Although it is not as cheap and convenient as it was in later generations, it was already quite fast in this period. Although the postage was still very expensive, the speed was much faster than before. The whole process from Qiongzhou Island to Hangzhou and then to Chang'an was amazing.
It only took half a month.
Sun Simiao was puzzled and asked his disciple to take the things over. When he saw the name of the sender, Sun Simiao was shocked.
This thing was actually sent by Li Sheng!
When he saw that it was a gift from Li Sheng, Wei Zheng immediately became more alert and guessed what the package was...
Perhaps due to old age and frailty, Sun Simiao failed to dismantle the package for a long time, and the package was very strange. Not only was the outside made of a solid wooden box nailed shut with iron nails, but the inside was also wrapped in layers of silk cloth.
At this moment, Wei Zheng's expression changed from excitement to boredom.
Although it belongs to Li Sheng, this is really curious, but... think about it, there are still a lot of things in the court, especially how to increase the income of farmers, which have not yet been solved. And Li Sheng gave gifts to Sun Simiao,
Wei Zheng also knew that Sun Simiao had visited Li Sheng some time ago. After such a long journey, it was quite normal for Li Sheng not to mention a return visit but to send some gifts.
In this case, I'm still excited and curious, so it's better to think hard.
Despite being polite, Wei Zheng remained calm and composed, watching Sun Simiao open the box and observing the contents, but his mind had already gone elsewhere.
but……
Just after Sun Simiao opened the silk package in the wooden box, Wei Zheng was shocked.
In fact... Wei Zheng thought this was Li Sheng's return gift for Sun Simiao's long-distance visit, and even Sun Simiao himself thought so for a while.
But the moment he opened it... Sun Simiao immediately remembered and remembered one thing - Master Li Sheng once said that he wanted to give himself something!
After opening the package, Sun Simiao was immediately attracted by this thing. Although...even though he didn't know what it was, he could tell that its craftsmanship was extremely exquisite, just like a piece of jewelry.
...Although it is made of steel, it is as bright as silver. There is a large iron plate below, and a pillar rises from the middle of the iron plate. On the pillar is a small iron plate. And behind the pillar
, then another iron arm rose up, completely pressing on the pillar and the small iron plate in the middle, and...
The end of this iron arm holds an extremely regular cylinder.
The shape of this cylinder seemed ordinary, but the processing was exquisite, but... Sun Simiao and Wei Zheng here were both knowledgeable people, and they immediately saw the end of the cylinder, and there was a very bright light shining uncertainly along with the light of the lantern in the yard.
The brightness was clearly far greater than the cylinder itself - Sun Simiao was not very impressed by this shining thing, but Wei Zheng was very familiar with it.
Those are the "lenses" Li Sheng once hired a large number of jewelry craftsmen to create!
The purpose of this lens is, of course, the telescope - this is a tool made by Li Sheng for use in battle formations. It is specially designed to facilitate people to see far away. It can allow people to see the scenery more than ten miles away.
Even some details.
The military value of this is so great that it is almost self-evident. However...
Wei Zheng couldn't help but be curious. This telescope was for military use and was very expensive to build.
The reason is very simple, because the "lenses" inside are too expensive, and they are all polished with extremely high-quality and extremely expensive crystals.
And this craftsmanship is even more exaggerated. Among the crystals, let alone ordinary stonemasons, there are only a very few jewelry craftsmen who can polish "lenses" that Li Sheng considers "qualified".
These hard-earned things, in the Tang Dynasty's army... have now become almost similar to Huo Qubing's "big hair" in the Western Han Dynasty. This big hair is a kind of wine, and it is also the highest-grade wine in the Han Dynasty——
Only the emperor could drink it, and it was usually used for sacrifices. However, because of Huo Qubing's wave of his hand, all the soldiers of the Han Forbidden Army who followed him on the expedition to the north of Saibei took a sip.
Of course, today's Tang Dynasty is not what it used to be, and the emperor no longer uses big hair for sacrifices and rewards. Just like the old flagship mobile phones, although there are many stories surrounding them, they are all outdated after all. But...
Just because things are outdated doesn't mean people have changed.
Although today's imperial guards no longer covet Huo Yao's big beauties, they are still curious and fascinated by the things in the hands of the princes, such as... this far tube, which is what Li Sheng called "telescope"
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Although this telescope is only used to observe the enemy's situation on the battlefield, in the Tang Dynasty, any young man who has been in the Forbidden Army for a period of time knows that when those generals are not fighting, they will take out that thing when they have nothing to do.
On the face, watching the scenery... sometimes even without looking at the scenery, I will hold it in my hand and play with it.
Although some of these things have wooden tubes on the outside, and some have bright silver steel outer tubes, no matter which one they are, they all have one thing in common: the workmanship is extremely exquisite - of course the soldiers of the Forbidden Army have no idea that this seemingly simple iron tool and
The wooden pieces are all made by jewelry craftsmen, so be damned if the workmanship doesn't look good...
And this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that inside the far tube, it is said that there are small pieces of crystals, which are attached with the divine power of the Holy Commander General, which can make people become clairvoyant - and among the Forbidden Army, there are also
There are very serious rumors that are still widely circulated today. The wooden telescope can see three hundred miles, the iron telescope can see six hundred miles, and there is a special one whose surface is polished like a mirror by some secret method.
, that thing can see 1,500 miles away...
Such rumors are often banned in the military. No matter how much the generals in charge angrily rebuke these gossips, it doesn't work. But...
These generals and the soldiers under their command have one thing in common, that is, they are actually very curious about how the crystal in the far tube can make people see so far away... Although it is not as weird as the hundreds of miles or thousands of miles in the rumors.
, but it is indeed possible to see far beyond the distance of the human eye, and this is enough to collect a lot of crucial information on the battlefield.
And this is enough to attract all the grassroots soldiers to be obsessed with this thing.
However...to this day, there are not many captains in the Forbidden Army who are equipped with far tubes. Basically, only some high-ranking generals can equip them. Therefore, many Jianghu legends are still circulating and are constantly being reprinted.
From this, we can also see how difficult it is to obtain this sharp tool, the far tube, and the price is too expensive... The key is that it is not easy to make, and both the required crystal and high-level jewelry craftsmen are hard to find.
And this thing at this moment... is obviously not a far tube.