Great Tang princess

Chapter 771 Camera Revolution
After leaving the Engineering Academy, Li Xian returned to Jixian Hall and called Princess Xuancheng over.

If you want to build a printing factory alone, you can't just build it, it needs money.

And Princess Xuancheng is the Minister of the Household Department. Only she knows how much money the court has now.

After Princess Xuancheng came over, she was about to salute, but was interrupted by Li Xian: "Sister, I'm sorry!"

Wei Lian'er on the side looked at the 50-year-old Princess Xuancheng, and couldn't help showing a look of envy.

Although there are already a few gray hairs, there are not many wrinkles on his face, and his complexion and posture are quite good.

The appearance is at least seven or eight years younger than the actual age, and there is no demeanor and performance that a 50-year-old person should have.

On the contrary, her whole body looks charming, like the aunt next door.

These are all the benefits of a daily unshakable exercise habit. It may not be obvious when you are young, but the older you are, the more obvious the gap with your peers will be.

She was clearly facing the sky, but she looked like she was the same age as the crown princess.

Li Xian waved his hand to call for tea, and then briefly talked about the events during this period.

"Therefore, I still need my sister to show me the new printing factory."

Princess Xuancheng nodded, and then said: "To build a printing factory, there is money. Your Highness can ask the Engineering Institute to produce drawings. After the Ministry of Industry calculates the price, the Ministry of Households will allocate funds."

As soon as Li Xian heard that she agreed, he immediately waved his hands: "Okay, sister, don't worry, I will get it done as soon as possible."

From this matter, it can be seen how troublesome the court affairs are to deal with, and many departments need to be coordinated back and forth.

A few days later, it was time to go to court again. Li Xian announced at the court that his mother had agreed, and Honglu Temple would be merged into the Ministry of Rites and become a department under its jurisdiction.

The other is the issue of the establishment of the printing factory. Considering that it will be mainly responsible for the printing of the imperial court in the future, it is possible to choose a place in the city.

There is also the matter over there in Tubo, where Wei Lian'er's ideas were announced one by one, and they were asked to implement them accordingly.

The cabinet ministers who participated in the court meeting felt a little stunned in the face of this set of operations.

Obviously, last time the crown prince still asked questions and didn't know what to do. Who would have thought that such a smooth operation would solve all the problems today?

It's really admiration for Shibie for three days.

But Li Xian stood up slowly amidst the surprised eyes, announced his withdrawal from the court, and Shi Shiran left the court hall.

After coming out, looking at the sky outside the window, he couldn't help sighing, and said with a slight smile: "Sure enough, this meeting should be like this, like before, it's really boring to discuss it all day long..."

Sun Jingbang who was behind him complained secretly: If there is no cabinet, wouldn't it have to be the same as before?
Of course, I thought about this in my heart, and I dared not say it outright.

……

On the other side, Wu Zetian, who had been in Qingdao for a few days, couldn't help but smile at the report in his hand: "This kid, it seems that he still has some abilities."

"My child has already said it, brother is not stupid!" Li Yuechen said while adding water to her cup.

"Well, I'm just too lazy to die." Wu Zetian smiled, then couldn't help but look at the environment in the office, and said softly, "When my mother abdicates in the future, it's better to stay here for a while. "

To be honest, Li Yuechen's office is not luxurious at all, but it is very grand.

There is a wooden floor under the feet, the windows are glass sliding windows, a large desk, and a tea table.

What is left is a bookshelf and a few pots of green plants, and there are no decorations such as calligraphy and painting on the wall.

This is quite a simple style, but it can feel an atmosphere.

Sitting in such an environment, I can even feel a lot of emptiness.

However, Li Yuechen smiled: "It's okay to stay here in summer. After winter, the sea breeze is cold and humid, so Zhenzhou is more suitable."

"Zhenzhou?"

Wu Zetian asked back, "Isn't there prone to hurricanes there?"

"There won't be winter, and now that there are cement houses, it doesn't matter even if there are." Li Yuechen explained, "The climate is warm there, and there is no winter."

"It sounds quite interesting." Wu Zetian said with a smile.

Li Yuechen continued: "Let me tell you, after Auntie abdicates, she can indeed walk around and see the beautiful scenery of the country."

In fact, these words are a bit outrageous, but Wu Zetian doesn't care at all.

Instead, he nodded in agreement: "In recent years, the dark guards have also sent many pictures of the beautiful scenery of various places. Although there is no color, you can still see the beautiful scenery. It is worth seeing with your own eyes."

Things like cameras are also given priority to the army and secret guards.

Although Chang'an and Dongdu already have photo studios, their main customers are still wealthy people.

Few of the middle class come here, basically it is good to have a family portrait in a lifetime.

As for the bottom layer, there is currently no way to consume this kind of thing.

Speaking of the camera, Li Dan was obviously interested, and asked aside: "Speaking of the camera, isn't the Engineering Academy in Qingdao still continuing to research? Has there been any progress?"

You know, it takes about 5 minutes to take a photo now, and it is very troublesome to take pictures of people.

Not to mention capture, it's completely impossible.

The most important thing is that you can only shoot around noon when the sun is just right.

Li Yuechen thought for a while: "Is it okay to call and ask?"

So directly, Yiluoru went to the Engineering Academy here to call the person in charge and inquire about the progress.

Not long after, a middle-aged craftsman about 50 years old and wearing military uniform came to the office.

He had the rank of Lieutenant Colonel hanging on his shoulder, and he quickly raised his hand to salute after entering: "I have seen Your Majesty! I have seen your Highnesses!"

"Excuse me!" Wu Zetian raised his hand, "Do you have a name?"

Most of the craftsmen of the older generation were illiterate, but this middle-aged man was obviously not among them, and he replied respectfully, "Return to Your Majesty, my subordinate's name is Liu Daxiang!"

Hearing this name, Wu Zetian and Li Yuechen didn't respond, but Li Dan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Li Yuechen didn't respond because she knew the other person. This person has existed since the establishment of the Qingdao Institute of Engineering, and he is considered a veteran.

Li Dan was different. It was the first time he met the other party, and he couldn't hold back all of a sudden.

Wu Zetian frowned and taught, "What's so ridiculous?"

In any case, it is very impolite to laugh at other people's names, members of the royal family should abide by this etiquette even more.

Li Yuechen next to him explained: "Brother, this is the sound of the big sound, the elephant has no shape."

As a Taoist priest, although Li Yuechen doesn't know how to read astrology and divination, he can almost say that he has memorized the Tao Te Ching fluently.

When we met for the first time, I knew the meaning of each other's name, although I also thought it was a bit funny.

Seeing Li Dan's smile, Liu Daxiang didn't feel embarrassed, and said with a slight smile, "This is when I was young, I followed my parents into the temple to offer incense, and asked the Taoist priest to give me a name."

Artisan families dare not say that they can be regarded as middle class, but the conditions of craftsmen with good craftsmanship are not too bad.

So occasionally there are activities like going to incense.

Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Okay, sit down first, Xiaodong, serve tea!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Liu Daxiang agreed and sat down gently on the chair next to him.

"I called you here today, just to ask, the camera has been found out for many years, is there any follow-up research?" Li Yuechen asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, the research on cameras has never stopped. These years have mainly been divided into two directions. One is to speed up the time of taking photos, and the other is whether the photos can be colored... This color issue is still unclear. But the shooting time, how much There has been some progress."

Wu Zetian became interested: "Tell me."

"Your Majesty may not be aware of this. Since the beginning of His Majesty's invention, the lens used in this camera is a combination of concave and convex lenses. I have tried various combinations over the years. A few days ago, I used a combination of concave and convex lenses. Three groups of slices and two groups of four slices..."

Listening to his explanation, Wu Zetian only felt his mind go blank for a while, and he couldn't understand at all.

But as the emperor, he couldn't let others know that he didn't understand, so he put on a blank expression and listened to him continue.

Li Yuechen next to him looked at his mother's expression and felt like laughing.

To say that being an emperor is bad, one must learn to hide one's thoughts.

Because once the emperor's thoughts are seen through by the people below, it is a very dangerous thing.

Therefore, a qualified emperor must be able to hide his emotions and anger, and must not allow people to guess his inner thoughts.

She knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for her mother to understand what the craftsman was saying, but she had to act as if you didn't know if I could understand.

So she interrupted Liu Daxiang: "What's the result of the experiment?"

Liu Daxiang said: "The time for taking pictures is indeed shortened. Basically, it is possible to take a picture in an instant, and it can even be used to capture some slow scenes..."

"Since there are experimental results, why not report them?" Li Yuechen asked.

"Because there is a new problem!" Liu Daxiang replied, "Only the middle of the photo taken in this way is normal, but the surroundings of the picture will be distorted..."

While explaining, he also took out two photos from his pocket and handed them over with both hands: "Your Highness, please take a look."

Xiaodong took it and handed it to Li Yuechen.

After taking a look, as he said, the picture in the middle of the photo is normal, but there seems to be a distorted circle around it, which makes the surrounding scene a blurred feeling.

It's like a transparent vortex, slightly twisting a circle of scenery outside the middle a few times.

This kind of photo looks a little dizzy, but let alone, at least the middle picture can be seen clearly at a glance, which is a bit emphatic.

"The subordinates felt that the photo was too distorted, so they never reported it..." Liu Daxiang explained.

Wu Zetian took it over and looked at it, frowning slightly.

Because this photo looked dizzy and uncomfortable, I subconsciously didn't want to use such a machine to take photos of myself.

However, Li Yuechen said: "Actually, being able to shorten the time for taking pictures is already a rare improvement. As for the shortcomings that have been exposed, we just need to find a way to solve them."

"Yes, please keep this in mind!" Liu Daxiang replied respectfully, "Actually, many people in the academy have put forward their own ideas at this time, and we are also selecting these plans and experimenting one by one... It's just that the speed may be slower... "

This point, Li Yuechen is understandable.

After all, it costs money to do experiments. Although the Academy of Engineering says that it has more funds than other departments, it can't be wasted, can it?

It can't be said that any kind of plan should be tried, it can only be said that try to choose those more reliable plans.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Well, this matter is entrusted to you, and I am relieved. I hope you can produce results as soon as possible. Moreover, today's results can be regarded as a surprise!"

It has to be admitted that even the current photos with swirls and distortions around them can be regarded as a camera revolution.

The shortening of the time for taking photos means that the army can further improve its efficiency when performing tasks in the future.

Let’s not mention the civilian use, but for the army, this is indeed a very significant progress!
The same is true for the hidden guards. In any future investigation, you can directly use the camera to take pictures as evidence.

So that the emperor can get a clearer message.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen has already planned to let them produce a batch of such lenses, and take them back to the dark guards, it will be of great use!

……

During dinner at night, Li Yuechen shared his thoughts with his mother.

Wu Zetian said that she was too lazy to take care of this matter, and let her figure it out by herself.

Then he said: "It's been a while since I came out, it's almost time to go back."

"Aniang, don't you plan to stay longer? Being at the beach can make you feel more relaxed, right?" Li Yuechen asked.

"When you abdicate, there are plenty of opportunities." Wu Zetian waved his hand, "The emperor will not be in the palace for a long time, and it will be of no benefit to the country!"

Li Yuechen thinks about it too. Although it is said that the imperial power is centralized and the country is stable, it is not long after all.

The influence of the veteran nobles is still deeply ingrained, and the emperor's absence for a long time may easily cause troubles.

Now is the time when the country is developing at a high speed, and it is better to avoid such things as much as possible.

Although he said he wasn't afraid of them, Li Yuechen was unwilling to let the people in the country face the danger of swordsmen at this time.

So on the second night, everyone took the airship and was about to return to Dongdu.

Before leaving, Li Shu stopped Li Yuechen: "Auntie, my nephew is unclear about something!"

"Say."

"Someone proposed marriage to me, and I want to ask my aunt, if I get married, in the future..."

Li Yuechen patted her on the shoulder: "If you like it, you can marry. If you don't like it, you can be single. But no matter what, you have to remember. You are the royal family, you must put the country first!"

Hearing her words, Li Shu nodded: "Yes! My nephew understands!"

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, turned around and boarded the airship.

Regarding Li Shu's question, her true thoughts are the same as what she said.

In the future, when she gets married and has children, as long as she doesn't violate the law or violate the national interest, it's okay to help her a little bit.

Because this is an absolutely unavoidable problem from ancient times to the present, and into the future, it is human nature!

As a student he taught himself, Li Yuechen still has confidence in her. Over the years, the various grades of these children have far surpassed ordinary people, so he has confidence in them.

The airship slowly left the ground, disappeared in the night sky, and flew eastward.

(End of this chapter)