Chapter 51 Introducing the Painter Small Pieces of Glass
"Looking for someone who is good at calligraphy and painting? I know a lot of them! There are many of them in Fushe!" Gu Yanwu, wearing a blue gown, came in from the door at some point and immediately chatted.
"Why are you here free?" Gu Heng asked.
"I have settled everything with the members of the four major Huizhou merchant families. Come to Brother Bo and prepare the spinning machines and looms!" Gu Yanwu replied.
"Is everything settled? Is it as we expected?" Gu Heng asked quickly.
"Yes, the result is that as we said before, they are willing to buy our spinning machines and looms at the price of ninety taels of silver each. In addition, they will also purchase a large number of "Ruyi scarves" and "Ruyi scarves" from us
"Ruyi Pants" and a large amount of perfume!" Gu Yanwu said with a smile.
"Great! Today there are so many happy events one after another! I'm so happy about this new year! After we finish settling the business, let's go have a big meal! How about it? Brother Bo, Brother Gu!" Gu Heng thought
When Chinese people have happy events, they have to celebrate with a big meal!
"I have no problem, brother Zijue, what about you?" Gu Yanwu expressed his stance first.
"Actually, I'm not that particular about food. Just eat whatever you have! I still have..."
"Brother Zijue, today is the New Year's Eve and we all encountered a lot of good things, so don't be a spoiler. Let's all have a good time!" Before Bo Jue could finish his words, he was blocked by Gu Yanwu!
Bo Jue had no choice but to say: "Okay! Then just follow Ning Ren and Xiao Gu's arrangements!"
"This is right! Okay, Hengbo, why did you say you were looking for someone who is good at calligraphy and painting?" Gu Yanwu asked Gu Heng again.
"Look at these perfumes. They are all perfumes with different floral scents. They were created by Bo Jue recently. I think they can be sold at a higher price, but the outer packaging needs to be paid attention to." Gu Heng pointed to the perfume on the table.
Those perfumes said.
"Bo Jue said, you used to design the outer packaging for citrus perfume and jasmine perfume, and then let craftsmen carve it, but now you are busy with a lot of things, so I want to ask someone who is good at calligraphy and painting to design the outer packaging for our products.
." Gu Heng further explained.
"That's it! We really need to find someone who is good at calligraphy and painting to design a unique outer packaging."
After Gu Yanwu finished speaking, he thought for a moment and said, "I remembered that there is a person in Fushe who might be suitable to do this."
"Who is he?" Gu Heng asked immediately.
"This man's surname is Gong Mingxian and his given name is Qixian. He was originally from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. When he was eleven years old, he moved to Jinling with his grandfather and father. Shortly after his father remarried to the Wang family, both his grandfather and father went to Sichuan to take official positions.
But there has been no news since then, and no one knows whether he is alive or dead. Gong Xian stayed at home with his stepmother Wang and did not go."
After listening to Gu Yanwu's introduction, Gu Heng couldn't help but sigh: "Then this person must have experienced a lot of hardships when he was young!"
"Perhaps, after his father and grandfather disappeared, he was the only weakling in the family with his pregnant stepmother Wang. He would definitely have seen a lot of human kindness prematurely! Maybe it was because of his withdrawn and unsociable personality that he
What a rough life experience!”
"But when he was thirteen, he began to study painting under Dong Qichang, the Minister of Rites in Nanjing. Later, he benefited from famous painters such as Yun Xiang, Zou Zhilin, Li Liufang, and Li Yongchang. He claimed that "I could paint at the age of thirteen."
"In March of the tenth year of Chongzhen, when he was nineteen years old, he wrote twelve volumes of "Landscape Atlas", which has high appreciation and collection value. In addition, his poems and books are also good!"
After listening to Gu Yanwu's introduction to Gong Xian, Gu Heng couldn't help but ask a question: "You said that although Gong Xian is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, he is lonely, so how do you know that he would be willing to condescend to us?
Come paint and write poems for us and design outer packaging?"
"He will be willing. First, he can make money through his poetry, calligraphy and painting, and he can make a lot of money!"
"Secondly, he loves poetry, books and paintings, especially watching famous paintings, to the point of being crazy. I told him when he came to Industrial Villa to write poems and paintings, he would have many opportunities to see all kinds of paintings.
Famous paintings, and making a lot of money, I can even buy famous paintings for my collection in the future!"
"Uh-huh, where did you provide him with so many famous paintings?" Gu Heng couldn't help but ask Gu Yanwu.
"First of all, there are many famous paintings in the homes of many friends in Fushe. Secondly, many Confucian businessmen I know now have many in their homes. In addition, Hengbo, there are many famous paintings in your Meilou, don't you know?" Gu Yanwu said.
"Okay! This is all on your mind, and you're pretty awesome!"
Gu Heng was surprised by Gu Yanwu! Gu Heng himself didn’t even know what famous paintings he had in his eyebrow building, but Gu Yanwu saw it! Gu Yanwu’s eyes are poisonous!
Let’s change the subject quickly! So Gu Heng said: “Then Brother Gu will invite Gong Xian here to help him write poems and paintings!”
"Is there anything else going on next? If nothing else, let's go find a place to have a big meal!" Gu Heng suggested again.
"Wait a minute, Hengbo, Ningren, I have some great news to tell you, please come with me." Bo Jue suddenly said.
Although Gu Heng and Gu Yanwu felt strange, they followed Bo Jue to another place.
Here, Gu Heng saw transparent glass that he had only seen in modern times before, but there were only small pieces the size of palm mirrors, and various bottle shapes!
Gu Heng couldn't help but said: "Bo Jue, your glass has been made! It's so exciting! But, why are there no large pieces of transparent glass?"
"I haven't found a way to make a large piece of transparent glass yet!" Bo Jue said directly about the difficulties he encountered.
Only then did Gu Heng remember that he seemed to have not told Bo Jue how to make large pieces of flat glass!
So Gu Hengdao said: "Bo Jue, take me to your study. I will tell you how to make large pieces of glass, and write down the process in the form of pictures, so that you can try making large pieces of glass!"
"Okay, Xiao Gu, let's go back to the study." Bo Jue said excitedly.
When he arrived at the study, Gu Heng first introduced Bo Jue to a method of making large pieces of flat glass - the vertical introduction method. He drew the process with a brush and wrote down the precautions.
Then Gu Heng explained to Bo Jue in detail the difference between the grooved and non-grooved vertical lifting methods.
And considering that Bo Jue might not succeed in making large pieces of glass using this method, Gu Heng also introduced the principles and processes of flat drawing and float forming to Bo Jue.
But Bo Jue said that there seemed to be no supporting facilities to implement these methods at present. Gu Heng thought about it again and finally came up with the easiest method to succeed under the current conditions - calendering.
Chapter completed!