This Lori princess Li Lizhi actually wanted to express her caution, and she actually wanted to make zuò ink blocks for the emperor herself, Jingwen couldn't help but scold this Lori in his heart for being too famous. But Jingwen happened to know how to make ink, and knew that making ink was not a pleasant job, so of course he didn't want the princess to do such a hard thing.

"Boss, in that case, ...... you see," Jingwen asked.

The boss also had a strange look on his face and said, "What do you want?" ”

"Boss, you lend us the site where you make zuò ink blocks for a day, and let my sister make zuò ink for a while, and do her filial piety. However, don't worry, we won't borrow it for nothing, I'll give you a hundred dollars. Your ink block shop may not have a net profit of 100 yuan a day, right? So, how is the deal? Jingwen asked.

"Okay!" The owner of the shop agreed.

The owner of the shop took Jingwen and them to the back of the shop, and then asked them to make the ink zuò. And the owner of the shop also left a few workers to tutor, anyway, the owner of the shop pù is not worried about the leakage of technology. Because in ancient times, there was no technology that could really be kept secret, such as this kind of ordinary ink, many shops pù will. As long as it's not those high-level techniques, the owner of the shop doesn't care about leaks. As for those high-tech and distinctive things, the owner of the shop will not let Jingwen see them!

"We only make ink blocks, which are three taels of horn tires, washed, finely filed, and soaked in a bucket of water for seven days; Cook three pieces of soaphorn for one day, take three catties of clear juice, add one tael of gardenia kernels, yellow lilys, hazelnut bark, one tael of sumac, half a tael of white sandalwood, and pomegranate skin, and soak it for three days. Boil in a pot for three or five boils, take a pound of juice, add two halves of fish gelatin, soak for one night, boil heavy soup, put in the money at the end of the alum, filter with it, and a pound of coal. After the smoke is mixed with glue, it is thick and gelatinous, and in order to close evenly, it must be beaten in a stone mortar, and the more times it is beaten, the better. After the pestle is ready, you can make ink pellets or ink strips by hand, or put them in an ink mold to press them into ink blocks, and then put them in the ashes to dry slowly. This becomes an ink block, and then it's done. We have all kinds of materials here, and we have already soaked the things that need to be boiled and soaked, so you can use them directly. The owner of the shop said.

Hearing the words of the owner of this shop, Jingwen immediately asked, "Why don't you try to make zuò ink with tung oil?" Wouldn't it be better that way? ”

Jing Wen once read a book in later generations, called "Mengxi Bi Tan", which was an encyclopedia of the Song Dynasty. It mentions that in addition to firing the ink from pine trees, it can also be made with oil. And Mengxi mentioned in the pen talk that oil could be used, but at this time, Jingwen didn't know where there was oil, so he could only use tung oil. Oil smoke ink is better than pine smoke ink, and it is shiny, which is the biggest benefit. In later generations, many paintings and calligraphy used oil smoke ink, and only a small number of them used pine smoke ink.

"With tung oil?" The owner of the shop was also a little surprised.

"Yes! Tung oil is OK! Jingwen said.

Then Jingwen immediately asked the guards to buy a large amount of tung oil and came back, saying that he wanted to make zuò ink blocks. And those guards were used like dogs by Jingwen, and immediately rushed to buy tung oil all over the world. Jingwen began to boil the things that had been prepared in the pot, and then prepared to make zuò ink blocks. I'm also very glad that this ink production workshop has already prepared all the materials, so you can start making these things directly.

At this time, the guards also bought a large cart of tung oil and poured it into the pit that was originally used to burn pine wood. And there is a fast white cloth on the pit, this white cloth is to accept the carbon that is not completely burned, and then the black smoke of the toner will adhere to the fast white cloth, and then the material can be obtained.

"Puff ......" tung oil began to burn.

"Oops!" Li Lizhi suddenly covered her eyes, as if her eyes were smoked.

"It's okay!" Jingwen hurriedly asked.

If there is something wrong with this little princess's eyes, then I'm afraid Jingwen will lose her head soon! However, Li Lizhen quickly let go of her hand and shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

"Princess, you'd better go back! Let's not do it! Jingwen persuaded.

"No, we must make a good ink for our father." Princess Lori Li Li said.

"This little Lori, it's really troublesome!" Jingwen said.

The tung oil began to burn, and there were bursts of black smoke, and then the black smoke blackened the white cloth. And Jingwen knows that this should be the best material for making zuò ink blocks - carbon black. After that, you can wait for the incomplete burning carbon to be used to stir the other materials, and then you can press it into a lump of ink.

"After several hours, the white cloth finally turned completely black, and there was a lot of black powder on it, and the tung oil had burned out. Jingwen immediately took down the white cloth, and shook the white cloth vigorously with the guards, and the toner on the white cloth was quickly shaken off. Jingwen took all the other ingredients, then put the toner in the basin and stirred, and then began to beat it vigorously.

"What are you doing in a daze? Do you still have to do this kind of physical work with me and the princess? Jingwen said to the guards.

The guards immediately understood, and immediately came and hammered the toner and the materials together, and stirred them evenly. I don't know how many hours of hammering, and finally these toners and other materials are hammered. After that, Jingwen brought these black things to Li Liqing.

"Princess, you can just pinch this thing into a lump of ink! After this thing dries in the shade, it is the ink block we usually use, and when the time comes, it can be ground in the inkstone to become ink. And this is oil smoke ink, the quality is much better than pine smoke ink, so how about you look at this ink? Jingwen said.

Li Li asked, "Is this really my doing?" It seems like you were all busy just now, and I just did the last step! ”

"Of course! The last step is the most important step! Jingwen said.

Although this princess wants to make an ink block by himself, can Jingwen and these guards still be able to let a princess who is just about six years old Xiao Lori do those rough and heavy work? So, these things were all covered by Jingwen and them. Princess Lori only needs to do the final step, knead these things into ink blocks, and then they can be formed.

After Li Lizhi heard this, she immediately thought about it, and then kneaded this thing like clay into a shape. When Jingwen saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched a little.