"I don't know, but it must be a good thing. How did Master Yu disappoint us?"
"That's right."
…
People gathered around the exhibition stand and talked a lot.
After a while, Master Yu finally showed up to everyone's expectations.
He was not a person who liked to talk nonsense. As soon as he came on stage, he asked someone to set up a vertical drawing board, put a piece of white paper on the drawing board, and clamped it with a clip.
Then, Master Yu took a stick-like object and started drawing on the white paper.
At first, no one realized what he was doing, until someone recognized the words Master Yu wrote on the white paper - pencil.
"Pencil? What's that?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it either. Does anyone here know?" Someone turned around and asked the person next to him.
The people next to him also looked confused: "It should be a writing instrument, right? Look at Master Yu, didn't he just write two words on it?"
"So...a pencil is just for writing??"
"Maybe?" The man was a little unsure, "Didn't Master Yu use that stick to write the characters?"
Well, that person didn't know what to say either.
There was no doubt that Master Yu announced the answer. He raised the stick in his hand and asked everyone: "Do you know what this is?"
"Master Yu, is this a pencil? You wrote everything on the board." Someone said loudly.
Master Yu said: "You are right, this is a pencil. What is a pencil used for?"
"What are you doing?" The people in the audience were confused.
Master Yu said with a smile: "It's used for writing. Isn't this writing? The thing we usually use to write is a writing brush, and we need to bring a box of ink. Every time we use it, we need to grind the ink, which is very inconvenient.
So the old lady said, if I can find a way to stuff the ink into the wood, and every time I use it, I just need to cut off the outside wood to use it, that would be even better."
It turned out to be the old lady who said that?! Some people's eyes widened, and they didn't feel surprised at all.
Most of the things made in their workshop were the old lady's ideas.
The old lady really has too many ideas, such as pigeon chess, toilet paper, rolling paper, toilet paper... What is something that a big shot like her has never seen? People are not very interested in delicate and small things, they just want them.
Something that was not available before and is more convenient to use.
"After hearing the old lady's idea, we tried many methods and changed a lot of ink, and then finally..." Master Yu raised his pencil and said, "After dozens or hundreds of experiments, we finally got it.
It became this kind of pen. This kind of pen is very convenient. The outer circle is made of wood, and the black thing in the middle is the pen core. You only need to peel off the outer layer of wood when using it to expose the black pen.
Then you can write and draw."
After making a brief introduction, Master Yu asked his assistant to distribute the test pens to everyone so that everyone could test them together.
The number of heart games produced is limited, and it is impossible for each person to have one, so each group is divided into two.
Like Ding Chun, Xing Xing, who came from the Royal Manufacturing Office, was also assigned two pencils.
Xing Xing held it in his hand and looked around. He never imagined that something like ink could be placed inside wood?!
It is not difficult to put it inside the wood, but it is not easy to make the ink stay in it firmly and be able to write without breaking easily.
Xing Xing was very curious and wanted to know how Master Yu did it.
"Master Xing, don't be in a daze. Try this quickly to see if it works." Ding Chun urged from the side.
Fortunately Xing came to his senses, took a pencil and started writing on the special white paper handed out by the master.
If it's good, it will be very smooth to write.
It's just the way I hold the pen that I'm not used to.
The tip of the writing brush is relatively soft, and it is very convenient to stroke, stroke, and lift. However, the tip of this pencil is relatively hard and cannot write as many strokes.
Xing Xing said: "Can pencils only be written on this kind of white paper? Can't other white papers be used?"
"Yes, but the best writing effect is on this kind of white paper." Ding Chun pointed to the white paper underneath and said, "If the paper is too soft, the pencil will be easily punctured. If it is too thick, the cost will be high."
It was a little too high...so Master Ding and the others researched it a lot and finally chose this kind of paper, which is neither thin nor thick."
This kind of paper is somewhat different from the rice paper used before. It is harder and flatter.
"But don't you think this kind of paper is more useful than rice paper? If we are drawing design drawings, this kind of paper and this kind of pen can be used to draw wherever we go, and it is also convenient to remember things."
As Ding Chun spoke, he took out a book as big as two palms from the bag he carried with him, "Look, this is what it looks like."
This is what Ding Chun and Master Yu asked the craftsmen in the same group to make for themselves when they were doing pencil experiments together.
I didn’t feel it when I didn’t use it before. After using it, Ding Chun said that he never wanted to use rice paper and brush to draw design drawings again.
Fortunately, Xing Xing flipped through it and found that there were a lot of things written down in this notebook. Because the pencil he used to write was very small, a lot of content could be covered on one page. More importantly, this kind of paper paired with this kind of paper
If you use a pen, you don’t have to worry about too much ink and the words will be blurred.
"Isn't it particularly convenient?"
"Yeah! Very convenient."
…
After the paper and pencil are made, and after passing the preliminary review in the craftsman's workshop, the first one will be sent to Gu Qingling for "pass review". Only if it passes at Gu Qingling's place can the work be considered completed.
This morning, it was cloudless.
After Gu Qingling had breakfast, she asked the eldest maid Qian Chun to bring up the things she had prepared, and she took a look at them.
The craftsman's workshop produces a lot of things every once in a while, and Gu Qingling is used to it.
As long as the things are not particularly weird, she will pass them and let them go to the market and withstand the test of the market.
In other words, these things are not finished just after they are designed. Whether they can be welcomed by the people and withstand the test of the market is the most important. If no one recognizes the things they make, they can only be put on the shelf.
Why do craftsmen make things?
Except for a small number of people who do it for lofty ideals, most people do it to make money and survive. It's as simple and plain as that.
If the things they make cannot stand the test of the market and no one buys them after they are made, then they can’t blame others, except for bonuses and dividends.
Of course, don't think that because the bonus is easy to get, you can just design something to fool people.
Every time something is designed, it will be recorded in the personal file and scored. If your score is always relatively low, the benefits you are currently enjoying will be reduced, or you may even be transferred.
A craftsman's workshop can't keep some "waste people" in old age, right?
One by one, the things were reviewed in front of Gu Qingling. There were both samples and written descriptions. The ones that could be sent to her were already considered "the best of the best". However, it was a pity that even after passing several items in a row, none of them impressed Gu Qingling.
Feeling heartbeat.
It just makes the paper softer and whiter; makes the ink more durable and fragrant; or improves more chess powder toys, nothing new.
The eldest maid Chun Qian saw Gu Qingling's expression and quickly asked for another batch to be brought up.
At this moment, Gu Qingling heard the word "pencil".
"Pencil?!" Gu Qingling was surprised. She just briefly told Master Yu, but she didn't expect Master Yu to actually make it, so she quickly asked someone to hand it over.
