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Chapter 8

"Please advise." Although he didn't know the identity of this prince, Wang Hua could see that this prince was noble, but also seemed very wise.

As a prince, he would not collude with a businessman, and it was not worth it to seek his own dowry.

Wang Hua heard him say: "It's actually not difficult, as long as you write a few words with a pen and compare them with the handwriting on the dowry box, you can recognize it."

"Okay," Wang Hua replied.

Seeing Wang Hua's calm expression, the shopkeeper felt a little regretful.It seems that I really underestimated people?But under the pressure of the prince and grandson, he had to obediently take out the pen and paper.

After thinking about it, Wang Hua wrote a poem in Fu Shan style, a famous cursive script master:

Forbidden gate palace trees and moon marks pass by, only look at the heron's nest with winking eyes.

Slant the jade hairpin to the side of the lantern, and pick out the red flame to save the moths.

The same palace words, the same theme about the palace maid's grievances, and the same handwriting.This time, it was the shopkeeper who was "righteous and awe-inspiring", and when he was sent to the government, he dared not say that Wang Hua did not make this dowry box.

After reading this, the prince once again cheered: "Good word!".

There is no good poem, and the poems on the dowry box are all about court ladies. The description of this poem is profound, but compared with the "Autumn Evening" on the dowry box, it is still a long way behind.

The little girl next to the prince gave him a tug again, probably she likes it very much.

In fact, although this son is a man, he likes this craftsmanship, this painting and calligraphy very much in his heart.He asked Wang Hua: "Your Excellency, can you sell this dowry box to someone."

Wang Hua nodded.Anyway, it is sold, no matter who it is sold to.

Wang Hua saw him take out two gold leaves from his arms and hand them to Wang Hua.Wang Hua didn't weigh it by hand, but he could figure it out when he picked it up. The two gold leaves were more than ten taels away.The current Tang Dynasty is not as commercially developed as the Song Dynasty. The exchange rate between gold and silver and copper coins is very stable.Of course, as precious metals, gold and silver cannot be regarded as direct currency in circulation.But in every city, there are cabinets and gold shops that specialize in exchanging gold and silver.

Although his work is very successful, compared to these two gold leaves, it is worth the money.He thanked him and left the shop.

Seeing him go, the prince and his sister also left.After all, his identity is different, and the two poems written by Wang Hua are just palace poems, without any positive meaning, and it is not enough for him to let go of his identity and make friends.Therefore, after giving the money, there was no chatter with Wang Hua.

This is the first time these two people have met, but both of them ignored each other and even met by mistake.

It's just that the shopkeeper wants to slap himself in the mouth.If he made a move ahead of time, tens of thousands of money would be lost after each entry and exit.After a long time, he remembered one thing. The young man said that he made the dowry box himself, so he will have works handed down in the future.

So he yelled sadly: "Quick, quick, catch up to that little guy quietly, and see what he does? Where does he live?"

In the afternoon, the man came back to report.He saw that Wang Hua first went to the market to find a few carpenters, and ordered three wooden boxes. Wang Hua also drew the styles, but told the three wooden boxes that only logs should be used, and the carpenters were not allowed to apply any paint. , and any modifications.Then he went to the market to buy a lot of things, including gold powder and glue, some beautiful shells, a lot of paint, and other tools.

After listening to the shopkeeper, he ordered again: "You quietly keep an eye on me, and see what he will do in the future?"

Wang Hua didn't expect that the store would send someone to follow him.He is preparing to make the second piece of lacquerware, which is much larger and more complicated than the first piece of lacquerware.Its name is - black lacquer inlaid mother-of-pearl and gold flake galloping horse picture box.

Mother-of-pearl is an ancient practice that began to appear in the Zhou Dynasty.The specific method is to use shells as materials, cut into thin slices, and inlay them on the surface of utensils.However, the practice of adding gold and silver pieces only appeared in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Such a large inlay of gold and silver makes the utensils more noble than gold.Later, Baibao inlay appeared again, and it was this inlay method that made the master Jiang Qianli famous in the history of lacquerware through the ages.However, Baibao setting has stricter requirements on craftsmanship, and Wang Hua has no plans to make it yet.

In addition, Wang Hua also planned to use a large amount of colored paint to make the patterns more ornamental and realistic.Some pigments are lacking, so he uses other pigments to adjust to achieve the effect.This also created a precedent in the history of lacquerware in the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Hua waited until the carpenter delivered the wooden box, and then began to create.The overall background color of this work is different from that of the first work. The whole pattern is red except for gold, and the overall color is black lacquer.It's not really black, of course, which would be unflattering.This is a dark blue that is close to black, and this background color makes the work more atmospheric and deep.Then paint on the four walls and the top of the wooden box.This time it is not a whole joint picture, but divided into small pictures. Each picture has various war horses painted on it. After drawing a whole hundred war horses, Wang's painting was placed on the outer wall of the drawer in the middle of the front. Write the inscription:

Among the BMWs in the world, King Mu Jedi, Fan Yu, and Ben Xiaoyu Baju are the most famous.Its history is long and mysterious, and it is unbelievable.

However, during the time of Han Wu, the emperor wanted to seize the blood-sweat horses, so he ordered Li Wenli to send troops twice, and lost tens of thousands of people. After three years, only a thousand blood-sweat horses were brought to the Han family at Yumen Pass.Alas?Isn't this sincere move alarming?
Today's war horses, Tubo horses are cold-resistant and strong, suitable for galloping in high and cold places.Dian horses are short and run on hills, as if walking on flat ground, where they are more resistant to heat and humidity.Turkic horses are weaker than Tianshan horses in galloping power, and they live in bitter cold, so they last longer!In terms of galloping power, the big food horse ranks first, but it is suitable for hot sand seas.

A Turkic horse gallops at the Dian sword, its husband is like a tiger pouncing on a squirrel, its strength is sufficient but its merits are insufficient.The big food horse gallops in Mobei, is it like a scholar and a soldier arguing about reason?Dian horses running in the Western Regions, is it different from snakes swallowing elephants?
Sadly, people in the world say that there is no BMW, and they don't know if there is no BMW, but they don't know where BMW is safe.The king sighs that there is no talent, and the husband does not know that there is no talent, but he does not know where the talent is.

Here, Wang Hua imitated Han Yu's "Ma Shuo" and wrote this article, followed by two more, of which Wang Hua intends to write this article by Han Yu.Together, these three articles are about the relationship between talent and the search for talent. It is not that there is no talent, but that the superiors do not know how to find and appoint talents.For example, Sang Hongyang is good at making money, but if he is placed in Zhang Shizhi's position, he may make a big mistake.

However, even Wang Hua did not expect that after this article was circulated, it would not only discuss the use of talents, but also have strong military significance.For a long time, the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to cavalry. Later, after the failure of the battle with Tubo, although the generals’ internal leverage and the soldiers’ combat effectiveness declined, they also ignored the role of various war horses and adapting to different terrains in battle.Now Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty produced a large number of war horses, but these war horses obviously could not outrun Tubo's war horses when they reached the plateau.Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, this point is at a disadvantage.

It was not until Wang Hua published this article with the knowledge of his previous life that many generals came to their senses.

Because of this, the more he wanted to get out of the political vortex, the more he rolled deeper and deeper in the end.

Now, Wang Hua didn't think of such consequences at all. In his thinking, he believed that adding this inscription would immediately upgrade the lacquer box from a piece of expensive furniture to a handicraft status.Therefore, its value is also sublimated.

When the entire inscription was written, it was engraved with lacquer. It took nearly half a month for this lacquerware.Not to mention, in order to make it more noble, Wang Hua used a lot of gold flakes, and he almost squandered the two big gold leaves that the prince gave him that day.In other words, the cost of this paint box alone has reached [-] yuan!Until now, it is finally close to completion.

Wang Hua looked at it for a while, and smiled again.In the past 12 years, although he has been lurking, he has been recalling and reflecting on the knowledge he has learned before in his mind.That is to say, until now, his grasp of art has also been sublimated on the basis of his previous life.

He's ready to polish.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Wang Hua was a little puzzled, he came to Luoyang without any relatives, who would visit?Is it the landlord?

He stood up and opened the door, only to see the shopkeeper of the Qizhenxuan standing outside the door.

His face turned cold, and he asked, "May I ask what's the matter with you?"

The shopkeeper stretched his head to look inside, and saw the lacquer box painted by Wang at a glance.Although I didn’t examine it carefully, there are countless horses painted on this lacquer box, some are galloping, some are playing, some are drinking water, and there are various gorgeous backgrounds, such as grassland, river water, clouds and so on.His eyes lit up, and the craftsmanship of this lacquerware surpassed that of the previous lacquer dowry again.So there was a flattering smile on his face and he said: "What happened that day was a misunderstanding, and I apologize to you."

After finishing speaking, he gave a big gift, and said again: "This time, besides coming here and apologizing to you, I also brought the friendship of the Zheng family in Xingyang."

After Wang Hua heard the words Xingyang Zheng's family, his face immediately changed.

(End of this chapter)