Through this telescope, you can clearly see the scenery in the distance, and even the details of the flowers and trees can be seen at a glance.

"Fun ......"

The little empress looked at the telescope with interest, and the corners of her mouth hooked into a smile.

At this moment, compared to Shen Miao, she is more like a little girl who is twenty-seven years old.

Side.

When Han Dao saw this scene, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Shen Miao, and showed a look of approval.

Shen Miao raised her little head proudly, as if this telescope was a trivial matter not worth mentioning to her.

"Fang Xiu, take a look, this telescope can really see a scene a hundred steps away."

Wu Mingkong put down the telescope in his hand and handed it to Fang Xiu, saying with great interest.

To Fang Xiu, the telescope is not a novelty.

But seeing the little empress looking expectant, he still reached out and took it, pretended to look at it for a while, and then exclaimed.

"Wonderful! It's wonderful!"

"yes!"

Wu Mingkong stood on tiptoe, snatched the telescope from Fang Xiu's hand, and said, "I'll show it to me when I'm done."

Fang Xiu returned the telescope to the little empress.

Then I saw the little empress holding a telescope, looking left, right, up, down, and finally aiming the glasses at Fang Xiu's face, carefully examining them.

「......」

If it was in the Heart Cultivation Palace, there were only the two of them, Fang Xiu would definitely say at this time, Your Majesty, have you had enough?

But this was in the Engineering Academy, and in front of outsiders, he couldn't bear to open his mouth and let the little empress play.

A moment later.

Wu Mingkong finally put down the telescope in his hand, and returned to his breezy appearance, his delicate face looked at Shen Miao with a faint smile, and praised, "You did a good job, I believe you can ...... that in three days."

"Astronomical telescopes."

"Yes, an astronomical telescope."

Wu Mingkong looked at her and said, "This telescope, after I have used it, I think it is very good, whether it is on the battlefield or on weekdays, it can be used, if it can be produced on a large scale, it is an excellent thing for the imperial court!"

When Shen Miao heard this, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, it can be produced on a large scale, as long as there are enough raw materials, it won't take long to build a telescope, and it won't take a lot of effort!"

"Really?"

"It's true! If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, I can make one for Your Majesty now!"

Shen Miao raised her head and said proudly.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong smiled and said, "I am very pleased that the Engineering Academy has an engineer like you!"

After speaking, he looked at Han Dao on the side and ordered, "From today onwards, recruit more craftsmen and build a new workshop nearby to produce telescopes."

Han Dao was about to agree.

Fang Xiu opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the buildings near the academy have already been planned, and it is not suitable to build another workshop, among the ministers, the raw materials of the telescope are mainly high-quality colored glass, and it will take a certain amount of time for the colored glass to be transported here from the colored glass workshop, and it will inevitably bump and bump in the middle, resulting in loss.

Therefore, it is better to build this telescope workshop next to the glass workshop, and after the glass is produced, it will be transported directly to the telescope workshop."

Wu Mingkong listened, nodded in agreement, and said, "What you said is good, just do as you say."

Fang Xiu arched his hand and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

After speaking, he looked at the young engineer Shen Miao and said with a smile: "Your development of the telescope can be regarded as a great achievement for the imperial court, Your Majesty is here, whatever reward you want, you can put it forward."

"Really?"

When Shen Miao heard this, she looked at the little empress excitedly.

Wu Mingkong nodded and said, "Naturally."

got a positive answer, and Shen Miao returned it for a while

Not knowing what reward to ask for, he bit his finger and thought about it.

After a moment, she raised her eyes to look at Wu Mingkong and said firmly, "The student wants a workshop of his own!"

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he was slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked at Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu asked, "What do you want the workshop to do?"

Shen Miao said, "I still have a lot of things to build, although the Engineering Academy has a lot of tools, and there are many brothers and uncles who are willing to help me, but here, I will never be taken seriously.

So I want my own workshop, with my own grants, to recruit my own craftsmen, to train my own engineers, and only then will I have the opportunity to make many things on the drawings in their entirety!"

When Fang Xiu heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

With the financial resources of the Prime Minister's government, building a workshop is certainly not a problem.

But no one's money is blown by a strong wind.

For such a little girl, building a workshop dedicated to her is equivalent to building another hall in the engineering academy, which requires a lot of resources and may not be rewarding in the short term.

Therefore, Fang Xiu hesitated.

Shen Miao saw that Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu didn't speak, her eyes dimmed a little, and said, "If Your Majesty and the Prime Minister are embarrassed, then the student doesn't force it, just give the student a separate room and a complete set of tools!"

When Fang Xiu heard this, he raised his eyes to look at her and said, "Since Your Majesty has promised you that he will give you a reward, he will naturally not break his promise, the workshop you said, the original appearance will send someone to build it inside the engineering academy, manpower, and appropriation, and the original appearance will also give it to you."

When Shen Miao heard this, her expression was a little incredulous.

After being stunned for a few seconds, his face showed excitement and said loudly, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Prime Minister Xie!"

As soon as he spoke, he saw Fang Xiu waving his hand.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you first, there are conditions for this picture to give you the workshop!

After all, you are not the only one who has developed a telescope-like object in the entire workshop, but only the owner of the Firearms Hall has built the workshop alone.

Therefore, this phase gives you a year, and it does not limit the direction of your research, but you must research something important enough, or develop something important enough.

Based on the White Musket built by the Master of Firearms, as long as you can build something that everyone recognizes as important as the White Musket, this workshop will always be in your charge.

If you can't build it after a year, this workshop will be managed by Han Dao for the time being, and it will be handed over to capable people in the future, do you have any opinions?"

Shen Miao looked confident and said decisively, "No opinion! If I can't build anything in a year with the Workshop, I might as well give it to someone else!"

When Fang Xiu and the little empress heard this, they both nodded approvingly.

"Han Dao."

Fang Xiu looked at the dean of the Engineering Academy who was standing aside.

"The lower official is here."

Han Dao hurriedly agreed.

Fang Xiu looked at him and said, "In the past few days, I went to Xiangguo's Mansion to get 10,000 taels of silver for the construction of a new workshop, and the name of the workshop is called the Machinery Hall, and its status is equivalent to that of the Firearms Hall."

"Xia Guan understands!"

Han Dao saluted.

Fang Xiu turned his head to look at Shen Miao and said, "The workshop for telescopes will be established during this time, and you will be asked to help train the craftsmen who produce telescopes at that time."

Shen Miao was still immersed in the joy and excitement of having her own workshop at the moment, and when she heard this, she clenched her little fist and said loudly, "It is incumbent!"

When Wu Mingkong saw this scene, he couldn't help laughing, stepped forward, touched her head, and said, "When you really become a world-famous engineer, I will hold a banquet for you in the palace, so that you can have another good meal."

「......」

Shen Miao heard the little female emperor mention the banquet, and the embarrassing scene of Chinese New Year's Eve couldn't help but appear in his mind, and his pretty face was slightly red, and he stopped talking.

Coming out of the Engineering Academy.

Fang Xiu and small

The empress got into the carriage back to Chang'an.

Halfway through, the car stopped again.

"What's going on out there?"

Fang Xiu lifted the curtain and asked.

The guard said, "The front is blocked again."

When Fang Xiu heard this, he sighed in his heart, lowered the curtain, and said, "It's not a way to go on like this, it's time to advance the plan to build a new city."

Wu Mingkong sat beside Fang Xiu, put a piece of osmanthus cake to his mouth, and said, "When did you plan to build a new city?"

Fang Xiu took a bite and said, "One year later."

Wu Mingkong stuffed the remaining osmanthus cake into his mouth, chewing it carefully, and muttered, "At that time, you didn't expect that the four great academies could develop so rapidly."

Fang Xiu was noncommittal and nodded.

Wu Mingkong said again: "However, the role of the four academies is indeed beyond my expectations, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the telescope made by Shen Miao, if there is no engineering academy to show her strength, if it wants to come out, I don't know when."

And how much benefit can this small telescope bring to the imperial court, it is simply an artifact on the battlefield, even if it is placed among the people, it also has many uses......

"And you can play with your majesty."

Fang Xiu continued.

"That's right, you can still give me ......."

Wu Mingkong was halfway through his words, when he felt that something was wrong, and changed his words: "I don't play with it, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is that it can be used on the battlefield."

Fang Xiu smiled, and didn't mention the childishness that Wu Mingkong showed when he was playing with the telescope in the Engineering Academy just now, but just said, "Look at this posture, it will be blocked for a while, Your Majesty will rest first."

Wu Mingkong thought for a few seconds, nodded slightly, brought a cushion, put it on Fang Xiu's lap, and then lay on the delicate blanket, and pillowed his little head on the cushion.

After a while, he felt uncomfortable with the mat again, so he took the mat away and pillowed it directly on Fang Xiu's lap.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

Seeing the quiet and sweet face of the little empress, and not wanting to spoil the peaceful atmosphere at the moment, the words came to her mouth and swallowed back.

Minutes and seconds passed.

I don't know how long it took.

The carriage was back on the move.

Wu Mingkong rested quietly on Fang Xiu's lap and gradually fell asleep.

Half an hour later.

The carriage returned to the palace gate.

The little empress, who was still immersed in her dreams, heard someone shouting her name in a daze.

Slowly opened his eyes, and saw a slightly haggard face.

Immediately, a familiar voice sounded.

"Here we are, Your Majesty."

"Huh?"

The little empress who had just woken up was still a little confused.

Fang Xiu looked helpless and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't get up again, the minister's leg will be wasted."

「......」

The little empress was still a little confused, and it took a while to react that the carriage had returned to the palace.

So, I slowly got up from the blanket.

A moment later.

Wu Mingkong stood next to the carriage wearing a fox fur, looked inside the carriage, and asked, "Why haven't you come down yet?"

Fang Xiu's face was helpless, and he said, "You have to ask Your Majesty about this."

"Ask me?"

The little empress looked puzzled.

Immediately after, in her puzzled gaze, Fang Xiu held on to her numb leg and slowly moved out.

Feet on the ground, one stumbled, almost to his knees.

When Wu Mingkong saw this scene, he realized that his legs were numb.

There was a snort, and the smile bloomed like a flower.

The little empress held back a smile, stepped forward to support him, and said in a low voice, "Fang Xiang's body is not good, it's only been a while, and his legs are numb like this."

Fang Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty

Tell me for a while?"

The little empress raised her eyebrows and said, "Isn't it for a while?"

Fang Xiu looked at her delicate face, and suddenly lowered his voice, "After returning to the Heart Cultivation Palace, the minister will also serve His Majesty for a while."

When he spoke, he deliberately added an accent to the word "for a while".

When Wu Mingkong heard this, some pictures immediately appeared in his mind, and a blush rose on his pretty face, and he snorted, "Whoever is afraid of whom, I am afraid that some people will not be able to hold on for a while at that time."

Fang Xiu: "......"

The little empress became more and more bold, and dared to laugh at him in front of him.

It seems that I have to make time and teach the little empress a good lesson!

Fang Xiu thought so, and heard a slightly hurried footsteps behind him.

Turning his head, he saw a familiar figure hurrying towards him.

The little empress also heard the footsteps, followed Fang Xiu's gaze, and when she saw someone coming, her expression became a little surprised, and her heart also lifted.

"Shangguan Begonia? It's the first time I've seen her leave in such a hurry, is there something wrong?"

Just when she was thinking so.

Shangguan Haitang had already come to Fang Xiu and her, first saluted, and then said:

"Fang Xiang, Your Majesty, the latest news from the Yan Kingdom, the fleet of the Euro people has appeared in the ocean outside Jizhou."

When Fang Xiu and Wu Mingkong heard this, they were both stunned.

The Euros, they've all heard of it.

It was a certain ethnic group in an overseas land, living in a place called Oro.

There were also kingdoms in the land of Europe, but they came to Middle-earth to do business, usually not in the name of the nations, but in the name of caravans.

Therefore, in the eyes of the countries of Middle-earth, the Euros were just a group of people who made a living by doing business at sea, and posed no threat to the nations.

Including at this moment, I heard Shangguan Haitang mention the fleet.

Wu Mingkong's first reaction was still Shang Jia's fleet.

But Fang Xiu tasted some different flavors from Shangguan Haitang's reaction.

"How many boats do they have?" How many people? How much of a threat is there to the Yan Kingdom? Does the plague have anything to do with them?"

Fang Xiu asked a few questions in one breath.

Shangguan Haitang did not hesitate and answered one by one.

"At least a hundred, the number is unknown, Emperor Yan has ordered to transfer 100,000 iron cavalry to Jizhou, obviously ready for battle, as for the plague...... The lowly position has not yet been clarified."

(End of chapter)