Chapter 337 Watching New Things
The third prince was puzzled. He raised the telescope in his hand again, squinted his eyes and looked for a while, and said, "Where are you looking at, Prince?" Why didn't I see it?
The prince just stared into the distance through the telescope in his hand and ignored him.
The third prince pursed his lips and remained silent.
At this time, the Minister of War suddenly rushed in and said excitedly: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is wise! There are indeed two gray baby birds on the beam. And, and that man... is about, about two miles away!"
One li is about 300 meters, and two li is about 800 meters.
Even Yuanruan was a little surprised, not to mention the Xia people who had never seen a telescope before.
"What!"
"How is that possible!"
The prince and Qi Yue spoke almost in unison.
Yuan Ruan saw the Third Prince, Qi Yue, and the Minister of Revenue all looking through their telescopes at almost the same time. She couldn't help but ask, "Did anyone else see the same scene as the Crown Prince?"
Qi Yue was the first to put down the telescope and shook her head: "I can see people and bird nests, but I can't see the baby birds."
Yuanruan touched his chin and said, "Tong'er, do you think this telescope can extend the viewing distance?"
System: [This is no problem. You can adjust the positive and negative of the left and right eyepieces of the telescope...]
The Minister of Finance put down his telescope and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I did see it all, but it was a little blurry."
Yuan Ruan: [Tong'er, why does the Minister of Revenue's telescope look a little blurry? Can it be saved?]
System: [Hahahaha… The telescope of the Minister of Revenue can see farther than that of his nephew. He thinks it is blurry because he is short-sighted… or presbyopic. What he needs is not a telescope, but a pair of lenses.]
The Minister of Revenue was stunned for a moment and felt a little embarrassed at first, but when he heard the second half of the system's sentence seemed to be able to solve his vision problem, he became a little excited.
Unfortunately, the system stopped talking after saying this and started talking about the third prince instead.
The system continued: [Ah Ruan, I checked, and the other telescopes have some problems with the focal length. But only the third prince's telescope is really not good. ]
The Third Prince, who was still trying to use the telescope, froze in expression.
However, when he sadly put down the telescope, he happened to meet the smiling prince's eyes.
The prince silently gave a look, 'Go on, don't let Ah Ruan see it!'
The third prince took a deep breath, pretended to be very interested in the telescope, and looked outside.
At this time, the Minister of War could not help but ask the Minister of Revenue to borrow a telescope.
The Minister of Revenue hesitated for a moment and then gave the telescope to the Minister of War.
After the Minister of War took it, he immediately raised it up and stared out the window very seriously. After staring for a long time, he whispered, "It's so clear! I can't believe it's two miles away, no, even three miles away. This is more than just a gift!"
At this point, the Minister of War suddenly turned his head to look at Yuan Ruan, and said seriously: "Master Imperial Master. I beg you to donate it to the generals of Daxia."
Yuan Ruan paused, then looked at Wu Yi: "It has been sent to General Wu, just ask him."
The Minister of War suddenly looked at Wu Yi.
Wu Yi put down the telescope, clasped his hands and said: "I am willing to contribute to Daxia."
"Good, General Gao Yi!" The Minister of War bowed and said with a smile.
…
Yuanruan thought the matter was over.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, the emperor dug her out from under her quilt and asked her to attend the morning court together.
Since the beginning of winter, Yuanruan hasn't attended the morning court for a long time.
When the palace maid was wiping her face, she looked a little dazed and sneezed twice.
The empress, who was preparing to have breakfast at the table, looked up and said abruptly, "Your Majesty, Jiuer is at the age when she needs to grow. It's the cold winter, so she should be allowed to rest for a while."
The emperor said softly: "It concerns the country's military affairs."
The Queen: "Jiu'er, please sleep a little longer. Daxia can't turn around?"
emperor:……
The Queen looked at Yuan Ruan again: "Jiu'er, do you still want to sleep?"
Yuan Ruan subconsciously held his breath, looked at the silent emperor, and shook his head.
The queen came over with a bowl of soup and said, "If you don't want to go, tell your mother and she will make the decision for you."
Yuan Ruan looked at the emperor and found that he seemed to have heard nothing, but the speed of picking up food had obviously increased.
Yuan Ruan felt like laughing for some reason, but she still said politely, "Mother, I want to go."
The queen gave Yuanruan another portion of cake and pinched her cheek: "You. Little girls will suffer if they are too obedient."
System: [Aruan, the Queen is right. You must not be too obedient, or you will be bullied. But don’t worry, Aruan, if anyone dares to bully you, I will be the first to say no.]
Yuan Ruan took a bite of the cake: [Tong'er, don't worry, no one dares to bully me. Even if there is, I still have my brother, my nephew, my seventh sister...Tong'er, you are standing in front of me. I can't stand being wronged.]
When the emperor heard Yuanruan put his name first, he was in a good mood and gave her another piece of cake.
System: [Yeah. Ah Ruan, don't worry. Even if the mortals in front of you are useless, I am still here! I will give you the support.]
Yuanruan laughed, chatted briefly with the system, and continued to have breakfast.
Soon, the emperor came to court holding Yuanruan.
The simple court ceremony was completed.
Yuan Ruan saw several palace maids walking into the hall holding telescopes, then standing face to face with the court officials with their backs to the emperor.
Except for the young officials who had puzzled expressions, the older courtiers all looked at the telescope. It was obvious that they were much more informed.
The emperor glanced at the prince.
The prince stepped forward, picked up the telescope, and began to introduce the uses, experience and problems of the telescope to the court officials.
Whenever they came to something that was difficult to explain, the prince would directly demonstrate it using a telescope. For example, he would tell them how to estimate the approximate distance based on the number of turns of the telescope's copper tube and the observation of trees, rocks, etc. in the scene.
After answering about twenty questions, the court officials stopped thinking.
The prince put down the telescope and said, "Although the number of kilometers that these telescopes can see clearly varies due to the craftsmanship, each telescope is much clearer than the naked eye."
At this time, several generals who had personally experienced the battlefield could not help but speak up: "Your Highness, can you allow me to take a look?"
The prince said, "Yes. The generals in the army can come and have a look first."
The civil officials were stunned upon hearing this and looked at the military generals with some envy.
In the Golden Throne Hall, the emperor and the crown prince generally tended to listen to the opinions of civil officials. Although military generals were not excluded, they were generally responsible for performing their duties in silence. In other words, they had never enjoyed such attention.
So much so that after feeling the burning gazes of the civil officials, the military generals inexplicably felt flattered and stood up straighter.
The generals held up a telescope and looked around the hall with a childlike manner, making exclamations of surprise from their lips, as if they could not believe that the magnified world could be so wonderful.
The civil officials were envious at first, and after watching for a while, the corners of their mouths twitched slightly:
The Minister of Revenue: "This is too exaggerated. Looking at a flower makes you gasp three times? How can you write a poem?"
The doctor of the Ministry of Rites smiled wryly: "You overestimate him. At most he would say, 'Wow, this flower is so clearly visible!'"
At this moment, the doctor of the Ministry of War put down his telescope, and after a moment's silence, he said, "It's really clear."
The Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Revenue smiled at each other.
The military doctor suddenly frowned and said, "What are you looking at? Are you guys secretly teasing me again?"
The Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Revenue: …
Yuan Ruan, who had been paying attention to that side, almost laughed to death. These civil officials and military generals were just too funny.
Yuan Ruan: [Hahahaha… the civil officials and military commanders really understand each other too well. Hahahaha, they are just like bickering enemies.]
Civil official:!!!
Military commander: !!!
They looked at each other, turned their heads away and said "Pooh".