After the people of the Drumming tribe left, the trading point was officially closed. Although there were still some Yanjiao warriors guarding the trading point, it was no longer open to the public. They would be closed for the winter to prepare for an even bigger trading event in the coming year.
Snow began to fall from the sky, but it was different from the storm-like winters they had experienced before. This winter was more normal. Perhaps after the disaster, the geographical environment changed, and the weather changed accordingly.
After two strange and hot winters, this year, the people of the mainland finally welcomed a normal winter.
Perhaps, in the forest further away, there were some warm places suitable for birds to live. However, the people of the mainland did not yearn for it. They did not have high expectations, and all they wanted was a normal winter.
After Shao Xuan arranged everything in the trading point, he took the things he had on hand back to the tribe and began to polish the lenses.
Transparent crystal was suitable for polishing lenses. Shao Xuan tried to make a simple telescope. In the other world, he used to make it for fun. Now, after so many years, in this world, Shao Xuan's memory was a little fuzzy. However, after a few more attempts, Shao Xuan believed that he could make it.
The lens barrel was made of bamboo with different thicknesses. It was mainly divided into three parts: the front part, the middle part, and the back part. However, the most troublesome part was polishing the lens. After all, it was made by hand, so there would be many defects. If one did not pay attention, it would be worn out. Fortunately, Shao Xuan had been practicing for many years. Although he did not succeed on the first try, he still managed to get a satisfactory result after a few tries.
The focal length of the lens was not known, so Shao Xuan roughly used the method of focusing light to determine it. Everything was done manually. When the lens, eyepiece, and lens were finally finished, and the front, middle, and back parts were made, Shao Xuan assembled them and made a simple telescope.
Shao Xuan tried to see the situation on the other side of the river. With the eyesight of many totem warriors, they could also see the scene on the other side of the river. However, with the help of binoculars, they could see more clearly. Unfortunately, Shao Xuan was still not satisfied with the result of polishing the lens. The image was not clear enough.
This set of lenses could be used to make ground-based telescopes with a variety of magnification factors. All that was needed was to adjust the length of the central tube accordingly.
However, Shao Xuan still had to continue improving the telescope if he wanted it to be more useful. In the future, he might even try to make a large aperture telescope.
During this time, Old Ke had shown interest in making binoculars. After trying it out with stones, he practiced polishing with small opaque pieces that were knocked off from crystal clusters. Finally, he started trying to make a lens. Shao Xuan had explained the general principles to him. Old Ke didn't understand them, but as long as he knew what to do to get the best results, he could start working.
In terms of precision, Old Ke was still better than Shao Xuan when it came to stone crafting.
While Shao Xuan and Old Ke were working on polishing lenses, the expedition team returned.
The expedition team didn't return before the snow. However, although it was snowing now, it wasn't too cold. Other than a few places near the shore, the rest of the river wasn't frozen. Occasionally, they could even see fishes with sharp teeth jumping out of the water.
The expedition team had a mission. Other than trading, they also spread the news of the Flaming River Trading Point so that more people would know about it. This was the first reason.
The second reason was that the expedition team had also investigated the movements of various parts of the mainland. This time, they brought back some special news.
Not long after the expedition team returned, someone came to call Shao Xuan to the mountain for a meeting.
When Shao Xuan arrived, Ta, who had led the team, was already sitting inside and talking to Ao and the rest.
"Xuan, we've been waiting for you. Come in … What's that in your hand?" the shamaness asked.
Shao Xuan passed the monocular to the shamaness. "I made a new toy."
Ta, who was talking about what he had seen along the way, couldn't help but look over.
The shamaness took the monocular and looked around. "What's it for?"
"It's for seeing far away. However, this is only my first experiment. It's not perfect yet and there are many areas that need to be improved." Shao Xuan explained as he taught the shamaness how to use the monocular.
After listening to Shao Xuan's explanation, the shamaness was interested. She stopped talking about the meeting and got up to walk to the window. She lifted the thick animal skin covering the window and used the monocular to look outside.
The hall was located near the top of the mountain. After the disaster, the mountain had grown a lot taller. It was the tallest mountain in the vicinity. Therefore, one could see the situation in the distance from here. The window that the shaman had opened allowed one to see the other side of the river.
"Eh?! It's amazing! "the shamaness exclaimed.
Hearing this, the others couldn't sit still and wanted to come over to try.
However, the shamaness kept the monocular and pressed her hand down. "There's no rush. Let's talk about business first." After that, the shamaness closed the animal skin curtain and walked back to sit down. Before she could sit properly, the monocular was snatched away by the old lady beside her.
However, the old lady maintained her composure and didn't immediately walk to the window to look. She studied the monocular for a while before grabbing it and placing it on her lap.
The others looked away from the monocular in the old lady's hand. They suppressed their curiosity and started talking about business.
Ta told everyone about the results of this trip. The expedition team also followed Shao Xuan's instructions and spread the news about the Flaming River Trading Point. However, what surprised him the most was the desert that Shao Xuan mentioned.
Indeed, due to the disaster, the two continents were closer to each other. However, the closest place to each other was the desert!
This made Shao Xuan wonder if the slave masters chose to settle down in the desert because they were waiting for this day.
"This time, I was at the trading point and heard some news. I'm sure everyone still remembers the slave masters and slaves that appeared when we fought with Wanshi, right? "Ta said with a serious expression, his eyes filled with suspicion.
Yes, other than the ruler of the desert, Rock Hill City, there were also the defeated slave masters and slaves that were forced out of the desert by Rock Hill City. These people brought their slaves and wandered around. After destroying Wanshi, Shao Xuan also heard some news about them. These slave masters didn't have a good time against the tribesmen.
They could only bully the people from the smaller tribes. If it was a battle between tribes, the other tribes wouldn't interfere. However, if the slave masters had the intention to rob someone, the central tribes wouldn't let them go. Hence, even if they were lucky enough to survive, these slave masters didn't have a good life. For the slave masters who had enjoyed a luxurious life, life was not good.
Now that they heard that the two continents were close to each other, these slave masters who didn't have a good life wanted to sneak back into the desert and find a way to go to the other continent. Since they didn't have a good life here, they might as well go to another place. Maybe they could live a better life and regain their confidence.
With such expectations, the slave masters who wandered around brought their slaves and sneaked back into the desert. Not long after, only a few seriously injured people came out of the desert. Every one of them looked terrified and spoke crazily, as if they had suffered a great shock.
A travel team that passed by the desert met them and heard the news from them.
"Those people said that there were some monsters in the desert. Monsters in human form!" Ta said in a low voice.
"Monsters in human form?" Shao Xuan was puzzled.
"That's right. Those who were lucky enough to escape died not long after. It's said that none of the slave masters and slaves who entered the desert came out alive. No one knows what is happening in the desert now. "Tower told him the information he had obtained during this long journey.
"Those monsters in human form, have they gone outside the desert?" Shao Xuan asked.
Ta shook his head. "Never heard of it."
The house fell silent as they pondered the authenticity of this news.
"Then should we be on guard? What if those people … monsters come out? "Duo Kang said.
"Maybe it's the people from Rock Hill City?" Ao guessed.
"That's possible. If those monsters in human form are true, it's most likely related to Rock Hill City. However, Rock Hill City's main target is the other side of the sea. They shouldn't affect us in the short term. " Shao Xuan said, "Instead of worrying about that, why don't we use this opportunity to change the Flaming River region?"
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