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After the ordinary version of Wuzhi Inkstone was launched, it was once again sought after by everyone. Because the quality of the ordinary version of black fat inkstone is still very good.

The ordinary version of black fat inkstone comes from the same Moshi Mountain as the high-end collector's version of black fat inkstone. However, a piece of aniseed material with uniform color, clear and smooth texture, or a completely solid black part is made into a high-end collector's edition.

In the remaining parts, the color changes greatly, or the texture is not so smooth, or the texture has breakpoints. There is no difference in the fineness and oiliness of this kind of stone compared with the high-end collector's edition of black fat inkstone. Therefore, there is no difference in the feeling of use. For example, there is no difference in practical performance such as grinding ink, adjusting the concentration of ink, dipping ink and probe pen.

In addition to the differences in color and texture, the engraving pattern is simpler than the high-end collector's edition of black fat inkstone. However, it still has a very sense of design, and its simplicity and agility are also a kind of sculptural beauty.

Collectors who like all kinds of inkstones can't put it down after seeing the ordinary version of black fat inkstone. Because of the affordable price, these ordinary versions of black fat inkstones can be purchased in the styles that everyone likes.

But the scholars who were not very wealthy but could spend 180 taels to buy an inkstone now have more choices.

Wuzhi inkstone is undoubtedly the most cost-effective. The key is that the quality is so good that it really does not damage the pen. It’s also very easy to use.

Those master craftsmen who carve inkstones have lost their temper at all because of the new ordinary version of the inkstone launched by Wuzhi Inkstone. I can only lead my apprentices to carve inkstones that are most suitable for public consumption.

Because only inkstones worth less than one hundred taels are willing to be bought. Otherwise, even if you put in the effort to make those expensive inkstones, they will just sit on the counter gathering dust and no one will care about them.

Making an inkstone was Xiao Yunyan's inspiration, but the result was very satisfactory. This not only suppresses the price of inkstones in the luxury market, but also improves the quality of carvings and materials of regular versions of inkstones in other stores.

Inkstone-making masters and apprentices are competing for the market of inkstones worth less than one hundred taels. Because of the fierce competition, it is natural to pay more attention to the carvings and choose high-quality stones as materials to make them more attractive. Only in this way can scholars and literati be attracted to choose their inkstones among all the products in the inkstone market.

After rectifying the inkstone market, Xiao Yunyan saw that the markets for making and selling brushes were also in chaos.

Low-end brushes are really unusable. They shed hair, fall off the nib, and the nib is not sharp. They choose inferior animal fiber, which makes the nib either inelastic or too hard. In addition, the pen barrel is rough and easy to break.

However, the family conditions of many scholars are not good, and they cannot afford to spend dozens or even hundreds of taels on better brushes.

In order to bring the price of brushes back to rationality, make brush makers and pen-selling shops only earn normal profits, and make scholars affordable with practical brushes, Xiao Yuntian decided to start competition and rectify the brush market.

She used the machine to make the first batch of high-end famous pens priced around one thousand taels. The purpose is to suppress the prices of high-end brushes that cost more than a thousand taels.

Then make a batch of brushes priced at around a hundred taels. It also regulates the market price and quality of calligraphy brushes of around 100 liang. Shoddy, fake products will be ignored. If you want to sell products, you have to improve the quality.

Xiao Yunyan asked her subordinates to buy some brushes of various grades from the market. She saw that the writing brushes used by ordinary scholars from poor families were probably a set of large, medium and small regular script, and the price was five taels.

Although it sounds very cheap, for a family with an annual income of only a dozen taels, it is also ridiculously expensive, but it is useless if you don't buy it. Therefore, the scholars' cherishment of calligraphy and Yantai is engraved in their bones.

Xiu Yunyan decided to produce a batch of brushes priced at 2 taels per set. The barrel of this pen is relatively ordinary, made from bamboo produced in space. The brush tip also uses commonly used wool brushes and later artificial fiber pens.

Because the price needs to be reduced, it is necessary to ensure that the pen is easy to use and not to use expensive materials.

In addition to sheep hair and artificial fibers, high-end pens also include wolf hair and rat whiskers. The main reason is that the materials and production process of the pen barrel are particularly particular.

Once on the market, about a thousand taels of famous pens were sold out. And all kinds of pens, which cost only two taels of silver each, were also snatched up by the scholars.

Only about a hundred taels of writing brushes were asked by relatively few people. There is no other reason for this, because among the brushes of about 100 taels, there is a lot of choice.

Those pen-making masters are not willing to make particularly high-end pens because they cannot sell a few sets a year, and they do not like to make low-end pens because the price is low and the profit is too thin. Only the brushes made by apprentices are sold at low prices. . Wouldn't it be a waste of time for a skilled craftsman to make low-end pens? On the other hand, there are many people buying pens that cost around a hundred taels. There is a lot of profit from it.

Xiao Yunyan put a batch of pens of various grades into the market to understand the reactions of buyers and sellers in the market. She decided not to make pens worth about 100 taels.

From more than 200 taels to less than 1,000 taels, these pens are all collectible pens and can be used as flagship products. Failure to compete with peers for homogeneous products leads to disordered price wars.