Chapter 1189: St. Edward's Throne
Akiyama Toshiki is really not convinced, he began to learn carpentry apprenticeship in his teens, and now he is in his seventies, claiming to be the world's top carpenter, but after seeing the imperial chair made by Xiao Peng, Akiyama Toshiki was dumbfounded. What kind of craftsmanship is this!
As the saying goes, the layman looks at the liveliness, and the insiders look at the doorway. He didn't even find the connecting seams for such a big chair at first! Later, he found out that all the carved dragons on it were actually used to hide the joints? What kind of delicate handiwork was required? He hadn't seen the imperial chair, and he didn't know how long he had been studying the large Chinese rosewood inlaid luodian screen and throne in the National Museum of the Imperial Palace! How did Xiao Peng do it?
It must have been done with high-tech means! So he was very interested in Xiao Peng's tools!
However, Xiao Peng was not angry, it was really the information that Akiyama Toshiki gave him was too important! If it was true, it would be a great gift. It's true or false, and he needs to verify it himself.
Xiao Peng took Akiyama Toshiki back to his small courtyard, which was his studio, where he usually played carving and carpentry.
Georgina also came along, and he greatly admired Xiao Peng's handiwork: Xiao Peng gave him two mobile phones for her to post on the Internet, which caused a huge controversy: and everyone disputed that ------ countless people were saying that it was definitely made of plastic!
How could Huaxia make such a great process?
Thanks to the blessings of those black media in the West, in the eyes of many Westerners, this Chinese production is still a representative of 'inferior and inferior'. In particular, Georgina's mobile phone turned out to be 'Huawei'? This made the Western media even more unacceptable, so all kinds of black Georgina's mobile phones.
This can make Georgina angry enough: if it was something else, she might not be angry, but this is her wedding gift, such a valuable thing makes people squirt around? This makes her feel unacceptable, she heard that Xiao Peng is going to do something again, she hurried over, to record Xiao Peng, let people see how he did it.
Xiao Peng didn't want to be in the limelight, but seeing Georgina's serious appearance, Xiao Peng still allowed her to videotape, but made a request: no slapping her face.
And on the table are all kinds of precious stones, gold, silver, and the like. Those are all the scraps that Xiao Peng used originally. For example, the phone cases he made were all on the table.
"Xiao, what are you going to do today?" asked Georgina.
Xiao Peng glanced at Akiyama Toshiki: "What I'm going to do today is carpentry work." β
Georgina was a little disappointed: "Can't you do some jewelry carving or something? I'm going to shut up the trolls." β
Xiao Peng smiled: "Don't worry, I'll make you a small bench, and I can also shut them up." β
"Little bench?" Akiyama was stunned when he heard this.
Xiao Peng nodded: "What?Mr. Akiyama, it's impossible for me to make a chair like that for you for a few days, right?" β
After saying that, he brought a gloomy piece of wood: "This is the scraps from the last time I made that chair, let's not waste it." Georgina, I'll give you and Mako's child another gift. β
Akiyama Toshiki asked Xiao Peng, "Xiao Sang, where are your tools?"
"Here!" Xiao Peng pulled out a box from under the table, and when it was opened, it was all traditional woodworking furniture, saws, planers, files, chisels, ink fountains, scratches, adzes, etc., without any high-tech tools.
Akiyama Toshiki was stunned when he saw it clearly: "You just use these tools?"
It's no wonder he was surprised, even in his own carpentry factory, they all began to use power tools, because they were more efficient, but Xiao Peng was good, all the tools he used were hand tools, which was completely different from what he thought!
He still didn't believe that Xiao Peng could make such exquisite works with these primitive tools
The only thing he was curious about was that Xiao Peng was measuring there with a strange ruler.
"What kind of ruler is this?" asked Akiyama Toshiki, who was also an old carpenter, but he had never seen such a ruler.
This ruler is not long, only one foot four inches and four minutes, and it is not only marked with size, but also has eight characters written on it: wealth, illness, separation, righteousness, official, robbery, harm, and auspiciousness.
Xiao Peng explained: "Lu Banqi, something left by our ancestors. β
After Xiao Peng drew a few lines on the wood with an ink fountain, he cut the wood into the shape he needed and started working directly.
He really made a 'small bench', adults really can't sit on it, that size can only be sat on by children, and this chair is absolutely uncomfortable to sit on: the back is a straight backrest, and the chair directly forms a 90-degree angle. The top of the backrest is a triangular point, and the armrests on both sides extend directly from the back of the chair, and the surface of the back of the chair is also 90 degreesγγγγγγ People who have their brains pumped will sit on it all day long, and after sitting on it for a long time, they can only use two words to describe ----- suffering!
Xiao Peng carved the chair legs there, and the legs of this chair are quite exquisite, like four lions dragging this chair.
Xiao Peng said while carving: "The original version of this chair is four bronze lions standing on the copper plate to support this square chair, so we won't be so troublesome, just let your child sit on it and take pictures." β
Georgina's eyes widened at this time: "Xiao, you won't get into trouble making this chair, right?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "What's the trouble? Don't tell me that a carpenter more than 700 years ago would crawl out of a coffin and ask me for royalties." β
Georgina was speechless: "You know what I meanγγγγγγ β
Xiao Peng smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, since I dare to do it, I'm not afraid of trouble." β
After polishing and other processes on this small bench, he said to Akiyama Toshiki: "Georgina is pregnant, I won't be oiled, you can see my craftsmanship now, it is no different from that imperial chair, you should be able to see it, right?"
Akiyama Lihui is already stupid, although the chair made by Xiao Peng is not big, but he really didn't deal with it, on the contrary, he created difficulties for himself to do: for example, the back of the chair, he can obviously make a wooden board directly into the back of the chair, but he doesn't, but uses three small wooden boards to splic, between the boards is made of yin and yang slots, made of tight seams, and people can't see the traces of splicing, even the lines on the wooden board are almost no deviation; γ The whole chair did not use a nail or a drop of glue.
Although this chair is extremely ugly, the craftsmanship is absolutely not to be said. Xiao Peng's handiwork for this chair is beyond the reach of Akiyama Lihui!
Moreover, Akiyama Toshiki learned Xiao Peng's crafting techniques, and this chair was enough for him to work for several months to complete! Not to mention, the carving of the four lions on the chair legs alone was enough for him to work for a long time.
And Xiao Peng, I feel that he processes wood more like processing tofu. No matter what tools are used, it is just right to have more force and less effort, even if Lu Ban is alive, he can't do it.
Akiyama Toshiki swallowed: "Xiao Sang, can you give me this chair? No, no, no, I can spend money! Please Xiao Sang must meet my requirements. β
Xiao Peng asked rhetorically: "The chair I gave Guo Sihua is much stronger than this, right?
Akiyama Toshiki smiled bitterly: "This chair was made in front of my eyes, and I can only describe Mr. Xiao's craftsmanship as 'miraculous'." But what I don't understand is, how can you make such an ugly chair?"
After Xiao Peng told Georgina what Akiyama Toshiki said, the two looked at each other and laughed together.
"Akiyama Toshiki, you must remember that this is just for us, and don't tell anyone else. Otherwise, it's easy to get into trouble. Xiao Peng said: "This chair is not so simple, don't look at it ugly, people have a loud name, called 'St. Edward's Throne', don't you see four lions under your feet? This is the throne of that country. β
Akiyama Toshiki was not stupid, and came back to his senses after hearing it: "You are talking about the United Kingdom?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, this is the throne of the United Kingdom." The original chair was made of oak by King Edward II in 1296 on the orders of King Edward II, and despite its ugliness, nearly forty English monarchs have been crowned on this chair since the 14th century. It can be said to be a symbol of British royal power. Even the current Queen of England is crowned in this chair, and it is from this throne that those kings have issued orders and invaded 90% of the countries on this planet. β
Throughout the history of more than 200 countries on the planet, only 22 countries have not been affected by British influence, including military occupation, military threats, military negotiations, military reparations, funded pirates, and armed explorers and officials. It is said that British gentlemen, but they do not know that such bastard things as colonial rule and black slave trade were first invented by them.
Xiao Peng continued: "Don't think about this chair, first of all, this is my gift to Georgina's child. Secondly, my carvings are forbidden to leave the country. In other words, even if I give it to you, you can't take it. β
After hearing this, Akiyama Toshiki hesitated for a long time, and suddenly said to Xiao Peng: "Xiao Sang, can I be your student?"
"What?" Xiao Peng's eyes widened, he imagined all kinds of possibilities for Akiyama Toshiki to find himself, the most unlikely is this, right?
Akiyama Toshiki said: "I have been pursuing the ultimate in carpentry all my life, I always thought that even if I didn't reach the top, I was one of the few people standing closest to the top, but today I saw Xiao Sang's skills, and I knew that I was too far behind." I hope Xiao Sang will not dislike me and take me as an apprentice. β
Xiao Peng looked at Akiyama Lihui, and after watching it for a long time, he said, "You let the door squeeze in your brain, right?"