The deepest attic of the Lin Mansion is the Chiba Pavilion, which is the most heavily defended place in the Fuzhong, and there are guards patrolling and guarding it day and night, and behind the attic, that is, the north of the Lin Mansion is the inner city river of Shangdu, and there has never been a mistake over the years. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info inconvenient to make incense workers in the house, so in the northeast corner of the house opened the corner door, although this door is a corner door, its solidity is comparable to the main gate, but also take into account the role of protection.

Chiba Pavilion has three floors, nearly 30 zhang long from east to west, and there are 48 rooms inside. The east side of the first floor is the storage place of incense materials, and the west side is the place where the incense makers work their daily work, and the processing, grinding, weighing and mixing of incense materials are all responsible for one of them, which not only ensures the efficiency of the work, but also does not make the craftsmanship pass on. On the east side of the second floor is the place where Lin Wenliang made incense, and on the west side is the place where he taught his disciples, namely Lin Changru. The third layer is the place where the ancient books of incense and precious incense materials, incense products and utensils are stored, which can be said to be the treasure pavilion of the Lin family, which is locked all the year round, and no one is allowed to enter without Lin Wenliang's permission.

Chiba Pavilion is said to be three floors, but in fact, there is a large incense cellar underneath, which is specially used to store incense. The nature of the incense is different, not all incense can be used immediately after making a CD, and some incense needs to be sealed in the incense cellar for a period of time before it is truly completed. Cellaring is the process of integration and interaction of various incense materials, which can make them integrate and make the aroma better.

Lin Bining stepped into the courtyard gate with a solemn and excited mood, only the banyan trees were planted on both sides of the road in the middle of the courtyard, and no other trees were seen.

The busy incense makers saluted her, Lin Bining nodded with a smile, and slowly walked into the Chiba Pavilion, only to see a picture of a thousand leaf lotus hanging high on the facing wall, the lotus petals are stacked on top of each other, white like jade, and the lotus stamen is not the common yellow, but red with pink, inextricably linked. I don't know who painted this painting, the holy and noble painting of the thousand leaf lotus is incisive, solemn and mixed with a touch of delicate, glamorous but not demonic.

There are stairs on the left and right sides, Lin Bining went up from the right and went to see Lin Wenliang first. Lin Wenliang was waiting for her in the incense room, the left and right sides of the room were shelves for storing incense materials, a plaque was hung in the middle, with a few big characters on the book "Incense making is the first person", and a picture of Qinglian was hung below, Qinglian and incorruptible homonym, the Lin family was a merchant rather than an official family, Lin Bining did not understand the meaning of her father hanging this painting.

Lin Wenliang sat behind a large mahogany tunic relief desk, on which there were neatly arranged tools for making and tasting incense, as well as a few porcelain plates with incense materials and a blindfold. Lin Bining knew that this was to test herself to identify the incense materials.

Lin Bining stepped forward and saluted and shouted respectfully, "Master." ”

Lin Wenliang bowed his head lightly, pointed to the blindfold on the table and said, "Let's start with the incense materials." ”

"Yes."

Lin Bining picked up the black cloth and blindfolded her eyes, and there was a sound of footsteps after a sound of clothes rubbing in the house, she knew that it was her father who walked to the side, and then there was a strong fragrance from her nose, as if she was in the summer wilderness, she replied confidently: "It's tonka." ”

Lin Wenliang then took other incense materials for Lin Bining to distinguish, and she could say the correct name every time. Lin Wenliang put down the plate and said as he walked, "Take off the black cloth." Let me ask you, what incense materials are needed to make Qingyuan incense? ”

"Sandalwood, agarwood, musk, thatch and raw incense are needed." Lin Bining replied while taking off the black cloth.

"What is raw incense?"

"In the biography of incense spectrum Tianxiang, it was said that those who produce incense cannot wait for it to be successful, and those who are unnatural are also."

"How is Lady Blossom's incense made?"

"Agarwood, stack incense each three taels, sandalwood, frankincense each one tael, a tael of incense needs to be legal, with the end of the pounding into the charcoal skin powder, Pu Ni each a penny, with raw honey mixed with it, into the porcelain box heavy soup boiled ten times boiling, after the incense is completed, add half a penny borneol and a penny of musk, take out the cellar for seven days."

Lin Wenliang nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it seems that I have been working hard these days." In the morning, you will take Qingyuan incense to practice and make a finished product, each step needs to be done by yourself, what do you not understand to be asked after completion. ”

"Yes, Master."

Lin Bining returned to Lin Changru's incense room, the specifications were slightly smaller than Lin Wenliang's, they were all simple furnishings, but there was a picture of Jinsong Hanmei hanging in the middle. She turned around the small room two or three times, opened a grid of incense materials, thinking that these could be used by her in the future, and her heart was bubbling.

After a long time, he finally calmed down and decided to start completing the task assigned by his father. On weekdays, she often makes some peach blossom fragrance and orange fragrance by herself, this incense recipe is not complicated, it is difficult for her, but it is really a chore to grind the incense materials into powder by hand, you must know that they used to grind it like fog.

Grinding all the incense materials into fine powder, Lin Bining rubbed her tired hands, took out a jar of raw honey from the shelf, lit a small stove, put a porcelain pot with water on the shelf, put it into the porcelain dish and add the raw honey through the water, and kept stirring until the honey turned brown-red and dripped. Put the mixed incense powder in a porcelain plate, add refining honey to mix evenly, and knead it while hot to make small incense pills.

Lin Bining felt that her hand was about to be broken after she finished speaking, so she rested for a while, and with trembling hands, she sent the prepared Qingyuan incense to Lin Wenliang for acceptance.

Lin Wenliang picked one up and sniffed it gently, twisted it with his fingers, put it back in the porcelain box and wiped his hands with a handkerchief, before he spoke: "There is no problem with the materials and amount of incense materials, but you have too much honey, the incense pills are too wet, and it is easy to deteriorate if you store them improperly." In addition, the incense powder grinding is not fine enough, and the size of the incense pills is different, you must know that Qingyuan incense must be like a longan core to be qualified, these are the basic skills of making incense. From tomorrow onwards, you will rub the incense pills with flour for half an hour every day, and then go to the flour mill to grind the incense powder for half an hour. ”

"Yes, Master." Lin Bining smiled bitterly in her heart, now it's okay, the hand is really going to be wasted.

The lunch was eaten together by the father and daughter in the Chiba Pavilion, and when Lin Bining was holding the vegetables, the chopsticks were fighting, and Lin Wenliang couldn't look at it and put the dishes into her bowl and let her eat them with a spoon. After putting down the chopsticks, he added: "Your arm strength is worse than the girl's, give me a good practice in the future." ”

“……”

Lin Bining wanted to cry and nodded without tears, father, father, isn't he a powerless girl.

At noon, the chaise longue in the small study next to the incense room rested a little, and Lin Bining began to study in the afternoon. Lin Wenliang talked about the principle of incense for an hour and a half, and during the period, it involved the content of the five elements of yin and yang. Only then did Lin Bining understand how profound and extensive the real incense-making is, and she didn't even touch the threshold of incense-making when she was in her boudoir.

After class, Lin Bining had to practice carving wood in the small study to exercise concentration. Because Lin Wenliang had not digested a lot of the knowledge he had just said, and his arm was sore, Lin Bining was careless, and a cut was made on his hand with a carving knife, and small beads of blood gushed out, and he was about to bandage it with a handkerchief, when he heard footsteps at the door, he hurriedly hid his hand behind him.

"I'm going to go out, and you've worked hard today, so let's go back first." Lin Wenliang walked to her side and patted her on the shoulder, "This time has been a good time, you have to continue to work hard." Come out with me. ”

"I'll keep trying, Master. I still haven't got anything ready, Master, you can go first, I'll go back later. Lin Bining hurriedly refused.

"That's good."

Lin Bining's hand was smaller than Lin Changru's, and he was afraid that his father would see it, so he waited for him to leave before he took a handkerchief and wrapped it hastily, and then left Chiba Pavilion.