Duan Fei and the three of them came out of the cell, speechless for a while, until He Hai was sent out of the yamen, He Hai said: "Brother Fei, my father will be funeral in three days, and then I will split up, and then I will ...... then."

Duan Fei patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely go, my own brother, I won't let you be bullied by others, even if it's the emperor, I want them to go around without eating!" ”

He Hai nodded and left, Duan Fei and Shi Bin returned to the official house, and Yan Zhutou was waiting for them.

Yan Zhutou threw the two cloth bags to Duan Fei and Shi Bin respectively, this is the money they got from this case, Duan Fei threw the cloth bag that was not light on his bunk casually, and said: "Boss, I want to go to Yangzhou with Shi Bin tomorrow to relax, at most come back before the evening the day after tomorrow, what do you think?" ”

Yan Zhutou said: "Go, wear civilian clothes and bring a waist card, don't get drunk, don't make trouble, don't be bullied, go out, don't show your silver...... Well, there is nothing else to pay attention to, according to Lord Min's meaning, this case is more special, and it may be sentenced to death after it is reported to Yangzhou......"

The case is clear and there is no doubt that the felons can be sentenced to be executed, this case is more brutal, and it may involve some troublesome things, Lord Min wants to quickly cut through the mess and end the matter, which is also normal.

"It's none of our business, they're to blame." Duan Fei said lightly: "If we haven't come back by then...... Chief, give them a final bowl of wine to drink. ”

Early in the morning, Duan Fei and Shi Bin got on the boat at the West Gate Wharf, and went south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is exhausted, but the Yangtze River skyline is seen. ”

"Good poetry, Fei Ge is worthy of reading books, and he can write poems!" Shi Bin applauded.

Duan Fei laughed angrily at him, what an ignorant boy...... Just as he was about to tell him that this was a famous poem by Li Bai, a poet saint of the Tang Dynasty, a chuckle came from a clipper next to him, and a girl's delicate voice said: "Miss, you say it's funny or not, it's really strange that there are two people, one has a bull's head but has a horse's mouth, and the other is even stranger, the mouth actually grows on the ass of the previous one." ”

Duan Fei and Shi Bin both followed the sound and looked over, only to see a common canopy boat in the Jiangnan waterway was quickly overtaking the slow boat they were taking, a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old was sitting on the edge of the boat, and was smiling sideways towards the cabin, she looked petite and exquisite, her eyebrows and eyes were pretty and shining, from her small mouth, the corners of her mouth were curved upward=upturned, she looked very playful and cute, she had double sideburns on her head, and her body was covered with a lilac placket round neck sleeveless shoulders, and she wore a pink over-the-shoulder sleeve floral short jacket, which turned out to be a pretty girl.

The maids are already like this, isn't that young lady a beautiful country? Duan Fei looked into the cabin with wide eyes, only to see that in the dim cabin, a pair of starry eyes were looking over with a smile, in addition to the smile that couldn't help but smile, it seemed to send a trace of apology.

The canopy boat quickly went away, Duan Fei and Shi Bin came back to their senses after a long time, and Shi Bin shouted loudly: "Brother Fei, that girl is really water!" ”

Duan Fei's mind was still thinking of the girl with the veil, especially the pair of starry eyes, which seemed to hook his heart in an instant.

"Ignorant boy, they scolded both of us just now, and you are still proud." Duan Fei snorted.

"Huh? What did she say? Shi Bin's stunned appearance caused a burst of laughter from the boatman and the other guests, and Duan Fei felt that his face was dull for a while.

At the beginning of noon, the two got off the boat at the dock in Yangzhou, Yangzhou is one of the top ten metropolises in the world in this era, and the bustling weather is coming, and the two little hairy heads from Baoying County are like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, seeing everything is fresh, Duan Fei is okay, the road is full of men and women in fresh clothes and angry horses, and Shi Bin is dazzled.

After entering Yangzhou City, Shi Bin was completely dumbfounded, there were spacious and prosperous avenues on the left and right, and he didn't know where to go.

"On the moonlit night of the twenty-fourth bridge, where does the jade teach...... Go buy something and then play along the river. Duan Fei said, stopped a passer-by and said, "This big brother, where is there that kind of thing in Yangzhou that is as transparent as crystal, can be seen and enlarged, and is sold?" ”

"You mean, there are all in the jewelry store, you can go to the Baodaxiang Yangzhou main store to have a look, but it's not cheap, about twenty taels of silver a piece." The man who was stopped knew by looking at the clothes of the two that they were from a small place, so he kindly reminded them.

Duan Fei remembered the name, then asked the road again, and after thanking the man, he walked along the road, Shi Bin said, "Brother Fei, why are you asking that?" It's so expensive. ”

Duan Fei explained: "I don't necessarily have to buy it, let's see, what I want to buy is not reading glasses, but a guy who eats." ”

Shi Bin was still confused, Duan Fei asked Bao Daxiang all the way, and finally found it by the Dadongmen Bridge on the bank of the Xiaoqinhuai River, which is a prosperous commercial street on the verge of fireworks, Bao Daxiang occupies a large part of the façade, and the decoration is luxurious and elegant, which shows that the owner's taste is extraordinary, Duan Fei and Shi Bin crossed the high threshold and walked in.

There were a few customers in the store who were picking up jewelry, and all the men and women were dressed brightly and looked high, and Duan Fei and the two of them immediately attracted a lot of curious eyes after they walked in.

Bao Daxiang's man greeted him, looking at the simple clothes of the two, his face was a little surprised, but he still maintained a respectful demeanor and a professional smile: "Two sons, what jewelry do you need to prepare?" ”

Duan Fei didn't feel embarrassed at all, Shi Bin also stiffened his head and held his chest high, but he unconsciously dropped half of Duan Fei's position, and after looking around, Duan Fei asked casually: "I heard that you have a seller here, I don't know if you have a customized business?" ”

The guy smiled and said: "It's common to make things for your guests, I don't know what kind of thing the prince wants to order?" ”

Duan Fei compared a circle with his hand and said, "Round, thick in the middle and thin on both sides, wrapped in a wooden handle......"

The guy said suddenly: "Oh, it turns out that Childe wants to make a big convex mirror with his hand, this thing is easy to make, but such a big guy needs to use a good big crystal to grind it carefully, plus the hand costs a hundred taels of silver, if Childe wants to order, after paying the money, the craftsman of the store can immediately start making it for Childe." ”

At this time, I don't know if glass has been invented, the best choice for making lenses is good crystal, so the price is quite expensive, it takes a hundred taels of silver to make a magnifying glass, Duan Fei thought for a while, and said: "It's not too expensive, look at it, in addition, I have to make a custom thing, this is more complicated......"

Duan Fei gestured, and the guy was also confused, and the old shopkeeper who had been paying attention for a long time came over and said with a smile: "Customize complex things, or go directly to explain to the craftsmen, son, please come with me." ”

Passing through a row of private rooms and then through a patio, Duan Fei was taken to the backyard of Bao Daxiang and entered a large room where the craftsmen worked.

"Master Liu is the most skilled craftsman here for us to make the striking, and the prince will tell him the details of the items that need to be made." The old shopkeeper introduced Duan Fei to a craftsman.

Duan Fei first said the specifications of the magnifying glass he wanted, Master Liu nodded lightly to indicate that he had memorized it, and Duan Fei explained another thing to him in detail, Master Liu's brows couldn't help but gradually wrinkle, what kind of mirror table, objective lens, tube scope, eyepiece, condenser, but also be able to adjust up and down, left and right, this thing is really complicated.

Duan Fei talked for a long time, and finally supplemented by the way of drawing, finally let Master Liu understand, and several other masters next to him also came over, looking at this novel thing curiously.

"Grandpa said that this object can magnify rice grains by a hundred times and a thousand times?" Master Liu asked suspiciously.

Duan Fei licked his dry lips and said, "That's right, a convex mirror can magnify ten times, and this microscope can be made with a little precision and magnification a thousand times." ”

Master Liu nodded silently and said, "According to what Grandpa said, this microscope is not difficult to make, but a few convex mirrors are quite demanding, and the cost is inevitably more, and it costs at least three hundred taels of silver to make this thing." ”

"Three hundred taels!" Duan Fei was a little embarrassed, he had also earned a lot of silver during this time, but yesterday he used up fifty taels of silver in order to temporarily arrange those little brothers in the charity hall for a period of time, and yesterday he got some shares, which can be regarded as offsetting, and at this moment there are only about two hundred and fifty taels of silver left on his body, I wanted to buy two things and let the shopkeeper give some discounts, but I didn't expect it to be so bad, or...... Custom-made a smaller microscope?

"Let me see." A calm and steady voice suddenly sounded, all the craftsmen got out of the way, and a man about thirty years old walked in, picked up the sketch drawn by Duan Fei and looked at it carefully.

"Master Zhou Zhe is one of the seven major players in the jewelry industry in Jiangnan......" the old shopkeeper whispered to Duan Fei.