There is a strange aroma in Zhang Cao's study, and I can't tell what kind of fragrance it is, mixed incense, Zhang Cao likes the new and hates the old, and the incense in the room is often changed.

Zhang Yuan's nose twitched, he helped his eye patch, and asked, "Is there anything novel for me to see, no, let me touch it?" ”

Hearing the sound of the cabinet moving and opening, Zhang Cao said proudly: "I have obtained two new treasures, if you know what they are, then I will obey you." He took out an object and walked over and put it on the wooden chessboard in front of Zhang Yuan: "You touch it, and you can guess what it is for, so I'll give it to you." ”

Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand, lightly pressed the thing, groped for a moment, and suddenly smiled, the thing he touched was cold, thin and round, divided into two pieces, and there was a silk silk connected -

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Cao said: "Don't underestimate this thing, it's amazing, and there is nothing to sell in the market." ”

Zhang Yuan gently stroked the thin and round thing, and said, "I know what this thing is for, but I don't know what its name is here." ”

Zhang Cao said: "There are a lot of names for this plaything, there are such and such names, anyway, it is a novelty, there has not been before, anyone can name it, as long as you say what it does, I will serve you, this thing will be given to you, you must know that I spent five taels of silver to buy, to tell you, Shaoxing Mansion has not been bought." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The third brother sent charcoal in the snow, this thing is exactly what I want, thank you very much." ”

"You say what you say, and I will give it to you for what you say." Zhang Cao said loudly, I don't believe that Zhang Yuan can still see this thing, even he has only seen it before.

Zhang Yuan wrapped the ribbon around his left index finger and said, "I call this glasses, which are worn on the eyes, just like the blindfold I wear now, of course, it is transparent, reading too much, seeing clearly, you can see clearly when you wear it, right?" - Third brother, why are you silent? ”

Zhang Cao rolled his eyes and shouted, "Zhang Jiezi, how come you even know this, this is also what you have seen in your dreams?" How long have you been dreaming, how have you seen everything, it's really evil! ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "It's not good to push everything back to the past life and into the dream. Then he smiled and said: "The third brother is looking at the party, there are also omissions, this kind of glasses was available in Suzhou a few years ago, and my sister told me about it at the beginning of the year, and all the people in Songjiang Mansion wear these glasses, so I know it when I touch it." ”

Suzhou is a place where strange skills and rare things gather in the north and south of the river, and as far as Zhang Yuan knows, glasses seem to have existed in the middle of Wanli, so it is inferred that Suzhou has a complete foothold.

Zhang Cao scolded: "Then I'm not fooled, and the merchant who sold me said that this thing is the West-"

Zhang Cao closed his mouth in time and changed his words: "I heard you say that these glasses are not worth five taels of silver, that annihilation merchant, I have to smash his shop, and said that they were specially piggybacked on me." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "These glasses are still very rare, and I think five taels of silver are worth it." "Five taels of silver is equivalent to more than 3,000 yuan, well, the price of brand-name glasses in later generations will also be this price.

When Zhang Cao heard Zhang Yuan say this, he felt a little happier and said, "Okay, I'll give you these glasses, you put them on and try them, I tried them, and I was dizzy." ”

Zhang Yuan took off the blindfold, and carefully looked at the glasses that were rare in the Ming Dynasty, the lenses seemed to be crystal stone, the fingers were cold to the touch, the glass was not so cold, put on the glasses, looked out through the lenses, the whole world was bright and clear, and the eyes did not feel uncomfortable, it was simply customized for his optometry, and praised: "Wonderful, it's really a good thing, now I don't have to worry about seeing the distance clearly." ”

-- Half of the young Zhang Yuan's eye disease is because of the liver fire and eating too much sweets, the other half is hereditary myopia, the former Zhang Yuan did not like to read, there is no night reading to see bad eyes, but it is a myopia, this is naturally genetic, Zhang Yuan's father Zhang Ruiyang Xiucai did not take the test, but his eyes are bad, ten steps away can not see other people's faces clearly, although the current Zhang Yuan is not so serious myopia, it is estimated that there are more than 300 degrees of myopia, said that normal life is not any effect, but can see more clearly is not better, That's why I need such a pair of glasses.

Zhang Cao saw that Zhang Yuan liked it, so he said: "Since you like it, the five taels of silver are also worth it, this is the glasses box." ”

Zhang Yuan took the glasses box and saw that the box was beautifully carved, the material was precious wenge wood, delicate and small, and it was also very convenient to carry around, so he took off his glasses and put them away carefully, and thanked: "Thank you, third brother, my eyes are not very good, and I can use them." ”

Although Zhang Cao has a short temper, he has always been bold, and waved his hand and said: "My brother, what is this." But he said mysteriously: "I still have something, and you can guess what it is for, then I-that I-"

Zhang Cao didn't know what Zhang Yuan would do if he guessed it, and said: "Anyway, you can't guess, the person who sold this thing and told me that this thing is the only one in the Ming Dynasty, and there will never be one in Suzhou." ”

Zhang Yuan's appetite was also aroused, and he said, "Okay, then you have to see and know, do you want to be blindfolded?" ”

Zhang Cao said: "This-no need, I'll show it to you in my hand to see if you can tell what it's for?" As he spoke, he took out an object from a small suitcase and presented it to Zhang Yuan proudly: "Look, what is this?" ”

Zhang Yuan didn't wear eyes at this time, his eyes were also bright, surprised and happy, and said in his heart: "Did you have this thing in the Wanli period, this has only appeared in Europe for a few years, and this has come to my Ming Dynasty across the ocean!" ”

Zhang Cao saw that Zhang Yuan's face was surprised, and he was even more proud, and gently rotated the round tube made of brass in his hand, and actually pulled out a slightly thinner copper tube, and then rotated, and pulled out another section, three sections are connected, about one foot and two inches long, and the afternoon sun shines into the study, shining on this extremely finely polished brass tube, and the color of the metal is bright and bright.

"It's magical, it's stretchable and retractable, it can be thick and thin, it's like **." Zhang Cao used such an analogy, and he laughed first.

Zhang Yuan did not smile, he squinted and looked at the three sections of copper pipe in Zhang Cao's hand, yes, this is the telescope, called the telescope at this time, it is definitely brought by Europeans, the cultural exchanges between China and the West in the late Ming Dynasty are extremely frequent, almost all of those missionaries who came to the East are scientists, the Chinese respect the Buddha and the gods and gods respect Confucius, and it is difficult for Catholicism to intervene, so the missionaries are flexible, curve preaching, using their advanced mathematics, astronomy, geography, physics knowledge to communicate with enlightened doctors, the results are remarkable, and a group of believers have been developed, Matteo Ricci is a representative of these missionaries, known as "Taixi Confucian", Tessie refers to the West, but Matteo Ricci is now deceased, Zhang Yuan remembers very clearly, Matteo Ricci died of illness in Yanjing in the 38th year of Wanli, Matteo Ricci dedicated to Emperor Shenzong has a chiming bell, no telescope -

Zhang Yuan asked casually: "Third brother, where did you buy this telescope?" As far as he knew, the telescope seemed to have been brought to China by the German missionary John Tang in the last years of Wanli, so why did it exist now?

What Zhang Yuan never expected suddenly happened-

Zhang Cao was triumphant, when he heard Zhang Yuan's words, his demeanor changed suddenly, his face was pale, he looked down at the telescope in his hand, breathed heavily, and suddenly roared: "Thief destroys merchant, deceive me so hard!" He smashed the brass telescope against the corner of the rosewood table, breaking his hand in two.

Zhang Yuan jumped up with an "ah", and felt extremely sorry: "Third brother, what are you doing, why bother!" ”

Zhang Cao was as angry as madness, walked around the room, and said angrily: "The thief and the merchant lied to me that this telescope is the only one in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also very rare in the Taixi countries, and the merchant said that he bought it in the hands of a captain of Taixi in Haojing Macau, and asked me for one hundred and eighty taels of silver. ”

Zhang Cao went crazy and began to smash the utensils in the study.

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Smash the ticket, smash the ticket, smash it all.