"Meow, these are all good things!"

Qin Lin couldn't help but laugh out loud as he looked at the mountains of foreign vassal tributes at home, looking at his smug look, his mouth grinning on his cheeks.

The Criss sword of Java, the concave and convex lens of the West, the hibiscus paste of India, the dried chilies, corn, cocoa and tamba mushrooms brought by the Francos from the Americas...... Others didn't recognize these bullshit things, they would just throw them in the garbage heap, but Qin Lin knew how useful they were, as long as they were used in the right place, they would definitely have an unexpected and wonderful effect.

Lu Yuanzhi saw Chief Qin holding a few concave and convex lenses to look east and west, and also picked up a convex lens to look at, close to the east and west, it will magnify the scene, if you take it too far, the scenery will be upside down.

"This thing is interesting!" Lu Fatzi rummaged through the register of purchased goods and found that this thing was paid tribute by the Francophone people, and it was registered as a "funny mirror" at that time.

However, Qin Lin always held a concave lens and a convex lens back and forth in front of him, and kept adjusting the distance, what is this?

Qin Lin patted Lu Yuanzhi on the shoulder: "Fatty, bring the copper smoke tube that smokes wormwood, and I'll make a trick for you!" ”

This time I went north, and I also carried a lot of equipment in the medical hall, and the copper smoking cylinder was a hollow cylinder with one large and one small set together, which was filled with wormwood and lit when used, which could be smoked and treated for the patient.

Qin Lin put a large convex lens on the front end of the copper smoke cylinder and a small concave lens on the back end, raised it in front of his eyes and looked into the distance, and his vision was blurred.

Not in a hurry, pulling the copper smoke tube back and forth to adjust the distance, the scene finally became clear, and then handed it to Lu Yuanzhi with a smile.

The fat man also learned from Qin Lin to take the smoke tube to his eyes and watch, and the Zhengyang Gate, which was two miles away, was close in front of him, and he was so frightened that he trembled all over his body, and almost broke the freshly baked telescope.

"See,!" The fat man's face was full of horror, and he trembled and returned the telescope to Qin Lin.

Qin Lin explained that this is called a telescope, which can view the scenery in the distance, and it is extremely convenient for our Jinyi Guard to monitor those great annihilators and rebels, or the generals to command the army to fight.

The fat man slapped his thigh: "Ouch mom, in the future, we will monitor the great evil, and hide in the distance to see his every move clearly, then we are really like the clairvoyance under the Jade Emperor!" ”

Lu Yuanzhi shouted, led Xu Wenchang over, fiddled with the telescope and couldn't put it down, and said curiously: "Where did Chief Qin know this method?" When the old man was in the shogunate of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he saw many Western things, and even concave and convex lenses were not uncommon, but it was the first time that the governor made a cylinder mirror that could look far away. ”

Although the West has long had glass lenses, the invention of the telescope will take another twenty or thirty years, although the telescope made by Qin Lin is simple, but it is the first optical instrument in human history that can look into the distance!

"By the way, Mr. Xu came just in time," Qin Lin pointed to a pile of tributes on the left, "Most of the things, the official knows the purpose, and I can't figure out what they are for, please refer to Mr. Xu for details." ”

For example, there is a small copper ball as big as a dragon's eye and a pigeon's egg, and the outside is engraved with fine patterns, and the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite.

The record of this thing in the treasury is quite vague, even with Qin Lin's erudition, he can't recognize what it is, but the discount price is quite high, the carrier warehouse is discounted to the officials at the price of one hundred and fifty taels, and Qin Lin's purchase price is less than fifty taels, the officials still sold all of them to him without hesitation, and they are scrambling one by one, for fear that they will not be able to do it if they are late.

Now the little copper ball is full of a box, at least seventy or eighty.

Xu Wenchang was originally playing with the telescope over and over, but when Qin Lin asked him, he noticed these small copper balls, the old man only glanced at them, and his expression suddenly became colorful, obscene and weird, which made Qin Lin look at his heart and make his heart bristle.

"Sir, this is the Burmese Bell!" Old man Xu smiled so that his face was full of wrinkles, and he recited a Xijiangyue poem in a low voice: "It was originally produced by Fanbing, and it was recommended by people to be transferred to Beijing." The body is thin and delicate, and it is lightly borrowed, and it turns into a cicada. The solution makes the beautiful woman's heart tremble, and it is used to helping the kidneys to be majestic. Known as the golden-faced brave pioneer, the first in battle, and the famous Mian Ziling. ”

Qin Lin suddenly realized: Damn, it turns out that this is the ancient version of the female vibrating vibrating egg!

Some people say that the Burmese bell contains the essence of the dragon, so when it is shaken by heat, it buzzes and vibrates, but it is actually filled with mercury, and there is an extremely delicate mechanism made of copper inside, so it will vibrate if it is shaken slightly.

This thing was paid tribute from Burma, because it was a typical miraculous "silver" skill, of course, the official in charge of recording would not record it according to the regulations, and the words of the cloud cover were unknown.

The dignitaries and dignitaries in Jiangnan may have one or two knowledge of this thing, such as Mr. Wang Shizhen, who wrote "The Golden Bottle of Plum", but the atmosphere of the Beijing division is more old-fashioned than that of Jiangnan, and all the court officials do not recognize it, so they only treat it as a small copper ball for play, and do not eat and wear it properly, so they sell it to Qin Lin at a low price.

But Chief Qin was also worried when he looked at so many Burmese bells, and touched his chin helplessly: "It's too much, right?" I don't need a few ...... Uh, doesn't anyone in Jingshi know the goods? ”

"Oh, I don't have anywhere to buy the three hundred taels of this thing!" Old man Xu sighed repeatedly: "The chief has made a fortune again, the rich in Jiangnan can be purchased from overseas, only the living Buddha masters of Wusizang and Mongolia practice Huanxi Zen, and they like this thing the most, but they are in the remote hinterland, and there is nowhere to buy it with silver." Nowadays, there are many tributary merchants from Wusizang in Jingshi, and as long as the chief explains the use of the Burmese bell, he will definitely get a high price for selling it to them. ”

That's great! Qin Lin happily picked up the box and prepared to hand it over to Lu Fatzi to sell, after thinking about it, he quickly picked up more than ten of the best ones from it and hid them in his sleeve, and the rest of the box was given to Lu Fatzi.

In addition, there are many tributes that do not know the origin and purpose, and Qin Lin called Xu Wenchang to screen.

This No. 1 gentleman in Jiangnan is really well-informed, and he knows the names and uses of many strange things, and knows where people are keen on them and are willing to spend money to buy them.

According to all the calculations, Qin Lin not only did not lose money when he bought the discounted tribute, but he could earn 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver.

Qin Lin touched his chin and said to himself, "Well, with these treasures, it's time to go find Zhang Zixuan." ”

Wow! Lu Yuanzhi and Xu Wenchang's eyes almost bulged out, just now they saw Qin Lin secretly hiding several Burmese bells, this guy wants to take the Burmese bells to see the prime minister's daughter, what does he want?

(To be continued)