The Sun and the Lion

The slender cylinder placed on the cushion in the box was presented to Ibrahim. Since the person who came to meet was the official who managed the lens workshop, he knew what project had produced results.

"The ability of the ministers to make this thing is all thanks to the divine wisdom shared by Your Majesty. Relying on your guidance, we first simply combined multiple magnifying glasses together, and then tried to embed multiple lenses in a cylinder, consisting of convex lenses and The device composed of concave lenses has the best effect." The "master" responsible for explaining to him is the most skilled craftsman in the Isfahan lens workshop and has trained many apprentices.

He completely skipped the specific test in the middle, attributed everything to the kindness spread by the King of Kings, and then introduced the usage: "This device mainly consists of two lenses. When using it, the narrower side should be used..."

Without waiting for the lens craftsman to finish speaking, Ibrahim reached out and took out the monocular telescope. The presented lens tube was made of ivory and was white and flawless. However, the craftsman responsible for making the lens tube did not decorate it, but the material itself was Expensiveness is enough to indicate the status of the owner.

In addition to the royal telescope presented, the lens master also produced multiple "prototypes" of different sizes and lengths that can be used, and their far-sightedness effects have been tested on the artillery range.

Aiming his eyes at the eyepiece, through the telescope, Ibrahim could indeed feel that his vision was farther away, and the objects he saw in the mirror were magnified a lot, but he didn't know the geometry of the magnification.

"It is indeed what your Majesty imagined. You can use it skillfully as soon as you get started." Soon, the eunuchs present took the lead in blowing a flattering wind around him, and the scene turned into a promotional video of kindness.

Putting the monocular telescope back into the box and asking the eunuch to put it away, Ibrahim then asked: "If several lens masters are separately responsible for making the telescope, how much will it cost to make? How much time will it take?"

Since the lens is made of transparent glass rather than crystal, the cost is not sky-high. The glass manufacturing technology in Tianfang World is quite mature. There were many workshops producing large quantities of glass in the early Middle Ages. During this time, there was no place for the time traveler. He only commissioned a large number of workshops in his country to produce various glass products for the palace.

Due to the limited production, although he wants to popularize it among senior officers, artillerymen and the navy, he is currently hesitant to decide which party to give priority to distributing telescopes to: Army officers or navy captains?

Craftsmen who completed the task were routinely rewarded, and the existence of the object was immediately announced to the world. The military attachés of the court were most interested in its military value. Being able to observe the enemy's situation further away meant that it was more likely to seize the opportunity before the enemy. .

"Whether it is on land or at sea, as long as our army can detect enemy forces early and learn their size and situation, the commander can think and make decisions more rationally based on his own strength and tasks." Grand Emir Hussein Because of this evaluation.

The military vizier who received the order quickly added it to the procurement list.

Some people even have the imagination to think that monocular telescopes can be used to replace the sights and rear sights of muskets to help shooters shoot more accurately. Although muskets can also shoot accurately, such precise shooting cannot be popularized throughout the army under current technical conditions.

Excluding customization and private manufacturing, Iran's firearms workshops currently mainly produce light and heavy matchlocks. After more than ten years of development, Iranian firearms craftsmen are no longer limited to imitating foreign-style matchlocks. Nowadays, both Both the Ottomans and Western Europeans called it a "Persian-style musket" and pointed out the differences from "Turkish-made", "Italian-made", "German-made", "Lowland-made", etc.

Due to the pursuit of accuracy and power, the biggest impression given by the "Persian gun" is that it is slender. Compared with Turkish or Western European matchlocks, the barrel length of Iranian matchlocks is longer, and the loading method of Iranian shooters also surprised them. ——Load multiple lead bullets at the same time during one shooting to increase the probability of hitting the enemy's column and the killing effect.

The Venetian ambassador who had the honor to accompany the army to observe the battle recorded in his diary in an extremely exaggerated manner: "Perhaps the shooting skills of the Janissaries are better, but the improvements made by Persian craftsmen to the guns make their long-term training worth mentioning, and the most common All the Persian archers could shoot more accurately and harder than Jenicheli. Just like cutting weeds, the most elite warriors under the Turkish Sultan were wiped out easily, and with them the prestige accumulated over the years... …”

Obviously, the localized improvements made by the "Persian Gun" were all made for firefights within a hundred meters, and it was difficult for Ibrahim to imagine how a shotgun could accurately shoot a target a hundred meters away.

As for the heavy matchlock guns and even the carrying guns that require the use of a stand to shoot, they are considered separate support weapons. Although they have a longer range, he also believes that there is no need to add a mirror.

"Your Majesty, there are currently no major wars on land, but there are important missions at sea. Although there are probably no naval battles to fight, I still think that we can send all the telescopes that have been made to Hormuz and let Your Excellency Ahsan Try it and see if it works." Hussein then suggested to him and it was adopted.

In addition to the military, the observatory also had a strong interest in telescopes. Astronomers supplied by the palace came to the door and asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that lens craftsmen have created optical devices that can magnify the objects they see by combining lenses. This is really a genius idea, Huda has blessed Iran."

To please the King of Kings, astrologers gave him a new title - "Lord of the Beneficial Conjunctions". The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in the horoscope foreshadowed that he would conquer the world and rule with justice. One of the most famous holders of this title is Timur. Although he did not use it during his lifetime, it does not prevent future generations from deifying the entire family including him.

The King of Kings doesn’t believe in astrology, but since there are people in the world who believe in it, he doesn’t mind deceiving a few more people.

Ibrahim immediately arranged for them to go to the lens workshop to meet with the masters who made the telescope. Among them, scholars who were well versed in optics devoted themselves to cooperating with the lens craftsmen to discuss and practice how to improve the telescope.

However, scholars have been discussing and designing in full swing, but they have never been able to move forward to the step of manufacturing. The lens craftsmen have limited manpower and have to prioritize meeting the needs of the army. The demand for the observatory was put to the last place by the officials of the workshop, and even if all the craftsmen who made glasses were temporarily added to the production, it would still take a long time.

News of the birth of the telescope spread further and began to attract the attention of foreigners. At the same time, watchmakers hired from Europe have set foot on Iranian soil, and the chaos in the Mediterranean made their journey dangerous.