Chapter 484 How about transporting a few ships back to Daming
Xu Guangqi sighed slightly and said: "Exactly, if it weren't for Jianlu, my slave Gandusi of the Ming Dynasty would be stationed on Temple Street, and there would be two supply points in Vladivostok and Temple Street now."
At this point, he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "If in the past, a shipyard was set up in Vladivostok, some materials could be transported to Vladivostok by land, or even directly along the Heilongjiang River to Temple Street. From there to North America, there would be no need to take a long detour through North Korea.
Already."
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the Korean Peninsula protruding so much on the world map and knew that it would take an ocean-going ship just to go from Shandong and other places to Vladivostok and Temple Street, how much time it would take and how many risks it would encounter.
Thinking about Xu Guangqi's words, he couldn't help but frown.
The Wenhua Hall was quiet for a while, no one spoke.
Suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen approached the world map, slapped the Liaodong area with his palm, and said firmly: "We must deal with Jianlu as soon as possible!"
If they don't deal with the Jianlu and let them know that the Ming Dynasty has established a large supply point in their north, they will definitely send troops to harass or even capture it.
Jianlu had to be solved originally, but now there was another reason to solve Jianlu, which made Emperor Chongzhen turn to Zhong Jinwei and said: "Master Zhong, you can rest assured about the cost of the new army. I guarantee that there will be no shortage, no matter what."
No one is allowed to delay and shirk the needs of the new army, but you must help me train a new army that can defeat Jianlu!"
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders became heavier.
However, he still has confidence in the new army. With the quality of firearms, advanced concepts, and capable soldiers, there is no reason why such a team cannot defeat Jianlu!
He immediately replied to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely train the new army well. This new army is mainly aimed at the Westerners. If I can't even defeat the Jianlu, I will feel sorry for someone who came from my hometown!"
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Xu Guangqi and Li Wei were puzzled by what they heard, but Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren, including Wang Chengen on one side, all understood it. What Zhongxing Hou meant was that if the new army could not defeat Jianlu, he would be sorry for his time-traveling!
Emperor Chongzhen nodded, he still had confidence in Zhong Jinwei.
At that moment, he turned around, walked back to the dragon chair, sat down, and then said to the ministers below: "Today's matter must be kept secret until it is announced."
Then he said to Wang Chengen: "Big companion, please place Li Wei in the East Factory and entertain him well. There should be no surprises."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed, but he had another idea in mind. After returning to Dongchang, he had to send someone to verify the identity of this person. This was his duty as the admiral of Dongchang.
It was getting late at this time. Emperor Chongzhen originally asked Wang Chengen to take Zhong Jinwei to see the King of Tang, but now he could only forget it.
As always, Wen Tiren wanted to go back to the cabinet first, so Zhong Jinwei and Xu Guangqi left the Forbidden City together and left the Yamen to go home.
After the two people left the palace gate, they rode side by side under the remaining light of the setting sun. Their escorts and entourage followed behind them and did not disturb the conversation of the two big men.
Zhong Jinwei remembered what he had thought of before, and he said to Xu Guangqi: "Master Xu, what do you think our Ming Dynasty lacks compared with the West?"
Xu Guangqi was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what Zhong Jinwei meant when he suddenly mentioned this. However, he immediately thought that Zhong Jinwei probably knew that he knew the situation in the West best in Ming Dynasty, so he asked himself.
So, while thinking about it, he said: "Compared with Westerners, we, the Ming Dynasty, are particularly deficient in some natural subjects, such as mathematics, astronomy, etc."
Xu Guangqi saw that Zhong Jinwei was listening with great interest, so he simply explained in detail: "The "Elements of Geometry" translated by the official, there are four things that are not necessary for this book: there is no need to doubt, there is no need to guess, there is no need to try, and there is no need to change; there are four things that are not necessary to obtain.
"If you want to get rid of it, you can't get it; if you want to refute it, you can't get it; if you want to reduce it, you can't get it; if you want to put it back and forth, it can't be obtained..."
Zhong Jinwei was stunned when he heard this, and interrupted what Xu Guangqi wanted to say next: "Master Xu, you are just saying that this book is highly logical and can be strictly deduced from the axioms and theorems, right?"
Xu Guangqi was startled when he heard this. After a while, he nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
It cannot be said that the achievements of ancient Chinese mathematics are inferior to those of the West, but the narrative methods of the works are far different from those of the West. Some are even pretentious, making it more difficult to understand and creating more ambiguities.
Therefore, this kind of Western logic book is refreshing to Xu Guangqi and is highly respected.
"I know some, and I can write some to you later. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me to see if I still remember it."
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he felt a little regretful. The knowledge of various subjects has almost been returned to the teacher. He thought that he couldn't think of it. Only when he saw the relevant content could he remember it. If he could write it down like some time-travelers,
Just provide all the basic courses from elementary school to high school.
However, Xu Guangqi was very happy when he heard this and said quickly: "Okay, those fellow believers in Xiaguan are very precious. They asked a little bit and squeezed a little bit, thinking that there are rare things to live in. Now they finally have another place to learn."
After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei looked at Xu Guangqi and said: "Master Xu, the reason why those Westerners are willing to teach you their basic knowledge is just to achieve the purpose of preaching through you. Seriously, do you really believe in that religion?"
After hearing this, Xu Guangqi was silent for a while, and then replied: "What do you think, Lord Marquis?"
Although Zhong Jinwei couldn't see Xu Guangqi's face clearly because of the darkness, he could infer it from his behavior. So he laughed heartily, without saying anything.
Xu Guangqi also smiled, and then asked Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, do you think this knowledge is just their basic knowledge?"
"It's almost like they have schools there, and the content they teach includes all kinds of natural sciences. These missionaries had studied in schools before coming to Ming Dynasty, so they knew more. They came to Ming Dynasty in exchange for this and used it to preach.
." Zhong Jinwei introduced Xu Guangqi based on his own memory.
Xu Guangqi couldn't help but long for those Western schools as he listened. It would be great if the Ming Dynasty also had them. He might be able to go in and become a student again.
Zhong Jinwei continued over there: "Mr. Xu, what do you think if our Ming Dynasty sends people to the West to transport several ships of their various books and craftsmen?"
"Ah, good, Lord Marquis! It's just that the West is thousands of miles away, how can we get there?"
When Xu Guangqi heard this, he praised him excitedly. He had already had this idea for Zhong Jinwei. But he immediately thought of the difficulties and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard Xu Guangqi's words, although it was already dark, he raised his eyebrows and said to Xu Guangqi: "They can come, why can't we go?"
"What the Marquis said is absolutely true," Xu Guangqi replied, his voice a little unsure. After all, the West was a foreign existence to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
He thought for a moment, then expressed his worries: "Master Marquis, we know nothing about Europe, and no one has ever been there before. What should we do?"
Unexpectedly, when Zhong Jinwei heard this, he burst into laughter. After a while, he said: "It doesn't matter. We will have a guide to take our Ming envoys to travel to Europe. It's just that we need your cooperation in this matter!"
When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was surprised and asked quickly: "Master Marquis, how can I cooperate with my subordinates? Just say so!"