Microscope?

Several craftsmen were slightly stunned, and their faces showed blank expressions.

This time.

A crisp girl's voice came from not far away.

"Your Majesty, I made the microscope!"

Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu turned their heads to look at each other at the same time.

A girl in a yellow shirt and a big hat stood there, her delicate goose egg face slightly red from excitement.

Wu Mingkong looked at the cute girl in front of him, was slightly stunned, and asked in disbelief, "Did you do it?"

The girl nodded heavily and replied, "I did it!"

On the side, Han Dao, the dean of the Engineering Academy who came in a hurry, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "No big or small, in front of Your Majesty, you have to call yourself a student!"

When the girl heard Han Dao's reprimand, she pursed her lips and said again, "It was the student who did it."

Wu Mingkong glanced her up and down, his delicate face showing approval, and said, "At your young age, it is really rare for you to be able to delve into such a delicate object."

When the girl heard the empress's appreciation, her delicate little face showed joy, and she raised her head slightly, a little proud.

Seeing this, Han Dao was helpless for a while, and said, "Your Majesty praises you a lot, this is your glory, don't you hurry up and thank you."

This time, without waiting for the girl to speak, Wu Mingkong waved his hand and said, "It's just a child, so these red tapes will be avoided."

When the girl heard this, she wanted to say that she was already twenty-seven years old, and she could marry someone in the people, so she was not a child.

But seeing the dean's nervous look on the side, he still held back this sentence.

"What's your name?"

Wu Mingkong walked up to the girl and asked.

The girl replied generously, "Student Shen Miao."

"Shen Miao, it sounds a little familiar."

Wu Mingkong pondered.

Dean Han Dao reminded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this is the only daughter of Lord Shen Wenshen's family."

Wu Mingkong listened, his face suddenly changed, looked at Shen Miao, and said, "I remember you, on Chinese New Year's Eve, when you invited the courtiers, you buried your head in eating next to Shen Qing's house."

When Shen Miao heard this, her delicate little face turned red.

At that time, the whole table was busy toasting His Majesty and the Prime Minister, but she turned a deaf ear and buried her head in eating, and was teased by several Shibo at that time.

I thought His Majesty didn't pay attention, but I didn't expect people to remember it until now.

"I remember that you are the pearl of Shen Qing's family, what are you doing in the Engineering Academy?"

Wu Mingkong asked curiously.

Shen Miao blinked her eyes and said with a serious face, "Of course, I'm here to learn skills."

"Learn?"

Wu Mingkong's face was puzzled.

Shen Miao said, "Students are determined to be the best engineers! The students are already familiar with the techniques of creating creatures recorded in the book, and if they want to go further, they must come to this engineering college for further study!"

When Wu Mingkong heard this, his face showed surprise, and he said, "You are a little girl, how could you think of becoming a craftsman?"

"Not a craftsman, but an engineer!"

Shen Miao crossed her hands on her hips, held her head high, and said proudly, "And who said that girls can't be engineers, then the microscope wasn't made by me!"

"Shen Miao!"

Seeing her so arrogant, Han Dao was so frightened, and hurriedly opened his mouth to scold: "In front of Your Majesty, how can you be so rude!"

"The student is wrong."

When Shen Miao heard this, she immediately put on the appearance of a good girl and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong showed a warm smile on his face and said, "You are right, no one stipulates that women cannot be engineers, you have such ambitions, and you are willing to work hard for them, I appreciate it very much, I believe that you will one day become the world's top engineer."

Shen Miao listened

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the delicate little face, and said, "With Your Majesty's auspicious words, the student will definitely do it!"

On the side, Han Dao covered his face helplessly.

Xindao, Lord Shen spoils this daughter too much on weekdays, and he didn't even teach her etiquette in front of the king.

"However, before you become a top engineer, I have a task for you, and I don't know if you will be able to do it."

Wu Mingkong looked at Shen Miao in front of him and said with a smile.

When Shen Miao heard this, she immediately became interested, blinked her eyes and asked, "What task?"

Wu Mingkong said: "I used your microscope, I think it's amazing, it can magnify what you see a hundred times, but it's very troublesome to use, you have to make a film first, and you have to look at the light, in short, you can only see what has been prepared in advance.

I wondered if you could build another microscope that could see things in the distance, preferably the starry sky in the sky."

When Shen Miao heard this, she raised her eyebrows and said quite confidently, "Of course you can!"

Seeing that she was so confident, Wu Mingkong had a little more affection for her, and asked, "How much silver do you need to make such a microscope?"

Shen Miao waved his hand and said, "I don't need extra silver, the engineering academy allocated to me is enough."

On the side, Han Dao spoke: "Your Majesty, the craftsmen of the Engineering Academy, according to the priority of developing things, will evaluate and then allocate funds, Shen Miao is developing objects related to Liuli, Liuli is directly sent by the workshop, and it doesn't cost much silver, so the allocation for her is five hundred taels."

Five hundred taels is not a small amount in the engineering college.

The reason why she was given so much was that on the one hand, she had indeed achieved some results in the study of glass, and on the other hand, it was also the most important aspect, she was the only daughter of the Tobe squire, and her status was naturally different from ordinary people.

Five hundred taels of silver is enough?

Wu Mingkong felt a little surprised, she thought that it would cost thousands of taels of silver to study this thing.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked, "How long will it take?"

Shen Miao bit her fingers, thought for a few seconds, and said, "If nothing happens, three days is enough."

As soon as these words came out, not to mention the little empress, even Fang Xiu felt a little surprised.

He knew that the little empress wanted Shen Miao to create something similar to an astronomical telescope.

With his shallow knowledge of physics, it is probably clear that the principles of astronomical telescopes and microscopes are different, but the essence is the same.

Even so, it is not easy to build an astronomical telescope in three days!

"Shen Miao, there is no joke in front of you, you can say it well, how many days will it take?"

Han Dao poked Shen Miao with his elbow and reminded her to talk about the time a little longer, so as not to make it happen when the time came, which would make His Majesty unhappy.

Shen Miao pursed her lips and said disapprerovingly: "I'm just saying it, three days is three days, if Your Majesty comes earlier, maybe it will be made tomorrow."

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he was even more surprised, and said, "Could it be that you already have similar thoughts?"

Shen Miao clapped her hands and said, "Your Majesty is so powerful, this is all seen by Your Majesty, unlike someone who treats others as fools."

「......」

When Han Dao heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he was powerless to refute for a while.

"In fact, the students have built something that His Majesty wants according to the method recorded in the book, called a telescope, but if His Majesty wants to use it to see the starry sky, he needs to improve it on the basis of the telescope, but fortunately, there is a similar record in the book, called an astronomical telescope, as long as there is a good enough quality glass, three days is more than enough!"

Shen Miao's tone was very confident, making everyone present subconsciously believe that she could make it.

When Wu Mingkong heard this, his delicate face showed curiosity, looked at Shen Miao, and asked, "What kind of book are you talking about?"

Shen Miao said: "I bought it from Zhufengxuan, and it is called the use and design of lenses."

「......」

Fang Xiu heard this

The name of the book, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but ask, "How did you come up with the idea of buying this book?"

Shen Miao looked at Fang Xiu and said, "I just saw it when I was wandering around in Zhufeng Xuan, and then I bought it."

Side.

Wu Mingkong heard the words "Bamboo Wind Xuan", but his face showed a thoughtful expression.

She remembered it vividly.

When I was in medical school just now, when it came to new medicine, those students also frequently mentioned the word Zhu Fengxuan.

As far as she knew, the teaching books used in the Ming Xiu Academy were all from Zhufengxuan.

In other words, the four great academies are entirely based on Zhufengxuan's books.

If there were no Zhufeng Xuan, there would be no four academies.

Zhu Fengxuan, Wu Mingkong knows.

This is the bookstore founded by Fang Xiu, and it is also the hottest bookstore in the entire Chang'an, the entire Daqian, and even the whole world.

In addition to selling a variety of extremely popular books, it also sells a variety of miscellaneous books.

She once asked Fang Xiu where such a huge number of miscellaneous books came from.

Fang Xiu always talked about him left and right.

Seeing that Fang Xiu was unwilling to answer, she didn't ask the bottom line.

Now it seems that these miscellaneous books of Zhu Fengxuan are more important than she imagined!

So here's the problem.

Where did Fang Xiu get so many miscellaneous books that were enough to start a sect?

"Fang Xiu ......"

As soon as she thought of this, the little empress couldn't help but turn her head to look at Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu looked at him: "What does Your Majesty command?"

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu, was silent for a few seconds, and said, "It's okay."

She knew that even if she asked, she would still get the same answer.

In that case, it's better not to ask.

Sometimes, it's hard to get confused.

This time.

Wu Mingkong's ears sounded with a delicate and crisp girl's voice.

"Your Majesty, would you like to take a look at the telescope made by the students?"

"Okay."

Wu Mingkong nodded.

"Your Majesty, wait a while, I'll come when I go!"

After Shen Miao finished speaking, she arched her hand at the little empress, and then trotted out of here, still bouncing halfway through.

Seeing this, Han Dao felt a little embarrassed inexplicably, and explained, "As far as the minister knows, Lord Shen only has such a daughter, and she is too pampered on weekdays, so she doesn't know how to be polite."

Wu Mingkong waved his hand and said casually: "There's nothing wrong with not understanding these red tapes, I think she is quite energetic, and what I lack is such a vigorous and idealistic young man who is willing to fight for it."

When Han Dao heard this, he arched his hand and said respectfully, "What Your Majesty said is very true, it is a superficial minister."

Wu Mingkong looked at him and asked, "I have heard many deeds of the Engineering Academy in the palace, and as the dean of the Engineering Academy, you are quite capable of doing things, what reward do you want?"

When Han Dao heard this, he was stunned at first, and then his face showed excitement, and he said loudly: "Being able to serve His Majesty and the Prime Minister is the duty and glory of a courtier, and the minister has nothing to ask for!" I just want to do my best for the court all the time, do my best, and die."

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he nodded appreciatively and said, "You have this heart, I am even pleased, since this is the case, I will not reward you."

Han Dao was about to thank him, but when he heard this, he was stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu smiled at the corner of his mouth.

The little empress sometimes peels off, but in his eyes, it is quite cute.

"Ahem...... If the Engineering Academy can develop a new type of firearm, His Majesty will consider granting you a knighthood, but for the time being, I won't reward you with anything, after all, this Engineering Academy has been established for less than a year, and if you are rewarded something too early, the other three colleges will always have some ideas.

You know, the Agricultural Academy and

It's not just a matter of months for medical schools to get results."

Fang Xiu looked at Han Dao and said earnestly.

When Han Dao heard this, he became excited again, and hurriedly saluted: "Minister Xie Fangxiang! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiang has always been a promise.

If you say that you are considering granting him a knighthood, you will consider granting him a knighthood, which is by no means perfunctory.

He was a civil official, originally just a small Hanlin bachelor, and he got an errand that no one wanted to come, who would have thought that he had picked up a treasure, and now he had the opportunity to get a knighthood, for him, it was enough for him to give his all to it.

The time to come.

Fang Xiu and Han Dao chatted casually.

It is nothing more than what the engineering academy has recently researched and what difficulties it has, and what help is needed.

A moment later.

A crisp voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I'm back!"

Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu turned their heads to look at the same time, and they saw a girl dressed in a big hat, holding a strange-looking object in her hand, trotting away.

"Whew—"

Shen Miao took the binoculars, came to the little empress, took a few breaths, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the telescope I built yesterday!"

Wu Mingkong looked at the object in her hand curiously, and said, "This looks a little smaller than the microscope you developed."

Shen Miaodao: "This is because the principle of telescopes and microscopes is different...... They are both composed of eyepieces and objective lenses, but the objective lens of a microscope is more ......."

"Oh, anyway, there is a lot of knowledge about light involved, and even if I say it, Your Majesty won't understand it."

"Shen Miao!" Han Dao's heart jumped again.

Wu Mingkong didn't pay attention to it at all, and said with a smile: "What Shen Miao said is right, even if she explains it all, I may not understand it, you know how to use this thing."

Shen Miao said, "It's very simple, just look at it!"

As she spoke, she picked up the binoculars, put her eyes on the eyepieces, looked into the distance, and said, "It's like this!"

After speaking, he put down the binoculars, handed it to the little empress, and said, "Your Majesty try it!"

Wu Mingkong stretched out his hand to take the telescope, followed her method, aimed at the eyepiece, and looked at it.

The next second.

See what you see in your binoculars.

Her mouth opened slightly, revealing a look of disbelief, and she said in her heart:

"I can really ...... it."

(End of chapter)