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Liu Mingqi felt that she was destined to the palace.
I just came here yesterday, and I came again tonight.
The place where the emperor received him was still the imperial study room, but there were many people in the imperial study room today. At first glance, they were all martial artists with a calm demeanor.
Liu Mingqi knew Gao Jing, Fang Kaiyue and Jiang Shaoji.
With a little thought, he knew that this group of people was either a general of the Nine Guards for the Forbidden Army, or the general, and belonged to the most top group of Dacian's generals.
They looked at Liu Mingqi with a little excitement and excitement.
The young man is a smart man. When he saw Fang Kaiyue, he naturally understood that it was probably because of the telescope.
as expected.
Emperor Jinghe, who was sitting on the royal chair, held a telescope and said, "Mingqi, did you do this again?"
"right."
The young man replied cheerfully.
"How was it made?" the emperor asked curiously, "I held it and looked at it for a long time at dusk. If I stood at a high place, I could clearly see the general appearance of the entire imperial city."
"The manufacturing method is a secret." Liu Mingqi said seriously, "Seeing so many generals, I remembered that if barbarians like Shiwei and Xiqiang got the method of making telescopes, it would be a disaster for us, so we still don't well said."
A group of military generals nodded repeatedly.
They must have thought of using the telescope for military purposes, and they also thought of not letting the enemy get this treasure.
"But if only His Royal Highness Prince Yu can make it, it will take a lot of time, and it won't be enough for all of us." A strong general frowned, "Should it be at least equipped to the rank of captain? And there are so many The frontier troops, garrison generals, etc., including losses, 300 are not too many."
"It's not just about generals."
Emperor Jinghe shook his head, "Water transport channels need to be used, the Ministry of Industry will build them, and the North and South Navy will also need to use them. At least 200 more will be added."
¡°I can¡¯t do so much.¡±
Liu Mingqi spread his hands, "It is difficult to build a telescope. Not only are the required materials difficult to find, but it is also time-consuming."
The young man is just talking nonsense.
It only took him an hour to make this telescope.
The principle behind telescopes is that they are worthless.
As long as a convex mirror and a concave mirror are overlapped, the effect of magnifying distant objects can be achieved.
The more finely polished the two mirrors are, the better the magnification effect will be.
After he made the glass, he polished a convex mirror and a concave mirror himself, and then asked the blacksmith at home to wrap them in copper sheets, and the whole thing was put together.
What is slightly more troublesome is the previous process of making transparent glass, but as a Ph.D. in physics and chemistry, making glass only takes a little time.
It¡¯s impossible to make just a little glass. There are a lot of glass in Liu Mingqi¡¯s studio now. If someone helps polish it, he can make hundreds of them in at most ten days.
but!
As the saying goes, if you can get it easily, you will never cherish it.
¡°If Liu Mingqi handed over hundreds of them within ten days this time, then they would think it was easy and would not cherish them as treasures.
Therefore, it is possible for it to be lost or stolen, and the risk of spreading it is very high.
"It's not a big problem if one or two telescopes are obtained by barbarians and small overseas countries, but if they get too many, it will be a disaster for the operations of large and small corps.
Only if these generals take good care of themselves can they reduce the risk of theft as much as possible.
Therefore, Liu Mingqi cannot give it so easily.
As for whether the young man is afraid that they will imitate it?
Not afraid.
If there are ready-made materials, it is possible to polish a concave mirror and a convex mirror in the same way.
But the problem is, besides Liu Mingqi, who can make such transparent glass?
Even the craftsmanship of the Kang Dynasty could not make pure transparent glass, let alone the barbarians.
There is no transparent glass, and the glass filled with various impurities is used as convex and concave mirrors. The effect is definitely not a little bit worse. It can achieve a magnification effect of two or three times, which is already considered good.
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Hearing Liu Mingqi¡¯s rejection, a group of generals were not surprised.
&nbbsp; ¡°So expensive!?¡±
A general below exclaimed.
The lowest-ranking ones present are all Generals of the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army, with the rank of third-grade official, with an annual salary of 2,500 taels of silver and 2,500 hu of rice.
A gadget like this is worth 20% of the salary of a Forbidden General, which is simply jaw-dropping.
Even the generals of the Forbidden Army have various subsidies and rewards. The price is really too expensive, more expensive than a whole thing made of gold.
Emperor Jinghe also frowned.
But he still nodded slowly, "Okay, I won't bargain with you, but before the Chinese New Year, you can get me twenty of them, okay?"
"This I'm afraid it's hard to say." Liu Mingqi looked embarrassed.
"Then it's settled!"
Emperor Jinghe waved his hand decisively, "Send twenty before the end of the year. I believe you can do it!"
Liu Mingqi smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, youwell, well, I can only say that I will try my best!"
"Then we have to add one more thing." Emperor Jinghe said seriously, "You must not sell a telescope like this to those merchants, especially those who travel through canals and sea routes.
¡°These people don¡¯t have any righteousness in their hearts. As long as they have money, they dare to sell anything. If telescopes fall into the hands of our enemies in large numbers, it will be a disaster, do you understand? "
"I understand, little minister!"
Liu Mingqi nodded.
No need for the emperor to tell him, he will do the same.
¡°Although selling it to those businessmen, Liu Mingqi could earn at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
But as a moral and conscientious royal son, Liu Mingqi certainly knows that there is some money that cannot be earned.
This is one of the reasons why Liu Mingqi refuses to supply large quantities to the military.
You dare to give them a few hundred today, but tomorrow someone will dare to claim that they are lost.
It is completely unnecessary to use national security to test their bottom line.
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Note: Glass has played a vital role in the development of Western science, just like gunpowder. But fate plays tricks on people. In our country, these things are just playthings and have never been taken seriously.
In addition, Dutch glass merchant Hans Liebersch invented the telescope, but more importantly, he obtained the patent for the telescope in 1608. At that time, the West had patent laws. I am afraid that respecting knowledge and inventions was also the most important factor for their take-off. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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