"Your Majesty, this is the first batch of military binoculars developed by the Academy. Would you like to try it?"
On the afternoon of the second day, Mo Lingwei and Yan Shaoning were personally escorted by Mo Zhong and Mo Yun. They brought the binoculars to the Hou Mansion and handed them to Li Zexuan. Since there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Li Zexuan brought the binoculars to the Imperial Palace.
Li Er, who was in front of the Dragon Desk, was immediately energized. He quickly walked down and said, "So fast? Let me see! "
As soon as he finished speaking, he was already in front of Li Zexuan. Li Zexuan handed the binoculars to Li Er.
Li Er took it and said in surprise, "So small? Can you see it clearly? Brat, are you cutting corners for me again ~? "
He had personally played with the telescope in the Academy before, but the one in his hand was only a little bigger than his palm. Compared to the big one in the Academy, it was completely dwarfed.
Li Zexuan said helplessly, "Your Majesty, you have wronged me. This kind of military binoculars is specially designed to spy on the enemy during war. Of course, it has to be portable. If it's too big, how can it be brought to the battlefield? Don't be fooled by its small size, its ability is not much different from the Academy's telescope! "
"Is it?"
Li Er did not believe it. He looked at the binoculars in his hand and said, "Follow me upstairs to take a look!"
After that, he took the lead and walked outside.
…
Taiji Palace was the main palace of the Tang Empire, so it was also called the "Inner Palace". It was usually the place where officials and officials gathered. Of course, it was also Li Er's office.
Taiji Palace occupied a large area, including Taiji Palace, Yin and Yang Palace, and Ganlu Palace. Taiji Palace was not a group of palaces on the first floor, it had a second floor.
Li Zexuan and Zhao Song followed behind Li Er and came to the corridor on the second floor of the Taiji Palace. At this time, the sun had already set halfway down the mountain. Standing at their position, they could see the gorgeous red clouds on the horizon. The sky was dyed a deep red by the sunset glow, like a magnificent red sea. It was very spectacular. It was really, "Such a scene should only exist in the heavens, how many times can one see it in the human world?"
Li Er narrowed his eyes and looked at the magnificent sunset for a while. Then, he picked up the binoculars and held the binoculars in front of his eyes. In order to protect the lens, Mo Lingwei added rubber to the edge of the lens. Compared to the hard and cold iron frame, the soft rubber was undoubtedly more comfortable for the eyes. Li Er raised the lens and looked at the front. Suddenly, a head wearing armor appeared in his field of vision. He could even see the hair on the person's face clearly. Although Li Er had killed many people in his life, he couldn't help but be startled by the sudden appearance of a head.
Li Zexuan could clearly see Li Er's wrist tremble slightly before returning to normal.
"Your Majesty, how is it? The effect of this military binoculars isn't bad, right? "
Li Zexuan laughed secretly, but asked softly.
"Mm, it's okay!"
After adapting to the ultra-long vision provided by the binoculars, Li Er was now using the binoculars to look for other sceneries. How could he have the time to comment on Li Zexuan? Therefore, he only gave a short reply and went back to "playing".
In fact, the effect of the binoculars was not only okay, it was simply too good. When Li Er was playing with the astronomical binoculars, he could see the moon and stars hundreds of thousands of miles away. Those stars were originally far away, so he didn't have much of an intuitive feeling about the magnification effect of the binoculars. But now, it was different. Standing here, he could even see the appearance and clothing of the people on Vermillion Bird Avenue outside the Imperial City. It was exactly the same as the scene he couldn't see when he stood next to those people! This kind of intuitive visual impact shocked Li Er. For a moment, he was addicted to playing with it!
"Ahem! Your Majesty, it's getting cold, you … "
After a full quarter of an hour, Li Zexuan estimated that Li Er should have seen everything that could be seen from this angle. At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew from the west. Zhao Song could not help but let out two dry coughs.
Li Er reluctantly put down the binoculars and said, "Let's go back to the Ganlu Palace!"
After a while, the three of them returned to the Ganlu Palace. Li Er looked at Li Zexuan with a face full of smiles and said, "Mm, I'm very satisfied with this binoculars! Just based on this, my full support for you to establish Yanhuang College was not in vain ~! Hehe, this binoculars was produced by the Qiqu Pavilion workshop, right? "
Li Zexuan replied, "Your Majesty, this binoculars was made by Yan Shaoning and Mr. Mo's beloved daughter, Mo Lingwei. The workshop can now mass produce them based on the technology they provided!"
"Mo Lingwei?"
Li Er muttered once, then suddenly seemed to remember who Mo Lingwei was. He smiled and said, "Hehe, the idea of this binoculars was originally thought of by you, right? You still want to use them to fool me? "
Li Zexuan said helplessly, "Your Majesty, this was indeed the idea that I provided. However, the work after that was completed by Shaoning and Ink Girl! The fact that this binoculars could be produced so quickly is due to the two of them! "
Li Er smiled and did not waste his breath on this issue. He paced two steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Your workshop will produce another batch of binoculars like this. Medicine Master and Zhijie have mentioned this to me more than once!"
Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty! However, how much does Your Majesty want? After all, the production of this thing is extremely complicated and the materials are also extremely expensive! "
Li Er said with a toothache, "You brat, don't try to fool me! How would I not know that the most important part of this binoculars is the four pieces of colored glass? As for the colored glass in your workshop, it is all made from sand! "
Li Zexuan never expected Old Li to know so much. He quickly coughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty, don't think that the materials are cheap. However, the process is complicated! To turn a bag of sand into colored glass, it requires dozens of processes. To grind the colored glass into the lenses of the binoculars, the workshop's old craftsmen would have to grind it for several days. Furthermore, it might not even succeed. This is the cost … "
"Shut up! Then tell me, how much are you planning to sell this binoculars to me for? "
Li Er said with a black face.
Li Zexuan stretched out five fingers and carefully said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I'll give you a friendly price. Five hundred strings of coins for one. How about that?"
"Five hundred strings of coins?"
Li Er stared and sneered, "Five hundred strings of coins, you brat, aren't you afraid of dying from overeating! At most one hundred and fifty strings of coins. Get the workshop to make fifty for the imperial court as soon as possible! Don't try to bargain with me. This is my bottom line! "
Li Zexuan said with a 'pained' expression, "Your Majesty, you are cutting my flesh … Sigh, fine, fine. One hundred and fifty strings of coins it is. Just treat it as my contribution to the Great Tang Empire!"
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