kingnovel Chapter 751 Good Luck
Chapter 751 Good Luck
Wei Que held the telescope in his arms, looking as if he had stolen something from a blast furnace room.
Liang Fu couldn't bear it any longer and pushed the box over. "Master Wei, you should put the telescope in. This thing won't break unless you drop it too hard. You don't have to do this..."
This is how a hen protects her chicks.
Wei Que looked at the box, but still didn't want to.
Telescopes are really important to the Caoyun Division...
If he brings it back to the capital, it might be called "the treasure of the capital".
Seeing that he could not persuade Wei Que, Liang Fu gently pushed Shen Zheng.
Shen Zheng laughed helplessly, "Master Wei, you really don't have to be like this. You know, colored glass is not expensive, and the wooden tube is even less expensive. This is just a telescope."
"Well... I know." Wei Que remained motionless and nodded seriously.
Of course he knew that glass itself was not expensive, and wood was not expensive either, but what was valuable was the technology.
Looking at the entire Great Zhou, besides Lord Shen, who else can make colored glaze?
Looking at the entire Great Zhou, who else can make a telescope except Lord Shen?
He just didn't believe that simply embedding two pieces of colored glass on a wooden tube would allow him to see far away?
That's definitely impossible!
There must be something mysterious going on above these two pieces of glass!
Moreover, just because these treasures can be made for the first time does not mean they can be made for the second or third time...
Who knows, maybe in the future he will be the only one like this in the whole Zhou.
In fact, it is not Wei Que’s fault for his “short-sightedness”, but the concept of “looking far away” is too horrifying. In his opinion, it is completely contrary to the structure of the human body and is simply bizarre.
Rather than believing that this was a treasure made by humans, he would rather believe that the telescope was cast with magic by Shen Zheng, which is why it can see far.
Shen Zheng sighed and said all the unfinished words in one breath.
"Sir Wei, the Canal Transport Department has as many telescopes as you want. Both I and Sir Liang have mastered the method of making them. If you still want them, you can ask His Majesty later."
"His Majesty?"
Wei Que’s first reaction was - what does the telescope have to do with Your Majesty.
The next moment, he seemed to understand the first half of the sentence, "As many as you want?!"
His eyes widened and he put the telescope directly into the box. He excitedly wanted to grab Shen Zheng's hand, but Liang Fu interrupted him and it became him and Liang Fu holding hands and looking at each other.
Liang Fu's eyes were full of "affection". "You heard me right. We have as many as you want. Whether you are doing inland river transport or sea navigation, you can use telescopes, okay?"
Wei Que was stunned for a while before he pulled his hand back and said, "Just do it?"
Liang Fu nodded: "In fact, the production process is still very complicated, but who can blame me and Lord Shen for being smart? For the two of us, a telescope can be made casually."
God knows, more than half a month ago, the two of them hadn’t even made the lenses.
But in the blink of an eye, they were able to hold telescopes and brag to Wei Que without blinking!
In Wei Que's eyes, Shen Zheng and Liang Fu suddenly looked several times taller.
Everything in this world is fake.
The official position is fake, the food, clothing, housing and transportation are also fake, only the two "living Bodhisattvas" in front of you are real!
"You two lords, please accept my respects!"
Having said that, Wei Que lifted his robe, stood up and bowed down in worship.
Shen Zheng and Liang Fu also stood up quickly, "Not really, not really..."
Is this an exaggeration?...
"As for that." Wei Que once again took the telescope in his hand, "My two lords, I wonder if you have heard that the sea navigation officer is the most dangerous official position in the entire court. No matter whether it is an official or a crew member on the ship, before each voyage, they will leave a farewell letter, or... a suicide note."
Shen Zheng and Liang Fu were silent, and slowly sat down with Wei Que.
Wei Que was still talking: "In fact, I have had a sea voyage experience."
Shen Zheng really doesn’t know this.
She sat up straight and listened quietly to Wei Que's story.
"The sea is different from the inland rivers," Wei Que said. "The sea is vast and boundless, and the sea is bottomless. Before we set sail, I was terrified when I saw the bottomless sea. But that day, it was a clear and sunny day, and the sea was calm."
"Including me, there are 236 people on board. It is difficult to distinguish day from night when drifting on the sea, but we have to distinguish. If we don't, we will lose our way."
"When I first went out to sea, after the fear, I gradually felt happy. I had a feeling that the world was so big that I could swim freely. When the weather was good, the sea and the sky were connected, and I could stand on the deck to watch the sea fish. The largest sea fish I have seen were several as big as me. By the way, some fish would follow the boat. The old man on the boat said that they wanted to save energy."
Shen Zheng had never been to sea or on a boat, but she had seen it by chance before.
The large sea fish that follow the boat are probably sharks or whales.
Both of these large fish are very intelligent and extremely curious.
As he spoke, Wei Que's voice was no longer as cheerful as before: "But the good times didn't last long. The sea can't always be calm. The sea has a temper. When we were swept to the edge of the storm, our ship was like a tiny dead leaf on the sea, being beaten by the waves. The sea water rushed in from all directions, onto the deck, and into the cabin. Humans at that time were even more pitifully small."
"But there has to be someone to manage the boat, someone has to steer the rudder, and someone has to repair the damage caused by the waves. Otherwise, when the seawater floods the cabin, the boat will sink and everyone on the boat will die."
"Who will go then?" Wei Que seemed to be asking Shen Zheng, but also seemed to be asking himself, "There will always be someone who will rush to the front, someone who is willing to steer the ship, and someone who is willing to repair the boat."
He raised his head, his eyes filled with confusion and pain, "Master Shen, do you think they are stupid? The suicide notes they wrote really came in handy."
"The suicide note will be delivered to their family members, along with compensation from the imperial court and the Canal Transport Bureau. It sounds generous, but the person is gone, what's the point of getting compensation?"
He picked up the telescope and held it in front of his eyes.
"Sir Shen, when we were at sea, the huge storm vortex looked like a small black dot from a distance. By the time anyone saw it, it was too late for us to turn back. The wind kept pushing us towards the center, so that time... more than 40 of us died, and the old sailor said we were lucky because only a small number of people died."
"How cruel! More than 40 lives were lost, and we can still call it good luck," he said. "If only we had a telescope, we could have seen the storm earlier and saved one more crew member."