Zhao Lao nodded, the young man's modesty and politeness are advantages, he pointed to the incense tasting tray on the table, and explained: "I heard Yuxin say that although you are young, your level is good, so you were invited to join our Yaxiangju." That's it, today I rely on the old and sell the old, how about you?"

Wen Yiming quickly stood up and said, "Please advise!"

"The incense is broad and profound, the most basic thing is to distinguish the materials, understand the characteristics of spices, there are eight or nine kinds of materials on the plate, do you classify them?"

Wen Yiming looked at the spices of various shapes and colors placed on the plate, and there were names underneath, which were probably tool plates that are usually used to classify. As soon as the heart is relieved, it is easy to have a super sense of smell at the first level.

He nodded, quickly picked up the first piece of spice, and after a brief sniff, Qiongzhou Baotou was fragrant, and gently placed it in the corresponding position.

"This piece is Qiongzhou iron head ripe incense, here!"

"Guancheng Tushen Root, here!"

"Yunnan Ziqi, go you!"

In less than three minutes, all the nine spices were put into the corresponding positions, Zhao Lao bowed slightly, checked it, and nodded: "I know a lot about spices, not bad!"

At this time, it is much more pleasing to the eye, although he knows that Ling Yuxin will not open the back door, but after all, it is related to the signboard of Yaxiangju, and the incense master has a heavy responsibility, so he can't act hastily.

So Zhao Lao plans to take a closer look at Wen Yiming, what level is it? If it is a third-rate goods, he will be directly persuaded to retreat, and Ling Yuxin will explain!

At least now it seems that the young man is clean, and he has a few spices, and there are simply nine kinds of spices on the plate, which are actually carefully prepared by Zhao Lao, each of which represents different traits, origins, and categories of agarwood, and senior connoisseurs will also be eye-catching if they are not careful, and some of them have to be distinguished by high temperatures, but I didn't expect this young man to be so powerful!

He stood up and looked at Wen Yiming, who was dressed in Tang clothes, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "You have a good look, welcome to join Yaxiangju!"

"Thank you Zhao Lao!"

Wen Yiming's face was happy, he bowed again to express his gratitude, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally passed the test, and he could be regarded as an official incense master in the future.

Zhao Lao suddenly smiled and quipped: "Ling Yatou is still a little filial, knowing that the old man is old and I can't do a lot of things, I finally found a reliable strong laborer!"

"Come, I'll tell you about our workflow!"

The old man stood up and began to introduce the environment to Wen Yiming, first of all, spices, pointed to the wall cabinet and said: "Spices, not only agarwood, but also sandalwood and medicinal incense." When you have time, you can get started and learn more, make a list of what you need, and let them go to purchase. ”

"This is the incense repair table, you can use the tools yourself, get started as soon as possible, this is also our main work. ”

"This is a crusher, and now it is all electric, and it saves time and effort for general materials. But the precious thing still depends on manpower, and this kind of physical work will be handed over to you in the future!"

"There are also stewed pots, woks, and water pots, and the rooftop can dry materials......

After a brief turn, Zhao Lao patted Wen Yiming's shoulder, and said with a straight face: "The incense is broad and profound, and every step must not be sloppy, so these will be handed over to you later, young man, come on!"

Wen Yiming looked at the smile in the old man's eyes that couldn't be hidden, and secretly smiled bitterly: "It seems that the days in the future are very sad!"

Boss Zhao waved his hand and said domineeringly: "Okay, let's work together today, we have recently purchased a large number of incense materials, waiting for repairs, just when you come, go!"

Wen Yiming nodded, if you come, you will be safe, that is, you will come to learn skills, and you must start with a foundation. It's rare to be clean here, only Zhao Dacheng and himself, and there are so many materials to study, which is the most suitable for his character.

The nature of the country is easy to change, Wen Yiming is naturally indifferent, likes to be quiet and inactive, otherwise he would not like nature, and choose the unpopular major of botany. Now that he has more than 400,000 in his pocket and has also started to work, it is rare to have a good opportunity for him to study the sense of supersmell, and he is naturally very satisfied.

Without saying a word, I came to the huge incense repair table, sat down and began to sort out the spices, there are dozens of agarwood materials alone, plus sandalwood and other categories, as well as more complex and huge medicinal incense, no wonder the incense threshold is high, and the door can't enter the door for a few years!

"Teachable!"

Zhao Lao looked at Wen Yiming, who was about to enter the state, and nodded secretly, the young man has a good character, modest and studious, this is the quality he values most.

In fact, they don't have to do a lot of work by themselves, Yaxiangju has a lot of money, and the materials are processed by others and purchased at a high price.

Zhao Lao is just to test Wen Yiming's character, by the way, to see how high his ability is in other aspects, playing incense is not just as simple as distinguishing materials!

"Huh, Qiongzhou is sinking!"

In fact, the so-called agarwood is not a kind of wood, but a product of a special kind of incense tree, which is a solid condensate mixed with oil and wood.

The incense tree itself does not have a special fragrance, and the wood is relatively soft. Generally speaking, the greater the density of agarwood, the more resin condensed, and the better its quality, so the ancients often divided agarwood into different grades based on whether it can sink water.

Those who enter the water are called Shenshui incense, secondly, those who are half floating and half sinking, are called stack incense, also called water incense, and again, those who enter the water slightly and float on the surface of the water are called yellow ripe incense.

Water sinking and earth sinking are both incense forming methods of agarwood, which belong to ripening. Shuishen is the oily part of the agarwood tree that falls into the water or swamp after death, and becomes fragrant due to fungal invasion, and is washed over many years.

Soil sinking is the agarwood that is buried in the soil and produces oil, because the soil environment is different, different agarwood will be produced, such as loess sinking, red soil sinking, black soil sinking, etc.

Wen Yiming carefully picked up the spice that was only a dozen centimeters long, the whole body was yellow, and the inside was hollow, looking like a dead branch, inconspicuous.

But in his nose, a rich fragrance came to his nose, which was one of the best quality in this batch of materials. Because it is the root of the tree, it has been buried deep in the ground for a long time, and the taste becomes more and more mellow, such as cellared red wine, with a long aftertaste and a heavy sense of vicissitudes.

He took a deep breath and picked up the incense tools, which are generally five kinds, saws, incense knives, spoons, files, and needles, each of which is used differently according to different positions.

Wen Yiming picked up the knife, closed his eyes, carefully experienced the earthy spices, and slowly formed a three-dimensional image in his mind!

It seems to take a CT of it, all the details are clear in his chest, and in his opinion, Spice is like a beauty, but it is a pity that it is bound by all kinds of miscellaneous things, which hides its true beauty.

Fortunately, I met him, a person who really understands it, picked up a knife, and removed impurities little by little, as if gently lifting the veil, and his beautiful face gradually revealed!

Just when Wen Yiming was indulging in it, Zhao Lao quietly walked to his side, looked at him who was engrossed in trimming the spices, and nodded secretly, this is the work attitude, you have to be fascinated to everything to succeed.

"Huh, this is ......."