The most valuable part of the microscope is actually the curvature calculation, which can even be considered a technological barrier.

However, when Xu Yun was estimating, he subconsciously omitted his own contribution.

After all, from the perspective of later generations, he had only done a minor job and it was decent enough not to be replaced by someone more competent.

Xiaoli nodded thoughtfully and said:

"I've heard of Master Qi's craftsmanship. Last year, a business association in Hebei Dao re-forged a waterwheel and hired Master Qi at a high price.

The president of that business association was a schoolmate of my father's. When he visited our house at the beginning of the year, I vaguely heard him say that Master Qi's wages were almost three thousand coins per day, plus miscellaneous items and so on..."

Xiaoli counted on his fingers for a while and finally said:

"So, the cost of a microscope is about one hundred and fifty coins?"

Xu Yun thought for a moment and nodded:

"That's more or less the figure."

Xiaoli stopped speaking upon hearing this.

After a while.

Just as Xu Yun was pondering whether to speak, Xiaoli made up his mind and asked:

"Wang Lin, if I can come up with two hundred coins, could you design another microscope?"

Xu Yun was stunned:

"What?"

Seeing his surprised expression, Xiaoli gently gestured with his chin towards the crowd observing the microscope and explained:

"Wang Lin, the previous microscope was of poor craftsmanship and not worth much, so I boldly asked Uncle Su to bring it back home.

But this microscope is quite costly. If I were to ask for it for free again, it would be rather improper.

Besides, sharing this microscope with others, not to mention the daily complexities, it isn't feasible for it to be available for me alone every day..."

Listening to Xiaoli's reasoning pile up, Xu Yun's expression became ever more nuanced.

Oh my!

The style of this Layman Yi'an is not only getting more wayward, but seems to be uncontrollable, what to do?

If this continues.

The future Layman Yi'an might be renamed as Streptomycin Yi'an...

If those fans of Xiaoli in later generations knew about this, they might hang me up for a beating...

But soon.

The image of Xiaoli tinkering with the microscope surfaced again in Xu Yun's mind.

As a future scientific worker, Xu Yun knew very well:

Scientific talent is actually a mysterious yet indeed existent mystical attribute.

Some people don't understand physics at all, but when doing biological experiments, they're extremely organized, and their efficiency is several times that of others.

Based on Xiaoli's current grasp of biological concepts.

It's not to say she definitely possesses one hundred percent talent in biology, but at least the probability isn't low.

If enough resources were provided, plus Xiaoli's background and the relatively high social tolerance for women in the Northern Song...

This girl might indeed become the Grandma Tu of the Song Dynasty?

Thinking of this.

Xu Yun couldn't help but look at Xiaoli, pondering:

"Miss Li, designing a microscope is not difficult, I can just redesign the curvature radius, but as for the master..."

Xiaoli, understanding his implication, quickly said:

"There's no problem with Uncle Su, I already probed him yesterday. If it weren't so, I couldn't have sought you first."

Xu Yun nodded:

"Then there's no problem, but Miss Li, this isn't a small sum of money, you..."

"You just rest assured."

Before he could finish, Xiaoli, whose eyes gleamed with anticipation for the microscope, waved a small fist at him, and said extremely spiritedly:

"A few days ago, I wrote three poems, originally planning to use them to make a name for myself at the Moonlight Festival on the night of the full moon to surprise my father.

But now I've changed my mind, after all, writing poems at the festival is not nearly as interesting as looking at the microscope?

So I plan to sell them to the city's painting boats, given my current fame, it's not difficult to sell three poems for two hundred coins."

Xu Yun:

"...."

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