Cao Morong walked over step by step with a stick. He took the microphone in Zhong Yue's hand and smiled: "It seems that Mr. Zhong knows very little about Huimo, so let me tell you what Huizhou Songmo. Huimo has been passed down for thousands of years, and the beginning of Huizhou ink production should be no later than the Tang Dynasty. It is a token of the most beloved and trusted by calligraphers and painters. The ancients once said: 'There is a good ink like a famous general who has a good horse.'"

"What else?"

Cao Morong said: "Hui ink is made of pine smoke, tung oil smoke, lacquer smoke and glue as the main raw materials, which is mainly used for traditional calligraphy and painting. It is refined by lighting, mixing materials, pressing, drying, skewing edges, gold drawing, and boxing. The finished product has the characteristics of black and molten color, firm and shiny, not dizzy when put into paper, licking the pen, not glued for a long time, rich fragrance, and moth prevention. There are many varieties of Hui ink in the past dynasties, integrating art such as painting, calligraphy, sculpture, and modeling, making the ink itself a comprehensive artistic treasure. Hui ink production skills are complex, and different schools have their own unique production skills, which are often closely related. How about it, Mr. Zhong is satisfied with my introduction?"

"You haven't explained the last question to me yet. What is the difference between pine smoke ink and lacquer smoke ink?"

Cao Morong said: "Didn't it be clear in my previous introduction? This pine smoke ink is naturally made of pine wood light ink as the raw material. This lacquer smoke ink is naturally made of oil smoke. This can be understood literally. What? Does Mr. Zhong still want to play word games with me?"

Zhong Yue walked to Cao Xilan with a smile, and the camera also moved over.

"Since the difference between ink and lacquer smoke, why is the ink color of this purple jade the same as the oil smoke ink?" Zhong Yue picked up the rice paper and walked around.

Cao Morong frowned and said, "What's the difference? The ink color of this purple jade is obviously better than your ink. Are you questioning everyone's eyes?"

"Mr. Cao, please pay attention to your ears. I asked, what is the difference between this purple jade and oil smoke ink?

"Zhong Yue, don't confuse the audience here! Is there anyone who is so unreasonable?" Cao Xilan stood up directly and looked at Zhong Yue and said.

Cao Morong left Cao Xilan, "Mr. Zhong, please continue to talk, I'm so proud."

"Since it's a battle of ink, let's understand. I don't know what era this purple-light jade was made of, nor do I know how famous the Cao Ink Industry, which was well-received back then, was. Now I can only tell you sincerely that this purple-light jade is not worthy of being called Songyan Ink."

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A slutty young man standing on the second floor blurted out: "Mr. Zhong... is he crazy?"

Someone immediately glared at him.

However, the words of Sao Nian seem to express the voices of many people...

Cao Morong was stunned for a while and said, "Zhong Yue, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. This is a bit embarrassing."

Zhong Yue ignored it and continued to follow his thoughts and said, "Who agrees with my point of view? Now you can come and get the microphone in my hand."

Hu Shimin walked over and wanted to speak, but was a little timid. He hadn't spoken in front of so many people yet. If he were in the ink room, he would have started to argue like an old fry.

"Can you give me a cigarette?"

"Master Hu, you can't smoke here."

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Hu Shimin said: "Orthodox pine smoke ink, the ink is black but not ostentatious, thick, restrained, deep and ancient. It is mostly used to paint characters, splash ink, etc. In calligraphy, there are few who prefer to use pine smoke ink, so the pine smoke ink from the old ink factory are generally not sold. In addition, the raw materials are insufficient, so the sales volume is not good and the production has been stopped for a long time."

Director Huang rushed out, "You are talking nonsense! When did the pine and smoke ink in our old ink factory stop production? Then... that... that gold is not exchanged, and that green ink, aren't it all pine and smoke ink? Lao Hu, you are full of wine today, right? You actually talk nonsense!"

Hu Shimin shook his head and said, "The pine smoke ink is mixed with oil smoke. Just like lacquer smoke ink, my master said when he was alive that real ink is divided into three categories: lacquer smoke, pine smoke and oil smoke. The so-called lacquer smoke ink is made of pine branches dipped in lacquer and refined residue. The oil smoke is the current set of light smoke to draw ink. As for pine smoke, just like the method of making this ink by Mr. Zhong, this is the pure pine smoke ink. Because the ink is dark and ancient, people mistakenly thought it was a low-grade ink product, so it has never been sold at a high price. The price of every two pine smoke ink at that time may be twenty to thirty yuan. Now, since the lacquer smoke ink is mixed with oil smoke, the ink color is like oil smoke ink, and the price has risen to every two hundred yuan..."

The people present sighed.

"My God, there are so many tricks here?"

"I thought this dark ink ingot had no flower head, but I didn't expect the water inside to be so deep!"

"I've really gained some knowledge this time!"

Listening to the rustling sounds around him, Cao Morong blushed and said angrily: "It's total nonsense! You and him are colluding with each other!"

Zhong Yue looked at Cao Morong's angry look and said, "The modern era of our Chinese nation has been bumpy and tortuous. It is precisely because of such a history that many ancient traditions have gradually become westernized or lost. The same is true for pine and smoke ink. I am very glad that there was such a dot of ink, and Mr. Cao personally said that he would compete for pine and smoke ink, which would allow me, and my ink-making ink mentor Mr. Hu Shimin, to tell everyone the real traditional knowledge of pine and smoke ink."

Zhong Yue said: "We don't pursue the era since when did the pine smoke mixed ink? We don't investigate whether this is self-adjustment in the formula or deceiving consumers. What I want to consider now is that the reason why pine smoke is pine smoke is that it is different!"

"The oil smoke ink is relatively warm, and the thick ink reflects slightly on the paper and seems to have a little luster. In history, most inks used pine smoke ink before the Yuan Dynasty, and the production of pine smoke ink in the Song Dynasty reached its peak. The oil smoke ink gradually flourished and developed to its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty, the production and use of oil smoke gradually surpassed that of pine smoke and gradually became mainstream. Especially when the ink was invented, pine smoke ink was actually greatly affected, because not everyone likes this dull and simple ink color. So I created this landscape painting today, not to show my painting skills, but to tell everyone that the real pine smoke ink is irreplaceable!
Chapter completed!