Great Zhou Empress

Yuan Hanzhang and Ayla finally arrived at Baghdad, the largest city in the Great Food Kingdom by boat.

Baghdad is the largest city in the western region in this era. This is a city built on both sides of the river, which is extremely beautiful.

"The big cannibals are the best at doing business. The bulk commodities of the big week are basically gathered in Bagoda, and then transported by the big food merchants to farther places, and sold to the country of those white-skinned people further west."

Walking in the streets of Bagota with Yuan Hanzhang, Ayila smiled and introduced to Yuan Hanzhang.

Looking at Ayila's beautiful eyes, Yuan Hanzhang asked, "Then, is your father one of the best among the big food merchants?"

Ayla nodded, "Well, my father's ancestors are said to be of royal blood, so they had the opportunity to start a business. My grandfather's generation did a lot of business when he was in Baghdad. My father is one of his descendants. He is the most adventurous among the two brothers, so he dared to travel thousands of miles to Dazhou for trade."

Ayila laughed? Laughter?, "Those who can go directly to trade with Da Zhou, but small businessmen can't. Not only can the boat not go so far, and the goods are not enough, it's not worth the trip."

Yuan Hanzhang thought of Xue Zhijing who was the best at doing business, "But it's also strange. You come from a family of merchants, but you like to do all kinds of research. Xiaojing grew up in the palace, but he is so talented in doing business. .”

Ayla said, "One kind of rice feeds all kinds of people. There is another saying that a dragon has nine sons? Son? Son? It's different."

The two found the biggest inn in the city of Baghdad to live in.

This inn is located on a small hillside. The house is a stone building, painted white all over. There are many varieties of flowers planted on the outer wall, and there are creepers on the wall. The whole house seems to be built among flowers.After entering this inn, Yuan Hanzhang said with a smile on his lips, "It really is an exotic style, how dare the buildings in the Central Plains be like this, they are all wooden houses, there are many flowers and plants, the foundation should be unstable gone."

The room for the two is on the second floor, the room is extremely bright, and there is a balcony outside.

Standing on the balcony, the line of sight is excellent, and you can see the city scenery of the whole Bagoda.

The urban architecture of Bagota is extremely random, but it has a sense of freedom and beauty.

Ayila came from behind and hugged Yuan Hanzhang from behind.

Yuan Hanzhang leaned back slightly, rubbing his face against Ayila.

"If your father hadn't gone to the Central Plains, you would have grown up here. It's a beautiful place. You should have a completely different personality." Yuan Hanzhang said with a smile.

Ayila didn't understand Yuan Hanzhang's sensibility at this time, and said in a very scientific manner, "If my father hadn't gone to the Central Plains, he would not have met my mother. He would have found someone here to marry and give birth to my mother." , definitely not me."

Yuan Hanzhang turned sideways and gave her a white look.

Yuan Hanzhang turned around and faced Ayila head-on. Ayila's hand was still on Yuan Hanzhang's waist and did not let go.

Squeezing the tip of Ayila's nose, Yuan Hanzhang said angrily, "I didn't say this for you to answer me so seriously." Delicately, "Then?"

"Then what?" Yuan Hanzhang leaned forward, his lips fell on Ayila's face, he closed his eyes, started to kiss, and said while kissing, "You look bright and charming, some At that time, my thinking was more rigid than mine."

Yuan Hanzhang's lips had already landed on Ayila's ears, and she said in a low voice, "In the past, I really should have asked you to go to Lichunyuan to learn how to speak."

Ayila's feet are a little weak, she loves Yuan Hanzhang so much, so every time Yuan Hanzhang just teases her slightly, she is like a switch being turned on, and it is difficult to control herself.

The next day, the two went to the place where they had received the news together.

It was a house in an alley. Before I entered the house, I saw a thin man being beaten by his wife with a broom? When he left the door, the two looked at each other in blank dismay.

Ayila asked the other party in Dashi language, and the other party was exactly the person she was looking for.

His wife came out, saw Ayila and Yuan Hanzhang, and saw that they were nobles, immediately put away the broom, and invited them and the bodyguards they brought into the house.

Very rough tea and local dates are served.

Yuan Hanzhang took a symbolic sip of tea and ate some dates, see? After hearing Ayila's words, the man went into the house and moved a boxy thing out.

The shell of that thing is made of wood, and there are two reflective crystal or glass-like things in the middle. There is also a shelf for people to sit on? You can see things through one of the crystals.

Yuan Hanzhang also went over curiously, and Ayila stepped aside to let her see it. Yuan Hanzhang felt a little uncomfortable at first glance, and then he discovered that this device actually has the function of seeing far away.

Ayila discussed the purchase with the other party, and the other party looked at it? His wife said the number, Ayila nodded, and then ran back to the house to take out some drawings and leftovers.

The bodyguards took out a piece of gold and gave it to each other, happy for convenience.

Back at the inn, Yuan Hanzhang asked what this thing was.

Ayla explained, "The man said it was clairvoyant, but it can't see a thousand miles at the moment."

Ayla moved it to the balcony, looked at it, and then estimated the distance, "I can see clearly between one and two miles, but the picture is still a bit blurry."

Yuan Hanzhang said with emotion, "This is really clairvoyance. It must be useful for scouts. You can see how many enemies are coming from a long distance, but the distance now seems to be quite close."

Ayila pursed her lips and smiled? Yuan Hanzhang asked strangely, "Are you laughing? What?"

"I'm laughing? You, you still miss the scouts. You are not the ruling empress dowager now, so what are you thinking about the scouts?"

Yuan Hanzhang shook his head, "Come on, you should be able to improve it."

"I also want to do some research."

Ayila's research lasted until night, and Yuan Hanzhang lit several lamps for her, and went to make tea again.

Yuan Hanzhang has also learned to do a lot of things over the years. She has been the eldest lady of the Yuan family since she was a child, and later entered the palace as an imperial concubine as an adult, and even became the empress dowager all the way. These mundane things are never done in daily life. hands-on.

But after leaving that position, she also began to try to learn, such as making tea, which she is now very proficient in.

On a tray? Two cups of tea, she went to the place where Ayila was doing research, and put the tray of tea on the table next to her, "Come and drink some tea, take a rest, it's night, don't use your eyes too hard."

"it is good."

Ayla stopped and came over to drink tea.

"I probably know the principle, but it may take more attempts. I think I will be able to make a real telescope for thousands of miles."

Ayila's brain? It was probably born for mechanical science. In a few days, she polished the lens by herself, disassembled the square box, and made a cylindrical structure. The lens is installed at the front and back of the cylinder, and she said that this structure is more suitable for grinding the lens.

It happened to be night when it was made, and it was the full moon, so Ayila picked up the telescope and looked at the moon.

Ayla suddenly stopped completely, motionless, as if she had been acupunctured.

Seeing Yuan Hanzhang? She was a little strange, walked over slowly, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ayila's hand moved, and her chest heaved rapidly? Only then did Yuan Hanzhang confirm that she was still breathing, probably because she saw something and was very excited.

Yuan Hanzhang followed her gaze? It was the full moon.

Is there anything special about a full moon?

"Yuxiu, I can see the moon."

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Yuan Hanzhang was very strange, but seeing that Ayila was fine, she relaxed, hugged Ayila's waist from behind, kissed her ears and asked, "See? What's on the moon? Are there Chang'e and Jade Rabbit?"

Yuan Hanzhang's hug and kiss made Ayla finally return to reality from the shock. She put down the binoculars and handed it slightly in Yuan Hanzhang's direction, "Come and see? You will know."

Yuan Hanzhang continued to hold Ayila in one hand, took the telescope handed over by Ayila in the other hand, and looked at it with one eye.An enlarged image of the lunar surface was completely exposed in front of her. The craters above were clearly visible, dark in the middle and bright around.

"what is that?"

"It's a stone." Ayila said excitedly in Yuan Hanzhang's arms, "The moon is a round stone."

Yuan Hanzhang looked again and had to admit that what Ayila said was reasonable.

"Look? The gray shape, the uneven shape, what is it if it's not a stone?"

"But how can the stone hang in the sky, won't it fall?"

"For so many years, the moon has been in its position. I think there is a reason for it, so it won't fall."

"Like the Heavenly Palace of the Jade Emperor? It's floating."

Seeing that Yuan Hanzhang was a little puzzled, Ayla said, "In fact, I have always had a guess that our world is like floating in an ocean of bubbles, and the ground under our feet is also a spherical shape. You see ?, the moon in the sky is also in the shape of a moon, the sun is probably also a sphere, and all the stars in the sky should also be spherical."

Although I followed Ayla by boat, I have been to the southern hemisphere, and I have even seen the event that the sea level is arc-shaped on the sea level.When looking at a ship at sea level from a distance, you will first see the top of the mast, then the entire mast, and then the hull. The reason for such changes in sight is because the sea has a curvature.

But it is still somewhat difficult for the brain to completely change the concept of up and down the ground.

Yuan Hanzhang suddenly said in a daze, "You said, if we have wings and can fly to the sky, we should be able to see the appearance of the earth and the stars?"

It was rare for Yuan Hanzhang to show such an expression. Ayila held her face in her hands and said with joy, "Yuxiu, you are so cute, your expression is so cute."

Yuan Hanzhang: "..."

Ayila kissed Yuan Hanzhang's lips, and said excitedly in her heart, "I really like it when you act like a baby in front of me, or show an expression like a small animal."

Yuan Hanzhang: "..."

"Okay," Yuan Hanzhang was a little embarrassed, "I told you to be serious just now."

"I'm serious too. However, even if we don't have wings, I can find a way to prove that our earth is spherical, and the stars in the sky are also floating in the universe like a spherical shape." Ayla took Some scientists say with certainty.

"The upper and lower directions are called the universe, and the past and the present are called the universe. Ayla, your ideals are really lofty."