Chapter 404

"The climate of Lingnan road is similar to that of Johor. The Feng family is willing to try planting Johor rice for the imperial court in Lingnan, so as to promote the whole Tang Dynasty!"

Feng Zhidai's heart is bitter. Since all the hard work is left, in that case, the Feng family will do the hard work to the end.

Merton did not refute this. Lingnan road has four seasons like summer, high temperature and rainy. It is indeed the best choice to try to grow Johor rice.

Su Lingnong, a big farmer, nodded when he heard the speech and put down his rice seed. "Lingnan is indeed the best choice, but this rice must be popularized throughout the south of the Yangtze River in the future. It is better to try planting in many places at the same time, such as Huguang, Suzhou and Hangzhou. In this way, more places can be used as a reference and experience can be left for future promotion."

"Big Si Nong's words are reasonable. Let's do it according to your words." Li Shimin nodded.

Feng Zhidai suddenly turned black. If he tried to plant rice at the same time in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, the only hard work of the Feng family would be divided by many people. In this way, even if the rice seed test was successful in the future, his credit to the Feng family would be diluted to the extreme.

Throughout the Weiyang palace, all the ministers were in a state of mind. They saw a wonderful play today, from the Feng family to Merton's counterattack.

The Feng family's move was not without harvest, but it was far less than expected, and it was not known whether it was worth offending the rising ink family.

It is conceivable that Feng Zhidai's heart was oppressed. Seeing Merton, he suddenly had an idea and said in a bad tone: "today is the birthday gift of the supreme emperor. I don't know what gift Lord Mo is going to prepare, which will also open our eyes?"

Li Yuan and Li Shimin immediately frowned. They looked at Feng Zhidai badly and were unhappy.

Merton smiled and said, "Weichen does have a gift to celebrate the emperor's birthday."

Feng Zhi's face stiffened as Dayton.

"Oh!"

Li yuanton is in fashion for big hair. He is very satisfied with the secret skill of hair dyeing given by Merton before. He is very satisfied with Merton's gift.

Merton took out a palm sized brocade box from his arms and presented it to Feng Zhidai. When Feng Zhidai saw it, he sneered. Even if the brocade box was worth thousands of gold, it could not compare with the treasure donated by the Feng family.

Li Yuan didn't care. He took it and opened the brocade box directly. In the brocade box, there was a strange transparent object. It was Merton who wasted so much effort to make reading glasses.

"Is this Shuiyu?"

Li Yuan was surprised when he saw the transparent lens of reading glasses. He saw countless precious jade in his life, but such transparent jade was the first time I saw it. It felt cold and far less comfortable than warm jade.

"Back to the supreme emperor, this is the latest product of Mohism, called glass, not jade," Merton explained.

Feng Zhidai felt cold when he heard that it was not jade. In that case, it must not be valuable.

"What's the use of this thing?" Li Yuan looked at the reading glasses in his hand, wondering how to use such a strange thing.

Li Shimin thought that as long as it was newly developed by the Mohist school, it must have strange uses, and it could make Merton present it to Li Yuan as a birthday gift. It must be extraordinary, and he couldn't help looking forward to it.

"The emperor put it in front of his eyes and you can see it at a glance." Merton sold the pass and handed over the latest issue of Ink magazine.

"Eh!" Li Yuan looked down and immediately exclaimed that he was born.

He acted according to his words and put his eyes on the bridge of his nose without a teacher. However, he found that the original fuzzy font on the original ink journal was extremely clear.

"What's wrong with the supreme emperor!" the man Dynasty suddenly exclaimed.

Li Yuan shook his head and said with a shocked face, "I'm usually very old-fashioned. It's very difficult to read ink magazines, and it's extremely clear to wear this."

Since he was old, he has been full of presbyopia. Who would have thought that when he was nearly 70, he could read like a teenager without obstacles.

"What? This can cure presbyopia?" in Weiyang palace, all the officials were shocked when they heard the speech. It is well known that Li Yuan has presbyopia., Seeing Merton, his eyes suddenly became hot. I'm afraid most of them have known their destiny for 50 years. Gao Shilian and Xiao Yu, the older ones, are nearly 60 years old. It can be said that old eyesight is extremely common. It is very difficult to review political affairs at ordinary times. I'm afraid everything will be solved with the help of these reading glasses.

Merton nodded and said, "this thing is called presbyopia glasses. It is specially used to treat presbyopia of the elderly, which can restore the eyesight of the elderly to that of a teenager. The last time I saw the emperor, I loved reading ink magazines, but I was troubled by presbyopia, so I specially made this presbyopia glasses to solve the problem of the emperor."

"OK, OK! In the past ten years, I've been a big general with dim eyesight. It's very inconvenient on weekdays. I didn't expect to solve it today." Li Yuan said excitedly. Among all the birthday gifts, I'm afraid Merton is the most satisfactory one.

Feng Zhidai's face stiffened when he heard the speech. Who could have thought that Merton should have such a strange thing and find a way to please the emperor.

Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan, who was directly wearing reading glasses and couldn't put it down. He looked at Merton with satisfaction. Merton was more gratified than he gave him a gift.

"So Mohism has solved the cause of presbyopia?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

Merton nodded and said, "in fact, presbyopia is not a disease, but a symptom that people's eyes will inevitably appear with the increase of age."

"It's bound to happen?" Li Shimin immediately frowned. So, one day, he will also have presbyopia and use this presbyopia glasses.

"Yes, sooner or later, it will appear sooner or later. I don't know if your majesty still remembers that at the beginning of the year, Weichen showed the secret art of Mohism at the Mohist secret technology exhibition, small hole imaging." Merton said in a deep voice.

"Pinhole imaging?" Li Shimin suddenly had an idea and said, "is Mozi's pinhole imaging like human eyes?"

Small hole imaging can reflect the external image into the small hole, just as people's eyes can see the external image.

"No, pinhole imaging is an inverted image, and what human eyes see is an upright image." Li Yuan shook his head and said. He is very bored recently, but Mohist ink skills are very interesting, which is very to his appetite. He knows Mohist secret skills almost like the back of his hand.

Merton shook his head and said, "although the truth is the same, people's eyes are a step more complex than small hole imaging. When small hole imaging, the round hole is a plane, while our eyes are convex."

As soon as they heard this, they couldn't help touching their eyes. It was really convex.

"So on the basis of small hole imaging, the boy makes further eyes on this phenomenon, making the mirror into a convex surface, as if there were another pair of eyes outside the eyes, so as to help the elderly restore their eyesight," Merton explained.

Suddenly, the people couldn't help but praise themselves. I'm afraid only Mohists can do this secret skill. Who knows the mystery of light and shadow better than Mohists.

Li Shimin also sighed. Who would have thought that the seemingly useless small hole imaging in the secret technique of Mohism promoted the birth of reading glasses and solved the problem of the elderly all over the world.

"Can you mass produce this thing?" Li Shimin asked. You know, Li Yuan is not the only one suffering from presbyopia.

In an instant, Merton became the focus of the audience. You know, many important officials in the hall are old.

Merton nodded and said, "this glass is not the first of Mohism. It must have a history of thousands of years in the far western country. After Wei Chen bought the remnant secret arts from merchants in the western regions and made many improvements, it was cracked."

Merton finished, deliberately glanced at Feng Zhidai, and immediately let Feng Zhidai sit and stand uneasy.

Merchants from the western regions brought a steady stream of secrets and seeds from the Silk Road, which were not available in the Tang Dynasty. It is self-evident that they contributed to nature. The glass in front of them is the best example.

"Although the output is not high, it is enough to meet the demand for reading glasses," Merton said with a confident smile.

The important officials of the Manchu Dynasty immediately showed a satisfied look. As long as they were not the only pair of eyes in the world, they were naturally indispensable.

"Over time, the output of Mojia village will increase. It must be like an ordinary thing, and the old people all over the world have a pair of hands." Merton said proudly again.

"OK! It seems that this is not a birthday gift for me, but a common birthday gift for the old people all over the world. I'm ashamed to accept this filial piety for the old people all over the world." Li Yuan said proudly.

The Tang Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and both Confucianism and Mohism attached great importance to filial piety. Li Yuan's evaluation was extremely honored, but everyone had no objection. After all, Merton's evaluation was only Feng Zhidai's unwilling low head.

The result is obvious. Among all the birthday gifts, Merton's reading glasses are the best and most popular with Li Yuan. For the Royal afterlife, how can those gold, silver, jewelry, rare and foreign objects be put in the eyes.

The Feng family tried to cut Hu Johor's rice to express their loyalty. Instead of success, stealing chicken can't erode the rice. The pair of presbyopic glasses of the Mohist family benefited the supreme emperor and the ordinary people. The result is self-evident.