"Uncle Long, why do you look at me like that?" Liu Dong couldn't help but smile as he noticed the old man's strange look.
"Alas!" Uncle Long shook his head, "I really can't understand you lately. I never saw you drinking so much before! You've almost had twenty bottles of Erguotou, and you're not doing anything wrong!"
At the end of the sentence, the old man looked at Liu Dong with a look of astonishment on his face as if he were looking at a monster. Back then, he still remembered how Liu Dong was drunk at Mr. Li’s place. He drank much less at that time than he does now. And at that time, Liu Dong
Dong was so drunk that he asked Mu Gang to carry him back. But now..., thinking of this, the old man shook his head secretly, it was really weird.
"Haha, it's really weird today. I don't know what's wrong with me. Anyway, I don't seem to be drunk no matter how much I drink!" Liu Dong quickly explained. Of course, Liu Dong would not tell the real situation.
"Well! Let them sleep here. I will take you around and let you get familiar with it!" The old man said and stood up.
Take Liu Dong and walk outside.
But just after taking a few steps, Uncle Long stopped, turned around, and ordered to the fifty or sixty young men who were eating next to him: "After you finish eating, go to class, I will teach you later."
Do you know about the inspection?”
"I understand, Master!" The young men, most of whom were between ten and fifteen or sixteen years old, responded loudly.
"Yeah!" He nodded with a smile, and then walked out with Liu Dong.
"Uncle Long, are they...?" Liu Dong said in surprise after walking out of the cafeteria.
"Alas, they are all orphans!" the old man sighed.
"orphan?"
"Well. I have adopted them all over the years!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong's face showed a look of shock. He never knew that Uncle Long had adopted so many orphans.
"These are poor children without parents. In the orphanage, they usually drop out of school when they reach middle school. They have no skills in the society and they are all bad at learning. So, I adopted them and sent them to school.
Those who study well and can be admitted to college will go to college. The rest are not good and let them learn crafts from my apprentices. In this way, they will have a way out in the future. Moreover, the crafts passed down by my ancestors
, and also allow them to pass it on. Kill two birds with one stone!" Uncle Long said with a smile.
After listening, Liu Dong nodded. He respected the old man even more in his heart.
"Come on, come in!" Opening the door, Uncle Long greeted Liu Dong and walked into the workshop of the furniture factory next to him.
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Dong saw six red sandalwood piled against the wall on the left side of the door with a diameter of 40 centimeters and a length of nearly ten meters. Of course, they were not small-leaf red sandalwood that was more expensive than gold.
Andaman rosewood is among the rosewood types.
Identifying various types of wood is a basic skill in wood carving, especially the precious mahogany. Liu Dong knew almost all of them, and kept their characteristics in mind.
Noticing Liu Dong's eyes, Uncle Long smiled and said, "These mahogany materials are leftover from making furniture for that boy Zhou Bin some time ago."
"Let's go, I'll show you the front!"
Nodding, Liu Dong followed Uncle Long.
Not far ahead, there are eighteen electric cutting machines in three rows. There is a lot of disdain next to almost every cutting machine. This means that these machines are often used.
"Although we make handmade antique furniture, not all of it is handmade. That would be too time-consuming!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded. Whether it is done by hand or by machine, the most important thing is the quality of the furniture made. Using a machine to untie the wood takes only a few pieces of time, so there is no need to waste labor.
After walking past the cutting machine, there are nearly forty workstations. Next to each workstation is a small cutting machine, as well as some furniture making tools such as planes, hand saws, and ink fountains. There are even quite a few on the workstations.
There are already exposed armchairs, Taishi chairs, Eight Immortals tables, Arhat beds, canopy beds, incense tables, etc.
Then after passing through these prototypes of furniture, there are semi-finished furniture at the back. This is the real focus.
"How's it going? Isn't this carving pretty good?" Uncle Long asked Liu Dong, pointing to a half-carved canopy bed.
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded. In front of him was a canopy bed with a door surround. Walking in from the door, there was a space of five or six square meters, and then there was the bed. This type of canopy bed with a door surround was in front of him.
It is relatively spacious, and it is almost an independent decorative world inside. From the top of the bed to the foot of the bed, from the door cover in the front to the railings and railings in the back, it is almost full of decorative beauty.
There are two square door fences on the front, and there are also long fences on the back, left and right sides. The lintel board on the fence and the surrounding teeth are all carved with exquisite patterns. Although there are many carvings, they do not feel complicated, but are the icing on the cake.
However, at this moment, this canopy bed with a door surround is only carved with openwork, round and semi-circular carvings, and some fancy patterns are carved, and it has not been painted yet.
But despite this, Liu Dong still felt from these carvings the characteristics of Beijing-style furniture with straight and straight lines, matching tunes, and striving for simplicity, simplicity, and bright decoration.
Moreover, the carver's skills in wood carving are not inferior to mine.
"Uncle Long, who made this canopy bed?"
"Haha, Dongquan did it!"
"Cheng Dongquan?" A middle-aged man who was slightly thin and taciturn appeared in Liu Dong's mind. Liu Dong remembered that he was the old man's ninth apprentice.
"Let's go, let's continue looking back!"
Next, Uncle Long took Liu Dong to review some other unfinished ancient furniture, and then came out from the door at the back.
"Let's go, I'll take you to another place!" As he said that, the old man took Liu Dong and walked through a vacant factory building on the cement road next to it, then walked to the third row from the bottom, and then took out the key from his waist.
He opened the door and walked in.
After Liu Dong also entered the door, the old man closed the door again, then turned on the light switch next to him, and then the whole space became bright.
And everything in this vast space appeared in Liu Dong's eyes.
"Uncle Long, are these...?" I saw more than thirty poles placed near the door, supported by steel frames. They were purple-black in color, about five to seven meters long, about twenty centimeters in diameter at breast height, and covered with
The wood with ox hair pattern showed excitement on Liu Dong's face.
The wood could be collected so preciously by Uncle Long, and then seeing their characteristics, Liu Dong had a guess in his mind that he couldn't even believe.
"Haha, yes, these are Indian small-leaf red sandalwood! It took me more than ten years to collect these more than thirty roots!" When he said this, Uncle Long's face showed a look of pride.
Lobular red sandalwood, also known as sandalwood red sandalwood, is a high-quality red sandalwood. Its remarkable characteristics are its large density and small brown eyes. The wood is very stable and not easy to deform and crack.
Sandalwood Red sandalwood is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical primeval forests, and the red sandalwood produced in the Mysore region of India is the best. The red sandalwood is hard in texture, with a variety of colors from deep black to reddish brown, and a fine texture.
There are many types of red sandalwood. The growth rate of red sandalwood is slow, with only one cycle occurring every 5 years. It takes more than 800 years to become a useful material. It is the hardest wood and is called the "Wood of Kings"!
The small-leaf rosewood in mainland China had been cut down as early as the Ming Dynasty, and then by the Qing Dynasty, the small-leaf rosewood in Southeast Asia and other places had also been cut down. In modern times, only the small-leaf rosewood from India's Myershorbon still exists.
And most of Uncle Long's rosewood should come from here.
Watching Liu Dong whirling around these red sandalwood trees, checking, the old man stood beside them without disturbing them.
It wasn't until ten minutes later that Liu Dong's excitement gradually calmed down. Just like he likes the best jade when making jade carvings, he naturally has an attachment to the best wood when making wood carvings. And small-leaf red sandalwood is the most precious and top-notch. timber.
What makes Liu Dong even more excited is that these thirty-seven and small-leaf red sandalwood can be called aniseed. The diameter at breast height is basically about 20 centimeters, eight of them are close to 30 centimeters, and two are about 35 centimeters. , the best one is 40 centimeters. It is no worse than the one in the Dongyang City Red Sandalwood Museum that is 3.8 meters high and 38 to 40 centimeters in diameter. It can also become the 'King of Red Sandalwood', a priceless treasure.
"Haha, this material is the best among all the small-leaf rosewood I have. Five years ago, Zhao Defa wanted to buy it from me for 10 million, but I didn't even sell it to him!"
Uncle Long walked up to Liu Dong and reached out to stroke the slightly rough body of the red sandalwood tree. The expression on his face was very gentle, as focused and meticulous as if he were stroking his lover.
"Five years ago, it was 10 million! It is estimated that now it is 30 million. Brother Zhao is willing to buy him immediately!" Liu Dong thought to himself.
Not to mention Zhao Defa, Liu Dong himself was very excited.
"Let's move on!"
After hearing the old man's words, Liu Dong's heart became filled with infinite expectations.
"Is this Huanghuali?"
After walking past the place where the small-leaf red sandalwood is placed, the next door is huanghuali wood. As a precious wood second only to red sandalwood, huanghuali wood is extremely stable and will not deform, crack, or bend regardless of cold or heat. , has a certain degree of toughness and is suitable for making various special-shaped furniture. Because of this, huanghuali wood has been heavily felled in modern times.
Nowadays, the most precious Hainan huanghuali heartwood is rarely available with a diameter of more than 10mm. Most of the Vietnamese huanghuali currently circulating in the market is of slightly lower value, but compared to 'Haihuang', 'Yuehuang' 'The beauty and value are quite different.
However, the yellow rosewood collected by Uncle Long made Liu Dong feel excited again.
Compared with the scarce small-leaf rosewood just now, the number of huanghuali is relatively larger. Liu Dong simply counted and found that there are about 120. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!