Ling Junsheng was very interested when he heard this, and deliberately induced: "You are an authority in studying the Four Treasures of the Study, and today is just the opportunity to point out to the juniors?"

The shopkeeper laughed, looked at Wen Yiming, and could make Ling Junsheng speak, he must be the Ling family's own person, is it Yuxin's girl......

stood up, took out a stack of rubbings from the counter, and carefully displayed: "Don't dare to point out, everyone communicates, this is our Dai Yuexuan's treasure, three generations of collecting the color of the famous masters of the past dynasties, and it can be regarded as the axe of calligraphy and painting identification." ”

Hearing a slight movement of his nose, all kinds of information came into his mind, and he secretly sighed that it was worthy of a century-old inheritance.

"When it comes to making printing colors, it is natural that cinnabar is the main raw material, and to get the best printing clay, first select cinnabar, and take the cinnabar produced in Chenzhou, Shonan as the best. ”

"Cinnabar was known as dansha in ancient times, the main raw material for mercury refining, which can be used as pigments and medicines. The color is dark red, which was used by ancient Taoists to turn mercury into alchemy, used for medicinal purposes in traditional Chinese medicine, and used by literati to make pigments. ”

The shopkeeper Dai did not hide his secrets, pointed to a rubbing, and said: "The cinnabar is divided into old pits and new pits, the color is purple, and the color is not stained with paper." The color is bright, and the color is easy to dye purple is the new pit sand. ”

"It's ...... Arrows!"

Wen Yiming looked at the rubbing, and said softly: "The color is bright red, faint treasure light, and the best in cinnabar." ”

"Huh?" Shopkeeper Dai was surprised, looked at the other party again, and exclaimed: "Xiaoyou's eyesight is extraordinary, it is indeed arrow sand!"

Wen Yiming smiled slightly: "If you don't guess wrong, not only is Dansha excellent, but even the technique is unique, Milk Zhu Method?"

"Wonderful!"

The shopkeeper Dai was taken aback, but he didn't expect the other party to be unfathomable, and said: "It is the milk cinnabar method, first scrub it with soju, expose it to the sun and dry it thoroughly, grind it into the medicine mortar, grind it slowly with a bowl, and sift it through a fine sieve with a slightly coarse one." The finer the better, and then take it out and put it in the milk bowl to add the glue and then grind, the amount of glue, it all depends on the personal technique. ”

"Put the floating cinnabar, once and again skimmed into the porcelain basin to clarify, the surface will float up a layer of yellow fat, with cold water and then wash, see the yellow water to wash and dry, do not float sand, bottom sand, leave the middle of the essence for later use. ”

"Dozens of times like this, you can get the best arrow dansha, which can be described as one or two dansha and three taels of gold!"

Shopkeeper Dai was impressed by Wen Yiming, quickly took out another rubbing, and said with a smile: "How about Xiaoyou look at this one?"

"Bean paste...... The size is like soybeans, and the sand is in the middle of the product, as for the technique...... It should be Feiyin Zhufa. ”

"Okay!" Dai shopkeeper patted his thigh and said happily: "The bean paste is purple but not fresh, at first glance for a layman, I thought it was a top grade, but in fact, it turned black after too long." The two dynasties of Kaixi Deyou in the Song Dynasty appreciated the jade seals covered by the calligraphy and paintings of the past dynasties, and later they all showed a black and purple color, which was the burned bean paste used in the printing mud. ”

"Silver Zhu is the best mercury refining in Zhangzhou, first wash the silver Zhu with spring water, the oil will naturally float on the water surface after washing, carefully skim off the slick oil, and wait for the silver Zhu to dry, you can apply. ”

"The ink made of silver and vermilion should not be mixed with cinnabar, if the two are used together, the color of the seal will turn black. The water of Feiyin Zhu is the most in the mountain spring, the river water is second, the water is second, and the rain and alum water cannot be used. ”

Quickly picked up the third one, let Wen Yiming glance, really curious about how deep the other party's eyesight is?

"Splitting sand, the color is red and bright, bright as a mirror and slightly transparent, the quality is more brittle, easy to break, medium grade. ”

"The end sand, mixed with gravel, dark or gray-black, heavy and not fragile, middle and lower grade. ”

"The monk's head, purple and black in color, is a defective product and is useless. ”

Ling Junsheng smiled and said nothing, looking at the more and more shocked expression of the shopkeeper, he was secretly amused, Wen Yiming was extremely talented, and he could surprise the four people wherever he went.

"Xiaoyou's eyesight is superb, and the old man admires it!"

Shopkeeper Dai looked at the flat expressions of the Ling family and his son, it seemed that the other party was used to it, and the young man in his early twenties actually had such eyesight, and asked curiously, "Brother Junsheng, is this your disciple?"

Ling Junsheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't have this kind of blessing! Yiming is not from our circle, he is a master of incense, and in the future, we old guys will inevitably ask others to drive away illness and prolong life!"

"Incense...... Master?"

The shopkeeper Dai was dumbfounded, and after a long time, people are not people in the antique circle at all? But why is the eyesight ......

Wen Yiming raised the teacup with a smile, and said indifferently: "In fact, cinnabar has been a good incense material since ancient times, nourishing the essence and calming the soul, benefiting the qi and brightening the eyes, killing evil ghosts, and serving the gods for a long time." Serving it makes people introverted and guarded, so they can sleep peacefully, and it is an important medicine for replenishing the heart. ”

"It is naturally cast from heaven and earth, with yin in yang, exposed fire color, water and yin inside, and it is a fire body but contains water vapor, benefiting yin to calm the nerves, and there is yin medicine in yang, and ginseng is king in the north and south. Generally, the north belongs to water, so it is a medicine with many qi parts, and the south belongs to fire, so it is a medicine with many blood parts. ”

The shopkeeper Dai suddenly realized, filled everyone with tea, and sighed: "Even so, Mr.'s eyesight is admired by the old man......"

Wen Yiming said modestly: "Dai Lao praised, how can it be so simple to say that Dai Yuexuan has a century-old inheritance?"

Picked up a rubbing piece casually and said with a smile: "In addition to cinnabar, the main raw material for making ink clay is indispensable. The Central Plains Yang Yin is produced as North Ai, the Jiangnan Siming is called Hai Ai, and the Qizhou is Qi Ai. ”

"First of all, remove the pedicles, sift off the debris with a sieve, leave the mugwort leaves, rub them with a brown bandage, remove the coat of the mugwort leaves, and then grind them with a milk bowl. Then use a small bow to bounce the remaining mugwort leaf tendons, and then soak it in lime water for seven or eight days, and cook it for three days and three nights. ”

"Continuously change the water to squeeze out the yellow water of mugwort leaves, until the yellow water becomes white, dry the mugwort leaves thoroughly, and then sieve and play again, all the black hearts are exhausted, about a pound of mugwort leaves, and finally only three to four coins of mugwort can be qualified. ”

"In my opinion, Dai Yuexuan is more refined, not only using the ancient method to refine high-grade mugwort, but also bringing forth the new and adding Zhuru!"

"This ......"

These words made the shopkeeper Dai stand up violently, and said incredulously: "The Dai family's century-old secret recipe, how to ......"

Looking at Wen Yiming's expression that seemed to be smiling, he took a deep breath and sighed incomparably: "The old man really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I didn't expect Mr. to have such amazing eyesight, which is rare in his life!"

Slowly sat down and said: "Remove mugwort, kapok, wick, bamboo, and lotus silk can all be used to make ink. After the ancestors tried continuously, it was found that the cotton was soft, the wick stem was rigid, the bamboo was slippery, and the lotus silk was weak, and it was not as good as mugwort alone. On the contrary, after adding Zhuru, the two are integrated with each other and the texture is improved, which is also the foundation of Dai Yuexuan's century-old life!"

Wen Yiming smiled and said nothing, some words are up to the point, in fact, Dai Yuexuan's secret is not only like this!

There are many kinds of oil for preparing ink, such as tea oil, castor, flax, and vegetable oil. The tea oil is clear and does not help to get tired for a long time. The castor beans are thick and heavy, and the advantage is that the paper does not seep. The flax is floating, and the color is poor. Vegetable oil is yellow in color, and it is easy to seep through sexual stagnation.

Dai Yuexuan uses tea oil, the procedures are complicated, careless, all failures, each process is the predecessors of the tempering, hard work condensation.