"The teacher is here, please accept a bow from the students." Li Xian bowed solemnly.

"It's a shame for me..." The old jade worker who has been honest all his life, doesn't want to have the opportunity to teach a noble disciple's "sincere career" in his later years. It's really a complicated mood that cannot be described in words.

Li Xian said solemnly, "Teacher, students want to learn how to make jasper lamps."

"Okay." Sun Ming finally accepted this temporary disciple and took Li Xian to start the tour.

First of all, of course, the raw materials are transported, and the jade is selected without cracks and cut them. Because the workmanship generally requires the third level of Qi Refining Stage, and the one in the hand is also a sharp weapon to cut gold and cut jade, which can be easily cut - like cutting tofu.

Then, according to the color of the jade, ten levels are divided into "Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui"; jade workers of different levels take the corresponding levels of jade to carve them.

Li Xian followed the "Arch"-level jade, and it was seen that the jade craftsman skillfully cut the jade out of a cylindrical shape, and then carved something like a ghost-painting talisman on it - the formation.

After carving the formation, a true energy was injected into it, and a jade lamp was made. The whole process took less than half an hour, and it was simple beyond Li Xian's imagination - at least it seemed like this.

“It looks so simple.”

"This is not simple. A skilled carver will have to practice for three years to succeed. In addition, he also needs to have a certain knowledge of formation. Different jades have different textures, which requires different ways of depicting them. Look at these two."

Sun Ming pointed to the jade lamp carved by the same jade worker, and he could see the difference at a glance. The patterns of the two jade lamps were obviously different.

"When carving a formation, you need to wrap the jade with spiritual consciousness to sense the direction of spirituality in the jade; then you can carve the correct formation.

Don’t underestimate this simple formation. These formations are combined with five small formations: the sun of the sky, the yin of the earth, the gathering of spirits, the encyclopedia, and the fluorescence.

The two formations of the yang of the sky and the yin of the earth are engraved at both ends and must correspond to each other. The yang of the day is upward and the yin of the earth is downward, and the yin of the earth will form a spiritual energy cycle with the heaven and the earth, and turn on the jasper lamp; if it is reversed, the spiritual energy cycle will be cut off and turn off the jasper lamp.

The spirit gathering array absorbs a little spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and serves as the primordial power of the jasper lamp.

The zodiac array is to preserve the injected true essence, which is the vitality of the jasper lamp.

The fluorescence array is the real luminous array.”

Under the guidance of Sun Ming, Li Xian began to learn; he only then did he know the problem, learn the texture of jade, learn the principles of five small formations, learn cutting power and skills, learn to use spiritual knowledge to explore the structure of jade, etc. There are not many things, and the explanation is completed in one hour, and the rest is practice.

But Li Xian was very distressed. He was a typical person with a high eye and low hand. His hands were always out of control. The carved jade cylinders looked like antiques—the potholes were bumpy and terrible.

Taking a deep breath and trying to calm the mood; suddenly, a little enlightenment appeared in the depths of my mind, and a little inexplicable enlightenment emerged in my heart. Li Xianfu reached his heart, and carved five small formations on the antique-like jade cylinder like flowing water. The last true energy input, a fluorescent jade lamp... It was successful!

"This..." Li Xian had almost a huge wave in his heart. What was the moment of enlightenment? Just now, Li Xian's understanding seemed to be overclocking ten times instantly, and all the difficulties were solved.

Li Xian was shocked, and Sun Ming next to him was also shocked. He carved the formation on the irregular jade cylinder, and not only succeeded in one go, it was still as smooth as a flowing cloud. It was as if it was still fresh and tender the moment before, but the next moment he became a master. The gap was too big.

"This...hehe..." Li Xian smirked foolishly.

Sun Ming was very wise not to ask, this was the wisdom of an old man.

The two of them stared at each other, but finally Li Xian couldn't help asking, "Teacher, why do all the jasper lamps have to be made into cylindrical shapes, and can't they be made into other shapes?"

"What to do in other shapes? It's good to use it." The master is very real.

Li Xian looked at Sun Ming for a long time and suddenly understood. "Teacher wait."

Li Xian turned around and found Li Youwei, "Uncle San, I want to contract Yulan's workshop."

"Contract? What is contracting?" Faced with the new foreign words, Li Youwei's eyes were bleak.

"Uncle San, how much profit does the Yulantern Workshop make every year?"

When Li Xian heard this, he roughly understood. "The annual profit of about 500 taels of gold, that is, 5,000 taels of silver, is a net profit."

"Uncle San, what if I am fully responsible for the Jade Lantern Workshop, I will hand you 600 taels of gold before today next year?"

Li Youwei looked at Li Xian and finally nodded, "It's okay, but it's only a year. If you can't succeed, don't interfere in the workshop in the future.

In addition, it must be produced in the workshop, and you cannot embezzle goods from other places."

"Uncle San, don't worry, you will see a different Li Xian! I want to be worthy of my father's expectations." Li Xian patted his chest.

Then Li Xian learned in detail about the details of the Jade Lantern Workshop from Li Youwei.

Among the 10-level jade lamps, the highest level is the Jade Lantern. One jade lamp has a service life of about one year and costs about 5 taels of silver; the cost price is more than 4 taels of silver. If it is removed, the net profit of five jade lamps will be one tael of silver. If it goes well, up to 50 can be produced a day.

As for the lowest-level white jade lamp, it has a one-year life, with a price of half a tael of silver and five hundred copper plates. The net profit of one white jade lamp is 50 copper plates; the profit of 20 white jade lamps is only one tael of silver.

The reward for craftsmen is: make a white jade lamp with 5 copper plates, and each level is added to 2 copper plates; so the reward for making a jade lamp is 23 copper plates.

If these copper plates are dispersed, the most-paid craftsman can get about 100 copper plates a day.

Such a labor method can increase production, but not quality; while jade lamps are actually very low-end products; there are many workshops to make, and the competition is very fierce.

It must be said that although Li Yulong’s reputation in the court is not good, the reputation among the people is very good, and he never does anything to exploit the people.

"If an enterprise wants to make a profit, the most important thing is to develop high-end products. If technology cannot be improved, then improve art! But if you want to make good products, the first thing is to increase the enthusiasm of workers!" Under the guidance of this idea, the first thing Li Xian did after contracting the Yulantern workshop was - dividends.

"I get 80% of the net profit and take all the risks, including reinvestment and other things; everyone has the remaining 20% ​​of the net profit. From today on, we only do artistic lighting; we will not make simple lighting tools for the time being.

But I also have other requirements. First of all, it is a working period of at least 30 years, a working time of 6 hours a day, and a holiday of two days a month. If you work overtime, you will compensate for five copper plates in one minute. If it is less than one minute, it will be calculated based on one minute.

Secondly, all the techniques learned here must be kept confidential forever and must not be leaked in the slightest.

We will see you tomorrow afternoon if you think about the time one day.

If you don’t want to join, you can continue to work.”

With Li Xian's conditions, if he is on earth, he will definitely be sued to court and labeled as a sweatshop; but here, many capable craftsmen have shown joy.
Chapter completed!