Chapter Eighty-Six: How about the apprentice divide half of me
"Stinky boy, I didn't expect you to actually enter this industry, this is really a deliberate 'flower' and 'flower' can't be, and unintentionally 'insert' willow into 'yin'! Since I can enter this industry, I will save a lot of things!" Lu Xingyun took a sip of tea and said!
"Master, you don't know your apprentice's conditions, I can enter this industry because of life's 'forced', by the way, master, you listen to me and continue!" Lu Xingyun waved his hand and asked Xu Yang to continue talking about Xiayun, he really wanted to see how many surprises his apprentice could give him today.
"I will first talk about the types of 'jade', 'jade' itself is also a kind of ore, and the ore that belongs to the 'jade' category is now no less than 100 kinds, the most common agate, jade 'jade', Lingbi 'jade', Hetian 'jade', Xiuyan 'jade', Nanyang 'jade', jade, Lantian 'jade', malachite, turquoise, aventurine 'jade', Junggar 'jade', luminous 'jade', silicon malachite, frozen stone, lapis lazuli, golden 'jade', ice 'flower' 'jade' and so on.
These are some of our common 'jade' stones, of course, the most famous in the eyes of the public, is Hetian 'jade', Lantian 'jade'. Now everyone has listed agate and jadeite as a single gemstone, in fact, these belong to the 'jade' stone category!
But master, I just observed this 'jade' in my hand, and he is indeed a kind of 'jade' stone, but I have only been a little learned until now, and I have not seen what kind of 'jade' it is!
I estimate that many people will think that this is the mutton fat white 'jade', but I have seen the real sheep's finger white 'jade', and this 'jade' has a certain difference, the mutton fat white 'jade' is a kind of 'milk' white warm feeling, and the white of this 'jade' gives people a sense of masculinity into the bones.
The second point is that this 'jade' brand feels light as nothing after starting, but it does have a hard texture. This feeling is very contradictory, although it is only two points, but I am sure that this kind of 'jade' is rare, for now, apprentice, I don't know what kind of 'jade' this is!"
"Hahaha, not bad! really good!" Lu Xingyun laughed, extremely satisfied. Even Xu Yang's uncle is also full of envy.
"You're right, this 'jade' brand is indeed the best 'jade', there are only two pieces in the world, this is one of them, and the other one is on this old guy!" Lu Xingyun said after speaking, pointing to Xu Yang's uncle on the side.
"Hehe!" the old man smiled and took out the same 'jade' card out of nowhere, but Xu Yang still saw that the word engraved on the 'jade' card was the word "'jade'!"
Xu Yang looked at the two of them with a look full of question marks, Lu Xingyun, took a sip of tea and said, "Alas, this old guy is your master's own brother, and we are brothers, but very few people know about this matter." So it's not wrong for you to call him uncle! I went out of the same 'door' as him, but we did choose two different paths!
I learned the tea ceremony, and he learned the 'jade' way! We also have a little junior brother, who has learned the way of "carving" that the master values the most, and the little junior brother doesn't know how he has been doing all these years.
The old man said this sentence with nostalgia and longing, and then said: "Xu Yang, let me ask you a question, who is known as the tea saint by the world?" "Lu Yu!"
"What is the original name of that Zigang?" "Lu Zigang"!
"Hehe, boy, didn't you find anything in common between the two?" Lu Xingyun said.
Lu Yu (733-804), Han nationality, a native of Jingling, Fuzhou (now Tian'men, Hubei Province), was a famous tea culturer and connoisseur in the Tang Dynasty of China. A disease, the word Ji is defective, the number is Jinglingzi, Mulberry Weng, Donggangzi, and also known as "Chashan Yushi". He is famous for his world's first tea monograph - "The Book of Tea", and has made outstanding contributions to the development of the tea industry in China and the world.
Lu Zigang, Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Wanli 'jade' craftsman and sculptor. Lu Zigang learned art in a 'jade' workshop in Hengtang outside Suzhou since he was a child, and became a good hand at cutting 'jade' skills quite comprehensively.
Master, these two people are not related to each other in terms of age or industry~ If you want to talk about the connection, it is estimated that only the two of them are surnamed Lu!"
"Yes! It's because both of them are surnamed Lu, your master and uncle, you may meet your uncle in the future, all three of us are surnamed Lu, your uncle is called Lu Fang, and the word is earth!
In fact, the world only knows that Lu Zigang is the master of carving in the world, but they don't know that he is also a descendant of the tea saint Lu Yu, of course, it is only a branch!
I inherited the tea ceremony, your uncle inherited the 'jade' way, and your uncle, whom I didn't meet, inherited the carving! Now you understand! In the same way, we are the masters of the three 'gates' and 'gates' of the eight 'gates'. ”
Xu Yang had always wanted to ask what the Eight 'Gates' of the Inheritance were at this time, and when he heard the old man, he was about to say the right thing and sounded seriously. Lu Xingyun continued: "The Eight 'Gates' of the Inheritance were built in the Qing Dynasty, in fact, at the beginning, the first generation of the Eight 'Gates' of the Inheritance was not called this name, but called the Heaven and Earth Society!"
When Xu Yang heard this name, he only felt that there was a burst of thunder in his ears, and his eyes were flying with Venus! Could this eight 'gates' of the world be said to be a group of "anti-thieves", that is, the one in the mouth of Lord Wei, "I don't know Chen in this life, even if I am a hero, it is in vain!"
Lu Xingyun didn't seem to see Xu Yang's 'twitching' face, and continued: "At the beginning, when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, we were afraid that our Han people would rebel and began to suppress all walks of life.
Therefore, in order to protect the industries left by our ancestors, we have joined the Heaven and Earth Society, which is the predecessor of the Eight 'Gates' of the Inheritance, because we are people who do not know martial arts, but are only the 'elite' heroes of all walks of life, so we are responsible for the financial resources of the Heaven and Earth Society!
It's just that the Qing Kangxi Emperor at that time began to ascend the throne and create a prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty, and our hope of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty became more and more slim, and then there were differences in the meeting, you should have good people and bad people everywhere, and there were also people who were corrupt and exploited in the Heaven and Earth Society. Of course, the object of exploitation by those people is us craftsmen.
And the atmosphere is getting worse and worse, and finally eight people began to separate from the Heaven and Earth Society, and founded the Eight 'Gates', which is a pure skill 'exchange' of the six factions, no matter who you are, whether it is a Han or a child of the Eight Banners, as long as you have outstanding talent in a certain industry, everyone will sit together to 'communicate' flow, and our emergence also promoted the development of the society at that time.
For a non-governmental organization like ours, it was only a "sect" faction for the purpose of academic "exchange", which was only good for the Qing Dynasty at that time, and there was no harm to it, so the emperor at that time ordered us to give us strong protection. In this way, the eight 'gates' of the world are truly established.
At the beginning of its establishment, there were eight 'gate' masters, each in charge of their own rules! Everyone is not the kind of person who strives for power and profit, and the reason for the existence of the 'gate' master is that he can effectively organize some academic 'exchanges', and of course he is afraid that there will be people with unscrupulous intentions among these people.
The eight 'doors' are divided into: tea, 'jade', carving, medicine, wood, porcelain, literature, and miscellaneous! Each of the eight 'doors' has a 'door' master, and each 'door' has its own unique token! The tea 'door' is the 'jade' card in your hand, and the 'jade' and 'door' you have just seen it, and it is also a 'jade' brand, and the only difference is the words and patterns engraved on the 'jade' card!
For hundreds of years, the eight 'gates' have been hidden in the world, and they have never been visible to outsiders, of course, this is only for ordinary people, and they still know the existence of the eight 'gates' in the industry.
You kid don't have to think about how good your 'door' master is, in fact, you don't need you in general, you will only be needed when there is a crisis in your own 'door', and our tea 'door' is the most withered among all the 'door' factions. So it's up to you to be able to carry forward the tea 'door', your master is now considered unofficial and light, and I can take a look at those old guys when I'm okay in the future."
Another point is the most important, these days I will teach you some special sign language and code language, don't know when you, the 'door', meet your own 'door' or the people who are also the eight 'gates', and shame on me!"
Xu Yang listened to the whole thing like listening to a book from heaven, and his mouth opened into an "O" shape, this kind of plot that seems to be in a TV series really appeared next to me, I'll take it!
"I said Xingyun, how about discussing something with you?" Lu Fang said with a flattering smile.
"You actually have something to discuss with me, this is a rare time in a hundred years, I want to hear what you want to discuss?" Lu Feng said with interest.
"How about you divide this apprentice in half with me?"