During the day, people from the caravan said they saw Tatar troops nearby, and Zhu Houzhao also told Zhao Ce about this.

"There aren't many people on the other side?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "Not sure."

"Those businessmen said they were too far away and couldn't see clearly."

Too far away to see clearly...

Zhao Ce remembered that he had just finished the telescope and had not yet had time to give it to Zhu Houzhao.

When the workshop was delivered to Zhao Ce's house, Zhao Ce originally planned to have it taken to the East Palace the next day.

As a result, the East Palace closed its doors to thank guests, so I had to take it home temporarily.

He said with some regret: "The glass workshop made several telescopes before, and I originally wanted to send them to the palace for His Highness."

"It's a pity that His Highness left the palace before I could send it out."

Telescope?

When Zhu Houzhao heard that it was something newly made in the glass workshop, he immediately became extremely curious.

"What is a telescope?"

Zhao Ce pointed to the empty space outside the window.

"A telescope, simply put, means you can see things thousands of miles away through it."

"This is a bit exaggerated, but it is definitely much farther than what we can see with the naked eye."

Zhao Ce roughly compared it.

"That grass outside, if you look through a telescope, you can probably see its leaves clearly."

Zhu Houzhao looked at where Zhao Ce was pointing, and then at Zhao Ce.

"Such a magical thing..."

Hearing Zhao Ce describe it like this, he couldn't wait to see it.

It's a pity that he had already sneaked out at that time, and he didn't expect that Zhao Ce would send him anything.

Zhu Houzhao was immediately curious about the telescope described by Zhao Ce.

My whole heart seemed to be tickled by something, it was extremely itchy.

If telescopes were used on the battlefield, wouldn't they be able to see the enemy's movements clearly from a distance?

Especially for the scouts who go to the front to listen, the news sent back will be faster and more accurate.

"What a pity...I didn't bring it out."

Zhu Houzhao sighed, but there was nothing he could do.

Gulu...

As the two of them were talking, they heard a sound of stomach drumming.

Zhao Ce lowered his head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao's belly.

"Your Highness has only eaten a few mouthfuls of food."

Zhu Houzhao touched his belly awkwardly and smiled coquettishly.

“The food here is really hard to eat, but that’s okay.”

"As soon as I'm hungry, I'll get there tomorrow and eat enough."

Zhu Houzhao also knew that there was nothing to be particular about when he came out.

I used to sleep in private houses and the food at the farmhouse was not very good.

But it's still better than this inn.

But he didn't complain, thinking that he was a grown man and it would be fine if he was hungry for a meal or two.

I'll eat more when I get to town tomorrow.

His usually pampered face has become a bit rough after being invaded by wind and sand in the past few days.

But at Zhu Houzhao's age, he is still growing.

As the saying goes, if you are half-grown, you will be poor.

A young man of his age has an incredibly large appetite.

In addition, riding a horse also consumes a lot of energy.

It's really hard to resist not being full.

Zhao Ce smiled, turned around and took out a baggage.

"When I came out, I had some dry food prepared at home."

"Your Highness, if you don't mind the taste, you can try it."

"Although it has no taste, it is made of good flour."

With that said, Zhao Ce unpacked the baggage that Su Caier had packed for him.

There was a change of clothes inside, as well as two cloth bags containing different things.

When we were on the road yesterday, we ate all the dry food that Xu Fang and the others brought.

When washing up at night, Zhao Ce would just take his clothes.

Therefore these two separate cloth bags have not been opened yet.

But before going out, Su Cai'er told him that she had prepared some dry food for him separately.

The rice and noodles in the border areas were really not that good, and Zhu Houzhao also found the rough food scratching his throat.

When Zhao Ce said there was dry food made from good noodles, he didn't hesitate and nodded generously: "Then I'll eat some too."

"Otherwise I always feel like I'm going to wake up hungry at night."

Zhu Houzhao opened the door and asked Liu Jin to bring in two bowls of hot salt water.

He wants to soak dry food to eat.

Zhao Ce took out his two cloth bags and placed them on the table.

However, one of the cloth bags feels a little strange.

It doesn't feel like dry food.

Zhao Ce curiously opened the cloth bag that felt strange.

"What is this?"

Zhu Houzhao came over curiously and looked at it.

Looking at the exquisite telescope in front of him, Zhao Ce was speechless for a moment.

Isn't this the first telescope specially made by the workshop and given to Su Cai'er?

When the little girl packed his luggage, why did she stuff it in too?

He must have heard that he was going out to find someone, so he let him in on a whim?

At that time, Zhao Ce was in a hurry to go out, and Su Cai'er was pestered by two children, so she forgot to say anything for a moment.

Thinking of Su Cai'er's words about punishing him if he got hurt, Zhao Ce couldn't help but laugh.

She knows everything, she just doesn't say anything.

Because there are some words that don’t need to be said out loud, all that is needed is the silent support behind them.

Zhao Ce picked up the telescope and introduced it to Zhu Houzhao with a smile: "This is the telescope I just told your highness."

"I specially asked someone to make this for my wife."

"Oh, Mrs. Zhao's things..."

Zhu Houzhao was a little embarrassed and hesitantly did not reach out to take it.

"It's hard for me to touch Mrs. Zhao's things."

Although Zhu Houzhao and Zhao Ce have a good relationship with each other, he still has a sense of propriety.

Zhao Ce said helplessly: "Your Highness, please take it first and use it."

"Let those who go to explore the road take it with them, so that they can see further distances."

"It can also make our journey safer."

"When I get back, I'll have the workshop make a new one for my wife."

After hearing what Zhao Ce said, Zhu Houzhao happily took it.

Following Zhao Ce's guidance, Zhu Houzhao squinted one eye and looked out the window.

"really!"
To be continued...