Chapter 581: Climbing Mount Huangshan
The next day, Tang Huairen began to make ink. The ink produced by many ink manufacturers uses very simple processes and materials, which are not as simple as ink ingots. However, they will also produce some high-quality ink according to the needs of users.
Of course, since ink requires convenience, ordinary users do not have too high requirements for quality and do not have the patience to grind ink. Ink ingots are not only for writing and painting, but also for artworks born in traditional Chinese culture.
When grinding ink with ink ingots, users will grind ink reasonably according to their own writing and painting plans. Basically, they will use as much as they grind and use it, and will not leave too much. As for ink, they will be placed in the bottle for a long time in liquid state. In order to prevent precipitation and corruption, some electrolytes and preservatives must be added to the ink.
In order to achieve the aroma of ink ingots, some fragrances will be added to it. These additives will more or less affect the quality of the ink. Moreover, for the sake of cost, some manufacturers have even changed the animal glue in it to cheaper synthetic glue.
According to many people's experiments, there are great differences in the effects of ink produced in the world and ink ingots on rice paper.
Especially after painting and writing on rice paper, the ink marks on the ink ingot can be stored for a long time without any changes, and can even prevent insects from getting drunk. As for ink, it is different. After long-term storage, it may smell.
Zhou Yu had this experience when he was a child. After placing the homework written with pen ink for a period of time, when it is opened, it will smell a little. Even if the ink produced by the best ink factory now is stenched after being left for a long time, it will smell bad.
However, this time, the ink made by Tang Huairen was not for sale, but for the experiment of the effect of ink grass juice. Therefore, the materials needed will be as similar as the ink ingots as possible to achieve the best results. After all, some materials are not suitable for adding them to ink.
Due to the characteristics of ink liquid, bone glue does not need too much, because what they make is not ink mud, but a little viscosity. If too much material is added, the ones made will be very viscous.
In less than a day, Tang Huairen made a small amount of ink, this time just for experiments, so try to make less to save ink grass juice.
Among the ink he made, he only dripped a little bit of ink grass juice, which was less than half a drop. Even so, in terms of the amount of ink, these juices were more than ink ingots.
The ink made with ink grass juice also exudes that unique fragrance, which makes everyone smile and are eager to try.
Before, they all wanted to get ink ingots, so they put the experiment time to next year, but now the ink produced can fulfill their wishes in advance.
Then, Tang Huairen put the prepared ink into a container, took Zhou Yu and his men to an office in the factory, poured the ink into a small vessel, placed it on the desk, then took out some high-quality rice paper, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yu, come and try it first and see how your ink grass juice works."
Lin Xiuyuan and others also looked at Zhou Yu with a smile. When it comes to the charm of righteousness in calligraphy, no one can compare to Zhou Yu. Those righteousness can make the ornamentality and artisticity of calligraphy much more and more.
"Since that's the case, I have no choice but to do so." Zhou Yu nodded gently, picked a suitable brush from the pen holder on the desk, then gently dipped it in some ink, and started writing calligraphy. This time, what he wrote was a poem related to ink.
The name of the poem is "Ink Plum". The author is Wang Mian, a famous poet and calligrapher and painter of the Yuan Dynasty. "The trees beside my inkstone pool are blooming, and the flowers bloom ink marks are not allowed to praise the good colors, but only the clear air fills the world."
This is a poem by Wang Mian that describes the plum blossoms he painted. The ink plum blossoms he painted are fragrant and outstanding. It not only reflects the style of the plum blossoms he painted, but also reflects the author's noble interest and indifferent fame and fortune.
When writing in ink, Zhou Yu's face showed a hint of surprise, but he calmed down instantly and continued to write the following poem.
At this time, Lin Xiuyuan and others were also standing beside him and watching, not too close. Even so, they also saw the handwriting written by Zhou Yu on rice paper, which was very smooth, and it still contained the righteous spirit.
After writing the whole poem, Zhou Yu left behind a secret, put his seal on him, placed his pen on the vessel next to him, and looked at his calligraphy.
Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan and others hurriedly walked over and looked at the calligraphy. When they saw this complete calligraphy, a strange color appeared on their faces. They had watched Zhou Yu's calligraphy more than once or twice before, and they had a calligraphy in their hands.
Especially during the time they went out together, they could see calligraphy every morning, which made them very familiar with the calligraphy written by Zhou Yu. Now this calligraphy written with ink grass juice seems to be more smoother than what they saw yesterday morning, and the overall feeling is much better.
Moreover, the handwriting written in this ink is comparable to that of the high-quality ink ingots, and it exudes a special fragrance of ink grass juice, which makes people feel refreshed. At the same time, the righteous spirit has become even more intense.
"This is written with ink grass juice. The calligraphy does look a bit different. Xiaoyu, how do you feel?" Lin Xiuyuan asked after looking at the calligraphy for a while.
"Old Lin, the ink made of ink juice made of ink grass juice really makes people feel fluent when writing. It is even better than the ink ingots you gave me before. Moreover, the fragrance emitted by ink grass can also keep people's spirits focused and improve the artistic conception of calligraphy." Zhou Yu said one by one about his feelings when writing.
It is indeed a unique thing that grows in the world of fairy tales. Just as the Lord of Wenyuan Pavilion said, adding ink juice will have better quality. This experiment can be said to be a complete success.
"Oh, there are so many benefits. This is just ink. The ink ingots we made will definitely have better effect." Lin Xiuyuan said with a strange color on his face.
"No, Xiaoyu said that I couldn't help but want to write a calligraphy. Come on, Lao Tang, help me move Xiaoyu's calligraphy to the table next to me to dry. I want to write a painting to try it out." At this time, Nie Wenshan said impatiently.
Tang Huairen and Xu Minghua helped move the calligraphy to the table next to them. Zhou Yu's feeling could be reproduced on them, and only by trying it can you know.
Nie Wenshan picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and then wrote on rice paper. A surprise appeared on his face. After finishing writing, he couldn't help laughing, "This ink is indeed as Xiaoyu said. When writing, it was much smoother than the ink I used before. Look, is the calligraphy I wrote different?"
Hearing this, Tang Huairen and others surrounded him. Xu Minghua looked at it for a while and couldn't help but nodded, "It has indeed improved a lot. It is not only the fluency in the handwriting, but also the meaning has become richer. The effect of this ink grass juice is simply amazing."
Then, Lin Xiuyuan and Xu Minghua also wrote a calligraphy one by one. They showed surprise on their faces, and Tang Huairen even laughed happily, "The ink making technology has not been improved for a long time. Unexpectedly, the ink grass juice now shows such a powerful effect, just less than a drop of juice. This is simply the biggest blessing in the calligraphy and painting world."
"The ink ingot made from this ink grass juice is definitely far more than other ink ingots. It not only makes the writer very smooth and comfortable to write, but also has a certain improvement effect on the writer's level if used for a long time."
He was born in the Mo family and had been dealing with Mo for most of his life. He has been studying how to improve the quality of Mo, but he has never gained much, including other ink factories. Now, with the addition of ink grass juice, he finally made a huge improvement. How can he not be ecstatic?
"Haha, Old Man Tang, when Xiaoyu has more ink grass juice, your ink factory will really become famous. At that time, just like Xianweiju, many people will flock to get such an ink ingot." Nie Wenshan said with a laugh.
Although many people compete for the bamboo flutes he made, ancient musical instruments and calligraphy and painting are also a kind of traditional Chinese culture, there are much fewer people who learn ancient music in the entire Chinese area than those who learn calligraphy and painting.
"Then let's talk about it at that time. Next, I will test the appropriate amount of ink grass juice to make the writing feel more comfortable." Tang Huairen said with a smile. There are several factories in Shexian that produce traditional ink, and two of them even built one of their family since the Qing Dynasty.
The ink they produce is of the same quality, but the marketing methods are a little worse.
His father and grandfather's lifelong wish was to make the ink produced by their family the first choice for all literati. Now, this wish can finally be realized.
"Old Tang, then you have to make it as soon as possible. Next year, you can come out with the first batch of ink. Then we can use it by writing and painting." Xu Minghua said with a smile. The materials in the ink are not as many as ink ingots, and the production process is even worse than that of a thousand miles, and the effect is probably better.
"Don't worry, the experiment will be done within a few days. Then, make all the remaining ink grass juice into ink ingots." Tang Huairen smiled. He also looked forward to the day when these ink ingots were dried and used.
Afterwards, everyone talked for a while, and Lin Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Since the experiment of the ink grass juice has been successful, it's time for us to leave. It took almost seven or eight days to go. After breakfast tomorrow, we will go to Huangshan, and then give Xiaoyu some time to climb the mountain and leave the day after tomorrow. What do you think about it?"
"Brother Lin, just do what you said." Xu Minghua and Nie Wenshan naturally had no objection.
"Oh, I really feel reluctant to leave you." Tang Huairen shook his head and sighed.
"Haha, you can't bear to leave the fairy fruit bar that Xiaoyu brought." Nie Wenshan saw through his inner thoughts at a glance.
Zhou Yu laughed, "Old Tang, when we left, we left all the fairy fruit wine and spiritual rice we brought. It should be enough for you to eat for a while. I'll send some more in a while."
"I suddenly wish you guys to leave quickly now. It's better to leave today and not eat dinner." Hearing this, Tang Huairen's eyes lit up and he said jokingly.
Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing, "Since that's the case, it seems we're going to have a good meal today. Lao Nie, don't be polite tonight."
The next morning, Zhou Yu and his friends had breakfast and went directly to Huangshan. After arriving, they checked into the hotel arranged by Tang Huairen. Then, Zhou Yu said hello to Lin Xiuyuan and his friends and drove to Huangshan Scenic Area.
At this time, it was only 10 o'clock in the morning, so it can be said that Zhou Yu had left enough time to climb Huangshan. If you hike from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, it would take at least about five hours, and if you take the cable car, you would need to climb another two hours before you could reach the top of the mountain.
Basically, people who travel to Huangshan, except those who are in a hurry, will stay there for a night and then enjoy the scenery of the rising sun in Huangshan.
When he arrived at the foot of Huangshan Mountain, Zhou Yu found a parking lot, parked the car, carried a backpack and started hiking on Huangshan Mountain.
With his current physical fitness, climbing Mount Huangshan is simply a slight idea. If he uses all his strength, the time to reach the top of the mountain will be shorter than several times.
However, this time we came mainly to enjoy the scenery and have plenty of time. Zhou Yu did not plan to climb the mountain quickly, but had to slowly browse the scenery so that he would not waste this itinerary. He could only enjoy a little scenery in the morning when he climbed the mountain quickly.
Huangshan is not one of the five mountains, but one of the three mountains. Basically, these three mountains refer to tourist attractions, and the other two are Lushan and Yantang Mountain. There is also a saying that the three mountains are the three fairy mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang Mountain and Yingzhou in the mythology.
Winter is already in here, and different beauty is also presented on Huangshan Mountain, but it has not snowed yet. If it snows, the snow scene will be even more beautiful.
Zhou Yu chose the route to the mountain to go up the back mountain. The front mountain is majestic and steep, and the mountain is amazing. If you hike and climb the mountain, you will also consume a lot of physical strength. The back mountain is the essence of Huangshan scenery. It is beautiful and unique, with many observation decks. He will have to catch a plane tomorrow, so he will go down the mountain very quickly. Taking advantage of the time now, he will naturally have to watch more beautiful scenery.
Chapter completed!