After Li An left the Xuanzheng Palace, he immediately returned to the mansion and went straight to the study, this morning, Li Longji had agreed to the conditions he had proposed, and equipped him with sufficient manpower and material resources, so that the large-scale research and development plan could be implemented, and as the chief designer of this plan, Li An must consider all aspects of the situation clearly, so as not to cause the nest of these talents. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In order to facilitate the communication and exchange of talents from all walks of life, and also to facilitate management and monitoring, Li An decided to build a research and development base, so that all practical talents are concentrated in this base, and the area of this research and development base, Li An intends to design 5,000 acres, which is equivalent to one-seventh of the area of Daming Palace, which is a very large area, but research and development needs to build various factories and laboratories, 5,000 acres is not a waste, besides, the land of Datang is extremely vast, 5,000 acres for the Tang Empire, It's nothing at all.

Closed management is a must for the R&D base, only in this way can the maximum confidentiality, to prevent these painstaking research results, by foreign people to easily obtain, and the premise of closed management is to build a wall around the base, and send soldiers and horses to garrison around the city wall to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Whether it is to build a fence or the various facilities inside, it requires a lot of resources, after all, Ang Lee's goal is to carry out a big project, and he will definitely not save money.

Fortunately, the imperial court has begun to implement the two-tax law, and the fiscal revenue will definitely increase greatly, in addition, the black powder invented by Li An has also made the imperial court a windfall, and the two things add up, the financial resources of the imperial court must be a lot, and there is obviously no problem in creating a research and development base.

As for the location of the R&D base, Li An also thought about it, just north of his 100-acre processing plant, the southernmost wall, ten zhang away from the northern wall of his own processing plant, to facilitate the transportation of materials, and even, his own northern processing plant, when necessary, can also be included in the R&D base, so as to further enhance the strength of the R&D base.

Of course, at the beginning, the 5,000 acres of R&D base must not be used up, and this area is too large, but as Li An gradually thinks of the projects that need to be developed, the 5,000 acres of land will not seem too big, and the laboratory and test site are very land-consuming.

After the R&D base was built, the first thing Li Ang had to do was to move the R&D project of the steam engine into the R&D base.

As long as the test of the steam engine is successful, the next step can be to develop a steam locomotive, and this is a big project, in addition, Ang Lee also plans to develop a steam ship at the same time as the development of the steam locomotive, to replace the sail ship, so that the fleet of Datang can reach farther places, so as to further increase its influence.

Since lunchtime at noon, Li Ang has been drawing in the study until it gets dark, and he has drawn the drawings of the R&D base and put them away like a baby.

For dinner, Li Ang ate in a hurry, because he also had to go to the palace to accompany the emperor and his ministers to admire the moon in the sky and explain the composition of the moon.

"Husband, do you think there will really be Chang'e and Jade Rabbit on the moon!"

Yan Ruyu asked while eating, although a few days ago, he already had a telescope, but every time after dinner, she was rudely pressed on the bed by Li An, so she has not been able to use a telescope to observe the moon at night, this time, she took the initiative to ask this question, in order to let Li An accompany her and use the telescope to watch the full moon in the sky.

"Madam, I will enter the palace tonight and accompany His Majesty and the ministers to watch the moon, and you will ......"

Of course, Li An hopes to enjoy the moon with Yan Ruyu and enjoy the scenery with a group of old men, what can be the meaning, but those old men, after all, are the most important people in the Tang Dynasty, Li An can't afford to offend, especially Li Longji, an old man, is still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if he doesn't go, I'm afraid that he will make these old men unhappy.

And Li An knew that after seeing the messy pits on the moon, Li Longji and the ministers must have a lot to ask themselves, and if he was no longer around, he would not be able to explain.

However, Ang Lee really doesn't know how to explain the things on the moon, so does he still have to tell all the knowledge about celestial bodies? If these scientific knowledge are popularized, then the emperor's divine authority will not be broken, and the ministers' literary and qu stars will become a fallacy, and many things in feudal society will become very unreasonable, so it is very likely to lead to the instability of the regime, which is intolerable to any emperor, so Li An must not tell the truth, and can only adopt deceptive methods to continue to pit the people of this era.

"Oh, forget it then, I'll watch it with Cao'er!"

Yan Ruyu was obviously a little unhappy, and her motivation to eat had weakened, and she looked listless.

"What's the matter, ma'am, I want my husband to watch the moon with you?"

"Well, but the husband can't disobey His Majesty's will, so Ruyu should watch it with Cao'er!"

Although Yan Ruyu was unhappy, she was still quite reasonable and would not do unreasonable things.

Li Anxin threw the dishes and chopsticks on the table, pulled up Yan Ruyu, and said loudly: "Madam, let's go see Chang'e now." ”

"However, Your Majesty let you enter the palace......"

"Don't care about Your Majesty, in the heart of your husband, my wife is the most important, what does it matter if Your Majesty waits a little longer? Come, let's see Chang'e. ”

Li An and Yan Ruyu walked into the pavilion and set up a telescope with a maximum of fifty times.

"Madam, set up the telescope for your husband first."

Ang Lee spoke, and pointed the objective lens of the telescope at the full moon, starting with ten times, increasing the magnification step by step, and finally adjusting it to fifty times, and then fixing it hard.

"Alright, ma'am, please!"

Gentlemanly Li Ang stood aside and asked Yan Ruyu to observe the moon.

Yan Ruyu smiled, lowered her head slightly, looked at the objective lens with her right eye, and carefully observed the full moon.

"Oh my God! Husband, how can the moon be like this, there are sunken pits everywhere, doesn't it say that there are Chang'e, Jade Rabbit and Guishu? ”

Yan Ruyu stood up, her face disappointed, and even a little frightened, she originally planned to take a look at Guishu, Chang'e and Jade Rabbit, but she didn't expect to see a piece of potholes.

"The moon is like this, how can there be Chang'e, Jade Rabbit and Guishu, but the distance is too far away, we can't see clearly, we think the shadow above is like a tree, in fact, there is really nothing, all are rotten stones."

In front of Yan Ruyu, of course Li An dared to say anything, anyway, Yan Ruyu was his wife, and there would be no problem in saying anything.

"The moon is full of rotten stones, how can this be?"

Yan Ruyu frowned, with a sad expression, which was not relieved for a long time.

Li An suddenly felt that she was speechless, and she shouldn't tell Yan Ruyu the truth, after all, Yan Ruyu often reads books, and is quite familiar with Chang'e's story, and she is also quite moved, and she has always been naïve to think that Chang'e and the Moon Rabbit live on the moon, and every time she looks at the moon, all she thinks of is Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit, and the warm feeling will rise unnaturally.

And now, Ang Lee told her that the moon did not have Chang'e and Moon Rabbit at all, but a pile of rotten stones, of course her heart would be very uncomfortable, and her beautiful imagination was shattered in an instant, and this painful feeling can be imagined.

"Stone, how can it be a stone? How can it be a stone? ”

Yan Ruyu is still depressed.

"Madam, don't be entangled, Chang'e and Moon Rabbit, maybe on the back side of the moon, what we can see on the front side is also mountains and lakes, not rotten stones, for the husband to lie to you."

Li An explained with a smile to comfort Yan Ruyu's wounded heart.

"Really? Chang'e and Jade Rabbit are both on the back? ”

Yan Ruyu asked like a curious little girl.

"Of course, come, I'll tell you a story about Chang'e for my husband......"

Li Anhu made up nonsense, and told a 40-episode TV series in later generations, of course, he picked up the most important part of the explanation.

Women are the ones who like soap operas the most, women in ancient times, of course, will not be an exception, when Ang Lee told it, Yan Ruyu was intoxicated and lying in Ang Lee's arms, immersed in the beautiful story with a happy face, the smile on the corner of her mouth was extremely moving, so that Ang Lee was obsessed with it and was reluctant to leave for a long time.

And just when Li An was holding Yan Ruyu and talking about the soap opera, on the high platform outside the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace, Li Longji and the ministers had already arrived, and the five telescopes with the highest rate of 50 magnitude had been set up, and the smaller telescopes were all placed aside to facilitate the use of the ministers.

Since the telescope at 50 magnification could see farther, it was spaced a considerable distance so that the ministers could take turns to admire it.

"Everyone, the full moon has risen and you can begin."

A little eunuch reminded in a whisper.

"Have all the ministers arrived?"

"Everyone, the ministers are basically here, but Li Shilang hasn't come yet."

'Ang Lee, why haven't you come yet, forget it, don't care about him, he's already seen it anyway. ’

Li Longji pondered for a moment, ordered his ministers, and began to observe the full moon with a telescope.

Since everyone had learned how to use the telescope, it seemed effortless to observe, and the minister, who was in a small position, picked up a tenfold telescope and looked at the sky, while Li Longji and several important ministers used a fifty-fold high-powered telescope to gradually point at the full moon.

"How could it be like this? What are the circles above? ”

"Hey, it looks like a stone! It looks so weird. ”

The minister, who was holding a tenfold telescope, was the first to exclaim.

Li Longji and several prime ministers gradually pushed the camera forward, and saw a picture that was clearer than the ministers, and this picture was not the picture they imagined before.

After observing for a long time, Li Longji looked a little nervous and confused, he was thinking about what he was seeing, and the ministers also had the same questions.

"What exactly are we seeing? Who can explain? ”

"So many potholed circles, what the hell is this?"

"Yes! Oh, yes! What are we looking at? ”

All the ministers were nervous, because what they saw was so strange, and with their knowledge, of course, it was not enough to explain these phenomena, and it made them feel very nervous and anxious, even panicked.

"Where are the people from the Taishi Bureau?"

Li Longji shouted loudly.

The so-called Taishi Bureau, which is an administrative agency under the supervision of the secretary of the Tang Dynasty, is mainly responsible for the study of astronomy and calendar, and is a very important department of the Tang Empire.

"Your Majesty, the sages did not use telescopes, and there is no record of this, so I am afraid that these circles cannot be explained."

The official of the Taishi Bureau sighed helplessly, he really couldn't figure out what the circle on the moon was.

"Hmph, is it possible that after Li Chunfeng, there will be no more virtuous talents in the Taishi Bureau?"

Li Longji was obviously very dissatisfied with the words of the officials of the Taishi Bureau.

"Your Majesty, the telescope was invented by Li Shilang, maybe Li Shilang knows what the circle on the moon is about?"

A minister reminded.

"Hey, why didn't Li Shilang come?"

"Yes! Why haven't you seen Li Shilang all the time? ”

"It's not because I can't explain the things on the moon that I don't dare to come to meet you!"

Seeing that Li An was not here, the ministers whispered.

"Come on, Xuan Li Shilang will enter the palace."

Li Longji was very uneasy in his heart, and if he didn't figure out the situation on the moon, he would definitely not be able to sleep.

"Li Shilang, you are finally here, Your Majesty is urgently calling."

As soon as the little eunuch walked out of the small door next to the Xuanzheng Palace, he met Li An head-on and breathed a sigh of relief.

Li An hugged Yan Ruyu in the mansion to talk about soap operas, and it didn't take long for Yan Ruyu to fall asleep with a intoxicated face, until Li An carried her into the bed, she didn't wake up, and after that, Li An was worried about the situation in the palace, and hurriedly rode a horse to come, sure enough, the emperor was in a hurry to find himself, and looking for his own reason, Li An could also guess a rough idea.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, Weichen is late."

Li An first pleaded guilty, and then said that he planned a research and development base in the mansion, delaying time, so that Li Longji felt excusable.

"Li Shilang, you must have seen the situation on this moon, I don't know what the circle on it is, there are so many ravines and ravines, and bright spots, what are they?"

Li Longji didn't care about Ang Lee's lateness, he desperately wanted to know what he saw on the moon.

"Your Majesty, the moon is nearly 800,000 miles away from us, even if you look at it with a telescope, it is enough to be thousands of miles away, all you can see is an outline, those darker places, and those lines, are all fairy mountains, and the circle is the fairy lake, the brighter place is naturally the palace, the brightest circle should be the Guanghan Palace, but it is too far away, we can only see a bright spot, and we can't see the whole picture of the Guanghan Palace."

Ang Lee casually made up a seemingly reasonable reason. (To be continued.) )