I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Through this telescope, you can clearly see the distant scenery, even the details of flowers and trees.

"interesting."

The little empress looked at the telescope with great interest, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

At this moment, compared to Shen Miao, she was more like a little girl who was twenty seven years old.

aside.

Seeing this scene, Han Dao finally heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Shen Miao with a look of approval.

Shen Miao raised her head proudly, as if the binoculars were a trivial matter to her.

"Fang Xiu, take a look too, this telescope can really see things a hundred paces away."

Wu Mingkong put down the telescope in his hand, handed it to Fang Xiu, and said with great interest.

For Fang Xiu, the telescope is not a novelty.

But seeing the expectant look of the little empress, he still reached out to take it, looked at it for a while, and then gave out admiration.

"Wonderful! Really wonderful!"

"right!"

Standing on tiptoe, Wu Mingkong snatched the telescope back from Fang Xiu's hand, and said, "Show me after reading it."

Fang Xiu returned the telescope to the little empress.

Then I saw the little empress holding a telescope, looking left, right, up, down, and finally pointed the binoculars at Fang Xiu's face, and looked carefully.

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If it was just the two of them in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Fang Xiu would definitely say, Your Majesty, have you played enough?
But this was in the Academy of Engineering, and in front of outsiders, he resisted not to speak, and let the little empress play around.

After a while.

Wu Mingkong finally put down the binoculars in his hand and returned to his calm appearance. With a slight smile on his exquisite face, he looked at Shen Miao and praised, "You did a good job. Get that within three days."

"telescope."

"Yes, the astronomical telescope was made."

Wu Mingkong looked at her and said: "After I have used this telescope, I think it is very good. Whether it is on the battlefield or on weekdays, it can be used. If it can be produced on a large scale, it will be a very good thing for the court. Good thing!"

When Shen Miao heard this, she frowned and said, "Your Majesty, mass production is possible, as long as there are enough raw materials, it will not take long to make a telescope and it will not take much effort!"

"real?"

"It's absolutely true! If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, I can make one right now to show His Majesty!"

Shen Miao raised her head and said proudly.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong showed a smile on his face, and said, "I am very pleased to have an engineer like you in the Academy of Engineering!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Han Dao at the side and ordered, "From today onwards, recruit more craftsmen and build a new workshop nearby to produce telescopes."

Han Dao was about to agree.

Fang Xiu said: "Your Majesty, the buildings near the academy have already been planned, and they are not suitable for building workshops. Between you and me, the raw materials for telescopes are mainly high-quality glass, which is transported from the glass workshop to It will take a certain amount of time here, and there will inevitably be bumps and bumps in the middle, resulting in loss.

Therefore, it is better to build the telescope workshop next to the glass workshop. After the glass is produced, it will be directly transported to the telescope workshop. "...

Wu Mingkong listened, nodded his head in agreement, and said, "You're right, I'll do as you said."

Fang Xiu cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the young engineer Shen Miao and said with a smile, "You have developed a telescope, which is considered a great achievement for the imperial court. Your Majesty is here, you can propose any reward you want."

"Really?"

When Shen Miao heard this, she looked at the Little Empress excitedly.

Wu Mingkong nodded and said, "Naturally."

After getting an affirmative answer, Shen Miao replied for a while.

Not knowing what reward to ask for, he bit his finger and thought about it.

After a while, she looked up at Wu Mingkong and said firmly, "Students want a workshop of their own!"

Wu Mingkong was slightly startled when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu asked, "What do you want the workshop for?"

Shen Miao said, "I still have a lot of things to build, although the Academy of Engineering has many tools and many brothers and uncles who are willing to help me, but here, I will never be taken seriously.

So I want my own workshop, have my own appropriation, recruit my own craftsmen, and train my own engineers. Only in this way can I have the opportunity to complete many things on the drawings! "

When Fang Xiu heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

With the financial resources of the Xiangguo Mansion, it is certainly not a problem to build a workshop.

However, no one's silver is blown by the wind.

For such a little girl, building a workshop dedicated to her is tantamount to building another hall in the engineering academy, which requires a lot of resources and may not be rewarded in the short term.

Therefore, Fang Xiu hesitated.

Seeing that Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu were not talking, Shen Miao's eyes dimmed a little, and she said, "If Your Majesty is in trouble with the Prime Minister, then the students will not force it, as long as they are given a separate room and a complete set of tools!"

Hearing this, Fang Xiu raised his eyes to look at her, and said, "Since Your Majesty has promised you to give you a reward, he will naturally not break his promise. The workshop you mentioned will actually be built inside the Academy of Engineering. , the money will be allocated, and the truth will be given to you.”

When Shen Miao heard this, her expression was a bit unbelievable.

After being stunned for a few seconds, his face showed excitement, and he said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Prime Minister!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Fang Xiu waved his hand.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, there are conditions for giving you the workshop of the truth!
After all, you are not the only one who has developed something like a telescope in the entire workshop, but the owner of the Firearms Hall is the only one who built the workshop alone. If you build a workshop for you, there must be many people like you who are dissatisfied.

Therefore, the truth gives you one year, which does not limit the direction of your research, but you must research enough important results, or develop enough important objects.

Take the Bai's musket built by the head of the firearms hall as the standard, as long as you can build something that is recognized by everyone as important as the Bai's musket, you will always be in charge of this workshop.

If you can't build it after a year, this workshop will be handed over to Han Dao for the time being, and will be handed over to capable people in the future. Do you have any opinions? "

Shen Miao looked confident, and said decisively, "No objection! If I use the workshop and can't make anything in a year, then it's better to hand it over to others!"...

When Fang Xiu and the little empress heard this, they nodded approvingly.

"Han Dao."

Fang Xiu looked at the dean of the Engineering Academy who was standing aside.

"The officer is here."

Han Dao hurriedly agreed.

Fang Xiu looked at him and said, "I went to the Xiangguo Mansion to get 1 taels of silver for the construction of a new workshop. The name of the workshop is called Machinery Hall, and its status is comparable to that of Firearms Hall."

"Your Majesty understands!"

Han Dao saluted.

Fang Xiu turned his head to look at Shen Miao, and said, "The telescope workshop will be established in this period of time, and you will be required to help train the craftsmen who produce telescopes."

Shen Miao was still immersed in the joy and excitement of owning her own workshop at this moment, upon hearing this, she clenched her fists and said loudly, "It is a duty!"

Seeing this scene, Wu Mingkong couldn't help laughing, stepped forward, touched her head, and said, "When you really become a world-renowned engineer, I will hold a banquet for you in the palace, and let you have a good birthday." Have a meal."

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When Shen Miao heard the little empress mentioning the banquet, the embarrassing scene on New Year's Eve could not help appearing in Shen Miao's mind, her pretty face flushed slightly, and she stopped talking.

Come out of the Engineering Academy.

Fang Xiu and Xiao
The empress boarded the carriage back to Chang'an.

Halfway through, the car stopped again.

"What's going on outside?"

Fang Xiu lifted the curtain of the car and asked.

The guard said: "The front is blocked again."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, put down the car curtain, and said, "It's not an option to go on like this, it's time to advance the plan to build a new city."

Wu Mingkong sat beside Fang Xiu, put a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake to his mouth, and said, "When did you plan to build the new city?"

Fang Xiu took a bite and said, "One year later."

Wu Mingkong stuffed the remaining sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth, and while chewing carefully, he muttered: "At that time, you didn't expect that the four major academies could develop so rapidly, right?"

Fang Xiu nodded noncommittal.

Wu Mingkong said again: "However, the role of the four major academies is indeed beyond my expectation. If nothing else, the telescope made by Shen Miao, if she doesn't have the engineering academies to give her a hand and wants to come out, will not be released. I don't know when.

And how much benefit this small telescope can bring to the imperial court, it is simply a magic weapon on the battlefield, even if it is placed on the people, it has many uses.”

"And it can be played by His Majesty."

Fang Xiu continued.

"That's right, you can still give it to me"

Wu Mingkong was halfway through his speech, only to feel that something was wrong, and changed his words: "It doesn't matter if I don't play with it, the most important thing is that it can be used on the battlefield."

Fang Xiu smiled, and didn't mention the childishness that Wu Mingkong showed when he was playing with the telescope at the Academy of Engineering just now, but said: "Look at this posture, it will take a while longer, Your Majesty, let's rest first."

Wu Mingkong thought for a few seconds, then nodded lightly, brought a cushion, put it on Fang Xiu's lap, then lay down on the delicate blanket, and rested his little head on the cushion.

After a while, he felt that the cushion was uncomfortable again, so he took the cushion away and put it directly on Fang Xiu's lap.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something. …

Seeing the quiet and sweet face of the little empress, and not wanting to destroy the peaceful atmosphere, she swallowed the words again.

Time passed minute by minute.

I do not know how long it has been.

The carriage started moving again.

Wu Mingkong lay quietly on Fang Xiu's lap, and gradually fell asleep.

After half an hour.

The carriage returned to the palace gate.

The little empress, who was still immersed in her dream, vaguely heard someone calling her name.

Slowly opening his eyes, he saw a slightly haggard face.

Immediately, a familiar voice sounded.

"Here we are, Your Majesty."

"Um?"

The little empress who just woke up was still a little confused.

Fang Xiu looked helpless, and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't get up again, your legs will be useless."

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The little empress was still a little confused, and it took a while to realize that the carriage had already returned to the palace.

So, he slowly got up from the blanket.

After a while.

Wearing a fox fur, Wu Mingkong stood beside the carriage, looked into the carriage, and asked, "Why don't you come down?"

Fang Xiu looked helpless and said, "I have to ask His Majesty."

"Ask me?"

The little empress looked puzzled.

Immediately afterwards, under her puzzled gaze, Fang Xiu supported his numb leg and slowly moved it out.

He stepped on the ground, staggered, and almost knelt down.

When Wu Mingkong saw this scene, he realized that his legs were numb.

With a puff, a smile bloomed like a flower.

The little empress suppressed her smile, stepped forward to support him, and said in a low voice, "Fang Xiang's health is not good, after a while, his legs became so numb."

Fang Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty
Call for a while under the tube for half an hour? "

The little empress raised her eyebrows and said, "Isn't it just a while?"

Fang Xiu looked at her delicate face, suddenly lowered his voice, and said: "Then back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I will serve Your Majesty well for a while."

When speaking, I deliberately added the accent on the word "for a while".

When Wu Mingkong heard this, some images immediately appeared in his mind, his pretty face blushed, he snorted, and said: "Who is afraid of others, I am afraid that some people will not be able to hold on for a while."

Fang Xiu: "."

The little empress became more and more courageous, and even dared to tease him in front of his face.

It seems that I have to make room and teach the little empress a good lesson!
As Fang Xiu thought about it, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him.

Turning his head to look, he saw a familiar figure hurrying towards him.

The little empress also heard the footsteps, followed Fang Xiu's gaze, and when she saw someone coming, her expression became a little surprised, and her heart was raised.

"Shangguan Haitang? This is the first time I've seen her leave in such a hurry. Could something serious happen?"

Just when she thought so.

Shangguan Haitang had already come to Fang Xiu and her, first saluted, and then said:
"Fang Xiang, Your Majesty, the latest news from the Yan Kingdom, the Euro fleet has appeared in the ocean outside Jizhou."

Fang Xiu and Wu Mingkong were startled when they heard this.

The Euros, they've all heard of it.

That is a certain ethnic group in the overseas land, living in a place called Ouluo.

There are also various countries in the land of Euro, but when they come to Middle-earth to do business, they generally do not do business in the name of the countries, but in the name of caravans.

Therefore, in the eyes of the countries of Middle Earth, the Euro people are just a group of guys who make a living by doing business on the sea, and they do not pose any threat to the countries.

Including this moment, listening to Shangguan Haitang mentioning the fleet.

Wu Mingkong's first reaction was still the fleet of merchants.

But Fang Xiu tasted something different from Shangguan Haitang's reaction.

"How many ships do they have? How many people? How big a threat is it to Yan? Does the previous plague have anything to do with them?"

Fang Xiu asked a few questions in one breath.

Shangguan Haitang answered one by one without hesitation.

"At least hundreds of ships, the number of which is unknown. Emperor Yan has already ordered [-] cavalry to be dispatched to Jizhou. Obviously, they are ready for the battle. As for the plague, I have not figured it out yet."
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