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Chen Jie wiped the almost solidified blood on his face with a wet towel.

Throughout the ages, government officials have never run faster than thieves, just like the siren is always late and the old dog always runs behind the fat cat. If their speeds were reversed, these species would long cease to exist.

Chen Jie dragged the captured people directly to their warehouse in the dock area. At this time, the gentlemen from the state capital began to inspect the scene and search the civilians. The students in the Liyuan were like castrated pigs in the face of absolute violence, and they behaved like castrated pigs in front of the petty officials...

Of course, they have reason to be angry. Fighting in the capital often happens, but it is to be expected that an uproar will be caused at the gate of the Liyuan. Everyone is just waiting for it.

After Zhao Quanhe walked out of the gate of the ceremony hall, he was too frightened to understand. He ordered his subordinates to bribe several desperate gang members, or in other words, threatened several desperate gang leaders, and then hired killers with large sums of money through them. In his opinion, killing a 13-year-old For starless warlocks, the more trouble they have is dealing with the aftermath, rather than the chaotic scene.

Who would have expected that a group of people would rush in with blood dripping all the way.

If he could redress his grievances, Zhao Quanfu himself wanted to shout: Most of the people were killed by Cheng Jinzhou's men.

Unfortunately it didn't work.

He didn't know how many stupid thieves had been arrested, but Zhao Quanhui understood that it would be difficult for the gang leaders to escape unless the court didn't pay attention to it at all. Thinking of this, his face gradually turned cold.

As a noble, there is no way he would personally threaten lower-class people. Sometimes, the Law of Nobility does bring some small discounts to the nobles.

"Go back home." Zhao Quan got into the car with a cold expression on his face. No one from the government officials who came to investigate dared to stop him. The imperial court was as slow to respond as ever, and the chief officials of the yamen in the capital and state offices were often the least courageous.

The Zhao family's mansion in the capital was gifted by the emperor. It was so big that it could hardly be maintained. Every year, 100,000 taels of silver were spent on the courtyard without an owner, which represented the strength of a family. Normally, Zhao Quanmin liked this kind of style very much, especially the two sculptures of prancing horses and guns in front of the main entrance. He would take a look at them twice every time. Today, he hurriedly walked in through the door.

"Go find Zhao Zhong." Zhao Quanhua ordered in a gloomy tone.

Zhao Zhong is the servant he brought from home, and there are some things that he can only do with him.

Zhao Quanhe thought with dull eyes: This time, two people may have to be sacrificed to escape.

Some people cover up the situation, and some people want to lift the lid.

Chen Jie didn't learn anything real from the Holy Religion, but his knowledge improved. Even though he had no background in the capital, he could still get some help from the Holy Religion. For a religion from the far west, due to the inherent exclusivity of ethics and religion, , the spread even among Star Warlocks was grudging.

Therefore, when Chen Jie took out a sum of money, a gentleman in the same bad situation was willing to come forward to help. The first thing he needed was a doctor.

At this time, Western medicine had just emerged from the era of bloodletting. Treatment relied 80% on luck, and 90% on saving lives depended on the patient. In Chen Jie's eyes, doctors who knew something about the human body became useful tools for interrogation.

In fact, this is indeed the case. It is difficult for doctors to save a person. If they want to kill a person, they will have a mental disorder. It is their job responsibility to make people half-dead.

The doctor who came to the warehouse at this time, picked up the knife, and acted out his true colors.

The roar that cracked the lungs spread far and wide along the vents.

Chen Jie also experienced a spiritual baptism. Visiting a doctor for treatment is a very cruel thing for ordinary people. The answer was naturally satisfactory to him. The servant from Zhao Mansion was exactly right with his judgment.

"I'm going to report." Chen Jie didn't even have time to take a good bath and said with the smell of blood.

The doctor put away the knife and needle with satisfaction, said "Okay" with a smile, and then said: "If patients want treatment in the future, please come to me."

"Absolutely." Chen Jie looked at the bloody human body on the bed. He was absolutely sure that the doctor must have followed the standard treatment procedures, although he might not know what to treat.

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Liu Kuang's Star Warlock Tower even has a simple mechanical elevator. The power is provided by the star array on the first floor. The equipment and star arrays they use are much more advanced than those of the Star Warlock Association.

Private territories are more efficient anyway. However, elevators are mainly used for transporting supplies. Astromancers usually fly, and other people often don't like elevators that go up and down.

"It is currently difficult to achieve a uniform and constant speed." Ma Ling finally explained while standing in the dizzying elevator.

Cheng Jinzhou smiled and said nothing.

There are four circular rooms on the second floor. Cao Feng's research room is in the middle of the south. From the outside, it looks like it is at least thousands of square meters.

Ma Ling knocked on the door gently and pushed in.

Cheng Jinzhou walked in and saw two star warlocks busy at the table. One of them was clearly using a microscope, while the remaining four or five star warlock apprentices were busy managing appliances such as stoves, steamers, and rooms. His legs were used to support a platform with wood, and grain was piled on it.

"Warlock Cao Fengxing?" Ma Ling stood by the door with his hands tied and called softly.

"Xiao Ling." Warlock Cao Fengxing was the one using the microscope. He only waved his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

"This is Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock. He just arrived on the island today. He wants to..."

As soon as Ma Ling finished speaking, several people who had been very busy just stopped, and Cao Feng jumped up and asked, "Cheng Jinzhou from Geometric Optics?"

"Uh...it's me." Cheng Jinzhou touched his nose.

"Come and take a look at this." Cao Feng is a very thin middle-aged man, a bit like a human-shaped wheat grain. The eyes were obviously pressed out by a rough microscope, like a panda that sheds tears during the bamboo blooming season.

Cheng Jinzhou coughed for no apparent reason. Although it was a bit strange, the enthusiastic attitude obviously made him feel comfortable.

Ma Ling retreated gently.

"We have discovered before that if the crystal is made into a curvature, the object can be magnified. I have always wanted to see the image of the inside of wheat. After reading your description of optics, I have new ideas. This is a new idea I made. "Tool, I call it the Vision-Enhancing Crystal." Cao Feng spoke quickly and his accent was Xia Jing's. He seemed to have lived in the peripheral peninsula for many years, maybe he was born near Xia Jing.

Cheng Jinzhou was a little short, so he stood up on a stool. Under the expectant eyes of seven or eight people, he raised his eyes strangely. The so-called vision-enhancing crystal has a magnification of about 10 times, and you can barely see the tiny squirming things below.

"I thought it was wheat." Cheng Jinzhou touched his head and asked strangely: "Flea?"

"It's a jumping creature." Cao Feng was very satisfied with Cheng Jinzhou's reaction and said with a smile: "It's the same thing as what we see with the star array, but if we can clearly study the principle of how it enhances vision, we can see To get something more detailed, such high-level star formations are often only chosen by astromancers of level three or above, and there are very few astromancers who can carve them."

The more advanced the star array, the more chance it may be to obtain it. It doesn't mean that if you choose a certain star array, there will be a star warlock who can help you carve it. For example, in the third-level star array, only a few elites can carve it. In addition to the third-level star warlocks who study this way, they must rely on the fourth-level star warlocks and above for help. It is obvious that the fourth-level star warlocks are not always free and familiar with star formation carving.

Cheng Jinzhou shrugged in disappointment and said, "I thought you were studying grain?"

Cao Feng laughed awkwardly and said: "It's one step in the process, one step... Oh, I have always had some questions about your optical geometry."

"In which aspect?" Cheng Jinzhou was not stingy about this. Optics was a branch, completely different from calculus, and it was very comfortable to sell.

"Focus. Please take a seat first." Cao Feng led Cheng Jinzhou to the only quiet window seat and said, "If the focus can be determined more easily, we think it should be able to increase the degree of vision enhancement."

"Focus..." Cheng Jinzhou desperately recalled the knowledge of microscopes he had learned back then, and regretfully found that the only thing he remembered was Leeuwenhoek.

He hesitated and said: "If it's just a way to determine the focus, I have a way. But if you want to increase its magnification, oh, what you call increased vision, I think we still need to polish it and increase the curvature. .”

Cheng Jinzhou made a smooth arc movement downward and upward and said: "It is to increase the curvature of the lens."

"We have also done some research on this, but because we are using star arrays, we need to determine the focus first before we can increase it." Cao Feng said he was still very happy. After all, there were very few star warlocks who could discuss the same topic with him. Most star warlocks Warlocks will all study a certain topic, and communication between them must be restricted by the number of people.

Another astrologer listened to their conversation, took out a basically carved crystal from the drawer, sat down and said: "We have determined that the focus of this crystal is in the middle, but it is still a little inaccurate. Please take a look."

As he spoke, the tiger's mouth of his right hand shone slightly, and the crystal began to melt from the central focus. A drop-shaped molten crystal began to roll continuously on the surface, and then the crystal became thinner and thinner, more and more transparent, and finally formed A curved mirror, fast and precise. Finally, with a slight shake of his hand, the enlarged water droplets fell from the crystal, forming a spherical turbid crystal.

"Jin Xi's technology is the best, but because the crystal is not completely transparent and the focus is off, it is difficult to use the lens. After all, two lenses are required to work together."

While talking, Jin Xi handed the crystal that was still a little warm to Cheng Jinzhou.

Looking at it with your eyes, the focus you get is indeed a bit biased.

Cao Feng's eyes held some expectation. He was a very special star warlock. If his main research was not related to food, almost no one would know about it. It was even more difficult to meet a star warlock who could discuss the problem. , in the past few years, it has been just him and Jin Xi.

His star warlock apprentices stared at Cheng Jinzhou with burning eyes. For these young people, the 13-year-old Cheng Jinzhou was really enviable to death.

Xiao Cheng, who was somewhat accustomed to the gathering of all kinds of eyes, pondered for a moment and said: "If we can...'carve' again, we can find a reference object to focus on, and then enlarge their projection on the paper, which should be more accurate. Some."

Projection magnification is like holding a coin in the air. The shadow of the coin projected on the ground is many times larger than the coin itself. When drawing on the shadow, the accuracy will naturally increase.

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