Dress to be a celebrity

In the next few days, Song Shi took advantage of the engraving class for Shu Jishi to do private work, engraving calligraphy posts for King Zhou.

The paper for the wax plate and the printed copybook is custom-made rice-character grid paper. After a plate of wax paper is engraved, it is aligned with the printing paper. The printed characters are facing the center of the rice-character grid. When copying, you can find the right one. Pen-down and pen-receiving positions.

There are two types of copybooks. First, a basic copybook is engraved, and then there are Buddhist scriptures that can be regarded as calligraphy works.

The basic exercises are like a primary school student's calligraphy exercise book, starting with the decomposed radicals, and then one, two, three, four... from writing with fewer strokes to writing with more strokes.The words are selected from the 5180 words of the Kumarajiva version of the "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra" without repetition, without increasing the amount of useless practice, and ensuring that King Zhou can start engraving scriptures directly after practicing a basic copybook.

He has already become a skilled craftsman in engraving wax tablets. He sits in front of the podium to do private work every day when he takes Shu Jishi to practice calligraphy. A complete "Diamond Sutra".After these two years of practice, the font is much stronger than when I was working on "The Legend of the White-haired Fairy". It is no longer like Pang Zhonghua style, but combines the strengths of Yan style and European style. The font is dignified and the pen is strong. If you get it at the Hard-tipped Pen Calligraphy Exhibition, you may be able to win a few prizes.

He switched to a brush and wrote a wax-engraved skill introduction, which was placed in front of the basic textbooks. Together with the clear and neatly printed copybook, a row of small round holes were punched on the right side, with a silk cover, and bound with copper rings. I bought two loose-leaf copybooks.

In addition to these two copybooks, in the Song Dynasty, a mimeograph machine specially provided by the Imperial Academy, two health-care stylus pens with leather cases, and a box of ten glass bottles of new ink were added, and Mr. Zeng gave them to King Zhou.

Although this engraving DIY set is not expensive, the fineness is beyond Zhou Wang's surprise. He felt that Song Shi had given up a lot of thought for his own affairs, so he personally ordered his servant to send a set of pine smoke ink made by Pangu in the Northern Song Dynasty. Answer ceremony.

Pan Gumo is a treasure that Dong Supo personally wrote poems for, praising it as "Mo Cheng dare not use it, and entered Penglai Palace". The ink of the Ten Scenes of Qianlong can still be auctioned for more than 500 million. If the ink of the Northern Song Dynasty can be brought back to the modern auction , easily over ten million, right?

It was so expensive that he was a little reluctant to use it.

Because he has tens of millions of RMB in his hand, he also has the mentality of getting rich overnight. When tipping the servant, he just grabs a large piece of silver and stuffs it, not caring about the amount at all.

The little servant left with a smile on his face, and when he returned to reply to the king of Zhou, he added a lot of good things to Song Shi, saying that he stayed up all night to engrave the scriptures, his face was pale and his eyes were red from exhaustion—if it wasn't for his clean hands. There is no redness and swelling, and it can also make him overworked when engraving scriptures, and he accidentally hurt himself several times.

King Zhou sighed for a while, and his impression of Song Shi was a little bit better. He even felt sorry for his hard work if he couldn't practice calligraphy well. The pen is as beautiful and good as the copybook.

The king of Zhou went smoothly and practiced calligraphy as he wished, but the vernier caliper ordered in the Song Dynasty took a few days.

The structure of the vernier caliper is much more complicated than he had imagined, especially the adjusting screw, locking screw, and thumb wheel. Fine lines should be engraved on the circular screw and wheel, and the corresponding Parts should also have a suitable concave-convex texture.

When he drew the picture, he was afraid that the blacksmith would not be able to make it, and he also considered whether to simplify the screws and make the ones with less precision first.Fortunately, the blacksmith that the carpenter introduced to him was also a well-known craftsman serving in Beijing. He was proficient in frying steel and pouring steel. —Pour it in, let it cool down, take it out and grind it finely, and then you can make qualified screws and spinner wheels.

When making the ruler body, vernier ruler, and depth bar, he used raw and wrought iron to coil and smelt it into a group of steel, and stacked it out section by section; the inner measuring claws, outer measuring claws and ruler frame were also laid and then combined with the ruler body, The vernier scale is forged into one place.After polishing the ruler body and the vernier, take advantage of the softness and heat of the iron sheet to drill holes for the screws, and carve hair-thin scales on the two ruler bodies...

Only a caliper with a large vise, which is long and short and thick, has been carefully polished for more than ten years before it is ready.Because in the Song Dynasty, it was necessary to wrap gold and inlay treasures, so he found a goldsmith and painted a gold-painted magpie climbing a plum on the blank space behind the ruler body. Plate out the pattern of grape vines.

The gold wire and the dark iron ruler complement each other, but it is not too gaudy.

Song Shi took a pen holder and used it to measure the inner diameter, outer diameter, and depth. He tried to feel comfortable, and the accuracy was better than what he measured with a rope.

The blacksmith readily agreed, and then asked him insinuatingly whether this ruler is a forbidden item for officials, and whether it can be used by folks.

When he made this ruler, he felt that the measurement of this ruler is fine, and it is more convenient than the ruler and rope used before, and most of the craftsmen can use it.If he is allowed to manufacture and sell, even if he dedicates his shop to the number one scholar and takes shelter under the number one scholar... that would be considered a good thing.

Song Shi saw at a glance that he wanted to sell vernier calipers, so he smiled: "You can sell it if you want, thanks to your ability to make this ruler, you can sell it if you want. I don't want your money, only a Things must be arranged by me—”

This ruler must be called a vernier caliper.

He has already developed Sanyuan Ball and Sanyuan Fish, and he does not want to expand the business of Sanyuan Dairy.

Although the blacksmith felt that the name of this ruler was strange, and it was not as pleasant as "Sanyuan ruler" and "Zhuangyuan ruler", he dared not refuse to listen to Song Shi's solemn request, so he wrote down the four words "vernier caliper" carefully, thousands of times. Thank you so much for going back.

Song Shi took the golden treasure ruler and measured it all over the room. After satisfying his addiction to measuring, he greeted his father and rode his horse straight to Ge Lao Mansion in the dark.

Mr. Huan had once contradicted him in the Imperial Academy, but he never expected that he would dare to enter his house, and he could hardly believe his ears when he heard the report from his family.

The family said: "It is indeed Song Zhuangyuan. He took a corner thing wrapped in a handkerchief and insisted on meeting the old man. He said that it is a treasure that the old man uses. Please give it to our old man."

Useful baby?

Although Huan Shilang didn't want to see Song Shi very much, he also knew that he could often make some good things that were unprecedented in the world.For example, the Calligraphy of the Song Dynasty Seal that is currently required by name; for example, the badminton that is popular among the people, the court, and even the harem;

A miscellaneous drama about two men's love and love, but now it has been sung from Washe Goulan to Gongqing's house!A few days ago, after leaving court, he heard several officials from the Lang Office talk about the song where Zhao and Li broke up the mandarin ducks, and he actually remembered the words clearly, and the words were correct, which shows the far-reaching poison of it!

If someone sees through that his grandson and Song Shi are also written as a couple in the play, where will he put the Huan family's face?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, the most annoyed was that he gave birth to an unfilial grandson, just like the Zhao Shusheng who eloped with Li Shengjun behind his parents' backs in the play.However, his good son is gone, and as a grandfather, he can't do anything about that evil, but he can't handle it...

Huan Shilang sighed secretly, and asked people to come in when the Song Dynasty was released, and meet him in the flower hall in person.

Compared with his melancholy, Song Shi was handsome. When we met, he gave the senior salute first, held out the tightly wrapped vernier caliper in his hand, and said with a smile: "The junior is thinking about whether the senior brother is checking whether the military equipment is qualified at the frontier. What is needed most is a ruler with precise measurements. Ordinary rulers are not precise, but this vernier caliper is made by the younger generation. The outer length and width, inner depth, and inner diameter are all accurate, and it can be as fine as a millimeter in length."

He untied the wrapper, and the exposed calipers reflected a golden soft light under the candlelight, which made Minister Huan squint his eyes slightly, and asked, "What is this? My grandson is going to inspect the military at the border. How can I bring such a A golden thing."

Song Shi laughed and said: "Because Brother Huan is an imperial envoy, the things he uses must look good. Otherwise, if an imperial envoy carries a black iron ruler with him, people will see him. He is an imperial official? A craftsman? "

He was not polite to Mr. Huan, and took a lotus petal teacup from the table, carefully measured the wall thickness, inner diameter, outer diameter, and cup depth of the teacup to show him, and said frankly: "I just gave it to my senior brother." This usable measuring tool came, and now that it has been delivered, Mr. Fa Lao has written it down, so I will not leave any writing paper, so the old man can finally send this ruler to the border, right?"

He forced the ruler into the old hand of Huan Ge, bowed his hands and thanked him: "I will resign now, my lord. Mr. Wang Ge puts the merits of senior brothers as the most important thing, and should not be trashed because of others."

He spoke happily and walked gracefully, Huan Ge always wanted to bring tea to see off the guests, but it was too late, so he had to struggle with the vernier caliper.

After struggling all night, I still couldn't get over the idea of ​​wanting my grandson to run the emperor's business well.Although it was possible to inspect armaments in the past without such a pair of double feet, but this new object does not hinder anything.

That's all, just ask him to take credit for this time.

Who told that unsatisfactory scoundrel to impeach the Ministry of War first, and then go to the border to check the military supplies. He offended so many people, and I don’t know how many eyes are staring at him. Go to Fujian.

Mr. Huange finally made a decision. He put a vernier caliper in a wooden box, wrote down the usage in his own hand, and passed the ruler to Huan Ling who was delaying the rectification of military affairs.

When the letter arrived, Huan Ling was questioning the local garrison commander, Qianhu and others. Suddenly, he heard a report from the soldiers outside the door, saying that the post horse had brought him something from Beijing, so he hurried out and took it from the post soldier. Take the box with the caliper and the letter from Mr. Huan Ge.

His grandfather sent a box all the way, and the things inside must be precious.He picked it up and opened it, only to see a handful of lacquer paintings inlaid with gold thread inside, with scales on it that looked like a ruler but not a ruler. He didn't know what it was, and he didn't know how to use it.

Take it out to have a look, but there are two rulers with scales set together, with lacquered magpie paintings on them, and protruding iron bumps inlaid.Such a fresh thing, he instinctively sent it from Song Shi, but Song Shi didn't know where he was patrolling, and it was clear that only his grandfather could send things, so how could his grandfather send things to Song Shi?

He thought about it, and fiddled with it.

The small ruler in the outer cover can slide on the large ruler. The ruler turns up and down with a sharp part like a scissors head. The bottom is long and the top is short. See its length.The small tip on the top also corresponds to the scale on both sides, but it is not like the tip on the bottom that can clamp things...

He twisted the rotating screw, and saw the small ruler stuck outside sliding so finely that it was almost imperceptible, and he felt more and more that such a delicate thing could not be imagined by others.

He put the box down, opened the family letter, saw that the letter was indeed his grandfather's handwriting, told him how to use this ruler, and asked him to use it to carefully examine important weapons such as firecrackers and bed crossbows. Something went wrong.

After writing the last few words, the handwriting on the letter became hesitant and procrastinated, and finally wrote down the word "Song Shi" reluctantly.

Sure enough, it was him.It can only be him.Only when Shi Guan'er cared about him like this, could he come up with these powerful things for him.

Huan Ling narrowed his eyes, put the letter in his sleeve pocket, rubbed the ruler and went back to the room where the meeting was held just now.The commanders of Yansui guards beside him and the guards of Qianhu, Baihu and others saw him go out, the solemnity on their faces turned into a gentle smile, and they couldn't help but boldly asked: "Is there a legend in your family?" Is there any good news?"

Good news indeed.

Seeing that they all recognized it, Huan Ling simply didn't hide it anymore, and nodded with a smile: "I just got something from home, and when I opened it, I saw a painting of a magpie on a plum blossom. Isn't that a good sign?"

It's a good sign.It would be best if Da Thief didn't commit crimes this year, and would be obediently attached. I also hope that the censor can make up for the food and wages they owed over the years after checking, and send more new soldiers and armor.

Commander Master Fang thought so, his eyes fell on the ruler in Huan Ling's hand, and he couldn't see what it was when he looked left and right, seeing that he only listened to the subordinates and flattered the thousands of households, and didn't mention the ruler. I couldn't help but ask myself: "But I don't know what kind of ruler is in the master's hand. Forgive me for being ignorant and ignorant, but I have never seen this thing before?"

Huan Ling looked down at the vernier caliper that was hugging each other long and short, with a soft expression on his face, and replied with a smile: "It's called a mandarin duck ruler."