Wei Zheng looked at it several times and was convinced that this thing was not a far tube.
First of all, this iron tube is much thicker than ordinary telescopes. Only some recently made thicker high-performance telescopes can reach this level. Those telescopes can often see double the distance of early telescopes. This is mainly due to
Thanks to the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who made this thing at the Ministry of Industry, their craftsmanship has become more mature and more skilled in the past few years.
The Ministry of Industry even specially awarded these craftsmen with official status and corresponding levels of salary as rewards, which shows that the court attaches great importance to it and how difficult it is to improve this craftsmanship.
And this thing... Li Sheng should not be a person from the Ministry of Labor and Industry. Wei Zheng can be sure of this. If he uses it, he will definitely know it. And since it is useless, how can he still make this thing...
Obviously, this is something that can easily fail to be made, so Li Sheng would not use people from the Ministry of Industry - and based on this, it should also mean that this is a new thing.
And since it is a new thing, that means...
Wei Zheng took a deep breath. This thing obviously uses a crystal lens similar to that of a telescope, but it is not a telescope. So... it is probably also used for telephoto. But what kind of needs will require labor from Li Sheng himself?
Do you want to do this research and development yourself?
This is intriguing...
The only thing that is certain is that this thing must be worth a lot of money.
And soon... Wei Zheng realized that this thing was not only valuable, but also worth more than he imagined.
Because after a while, Sun Simiao shouted in surprise from the side.
"microscope?"
"Microscope? What is this?"
Wei Zheng was guessing when he saw Sun Simiao taking out a pamphlet at some point.
This booklet was very familiar to Wei Zheng at first glance, because when Li Sheng was on Hedong Road in Youzhou, he followed His Majesty to meet him. This booklet was used every time His Majesty presented him with various magic arts.
——But this time, the booklet looks much more delicate, with the corners cut into rounded shapes, and the white paper is completely different from the original.
Of course... Wei Zheng won't pay too much attention to these small details. What's more important is obviously the content of this booklet itself, and...
The three words on the cover of this booklet.
microscope!
When he saw these three words clearly, Wei Zheng, who was already extremely curious, felt even more curious.
Because these three characters look very neat, and... at first glance, they are not simple things.
Knowing the smallest details is the most important ability of a person in Chinese culture, and these four words actually have two meanings. One is that a person has a strong structure and can deduce macro trends from changes in details. The other meaning is
It means you have extraordinary observation skills.
But what Wei Zheng doesn't quite understand is what exactly this thing is used to observe...
The far tube is used to observe traces of people on the battlefield. It goes without saying that it is powerful, but this microscope... does not seem to be used to observe things in the distance.
However, this is indeed used to observe some things, and "micro" means "down to the micro". Is this a tool that allows the far tube to observe more minutely? But... the far tube is mainly used to see things on the battlefield.
Is there anyone in a certain place - for example, there are woods on a hillside. You can see the ambush with a far tube, but you can't see it without a far tube. This is the value of the far tube, but... the key to using the far tube is still
See "Is there such a thing as an ambush?" As for what the ambush soldier looks like, his long beard, and greasy hair, there seems to be no need to observe. Besides...
How could something used for battle arrays be sent to Doctor Sun Simiao? Why would he want it?
Then the question comes... Since it is not used for battle formations, then there seems to be no other place where observation ability is particularly needed, right? If it is in the field of catching theft and investigating crimes, then this...
What this thing requires is not so much "meticulous observation" but actually "meticulous attention."
In other words, the main advantage of an expert in catching robbers and investigating crimes is to notice things that others cannot notice, rather than having really magical eyes that can see things that others cannot.
In other words, this microscope... Just as Wei Zheng was making wild guesses, Sun Simiao on the side was already flipping through the brochure.
And just as Wei Zheng was carefully observing this expensive "desktop telescope" and wondering what this precious thing with a series of crystal jewels was used for, then... he heard Sun Simiao exclaiming.
Wei Zheng immediately raised his head and looked at Sun Simiao, "Sir, what's wrong?"
"Xuancheng, let's take a quick look inside this package..."
As Sun Simiao spoke, he opened the package on the side and started flipping it without waiting for Wei Zheng to react.
When Wei Zheng saw this scene, he was a little confused - what is going on? Haven't all the things been taken out?
Could it be inside...
Soon, he saw Sun Simiao pull out another object from the package, this time it was a wooden box measuring one foot long, which made Wei Zheng suddenly curious.
What is the purpose of this thing...it even comes with a box of parts.
But when he asked this question, Sun Simiao gave a wry smile the next moment.
"I'm afraid Xuancheng has misunderstood. This thing is not just a box of parts... this thing is a whole box of microscopes!"
"What?!"
…
When Wei Zheng heard this, he was stunned on the spot, and remained stunned for at least twenty seconds.
This thing... is so shocking.
I was originally thinking that maybe this thing was some kind of special microscope for other purposes - didn't you know that some time ago, Li Shengxian got a bicycle for His Majesty, and then sent a copy to modify the bicycle.
Although this modification has greatly reduced the overall speed of the bicycle, it is still much faster than walking, but this is not the point.
The key point is that after lowering the bicycle, its load capacity increases significantly in minutes!
So if it looks like that...
Wei Zheng estimated that this microscope might be something similar, used to use the observation ability of the telescope in other places outside the mountains, such as jungles. But...
But I never thought of it.
The microscope Li Sheng sent...the one in the iron tube above is just the tip of the iceberg.
The real microscope is actually a whole box!
If this was a far tube, based on the current popularity of the Tang Dynasty, it could at least arm tens of thousands of troops.
One can imagine how scarce this thing is...
But in this case, Wei Zheng's curiosity reached its peak in an instant.
So many telescopes...but what are they used for??
A bicycle can still be a bicycle if the wheels on the back are modified...
The teletube should be similar, maybe it has changed from observing the terrain to a usage scenario such as a jungle. The problem is...