Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Yu Shizhang stood upright, holding the blindfold in his hand, and covered his left eye with ease.

Officials:?

The emperor stared at him without blinking, and after a moment he seemed to understand and nodded secretly.

Then, Shen Zheng raised the stick in her hand and pointed at the first row of the eye chart next to her: "This."

Yu Shizhang replied: "Next."

The officials scratched their heads.

"What?"

"This isn't the word 'down' either."

"Could it be a codeword between Lord Xiao Shen and Earl Yongning?"

The next moment, Shen Zheng pointed to the middle of the second row from the top, "This one."

Yu Shizhang replied: "Right."

All the officials seemed to have gotten a vague idea, and some even knew what it meant.

Then, Shen Zheng moved down gradually with the small stick.

Yu Shizhang said without hesitation: "Next!"

All officials understood.

"Oh - that's the pattern. It means which direction the mouth is opening."

"It's so simple. How can anyone not see such a big hole? That person must be old and have blurry eyes."

In a word, he offended many people present.

Sensing the sudden anger, the official fell silent.

Under the gaze of everyone, the small stick gradually moved to the last few rows.

At the beginning, all the officials were able to join in the fun.

"Down!"

"on!"

"right!"

"Still right!"

But as the small sticks moved down two rows, fewer and fewer officials dared to speak.

“I can’t see clearly…”

Even the emperor pursed his lips.

He couldn't see clearly either.

After sensing that Yu Shizhang had reached his limit, Shen Zheng asked him to cover his right eye.

She told everyone, "The vision of our left and right eyes may be different, so we need to test them separately."

All the officials nodded thoughtfully, and some even followed Yu Shizhang and covered their right eyes.

"Let's start." Yu Shizhang said.

Next, a similar test is performed.

Many officials have discovered that one of their two eyes can actually see more clearly.

After the test was completed, Shen Zheng wrote down her vision in the booklet on the table, and Yu Shizhang came over with an eye patch.

The officials thought it was over.

"Master Xiao Shen, is that all? What do we do next?"

Before Shen Zheng could say anything, Yu Shizhang spoke first: "It's not over yet. We have only tested one of the two eye charts."

All the officials looked at the other eye chart at the same time.

They thought it was a substitute.

Yu Shizhang stood directly one foot away from the near vision chart, and the crowd shrank inward.

The characters on the near vision chart are also the largest in the first row and gradually become smaller as they go down.

But Yu Shizhang stood very close, not even an arm's length away.

Many young people even wondered - standing so close, what was the point of Lord Shen's test?

Then they noticed that the elderly officials standing next to them all frowned in unison.

Then, they suddenly thought of their elders at home, and the details in their daily lives that they had overlooked gradually emerged.

——The old nanny in the family couldn’t thread a needle, so she always asked the little maid to do it, saying that she was too old to see clearly.

——The older our parents who read books get, the farther away they hold the books in front of them. Even if they have knowledge to ask for advice, they will be scolded if they hold the book close to them.

——"Hold it farther away, I can't see it clearly if you get too close!"

Yes.

Rather than calling it "presbyopia", it is better to call it "difficulty in nearsightedness", which is what Mr. Shen calls "farsightedness".

As the test draws to a close, many people have gained a better understanding of their eyesight.

Just when they were wondering what to do after the test, Yu Shizhang consciously put on the trial frames.

The trial frame only had a frame but no lenses. To others, Yu Shizhang looked a little funny, as if he was wearing a child's toy, which was not in line with the identity of Earl of Yongning.

Amid the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Shen Zheng put a lens on one side of the frame and put an eye mask on the other side.

All the officials frowned, as if they realized something, and began to discuss.

"From what I see Lord Shen doing, is it true that... after placing the glass piece in front of his eyes, Lord Earl will be able to see clearly?"

"How is that possible? Master Shen is not a doctor. Our eyes are in our bodies. How good or bad our vision can be changed by a piece of glass?"

"It's a bit mysterious... Let's take a look first."

There are many people who do not believe that colored glass can improve eyesight, but some people think that since Shen Zheng dared to bring things to the palace, he must have some real skills.

As the lenses on the trial frame were changed several times, Yu Shizhang, who had been shaking his head, spoke up: "This is the degree, it's real."

When all the officials were curious about what "degree" was, Shen Zheng tapped the eye chart with a stick, and Yu Shizhang accurately answered the direction.

There was a sound of gasping.

Because of the location Shen Zheng pointed to, Yu Shizhang couldn't see that row of patterns clearly just now, so he had to count two rows down.

"What's going on? Didn't Earl Yongning not even see clearly what was above him just now? How come he answered it so quickly now?"

"You're trying to trick us, right?"

"Master Xiao Shen, can you try two more?"

Shen Zheng smiled and nodded, then pointed to another row below.

Yu Shizhang still gave an accurate answer to the direction.

All officials seemed to be thinking about something.

Some people really believed that the glass piece worked, but some people were wondering - Lord Xiao Shen and Earl Yongning had such a good relationship, could it be that Earl Yongning had already memorized the directions on the table?

They dared to speculate so, but did not dare to say it out loud.

After testing one eye, it is time to test the other eye.

Following the same method, the vision of Yu Shizhang's two eyes was measured, and after countless tests, the left and right sides of the trial frame were filled with the lenses that best suited Yu Shizhang.

Shen Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

In the absence of additional optometric equipment, if you want to get glasses to correct your vision, you have to rely on the "experience" of the person changing the lenses and the "subjective feelings" of the tester.

As the saying goes, only the person who drinks the water knows whether it is hot or cold. The same is true for trying on lenses.

Whether it is really clear or not, only the tester himself knows it best.

Yu Shizhang took off the audition frame and returned it to Shen Zheng.

Shen Zheng took the audition frame and said, "After watching this process, some people will definitely think that this is a play directed and performed by me and the uncle. After all, the uncle's eyes are on his body. Whether he can really see clearly, we don't know."

Several officials of the Great Zhou had their ears slightly red and lowered their heads quietly.

But the ones who reacted most strongly came from several foreign messengers.

They had long thought that this was a trick of the Great Zhou.

Taking advantage of the fact that they don't know, they deliberately use some strange pieces of glass to show off their "great power style".

Just like now.

They want to go up and try it themselves, will the people of Da Zhou allow it?

What he would say is for sure - "Great Zhou secrets, cannot be passed on to outsiders."

Then they were driven aside and allowed to continue watching the fun. Even when they were confused at the end, they still shouted: The Great Zhou Kingdom is rich and the people are strong.

Thinking of this, the Xiongnu envoy, who had been silent for a long time, squeezed into the inner circle like a small mountain: "Madam of the Great Zhou, can I give it a try?"

He was prepared to be rejected.