"Hahaha." Fusu smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the topic: "I see that these terracotta warriors and horses are engraved with people's names, are they the names of the soldiers who are the prototypes of these characters?" ”

"No, Your Majesty, they are the names of the craftsmen from all over the country who are in charge of making them." Fusu pretended to fail and was slapped in the face by Sun Gan.

“······”

"This is my Great Qin's system of material and worker names," Sun Qian said seriously, "There are generally about 2 to 10 characters, including numbers and potters' names.

The names of these potters can be roughly divided into four categories: one is the word "official" in front of the person's name, which is referred to as the palace character;

Second, if the word "right" or "big" is in front of the person's name, the province is called the right character and the big character;

the third is the name of a place before the name of the person;

Fourth, there are only personal names, and most of the personal names have only two words, and some are three words.

Among the above four types of potters, the first and second categories are potters from the pottery workshops of the central government, and the third category is potters from local pottery handicraft workshops.

These craftsmen are mainly from Xianyang, Liyang, Linjin, Anyi and other places. Xianyang is the most. The pottery inscriptions with place names are all inscriptions, mostly in the hidden place of the upper body of the terracotta figurines, and the handwriting is relatively sloppy.

Among these potters, 19 people from Xianyang, such as clothing, danger, wild, ci, noon, di, high, straw, qing, place, line, road, respect, wenji, wood, etc., are the most exquisite, and these potters from the court and potters from the local area have differences in the skills and techniques of the terracotta figurines in the production of terracotta figurines, such as body shape, head shape, face shape, facial features carving, etc., which are similar to the appearance of their locals. ”

"By the way, Gongyu, can I meet these craftsmen?" Fusu asked with interest.

"Of course Your Majesty, the minister will send someone to call." Sun Qian turned around and waved his hand, and assigned two officials to lead people.

After a while, two old men dressed in coarse linen clothes, about fifty years old, walked with energetic steps, without the staggering and pale gray hair that an old man of this age should have.

"See Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." The two of them bowed down excitedly, they never thought that His Majesty the Emperor, who was high up and was the son of heaven, would summon them one day, and they both trembled a little when they spoke.

"The two masters don't have to be polite, please get up," Fusu still respects these craftsmen: "What's your name?" ”

"Grass people."

"Grass folk literary taboo."

"This terracotta figurine made by the Lord Protector and the Commander of the Commander is made by the two of you?" Fusu pointed to the general figurines of Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers on the side and said, he found the names of the two on it.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"It's really lifelike, I wonder if you can introduce me to the process of making this terracotta figurine?" Fusu plans to make all the cartoon characters in the future into terracotta figurines, and then set up a toy company to sell to Monsie's royal business group to make a good profit, these are all business opportunities.

"Most of the terracotta warriors and horses are made by the method of pottery firing, first use the pottery mold to make the first fetus, and then cover a layer of fine mud for processing, depiction and color, some are burned first and then connected, and some are first connected and then burned. The heat is uniform, the color is simple, and the hardness is very high. In each process, there is a different division of labor, and there is a set of strict working system.

Specifically, it is carried out in three steps:

The first step is to use clay to make a large figurine (rough tire or first tire);

The second step is to carry out the second mud re-mud on the basis of the large figurine, and decorate and carve it in detail; The third step is to assemble the heads, hands, and torso that are made separately to complete the large size of the terracotta figurines.

The large terracotta figurines must be dried in the shade and placed in a kiln for high-temperature roasting. After the figurines are fired out of the kiln, they are painted one by one to finally complete the production of the figurines. The manufacturing method is a combination of plastic molds and plastics. The figurines were fired on the spot near the terracotta pit, and the soil used was the local loess, which was mixed with quartz sand.

The head and hands of the terracotta figurines are made of molds and then carved in detail. The production of figurines is mostly made by the mold clamping method, that is, the figurines are divided into roughly equal front and back halves, respectively made with a single mold, and then the two pieces of single mold are combined and bonded together to become the large size of the head.

Most of the clamping lines are located behind the ears, which are generally relatively neat and have no traces of staggered structure. The necks attached to the figurines are hollow. After the figurines are made into the first fetus, they are piled up with mud to attach to the ears, buns, braids, and crowns, and the facial features are carved in detail.

The focus of the head carving is on the facial features, beard, and hair strands. The facial features are carefully carved and modified on the basis of molding, so as to express the different personalities and psychological characteristics of the characters.

The beard and hairstyle of the terracotta figurines are also an important aspect of the expression of the characteristics of the figures, and their depiction techniques are also varied.

The torso of the terracotta figurines is made of pure hand sculpture. After making a rough tire with clay, the details of the clothing, armor, belt, and hook are carved. The rough tire of the torso of the terracotta figurines is made of stacking from the bottom to the top, and the process can be roughly divided into six steps:

The first step is to make a foot pedal for the terracotta figurines to stand on; The second step is to shape the figurine's feet; The third step is to plastic the legs and shorts; The fourth step is to shape the torso of the terracotta figurine; After the fifth step is to glue the arms of the figurines after the large trunk of the terracotta figurines; The sixth step is to plug in the figurine's hands.

After the above six steps are completed, the figurines are further carved in detail. The pattern of the terracotta figurine's clothes is carved after covering the thick tire of the figurine's torso with a layer of fine clay; Armor, belts, and hooks were carved directly on the rough tires of the figurines. The torso and limbs of the figurines are carefully and meticulously carved, and then the heads of the figurines made separately are installed to complete the entire shape of the figurines. ”

"I didn't expect the production of a terracotta figurine to be so complicated," Fusu couldn't help but sigh after hearing it, they are all talents: "You have worked hard." ”

"Your Majesty's current grass people dare not speak hard, and it is the honor of the grass people to serve the royal family." Ye said, Wen Ji next to him was relatively stuffy, and he basically didn't speak except for the necessary etiquette.

"I have a character for you now, I wonder if you are interested."

"Huh?" The two of them were a little curious, didn't they have to bury the terracotta warriors and horses in the pit? Sun Qian didn't have time to tell them that His Majesty had ordered them to be released.

"The queen has designed some dolls, and I hope you can sell them in batches to the people of the world."

"It's-"

"What's your concern?"

"Your Majesty, I am about to be martyred for His Majesty's underground army of the First Emperor, and I am afraid that I will live up to Your Majesty's high hopes." Ye said a little sadly.

"It turns out that I am worried about this, what difficulties do I have, Gongyu, explain it to them."

"Two, Your Majesty has decreed this morning that you will be pardoned for your funeral duties, and you can all go home in a while." Sun Qian stepped forward and said.

"Huh?" The two were stunned for a moment, and immediately knelt on the ground excitedly and wept bitterly, good Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven is benevolent·······

"The two of us swear to serve Your Majesty to the death, and be a cow and a horse for Your Majesty!"

"Good!" Fusu waved his hand and motioned for Sun Qian to take the two down. In addition to Ye and Wenji, the most skilled craftsmen of the thirteen potters, such as Yi, Wei, Ci, Wu, Zhi, Gao, Straw, Qing, Chu, Xing, Lu, Jing, and Mu, were also sent by Fusu to the pottery company to be established by the Royal Commercial Group, and made various toy dolls under the guidance of Empress Meng Qian.

"Father."

"Son, what's wrong?"

"Qian'er wants to learn pottery."

(End of chapter)