(Two in One Chapter)
"Yamachō, why did you ask someone to bring the glass sheets over?"
Mo Lingwei asked curiously when she saw Song Xiaosi bring over a box of glass sheets.
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Ink Girl, these glass sheets are used to store objects under observation. Think about it, if the sunlight shines from below and the object is placed in another container, how can the light pass through?"
Mo Lingwei nodded thoughtfully and said, "En! Yamachō is right! Then what is Yamachō planning to use this microscope to look at today? "
"To look at the water! To see what is in the water that we usually drink ~! "
Li Zexuan said with a smile. Then, he turned around and ordered, "Xiao Si, bring me a bowl of clear river water!"
The diameter of the bacteria in the river was generally about 5 microns. The microscope made by Mo Lingwei had a magnification of 400 times, which meant that it could magnify the bacteria to about 2 mm. The human eye could see at least 0.2 mm, so with this microscope, it was possible to see the bacteria in the river!
What's more, other than bacteria, there are also some parasites in the river. These parasites are much bigger than bacteria!
"Yes, young master ~!"
Song Xiaosi nodded and left to carry out the order.
But he was a little confused. Look at the water? What's there to look at? It's cool and clear, what can be in it?
Although he was thinking this, Song Xiaosi still walked to the cafeteria of the workshop.
The new workshop now has more than a thousand permanent "employees". Of course, there is a "staff cafeteria". The workers in the cafeteria will bring back water from the Ba River every morning and fill the cafeteria's water tank. So Song Xiaosi doesn't need to go to the river, he only needs to come here to get water!
"Oh, Brother Si, why are you here?"
Song Xiaosi had just walked into the courtyard where the dining hall was located when a servant came up to him with a fawning smile.
Although Song Xiaosi was just a servant in the workshop, the servants were also divided into ranks. Song Xiaosi served Faubert every day and could also see Li Zexuan often. How could an ordinary servant compare to him?
"Ahem! I'm just here for a bowl of water. You can go about your business, Tycoon! "
Song Xiaosi understood that Li Zexuan and Mo Lingwei's microscope should not be revealed to outsiders yet. After being by Faubert's side for so long, he still had a sense of secrecy. Therefore, he casually made up an excuse and planned to go in and get the water himself.
It just so happened that he was feeling a little thirsty!
The manservant named Daheng hurriedly said, "Hey, Fourth Brother, wait here. I'll go boil some water for you!"
Song Xiaosi quickly grabbed Tycoon and said, "No need! I like cold drinks! I say, you brat, hurry up and do your own things. Don't delay things, otherwise Chef Yu will scold you again ~! "
"Oh! Then, Fourth Brother, I'll go back to work! "
Tycoon heard this and could only go back to washing the vegetables.
Song Xiaosi went to the kitchen and took a porcelain bowl. He scooped a bowl of water from the water tank under the shed outside the house and poured a bowl of water into his stomach first. Then, he scooped another bowl of water and muttered to himself, "Sigh, today's weather is really hot. No, I have to scoop another bowl of water to take home!"
After that, he walked out of the courtyard leisurely.
Tycoon, who was in the courtyard, looked at the sun in the sky and asked curiously, "Is it hot today? It's not hot, right? Why does Fourth Brother feel hot? "
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"Young Master! Young Master! The water is here! "
After a while, Song Xiaosi came back with a bowl of water and returned to Mo Lingwei's laboratory.
Li Zexuan took the water and walked to the table. He asked Mo Lingwei for a pair of white gloves and used a latex dropper to drip the water from the bowl onto the glass slide. Then, he used a pair of tweezers to cover the glass slide.
Speaking of which, the laboratory in this world had some basic tools such as gloves, tweezers, droppers, and test tubes. In terms of facilities, this was the most advanced laboratory in the whole of Tang Dynasty. However, in modern times, this laboratory could not even be compared to a high school chemistry laboratory!
Li Zexuan placed the glass slide that contained the river water on the microscope stage. After adjusting the position, he fixed it with a clamp.
"Hehe! Luckily, it's a sunny day today! "
At this time, Mo Lingwei smiled and handed Song Xiaosi a mirror. Then, she ordered, "Xiaosi, take this Divine Mirror and stand behind the door. When the sunlight comes in, it has to shine on this mirror. Understand?"
As she spoke, she pointed to a mirror on the table and said, "Look at the mirror.
"Okay! Xiaosi understands! "
Song Xiaosi replied and walked to the door with the mirror.
After a while, a ray of sunlight shone into the room. Song Xiaosi carefully adjusted the angle and reflected the sunlight on the mirror that Mo Lingwei pointed at earlier.
"Okay! Xiaosi, stand still! "
Mo Lingwei shouted. Then, she squatted down and started to fiddle with the mirrors on the table. She mainly adjusted the angle of the mirrors so that the sunlight could shine on the bottom of the microscope.
"Okay! It's done! "
Li Zexuan's left eye was in front of the eyepiece. When he saw the light in his field of vision, he quickly said. Then, his right hand started to twist the screw next to the microscope to adjust the distance between the objective lens and the glass slide.
Gradually, the blurry light in his field of vision became clearer and clearer. In the end, there were many different shapes in his field of vision. Some of them were even moving. Li Zexuan was very happy. He quickly said, "Okay, okay! We can see the things in the river! Ink Girl, come and take a look! "
"Wow! 'Really?' 'Really?' Let me see! "
Hearing this, Mo Lingwei rushed to the front of the microscope. She moved her eyes closer and saw many moving black spots in the light. Some of the moving black spots were bigger and looked like squirming maggots. Mo Lingwei was shocked.
"Yamachō, what are those things? Where did they come from? "
Mo Lingwei left the microscope and asked Li Zexuan.
"Hehe! Of course they came from the water! You saw it just now. The glass slide only had a drop of water that Little Four sent over! "
Li Zexuan said with a smile.
"They came from the water? Doesn't that mean that in the water that we usually drink, there are many of those tiny little bugs? "
When Mo Lingwei heard this, his face turned green. Luckily he didn't eat in the morning. Otherwise, he would have vomited his breakfast!
"Sister Wei 'er, what little bugs? Lan 'er wants to see too! "
Lan 'er listened for a long time and became interested. She quickly pulled Mo Lingwei's arm and asked eagerly.
Mo Lingwei looked at the little girl sympathetically and asked, "Lan 'er, you really want to see?"
"Yes! Of course I want to see! "
Lan 'er nodded without hesitation.
"Hehe! Okay! Then I'll bring you to see! "
Mo Lingwei laughed mischievously. Then, she moved a stool and said, "Lan 'er! Come! Stand on this! "
The table where the microscope was placed was quite high. With Lan 'er's height, she couldn't reach it.
Li Zexuan saw all this but he didn't stop her. At this moment, he took a stand from the side and walked out of the room. He said to Song Xiaosi, "Let me hold this mirror! Xiaosi, go to Yunshan Mountain and see if Priest Sun, Professor Wang, and Professor Qin are there. If they are, invite them here. Tell them that the workshop has made a magical instrument that can see tiny things! "
Song Xiaosi quickly replied, "Yes! Young master! Xiaosi will go now! "
Li Zexuan took the mirror and placed it on the stand. Then, he adjusted the angle of the mirror slightly. Mo Lingwei said, "It's done! Yamachō! "
Li Zexuan nodded. When he was about to go in, he realized that Song Xiaosi hadn't left yet. He couldn't help but ask, "Xiaosi, is there anything else?"
Song Xiaosi scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "Uh, young master, just now Professor Mo said that there were bugs in the river. But when I brought it over, I didn't see anything in the water."
In fact, he was panicking because he had just drunk a bowl of cold water a few minutes ago!
Li Zexuan found it funny and said, "Those bugs can't be seen with the naked eye. You can only see them with the microscope inside. Why? Xiaosi, do you want to see them too? "
Last year, when they were testing the telegraph machine, Song Xiaosi ran back and forth until he got a heatstroke. Li Zexuan had a good impression of him.
"Okay!"
Song Xiaosi's eyes were fixed on the inside. When he heard that, he subconsciously responded. Then, he quickly reacted and waved his hands. "No, no, no! This is something that young master and Professor Mo made. Xiaosi is just a servant. How can I see it? Young master, Xiaosi will go to Yun Shan now! "
"Stop!"
Li Zexuan grabbed Song Xiaosi and frowned. "What servant, master? If I tell you to go take a look, then go take a look! Go in. You can go to Yun Shan after you see it! "
After that, he walked in.
Inside, Lan 'er had finished looking at the river on the glass slide. The little girl's face was pale as she squatted by the side and retched!
"Wah! Lan 'er drank water in the morning. There are bugs in Lan' er's stomach! Wu wu! "
Mo Lingwei giggled at the side. She was gloating. "Haha! Lan 'er, you were the one who wanted to see it! You can't blame sister! "
Li Zexuan ignored the two girls. He said to Song Xiaosi, "See for yourself! Look at the cylinder above and you'll be able to see what's in the river! "
"Yes! Thank you, young master! "
Song Xiaosi obeyed and placed his eyes above the eyepiece of the microscope. Suddenly, a very "beautiful" image appeared in front of his eyes. There were moving little black dots and wriggling little black lines. This image was so beautiful that he didn't dare to look down!
"Young … Young master! What are those moving black dots and black lines? "
Song Xiaosi took two steps back and looked at Li Zexuan in fear.
"Oh! This is a bug, but it is also not a bug. Go and get Priest Sun here first. I will tell you later! "
Li Zexuan did not explain immediately. If he did, he would have to explain again when Sun Simiao and the rest arrived.
"… Oh, oh!"
Song Xiaosi answered in a panic and ran out.
After about half an hour, footsteps and Sun Simiao's laughter came from outside the door. "Haha! Xiaoxuan has finally made the thing that he promised me. Today, I will open my eyes! "
His voice was heard before he arrived.
Then, Sun Simiao walked in with Hu Jingyao, Professor Wang, Professor Qin and the rest.
Without waiting for Li Zexuan to greet him, Sun Simiao's eyes had already locked onto the microscope on the table. With an excited expression, he asked, "Little Xuan, is this the tool that you told this poor Daoist before that can see tiny things?"
Li Zexuan replied, "That's right! I call it a microscope. I used it to observe the river. Priest Sun, you can take a look at it! "
"Microscope? That's a good name! "
Sun Simiao praised and then said impatiently, "Little Xuan, please teach this poor Daoist how to use this microscope!"
"No problem!"
Li Zexuan smiled and followed Sun Simiao to the microscope. Under his guidance, Sun Simiao finally saw the world in the drop of water!
"This! This! Is this really just a drop of water? How can there be so many living things in the water? "
Sun Simiao had traveled extensively in his life. What had he not seen? Moreover, he was already past the age where he would make a fuss about nothing. However, when he saw the world in the drop of water, he could not help but take two steps back and exclaim.
"Priest Sun, this is really just a drop of water. Look, it's the drop of water that we took out from that bowl!"
Li Zexuan pointed at the bowl of water next to the table and said.
Sun Simiao turned his head and looked at it. He could not believe it. "The water is so clear, but why can I see so many living things in it with the microscope?"
"Let me take a look too!"
Professor Wang and Professor Qin could not hold back their curiosity. They rushed to the side of the microscope and put their eyes next to the eyepiece. After they saw it, they were shocked.
"Yamachō, what are those black dots and black lines in the water? Why do they look like living things? "
Professor Qin stroked his beard and asked in a low voice.
Everyone looked over, including the pale-faced Song Xiaosi.
Li Zexuan smiled faintly and said, "Dr. Qin, although the river looks clear, it contains a lot of things. There are dead things, and there are also living things. The living things that I call the most are bacteria. These bacteria are very small, but how small are they? Let's put it this way. Do you think our hair is thin? "
Professor Wang nodded and said, "Of course, our hair is very thin!"
Li Zexuan smiled and continued, "But this type of bacteria is not even one-tenth of the diameter of a hair. Do you think we can see it with our naked eyes? Of course, other than bacteria, there is something bigger. I call it a parasite. Once it enters the human body, it will live in the human body. It is very difficult to digest and expel it! Some of these parasites can make people sick and even die! "
Sun Simiao heard and could not help but sigh. "There are so many living things in a drop of water. The Buddhists have a saying, 'A flower, a world, a leaf, a bodhi'. It seems that it is true!"
"Ugh!"
Song Xiaosi, who was next to him, rolled his eyes and fainted!
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