Chen Ke couldn't help but be fascinated by the century-old translation movement in Arabia in his previous life.
From the mid-to-late eighth century to the early tenth century, that is, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the reign of Zhenzong of this dynasty, for about 150 years, with the strong sponsorship of several generations of Arab kings, the Arabs frantically collected information from all over the world.
Ancient books and books were paid heavily to hire scholars from all over the world to come to Baghdad to translate and compile these works.
In the Abbasid dynasty, translation was formulated as a political and national policy, and it no longer depended on the will of the caliph or that prince. The content to be translated was not limited to a certain field, but included ancient
Most areas of knowledge in civilization.
The translation slogan at that time was: 'Wisdom is a discarded thing by believers. Whoever finds it must pick it up!'
In the Abbasid Dynasty, book translation has become a major undertaking of the country, which is carried out in an organized and planned manner. The country invests heavily in establishing wisdom museums and organizing manpower to collect ancient books. A large number of translators are hired from all over the country, regardless of race, belief and
Regardless of skin color. As long as someone has real talent and knowledge, he will be given generous salary to a high-ranking official and ordered to be a full-time translator.
During the 150-year translation movement, a wide range of Greek, Roman, Indian, and Persian cultural works were translated into Arabic, including medicine, anatomy, geometry, physics, mathematics, and chemistry.
, astronomy, geography, ethics, logic, philosophy, astrology, history, fine arts, etc.
Later, during the Western Renaissance, due to the serious lack of ancient Greek and Roman classics, Europeans had to translate Arabic works back. This opened the most splendid prelude to human history.
Chen Ke often wonders why China does not have such a vigorous translation movement to wash away the ridiculous ideas of those who are arrogant and arrogant. Why did the results of the century-old translation movement not travel across the ocean along the Maritime Silk Road to China?
Breathing new life into civilization?
The sigh was still in his ears, but he was standing thousands of years ago, when the century-old translation movement was facing an abrupt end, or even annihilation. Even though he was far away across the ocean, he still wanted to try his best to save this precious treasure that belonged to all mankind.
wealth.
Not only for his long-cherished wish, not only to give China a chance, but also for those crystallizations of human wisdom, he will do it without hesitation!
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The next day’s breakfast was raw sea urchin.
Chen Ke's love for sea urchins couldn't be greater. But yesterday, in front of Wang Han, he really couldn't eat them alive. But when he thought about leaving the beach soon, he wouldn't be able to eat such cute little thorns for a long time.
I decided not to have breakfast with Wang Han and let the cook prepare a plate of raw sea urchin for my enjoyment.
Liu Yue'e expressed dissent, thinking that this way of eating was too barbaric. But Chen Ke emphasized: "Freshness is the most important thing when eating sea urchins. If you want to eat it, you must eat real raw sea urchins!"
"It looks like a thorny ball, how can you swallow it?" Liu Yue'e looked at the sea urchin that was served and frowned.
"You can't see for yourself?" Chen Ke asked the cook to cook it on the spot. He saw Cai Chuanfu's apprentice, wearing a white tube hat and a white apron, smiling and using scissors to pry open the shell of the sea urchin, and use a spoon to dig out the inside of the shell.
Five-pointed star-shaped sea urchin eggs with clear particles and orange color. Then scoop out the internal organs. Put the sea urchins into ice water, add lemon, and soak in salt for a quarter of an hour.
Then drain the water, put the yellow sea urchin back into the black soft shell, add homemade condiments, let the mustard and soy sauce sauce fully soak into all sides of the sea urchin, and serve it in front of two people.
Chen Ke picked one up and motioned to Liu Yue'e to try it too. Liu Yue'e didn't dare and didn't want to touch it at first, but was aroused by his "I'm sorry you don't dare" look in his eyes. She immediately forgot her fear, picked up one and put it in her mouth.
, I just feel it is extremely delicious, no bones and no tendons, it melts in the mouth...
As a result, the two of them were fighting for it, and in the blink of an eye, they wiped out a large plate of sea urchins.
"It's so delicious, but there's just too little..." Liu Yuee looked at Chen Ke and said with unfinished content.
"Originally, it was fine for me to eat alone." Chen Ke said depressedly.
"You insisted on letting me try it." Liu Yue'e wore a well-tailored light blue warrior uniform. Although it was a men's suit, it could not hide her slim figure and picturesque eyebrows. The frost that had condensed between her eyebrows had disappeared unconsciously.
It disappeared without a trace, and although she still kept a straight face, her unintentional expression of coquettishness showed that her mood was actually very good.
"I'll let you have a taste." The relationship between the two of them has become more and more natural as breathing, and daily verbal sparring has almost become a compulsory lesson: "It's just a small taste, you know?"
"Stingy..." Liu Yue'e glanced at him arrogantly, then picked up the porridge bowl and sipped it with a spoon.
"Next time what I eat, don't even think about trying it again." Chen Ke said angrily. This woman was getting more and more irritating. He also picked up the porridge bowl and started drinking it.
In fact, he usually used a spoon, but Liu Yue'e didn't like to hear the sound of porridge being drunk, so she deliberately made her angry. Sure enough, Liu Yue'e just used her eyes to gouge him out...
The two were fighting for a while, and then started talking again. Liu Yue'e asked Chen Ke: "The bodyguards around Aziz look very powerful." It was very rare to get such a comment from her.
"Of course they are awesome, those are Mamluk slaves." Chen Ke nodded.
"Mamluk, what is that?"
"A group of fighting slaves. Every year, countless traffickers sell tens of thousands of children of all ethnic groups into Mamluk training camps, so that they receive purgatory-like military training. The Mamluk slaves who can make it out of the training camp alive are
All of them are elite warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles."
Mentioning the annihilation of these guys from the Mongolian Legion, Chen Ke said leisurely and fascinated: "Most of the Mamluk slaves became Arab ace cavalry, but some were bought by princes and nobles and became their bodyguards. Arabia
Assassinations are common in the world. Only with such a group of guys protecting you can you sleep peacefully." He paused and said, "Being able to hire a dozen Mamluk slaves shows that Aziz does have two tricks. You know, the Mamluks
Although the Croats are called slaves, their status is actually higher than that of ordinary Arabs, and they cannot be hired just by having money."
"When conditions permit in the future, I will also get a group of bodyguards like this..." he said with infinite longing.
"You have a lot of bodyguards." Liu Yue'e said helplessly: "Why do you feel so insecure?"
"Who knows what will happen in the future? The bodyguards assigned to me by others are unreliable after all." Chen Ke said lightly.
"Are you afraid..." Liu Yue'e naturally thought of the Beihai County Prince's Mansion. She waved her hands and they were the only ones left in the room: "Will that person become the emperor in the future?"
"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and sighed: "I have to be careful, the official family has given birth to another daughter..."
"A prince will always be born."
"Who knows?" Chen Ke shrugged and said, "If the road doesn't work, I can float on the sea on a raft. Anyway, with the star-drawing technique, I don't have to worry about getting lost."
"Floating in the sea?" Liu Yue'e lightly frowned and said: "In the whole world, is it the king's land? Where can you go?"
"Nonsense about the king's land, how much land does the king have?" Chen Ke shook his head and laughed: "The world is too big, and the Song Dynasty is just a small part. Go south from here, cross Nanyang and continue sailing, you will arrive at a land bigger than the Song Dynasty
A bigger, more beautiful and rich continent. Or if you go east, you will also reach a bigger continent. It made me imitate Xu Fu’s journey to the east, taking five hundred boys and girls with him, to found a country and proclaim himself a clan, and to live like an emperor.
." He said with a smile and said: "When the time comes, I will make you the Empress of the West Palace!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liu Yue'e blushed and glared at him: "Is your skin itchy again?"
"Hehe..." Chen Ke wanted to continue teasing her, but when he heard footsteps outside, he immediately returned to being serious.
"Sir, Boss Li, Manager Zhou is here." Reports came from outside.
"Let them come in quickly," Chen Ke said with a smile: "I didn't expect that they came over anyway."
Manager Zhou is Zhou Dingqian, the elder brother of Chen Ke's financial officer Zhou Dingkun. He is a smart and capable man, good at dancing, and is a rare talent among the people in the industry. When establishing Sihai Trading Company, Li Wei recommended him to be the shopkeeper. The owner was Li Jian's younger brother Li Fan.
Responsible for.
In the past six months, the maritime business has been in a difficult situation, and the two of them have experienced hardships. Before coming here, they went to Guangzhou together to receive five custom-made sea-going ships. When they heard that Chen Ke had summoned them, they left all their work there.
, come over by speedboat to meet you.
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The two of them arrived so early, so naturally they didn't have breakfast. Chen Ke asked them to sit down and eat together. After they had filled their stomachs, he asked: "Is it going well in Guangzhou?"
"Forget it." Li Fan smiled bitterly and said, "Those bastards are making things difficult in every possible way. It's the first time that they have to spend money so hard." This is for sure. In recent years, the Arab trade routes have been uneven.
The business of maritime merchants in the Song Dynasty was naturally affected. For the first time in many years, there was a phenomenon of suppressing goods. The harder it was for maritime merchants to do business, the more they suppressed new firms to prevent them from stealing business.
"After almost a year of hard work, our ship was launched into the water." Zhou Dingqian also sighed: "I am disappointed."
"What are you talking about?" Chen Ke took the responsibility on himself and said, "It's all my fault. I sent you out without investigating clearly." He said with a wry smile: "I made this matter simple."
"Everyone has a first time." Zhou Dingqian said softly: "Fortunately, we have a ship and the crew has been recruited early. Once we get used to the new ship, we can sail to Nanyang next year."
"Yes, it will get better and better." Chen Ke smiled and asked, "What do you think of Qinzhou?"
"It's a good port." The two nodded.
"In the future, this will be the home port of Sihai Trading Company!" Chen Ke said loudly: "We no longer have to be humble to those bastards!"