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Chapter 277 Won't Let Both of Us Watch You Playing Thick-Skinned (Second)
Chapter 275

Wang Yang raised the iron shelf in his hand, and with the other hand, he easily lifted the wooden box containing about [-] catties of lead and tin ingots. He greeted the two, and led the way to the place with them. He sat down in an empty room next to him and said.

"I heard from Steward Niu that you two are the best carvers. Now, I have something I want to entrust to you... Help me carve these characters, but it doesn't need to be carved on a wooden board..."

The iron stove in front of it was steaming hot, and there were almost no sundries inside except for a clean and tidy workbench and a few wooden boxes.This is the workshop where Wang Yang plans to make movable lead type.

"Carved in the mud?" After hearing Wang Yang's request, Lao Zhaotou and Graduation couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Old Zhao looked at his boss with a smile, he always seemed very friendly, and said carefully and authentically. "Little old man, did you hear me right, master, the mud thing is not strong, it is considered to be carved, once the water dries up, it is easy to break when touched."

Wang Yang had already taken off the fur on his body, rolled up his sleeves, picked up a wooden basin, walked to one of the big boxes and opened it, revealing the clay without any impurities inside. Wang Yang carefully took it in and took it out. I took two handfuls and put them in the basin.

Under the watchful eyes of the old man Zhao and Graduation, Wang Yang came to the iron stove. After putting down the basin, he picked up the water from the iron stove and poured it carefully, and then began to knead the mud with his hands.

In a short time, a piece of clay with almost no impurities, enough to be used for making porcelain, appeared in front of Old Man Zhao and Graduation.

At this time, Wang Yang picked up a piece of wet mud the size of a finger, squeezed it into the hollow cavity of the square iron cylinder, tried his best to fill it completely, and then wiped the surface extremely smooth. Handed the iron cylinder with a diameter of about one centimeter to the old man Zhao.

Then he took another hollow iron cylinder and handed it to the graduate in the same manner. Seeing the two confused carvers, Wang Yang grinned.

"Come on, old Zhao, you can carve me a king character, and you can carve me a foreign character after graduation. Remember that what I need is an engraved font..."

Although the old man Zhao and the graduate were full of doubts, they still followed Wang Yang's instructions honestly, picked up the carving tools they each brought, and began to carefully carve characters on the smooth surface of the clay.

At this time, Wang Yang picked up a small iron crucible and put it on the iron stove, and then took a piece of lead-tin ingot and put one end on the small crucible, quietly waiting for the lead-tin ingot to melt.

Li Shishi and Liu Yiyi, who felt quite bored after wandering outside, also came to this room to watch the excitement, watching Wang Yang melting lead and tin ingots there curiously.

Although the two well-informed and beautiful girls didn't know what Wang Yang was going to do, they sat obediently by the fire and just watched the fun without asking any questions.

Compared with carving wood, clay carving is much simpler. No effort is required, and more importantly, if there is any error in the carving, just wipe the mud in. There is no fear of making mistakes.

Soon, both Wang characters and foreign characters were placed in front of Wang Yang.Only then did Wang Yang notice that the carving on Zhao's head was in official script, while that on Bi Sheng's head was in regular script.

Although the shapes of the fonts are different, each stroke is quite clear and neat, and the lines are smooth, which is enough to show that the two engravers are indeed quite good.

After Wang Yang nodded with satisfaction, he picked another slightly larger iron cylinder, then put the square iron cylinder with the clay type inlaid inside it, and then picked another one with the same size as the clay type carved inside. The square iron cylinder is set into it.

After doing all this, Wang Yang brought two iron tongs, one held the iron cylinder covered with movable clay type, and the other held the crucible in which a certain amount of lead and tin had been melted. When we got to the iron cylinder, we began to carefully pour lead-tin water into it.

The first time, there was a burst of water vapor inside, but soon, the inside was blocked by the metal liquid, and as Wang Yang poured it carefully, the iron cylinder was filled in a short time, and Wang Yang carefully poured it out. He loosened the iron tube and let it rest on a wide iron sheet that had been prepared, and then clamped another iron tube to do the same.

It wasn't until the two iron cylinders were filled with lead and tin water that Wang Yang put the tong pan aside with little liquid metal left, and let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, now all we need to do is wait."

"Master, what are you doing?" Until Wang Yang finished everything, Li Shishi, who had been holding back for a long time, immediately asked the question.

"This thing is called movable lead type. As for its function, you will know soon. Come on, let's continue..."

"You carve a style, you carve a flow, you carve a talent, you carve a character..." Wang Yang felt that it would not be a problem to continue waiting for the two lead movable type to cool down, so he just continued to make new copper movable type, anyway. There are still many iron cylinders.

"Wang Yang is a romantic talent... tsk tsk tsk, you are enough, Mr. Wang, you don't even forget that you are a romantic talent even when you are playing with mud." Liu Yiyi who was next to her quickly came to her senses and couldn't help but glared at this man. Playing in the mud does not forget the self-proclaimed rogue.

Wang Yang laughed dryly, not ashamed, but proud, and vigorously pounded clay there again, and then began to melt lead and tin again.

After casting the last four type, Wang Yang carefully pushed out the first two types from the iron cylinder.

After carefully looking at it for a few times, I am very satisfied. Although it is the first time to make it, there are no pores on the surface of the movable lead type. It is just because of the slight difference in the depth of the strokes, but this small problem is easy to solve.

While carefully polishing the two newly baked movable type, Wang Yang asked the graduate to get a small plate of printing ink and rice paper.

Then, the four people and eight eyes saw Wang Yang tightly holding the two square lead type in his hands, and after sticking the ink, he gently covered it on the rice paper.

A Wang character in official script and a foreign character in regular script appeared so clearly on the rice paper.Liu Yiyi looked at the complacent Wang Yang with a somewhat dumbfounding expression. "Brother Wang, you have been messing around for so long just to get a few lead seals to play with?"

Wang Yang chuckled and winked at Liu Yiyi. "Don't worry, you'll understand after a while..."

After the other typefaces had cooled down, Wang Yang tightly held the six movable types together with his big hands, and then picked up the writing brush. After dipping the ink, he first brushed the typefaces, and then onto the paper. build.

"Wang Yang's flamboyant talent... Well, the slaves admit that you are the head of the flirtatious genius, right? Please, can you get some dry goods, so that you won't let the slaves and younger sister come over? It just depends on how thick-skinned you are?" Although the last sentence The voice was played very softly, but even so, Mr. Wang couldn't hold back.

He couldn't help but glared at the woman who hadn't turned her head around, and then rearranged the six typefaces before covering them on the paper.

"Yangliu, Prince, Caifeng... What, what does this mean, master?" Li Shishi couldn't understand the words and sentences that the master uttered out of embarrassment. Isn't Wang Yang a romantic and talented person?
(End of this chapter)