From Chief to Ball

The leader was Chen Jian's supporter, but not a member of the party. Naturally, they did what Chen Jian said, and they could always find a reason.For example, let the light of science spread throughout the world, let truth become the cornerstone of the world, etc., or just look for upper-level figures in order to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty.

Different people need different reasons. The reason given by Chen Jian sounded like the same thing. These people didn't think much about it. They thought it would be great if they could establish a school here to spread science and truth. Since you are looking for a local upper-class figure who knows astronomy and geography, then go for it.

After a little inquiry, they found out where Xu Guangqi lived, and they brought gifts to pay a visit.

When Xu Guangqi heard that there were people visiting, he received these people without thinking too much, and Xu Guangqi himself was surprised after talking for a while.

He was not surprised that someone knew his name, but he was surprised by the self-introduction of these people, saying that they came from the far west overseas. This time they sailed around the world and came to the Ming Dynasty to ask for trade, and they were entrusted with bringing some gifts.

He had never heard of this country. After all, he was a well-informed person and had close contacts with missionaries, but this was the first time he had heard of this country.

Looking at the presents, there are ten books, one oil lamp, one telescope, one box of matches, one flintlock, one octagonal meter, and one thermometer.

Xu Guangqi was not happy if it was a gift like money, but these things were just what he liked.

I know all the words, but when these words are connected together, there are some unclear reasons, such as octagon meter and thermometer.

From the name, it can be vaguely guessed, but it is still difficult to understand what it is.

The guest taught Xu Guang to use the binoculars, and Xu Guangqi was also amazed to see the things in the distance brought to his eyes.

After the guests lit a match, Xu Guangqi ordered people to prepare meals for these guests, but he didn't want these people to say that these things are just playthings, just like what parents say when children go to school, a meal of pork, but children don't go to school for pork It's for learning, so I ask Mr. Xu Guangqi to read those books first.

He also said that in order to worry about the flickering candlelight hurting his eyes when reading at night, he brought an oil lamp, and after helping to light it, he said that it might take some days for Mr. Xu Guangqi to finish reading these books, so they left first and came to visit again in a few days.

At this time, the telescope had not been introduced, and the telescope alone had already made Xu Guangqi feel that these books could indeed be read, not to mention the rest of the diesel lamps and other things.

Seeing that these people insisted on leaving, Xu Guangqi asked them to stay here temporarily, and everyone agreed.

That night, Xu Guangqi flipped through those books, and found that he couldn't sleep at night because he couldn't eat. He lit the lamp called kerosene sent by the guest all night, and he didn't realize that the sky was dawning.

There are not many books, but each one is something that Xu Guangqi has never seen before.

The book "Arithmetic and Geometry" is written in the vernacular of the market, but from the very beginning, it uses straightforward and logical language to introduce the logical system of mathematics.After Xu Guangqi read a small part, he knew that this book is really a rare good book. The content in the later part is getting more and more difficult to understand, but it is inseparable from the previous one. The more you study carefully, the more interesting it becomes.

Just reading this book made him forget to pray. This is something that has never happened since he was baptized five years ago.

The more you look at it, the more fascinated you become. Those guests only walk around the fields to observe the vegetation here every day, or inquire about some architectural matters, without rushing or urging.

After studying arithmetic and geometry for three days, he managed to integrate some previously puzzling points. Especially after linking geometry and arithmetic, the Pythagorean theorem, which puzzled him for a long time, was explained clearly.

However, looking back, it became a little difficult to understand, and he also knew that this book was not a day's work.

The most rare thing is that this book starts from the beginning, just like teaching enlightened children, starting from the simplest numbers, triangles, circles, and logic, and going deeper.

Even people who have never been in contact with it can understand the following content within a few months as long as they calm down.Every new content must be related to the previous ones, and each connection is also proved by some reasoning.

Although he has only read it for a few days, Xu Guangqi has already determined that the remaining books can be studied carefully, which will definitely be of great benefit.Knowing that arithmetic and geometry cannot be understood in a day or two, I reluctantly put down this book and read the rest of the books in the gift.

After looking at the bibliography, I couldn't help laughing. The names of these books were crude and ridiculous, but with the previous book on arithmetic and geometry as the foundation, I didn't dare to underestimate them. I knew that although the titles were crude, there must be articles in them.

"How to Plant Sweet Potatoes", "How to Plant Cotton", "How to Preserve Sweet Potatoes in the North", "How to Plant Corn", "Why Planting Beans a Year and Planting Wheat to Increase Yield", "The Root Cause of Fertilization", "Talking about Fertilizers" The foundation of all things from "...

Open a page at random, and there are various planting methods written in detail, and the temperature and the like are put forward, as well as some hand-painted illustrations. Obviously, these are not printed, but written separately, and the paintings are extremely lifelike. meticulous.

After reading a few sentences, I immediately felt that the writing was really meaningful.Speaking of the matter, farmers may not be able to understand it. On the contrary, the language of the market is more clear, and like those arithmetic books, the units of measurement and measurement are written very clearly, and there are never rough numbers.

In these books, only the content of planting sweet potatoes and corn was written by Chen Jian himself, and the rest was just written after he brought it from China and asked someone to help him translate it.

Including the book of arithmetic and geometry, Chen Jian spent five or six years preparing it, and the level is really not low.

Stealing the theories of the predecessors can be a blockbuster, but writing some simple things in the easiest way to understand is a silent achievement.

Speaking of it, whether it is white phosphorus oil wells, granular potassium sodium, explosive guns... what Chen Jian is most satisfied with is this "Arithmetic and Geometry" which does not seem to have much new ideas. the most satisfying thing.

Mathematics is a system, a system of perfect logic.Solving a problem can be famous for thousands of years, but that's what geniuses do.If you want to turn mathematics into a tool, the most basic and basic things are the most important.

Taking the upper-level route is just to gain a foothold. This dynasty is rotten to the root. It cannot be saved by one or two people who open their eyes to see the world. It can only rely on the countless people of ethnic groups to rebirth from the ashes with their own struggle.

Chen Jian is sure that these things of his own will arouse Xu Guangqi's interest, and Xu Guangqi's contacts will give him enough opportunities to gain a foothold in places where it is not easy to gain a foothold, and he can even open some new schools to recruit some talents.

Xu Guangqi wrote "Nongzheng Quanshu", so Chen Jian is convinced that this is not a scholar-bureaucrat who thinks that farming is a small person, but a person who can communicate with normal thinking, which is commendable.

Knowing that Xu Guangqi would be interested in books on mathematics, geometry, and agronomy, these things were a breakthrough.

Needless to say mathematics.

And those books on agronomy, which seem ordinary, are actually a huge trap.

Especially the book about the relationship between fertilizers and crop growth, Xu Guangqi, who Chen Jian was sure would hook, felt itchy.

From a shallow perspective, it's just reasonable fertilization.

Looking deeper, it is why fertilization is needed, what is the purpose of fertilization, what exactly does fertilization work, what is the essence of fertilizer, why fertilization is needed...

After this set of combined punches, the world view has to be involved.

The logic instilled from arithmetic and geometry will affect Xu Guangqi's way of thinking in the long run, gradually accepting the methods of logical induction and deductive inference.

At this moment, Xu Guangqi didn't know that Chen Jian was like a fisherman, who first used fish food to attract the fish, and then quietly put down a poisonous hook that couldn't be spit out.

There is no need to talk about such mysterious things as the way of heaven and earth and the origin of the world, but to lure them step by step.

Once you're hooked, you can make a difference.

Starting from nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and then using electrolysis of water, frictional electrification, white phosphorus will-o'-the-wisp, prism light splitting, chemical separation and combination, and mechanical gravity, Xu Guangqi's three views and world view collapsed.

Dare not to speak of dialectical materialism, mechanical materialism should not be a problem.

When it comes to writing articles and combining Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Chen Jian thinks he doesn't have the ability, but Xu Guangqi does.If the world view of creation in the Bible collapses, perhaps this person can be used to complete the localization of some concepts, or at least to complete some translation work with more skilled and elegant writing.

Naturally, rebirth from the ashes is the best. If it is suppressed, it might as well leave a glimmer of life, so that some scholar-bureaucrats can get in touch with this knowledge, and it will not be cut off.

It seems that at this time Xu Guangqi has been hooked by the bait carefully prepared by Chen Jian.

Chapter 62 The Destroyer of Three Views

There is nothing better than culture that can resonate without meeting it through the ages.

At this time, Chen Jian was studying the indigenous language in Tamsui, Taiwan, while Xu Guangqi and Ding You kept the system in Shanghai, but relying on the names of angles, straight lines, obtuse angles, and acute angles, the relationship between the two was brought closer within a few days.

It is difficult for Xu Guangqi to explain this familiar feeling. A year ago, he translated the first six volumes of the original geometry, and gave these titles such as blunt and sharp geometry without any reference.

At this time, the book is still around and has not been published, but the book that has been handed down from the extreme south also uses the same name.

It's like a person who has never met, but understands his own heart.

This is the fetter of culture, a fetter that can read books written by sages after thousands of years and still be able to read them in cadence, a fetter that can cry or laugh out loud when reading historical Tanci in a tone that has long changed fetters.