Chapter 2443: Scientific research is not something ordinary people can afford.
Chen Xi carefully read all the calculation methods and verification methods on the manuscript paper sent by the Gan family. He no longer knew what to say. Although the data produced by each calculation method would have some discrepancies, they were generally around 40,000 kilometers.
Seeing that this is data, Chen Xi basically already knows that the Gan family is currently limited by their previous three views and cannot believe this thing, but they also have confidence in what they have calculated, and based on these things, there is a ball under their feet.
It's basically enough to prove it.
The reason why the Gan family is in turmoil and is about to split is probably because years of education have made it difficult for them to accept it. But when it comes to calculations in mathematics, as long as the method and process are correct, the result will be what it is. It’s totally unreasonable!
Chen Xi thought for a while and nodded to Cai Yan, but Cai Yan's face turned bitter for a moment. It was obvious that Cai Yan had calculated it, but couldn't accept it mentally, so he came to Chen Xi.
"Then why can we stand on it, and what about them?" Cai Yan was silent for a while and said, looking at the sky naturally, and then looked at Chen Xi. There was a ball under his feet. There were so many balls in the sky. Can you tell me?
Don’t think much?
"Well, this is a very complicated problem. I know how to calculate it, but it doesn't work for me. Let's wait for other people to explain it. Looking at the situation, someone may be able to solve it within a few decades." Chen Xi sighed.
He took a breath and said with some regret.
"Thank you." Cai Yan was a little silent. Knowing some things for the first time would be really shocking, especially for an adult, especially when such things are calculated by oneself.
"You should also take a rest. If the Molinggan family comes to ask you, you should tell the truth. If they ask why, you should let them go back and study the trajectories and cycles of the stars in the Ganshi Astrology, and let them study the inner connections themselves.
"Chen Xi sighed and said, I'm afraid Cai Yan is also very tired, her three views are shattered or something.
"I'm leaving first." Cai Yan stood up and swayed slightly, probably due to low blood pressure caused by sleepiness, but he stood up steadily and stepped back slightly, bowed to Chen Xi and saluted, and then left.
After Cai Yan left, Lu Xun, who was in a state of confusion, finally came to his senses. He seemed to have heard something that was very inconsistent with what he had learned over the years. He pointed at the pile of manuscript paper with trembling fingers and asked, "Master, under our feet
The earth is a ball?”
"Yes!" Chen Xi sighed and said. He always felt that this answer would make people very helpless. Thinking that there was just a ball under his feet, and there were countless balls in the sky, when he looked up at the stars, they would really rise.
A blasphemous thought.
But it's not right to call it blasphemy. When a mortal realizes that there is a ball under his feet and there are countless balls in the sky, looking up at the stars rising is not only blasphemy, but also a journey.
"Then why does it look so flat?" Lu Xun murmured to himself, still unable to accept it, but this is where the unreasonableness of mathematical methods lies. Proof is proof, and experience is unscientific when faced with the final calculation of mathematics.
As a result, I can only bow my head.
When Chen Xi heard this, he couldn't help but think of a joke, and replied naturally, "Because it's big, it's too big, so it looks flat!"
After dismissing the dizzy Lu Xun, Chen Xi sighed. Hun Tian said that it has been three hundred years since Luo Xia Hong proposed it, and it has been nearly a hundred years since Zhang Heng used it to explain most astronomical phenomena, but the Central Plains people
I really have never thought about the concept that the ball in Huntian theory is really the earth under my feet.
Now someone has actually calculated that there is a ball under their feet. Next, this group of people will probably ask why they did not fall as a ball. As a family that has transformed from the Spring and Autumn Nobles, these families can solve a problem if necessary.
consume several generations.
In order to observe comets and determine their cycles, some families have even spent several generations in this area. This is not only because they have a lot of free time, but also because of the extension of their family knowledge. Just think about how someone could have observed comets in BC.
Going to Europa and recording it shows how scary a nobleman who is really interested in a certain thing can be.
As a noble who does not need to plan for food, accommodation or life, once they are really interested in something, they don't mind spending a lot of youth. After all, for these people, wearing clothes, bullying horses, bullying men and women,
Being a disaster is actually just a way of life.
After raising interest in research to a part of life, these people will produce something sooner or later. Think of Zhou Shu, Zhou Qun, and Zhou Ju. Fathers like astronomy, so they started researching. When their son was born, he started to study with his son.
I gave birth to my grandson and continued to study with him.
This kind of influence, this kind of words and deeds, living in this kind of atmosphere, it feels a little scary inexplicably. However, in this era where there are basically no entertainment programs, if you don't find something that can interest you, I'm afraid it will be really terrible.
boring.
But having said that, in this era, the only people who are really bored are the nobles, the children of wealthy families, and ordinary people who work so hard all day long that they have no time or energy. This is why those who really left their names in ancient times
Few people are truly poor.
After all, research also requires time, energy and wealth. Just think about it, the Gan family lost nearly 200 million yuan in just half a year just for a calculation, you can know that scientific research is really not something that the poor can afford.
Not long after Cai Yan returned home, the Gan family sent someone to visit Cai Yan. It was obvious that the Gan family was really anxious. Otherwise, they shouldn't have done such a disrespectful thing.
Seeing the sleepy-looking man in front of her, Cai Yan sighed, thinking that she probably had the same face in front of Chen Xi before.
"Cai Yan, can you please tell me the answer?" Gan Yu said with a hint of tiredness. As for Cai Yan's appearance, he didn't even have the intention to observe it. For the Gan family, which is already obsessed with the whole family, what kind of beauty is what?
Wealth is not as important as the answer we want.
"Well, the answer you calculated is correct. There is a ball under our feet." Cai Yan said with emotion. Few men in front of her showed such an expression as if they had not seen her, even if
Li You, Jia Xu, etc. will all show some expressions. After all, everyone has the love for beauty, and at most some people can control it better.
"It's a ball..." Gan Yu's eyes froze when he heard this, and an unnatural fatigue emerged from the bottom of his heart. Then his legs went limp and he fell into the armchair.
Gan Yu participated in the experiment, and even one of the calculation methods was proposed by him, but even if they calculated it themselves, when they really got the definite answer, they found it difficult to accept it. After all, it was really crushing them.
three views.
Cai Yan looked at Gan Yu who was completely paralyzed, and didn't say anything. He just waited for the other person to wake up, and he soon stabilized his mentality.
"Everyone Cai, please forgive me. I was so excited before and it was really hard to accept it." Gan Yu stood up, cupped her fists and saluted Cai Yan.
"It doesn't have to be like this. I was afraid that I wouldn't be much better at that time." Cai Yan didn't pay too much attention to Gan Yu's rudeness. To be precise, it was expected that such a thing would happen.
"Master Cai, can you tell me why our earth is a ball and we haven't turned it out yet?" Gan Yu went straight to the topic after listening to Cai Yan's words.
"Chen Hou didn't say anything. He just said that the Gan family should read through their own classics on astrology, calculate the trajectories and time periods, and then think about why everything we see falls to the ground, but the moon is above our heads." Cai Yan
He said calmly, when he said this, Cai Yan was even thinking about these questions himself, but had no answers.
"Thanks for the advice, sorry to bother you." Hearing this, Gan Yu turned around and was rude to Cai Yan again. He didn't even mean to stop for tea, so he was about to leave.
In fact, this was no longer an ordinary disrespect, but Cai Yan knew very well that these people were just like his father Cai Yong back then, except that Cai Yong pursued music, while this group of people pursued the stars, but there was no difference in essence.
Cai Yan nodded, ordered the maids who had been standing by to send Gan Yu out, and then went to the boudoir to rest. She spent a lot of effort.
On the other side, Gan Yu returned to the small house in Yecheng where her family temporarily lived, and immediately several young people gathered around her. These were the younger generation of the Gan family.
"Let the post station send the draft of our calculations to the Wang family of Lujiang, the Chen family of Jiujiang, and the Zhou family of Brazil, and let the four of us meet." After Gan Yu explained everything he knew, he ordered after everyone came to their senses.
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In fact, the Gan family also knew that they were right, but they simply could not believe this absurd reality. However, mathematics does not make sense. Fortunately, there is a way to verify it. Chen Xi's answer, the saying that gods and men enter dreams, is very scientific and very telling.
reason!
"Then we still collect crystals?" a young man from the Gan family asked.
"No more, find a crystal mine and buy it. This method of collecting crystals is not cost-effective. It is cheaper to buy the mine, and we need transparent crystals that are as big as possible." Gan Yu sighed and said,
Crystals are expensive, but not too expensive, but the kind required by the Gan family is really difficult.
To be honest, the Gan family was also forced to make an astronomical telescope. Now the glass produced by Chen Xi is not up to standard at all. The Gan family is forced to use natural colorless crystals to make lenses. However, the difficulty and cost of making this thing
, when it is required to be large enough, it will drive people crazy. First of all, there are not many large crystals themselves, and then a crack or color is a problem!
The Gan family knows very well that if it is determined that the earth is a ball, then the next research will probably be why they did not fly out. In the previous verification, one-third of the family property evaporated, and they must find someone to share the responsibility. And astrology,
There are only five companies in the Central Plains playing!
