"You said, what did Master Yu invent this time?"

"I don't know, but it must be a good thing. Master Yu has disappointed us in the sight of him?"

“This is.”

...

People gathered around the exhibition stand and talked a lot.

After a long time, Master Yu appeared in the expectation of the family.

He is not a person who likes to talk nonsense. As soon as he goes on stage, someone puts a vertical drawing board, then puts a piece of white paper on the drawing board, and clamps it with a clip.

Then, Master Yu took a stick-like thing and drew it on white paper.

At first, everyone didn't realize what he was doing until someone recognized the words written by Master Yu on white paper - pencil.

"Pencil? What is that?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it. Does anyone know here?" Someone turned around and asked the person next to him.

The person next to him was also confused: "It should be written, right? Look at Master Yu, didn't he just write two words on it?"

“So…is pencils just something to write??”

"It should be right?" The man was a little uncertain, "Didn't Master Yu write the words with that stick?"

Well, that person doesn't know what to say.

Without doubt, Master Yu indeed announced the answer. He raised the stick in his hand and asked everyone: "Do you know what this is?"

"Master Yu, is this a pencil? You wrote it all on the board." Someone said loudly.

Master Yu said: "You are right, this is a pencil. What are pencils used for?"

"What are you doing?" The people in the audience were confused.

Master Yu smiled and said, "It's used to write. Isn't this writing? The thing we usually use to write is a brush, and we need to bring a box of ink. Every time we use it, we need to grind ink, which is very inconvenient, so the old lady said, if I can find a way to stuff the ink into the wood, and every time I use it, I just need to cut off the wood outside and use it, that would be even better."

It turned out that the old lady said?! Someone opened his eyes wide and felt that it was not surprising at all.

Most of the things they made in the workshop were the old lady’s ideas.

The old lady has too many ideas, such as pigeon chess, toilet paper, roll paper, and paper drawing... I haven't seen anything like her? People are not interested in exquisite and small things, so they want something that they haven't had before and are more convenient to use.

"After hearing the old lady's idea, we tried many methods, changed a lot of ink, and finally..." Master Yu raised his pencil and said, "After dozens of experiments and hundreds of times, this kind of pen became. This kind of pen is very convenient. The outside circle is made of wood, and the black one in the middle is the refill. You only need to cut off the outside layer of wood when using it, revealing the black refill, and you can write and draw."

After giving a brief introduction, Master Yu asked his assistant to send the pen he had taken to everyone to test it together.

The number of hearts produced is limited, and it is impossible for each person to have one, and each group is divided into two.

Like Ding Chun, fortunately Xing, who came from the Royal Instrument Office, was also assigned two pencils.

Fortunately, Xing held it in his hand and looked left and right. He never thought that something like Mo could be put into wood?!

It is not difficult to put it in wood, but it is not easy to break it so that the ink can be kept honestly in it and write words.

Xing Xing was very curious and wanted to know how Master Yu did it.

"Master, please don't be idle. Try to see if this is useful." Ding Chun urged beside him.

Fortunately, Xing came to his senses and wrote on the special white paper distributed by Master Yu and his friends.

If it is good, it will be very smooth to write.

It's just the posture of holding a pen, and I'm a little uncomfortable.

The tip of the brush is softer, and it is very convenient to turn it around and lift it up. However, this pencil has a hard pen tip so it can't write so many tips.

Xing Xing said: "Can pencils only be written on this kind of white paper? Can't other white papers work?"

"Yes, but the best writing effect is this kind of white paper." Ding Chun pointed to the white paper cushioned underneath and said, "If the paper is too soft, the pencil is easy to poke. If it is too thick, the cost will be a bit too high... So Master Ding and his team studied it very much and finally chose this kind of paper that is neither thin nor thick."

This kind of paper is somewhat different from the rice paper I used before. It is harder and smoother.

"But don't you think this kind of paper is better than rice paper? If we draw design drawings, this kind of paper with this kind of pen can draw wherever we go, and it is convenient to remember something."

Ding Chun said, and took out a two-palm notebook from the bag he carried with him, "Look, that's it."

This was what Ding Chun and Master Yu and others asked the craftsmen in the same group to do their pencil experiments before.

I didn't feel it when it was useless before. Since I used it, Ding Chun said that he no longer wanted to use rice paper and brush to draw design drawings.

Fortunately, Xing flipped through it casually and found that there were a lot of things in this notebook. Because the pencil used, the characters written were very small and could be collected in a page. More importantly, with this kind of paper and this kind of pen, there is no need to worry about too much ink and the characters being lost.

“Isn’t it particularly convenient?”

"Yeah! Very convenient."

...

After the paper and pencil were made, after the initial review of the craftsman workshop was completed, the first one would be sent to Gu Qingling for "passing the review". Only when Gu Qingling passed the article could this work be considered complete.

This morning, there was no cloud.

After having breakfast, Gu Qingling asked the eldest maid Chuntian to bring the things she had prepared below, and she had read it.

A lot of things will be released in the craftsman workshop every once in a while, and Gu Qingling has become accustomed to it.

As long as things are not particularly weird, she will pass them and let them go to the market and stand the test of the market.

In other words, these things are not designed and ended. Whether they can be welcomed by the people and withstand the test of the market is the most important thing. If the things they make are not recognized by anyone, they can only be tied to the shelf.

What do craftsmen make things for?

Except for a small number of people who make lofty ideals, most people do it to make money and survive, it is so simple and simple.

If the things they made cannot withstand the test of the market and no one bought them after they made them, it would be impossible for others to blame, except for bonuses and dividends.

Of course, don’t think that the bonus is easy to get, you can design something to fool people.

Every time the things you design will be recorded in your personal file, and the scores will be compared. If your score has always been low, the benefits you currently enjoy will be lowered, or even transferred.

Craftsman Workshops can’t always raise some “waste people”, right?

The things were seen one by one in front of Gu Qingling, with samples and written instructions. Those who could be delivered to her were considered "the best among the best". Unfortunately, after several of them, none of them made Gu Qingling feel moved.

It is nothing more than making the paper softer and whiter; making the ink longer and lasting and fragrant; or improving more chess powder toys, which are nothing new.

When the eldest maid Chuntian saw Gu Qingling's expression, he quickly asked someone to change it to another batch.

Just then, Gu Qingling heard the word "pencil".
Chapter completed!