In ancient times, there was a lot of attention paid to the ink used for writing.

For example, grinding ink needs to be correct, the so-called heart is correct and the ink is also correct, if the ink is not skewed, it is not elegant, and the ink is uneven.

Grinding ink is also very taboo to use too light and heavy force, too fast and too slow, and the ink will be coarse and uneven.

The force is too light, the degree is too slow, it wastes time and the ink floats; If the force is too heavy and too urgent, the ink will be coarse and raw, and the color will be dull. Therefore, the most correct method of grinding ink should be "finger press and push force", light and heavy, do not be too anxious.

The concentration of the grinding must be moderate.

In particular, Chinese painting pays attention to artistic conception, even if it is a light brush, it is also written by thick ink, and the difference is only in the amount of ink, not the shade of ink.

If the ink contains too much water, the pen will spread rapidly on the paper, forming a mass of ink of different sizes and shapes, where is the artistic conception at all?

Of course, overcorrection is not a no.

It is also very scary to write with ink that is as thick as half-condensed jelly. It must be white paper with thick ink, and colored paper can be slightly lighter.

Moreover, the ink must be used and grinded, just because the ink is left overnight, it will produce the shortcomings of the ink is dull and cannot last. Written in overnight ink, it is particularly easy to fade.

Therefore, it is common for ancient people to study ink carefully before writing or painting.

After the ink is finished, the ink must be taken out immediately, and it must not be placed in the inkstone. Otherwise, when the ink dries, it will not be easy to remove. For the preservation of ink pills, the ancients also had very strict procedures and rules and standards.

Before Ding Yang decided to cross, he heard too much relevant knowledge from Han Zhen's mouth.

Because of this, he was very appreciative of the Helan Yan recommended by Han Zhen and thought that it could be sold for a lot of money.

Han Zhen once introduced to him, and it can be seen from the notes of the Song Dynasty that a top-level good inkstone - such as She Yan, which can be sold for at least 10,000 yuan - is consistent with the 77o text of the Song Dynasty, which is almost 13 yuan.

With the price of 4oo Wen one stone of rice in Kaifeng Mansion in the early years of Xining, this money can almost buy a full 1. 48 tons of rice.

With almost 3ooo pounds of rice, any family of five can eat it for 1 year. Even if you put it in the city of Tokyo, including firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, clothing, and shoes, at least a family of five can use it for 3 months without running.

In fact, in the era of the small-scale peasant economy, the family units were able to do many things by themselves, without having to go out and spend money to buy them.

Therefore, this money is enough for a family of five to spend half a year.

The previous Emperor Song Renzong had a family banquet, that is, to entertain the direct relatives of the royal family. The palace gave 28 crabs, and Emperor Renzong asked the price and learned that each crab was worth 1 yuan.

Emperor Renzong was so distressed that he was reluctant to put down his chopsticks at the moment.

The emperor is still like this, let alone ordinary people.

The copper coins in the early and middle Song Dynasty can be seen how valuable they were.

For this reason, after Ding Yang made detailed calculations, he calculated that Helan Yan did not have any surviving products at this time. Things in the world are always scarce and expensive, if there are only a few inkstones in the world, why worry about the price is not more expensive than the top good inkstones?

But before that, we must first fool around and tell everyone about the unique and precious features of Helan Yan.

"My inkstone is called Helan inkstone, which is specially made of Helan stone on the top of Helan Mountain! The snow on the top of Helan Mountain does not melt all the year round, the small rolling bell mouth of Bijia Mountain, the three peaks stand, just like a pen stand, and the purple stone can be used as an inkstone. In the world, only my inkstone has rare characteristics! ”

Hearing Ding Yang's praise, Pan Gu was inevitably not convinced.

His hometown is not only very good at making ink, but also the top level of inkstone making in the country - who doesn't know the great name of Sheyan!

"Oh? Unique? I want to hear about this family, what is so powerful about your Helan inkstone? ”

He paid attention to this, but Huang Tingjian frowned: "Helan Mountain? Could it be that Brother Nanshan's inkstone was actually obtained from Western Xia? ”

Hearing him mention the name of Western Xia, Ding Yang was not too worried.

Although the Western Xia had fought several battles with the Song Dynasty in order to establish the country and become the emperor - in fact, the Western Xia had been in a state of semi-secession during the Song Taizong period, defeating the Song army in a row and collecting a large amount of land. Later, the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty also recognized the de facto secession status of the Western Xia, forming the de facto Three Kingdoms.

But in the Li Yuanhao period, his ambitions were inflated, and he was no longer satisfied with separating power, but wanted to sit on an equal footing with Song Liao.

So after continuous temptation, he finally raised troops to claim the emperor's state, but it provoked the strong interference of the Great Song Dynasty. It is a pity that the Song army was defeated in several successive battles—the Battle of Sanchuankou, the Battle of Haoshuichuan, the Battle of Linfufeng, and the Battle of Dingchuanzhai—and repeatedly lost generals and tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

The Liao State also intervened militarily, and Liao Xingzong led 100,000 elite soldiers to march in person, but was also defeated by Li Yuanhao in the Battle of Hequ.

It was by virtue of the successive defeats of the Great Song and the Liao State that the Western Xia achieved de facto equality with the outside world.

Although he was at a strategic disadvantage later, he had to be a vassal to Song Liao again, but his status as a vassal is not the same now as before.

Western Xia has also become a difficult bone to gnaw, and both Song and Liao regard it as chicken ribs.

For the Song Dynasty, the existence of the Western Xia was far more uncomfortable than that of the Liao State, and the Western Xia captured the Hetao region, the only remaining horse-breeding area of the Song Dynasty, and cut off the Silk Road, which led to the interruption of the Song Dynasty's connection with West Asia and Europe.

It was also from this period that the Central Plains Dynasty gradually lost its control and influence over the Western Regions since the Han and Tang dynasties. It lasted until the Qing Dynasty, and then took back the control of the Western Regions during the Qianlong period.

However, that was hundreds of years later, and the influence of the Central Plains Dynasty had long since dissipated.

Therefore, the influence of the Western Xia on the Song Dynasty was strategic. The Song Dynasty was congenitally deficient, and no matter how hard it tried, it was never able to restore its strategic dominant position.

Therefore, the Song people's feelings towards Western Xia are particularly complicated.

At this moment, I heard that Ding Yang's inkstone was actually a stone collected from the top of Helan Mountain in Western Xia, and I suddenly felt that there was one more crime in Western Xia - it actually monopolized such a good inkstone material.

Although Ding Yang couldn't fully understand Huang Tingjian's mood, he could roughly guess seven or eight times out of ten.

"It was from Western Xia! In the end, the party members are young people in the borderlands, and they don't know that this good stone can be used as an inkstone. What a tyrannical thing, a sin, a sin! ”

"What is a tyrannical thing?" Always hearing Ding Yang say this, Pan Gu was the first to can't help it.

Ding Yang smiled and uncovered an inkstone, pointed to it and said: "Helan inkstone is easy to ink without damage, this is one; Heh breath to see water, ink is like penetration, this is two is also ......"

Speaking of this, Ding Yang deliberately stopped, just looking at Pan Gu and Huang Tingjian.

Although these two people also admit that this kind of wonderful use is indeed a good inkstone, but the words unparalleled in the world are too exaggerated, right?

Whether it is Duan Yan, She Yan, or Tao Yan, most of the top famous inkstones have such effects, and there are other benefits between different famous inkstones, such as the softness of She Yan, the delicacy of Duan Yan, in short, Helan Yan only has this benefit is not unparalleled in the world!

Without waiting for them to ask, Ding Yang had already taken the initiative to reveal the answer: "Third, my Helan inkstone still has the advantages of remaining ink and not dry or moldy for many days!" As the saying goes, after three days of ink storage! ”

As soon as these words came out, both Pan Gu and Huang Tingjian categorically vetoed on the spot: "Impossible! ”

They are all experts in making and using ink, how can they not know the standards for the use of ink?

For thousands of years, it has been understood that ink is not available.

No matter how outstanding the ink pellets you refine are - color, concentration, smell, viscosity, shelf life - how different they are, you can grind the ink overnight and it will become the ink. Except for a very small number of people who may use it, basically only people who are poor to a certain level and completely shameless will use Su ink to write.

It is disrespectful to people and a blasphemy against culture.

Because there are too many shortcomings of Su Mo, people are not encouraged to write in Su Mo at all.

However, sometimes the grinding ink does not control the weight, or there is indeed something to delay, and it is difficult to use it on the spot.

Sumo will still be generated, and it can't be avoided at all.

If it's an ordinary ink pill, it's just a loss of a little ink.

But if it is a top-quality ink pill, it is really distressing to lose it in vain.

If Helan inkstone can really store ink for three days, even if it is just such a feature, it is enough to make it a top-level inkstone that is unparalleled in the world!

What's more, these inkstones in Ding Yang's hands are not only beautiful in appearance, but even the wooden box containing the inkstones is exquisite.

Hearing that the two didn't believe it, Ding Yang just smiled, didn't argue anything, and said directly: "I just saw the two of them fighting, and I was itching, so let's just have another fight, but okay?" ”

In the Song Dynasty, people were mostly gambling, and there were too many behaviors of Guan Pu, which almost became the norm in daily life.

So whether it is Pan Gu or Huang Tingjian, it is not surprising that Ding Yang would propose this method.

However, since it is a shut-off, there must be a gambling bait.

Ding Yang was also generous: "If I lose, these Quartet inkstones are bets, and I will lose to two of them." ”

"If Brother Shannan wins, what will I lose?"

Ding Yang looked at Huang Tingjian, who seemed to be releasing golden light all over his body, and his heart drooled: "You don't have to do much, just ask Mr. Yuzhang for a word!" ”

Pan Gu poked his head out: "A certain family is not good at calligraphy, is it possible that you also want me to write to you?" ”

"No, no, no, if Manager Pan loses, he will recommend me this inkstone in the name of Moxian to prove that what I said is true, can I make it?"

"Hehe, if you win, this inkstone is really unparalleled in the world! A certain family is recommended, and it is also at ease, so what's not to do? ”

"Hahaha, really fast-talking! Then let's make a decision! ”

“…… Not...... Deal! Pan Gu and Huang Tingjian thought for a moment, and then agreed.

Ding Yang then smiled and asked a new question: "I can't leave these inkstones within three days, and I ask Store Manager Pan to take them in for the time being!" ”

"This is easy to say, easy to say!"

Ding Yang, who received an affirmative answer, was very happy: Tsk, look, sure enough, knowledge is power! Let's just rely on our mouths, we haven't had to sleep on the streets for three days!

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