Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 158: Lin Yi’s Craftsmanship (Third Update)

Fortunately, the current weather is not the rainy season.

This also avoids a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Of course, while working in the open air, the factory buildings over there are also under construction.

These factory buildings are mainly constructed by the staff from the Ministry of Industry, leading the refugees.

And their speed is quite impressive.

On average, two small houses are completed each day.

Given this pace, the ten workshops in this area should be completed in less than two months.

As to why ten workshops need to be built in one go?

Because Lin Yi knows that in addition to this mirror, there are many other items that need to be made in the future.

Building them in advance will save a lot of trouble later.

Besides, this unified construction is also planned successfully.

It will be much easier, both aesthetically and in terms of management.

The locations where these workshops are built are also very special, all under a very steep cliff.

If a few guard posts are set up on the cliff, the area below can be monitored without any blind spots.

That night, the glass mirror was already framed with Purple Sandalwood and delivered to Lin Yi’s hands.

Looking at this exquisite Purple Sandalwood mirror frame, Lin Yi couldn’t help but click his tongue in appreciation.

Setting aside everything else, even just the Purple Sandalwood frame would be a treasure of inestimable value in later generations.

Its true value is definitely much higher than the mirror he currently holds.

But now, the value of the Small Leaf Rosewood is obviously not as high as this mirror.

It seems that the woodcrafter didn’t know how to showcase the preciousness of this treasure.

Fearing that his carvings would be too detailed and outshine the treasure in front,

he simply polished the back of the Small Leaf Rosewood until it was smooth and round, only adding a highly difficult three-layer openwork carving around the edge.

However, the combination of this simple elegance with the intricate openwork carvings, further accentuates the elegance and luxury of the mirror.

Checking the time, it’s now around ten o’clock at night. At this time, Lin Yi would absolutely not leave the valley.

After all, society is not peaceful nowadays, and even if he doesn’t run into robbers on the night road, he might encounter wild animals or something of the sort.

Just in this valley alone, people have seen wild animals drinking by the river in the distance more than once.

This is the result of the current ecological environment; in the 21st century, one would obviously not see any wild animals in such mountains.

To see wild animals, the only way would be to go to a zoo.

After looking over the mirror, it must be said that after such packaging, it really has become a lot more beautiful.

However, the surface of the mirror is still not very smooth.

If it could be finely polished, perhaps it could achieve a better effect.

But with the current polishing technology, it is obviously impossible to achieve this.

At least, not in a short period of time.

Originally, Lin Yi wanted to pack it up and take it back to the Capital City to give to the young Emperor the next day.

But after a brief thought, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, then he flipped his hand, and a small knife appeared in it.

If someone from the future saw the design of this knife, they would surely exclaim, as it looked very much like an M9 bayonet!

Of course, it was not brought by Lin Yi from the future.

It was forged by a blacksmith according to his instructions over the past few days.

Of course, after forging, while the blade was highly replicated, the handle could not use the top-quality nylon material.

With the current level of technology, it was impossible to research and produce nylon.

But this did not stump the craftsmen.

They managed to carve a knife handle out of fine Purple Sandalwood for Lin Yi, following his requirements.

Of course, as for the sharpness of the knife?

Naturally, it could not compare with the alloy steel of the future.

But in any case, it was still an additional weapon for self-defense, was it not?

Of course, this has strayed a bit far from the point.

After pulling out the knife, Lin Yi flipped the mirror over.

Then, holding the tip of the knife, he began to draw and sketch on the Small Leaf Rosewood frame of the mirror.

Once he started sketching, Lin Yi lost track of time, fully immersed in the work.

It wasn’t until late into the night that he finally tossed the dagger in front of him and stretched lazily.

Blowing on the mirror on the table in front of him, wood chips fluttered into the air.

Following this, the previously smooth and rounded surface of the Small Leaf Rosewood on the back of the mirror disappeared.

In its place was a pattern composed of lines.

Upon closer inspection, the varying depths of the lines outlined a portrait of a person.

Draped in royal robes, feet upon auspicious clouds, with an outstretched hand, a faint dragon appeared behind him.

At this moment, if others were present, they would recognize at a glance that the carving was none other than the young Emperor.

And if a master engraver were beside him, they would undoubtedly exclaim and marvel at such an incredible skill!

The carving technique is not possessed or seen in this current era.

This method, which uses lines to vividly depict a figure, is truly simplification at its finest.

Of course, Lin Yi’s method wasn’t particularly clever; after all, he was completely ignorant about wood carving.

The reason he could carve the young Emperor was solely due to his basic sketching skills.

He was merely using the knife as a pen to sketch on the Purple Sandalwood.

Moreover, if someone from a later era saw this sketch, they would definitely say it was the work of a beginner.

After all, the sketch could only capture about sixty to seventy percent likeness of the person.

However, even this sixty to seventy percent resemblance is extraordinary in this ancient society.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Lin Yi were to spread this craft, it would surely cause an uproar in the world of calligraphy and painting, and he could even establish a real school.

Of course, Lin Yi himself is completely unaware of this and has not thought about it.

Now, looking at the mirror, not only was the young Emperor carved on it, but there was also a line of simplified script at the bottom:

(From a beloved husband to my dear Emperor wife)

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