"This is too much!" Harald stood up with a roar. He was so excited that he even knocked over his chair. "King of Heroes, as long as you give the order, I will lead the troops immediately." Ella Cornelius Scipio is caught before you!"
Everyone cast strange looks at him.
Although Hestein was also dissatisfied with what Ella had done, when he heard Harald's words, he seemed to have discovered some strange species and asked: "...Do you know what you are talking about?"
"Of course I know what I'm talking about! I'm confident that I can take down that arrogant woman! There shouldn't be a foreign king in Scandinavia! Even if you didn't say anything, King of Heroes, I would have wanted to get rid of him. She’s gone!”
"Since you say so... then go ahead and try it."
Hestein waved his hand outward. Harald suddenly became excited and strode out.
Harald's order to assemble his troops soon sounded outside the door.
"Then," Hestein leaned forward slightly and said to the soldier, "Tell me how to use these two things."
The soldier suddenly cheered up. He first dragged up the iron plate and said: "The King of Sweden said that she saw this thing in the goods of a merchant from the East when she was in the Seven Hills Empire. She bought it for the price of a cow. The iron plate, and then spent the price of ten cows to learn how to make the iron plate. She used the knowledge she gained to copy the instrument and dedicated it to the King of Heroes."
"How can this broken iron plate be worth ten cows?" A lord asked, his tone full of distrust. Not just him, all the lords were shaking their heads secretly, shouting that the ten cows were not worth it.
But the soldier replied: "The King of Sweden said that if it is used in the right place, its value will be more than 10,000 cows!"
Everyone was in an uproar, except Hestein who stared at the iron plate calmly. After everyone became quieter, he slowly said: "If the King of Sweden really sends something worth ten thousand cows, then I have to come to her to thank her. But what is the name of this thing? Yes. What does it do? Why is it said to be worth 10,000 cows?"
"The King of Sweden said that this thing is called 'Sinan'. It has only one effect, that is, the spoon above can always point to the south."
As he spoke, the soldier motioned for everyone to focus on the spoon on the iron plate. The tail of the spoon pointed directly south, as he said.
He turned the whole iron plate to the left, but the spoon did not turn, and still pointed south; when he turned the whole iron plate to the right, the spoon still pointed to the south. A lord came up and pushed hard on the tail of the spoon. The spoon spun in a circle, but when it stopped, it was still pointing steadily south.
The onlookers immediately exploded. The lords scrambled to get the iron plate into their hands and tried every means to make the spoon point in other directions, but no matter how hard they tried, the spoon always pointed due south after it stopped.
When they realized that they couldn't make the spoon change its position no matter what, one of the lords shook his hand and threw Si Nan to the ground. Hestein couldn't hold it back for a moment, stood up and cursed: "Idiot! What if I break this thing!"
Being able to keep pointing south means that they no longer need to rely on the sun and stars to determine their direction. Whether it is sunny or cloudy, they can find the right direction on the sea.
This instrument can point out the direction for the expedition fleet on the unknown sea and bring all the lords and soldiers of the entire fleet out of the sea. In this sense, 10,000 cattle are too cheap.
The lord who threw Si Nan was shaking even more violently. He realized that if this thing really broke, he wouldn't be able to pay it back even if he sold all his belongings.
But he didn't dare to reach out and pick it up. The spoon that always pointed south looked like a devil's prop. He was afraid that if he held it for a long time, he would be cursed by the devil.
But the soldier picked it up nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, this thing isn't that easy to break."
He showed the instrument to everyone again - the spoon, still pointing steadily due south.
Seeing that Si Nan was fine, Hestein breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair.
In any other country, this instrument would be surprising at best. But in the pirate kingdom that is preparing to find Vinland, this instrument named Sinan is definitely the most precious treasure in the world.
The soldier put Si Nan down and picked up the fan-shaped instrument. With the lesson just learned, many lords were more in awe of this instrument. They looked at the instrument carefully, guessing its great use. Before the soldier could speak, someone rushed to ask: "Is this also a mysterious instrument from the Eastern Dragon?"
"No, this instrument was made by the King of Sweden. From the principle to the design, as well as the manufacturing and polishing of the lenses, it was all done by the King of Sweden himself."
The soldier showed everyone the lenses on the front and back of the small cylinder on the instrument. The lens is transparent, as clear as air. If it weren't for the reflected light, people would even think there was nothing there.
Even if you don't know its purpose, just based on these transparent gem-like lenses, this instrument is considered priceless.
"It took the King of Sweden a year and tens of thousands of failures to finally create three such lenses. Such clear lenses only exist on two instruments in the world. One is that the King of Sweden couldn't put it down. The Eye of Hermes, the second is this instrument, which the King of Sweden named the sextant.”
"Sextant?" Everyone swallowed their water, "This sextant... what does it do?"
"He can measure the angle between two objects. The King of Sweden used it in conjunction with the Hermetic Eye to draw accurate star maps. But it can also be used for navigation, as long as the proper method of use is mastered. , we can accurately calculate the position and distance of the ship relative to the starting point.”
"how to use?"
Hearing Hestein's question, the soldier suddenly looked embarrassed and said: "This...the sextant is based on many complicated principles from design to use, and I can't use it. But the King of Sweden said that the specific He has taught you how to use it to a certain gifted child here."
Hestein was stunned for a moment: "A certain gifted child?"
"It's me. Sister Shield Girl has already taught me!" Gan raised his hand at the side, "As long as I hold this sextant, I can draw a more accurate chart and accurately determine the location of Greenland. The landmark is out!”
Hestein knew that Gan often traveled between Gotland and Zealand, but he didn't know what he actually learned from Ella. But Gan was an expert at drawing maps before and would say this, so this sextant must be of great use.
"Do you know! The entire earth is actually a sphere! It was the Qiqiu Empire people who judged it based on the shadow! Also! The circumference of the entire earth is 40,000 kilometers. It was also the Qi Qiu Empire people who used the shadow more than a thousand years ago to determine It’s calculated!”
Gan excitedly introduced the geography knowledge he learned from Ella to everyone. It's a pity that most of the lords didn't understand and could only respond with awkward smiles.
The two biggest problems that troubled Hestein were solved by Ella's two instruments.
"Harald...does he have a son?"
Hestein asked suddenly.
Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Hestein couldn't help scratching his head and said: "I hope Scipio... can be gentler."
