My father is Jiajing

Chapter 111 It’s so cool to use future knowledge to show off!

"microscope?"

After hearing this name, Li Shizhen turned around and looked at Zhu Zaigui in confusion. It was obvious that he was a little confused by this title.

Zhu Zaigui looked at Li Shizhen with a puzzled and bewildered look in his eyes, and also revealed a mysterious smile.

Zhu Zaigui instructed the eunuch beside him, "Come, help me carefully move this microscope out."

The two young eunuchs hurriedly took out the microscope from the box according to Zhu Zaigui's instructions.

Except for the lens, the rest of the structure of this microscope is made of wood.

However, these woods are also very particular. They are not ordinary wood, but more expensive mahogany.

The reason why rosewood is used is because it is relatively hard and not easy to deform.

As for why iron was not used, it was because Zhu Zaigui could not build a lathe at the moment and could not turn out precise parts. In addition, the forging technology of the Ming Dynasty was just so-so. Although fine work could be done, the cost was too high and the time could not be guaranteed.

Therefore, it is better to use wooden materials to fix the lenses. It is easier to make and can adjust problems more quickly.

If it is iron, then it is not difficult to say.

Zhu Zaigui was in a very good mood as he looked at this extremely simple microscope.

This is also the most exquisite object he has created since traveling through time. Although it cannot make him huge profits like sugar, mint and soap, Zhu Zaigui believes that this thing is the most important "invention"!
While Li Shizhen was puzzled and curious, Zhu Zaigui turned around and walked to the potted plants in the yard and picked a new green leaf.

Zhu Zaigui took the leaf and walked to Li Shizhen again, handed it to Li Shizhen, and said, "Doctor Li, take a look at this leaf, what do you think?"

Li Shizhen looked at the leaf in his hand. Although it was emerald green, it was still very ordinary and nothing special.

Li Shizhen took another close look at the leaf in his hand, thought for a moment, and finally frowned and said, "Your Majesty, please explain. I don't see any problem with this leaf."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "You don't need to see any problem. First, check if this leaf is normal or not. Is it just an ordinary leaf?"

Li Shizhen was almost doubting his life because of Zhu Zaigui's words. Is it really that simple? Is there no other deeper meaning?

Li Shizhen couldn't help but look at the leaf in his hand again, and finally said softly: "There is nothing abnormal about this leaf. It should be an ordinary leaf."

Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but laugh when he saw Li Shizhen like this, as if the suspense he had kept was indeed a bit confusing.

Zhu Zaigui stopped smiling and said calmly, "What Imperial Doctor Li said is correct. This leaf is just an extremely ordinary leaf. There is nothing special about it. There is actually no deep meaning behind my asking Imperial Doctor Li to look at this leaf. I just want him to check the current condition of this leaf. Because in a moment, I will use this microscope to let Imperial Doctor Li see a different appearance of this leaf."

Li Shizhen seemed to understand something, but he still didn't dare to believe it.

Zhu Zaiqi reached out and took the leaf from Li Shizhen's hand, "Doctor Li, please take a look. I will open the door to a new world for you!"

Zhu Zaigui then ordered the young eunuch beside him: "Go and get the glass pieces and knife that I have prepared." After hearing Zhu Zaigui's order, the young eunuch immediately brought out the tray placed in the room as Zhu Zaigui ordered.

Inside this small tray were several square transparent glass strips only an inch long, and a small, sharp knife.

Zhu Zaigui picked up a knife and cut off a small square piece of the leaf in his hand. Then he placed the leaf on a piece of transparent glass. Then Zhu Zaigui used the knife to gently peel off the skin of the leaf.

Zhu Zaigui gently dropped a drop of distilled water that he had prepared long ago on the glass with the leaves, and then took another piece of glass of the same size and covered it on the glass with the leaves.

After finishing all this, Zhu Zaiqie placed the prepared specimen on the stage of the microscope. Then, Zhu Zaiqie looked through the eyepiece to the objective lens and manually adjusted the focus. Finally, when everything was correct, Zhu Zaiqie stood up and said to Li Shizhen, "Doctor Li, come and take another look at this leaf specimen."

After hearing Zhu Zaigui's call, Li Shizhen actually felt an indescribable excitement and fear.

Could it be that this thing can really “see the subtle”? Then what would the subtle details of this leaf look like?

When Li Shizhen arrived, Zhu Zaigui followed him. Zhu Zaigui motioned Li Shizhen to also look through the eyepiece at the leaf specimen placed on the stage.

Li Shizhen took a deep breath, and Zhu Zaigui stretched out his hand again to encourage him.

Finally, Li Shizhen leaned over, closed one eye, and put the other eye close to the eyepiece, looking at the unknown world in the mirror.
The leaf specimen, which was originally emerald green, seemed to have become a little lighter in color at this moment, as if the original compact color had been diluted.

But this is not what attracted Li Shizhen the most.

Looking through the eyepiece, Li Shizhen saw grid after grid of green "little houses". These little houses were neatly and orderly arranged in rows. Although there were some irregularities in size, they were generally consistent.

Li Shizhen was immediately shocked by what he saw. His goatee began to tremble slightly, and he couldn't help but become excited.

And from Zhu Zaigui's perspective, Li Shizhen's face was flushed with excitement.

Zhu Zaiyi patted Li Shizhen on the shoulder and asked, "How is it?"

Li Shizhen was suddenly awakened by Zhu Zaigui's slap.

He turned to Zhu Zaigui and asked excitedly: "Is this true?"

Li Shizhen was completely excited at this moment. He never dreamed that there would be such a magical thing in the world. He could actually see what the Buddhists said, "One flower, one world."

Zhu Zaigui said: "Of course this is true. If Doctor Li wants to continue to verify it, he can also pick a leaf in this yard, or drop a drop of blood and put it on these glass slides to observe for himself."

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, Li Shizhen couldn't help but tremble all over. It turned out that Prince Yu really did not lie to him and really opened the door to a new world for him!
This new world was so fascinating that Li Shizhen never dreamed it would be like this.

Zhu Zaigui looked at the excited Li Shizhen and a smug smile appeared on his face.

Sure enough, it’s cool to use future knowledge to show off!
(End of this chapter)