Chapter 62
After Chu Huan discussed with the system, she turned on the sharing function and shared the following content about Shang Lu's personality and characteristics through the group chat mode.
Soon, this part of the content was passed to the palace and then to Shang Lu.
The emperor and his officials gained a better understanding of Shang Lu, while Shang Lu, upon hearing Chu Huan's question, "Isn't this a normal hobby?", fell into deep thought.
As an astronomy enthusiast, stargazing is not something worth talking about.
However, Shang Lu liked to look at the stars long before he became a disciple.
Since he was a child, he was often told "that's a strange child" and "don't get too close to him". Even his family thought he was weird and made him stay in the yard alone, not allowing others to approach him.
"Normal" was a word he longed to hear in his early years, but he had given up on it for many years.
Unexpectedly, I actually heard it, coming from a stranger.
Shang Lu stared at the word "normal" for a long time. When he noticed that the font in his field of vision began to distort, he put down the paper. His slender fingers seemed to accidentally sweep across the name "Chu Huan", and then quickly withdrew as if they were burned.
"Chu Huan..." He gently chewed on the name of the person who treated him as normal.
Afterwards, Shang Lu received a lot of news from the Jinyiwei.
This included Chu Huan drawing a blueprint, sending people to the glass factory to create new things, and sending people to the Ministry of Industry to ask Meng Hang for help.
The Jinyiwei was not very clear about what was made specifically, and only gave a general description, saying that it was some round glass.
I sent three shipments of glass from the glass factory, and Meng Hang and I stayed at the Chu family to work. We rarely came back to the Ministry of Industry. I was afraid that the things we were making might be a bit difficult.
Shang Lu had a vague premonition: that thing should be for him.
Maybe it could also be related to stargazing - if Chu Huan wanted to convince him to teach her how to read the weather, the most effective way would be to start with his only hobby.
Shang Lu was not interested in things like gold, silver or food, but if it involved stars, he was really looking forward to it.
If the gift suits his taste, it's not a problem to teach her a lesson.
If the person's character and temperament are up to standard, he can also accept a disciple on behalf of the master.
On the appointed day, Jia Yi and Cai Gang sent Chu Huan to the merchant house early.
Although Shang Lu came down the mountain because of his master's order, he did not accept the official position in the Imperial Observatory and only rented a small house in the west of the city.
The person who opened the door was a teenage boy. "Is this Miss Chu who handed over the invitation? Please come in."
The rented house was not big. Soon after entering, Chu Huan saw people turning over and drying radishes in the yard.
The man was dressed in green, with a belt outlining his tight and beautiful waistline. His waist-length hair was half-tied up with a wooden hairpin. He turned sideways while turning over the dried radish, revealing half of his delicate profile.
She has a beautiful face, a beautiful figure, and a beautiful body, but the dried radishes in the background are a bit of a eyesore.
Chu Huan secretly sighed: [It would be even more beautiful if it were in a garden full of flowers.]
The system laughed coldly and said nothing.
Shang Lu heard the voices of Chu Huan and the system, confirmed the facts, and turned to look over.
The man's collar was covering the top, revealing only a little skin on his neck. His skin was very white, and the sunlight shining from behind him made his cold face seem to be glowing.
There was a look of indifference in those beautiful peach blossom eyes, as if the mundane world could not catch his eye. However, the touching teardrop mole under her eyes pulled him back into the world.
There is Buddha nature in the coldness and charm in the indifference.
There is actually someone who possesses such contradictory temperaments!
Chu Huan was stunned for two seconds, then frantically typed into the system: [Tong'er, this guy is the most handsome guy in Dasheng, a definite poster boy!]
The system said arrogantly: [When have I ever lied to you? Isn't it really beautiful?]
Chu Hua: [It looks really good!]
Phytolacca: “…”
He also wanted to use the beauty trap to trick his opponent, but his opponent fell into it too quickly and he felt no sense of accomplishment.
"Ms. Chu, please take a seat."
Chu Huan:!!!
Even the voice is her favorite clear and ethereal style!
Damn it, the system is losing this time!
Chu Huan smiled and sat down.
The system saw a hint of embarrassment in her smile and rolled on the ground laughing.
It just knows that Chu Huan likes it, hahaha!
It was worth it for it to pick out the details among so many melons and spend so many melons to search for handsome men everywhere, and finally it found the one that best suits the host's wishes.
If this couple gets together in the future, they must be awarded the "Best Matchmaker Award"!
The system puffed out its chest with pride.
The servant brought a pot of tea and stepped aside. Jia Yi and Cai Gang also took two steps back, leaving space for the two to talk.
Shang Lu poured two cups of tea, one for Chu Huan: "I only have coarse tea, please forgive me."
"It's okay." To show that she really didn't mind, Chu Huan picked up the teacup and took a sip.
In her previous life, she really didn't know anything about tea, but in this life, she became the legitimate daughter of a doctor in the Ministry of Justice. Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, embroidery, tea tasting, and flower arrangement were all compulsory courses for her.
In order to taste tea, Chu Huan tried all the teas above medium grade on the market. Even the tribute tea that she was not qualified to taste, Wen Shi used all her connections to let her taste it once.
As soon as Chu Huan took a sip of the tea, she knew that Shang Lu was not being polite.
This pot of tea is really coarse tea. The tea used in the frying process is not tender buds, and the heat is a bit too high. The only advantage is probably that it is new tea.
Chu Huan put down the teacup and didn't take a second sip.
Shang Lu knew she didn't like it, so he tasted it slowly by himself. "It's a wild tea tree I found on the mountain. It's not famous and I haven't taken good care of it."
Chu Huan immediately understood: "You made the tea yourself."
The tone was so certain that Shang Lu didn't even need to answer.
Shang Lu just looked up and saw Chu Huan's face with an expression that said "You cooked it very well, don't cook it again next time."
Seeing that she didn't give the beauty she liked any face at all, the system couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: [Is it really that hard to drink?]
Chu Hua: [Tea is naturally bitter, and he over-roasted it, leaving it with a slightly burnt bitterness. Even the best tea leaves wouldn't be able to withstand such treatment, let alone a wild tea tree left unattended and growing unchecked.]
[This isn't barley tea, so it's a little burnt. Some people prefer the more heavily roasted texture.]
System: [He is so handsome! ]
Chu Hua: […I’ll do my best.]
In view of the exquisite face of this Dasheng's poster boy, Chu Huan took the second sip, paused slightly and took the third sip.
The system was shocked: [Is it really so beautiful? ]
The delicious and appetizing Phytolacca: "..."
Chu Hua: [Perhaps there is some reason for this, but more...how should I put it?]
[Maybe I usually drink a lot of fine tea, so I wasn't used to the rough taste at first, so I was fine after a few sips.]
Shang Lu's eyebrows moved slightly. It was not that he didn't have the good tea sent by the emperor, but he wanted to use this opportunity to test Chu Huan.
It’s okay, I’m not the kind of person who would flatter others.
Chu Huan and Shang Lu didn't have much friendship, so there was no need to exchange pleasantries. Jia Yi tilted his head slightly and placed the wooden box in his arms on the table.
"I'm sorry to come and visit you, Mr. Shang, please accept it."
Shang Lu: "No reward without merit, Miss Chu, please tell me your purpose."
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Sir, you are a straightforward person, so I will also speak frankly. I would like to ask you to teach me the skill of observing celestial phenomena."
She nodded at the wooden box on the table and said, "This is the deposit."
Deposit? That's a strange term.
Shang Lu has never heard of paying a deposit when asking someone to teach you a skill. Shouldn't that be given as part of business?
"What's this?"
Chu Hua: "A telescope, as the name suggests, can see things far away."
This was the first time Shanglu heard about it, and he was quite curious.
He opened the wooden box, and inside lay a strange object made of two cylinders. It felt heavy in his hand, and there was glass at both ends, one big and the other small.
Chu Hua reminded him, "Just look at where the lens is."
Shang Lu did as he was told. He first moved closer to the large lens and found that the scene he saw was smaller.
Soon, I realized that he might be looking at it the wrong way, so I turned to the small lens.
really!
Shang Lu turned his gaze and used the telescope to see the moss on the roof a few meters away. The lines were clear, as if the moss was within his reach.
The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things.
This must be the legendary clairvoyance!
"Mozhu, move the ladder."
"Yes." The servant worked very skillfully and with great strength. He quickly carried the ladder and put it on the roof.
Shang Lu lifted his clothes and quickly climbed onto the roof. Standing there, he looked towards the imperial city through a telescope.
What shocked him was that the imperial palace, which should have been blurry three miles away, was so clear and right in front of him that he could even see the eunuchs and maids walking around in the palace.
I can’t see his face clearly, but I can see farther!
In an instant, Shang Lu realized that the best place to use this telescope was the army, to facilitate observation of the enemy situation.
He tried to look up at the sky, but the weather was too good today and the light was too abundant to see any stars.
Guessing that the telescope would have a distance limit, he was not disappointed. After climbing down, he carefully put the telescope into the wooden box.
"When will you come to study?"
Chu Hua: "The Grand Tutor and Grand Master have classes during the day. Can you come in the evening?"
Evening? Shanglu's eyebrows jumped.
Although astronomical observation is usually done at night, wouldn't it be detrimental to her reputation if she always went to the man's house to take classes late at night?
The system tries hard to match people up: [A single man and a single woman...]
Chu Hua: [Tong'er, every time you have a lewd thought, please silently recite "Chu Hua is underage" three times.]
The system successfully muted the microphone, it is not a legally blind system.
A faint smile flashed across Shang Lu's eyes. It turned out that Chu Huan just had ordinary admiration for him and had no intention of that kind.
"Okay." Since Chu Huan simply wanted to learn some skills, Shang Lu would teach her seriously. "Then let's start tonight."
"Thank you, sir." Chu Huan did not stay any longer after achieving her goal. She still had to go back to attend the old master's class.
As soon as Chu Huan left, Shang Lu asked the servant to hand over the wooden box to the Jinyiwei.
After the item was delivered to the palace, the emperor, who was curious about what Chu Huan had made, was the first to use it.
When he saw that it could be shrunk, his face was full of curiosity. He looked at Chen Jiu for a while, then at the cup.
When he turned it over and found that it could magnify, he went out and found an ant to look at. He was so curious for a long time before he remembered that the name of this thing was: telescope.
"Chen Jiu, move the ladder." The emperor wanted to go up to the roof and take a look like Shang Lu.
"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Chen Jiu had already knelt down in panic.
Eunuchs, palace maids, and guards knelt on the ground, each of them urging him to take care of his health and trying to stop him from going up to the roof.
The emperor's interest was disturbed, and he didn't want to make too much of a fuss so as not to alarm the empress and the queen mother, so he asked Lin You to go up and watch for him.
After reading it, Lin You suggested, "I would like to invite the Emperor to come to the Star Picking Tower and see it for himself."
The emperor guessed something and called all the officials to go to the Star-Picking Terrace together.
After taking turns reading it, the king and his ministers fell silent.
No one knows how far a telescope can see or how clearly it can see before actually using it.
After actually using it, they had only one thought: Chu Hua! How many other goodies have you hidden that we don't know about?!
General Xuanwei had been hiding outside for a few days and had returned. He was also on the Star-Picking Terrace.
He couldn't let go of the telescope, repeatedly checking the distant scenery. "If we had this thing in the war, it would be like adding wings to a tiger!"
He had monopolized the telescope for too long, so long that the other generals glared at him and almost started fighting to snatch it away.
General Xuanwei: "Your Majesty, is this the only one? Can't we have eight or ten? Everyone should have one of these!"
The other generals echoed: "That's right!" They haven't seen enough!
The emperor almost rolled his eyes. He didn't even look at it for long. "This is the only one. Chu Huan gave it to Shang Lu to watch the stars."
"What a waste to look at the stars." General Xuanwei was a warrior whose mind was only focused on war, devoid of any romantic elements. "This treasure should be seen on the battlefield."
This is also the reason why Shang Lu handed it over immediately after discovering it.
The emperor looked at the Minister of Works and asked, "Is the telescope easy to make?"
The Minister of Works couldn't give an accurate answer: "This thing has never been through the hands of the Ministry of Works. We have to tear it down to find out."
The things were made by Chu Huan and Meng Hang. The emperor also knew what materials were used. They were nothing more than glass, metal, and wood. The things were all ready-made and not difficult to obtain.
"Chu Huan has classes both day and night, so she can't spare the time. Let Meng Hang do a few more."
The Minister of Works said: "I accept your order."
The generals were all smiling from ear to ear, they should each have one of these!
However, Meng Hang's reply soon made everyone realize Chu Huan's importance again.
Meng Hang said: "It's not easy to make a telescope. Different glasses can see different distances. We spent two days slowly polishing it."
"It looks like it won't take long, but ordinary people can't make glass, not even the glass needed for a telescope. Crystal could be used instead, but the distance you see wouldn't be as far as this telescope."
Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but look at General Xuanwei and said, "How about you also go and teach her a lesson?"
General Xuanwei: “…”
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