He was very confident in his new design and felt that he would definitely surpass the transmissive telescope. As long as he received the support of the emperor and issued an imperial edict to the Shangfang Supervisor to test the production, he would be successful soon.
But he didn't expect that the emperor could not see the beauty of it. Not only did he not issue an edict to Shangfangjian, he also asked him to cooperate with the workshop in Nanyang to win their support.
This is no different from perfunctory.
He originally admired the emperor very much, but now he feels that the emperor is not that wise.
I walked out of the door unhappily and came to the vestibule, and was stopped by Qin Mi who was waiting here.
Qin Mi was appointed as the Minister of State and was on duty today. When he saw Zhou Qun come to see him, he waited in the front courtyard and wanted to talk to him about his recent situation. Speaking of which, Zhou Qun was invited by him to enter the court. Now Zhou Qun is in the Taishi Office.
He was happy when he was born.
Seeing that Zhou Qun was in a low mood, Qin Mi was a little surprised and led Zhou Qun to a remote place and asked a few questions.
Zhou Qun said the situation again and complained: "I have done an experiment. The reflection has no chromatic aberration and is better than transmission. Therefore, it can be done larger, but not bulky, hundreds of times better than the transmission mirror. But the emperor is not
I realized the wonderful things, but I didn’t agree.”
Qin Mi didn't speak immediately. After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Qun spread the drawings and shook his head.
"Brother Zhongzhi, I'm sorry, your design is indeed brilliant, but there are many difficulties. Not to mention anything else, this bronze mirror is not as bright as the reflection is as bright as the transmission, which is obvious to all. It may be barely possible during the day, but at night..."
Qin Mi didn't continue to say it, but Zhou Qun understood it, patted his forehead and said in regret: "I've been negligent, negligent."
The bronze mirror is a common thing, so Zhou Qun naturally understood that Qin Mi’s statement was reasonable. He wanted to build this telescope just to watch stars, and it was all at night. There was a lake in the room, let alone the stars thousands of miles away in the night sky.
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In this way, the emperor asked him to discuss cooperation with the Nanyang workshop, but he did not act perfunctorily, but refused politely.
Qin Mi didn't think of this.
He told Zhou Qun that there are many workshops in Nanyang that do mirrors. They not only make telescopes, but also make bronze marks for daily use. Because of the fierce competition, they put in a lot of effort. Some workshops work hard on grinding, while others work hard on grinding.
I spent a lot of effort on the materials and came up with new things to win, and improving the brightness of the reflection is also one of them.
In this regard, folk workshops are more experienced and have more ideas than Shangfangjian.
After hearing this, Zhou Qun was skeptical, but he still went to prepare.
A few days later, Zhou Qun first published an article, and then the Taishi Administration convened several powerful workshops in Nanyang to attend the meeting in the name of discussion to seek collaborators.
As Qin Mi said, several workshops that made mirrors and made videos were very interested, and one of them also proposed a solution to the lack of brightness.
Using silver as a mirror, or plating a layer of silver on a copper mark and grinding it, the brightness can be increased by several levels.
They have tried this point. However, the cost of silver plating is too high and ordinary people cannot afford it. Currently, it can only be sold as a luxury product. If it can be labeled as a Taishi Department, it may help increase its popularity.
Of course, compared to the label of the Taishi Bureau, they hope that their products can become tributes, allowing the queen and nobles in the harem to use this high-bright silver mirror and promote it for them.
The two sides hit it off.
Zhou Qun patted his chest and said, "I will report your request to the emperor and win his consent."
The representatives of the workshop were very happy. When they returned, they sent two exquisite silver scripts. Zhou Qun immediately delivered these two silver scripts to Liu Xie.
Liu Xie was also surprised by the smoothness and brightness of Yinjian.
Nanyang is worthy of being an imperial village. There are many rich people and various craftsmanship. It is even more than his expectations that it can create such exquisite and smooth silver mirrors with such high reflectivity.
It seems that it is necessary to conduct a survey on the craft level of Nanyang.
Such a bright silver mirror should be no problem for making a reflective telescope. Zhou Qun is one step closer to the target.
Of course it's just one step.
Although reflective telescopes can solve the problem of chromatic aberration, they cannot solve the spherical aberration. There is still a long way to go to build a qualified astronomical telescope, and even he cannot solve it.
He was not very clear about those details and could only count on more people to explore.
Liu Xie politely refused the idea that the workshop wanted to become a tribute and promoted it in the name of the court.
He told Zhou Qun that the court had no money, and the scale of the harem was compressed as much as possible, so he could not afford to use too many luxury goods, and he did not want to form a luxury atmosphere. I can provide part of the cost of developing a telescope, as a tribute.
Things will be spared.
Zhou Qun didn't care either.
As long as he could make a telescope, he would not care about anything else. Besides, the emperor was thrifty and he could not ask for anything, so he absolutely did not have the reason to persuade the emperor to be extravagant.
Save money and just for research.
After repeated consultations, the workshop also made concessions and signed a cooperation agreement with the Taishi Administration to develop a telescope for stargazing.
After more than a month of hard work, the first reflective telescope was released.
There is no chromatic aberration and brightness is acceptable, but the effect is not as good as Zhou Qun's expectations. The image of the stars is not as clear as that of the transmission telescope.
Zhou Qun was hit hard and thought hard.
At this time, a piece of article was published in Dibao, which made a prediction about Zhou Qun's previous article, and mentioned that the spherical surface was small, an image deformation model lake outside the axis would appear, and a possible solution was proposed mathematically.
Zhou Qun was shocked after reading the article and immediately found this young scholar named Zhao Shuang and invited him to participate in the development of the reflective telescope.
Compared with the troubles encountered by Zhou Qun in developing reflective telescopes, Shangfangjian's progress in developing transmissive telescopes was relatively smooth. After solving the material problem, the telescope that meets military requirements was quickly developed successfully, expanding its vision by two to three.
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After acceptance, Liu Xie ordered the manufacture of the first batch of military telescopes, with a total of twenty.
The ten are handed over to the martial arts lecture hall, used for teaching and exercises, and provided feedback by Shangfangjian.
Ten numbers of the Heavenly Stems are distributed to the generals fighting on the front line and some important generals guarding one side. This is a weapon of combat and an honor.
For example, although General Zhang Ji of the Cavalry left the front line, he also obtained a telescope, numbered B.
When he learned that there were only ten generals who received the telescope, he ranked first, Zhang Ji was grateful and immediately expressed his gratitude.
Han Sui also expressed his gratitude, with the number Ding.
Han Sui was in charge of the two prefectures of Yan and Yu, but he had no combat missions. After receiving the telescope, he knew that the court had not forgotten him and the emperor had not forgotten him. He was in a good mood and wrote a passionate thank-you letter in person.
The new General Zhengnan, Ding Chong, who officially replaced Zhang Ji, also received a telescope numbered Geng.
Only Ding Chong received the reward from tens of thousands of troops in the Jingnan area. The court was very determined to support him. After Ding Chong received the telescope, he expressed gratitude while sending someone to Sun Ce’s army, saying that Sun Ce was better than him.
If he needs such a powerful weapon, he can lend it to Sun Cey first.
Sun Ce was very satisfied when he received the telescope and immediately replied. In addition to thanking him, he reiterated his support for Ding Chong and said that all the preparations were ready and he could enter Jiaozhou after the autumn.