Liang Chuan fell in love with the mulberry garden owned by the wealthy businessman Huang Shougong on the original West Street. The mulberry garden made huge profits every year by collecting mulberry and making silk.
Liang Chuan had already invited Cao Bujiu to see the Feng Shui. It was really a treasure land. Liang Chuan came to talk to Huang Shougong. When Huang Shougong heard that he was going to build a temple, he thought Liang Chuan was here to beg for help and wanted to use the land for free, so he quickly sued. Sick, lying at home pretending to be dead.
As for Liang Chuan's current status, anyone in Qingyuan who has experienced the world knows that his thighs are not ordinary thick, and ordinary small businessmen are no match for him. Huang Shougong has a lot of wealth, but that is the wealth accumulated over several generations. I am still running a small business, so I don’t want to sell my family property without any shortage of money and end up with a bad reputation.
Liang Chuan visited several times but was rejected. Later, he came over and found out that Huang Shougong didn't want to sell the land.
How can it be done without selling the land!
Liang Chuan could only find Zhao Xiaopin first. Since he couldn't get the land, he should find the master first and figure out a solution later!
Zhao Xiaopin's current coffee position is not something that ordinary people can get. These days, he is helping local wealthy families build houses in Fuzhou Prefecture!
Ever since he went to Bianjing City and got a certificate from the Ministry of Industry, he enshrined it as a treasure passed down from generation to generation when he came back. The good news spread very quickly. Although they didn't know what Zhao Xiaopin was specifically responsible for when he built the palace for the officials, people who know the goods can recognize the seal of the Ministry of Industry. It cannot be faked, and it is the best certification of the qualifications of Zhao's engineering team.
If you can invite Zhao Xiaopin and the others to build a house for you, and you can also get a glimpse of the royal family, who wouldn't want to put gold on your face?
It had been quite a while since Liang Chuan was waiting. He went to Liu'ao Island and handed two crystals to the gold and jade craftsman.
When Liang Chuan was away, he polished another pair of glasses, and this time he made them even more perfect. When Secretary Huang wore the glasses, he felt that his eyesight was back to when he was young, and he could see the whole world clearly!
The shock of the two people was not over yet. The crystal they brought this time was bigger and better quality, and Liang Chuan was ready to make a more practical tool - a telescope!
Two concave lenses put together become reading glasses, but if you put a concave lens and a convex lens together and adjust the visual focus, it becomes a telescope!
The trouble is to adjust the distance between the two lenses to adjust the distance!
The production process is not that fast. The gold and jade craftsman's only job now is to grind crystals. He has understood Liang Chuan's intention. Under Liang Chuan's guidance, he also discovered that if the curvature of the lens changes, the magnification and reduction effect will be It was different. For a moment, the gold and jade craftsman felt like he had discovered a new world. He cut and polished the crystals and made them into various lenses with different curvatures, ready for Liang Chuan to choose and match them.
Liang Chuan also wants a lens barrel!
The lens barrel was left to Zhaodi to make it. It was made of brass. Although this process was complicated, the craftsmen could now make the barrel of the artillery. Making the brass tube was a piece of cake for them. !
Copper is very soft and can be hammered into shape after tempering. The disciple didn't even need to do it himself, so he asked the disciple to hand the finished lens barrel to Liang Chuan.
Liang Chuan looked at the lens tube and seemed to be thinking about something else. He wanted to make a telescope now, so he didn't think about it.
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There is no need to think too much.
Two extremely polished curved crystals were perfectly embedded on the brass tube made by Zhaodi. One end near the eyeball was embedded with a convex lens, and the other end was equipped with a concave lens.
Liang Chuan originally thought it was two convex lenses, which functioned like a magnifying glass. Later, he tried these lenses at a gold and jade craftsman's shop for a long time before he discovered that one must be concave and one convex and the distance between the two lenses must be adjusted to form an image!
As soon as the telescope was finished, Liang Chuan got it to An Yisheng and Secretary Huang and asked them to try it out first!
The two of them each got a pair of reading glasses, and they were already impressed by Liang Chuan's magical skills. Liang Chuan also brought a golden brass pipe. What a new thing it was!
"How about you two gentlemen help me try this clairvoyance effect?"
clairvoyance!
Glasses can remove turbidity and restore vision, and now Liang Chuan can even make clairvoyance!
An Yisheng couldn't help but took the brass tube handed over by Liang Chuan. When he saw it in front of his eyes, he saw the sea in the distance, and it seemed that nothing had changed!
"Well, it doesn't have any effect!"
Liang Chuan was stunned and took it. Because this telescope was a single-tube telescope, Liang Chuan squinted his other eye and took a closer look. The crystal lens was very well ground and the visual effect was also very good. How could An Yisheng say it was ineffective.
An Yisheng saw only sea water, so he didn't feel the difference. Liang Chuan immediately pointed to a small fishing boat on the sea in front of him and said to An Yisheng: "Doctor An, look at the fishing boat on the sea directly in front of you!
An Yisheng moved the camera over and saw a huge ship appearing in the camera, as if he was watching it with the naked eye. He put down the telescope in a hurry and looked again. The man was still a hundred years away, but just now Why can I see it so clearly!
An Yisheng, who did not believe in evil, tried several more times, but the result was the same. He could actually see people and objects miles away more clearly. This is not what clairvoyance is!
"It's really amazing!"
The two took turns trying out the telescope's effect, but it didn't meet Liang Chuan's expectations. This simple telescope can only see a distance of six to seven hundred meters. This distance can also be seen with the naked eye, but it's just not clear. We need to improve it and increase the viewing range to two to four miles. That will be a qualified product!
Liang Chuan immediately took this semi-finished product to Xia Dehai on the treasure ship. This thing is of no use to people on land, except for defending the city, but it is very useful for people at sea. It can observe farther distances. If the enemy is at this distance If you don't find it, you can take many preventive measures and truly anticipate the enemy's opportunity!
Xia Dehai is a natural master of naval warfare. The moment he got the telescope, he knew that he would have no opponent at sea from now on. With the telescope, he could adjust the angle of the artillery before the enemy was ready. The two interacted with each other. Combined, who will be his opponent from now on?
In fact, it is not only useful for combat. With a telescope, you can also find islands and weather changes in the vast sea. The most deadly thing on the sea is not the enemy, but the shortage of fresh water and the dangerous weather!
Once you have a telescope, it cannot be said that you can completely avoid these dangers, but it can give you a little more chance of survival at sea, which is a lot worse!
Looking into the distance
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As soon as the mirror was invented, Liang Chuan's first thought was to use this thing to make money, but he gave up the idea after thinking about it.
Because the principle of the telescope is too simple, once this technology is leaked, it can easily be copied by other opponents. The group of people under my command are relatively tight-lipped, and at least they can ensure that this technology is not leaked for a period of time.
The telescope can be sold for a few dollars, at most tens of thousands per pair. However, selling the telescope means losing the patent for this technology, which is not worth it.
Besides, Liang Chuan is not short of money right now!
He didn’t want to pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon!
Liang Chuan told Xia Dehai that he would use the telescope first, and there would be an improved version later. At that time, it would be a true clairvoyance, and its visual range would be nearly twice as high as the current primary version. That would be a real battlefield weapon!
Xia Dehai always dreamed of owning artillery and telescopes. Who could have imagined that back then, he was a pirate on the Wan'an ferry and now he was transformed into a great navigator with capital across the world!
"Take advantage of the last north wind to go to Nanyang to find another batch of crystals. If we can make an extra batch of telescopes, they can be used not only on ships at sea, but also in land battles!"
Xia Dehai was just about to test the power of the combination of telescopes and artillery. With Liang Chuan's order, he immediately organized the fleet and set off towards Nanyang!
After the battle at the Yangtze Estuary, Xia Dehai's fleet returned to the shipyard in Qingyuan. Xia Dehai and Liang Zao made many improvements to the warships to address the shortcomings of seagoing ships.
Treasure ships are undoubtedly the most chaotic for ocean commerce, but if they are used in naval battles, many problems will be exposed.
One is that the hull is too bulky. The huge hull can easily become a target for opponents, and even escape becomes a problem. The other is that the equipment, cargo and crew members on the ship are mixed together, which is extremely dangerous. There is no good distinction between combat zones and supplies. Once the gunpowder and fresh water on the ship are contaminated, a warship is equivalent to a cemetery!
The most important issue is the relocation of the artillery. Xia Dehai found that it is best to use the artillery on the deck when the weather is good. Using the artillery in the cabin will cause damage to the hull. The crew is complaining in the cabin. On the deck, The field of view is also more convenient to adjust. Many crew members have mentioned this alone!
The treasure ship has been improved, and the hull has been changed from chubby to slender. The division of labor among the ships has become more accurate. There are specialized cargo ships and warships used by Xia Dehai!
The new warship looks like it is armed to the teeth just by looking at it, and the entire top is a combat area. Liang Zao himself said that if he looked at the entire ocean, he would not be able to find any opponent!
With these words, Xia Dehai wanted to give it a try even more. After receiving Liang Chuan's order, he couldn't wait any longer and urged the warship to sail slowly south!
When the fleet sailed out of Qingyuan Port, Abdullah happened to bump into this maritime overlord. Although he didn't understand what the black iron pipe was for, he just saw the unruly and unruly people on the ship. The sailor knows that if he encounters this fleet at sea, he will never get any advantage!
Another half month passed, and Huang Shougong came to Liang Chuan unexpectedly. Liang Chuan was just trying to find him, but luckily, he came to the door himself. It was exactly what Liang Chuan wanted. He was going to sell the mulberry field!
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