Chapter 176 Chapter 176 The Second Competition

At the same time, Shanyin County.

"Carve according to the meaning of the characters on the wooden block. Do not directly carve the objects described in the characters. The carved wood blank must be ring-shaped and the size of a copper coin; it can be outlined; the style is up and down. The one who is exquisite is the winner.

"Each person needs to make two words with two meanings." The patrolman shouted the rules of the competition every time he walked through the production area.

When it was Wang Ge's turn to receive the materials, she secretly said "good luck", picked two wooden blocks from the utensil rack, and quickly looked for her own production area.

Today is July 21st.

In Zhumuli, there are two county competitions for carpenters. In the one she participated in, the contestants could only be quasi-carpenters.

Just like last time, the number of candidates in each emergency training camp is 100. The difference is that the original eleven emergency training camps have been reduced to nine. The remaining quasi-craftsmen in Yin County and Yongxing County emergency training camps

At the very least, they were dispersed and merged with other places. In Wuyuan, Zhu District, where Wang Ge lived, two craftsmen from Yin County and one from Yongxing County came.

Back to business.

This competition is sponsored by the big merchants in Zhumu... The Jia people surnamed Peng jointly organize it with the government office. After the competition is over, the Peng clan members will select one hundred favorite utensils, and everyone who is selected will receive a reward. This is

The reward is given by the Penja people.

Among the one hundred artifacts, the top ten will be selected. These ten people will receive fixed rewards from the government. In addition to the fixed rewards, the Pengjia people will also contribute the same amount of money as an additional reward.

Among the top ten artifacts, the top three will be selected. In addition to the fixed rewards from the official office, the Pengjia people will pay double the money as an additional reward.

The first place will be chosen among the top three. Not only will the Pengjia people pay five times more money as an additional reward, but the Peng clan members (no limit on the number of people) can also individually target the craftsmen for rewards.

The rewards for official offices do not stack, but the rewards for Pengja people do.

The above is the reason why junior craftsmen are not allowed to participate in this competition. Even if it is allowed, no one will come.

According to the order of the craftsman: merchants and common people cannot use utensils made by craftsmen above the "junior level".

Although junior craftsmen are not included in the government decree, those who have passed the exam will be qualified to serve as officials. Who does not pay more attention to reputation? Who wants to make his own utensils to be circulated by merchants as a comparison? To be passed on by merchants

The wider your reputation, the more widespread your reputation will be. How will you be promoted to an intermediate craftsman in the future?

But quasi-craftsmen are different. "Quasi-craftsmen" sounds nice to say, but in fact they are still craftsmen. Merchants are willing to make profits, so why not the government. What's more, this form of competition can only be held once or twice a year at most.

It was only during this period that quasi-craftsmen gathered in Shanyin County.

Wang Ge found the production area, brought two camphor wood blocks over and placed them on the tool bench. They were engraved with "wind" and "thunder" respectively. The tools were neatly placed in the dustpan, along with a copper coin.

The copper coins of the Jin Dynasty were unified and each county was not allowed to mint privately. They were all "Pingxi five baht" from the Cheng Emperor period, with a diameter of more than one inch and two cents (3 centimeters).

It's easy to express "wind" by carving, but how to express "thunder"?

No matter what, the rough blank must be chiseled first. The requirements are...the two wood pieces are connected downwards, and each wood piece with carved patterns can only be as big as a copper coin.

There is only one criterion for selection: sophistication.

The competition time limit is from the beginning of the morning to the beginning of the afternoon tomorrow (sixteen hours).

The material wood blocks are the same size, they are all cubes, and the edge length is three inches (7.26 cm).

It should be noted that the "wind" and "thunder" wooden blocks must be made into upper and lower parts, not connected to the wind and thunder.

Make "Thunder" again in the afternoon and set it aside.

Saw the wood block with the word "wind". Just choose one side at will. Cut to a depth of two inches, leaving one inch. Because the base below is still connected together, after withdrawing the saw, the seams on the upper left and upper right will be very tight.

Ignore the sawdust. Turn the block upside down and use the tip of a carving knife to lightly draw on the one-inch base to draw the pattern you want to carve.

The patterns on the left and right sides of the base are exactly the same, both flat rhombuses. The way the two flat rhombus shapes connect the upper left and upper right are two short columns. The standard length, width, and thickness of the columns are all one-minute intervals. Of course, the thickness is not marked.

Just come out and know what's going on.

Turn the wooden block over and visually inspect it for symmetry, then turn it upside down again.

The long right corner of the flat rhombus on the left overlaps half with the long left corner of the flat rhombus on the right.

The overlapping half is the ingenious combination of up and down.

So carve the base first.

Chisel according to the edge of the drawn rhombus, from top to bottom, from the outside to the inside. First use a flat chisel with a width of three points, and then use a narrow flat chisel with a distance of one minute. Because the width and thickness of the flat rhombus are one minute.

distance.

But! The thickness of the overlapping water chestnut parts is two-divided, and the thickness must be left. First, it needs to be trimmed, and second, when they are separated, there is inevitable loss of wood chips.

After the four line segments of each of the two flat rhombuses have been chiseled out (do not chisel where the columns intersect), change the tool "needle chisel". Peel off the overlapping rhombus line segments bit by bit. Before peeling off, first remove the overlapping "small rhombus" parts.

Cut out.

"Huh." This time I blew away the wood chips, and the two flat rhombuses were like twin chains, interlocking. I changed to a narrow flat chisel and started to remove the excess material around the column, that is, the rhombus base and the sawed left and right sides.

The connecting part of the wooden blocks.

Chisel it all away, leaving only the pillars.

The two upright columns are connected up to the middle of their respective bases, and down to the sharp points of each flat rhombus.

Replace the needle chisel and insert the post into the hole of the rhombus tip and grind it little by little.

Sanding... blowing sawdust...

Sanding... blowing sawdust...

Suddenly, while she was not blowing, a small gust of wind blew on the wood, which startled Wang Ge. A girl of about ten years old, holding a boy of about five years old, stood behind her on the right side and helped her blow.

The one with sawdust is a child.

Wang Ge shook the needle and chisel in his hand (the tip of the needle pointed at himself) to signal the two children not to get too close.

The girl angrily poked the child on the head. The child must be her younger brother, and the two left quickly. The clothes of the two children were made of kudzu cloth, which is between fine kudzu and coarse kudzu. This kind of fabric is expensive and is usually used by common people.

Wear (common people are not allowed to wear silk or silk).

Wang Ge looked around and saw that there were many teenagers or children dressed like this in the passage of the production area.

Are they all from the Peng clan?

No wonder craftsmen don't participate in such competitions. When making tools, they are disturbed by people other than patrolmen for no reason. What is this?

The patrolman happened to tell the time: "At the beginning of the afternoon."

An hour passed like this. Wang Ge scratched his head and continued.

After using a needle chisel to separate the left column from the diamond tip hole, change hands and continue polishing the right column and diamond tip.

"She can use it... hmm!" The child wandered back at some point and saw that Wang Ge could also make weapons with his left hand. He just made a sound in surprise when his sister covered his mouth and dragged him away again.

Sigh... Wang Ge really felt uncomfortable as a performer at this moment. But then he thought about it, Mr. Peng is rich, and people like him are also interested in making money. Since he came to participate in the competition, it is equivalent to voluntarily performing as a performer, so don't be pretentious.

At noon, both pillars were polished and compared visually, and the standards were equal.

After blowing away all the sawdust on the bench surface, Wang Ge lifted up two wooden blocks and moved the overlapping part of the diamond that had just been separated. Then he placed one block on his left hand and one on his right hand.

Release your right hand.

This wooden block is hanging down, suspended by two interlocking diamond shapes at the top and bottom, and is swaying.

Can this kind of falling connection be considered a clever move?

Why doesn't it count?

In fact, this method is also the basic skill of carving movable chain links from whole wood, except that the ring chain is replaced by a diamond chain.

The next step is to carve out the outer and inner contours of the ring shape from the two wooden blocks. This step is called rough carving.

The width and thickness of the cross-section of the outer ring are one minute. Although the ring is circular as a whole, the top and bottom of the cross-section are flat and not arched. Arching is time-consuming.

At this time, the girl dragged her brother out of the production shed and lectured: "Don't always disturb the prospective craftsman. If you talk nonsense again, I won't take you in."

"Hey, I want her to carve my sister and me into it."

"The rules of the competition are set, how can you do whatever you want?"

"Huh, she looks poor at first glance. I'll tell her later that if she does as I say, I can let her win the first place. Can she refuse?"
Chapter completed!