Chapter 37: The Function of the Telescope (I)

"Telescope" is a kind of jewelry equipment, and wearing it on the body can improve the range of vision worn to a certain extent.

The process of making a telescope is a combination of a series of complex processes on an unprecedented scale. In order to successfully build a telescope, it is necessary to refine it from a large amount of quartzite jade

"Rough glass", and then repeatedly purified, gradually obtained

"Transparent glass",

"Crystal glass" and the final finished product

"pure glass", which is then polished into various flakes of different sizes, convex and concave with a special mold; I also had to extract some brass from the copper ore, and then work it into flakes that could be curled; In the end, I had to put these together in a certain order

The "pure convex glass lenses" are arranged in a certain order, fixed on brass sheets, and then these glass lenses are rolled together with brass and fixed to make a rare long cylindrical object, which is considered to be a successful manufacture.

Before that, I had only tried to extract a substance from natural things, and at most tried to purify it, and I had never undergone such a complex process.

These processes are very demanding, especially in the process of polishing lenses, which can lead to waste and waste if you are not careful, which is also the most troublesome part for me.

According to the drawings, both alchemists and mechanics can learn the techniques of making telescopes, and I guess that these processes are the parts that mechanics are good at.

The process of making a telescope was extremely painful. I spent a lot of money to buy mountains of quartzite jade ore from ore dealers, and then melted them into a liquid in a special magic furnace to remove all kinds of impurities, and when the process was complete, the ore was only one-fifth of its weight, and this process had to be repeated three times.

At this rate, even if my magic backpack were full of ore, I would only end up refining a finished product that was about the size of a fist

"Pure glass". It's hard not to feel the urge to chop down Mount Uzig with an axe and throw it directly into the furnace for alchemy.

And this was just the beginning, and when I started to polish these glass lenses, it was the beginning of my truly bleak life.

I had to divide a whole piece of solidified glass into thin slices and polish them into thin shapes that would break them into several petals if I wasn't careful.

When I spent three whole days turning a warehouse of quartzite jade ore into a small piece of glass that could be held in one hand, and then into a flake less than a finger thick, and finally broke it into a piece of slag with my own hands because of a little carelessness, you can imagine the despair of wanting to die at that time.

By the time all the lenses needed were finished, I didn't know how much of this shiny white ore I had personally reimbursed.

My personal feeling is that I have almost melted a majestic mountain peak into these clear lenses that are too small for seasoning saucers, and I can't help but be moved to tears by this strong perseverance to move mountains and reclaim the sea.

When the first telescope was successfully born in my hands, my hard work finally paid off: not only did my alchemy level rise directly to level six, but even my own level rose to level thirty-three.

I excitedly put the telescope on my shoulder, eager to verify its efficacy. Looking out the window of Mr. Edgwell's house, I saw that my horizons had expanded a lot.

Standing here, I could only see three blocks away, but when I crossed the intersection facing the city gate, my vision became blurred, and I could only see a dim figure and I couldn't distinguish anything.

Now, I can clearly see the figure of the pedestrian at the intersection of the fourth street ahead. With the miraculous effect of the telescope, I could even see the appearance of an elven man walking from there: his body was long, his cheeks were fair, his nose was straight, his flaxen hair was softly draped over his shoulders, and when the wind fluttered, he was indescribably handsome and free.

The two emerald eyes of this male pure-blood elf revealed a sensual and mysterious seductive color, quiet and hazy, as if some unknown secret was hidden in them.

Carrying a delicate blue composite bow carved with flowers, he walked gently down the street. In front of him, two well-dressed human women walked towards him while chatting.

They talked so speculatively that they didn't see an elf coming across from them. And although the elven man had a warm and friendly smile on his face, he did not show any intention of evading.

Finally, the three people who were walking opposite each other got together, and they were almost half a step away. It was only at this time that the two ladies chatting showed the presence of pedestrians on the opposite side.

The two of them exclaimed in unison, and immediately stopped. And at this time, the elven ranger with a bow and arrow on his back also seemed to have just appeared in front of the two ladies.

At this time, he had already closed his momentum, and he was about to collide head-on with the two ladies. At this moment, he suddenly took a half step to the left front, and with his left foot as the axis, he took advantage of the momentum of the forward movement to turn lightly to the right rear, grazing the shoulder of the lady on his right hand and wrapping it around her right side.

This casual dodge is as smooth and light as flowing water, showing his remarkable reflexes and balance, but also as graceful and agile as a dance.

Seeing that his nimble turning action dodged the two ladies in front of him, he was about to successfully avoid this unexpected collision, but it was a pity that he did not have a tall iron hotel sign erected behind their right side now, and he rushed to meet him with great grace and without hesitation, and then his whole body was like a gecko that had just been cut off and was straightened upright

"Shoot" on it, out

There was a crisp "bang". I think he hit me hard, and I could hear the sound even from dozens of paces away.

This unexpected sudden accident suddenly made the two ladies who had just been a little frightened immediately become cheerful, and they ran forward hand in hand, looking back curiously as they went, and from time to time they pointed and poked at the elven ranger who was still lying on the hotel sign, and scattered all the way

"Laughter like silver bells". As I think you've all guessed, this clumsy elf who doesn't walk long is my fellow adventurer, the comrade-in-arms with whom I once ventured, the comrade-in-arms who fought side by side, and the myopic elven ranger who impressed with his desperate eyesight and unique clumsy marksmanship.

From that street to the city gate avenue, just a few dozen steps away, the poor weak vision elf ranger hit pedestrians five times, twice hit the wall straight, three times was tripped by the gravel on the ground, and once was hit by a pillar and then lowered his head and muttered something with a ashamed face, obviously not seeing what he hit clearly, and was apologizing to the pillar.

With the way he moved forward with such an accident, it was hard for me not to worry that he would accidentally hit his head before he reached the city gates.

Seeing the scattered appearance of Xian Ge Yayi's walking, and thinking of the tool I had just completed in trial production, I suddenly had an idea and gave birth to a bold conjecture: if I let Xian Ge Yayi wear this

"Telescope", is it possible for his eyesight to be improved because of this? Thinking of this, I hurriedly ran downstairs and rushed in the direction of the city gate.

The current city gate area is crowded at the time of crowding, and all kinds of people are piled up here, some waiting for people, some accepting tasks, but most of them still set up small stalls to sell goods.

As we all know, the natives who run all kinds of shops are mean and stingy guys.

They will always be willing to buy the loot you sell at extremely low prices, for them, a long sword or trinket with quite good attributes can only be sold for less than fifty silver coins at most, and those collected minerals, herbs and other things are cheaper to make people vomit blood.

And the same thing, sold by them, will more than triple the price. As a result, more and more people who are unwilling to be subjected to this cruel exploitation have found other ways to trade.

They set up stalls in the busiest places in the city, put their goods for sale on the stalls, marked the prices, and waited for interested inquiries.

In this way, the seller can get a higher profit, and the buyer can buy the item they want at a lower price.

Actually, I am also a frequent visitor here, I have bought a lot of raw materials to learn alchemy here, and the finished products have also found suitable buyers through this channel.

The sellers who set up the stalls sell goods that are not only cheaper, but also have a much more complete variety than the original stores, including some of the most sought-after boutique equipment.

Among these goods sold, there are two things that are most frequently brought up, one called:

"Point card", and another is called

"Renminbi". Walking among these vendors, you will surely hear something similar from time to time

"Sprinkle tears and cut meat to sell point cards, five hundred gold a piece without counteroffering" or

"Professional gold group, 50 yuan per thousand gold, 20% discount at the beginning of the opening" such a noisy shout.

Oddly enough, I've never seen two of the most popular and best-selling items of the moment, either in Camponavia or in Valen.

All I saw was a lot of people scrambling to throw out large sums of gold coins as if they were enchanted, but they left happily without getting anything, as if so much money would explode in their bags.

It's just that occasionally someone will stand in the middle of the city and shout loudly in anger, saying that someone cheated him out of his money and didn't give him the point card, and the whole family of male thieves and female prostitutes will not be able to die well.

Although I have never seen the real thing, but

"Point card" and

"Renminbi" gives me the feeling that they seem to be similar to gold coins, probably the monetary units of other countries, and they can be regarded as hard currency on the continent of Farvi, which constitutes the financial system of the kingdom of Teremea

The value of the "renminbi" is the most stable, and no matter how the exchange rate between the three changes, its price has always been strong and slowly rising, and it can be called the second hard currency in the whole continent.