

Uncle Craftsman continued: "This bamboo strip with an inner angle of 60 degrees can be scraped out, and six bamboo strips can be used to form a pole tip, which solves the problem of roundness and further enhances the strength. ”

After speaking, he picked up a bamboo stick and began to demonstrate.

As soon as Uncle Mitsumi starts working mode, he will turn on a powerful aura, Masao Ikeda and the two apprentices can't help but nod their heads, and Ryoko Ikeda can see that his eyes are full of little stars.

The uncle secretly said to Li Junge: "Piwa, that Japanese girl doll doesn't look right at the craftsman's face." ”

Li Junge looked at Ryoko Ikeda's high-end mulberry silk costume, exquisite makeup, and beautiful hairstyle, and then looked at Uncle Ikeda's homespun shirt, with a shaven on his face, and shook his head and felt that his uncle was thinking too much.

Si Xingzhun had already set up the camera and started shooting.

After the demonstration, Uncle Mitsumi first took out the "Wuxin Yi" and "Zhiwuxi" and handed them to Masao Ikeda for appreciation.

Masao Ikeda pulled out the two poles, studied them for a while, and then gave them to his disciples to admire.

Masao Ikeda said to Uncle Mitsuma, "Tada-san, this is the batch of rods in the first video you shot, right?"

After the Japanese had finished reading it, Uncle Mi took back the two poles and said, "Yes, these two poles are still one step away, so I will let you be a witness today." ”

After speaking, he picked up the knife and chopped off several poles from it with one knife.

Everyone was taken aback, and Ryoko Ikeda stood up and shouted, "Tada-san!" with her hands over her mouth, tears streaming down her face.

Masao Ikeda patted Yoshiko Ikeda on the back and said, "Silly girl!

After speaking, his face was full of solemnity, he sat upright, nodded to Uncle Craftsman, raised his head and said, "Tian Sang, congratulations on entering the Dao!"

Uncle Craftsman raised his hand and asked Li Junge to take out five newly made poles from the house and hand them over to a few people to re-tasting.

Five new poles sparkle in the sun. Inscription silver hook iron painting, "Wuxi Man"!

Masao Ikeda first admired the grip, his eyes painted, and nodded incessantly, and finally spliced the rod together, shook it with his hand, and showed an incredible look on his face: "So tough?"

Uncle Craftsman laughed: "How is it?"

Masao Ikeda gave a thumbs up: "It's so strong that it's unreasonable, and it deserves the word 'barbarism'!"

Uncle Craftsman said: "Actually, I was inspired by you first, and when I first met Kishu and the pole ten years ago, I knew that a bamboo pole can be so beautiful. After that, Piwa began to collect rod-making techniques from all over our country, and with the reference to you, to this day, there are only a few such poles. ”

Masao Ikeda couldn't put down his love for 'Wuximan', and he couldn't take his eyes off it, and muttered, "You guys are also very good! It only took ten years to restore the pole technique to this extent!"

Uncle Craftsman said: "The reason why 'Wuxi Man' can be so strong is that in fact, the craftsmanship only accounts for half and the materials account for the other half. ”

After speaking, he pulled out a bamboo pipe from a bundle of bamboo and said, "This is it." ”

Masao Ikeda bent the bamboo pipe and said in surprise, "Is this still a bamboo? Why is it so ...... 'barbaric'?"

After speaking, he passed the material to several disciples.

Uncle Craftsman pointed at Li Junge and said, "It's time to ask him about this, this material is provided by him." ”

Masao Ikeda said, "Really, Li Sang, do you have any such bamboo?"

Li Junge picked at the core of his head and said: "This is a bamboo forest on the mountain behind my house, after I found that they are particularly hard, I specially took them for Uncle Craftsman to try, and now I am preparing to expand the planting, if Mr. Ikeda is interested, we can provide some bamboo, but the living plants may have to wait a few years." ”

Masao Ikeda said, "Bamboo is also fine! We are willing to buy rods like Wuximan at a high price." ”

Li Junge said: "Uncle Craftsman and I are also preparing to open a rod-making workshop, and it is estimated that we will not be able to provide too much for the time being, and we can only guarantee about 100 rods a year, what do you think?"

Ikeda smashed his mouth and said: "Alas, I can't make two bamboo poles, forget it, I have too many things to do now, I have to take my disciples, and I have to take care of the affairs of the council, it would be good to have one or two high-quality products a year, and give the rest to the disciples to do the first and carcass, which can also improve the overall strength of my workshop and rod." In this way, I am willing to give 160,000 yen to such a rod, please Li Sang must provide it, please!"

Li Junge couldn't close his mouth when he was happy, he didn't expect to make a business here, 160,000 yen is 10,000 yen, and 100 bamboos are 1 million!

But thinking about the sky-high price of Masao Ikeda's 10-foot pole and 700,000 yuan, I am relieved that people are not stupid.

Seeing that Li Junge nodded in agreement, Masao Ikeda was even more elated, and said to several disciples: "Why don't we have an art competition?"

Several disciples were a little stunned, looking at each other, this pervert doesn't need a knife to make a rod now, a knife can do it, this is really incomparable.