Chapter 601 Looking up at the stars

8days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
Grey Castle Dawn City, Star Observatory.

After the fall of Tifeko, the name of the capital was gone. The Bachelor of Miscellaneous Star thought that there would be a turmoil, but the city order did not change much.

People are still busy with their lives. Farmers are farming the fields in the suburbs, stonemasons repair damaged walls, blacksmiths beat the armor of the shops, and patrols continue to play cats and mice with the refugees on the street. At first glance, it is still one of the most prosperous cities in the kingdom.

Of course, there is not no change at all. For example, every day, people leave the old capital and go to the West to seek new opportunities.

The old rival of the astrological association, the Wangdu Alchemy Association, moved out of Dawn City.

Now a group of unknown nobles have been replaced in the palace. They have fought hard to divide the land and power left by the old nobles all day long, completely throwing the sages aside.

No one asked about the fate of the kingdom, nor did one divine the future good and bad luck.

If the officials left by His Majesty Roland would have regularly allocated a sum of food and golden dragons to the astrology platform, I'm afraid the apprentices would have dispersed long ago.

Fortunately, they can still maintain the operation of association now.

As long as the astrology platform still exists, the bachelor's mission will not be terminated.

Always look up at the stars.

The sun slowly sank into the mountains to the west, the sky changed from orange to dark red, and finally to dark purple... After nightfall, the work of the astrologers had just begun.

A windproof oil lamp was lit on the platform, and the apprentice carried out a series of stargazing instruments from the warehouse and they had to be very careful. Careless people who damage the instruments would face the double punishment of whipping and deduction of salary, especially the stargazing instruments sent by His Majesty Roland, which are even more of the treasures.

When Bachelor of Diffusion Star first got these instruments in wooden boxes, he didn't take it too seriously.

It is true that His Majesty has promised to bring more advanced stargazing tools to astrological associations, but the production of instruments is an extremely complex process.

It is different from shoddy sight glasses. The movement mechanism that can adjust the distance inside the cylinder can cause the most skilled craftsman to have a headache for the first half of a month, let alone polishing the crystal lenses.

It takes about a year to complete the material selection to complete production of a stargazing machine, and the cost is about a hundred golden dragons.

If there is anything in common between the wise learning, it is that both are very expensive, but the products obtained by alchemy are often welcomed by nobles and wealthy businessmen, and astrology is not so lucky. Therefore, only a country's capital has the financial resources and manpower to build a star observatory.

As far as he knows, the border town in the western border was a dilapidated barren land two years ago. Even if he fought everywhere and plundered a lot of money, who would be willing to give these golden dragons to irrelevant astrologers?

But when the wooden box was taken apart, the diffuse star was stunned.

This was the first time he saw that such a stargazing tool was different from the bamboo pole-like instrument used for association. Its metal barrel was the size of a bucket, and the glass mirror embedded in it was so bright that it could even reflect a figure. No matter how close he looked, he could not find any scratches.

Its movement mechanism is also designed ingeniously. Just pinch a knob the size of a thumb at the end and rotate it gently to adjust the distance of the lens. It does not have to lock it again after adjusting the distance, which is very convenient to use.

His Majesty Roland sent three batches of six new stargazers in total, and gave it a simple and easy-to-understand name: the astronomical telescope.

Since the diffuse star was used once, I have never been willing to look at those old-fashioned instruments again.

The remaining five telescopes were naturally handed over to the five most experienced astrologers in the astrologer.

Teacher, all the stargazing instruments have been placed in place.Report of the eldest disciple's death.

Is the star distinction good?

Yes, he looked at the record book in his hand. The Bachelor of Tianmangxing, who was in charge of the North First District, was sick today, and the Bachelor of Void Star was replaced by him.

Then ignite the spark and start stargazing, the chief astrologer ordered.

yes!

The brazier in the center of the astrology platform is blazing with flames. It symbolizes the brightest star in the night sky. The astrologers standing around the brazier are its companions. The entire platform is strictly arranged according to the astrological signs. In this way, they are also equivalent to standing in the sky and becoming a whole with the stars in the sky.

In addition to the valuable stargazing meter, another person who needs to spend time cultivating is the people who look up to the stars.

All they can rely on is their own eyes.

Therefore, if you want to become a qualified astrologer, you must learn how to protect your eyes.Diffusion Star is fifty-five years old, but his eyesight is still better than most young people in Dawn City.

This is not an easy task.

After screening to become astrological apprentices, they can only see night stars. Reading books under oil lamps or candles is absolutely forbidden. In addition, they are not allowed to go out at noon during the day to avoid the irritation of strong sunlight on their eyes.

The food will also be changed accordingly. First, the animal's internal organs and eyeballs must be consumed, and second, fish and spices must not be eaten.

According to the knowledge passed down from astrology, eating more blood food can make the eyes brighter, but fish are water-based and spicy and spices are earth-based. The former will destroy the fire in the terrestrial blood food, and the latter will cause the eyeballs to be covered with dust.

The diffuse star has persisted for more than 40 years.

He believes that human eyes have a limit.

In order to use it as much as possible for stargazing, he rarely read books or astrological pictures at the rest of the time, and those zodiac signs were firmly imprinted in his mind.

The bachelor aimed his eyes at the waiting and seer. It was like a tiny tube standing at the end of the thick cylinder.

Obviously, there is a beveled mirror placed here to allow light to be refracted into your eyes.

Fun and practical tips.

Although astrologers understand this principle, they never thought of using it on a stargazing instrument.

Now it seems that it can indeed greatly improve the stargazing environment, at least when watching the high-level star area, you don’t have to hunch your back.

Since the telescope sent by His Majesty Roland is much better than the old stargazing instruments, the association has to do is to re-observe and map the existing star zones. Since using these six astronomical telescopes, they have discovered dozens of dark stars that were previously difficult to detect.

The diffuse stars swept through the area they were responsible for. Although the constellations formed different shapes with the changes of the seasons, they may be difficult for beginners to master, but for him, their light is as friendly as the markings on their faces.

After observing the first star area, just as he was about to move the telescope, a tiny light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

In an instant, the bachelor felt his blood coagulated.

He held his breath and focused all his attention in that direction.

That's not an illusion...

A dim star was hidden between the Six Path Stars and the Seraphic Stars. Its light was so weak that it seemed to be extinguished at any time.But the obvious difference from the surrounding stars is

It's red.