159: Chapter 159: Did You Forget Sothing?
159: Chapter 159: Did You Forget Sothing?
After finishing all this, Lin Yi nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the masterpiece in his hands.
At the sa ti, he couldn’t help but boast to himself:
“Heh heh, with my craftsmanship, it would be a pity not to be a Woodcrafter.
When I retire in the future, I will definitely open a woodcraft shop.”
Of course, if today’s mirror wasn’t carved by him personally, if he had just drawn the lines on the Purple Sandalwood and then handed it over to a professional Woodcrafter for carving, the value of this mirror would undoubtedly have increased by several or even dozens of tis.
Naturally, the significance would have been different then.
It’s like that final phrase, if soone else did the carving, it would have no value whatsoever.
After admiring his work with satisfaction for a while, Lin Yi nodded contentedly and then carefully placed it back into the box.
After doing all this, Lin Yi felt as if there was still sothing unfinished.
This made him sowhat puzzled for a mont.
At the sa ti, he racked his brains in his mind.
What exactly had he forgotten?
While thinking, Lin Yi’s fingers didn’t forget to tap on the wooden box.
And it was precisely because of this action that Lin Yi suddenly had an epiphany.
He slapped his forehead and stood up, heading straight for the Liuli Workshop.
Currently, what Lin Yi did not lack was labor, thus the Liuli Workshop operated around the clock, with shifts day and night.
After entering the Liuli Workshop, Lin Yi looked around, then called over the overseer who was managing the night shift:
“Where is Dog Leftover?
Have him co see imdiately.”
Upon hearing this, the overseer hurriedly complied, then scurried off.
As for who this Dog Leftover was, of course, he was the one who had fired the mirrors for Lin Yi during the day.
He was the one whom Lin Yi later put in charge of overseeing the mirror processing factory.
Not even a quarter of an hour after the overseer left, Dog Leftover and a few others hurried over.
Seeing their attire, Lin Yi couldn’t help but be surprised:
“Looking at your red eyes, haven’t you guys been sleeping and resting?”
After all, these people all worked during the day, so naturally, it was their turn to rest at night.
But seeing the state of dust and weariness on them, it clearly didn’t seem like they had been awakened from their rest.
On the contrary, they looked as though they were still busy.
Hearing this, Dog Leftover quickly chuckled and nodded:
“Reporting to the master, we haven’t fully mastered the skills you taught us during the day, so we thought we would practice a bit more.”
Hearing this, Lin Yi naturally knew what they were practicing.
It must be the silver-plating technique.
Seeing their hardworking appearance, although Lin Yi was heartened, his expression turned stern, and then he reprimanded loudly:
“There will be no work to do in the future, is that it?
What have I set the working hours to be?
You’ve forgotten, haven’t you?
No more than five hours per day are allowed for work, are your ears stuffed with chicken feathers or what?”
Hearing this, and Lin Yi’s anger, the group of n imdiately fell to their knees, also showing a look of terror.
They truly feared aggravating Lin Yi, which could lead to them no longer being responsible for the mirrors, a huge loss for them indeed.
Looking at Lin Yi again, after seeing their reaction, he snorted coldly:
“Hmph, let this not happen again; I do not wish to see a next ti.”
After hearing Lin Yi’s tone, the group finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
That dog leftover even took the lead in nodding repeatedly in agreent, indicating that he would absolutely follow the adult’s arrangents in the future.
However, at this mont, Lin Yi simply waved his hand to cut off these fellows’ display of loyalty and directly spoke:
“Alright, alright, we’ll see how you perform in the future.
Nevertheless, since you are not yet resting, that’s good, go now and make a few more mirrors for this official.
They have to be exactly the sa as the previous one, including the wood on the back and the style as well.
As for the specific quantity, first let , um, wait for this official to do so calculations.”
While saying this, Lin Yi stopped talking and started mumbling to himself with his fingers as if doing calculations:
“Hmm, now that the little Emperor has one, next is the little one, if the little Emperor has one, our own little one naturally can’t be left behind.
All are my won; this must not be biased, must keep an even hand.
Aside from the two of them, by rights, I should give one to the Empress too, but it seems sowhat improper to do so.
Never mind, let’s just make them first, and then decide later whether to give or not.
One for the little one, one for the Empress, that makes two.
Right, does that ice girl need one too?
Fine fine, let’s just make one as well.
After all, I accidentally got her drenched last ti.
Let giving a mirror serve as an apology.”
Of course, these words of Lin Yi’s were naturally not for outsiders to hear.
He was just muttering to himself there.
And his voice was kept very low, so outsiders couldn’t clearly hear what he was actually saying.
After a mont, he looked up and said to that dog leftover:
“Make three identical ones for now, rember to hurry and make it at the fastest speed for .”
Once they received Lin Yi’s order, the dog leftovers didn’t dare to delay; after responding with acknowledgnt, they imdiately ran towards the small room now designated for their use at the colored glaze workshop.
Since they were to take over this mirror workshop, these people had been practicing a lot.
As for those palm-sized glass pieces, they also had prepared quite a few.
Not only that, at this mont, in that small kiln, there were also a batch of mirrors being baked, which had been coated with silver powder and rcury.
They just needed to open it the next day to check the final product’s quality to finish the task assigned by Lin Yi.
The reason for not letting the woodcrafters prepare the mirror bases in advance is simple: the mirrors’ sizes are not of a uniform standard.
Therefore, it was not practical to mass-produce or prepare them in advance right now.
Nowadays, these mirrors can truly be called handmade.
However, the dog leftovers didn’t go to the woodcrafter workshop, but Lin Yi did go over there.
After all, using his military saber was truly too tiring.
Therefore, he went to find those woodcrafters to get so specialized carving tools.
By the second day, with the proper tools, Lin Yi’s work efficiency was doubled.
In just one day’s ti, several mirrors were completed.
However, after carving the portraits of the various ladies, when it ca to inscribing words on the bottom, Lin Yi was indeed faced with a dilemma.
…End of chapter…
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