Chapter 37:-for-tat
How can Ye Tao deal with such an opponent? After seeing this delicate and small, inconspicuous jade dragonfly in terms of size and momentum, everyone's confidence in Ye Tao has unconsciously decreased a lot. What kind of things does Ye Tao have to make to subdue the jade dragonfly? What's more, Ye Tao only has three days.
Ye Tao didn't seem to feel any pressure, he generously praised the delicate beauty of the jade dragonfly, and the faint smile on his face never disappeared, and he couldn't even see any reluctance. For Tan Weiying, who has been praising the beauty and cuteness of the jade dragonfly beside him, and by the way questioning whether Ye Tao can make something fun, Ye Tao can even have the spirit to talk back. And Tan Weiying's half-ridiculous, half-coquettish tone of speech and those unscrupulous contents made the guys around him, who were no strangers to Tan Weiying's identity and status, break out in a cold sweat. And Ye Tao has said several times such as "the little girl is not sensible", if someone else said it, I am afraid that he will be hated to death by Tan Weiying, and the pranks continue, but Tan Weiying just pouted and said very dissatisfied that he went back to his sister to complain...... The association of what is the relationship between Ye Tao and the Dongping royal family has become more and more abundant.
Of course, these people in the outside world naturally don't know that in the past few days, since Ye Tao called Tan Weixin "Xin'er" was unfortunately heard by Tan Weiying, the two of them have hardly stopped bickering. Tan Weiying threatened to leak the title of "brother-in-law" to Ye Tao in front of his father and queen mother, and asked Ye Tao to get her more interesting things. And Ye Tao has been too busy to talk about Wei Ying recently, and his tone is also very polite. And Tan Weixin prefers to remind Tan Weixin a few times not to mess with Ye Tao recently, so that the two sides often make a fuss.
Tan Weixin didn't care too much if Tan Weixin would go to her father and queen mother to complain or something, the guards and servants around her were completely loyal to her, so she didn't have to worry. But the few people around Tan Weiying are all cronies of the father and queen mother, and the words Tan Weiying said may have already reached the ears of her parents, but the father and queen mother are busy with affairs, or they haven't figured out how to deal with such a thing at all, so they haven't talked to her.
Tan Weiying followed Ye Tao back to the temporary large studio. Ye Tao still didn't show any nervous or worried expression in his own land, which made the little girl very depressed, and felt a little strange, could Ye Tao really be sure that he could get something out in three days, and he could really overwhelm the jade dragonfly?
After all, the little girl has a unique love for beautiful things, and she doesn't understand what Ye Tao thinks at this moment, which is not a problem at the technical level, but a creative problem. Ye Tao has imperceptibly tried the training in Ye's workshop, has done pre-research, and has rich technical reserves for the preparation of materials and tools, I am afraid that Shang Baotang could not even think of smashing his head. But since Shang Baotang took out this little thing that was not too difficult from a technical point of view in such a creative way this time to hit the first one, Ye Tao had no reason not to fight back in the same way.
The jade dragonfly is nothing more than the body of the dragonfly carved out of green jade, the wings are made of crystal pieces, and the handmade parts are connected, and some micro-carving techniques are slightly introduced. There is no mature optical magnification equipment yet, and the magnifying glass is an incomparably luxurious thing, which makes the jade dragonfly peculiar to the group. In the original era when he came, as long as the equipment was well prepared and the craftsmanship was passable, almost a middle school student could operate something of this level under a magnifying glass table. For Ye Tao, it was really not that difficult.
After spending a few hours drawing the design drawings, drawing the sub-component drawings, making detailed annotations of the production techniques, and then sleeping well, Ye Tao very leisurely convened a meeting of the apprentices and apprentices of Ye's Workshop, who had been waiting a little scared, and arranged the tasks. In this first project, not only was Ye Tao not ready to do it himself, but even Suo Yong was not allowed to participate in the work, and all of it was handed over to those apprentices and apprentices to make according to the design drawings. And he himself pulled Suo Yong to chat and play chess......
These moves, because Ye Tao was not prepared to hide them from the beginning, immediately spread all over the city, saying that Ye Tao was arrogant, saying that he was confident, and guessing that Ye Tao had given up the game, and there were many people who were ready to fool the past. But in any case, gamblers wait for the moment when the dice cup is unlocked, and only when the outcome is finally completely clear can they finally give up.
Ye Tao didn't wait for three days, and by noon on the third day, there were still six hours before he could use it. Although it was only an hour in advance that Princess Zhaohua was asked to talk about the people in Weixin's mansion to be responsible for notifying the relevant people, the parties who had been waiting anxiously for a long time still arrived. They didn't have to know if the reason why they chose the time at noon was because after the all-night rush yesterday, those apprentices had been sleeping all morning, while Ye Tao had spent the morning playing with the little thing he had made in his own home. However, everyone did feel that Ye Tao was not playing tricks or couldn't come up with something to fool people, because the place he chose was too tasteful. Ye Tao actually chose Mingyu Building, the place where Luo Qin and Song Yu often held cocktail parties. Since the last time Ye Tao made a big fuss, this drinking party can be regarded as completely unstable, and the number and grade of attendees have plummeted. And now, Ye Tao chose Mingyulou......
In the middle of the second floor of the Mingyu Building, which is full of friends, a vacant space was specially vacated, and a table covered with dark brown brocade was placed, on which a one-foot-square wooden box was placed upright, and the surface was all made of the black mirror lacquer process of Ye's workshop. Looking at the elegant and delicate leaf-like pattern made of silver foil in the lacquer color of the wooden box, everyone feels that the box itself is a beautiful and gorgeous work of art. What will be stored in it?
Ye Tao didn't have the strong communication skills of Lou Qingxi, nor did he have the urge to say something first, when the time came, he told Lu Dan to open the box.
The lid of the box was removed, and in the center of the countertop was a delicate one-legged lampholder of a boss densely covered with lotus and moire patterns. But at the wick position, it is not the socket of the oil cup and the wick, but a round and smooth light yellow jade that exudes a warm luster. What is incomprehensible is that the center of the jade has artificially carved a gap, so that this valuable jade stone is broken.
Okay, everyone can indeed see that this silver lampholder is exquisitely crafted, but is this enough to subdue Shang Baotang's jade dragonfly?
Everyone looked at Ye Tao suspiciously, but Ye Tao looked at Lu Dan as suspiciously. Lu Dan scratched his head as if he was a little inexplicable, took a step closer with the lid of the box, and looked at Ye Tao helplessly after carefully examining the lampholder......
What the hell is this drama?
Just as Lou Qingxi wanted to say something, there was a snap, and a small black thing slipped from the lid of the box to the ground, and a series of extremely light footsteps were completely drowned out in the buzzing of everyone.
"Ahh I only heard Huang Wan scream, "Snake, four-legged snake." ”
Is it a four-legged snake that fell out of the lid? How did this thing get into the box?
"Where? Where? Lu Dan asked Huang Wan cautiously, but Huang Wan didn't seem to dare to move.
"In ...... On the instep of my foot......" Huang Wan's voice was so soft that only a few people around her could hear it.
"It's okay, I'll come." Lu Dan comforted, casually untied the thick-backed broadsword on his waist that he was still habitually tied to although he was not a guard, and gently stretched out the scabbard towards Huang Wan's instep.
Huang Wan blushed and gently lifted her skirt about two inches. It's one thing for a lady like her to really go out for horseback riding and have fun, but when she wears a formal dress, she is very shy and very personal when she is seen on her feet.
Rudan quickly flicked the small black mass to the ground, and then tried to smash the gecko with his scabbard.
Before the scabbard touched the gecko, the gecko jumped up on its own and sucked firmly on Lu Dan's scabbard.
At this time, Ye Tao smiled and said to Lou Qingxi: "Boss Lou, please comment, is this little gecko more fun than your jade dragonfly?" ”
"What?" Everyone was in an uproar, could it be that this smart gecko was actually made. Take a closer look, sure enough, the black gecko shell is made of magnetic meteoric iron, bright to the touch, with an iron rod approached, will immediately make a similar head, stick out the tongue action, when the close iron weight is enough, can make this iron gecko produce enough suction, it will jump up all of a sudden.
"You mean to scare me?" In the admiration of everyone, only Huang Wan was very dissatisfied, twisted Lu Dan's arm fiercely, and said angrily.
Lu Dan hurriedly smiled and said: "I am listening to the arrangement of my young master, besides, who knows which way this gecko is running?" ”
Huang Wan snorted, and then asked, "However, I don't have any iron weapons on me, why did the gecko run towards me, there should be no suction." ”
Lu Dan sneered, "I don't know." You ask my young master to go. ”
For people in this era, this may be amazing, but in the era when Ye Tao came from, this kind of thing abounds in toys for children to play with, but it is a small, gyroscope-like thing installed in it, which converts gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy and outputs it in a very short time, and the structure is very simple. However, in this day and age, this thing is too bluffing.
Holding the iron gecko in his hand and carefully studying it for a long time, Lou Qingxi returned the iron gecko to Lu Dan with a serious expression. And Lu Dan carefully placed the iron gecko in the gap of the jade on the lampholder, and everyone knew that it turned out that this was the gecko's "nest".
Lou Qingxi arched his hand and said: "This time, Shang Baotang is willing to bow down...... This iron gecko is really amazing. ”
He had to admit defeat, the jade dragonfly only used the wind to move its wings through the fluctuations of the waves, but this iron gecko can have such agile dynamics, and the combination of scales on the surface that seems to be real, the extremely delicately carved face and claws, all give him the illusion that this is not a real living thing. And he has been immersed in jewelry and crafting for decades, and he can't tell why this iron gecko is moving, only that it is made of magnetic meteoric iron. He is convinced of the defeat.
"Please also ask you to move to Shangbaotang in seven days to evaluate the second treasure." Lou Qingxi's tone was no longer so confident. The treasures of Shang Bao Tang were all prepared a long time ago, and now there are really no other tricks except for comparing them one by one. Although those masters were skilled, they couldn't come up with any tricks for a while. As for whether Ye Tao can be compared, now, Lou Qingxi is very uncertain.
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