On this day, Zou Yixiu and Yi Bai came to the commander's door. They each held a bamboo basket in their hands. They arranged their clothes in front of the house before walking in.
Judging from their posture, it was obvious that they were here to find Ran Fang. After the guard at the door came up and asked his name, he happily ran in.
After a while, he happily took the two of them to see Ran Fang.
This made Zou Yixiu and Yi Bai a little confused. When should they be able to receive such treatment in the commander's mansion?
However, the two of them still saluted Ran Fang with great respect: "See the commander."
At this time, Ran Fang, who was in the study, was holding a paper tube in his hand, and two things that looked like glass were placed inside the paper tube.
Seeing them coming in, Ran Fang waved casually and put the paper tube in Zou Yixiu's hand, "Take a look, what do you think of this?"
Zou Yixiu picked up the paper tube, looked back and forth, and whispered to Yi Bai: "What is this? I have never seen it before."
"Do you know what it is?"
Yi Bai took the paper tube in his hand, looked up and down, left and right, and shook his head in confusion.
"I've never seen it either."
Finally, the two of them studied it for a few more times. Zou Yixiu respectfully raised the paper tube with both hands and said in the direction of Ran Fang: "I am too stupid to understand the mystery of this thing."
"Please give me some clarification, Commander."
Ran Fan smiled, took the paper tube over again, closed his left eye, placed the paper tube at his right eye, and turned it around a few times casually.
"This is the telescope."
"It's just a simplified version. Although you can't see the moon, you can still see things in the distance."
"How about giving it a try in the yard?"
With that said, Ran Fang took the lead and walked into the yard.
Zou Yixiu and Yi Bai followed closely and walked out behind Ran Fang.
Zou Yixiu bowed and took the telescope from Ran Fang's hand, imitating Ran Fang's posture, closing his left eye and placing the telescope in the position of his right eye.
Just a second later, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"This...is this true?!"
Yi Bai didn't know what happened, but when he saw Zou Yixiu involuntarily holding the telescope and moving around, he still felt a burst of curiosity in his heart.
He wanted to grab it, but because Ran Fang was here, he put aside his doubts.
"Brother Zou, can you show me?"
Hearing Yi Bai's words, Zou Yixiu glanced at Ran Fang and reluctantly handed the telescope into Yi Bai's hand.
Like Zou Yixiu, Yi Bai couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow——" when he saw the scene in the telescope.
He took off the telescope, looked at the distant scene with his eyes, and then placed the telescope at the position of his eyes.
It seems that he can't believe that he can see clearly things more than ten feet away.
After switching back and forth several times, he finally put down the telescope when he felt the eyes around him looking at him.
"Commander, is this a telescope?"
"It's so amazing!"
Ran Fang nodded and explained with a smile: "Indeed, this is a telescope, which can clearly see distant scenes."
"An astronomical telescope is just like a telescope, except that it can see farther and can even see the moon."
"There are two pieces of glass with different thicknesses inside this paper tube. Changing the positions of the two pieces of glass can produce unexpected effects."
"What I made is just a suggestion. Yi Bai, you are from the Mo family and know the most about some utensils. You can try to make a small movable cylinder."
This thing was already magical enough for Zou Yixiu and Yi Bai. There was something even more magical than this. They could no longer describe Ran Fang with admiration.
Zou Yixiu took the telescope again and looked back and forth several times. The joy on his face could not be concealed.
When Yi Bai heard Ran Fang's instructions, he was immediately happy. This was a rare good thing.
He nodded immediately, "Well, I'll start doing it when I get back."
"It will definitely satisfy sir."
Ran Fang looked at them and said with a smile: "The best use of this thing is that it can be used in navigation or combat in the future."
"In this way, its true usefulness can be unleashed. If it is just used as a daily plaything, it would be a waste of resources."
Hearing this, Zou Yixiu immediately understood what Ran Fang meant. He nodded and said in agreement: "That's true."
"If you can see clearly from such a long distance, then it's no problem to see the enemy."
"Even if we are far apart, we can still see where the enemy leader is. If we can make a crossbow that can shoot farther, wouldn't it be able to surprise us?"
"When the time comes, we will definitely be able to take the initiative in the war!"
"The commander is indeed very resourceful!"
"I can't wait to catch up."
Ran Fang smiled, turned around and returned to the study, not taking Zou Yixiu's straightforward praise to heart at all.
"Okay, you have seen this telescope, now it's time to get down to business."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the basket they were holding, and he asked doubtfully: "What's in that?"
Originally, Zou Yixiu and Yi Bai thought that Ran Fang would not notice, so the incident passed.
Who would have thought that when Ran Fang was about to talk about the next thing, the topic would change and he would come back again.
Zou Yixiu opened the cloth on the basket with some embarrassment, took out the contents, and looked at Ran Fang with a somewhat embarrassed look.
"This... the last time we came to thank the commander, we didn't take anything, and the commander didn't care."
"The two of us thought that when we came here today, we would bring something to thank the commander."
"Mine are some classics from the Yin Yang family. They are different from those that are compiled by Xiu Shu. They are more classic. I copied some of them and wanted to give them to the commander."
"But when I saw the telescope you made, I felt that this thing of mine was a bit... unattainable."
After he finished speaking, Yi Bai also opened his basket and saw that it was the same thing as Zou Yixiu.
"What I have is some mechanism techniques from the Mo family. I'm afraid even the commander won't be able to use them."
There was joy in Ran Fang's eyes. What he was able to do was just because he had enough experience in learning before.
But these things they have are really the wisdom left by the ancients, and they are completely different.
Maybe you can even provide him with some ideas.
However, he still wanted to keep his temper, and the expression on his face didn't show much.
He just said calmly: "Okay."
"Submit it, I have never seen this before. You two are interested."
From the perspective of Zou Yixiu and Yi Bai, Ran Fang was just worried that they would feel embarrassed, so he took the initiative to find a place on the other side of the stairs.
The gratitude to Ran Fang in their hearts became even deeper.
"Thank you, Commander."
Ran Fang thought that after they left, it would not be too late for him to study it slowly. These things cannot be learned in just a few glances.
He took out a drawing from his desk, placed it in front of the two of them, and said, "Take a look at it, what do you think of this thing?"
"If you think you have no objections, you can do it together when the public losers come."
The two picked up the drawings at the same time. The paper was larger than the ones they used, and it felt better.
Before they could even admire the advantages of paper, they were shocked by the patterns drawn on it and the notes next to them.
"this?!"
"What is this?"
