Qing Jialu

From autumn to winter solstice, the temperature drops sharply.Although he was reluctant, Xiao Yi had to wear thick clothes and was tightly wrapped by Shen Jia.Dr. Fan is also on standby at Yuxi Palace in case Xiao Yi suddenly gets poisoned.As for the daily court meeting, it has long been cancelled.Although the ministers and workers wondered what happened to His Majesty, the emperor had been out of court in winter for two years, and they were worn out to the point of no surprise.

The long vacation has begun, and Xiao Yi is not in any pain now, and feels good about himself.Every day he either chats with Shen Jia or plays with General Wei Mo.

When General Wei came to Yuxi Palace that day, Shen Jia happened to go to the cabinet to handle errands.Xiao Yi shielded his servants, and said straight to the point: "How is it?"

"Oh, that matter." Wei Mo immediately understood, "My people have joined forces with Wei Hanming, but Wei Hanming is too cautious and has not yet gained his trust."

"It's procrastinating, when will we find out?" Xiao Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said in disgust, "How can I gain trust?"

"Unless you give permission." Wei Mo said bluntly, "Jin Yiwei is loyal to His Majesty, if you tell him to go east, he dare not go west."

"But, is he really loyal to me first, or to his Commander Jiang?" Xiao Yi didn't want to come forward directly, because he was worried about this, and was afraid of making trouble.

Wei Mo stroked his chin and said tentatively, "Through these two days of observation, I think he is very loyal to the royal family. If you are not at ease, I will try him again?"

"How to try?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Use Shen Jia, shouldn't your heart be distressed?" After Wei Mo finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Yi with a smile, looking like he was enjoying the show.

Xiao Yi stared at his friend with a smile on his face, and said threatening words in the softest voice: "You, dare!"

Wei Mo: "..."

At the same time, Shen Jia, who didn't know that she was tricked by Wei Mo, was visiting Du Huan's residence.

He left Yuxi Palace today on the pretext of going to work, instead of going to the cabinet, he went directly to the Du Mansion to plot something with his brother-in-law.The two big men avoided the hibiscus and sat in the bamboo grove secretly, not bothered by the cold outside.

Du Huan said to Shen Jia furtively, "Brother, I found the gift you wanted. I guarantee that His Majesty has never seen this thing before."

"Really?" Shen Jia was dubious.

"Of course." Du Huan said proudly, "Don't say that His Majesty has never seen it before, it is also the first one in Daliang."

"So mysterious?" Shen Jia became even more curious, "What exactly is it, and what is its name?"

"Its name is..." Du Huan leaned closer to Shen Jia's ear and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Shen Jia had a look of disbelief. After thinking about it, he wondered, "Isn't this name a bit... exaggerated?"

"How could you be exaggerating?" Du Huan laughed, "When you see this thing with your own eyes, you will know whether it is exaggeration or not."

"Show me quickly." Shen Jia looked around, but didn't see anything strange around Du Huan.

"That thing is expensive, and you didn't decide what you wanted, so how could the seller let me bring it out?" Du Huan said, "If you really want it, we'll go find the seller."

Seeing Du Huan pretending to be sophisticated, Shen Jia always felt like a liar.If he hadn't known Du Huan well, I wouldn't have believed it.

"However, where did you find the seller?" Shen Jia asked.

"I'm a friend of a friend of a friend..." Du Huan said a bunch of "friends", and then said, "This friend is doing business in Fujian, and there are many foreign businessmen there, who brought many things that the Central Plains did not have. "

When Shen Jia heard what Du Huan said, she immediately understood, "Isn't there a sea ban over there? Your friend's friend... is smuggling?"

Du Huan smiled awkwardly, "Old Shen Ge, don't you want to arrest my friend?"

Shen Jia did not comment, and said indifferently: "Then you have to see how rare the rare things your friend introduced."

In fact, as a native of Fujian, Shen Jia grew up by the sea, and long ago felt that the sea ban should be lifted.It's just that the prohibition of maritime trade is a rule set by the founding emperor of Daliang, and the subsequent emperors have been strictly implementing it, so no one dares to touch it.

On the second day, Shen Jia held a long box and carefully placed it in front of Xiao Yi.Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?"

"A gift for you." Shen Jia couldn't hide her smile, and said cheerfully, "There is absolutely no such thing in the palace, and you must have never seen it before."

"Really?" Xiao Yi didn't believe it, "Is there anything else I haven't seen?"

"Da Liangchao has only one copy." After Shen Jia finished speaking, she opened the box as if offering a treasure, and showed it to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi took a closer look and found that there was a black cylindrical object in the box. He held it in his hand and studied it for a long time, but he had never seen it before.

Xiao Yi gave up, and asked Shen Jia humbly, "What is this?"

"This is a telescope." Shen Jia announced the name of this mysterious item, "It was transmitted from the sea, and through it, one can see thousands of miles away."

"Impossible." Xiao Yi didn't believe it, "Thousands of miles away, wouldn't that be clairvoyance?"

"I used it to sell bishops, and I looked at it, and I can indeed see far away." Shen Jia took Xiao Yi's hand, "Come on, let's go outside, and I will show you."

Xiao Yi dubiously took the gift and went out with Shen Jia. They came to the small pavilion on the rockery, stood on a high place, and looked into the distance with binoculars.

Shen Jia first adjusted the binoculars by herself, and then taught Xiao Yi how to see and use it.Xiao Yi is smart, he can learn it as soon as he learns it, and he can get started quickly.

Through the lens of the binoculars, Xiao Yi was amazed to see the distant scenery, and it was enlarged so that he could see clearly.

"Hehe..." Xiao Yi looked at it, and suddenly smiled inexplicably.

Shen Jia asked curiously, "What did you see?"

"I saw...it's interesting." Xiao Yi smiled, "I didn't expect this thing to be so clear."

"I want to see it too, show me something interesting?" Shen Jia said, and was going to grab the binoculars from Xiao Yi's hand.

But Xiao Yi was agile, Shen Jia was no match for him.It seemed that Xiao Yi only focused on the world in the binoculars, but as soon as Shen Jia approached him, he turned around quickly to prevent Shen Jia from touching his arm.

"Don't hide!" Shen Jia was played around by Xiao Yi, and couldn't touch the binoculars, so she said eagerly, "Liming, let me see, how long have you been looking at it?"

"I won't let you see it." The more anxious Xiao Yi looked at him, the more he didn't want to show it to him.

Suddenly, Shen Jia thought of a way. He sneaked up to the front, stretched out his hand, and blocked the lens of the telescope.Immediately, Xiao Yi's vision was plunged into darkness.

"Don't make trouble." Finally Xiao Yi was willing to take off the binoculars, he looked at Shen Jia helplessly, "You are so childish."

"You are naive if you hold the binoculars and don't let go." After finishing speaking, Shen Jia couldn't help rubbing her forehead, thinking to herself, when will this childish game of mutual hatred be the size?

Obviously, Xiao Yi also wanted to recall that time of confrontation, so he didn't want to do any more useless work.The two stared at each other silently for a moment, then burst out laughing.

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Note: The first telescope in China was brought into Beijing by Tang Ruowang, a German missionary, in the sixth year of Tianqi (1626) in the Ming Dynasty.