Chapter 40: The Quill
Quill pen, the earliest hard pen that appeared before the fountain pen ballpoint pen came out, and the Chinese brush and became the world's two major pen categories, and later generations are carried forward, and the brush is the top of the writing world.
Merton still remembers the steps of making quills very clearly, and the handicraft classes of later generations are not less tossed, and I don't know how many feathers were wasted.
"Young master, let's come with me!" Fauber looked at Merton's red and swollen left hand, still plucking goose feathers, and couldn't bear to say.
The purple clothes on the side had already shed tears, and the evil Master Liu was cursing on the side, and beat the young master so hard.
"No, you can't do this job well, these goose feathers must retain their wings, and they must not be damaged in the slightest!" Merton shook his head and said.
Making quills is a fine job, can not have the slightest sloppiness, and the choice of wings is also particular, the longest five feathers on the left wing are the best, because Merton is used to the right hand, the curvature of the feathers on the left wing and the bias of the feather **, the most suitable for the habit of the right hand.
After inflicting the two great white geese, Merton finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, breaking two of them, and collecting a total of eight goose feathers.
"Alright, deal with these geese, and add dinner tonight!" Merton handed over the two dead geese to Mo Wu to deal with, and he now had to hurry up and process the eight goose feathers, and he wanted to make a quillish pen to complete the first step. The goose feathers are then degreased.
"Brush!" Half a pot of sand stir-fried in the pan, making a harsh and harsh sound,
"Young master, you are going to practice iron sand palms!" The burly and tall Tiean stretched out his head to look at Merton's half-pot of hot sand.
"Well, it must be, the young master was beaten by the master today! must be trying to practice the iron sand palm to black the master of the country. Ziyi looked at the young master with a worried face, for fear that the young master would take a risk.
"You talk a lot!" Morton glared at the two of them, instructed Tie An to put a handful of firewood at the bottom of the pot, looking at the fire, the sand slowly steamed, Morton gently put a piece of rice paper on the hot sandpaper, and when the rice paper became charred and was about to ignite, he hurriedly asked Tie An to withdraw the fire.
Eight goose feathers were evenly inserted into the hot sand, and soon a burning smell came to the nostrils.
"Young Master, what is this!" Purple clothes choked on snot.
"It's called skimming, and the reason why geese can float on the water is because they have a layer of grease on their feathers that don't soak in water, and now this step is to remove the grease from the goose feathers." Merton looked at the quillish pen with satisfaction, which was gradually burnt and yellowed, and it was quickly formed.
"Uh-uh!" Although Ziyi and Tie An didn't know what the young master said, they still felt that the young master was very powerful.
Eight goose feathers with hardened tails neatly laid out on the table, and Merton breathed a sigh of relief, now only one last step remained.
Morton waved the dagger in his hand, although it was not as good as the utility knife of later generations, but it could only be used.
Merton picked up the dagger and carefully tilted it at a forty-five degree angle to carefully cut the root of the goose feather, revealing the flocculent capillary inside, these are the keys to the success of the quill pen, and it depends on them to absorb the ink!
Then a hole was gently drilled in the center of the tip, and then scratched along the hole, the tip of the pen was rounded, and the whole quill was a success!
With the first successful foundation, the remaining seven goose feathers were successfully made into six quills after one was accidentally broken.
"Hahaha!" Merton was ecstatic.
"Isn't it just a goose feather? What to be happy about! Ziyi pouted disdainfully.
"What do you know, this is the world's first quill pen, it will definitely replace the brush in the future, and I will definitely save the students of the world!" Merton is not ashamed to take credit for making the quill, which was only made in the eighth century in Europe, and he is now the ancestor of the invention of the quill.
"You're trying to save yourself!" Purple belly scolded.
And Tie An smirked, he only felt that the number one in the world was very powerful, and the young master was also very powerful.
"Purple clothes, spread paper, polish ink!" Merton said in high spirits.
Soon, the ink was polished and the rice paper was spread out.
Morton picked up the quill pen, got used to it a little, dipped it in ink, and began to write smoothly. In less than two quarters of an hour, the homework left by Liu Fuzi had been completed.
"That's it! Let's see what Liu Yinian has to say tomorrow! Merton looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.
Guozi Prison Student has been very aggrieved in the past few days, first losing two months of living expenses in a bet, and losing all his face in five wins and one defeat.
was sprinkled with salt on Li Shimin's wound again, and all the Guozijian were required to pass the examination before they could graduate, and everyone's resentment towards the Mo family was monstrous!
The only thing that can make Guozi prisoners happy is to watch Mo Jiazi hit the board, under Xiong Maocai's vigorous publicity, Moton's calligraphy is too bad and Liu Fuzi beats the board, and the whole prison knows.
"Mo family! You also have today, you want me to work hard to learn arithmetic, and now you will be punished, calligraphy will be your biggest nightmare! Kong Huisuo's heart was extremely happy, and the symptoms of dizziness before suddenly disappeared, and he came to see Merton come to see Merton on board today, despite his sick leave.
"Hello Master Liu!" Kong Huisuo saluted respectfully.
"Hmmm! Don't take failure to heart, your future must be limitless! Liu Yinian looked at Kong Huisuo and encouraged.
"Thank you for your enlightenment!" Kong Huisuo's teachable appearance greatly satisfied Liu Yinian's vanity.
"Hello Master!"
"Hello Master!"
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Along the way, Liu Yinian received the greetings of countless Guozi prisoners, which made Liu Yinian secretly proud in his heart, he decided to embarrass the Mo family is still very wise, these Guozi prisoners are all important ministers of the future empire, if they can befriend them, the benefits in the future will definitely not be good.
Thinking of the excitement, he couldn't help but speed up his steps, and he couldn't wait to go to the classroom immediately and blast Mo Jiazi away.
"Hello Master!"
In the classroom, everyone saluted respectfully.
Liu Yinian looked at the clean lectern with satisfaction, and there was a cup of brewed tea on the table, which was full of aroma.
Liu Yinian took a sip of tea, nodded with satisfaction, his face was pale, and he shouted: "Start checking now, everyone will hand in their homework." ”
"Here's the show!"
Guozi Prison Student's face was excited, and they all looked at Merton with bad intentions.
"It's insidious!" Qin Huaiyu shouted angrily in a low voice.
Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin also nodded heavily.
"As I say, you might as well take a leave of absence? Don't you know that Old Man Liu has been making things difficult for you? Qin Huaiyu persuaded.
"It's okay, I'm going to be fine." Merton shook his head, very touched in his heart, at least these three people were really helping him.
Under the gaze of all the prisoners, Merton slowly got up, walked to the lectern, and handed in his work.
Some sharp-eyed students found that Mo Jiazi had only handed in two thin pages of paper, while the other inmates had a full stack of schoolwork.
And Liu Yinian looked at the two folded pieces of paper in front of him, his face was gloomy, and he was angry.
"This time, the Mo family is in a catastrophe!" The children of all the countries were overjoyed.