Chapter 165 Golden Calligraphy Skill
Su Ze copied the last copybook in the editorial department and finally got a prompt from the system.
[Skill 'Calligraphy' breaks through Lv5, please choose passive skills! ]
[The skill 'Calligraphy' breaks through Level 5, and one free point is obtained. The remaining free points are: 2]
One gold and two green lights flashed in front of Su Ze's eyes.
Withdrawing money again?
[Golden Passive - Stone paved street style: Use bamboo to enter the road, learn Zheng Banqiao's Six and a Half Calligraphy, when using this font, calligraphy skills +5, charm +5] [Green Passive - Mastery of Calligraphy: Calligraphy
skills when copying copybooks +1, learning speed increased by 5%]
[Green Passive - Stele Mastery: Calligraphy skills +1 when copying inscription tablets, learning speed increased by 5%]
Su Ze looked at these three passive skills, and if there were gold ones, he naturally chose gold. !
But the calligraphy skill is related to the charm attribute?
The latter two green skills are actually the two development directions of calligraphy in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Post body and stele body.
In the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, calligraphers liked to copy copybooks. The calligraphy style is the characters written on paper, mainly running script and cursive script. At the same time, the "Song style" for easy printing and the Guange style for imperial examinations were also born.
However, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, predecessors had thoroughly studied all the famous calligraphy books.
To put it bluntly, it means that it has been rolled to the point where it can no longer be rolled.
Beginning in the late Ming Dynasty, the epigraphic school began to appear in various literary and artistic fields, that is, the epigraphic school.
Through the study of inscriptions, this school re-study the fonts before the Tang Dynasty, mainly Wei steles and official scripts, and began to integrate these fonts into calligraphy, thereby creating the stele style.
Therefore, calligraphy masters in the Qing Dynasty, such as Zhao Zhiqian of the Shanghai School, were often masters of compilation and engraving.
But under the trend of these two factions, many strange people also appeared.
For example, Bada Shanren, and Zheng Banqiao.
And this time Su Ze's golden passive skill is Zheng Banqiao's self-created stone paving style after practicing calligraphy all his life.
Su Ze picked up the writing brush and wrote four big characters on the declaration - it was rare to be confused.
I only saw these four characters were crooked and the strokes were scattered, but the overall look was like a painting, especially the technique of painting bamboo was incorporated into the strokes, making them round and elegant.
Su Ze put down his calligraphy brush. He had seen the four characters Zheng Banqiao on many fans. His calligraphy skill was only Level 5. Counting the passive +5, it was Level 10. He could only be regarded as the level of a folk master.
As long as your calligraphy skills reach Level 10, you will be able to write this calligraphy to the level of everyone in the world.
Just when Su Ze was about to put away the words, Fang Ruolan opened the door and walked in.
When she saw Su Ze holding a brush, she knew he was practicing calligraphy. Fang Ruolan knew how hard Su Ze had been practicing these days, but why did he write big characters?
Walking over and taking a look, Fang Ruolan let out a sigh when she saw only the four slanted words "rarely confused".
At first glance, these four characters can be said to be extremely ugly, almost similar to a child's graffiti.
But if you look closely, you can see that the font is full of jagged rocks and ups and downs.
These four words are weird but seem to contain character. The more carefully you look at them, the more powerful you feel.
Fang Ruolan seemed to see straight bamboo growing on the strange rocks. This was not just a calligraphy, but also a painting with exquisite composition.
Looking at the brush in Su Ze's hand and the still-dry words, Fang Ruolan asked,
"Which great master's work are you copying?"
Which great master? This great master has not been born yet.
Su Ze put down the brush and said: "This is the inspiration I got when I was painting bamboo, and integrated it into the words written in calligraphy." "It's
rare to be confused, it's rare to be confused."
Fang Ruolan is also a calligraphy enthusiast, and she has never seen anything like this. font.
I recited the four words "rarely confused" again, and felt that these four simple words contained the great principles of life.
She couldn't help but said: "Can you give me this calligraphy?"
"If Mr. Fang likes it, just take it back."
The more he looked at it, the more she felt that there were deficiencies in it. The calligraphy skills of Lv5+5 were indeed good. He cannot reach the level of a master, and he has only scratched the surface of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy skills.
But for Fang Ruolan, this was already quite a shocking word.
Su Ze picked up the copybook on the desk again, handed it to Fang Ruolan and said, "Mr. Fang, I have finished copying this copybook. Thank you." Fang Ruolan
took the copybook and asked, "Have you finished studying it?"
Su Ze nodded confidently and said : "Although the subtleties still need to be figured out, I have generally learned it."
Seeing Fang Ruolan's suspicious expression, Su Ze picked up another piece of paper and tried to write a poem in Guange style.
When it comes to writing, Su Ze's literary skills have reached Level 5, and all the famous poems in the textbooks are in his mind.
But it happened that we traveled to this era, and Mr. Wenzhao had nothing to do.
Otherwise, the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty would not have given up writing poetry and started writing dramas instead.
It is true that the predecessors were too talented and brilliant, and no matter how much poetry they wrote, they would be obscured by the light of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Su Ze thought for a while, and it seemed that this poem was the only one he could copy.
He grabbed his sleeves, picked up his pen and wrote:
If life were just like the first time we met, why would the autumn wind be so sad as to draw a fan?
It's easy to change old people's hearts, but it's easy to change old people's hearts.
The words of Lishan are half past midnight, and the rain and bells are filled with tears and no regrets.
How unlucky is the man in brocade to wish for the same day with wings and branches.
After finishing writing, Su Ze looked at his handwriting quite proudly.
The handwriting of Level 5 is indeed much better than that of Level 4. This is considered good among scholars who take the county and township examinations. If they are used to participate in the tribute examination, they will not be dismissed because of poor handwriting.
After all, the imperial examination is still a test of the Four Books and Five Classics, and it is not a calligraphy competition.
Mingshu Ke was something that only existed in the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty. Jinshi's handwriting only needed to be not ugly.
Of course, if you don't write well, you will be laughed at by your peers and superiors.
For example, Magistrate Fang worked hard to practice calligraphy because he was really bad at calligraphy and was looked down upon by his daughter at home.
Fang Ruolan looked at Su Ze's pavilion body and saw that it was almost on the same level as her father.
Is this guy making progress so fast?
I thought about Su Ze's rare confusion. Is this guy really a calligraphy genius?
Fang Ruolan's handwriting is good, but she is not a genius, but the result of hard practice since childhood.
Her uncle was a calligraphy genius. Before he passed the examination, people came to ask for calligraphy.
Fang Ruolan's eyesight is naturally not bad. Are you really looking at each other with admiration after three days apart?
Fang Ruolan's attention quickly shifted from words to poetry.
The artistic conception of this poem is so high! Fang Ruolan organized a poetry club, and her poetry attainments were quite impressive.
After reading the first sentence, Fang Ruolan felt her heart fluttering. Nalan Rongruo's poem has a terrible lethal effect on young literary and artistic women.
Fang Ruolan read it twice and felt that this poem was extremely wonderful.
The pair of wings and branches is an allusion to Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang, but the sadness and sadness in this poem suggest that Su Ze had been abandoned by others?
Fang Ruolan glanced at Su Ze lightly. She heard from her father that Haijiao said that Su Ze's father was a great Confucian who died early before he could get into the imperial examination.
Fang Ruolan imagined a whole story about Su Ze being engaged since childhood, and the other party regretting the engagement after his father's death.
After thinking for a long time, Fang Ruolan had tears in her eyes.
Su Ze looked at Fang Ruolan in confusion. He coughed and asked, "Master Fang, how do you like this calligraphy of mine?"
Oh, yes, yes, it's about reading the calligraphy.
Fang Ruolan quickly praised: "Master Su really entered the country very quickly. There is no problem in taking the provincial examination with the word "似"."
After saying this, Fang Ruolan peeked at Su Ze gossiping, trying to see the sentimental expression on his face.
Su Ze looked at Fang Ruolan inexplicably. He thought Fang Ruolan asked for the calligraphy again, so he said, "If Mr. Fang likes it, you can take this calligraphy away."
Fang Ruolan was surprised, give it to me?
Wait, this is a love poem.
Fang Ruolan was a little confused. Could it be that Su Ze saw that she was disguised as a man?
"Don't forget it."
"I want it, I want it!"
Fang Ruolan quickly grabbed the wet ink on the paper, her ears turned red with shame, she hurriedly said goodbye to Su Ze, and rushed back to the back house of the government office.
Su Ze was confused, wasn't it just two words? How could he run so fast? Could it be that after I promised her, I would still ask for it?
Although Fang Ruolan had been influenced by her uncle since she was a child and was a bit deviant in her actions, her boldness this time still exceeded her bottom line.
After returning to the boudoir, Fang Ruolan read Su Ze's poem again and felt a little numb all over her body.
Thinking about the plot of The Peony Pavilion again, does Su Ze have such a "predecessor" from an official family?
Fang Ruolan suddenly felt a little sour.
She hid the poem and looked at the words "rarely confused".
Yes, it’s rare to be confused!
No matter if he does or not, Su Ze is not engaged now anyway!
Fang Ruolan called for her personal maid.
"Miss."
"Help me find the best framer in the city to frame this calligraphy."
Fang Ruolan said again: "Quick!"
The maid went out holding the calligraphy, and called the boy at home to ask him Hurry up and send it for framing.
Just when Fang Ruolan was so distracted that she even forgot to prepare dinner for Magistrate Fang, Su Ze picked up the account book and took stock of the newly purchased store account books.
Naturally, all the old members of the Cai family have been dismissed, and Su Ze is certainly not prepared to continue opening the dyeing shop.
After the emergence of various strong chemical dyes, things like dyeing workshops gradually withdrew from residents' daily lives.
Su Ze plans to convert these shops into other uses.
These shops are all "two rooms on the front and four floors on the bottom", which is Wu Dalang's house with two rows in front and back and courtyards. The shops in Daming Dynasty basically have this layout.
The upper and lower floors of the store in front are shops, and the house at the back is a residence. The Cai family used to be the shopkeeper and his assistant lived in the back house.
The back house is also divided into two floors. It was on the second floor that Pan Jinlian opened the window and formed a bad relationship with Ximen Qing.
Such a commercial and residential house was only discounted by one hundred taels of silver. Although the seven shops were not in the best commercial areas, their locations were pretty good. Compared with later generations, the housing prices in Ming Dynasty were really affordable.
However, shops of this type rarely circulate in the market, and shops in good locations are heirlooms.
Su Ze has also been shopping on the street these days, and for a while he couldn't even think of what kind of shop it was.
Not all of the seven shops are dye houses. One of them is the Cai family's bookstore, which was the same bookstore that helped Huang Shixing sell pirated copies of "The Surprise".
Su Ze took a look and found that this bookstore was similar to the Yujia Bookstore, but the business was taken away by the Yujia Bookstore.
It's no wonder that Huang Shixing took a desperate risk to print pirated copies. Without "The Surprise" to attract traffic, the Cai family's bookstore would not be able to survive.
Su Ze planned to keep the bookstore. Lin Deqing had been working in the Yu family for a while and had an understanding of the bookstore business.
However, Lin Deqing and Yu Zongyuan signed a two-year contract, and it was not convenient to call him back now. The book should be spread out first, which would be an additional sales channel for Paibian Surprise.
Su Ze was a little undecided about what the remaining six shops sold.
Nanping County only has such a large population, and the retail industry is basically saturated.
Just like the four shops of the Yu family, except for the book shop that became popular because of "The Surprise" and the cloth shop that became popular because of the newly dyed cloth, the remaining pickle shop and rouge shop are also half-dead.
Without an epoch-making flagship product, there is no way to win new customers from stable customer relationships.
Take the Rouge Shop as an example. The Yu family's shop also has several regular customers who maintain good relationships. As long as new goods arrive, the clerk will send small samples to these old customers' homes. If the customers are satisfied, they will be delivered directly to their doorsteps.
Su Ze did not dare to underestimate the business skills of the Ming Dynasty people. The old stores that could operate in the county for a long time these days were all stores that had been operating for a long time and had already developed a set of business experience.
Not just downstream customers, there is no 1688 in Daming, let alone a small commodity distribution center. If you want to buy something, you must first have a source of goods.
Is it possible to sell salt and sell sugar?
If this thing is sold in a city shop, it will inevitably be taxed, so it is better to engage in smuggling to make money.
Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
Su Ze was still worrying about happiness when Chen Chaoyu came to the door again.
"Can the tea garden be transferred?"
Chen Chaoyu nodded and said, "The Cai family was anxious to take action, so they contacted the county government. The deed can be signed immediately." "
So soon?"
Chen Chaoyu said in a low voice: "The Cai family died of illness . Too soon, no will has been made, and the two sons are fighting over the property?"
"Is it so difficult to divide the Cai family's property?" "
The two sons of the Cai family are both legitimate sons. Cai Yuanwai's wife has passed away for many years without a second marriage, so naturally both parents are dead. The family property is about to be divided."
No wonder, as a lawyer, Chen Chaoyu fought the most lawsuits over property disputes.
However, most lawsuits do not need to go to court. They only need to be mediated at Shenmingting.
It's not a big family. The property is basically divided when the parents die. Even if it's a big family, if the son who has no inheritance rights is divided, the parents will usually give a sum of money to divide part of the property, just like Yu Zongyuan.
The Cai family was only one generation old, and the clan had not yet been established. As soon as Cai Yuanwai died, concubine Ji ran away with the family property, and then the two sons began to fight for the property.
"It won't affect our transfer of the tea garden, right?"
"No, no, the money for the tea garden has been divided, half for each of the two sons, but Mr. Su should go to the tea garden first." "It's best to register
clearly at the county government. Don't let any disputes arise in the future."
Su Ze nodded and said, "I'll go to the tea garden tomorrow and ask Brother Chen to go with me."
(End of Chapter)