Chapter 1409: Blacksmith Zhai Yao
Huo Tian said that there is a well-known blacksmith shop in the east of the city of Beijun, where there is a master who specializes in making embroidery needles for people.
The embroidery needles he makes can achieve a fineness that no one else can do, and he can do whatever you want.
In the once well-known Suzhou and Hangzhou embroidery, there is a world-renowned embroidered hair called Jinxiu Yunweaving.
When the needle passes through the cloth, only the thread is left on the cloth, and the pinhole can not be seen, which ensures the precision of this pattern, so that it is regarded as the most precious embroidery by the ladies in the palace.
Although embroiderers all want to embroider this kind of work, it is indeed extremely rare to find a master who can make such a needle, because this needle does not need other objects, and it will be broken directly if you are not careful, so ordinary blacksmiths generally can't polish it so fine, and the requirements for this needle are very high, to ensure that the flexibility is not easy to break.
If it is broken, it is likely that this embroidery will be scrapped.
So it's very difficult, Luo Qingluan didn't expect this master to settle in Beijun City, it's really a coincidence, God help me.
"Does Boss Huo know this master? Can you please help him make this screw? And, does he have energy? Luo Qingluan is most concerned about these details now.
She didn't dare to be a little sloppy, if the door screw fell off when the guest was in the air, it would probably cause the guest to be frightened and fall from mid-air, which was no joke.
However, if it is made but cannot be mass-produced, it is also in vain, and a screw will be used for ten days and half a month, and the project in Jinling Mountain will not be able to open for a year and a half.
"It's okay, Boss Luo, don't worry, we can go to his shop to see if what he makes meets our requirements, and we can also bring him the design drawing, if he says he can do it, then we believe that he can, if he can't do it, then he will directly refuse, or give you other suggestions and alternative ways, what do you think?"
Huo Tian suggested.
"Okay, then we'll go check it out." Luo Qingluan nodded, and then took a series of parts design drawings and followed Huo Tian to the blacksmith shop in the east of the city.
went to the blacksmith shop, and Luo Qingluan really saw many strange small objects in his shop, as well as many common ones such as arrowheads, which were very small and exquisite.
"The owner of the blacksmith shop is named Zhai, and when he was young, he followed his father to learn to make iron, which can be regarded as a son passing on his father's business. When his father was young, he was the royal designer of the previous dynasty to create various parts for the palace, and many ladies in the palace were proud to be able to bring the Zhai family's jewelry. ”
"Because the jewelry created by their family can be called chic, at that time, people from other families did not hesitate to spend a high price to sell the jewelry of the Zhai family in the hands of the lady in the palace to go back to study, but they failed to refer to his skills, nor could they imitate the similarity, so the Zhai family was considered to be everyone at that time."
"Even if this craft is taken out now, it is still amazing, but since the fall of the previous dynasty, the master no longer creates such high-end jewelry, but turns to blacksmithing, he has everything in the store, you see......"
Huo Tian carefully introduced Zhai's shop to Luo Qingluan, and there were indeed a lot of things
can make her eyes shine, even the most common arrows, there are many kinds, some of the roughest, some of the most delicate.
It reminded Luo Qingluan of the delicate dagger she gave to Mu Xiaoyu, but at that time, the dagger was made by Liang Yuyan, she didn't know if it was from the Zhai family, but looking at the workmanship of the things in his shop, it was somewhat similar to the dagger, and she seemed to see a delicate pattern on every object, like a plum.
"What is this?" Luo Qingluan asked Huo Tian.
"Oh, this is their family's unique logo, plum blossom branding."
Huo Tian explained: "This is a very favored concubine of the previous dynasty at that time, and she gave the Zhai family the supreme honor, because the name of that concubine has a plum character in it, so she used a plum pattern and imprinted it on the silverware. Almost every thing in the Zhai family will have such a mark on it, just like gold and silver jewelry will be engraved with their own signboard. "
"Understood." Luo Qingluan nodded, "But this pattern is inevitably too delicate, how did they print it?"
Luo Qingluan saw that the pattern of the plum blossom was lifelike, quite exquisite, even the jewelry on her head was not so exquisite, after all, it was not easy to print such a thing in this era.
"I'm going to ask Zhai." Huo Tian said with a smile, turned his head and asked the store, "Boss, we want to ask, how did this delicate plum blossom pattern print?"
When he was asking, Zhai was building a sharp sword, and when he saw Luo Qingluan, he thought that she was also here to buy embroidery needles, because all the women who came to his shop came to buy embroidery needles.
"Whoa." He rummaged through the tool table, took out something like a small seal, and handed it to Luo Qingluan, "This is it." "
Luo Qingluan took it and took a look and found that it was a relief seal, and the pattern on it was really exquisite, comparable to the modern relief technology of the three places.
"Boss, did you carve it yourself?" Luo Qingluan asked.
"My dad carved it." Zhai took the seal and pointed to the side, "There are a lot of them over there, you can see for yourself." "
With that, he was busy with the business at hand.
Huo Tian brought a few seals on the side, Luo Qingluan took a look, the size of each seal was different, but the patterns were all the same exquisite, and he couldn't help nodding, it seems that the master is at ease.
"Yes, the technology is in place, but I just don't know if I can take our order." Luo Qingluan said.
"Boss, we have an object here, can you see what you can do?" Huo Tian was the first to ask.
"Wait a minute, I'll be right away." Zhai is very busy, almost every day from morning to night, all the time is constantly polishing all kinds of parts, sometimes someone will order a batch of weapons, he is busy day and night, almost non-stop in his hands.
Luo Qingluan saw that he was sweating, and he was also very patient in the store while watching and waiting for him.
"This Zhai is still very industrious, after his father returned to the mountains and forests, he no longer makes jewelry, because people here can't afford to consume his high-end jewelry for the time being, and second-class jewelry, a lot of them are caught on the street, so he doesn't bother to do it, speaking of which, Boss Luo's personality is also very similar to his father."
"Oh? How so?" Luo Qingluan became interested.
"You see, you are all the same pursuit of classics, either don't do it, or you have to give full play to your strengths, when he was in the palace, he also stood out among the craftsmen, and at that time it attracted a lot of jealousy, at that time, there were also people who deliberately destroyed the jewelry he was about to hand over, just wanted to kill him, as a result, he not only did not get killed, but also found out the person who destroyed his jewelry on the spot."
"Not only were they not punished, but they were rewarded, and the person who deliberately destroyed it was a grave crime of death. Destroying the things in the palace and deliberately blaming others, that person was just an ordinary craftsman at the time, and he ended up exterminating the nine clans, Zhai Lao couldn't bear that they didn't kill it because of this mistake, and pleaded with the emperor, the emperor exempted his nine clans and changed the three clans, and the result was ......"
"Huh." Luo Qingluan didn't want to know, "As a result, others are not only not grateful, but they are even worse, right?"
"yes." Huo Tiandu is not worth it for Zhai Lao, but this is the case in the palace, people's hearts are sinister, if you are not ruthless, others will be cruel to you, it is useless to be soft-hearted, only surviving is the truth.
Luo Qingluan hooked her lips and smiled, who said it wasn't?
What kind of day was it in the palace, although it was a wall apart, the world thought that the palace was full of brocade clothes and jade food and peace of mind, but they didn't know that the emperor and the queen were as small as a palace maid and eunuch, and even those who swept the floor and washed clothes.
is as big as Zhai Lao, and there are few backers, so it is completely impossible.
But fortunately, now his son has opened a blacksmith shop here, and he has inherited his craftsmanship.
"It's good to get used to it, anyway, I don't want to live in the palace anymore, just be carefree and do some small business, it's good." Luo Qingluan said casually.
"Haha, Boss Luo is too modest." Huo Tian thought he had heard it wrong, "You want to buy and sell with a small capital?" Then these people will not starve to death? ”
"Hehe, let's take a look at Zhai, okay." Luo Qingluan reacted and smiled slightly, and Huo Tian also laughed.
When he came out, Zhai was just done.
"I'm sorry, you've been waiting for a long time." Zhai was very polite and wanted Huo Tian and Luo Qingluan to make a fuss.
"Master Zhai doesn't have to be polite." Luo Qingluan responded with a light smile.
"Please sit inside, you two." Zhai took the lead in front and led the two to the back of the store.
Pushing open a small door, Luo Qingluan and Huo Tian came to the courtyard of the Zhai family.
"Imagine that the front is a blacksmith shop, and the back is like a secret garden?" Luo Qingluan saw a scene in front of him, and his eyes lit up a little.
I thought that he was a man with three big and five thick, and his home should be dark, with traces of rust or carbon stone everywhere, after all, it is impossible to clean up his home in this business, because he often struck iron day and night, creating various parts, and basically had no time to clean up the house, let alone tidy up the house so clean, and planted flowers.
"Hehe, I just love flowers, I like some beautiful things, sometimes I will take time to take care of them, sometimes I don't have time, and Xiao Yu'er next door will come over to help me take care of it." Zhai said with a smile.
"Xiao Yu'er?" Luo Qingluan muttered.