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Chapter 48 Preparation
Wang Hua is not Liu Xiahui either, but he is still young.In addition, these two little girls are maidservants of the He family, and they may have some intimate relationship with shopkeeper He.Although everyone is like this now, even concubines like concubines and concubines can be given away and resold, but regular concubines are better.But Wang Hua is still not used to it.

He had no choice but to find He Chen and reject his kindness.

Shopkeeper He thought he was young and shy, so he laughed and recalled the two maidservants.

Baolinzhai acted quickly, and found the house before noon the next day. This was a farm outside Houzaimen, the westernmost of the three south gates in Luoyang City.

At the end of February, the breath of spring is stronger. The green willows on the farm begin to take on a thick green color, and there are various small flowers blooming on the roadside, which makes people feel that this place is full of vitality.There is a small stream outside the farm, and the green spring water flows to the northeast, penetrates into the city, and merges into Luoshui.

Looking up to the northeast, you can also see the blue Mang Mountain in the northeast of Luoyang, standing proudly like a strong man.

The farm is not big, but Wang Hua is very satisfied with the environment here.In fact, after living so many years of hard life, Wang Hua is easily satisfied.

Even after the new rain, there was still a faint smell of mud in the air, which made him feel the smell of nature.

Wang Hua clasped his hands and said: "This place is very good, thank you shopkeeper He."

After Wang Hua was settled, in the evening, shopkeeper He led people along the stream and dragged a huge piece of wood into the farm.This piece of wood is thicker than Wang Hua's requirements, at least as thick as two and a half circles, and the length has reached three or four feet.Dozens of big men are carrying it and shouting chant, which shows its weight.

Wang Hua looked at a tree trunk, which was densely packed with annual rings. He didn't know how many hundred years this tree had survived.This tree was felled. Although Luoyang has developed water transportation, it can be transported from the mountain to the river. The project is no less than the lacquer box made by Wang Hua.

Shopkeeper He said cautiously: "Wang Xiaolang, is this wood okay?"

After all, what Wang Hua needed most were red sandalwood and mahogany, and fir was only second.

Wang Hua said: "Very good, but in this way."

He gestured at the thickness of the wood, that is, its height, which was almost half as tall as his own."I'm afraid it will cost more," he said.

"The cost is easy to say, as long as Wang Xiaolang makes it into a high-quality product."

Wang Hua also smiled, why did he bring up the cost? Didn't he say last night that 1000 million yuan is the best, and he still thinks that he spends less money and is afraid that the equipment will not be exquisitely made.

These big families are now like Shi Chong and Wang Kai fighting for wealth in the Western Jin Dynasty.It's just a little more subtle and elegant.

Regarding their mental state, Wang Hua was noncommittal.But he also wanted to defeat the Wang family.With the power of one person, he completely defeated a strong family background in terms of craftsmanship and talent.After so many incidents, Wang Hua felt extremely disgusted with these aristocratic families.He didn't even care who the backstage of Baolinzhai was, he just used them as a way to defeat the Wang family.

Family!What a big deal!My financial resources and manpower are inferior to yours, but I may not be inferior in craftsmanship!

Wang Hua held the piece of wood with both hands, thinking.His eyes were full of confidence.

The next day, the carpenter was called to the farm.

Under Wang Hua's command, they flattened the lower half of the wood by one-third.The flat bottom at the lower end is used as a support for utensils.This project is not demanding, as long as it is flat.Going up further, leave a short section following the track of the original circular wood. This project is also not demanding, but it must be planed with a plane to make the original circular shape smoother.In this section, that is, the bottom part of the utensils in the future is reserved for background decoration.

Then go up from this circular chord shape to the middle part, and make two planes according to the circular shape of the wood.The bottom slope is for writing inscriptions, and the middle straight plane is for painting.As for the part above the middle of the wood, Wang Hua did not move for the time being.

This will be the soul of this object - super large wood carving!

Lacquer has a very old history in China.But most of them are just used for decoration, painting walls and furniture. As for finer workmanship, it becomes a noble handicraft, but the ultimate goal is to serve the lacquerware itself. , several, boxes, boxes, etc., are still used in the end.That is to say, no matter how brilliant the lacquerware is, it has not escaped from the category of objects for use and has become a real ornamental object.

Don't think that a pure ornamental product is a waste, the more it is like this, the more expensive it will be.

And the artwork itself is universal.It is not necessary to use lacquerware, it is fixed on the lacquerware itself.For example, the Jianzhen lacquer statue enshrined in Tangzhaoti Temple in Nara, Japan, is regarded as a national treasure by the Japanese.For this lacquered statue, the wooden statue is first carved, then ten layers of hemp clothes are used to make the lacquered body, black lacquer and red lacquer are used to make lacquer ash, and then gold leaf is pasted on it, and finally the lacquer is covered.This work of art is made by combining wood carving and multiple lacquer methods.

But it has not jumped out of the category of lacquerware.After the emergence of the craft of Baibao inlay, a large number of excellent lacquerware began to appear, and some lacquerware could no longer be described as lacquerware.For example, the imperial ivory engraved brocade ground stained stone inlaid birthday mirror made in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty with a golden lacquered wooden seat (Khan, such a long name, some are longer), but the edge of the ivory mirror is in contact with the wooden seat. Vermilion lacquer is used, and other parts are either painted, ivory carved, or inlaid with gold.

In the Qing Dynasty, with the advancement and development of technology, this kind of utensils gave people even better senses. If it were placed in the Tang Dynasty, how much sensation would it cause?

And Wang Hua is even more ambitious.With such a large piece of wood, how huge will the resulting utensils be?

Back then, Qianlong spent three years transporting a piece of jade from Hotan to Beijing, and another eight years, 15 working days and more than [-] taels of silver.Finally, Yushan, a masterpiece of Dayu's water control map with a height of more than two meters and a weight of five tons, was chiseled out.This is Qianlong boasting of Dayu, wasting so much manpower and financial resources, only asking for a handicraft.This kind of behavior is not worth boasting in politics, but in the art world, it is a very grand event.

Wang Hua did not have the capital and resources of Qianlong.The difficulty of wood carving and jade carving cannot be compared, but once this lacquerware is made, it may be slightly lighter because of the density of the wood, but it will definitely exceed its volume by several times!
Even if he asked Baolinzhai to invite a large number of technicians to help, the completion of this lacquerware took a considerable number of working days.Of course, once the production is completed, it may make the world's craft circles dumbfounded, and the price will be an astronomical figure. Even if it is sold to Baolinzhai, he will also get huge profits from it.

Once this lacquerware is completed, he will no longer worry about the cost of starting a porcelain kiln.So he told Shopkeeper He that this is the masterpiece of his lacquerware.

In fact, in this secret competition, the Wang family has a huge advantage. Maybe the lacquer they hired is more skilled than Wang Hua, the painter is better than Wang Hua, and the calligrapher is better than Wang Hua's calligraphy.However, Wang Hua's knowledge is more than 1000 years ahead of this era. In terms of innovation and knowledge, adding all the artists in the Tang Dynasty together is better than him alone.

And he is far ahead of the current Tang people in terms of the beauty of artworks.

It will take a long time until the two pieces of lacquerware come out, and the final decision will be made!
But as some craftsmen came quietly, Wang Hua started to work!

(End of this chapter)