For such a result in the first game, the most satisfying is Tan Weiying. As soon as the party of the day was dispersed, the iron gecko fell into her hands, and after she asked how to play, she immediately took the iron gecko into the palace to find her father and queen mother.

The scene of that day was tossed and turned in everyone's mouth for several days, until seven days later, Shang Baotang showed the second treasure.

If in the first competition, the jade dragonfly was indeed a little tricky, then the second thing that Shang Baotang took out had no tricks at all. Lou Qingxi said that these three things are to be dedicated to the wedding ceremony of the marriage between the two countries, and this second thing is a woman's jewelry, an ornament that can become an important part of the wedding ceremony, and a crown of nine phoenix beads.

In terms of the choice of subject matter, there is no doubt that this bead crown made by Shang Baotang is somewhat arrogant. Today, from the disintegration of a hundred years ago to the present countries are in their own ways, there is no emperor in the world, and the lords of all countries are just kings, from the current etiquette system, there is no woman in the world who is qualified to wear the crown of the nine phoenixes. However, for wedding ceremonies, placed under the big red hijab, in fact, everyone in all countries and regions is encroaching, from the common people to the princes and nobles, almost everyone is "nine phoenixes", taking auspicious wishes, and ignoring the etiquette system.

And this crown of nine phoenix beads really shows Shang Baotang's solid and exquisite jewelry craftsmanship and deep understanding of jewelry aesthetics. The crown of beads is made of several silver bands connected to form a central frame, and a hair cover is made of silver mesh and white ribbon near the head so that the crown can be firmly attached to the hair. On the other side of the frame, nine phoenixes of different shapes are made of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls.

Although the bead crown is inlaid with gold and jade, the materials are extremely exquisite and solid, but it does not give people the cheesiness of the nouveau riche at all, it looks graceful and luxurious, elegant and friendly, quiet but lively, beautiful, and can be called a perfect portrayal of female beauty.

The jade dragonfly that day didn't give Ye Tao a headache, but this bead crown made him feel a little troublesome. Isn't this all about aesthetics? This kind of water grinding kung fu is made, I don't know how many times it took to adjust the specially made bead crown, what do you compare it with? For the use of jewelry and jade, Shang Bao Tang has indeed reached a point where it has reached a considerable peak. It is almost impossible to develop further under the current technical conditions.

And this time, Ye Tao felt that five days didn't seem to be enough.

It's one thing whether it's enough, but in any case, what needs to be done is what must be done. After careful consideration, Ye Tao also roughly settled on a plan:

First of all, it must not be based on gold, silver and jade materials. On the one hand, it is easy to cause analogies of similar material products, as a latecomer, it is easy to please the viewer who has a preconceived impression, and Lou Qingxi, who is too familiar with the processing of gold and jade materials, this kind of production in a short time, there will inevitably be imperfect places, and it is easy to be found by connoisseurs to find some omissions.

Secondly, whether it is craftsmanship or design, the Nine Phoenix Bead Crown has reached a considerable height, and it is indeed not easy to win it in a similar arena. However, if you use a process that no one has ever seen before, and put more effort into the design concept, it is easy to bypass everyone's preconceptions and win with ingenuity, and you are somewhat sure.

In this case, Ye Tao finally used one of the technical reserves of Ye's workshop: cloisonné technology.

For the era in which we are now, the cloisonné process is quite difficult. Generally speaking, the production of cloisonné has several processes: tire making, filigree, point blue, blue burning, polishing and gold plating. The extremely high temperatures are just one of the challenges, but even more numerous are the variety of materials and the intricate details involved, especially the polishing and gold plating.

Polishing usually uses coarse sandstone, yellowstone, charcoal to smooth the uneven blue glaze in three times, uneven places need to be repaired after the glaze is melted, repeatedly polished, and finally charcoal, scraper will be used to polish the bottom line of the copper wire without blue glaze, and the mouth line is smoothed and scraped. There are a lot of processes that need to be processed, and each process takes a long time. As for gold plating, it is another problem, this year, at least now, Ye Tao has not yet figured out the electroplating process, which has become a headache in the original era of the extremely easy process. Fortunately, the materials were well prepared, and there was no problem of finding things on the fly.

Compared with the traditional cloisonné enamel dot blue with red, blue, and green as the main colors, Ye Tao is much richer in color, and the mineral powder that can be used as enamel pigment in his hand is enough for him to be bold and bolder in color. In the past, when he was experimenting in Yicheng, Ye Tao was able to show nine to twelve colors on cloisonné, but now Tan Weixin has almost opened the mineral warehouse of the Ministry of Industry to Ye Tao, and Ye Tao can make more colors.

Rao is this time everyone is so desperate, but the five days are too tight, in these sixty hours, Ye Tao only slept for less than six hours, and the rest of the time was all in the workshop with the apprentices sweating like rain, in the blazing temperature to complete the delicate processes one after another.

When the five-day deadline came, Ye Tao finally completed the work, but he was so tired that he fell asleep, and even showed the work, and later Tan Weixin instructed Lu Dan to be responsible.

In his position, at the beginning, Lu Dan was deceived into being a housekeeper for Ye Tao, which is true, but since he did it, he must do it well, and Lu Dan's idea is so simple. And this time, Shang Baotang tired his young master like this, and Lu Dan was a little angry.

The exhibition is still in the Mingyu Building. When Lu Dan arrived, most of the guests had already waited for a while, seeing that Ye Tao's work was so late this time, it was very different from the calm and dramatic effect of the last time, and those guys who were bent on overpowering Shang Baotang were somewhat guilty in their hearts. However, when everyone saw Lu Dan jump from the carriage with a huge box, they were relieved; It's finally here.

Rudan rumbled upstairs and slammed the large wooden box on the table that had been placed the same as the previous time. The heavy, lingering metallic voice made the hearts of everyone present tremble. The style of the wooden box has changed a lot, this time it is not a delicate and beautiful mirror paint, but simply brushed with a layer of black paint, but the corners of the box are wrapped with iron sheets, and the front of the box is inlaid with a very powerful iron lion face carving, which looks very mighty.

"My young master is working day and night, and now he is sleeping, so he can't come to greet you today. The villain had no choice but to be arrogant and send this thing on behalf of my young master for everyone to evaluate. When I look back and wait for my young master to sleep enough, I will naturally apologize for not being able to come here today. Lu Dan claims to be arrogant, and the temperament he shows is indeed the same.

He lifted the lid of the box, took out the contents of the box, and laid them flat on the table. Everyone gathered around and looked at this strangely shaped ...... "cup" in disbelief.

"This thing, my young master named it 'Iron and Blood Hero Cup'. It is an oversized wine glass, which will also be presented to the lord of the country on the occasion of the wedding of the lord of the country, in order to commemorate the feat of the lord of the country 16 years ago with the golden helmet as a wine cup, for 20,000 warriors, and in one fell swoop to break the feat of the Yuan army in Northern Liaonan. The young master said that the Chunnan businessman added a hat to my future princess of Dongping, which can be regarded as a beautiful thing, and we and other loyal people should follow suit. But those are the hats of the lord of the country, and they are not what we small people can do. Let's make a wine glass out of the shape of a helmet. ”

Lu Dan is not Ye Tao. If Ye Tao was here, even if he said the same thing, his tone would be at most a little ridiculous in Qingping. But Lu Dan is different, he originally had a fire in his belly, and he was born in the military, even if he was a housekeeper, he brought many habits in the military brigade into the current Ye Mansion, and the killing spirit in his tone has not diminished slightly. He said this sentence in a sonorous and powerful voice, which immediately caused a round of applause.

This is the difference in everyone's intentions, the Nine Phoenix Bead Crown is at most to add a little beauty to Princess Bailian, and this iron-blooded hero cup is to commemorate the great achievements of the lord of the country. With this idea, even if Ye Tao asked Lu Dan to bring just an ordinary wine glass today, so many Dongping officials and eunuchs present, or people who want to camp in this circle, will inevitably judge Ye Tao's victory, not to mention, this helmet-shaped iron-blooded hero cup does have an extremely intimidating charm.

The Iron Hero Cup is composed of two parts, and below is the base bracket, which can hold the wine glass and will not tip over when pouring the wine. The upper part is a shrunken helmet, and the lines on this helmet are strong and powerful, and the top is made of copper wire filigree as a tool to draw a majestic scene of a general swearing to go out and soldiers fighting bravely. The gorgeousness and delicacy of the iron-blooded hero's cup may not be as good as the Nine Phoenix Bead Crown, but it is better in terms of concept and content. As for the craftsmanship, at first glance, even Lou Qingxi didn't understand how this iron-blooded hero cup was made, how to combine metal lines with brilliant colors, and how to make a metal vessel burst out with such wonderful brilliance.

"The old man was convinced, and in this second game, Shang Baotang lost again. Five days later, please gather in the Treasure Seal Pavilion, this last round, it is better to divide the winner and loser. ”