Chapter 560: Liu Guanzhang
"Master, admire, admire, you must have incurred a lot of love debts when you were young...... Tang Dashao said with a smile.
"That's, I want to be back then, old man...... Go and go, you little hairy child, what are you asking about? The trick that Master gave you is absolutely good, and the effect of keeping it is much better than if you spoil this Minghuang Jade. Xing Lao said.
"Well, Master is right, according to the different characteristics of each of them, choose different materials, it's really a good idea, I still have the best blood jade here, the best ink jade is bigger, as for the forbidden mutton fat jade, there is a piece on hand, but it seems to be a little small." Tang Dashao nodded again and again.
"Small? How big is it? Xing Lao asked.
"It's a little bit bigger than your thumb." Tang Dashao replied.
"The size of the thumb is already just right for carving figures, and you don't even need to divide it, the best material!" Xing Lao said.
"But ......" Tang Dashao was a little spitting, this piece of jade was given to him by Tang Ruyan, is it a little inappropriate to carve it into a cloud dress and send it out?
"What else?" Elder Xing asked.
At that moment, Tang Dashao told the origin of the piece of mutton fat jade......
"What? You fool, it was given to you by someone else, of course you can't give it away, otherwise you don't know how sad it will be for that girl to know. Xing Lao shook his head and said.
"What then?" Tang Dashao scratched his head and asked, he finally thought of such a superb attention, he couldn't stop doing it because of this, right......
"Stupid, didn't you say there is a jade mine in Xinjiang? The jade mines are all there, but I'm afraid I won't be able to find the best mutton fat jade? Xing Lao knocked Tang Dashao's forehead with his hand, quite hating that iron does not become steel......
"Oh, yes, yes, I also have a jade vein and a diamond mine, and there must be the materials I need." Tang Dashao nodded hurriedly.
"You kid is really a local tyrant, a jade mine and a diamond mine, I can accept you as an apprentice, I don't lack carving materials in my life, Lao Tang, this guy, I haven't done serious things here a few times, the apprentice recommended this time is good, I like it, haha......" Xing Lao laughed.
Tang Dashao wiped his cold sweat when he heard this, his master really didn't shy away from speaking, but didn't Tang Lao do a few serious things? I think Donald is quite serious......
"Serious? Forget it, there are some things that can't be said, otherwise this old guy will get angry and smash my stall. When Xing Lao heard this, he originally wanted to break out something shocking, but after thinking about the consequences, he shook his head......
Tang Dashao was itchy when he heard it, but looking at Xing Lao's expression that he didn't say anything, he only shook his head with a wry smile......
"Come here, let me show you how the large ornaments are carved, the more you know, the easier it will be for you to learn later." Elder Xing got up and said.
"Large ornaments?"
"Well, some time ago, your brother gave me a big job, sent me a large piece of jade, and asked me to carve out an ornament, saying that it was placed in the living room as a decoration, to have a sense of meaning, I and your third senior brother have been busy for several days, and now I have only made a beginning, and the renderings have been spent." Xing Lao said with a smile.
"Huh? You mean Brother Wang? Tang Dashao wondered.
"Well, who else can there be besides him, this order is not small, and the manual fee alone is 300,000, but he also loses, this jade ornament is completely carved, it must be worth more than his original jade, haha." Elder Xing laughed.
When Tang Dashao heard this, he was secretly grateful in his heart, after he apprenticed to his master, he just thought about learning things, but he didn't expect that the master and the third senior brother were also going to eat, drink and lasa, and he didn't solicit them some money-making business, but Brother Wang thought about it, it's really ashamed......
"Gone, still giggling there, it's really useless......" When Xing Lao walked in front of Shi Yan, he saw that Shi Yan was still in a daze at the best Smurf, and suddenly knocked on his head......
Shi Yan touched the place where he was knocked a little aggrieved, but he was also in his thirties, and he was not a child, why did the master still knock on my forehead like when he was a child?
Anyway, he was also in front of the little junior brother, and he didn't save face at all......
Entering the workshop, Tang Dashao saw the jade ornament at a glance, now this jade is just a huge stone, but the rendering is facing Tang Dashao, looking at the rendering, and then looking at the jade like a hill, Tang Dashao actually fell into a wonderful situation......
Just like yesterday, the whole piece of jade appeared in Tang Dashao's mind......
Yesterday, Tang Dashao's mind was a piece of wood, first analyzed the texture of the wood, the internal condition, and then appeared thin lines, cut it, and finally formed a rabbit!
And today is different from yesterday......
After this jade block appeared in Tang Dashao's mind, a figure suddenly appeared in Tang Dashao's mind, carrying a knife in his hand, and slowly walked towards the jade block, this figure had his back to Tang Dashao, looking very familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a while......
But the knife in his hand, Tang Dashao, recognized it at a glance, it was his Kunwu jade cutting knife......
Who is this person, and how did he hold his Kunwu jade cutting knife?
After the man walked in front of the jade, he stopped for a moment, and then raised the Kunwu jade cutting knife with his right hand, and slashed it down, leaving a trace of white line in the air......
For a while, the jade powder in Tang Dashao's mind splashed everywhere, from the first knife, his hand did not stay at all, he was like a peerless swordsman, a knife was splashed by the waving water, and the shadow of the knife was all over the sky......
I don't know how long it was, maybe a second, maybe an hour, or a day, the man suddenly put away the knife, glanced back at Tang Dashao, and disappeared in an instant......
At what moment, Tang Dashao saw this person's face, and suddenly it dawned on him, he had seen this person too many times, and every time his soul traveled through time and space, he would see him carving......
This person is Lu Zigang......
After Lu Zigang disappeared, the jade in Tang Dashao's mind had been formed, an earthy yellow hill, with a green pine tree on it, it looked as if it was a small hill that had shrunk countless times, natural, harmonious, the picture that appeared in his mind was more perfect and natural than the renderings made by Xing Lao and Shi Yan!
"Tang Fei, Tang Fei, what's wrong with you? What a surprise?"
Shi Yan came in from behind, looking at Tang Dashao's eyes staring blankly at the jade in front of him, motionless, and couldn't help frowning, what's wrong with this guy?
"Ah, Third Senior Brother, I'm fine, I'm fine, I just thought of something, and I was in a trance......" Tang Dashao hurriedly said.
He knew that he seemed to be immersed again......
This kind of thing has happened countless times, and Wang Jun and the others are not surprised......
"Thinking about it? Hehe, you are really attentive, it is good to have this attitude, carving, you have to hold this rigorous attitude, in order to achieve something! Shi Yan patted Tang Dashao's shoulder and smiled.
"Hehe, thank you for the teachings of the third senior brother." Tang Dashao bowed lightly.
"Haha, what's polite? Come, take a look at the renderings that Master and I have designed, here is only one side, and there are three other sides. Can you also take a look, is there anything unsatisfactory that needs to be changed? Shi Yan laughed.
Of course, when he said that the changes were just kind words, these four sides added up to the overall renderings of the entire jade ornament, which he and the master spent several days to design, and now they just want to show off in front of Tang Dashao, so naturally they don't expect Tang Dashao to really make any changes to their works......
"And three? Third Senior Brother, can you show it for me to see? Tang Dashao said softly.
"You want to see it? Of course it's no problem, go get ......," Shi Yan nodded.
"Tang Fei, come and see, the base of this jade ornament has been roughly formed, the main part has not been carved, you see that there is no on it, these emerald green, don't think that these emerald green storage zĂ i has affected the whole piece of jade, and has become variegated jade, sometimes, variegated jade will have a charm that those pure colored jade can't reach."
"For example, it's like the emerald bamboo you gave to the old general, strictly speaking, it's variegated jade, and so is the emerald cabbage."
"In Changhua, Zhejiang, there is a kind of stone, called bloodstone, this stone is very magical, very suitable for making seals, you are engaged in collection, you should know a lot about bloodstone, right?" Xing Lao said.
Well, Zhejiang Changhua bloodstone is the place of origin, and the bloodstone is juxtaposed with Shoushan stone and Tianhuangshi, and enjoys the reputation of China's "Four Great Stones". It is one of the most suitable materials for seals. Tang Dashao nodded.
The private seal of Qianlong's 'Ten Perfect Old Man' on Tang Dashao's hand was carved with bloodstone.
"Well, you only know that this bloodstone can be used to make seals, but you don't know that this bloodstone is also one of the best materials used to carve ornaments. More than 10 years ago, your master and I have seen a superb variegated bloodstone, with three faces, but the colors of these three sides are different, red, black, and white, respectively. â
"Someone set up a stall to sell bloodstone, everyone knows that the more blood this bloodstone, the more valuable it is, and that piece of variegated jade is only about one-third of the blood, and the price is high, where is anyone willing to buy it? Just when everyone couldn't look down on it, it was bought by one person, and then everyone regretted it and said that they had lost the treasure. Xing Lao sighed, he was also one of the people who missed the treasure back then......
"Master, why is such a variegated jade a top-level treasure?" Tang Dashao was a little puzzled.
"This is what I'm going to say next, after that stone was bought, it was finally carved into a national treasure-level thing, the name is 'Liu Guanzhang' by the name 'Taoyuan Sanjieyi', Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."
"These three people, one with a white face, one with a red face, and one with a black face, there are capable craftsmen who carved the variegated jade into these three figures, which are whimsical and extraordinary, symbolizing brotherhood, not to mention the value. Do you know the meaning of what I'm telling you about? Xing Lao asked.