Prince of Chaos

Chapter 194 America
Xu Guangqi has appeared, so wouldn't that Matteo Ricci with the world map also appear?
Zhu Changluo silently counted the time. It has been a long time since he recalled these important people, and now his memory is beginning to blur.

No, suddenly hearing Xu Guangqi's name, Zhu Changluo almost forgot about this Mr. Matteo Ricci who traveled thousands of miles to spread Western science and culture.

This Matteo Ricci, who was born in an Italian aristocratic family, is a figure that cannot be ignored no matter in the history of Western culture or in the history of Chinese culture!
Its achievements and influence are no less than that of Zhang Qian's departure from the frontier during the Han Wu period!
Zhang Qian's act of hollowing out let the people of the Han Dynasty know the vastness of the world and the colorfulness of the world.It also included the Western Regions and other places into the territory of the Chinese for the first time, which has become a familiar political proposition now: "Since ancient times"!
Although Matteo Ricci's influence did not cause a huge political sensation like Zhang Qian's.However, cultural integration is also rare in ancient and modern times.

Just like the professional vocabulary of science and mathematics that many middle school students learn today was invented and translated by Matteo Ricci. Words translated by Matteo Ricci.

Matteo Ricci was born in an aristocratic family in the city of Macerata in central Italy. At the age of 19, he entered a monastery to study.

After being inspired by the spirit of Francis Xavier, the predecessor of the same association, he traveled thousands of miles to China to preach.

In order to prepare for missionary work in China, Matteo Ricci first went to Portugal to study at university, where he studied law, philosophy, mathematics and other disciplines.

Then, from Lisbon via India to Macau.At that time, Fan Li'an, the inspector of the Far East of the Christianity, was in charge of the missionary work to Ming Dynasty and Japan. Because of the strength of Confucian culture in the Ming Dynasty, Fan Li'an adopted a more gentle method to adjust the corresponding missionary strategy in the Eastern cultural circle, instead of recklessly using it to deal with the Americas. Aboriginal conquest policies.

After Matteo Ricci arrived in Ming Dynasty, he admired the knowledge and moral culture of this ancient civilization, so it became his lifelong career to integrate the spirit of Christ into Chinese culture.

Matteo Ricci arrived in Macau, China by boat in the tenth year of Wanli. Under the policy at that time, foreigners were not allowed to come to China directly.

However, in China, where everything can be negotiated, Matteo Ricci still did not reject it.

After arriving in Daming, under the arrangement of missionaries, Matteo Ricci went to Zhaoqing, the residence of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at that time. After arriving here, Matteo Ricci began to learn Chinese.

It is now the 24th year of Wanli. Roughly speaking, Matteo Ricci has been in the Ming Dynasty for [-] years.

After Zhu Changluo thought of the future achievements of Matteo Ricci and the new western knowledge he brought, the enthusiasm in his heart did not stop for a moment.

Although China's science and technology at that time were also very advanced in many aspects, due to the ideology of emphasizing agriculture and Confucianism in the past few years, the learning of a hundred schools of thought has gradually withered, especially mathematics, which is called the mother of science In the hundreds of years since Guo Shoujing in the former Yuan Dynasty, there has not been a decent mathematician in the vast East.

Now here comes Matteo Ricci.

This situation is about to change. Under the influence of Matteo Ricci, Xu Guangqi started his open life. Although, in the world ruled by Confucianism, Xu Guangqi's achievements may not be worth mentioning.However, when the Chinese began to pay attention to the great power of mathematics, Xu Guangqi became a shining star!
The more Zhu Changluo thought about it, the more excited he became. This person must be caught in his hands as soon as possible.

Zhu Changluo suddenly stood up, and then shouted to the outside, "Wei Zhongxian come in."

After Wei Zhongxian heard Zhu Changluo's call, he quickly entered the hall from the outside, and then saluted Zhu Changluo, "Master."

Zhu Changluo said: "Now I have a task for you. You immediately send someone to the south to follow Xu Guangqi. You have to write down everything he says and does, including who he knows and what he has done. I don't care about the details. We all know."

After Wei Zhongxian heard Zhu Changluo's order, he didn't ask why, but replied softly: "Yes."

After ordering Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Changluo's excited mood finally calmed down a bit.

Then, Zhu Changluo asked Wei Zhongxian again: "Is there any news about Chen Zhenlong's fleet?"

Wei Zhongxian said: "There is no news yet."

Zhu Changluo sighed, "Well, the task for Chen Zhenlong this time is indeed a bit heavier. After he returns safely, let him come to Beijing to see me immediately."

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Yes, I remember it."

Speaking of Chen Zhenlong, his life trajectory has undergone earth-shaking changes now. Ever since Zhu Changluo got the sweet potato seedlings from him, Chen Zhenlong has even joined Zhu Changluo's Xishan Huangzhuang.

Although he has never been to Xishan Huangzhuang, his son has always been there.Moreover, under the operation of Zhu Changluo, now Chen Jinglun is not only the dean of Xishan Institute of Technology, but he has also been granted the title of Jinyiwei Baihu. This is an iron rice bowl that can be passed on to future generations. How many people are fighting for it? It may not be possible to win in a lifetime.

It shows how kind Zhu Changluo treats Chen Zhenlong's family.

Moreover, the capital of Chen Zhenlong's sea business is also arranged by Zhu Changluo. It turns out that Chen Zhenlong's fleet is just two or three small sea-going ships of three to five hundred materials to do some small business between Fujian and Luzon.I have to worry about pirates and unexpected events in the sea all day long.

Now, it's different. With Zhu Changluo's support, Chen Zhenlong has gone through six or seven years of development, and the number of his fleet has reached nearly [-] ships, and the largest ships have [-] ships. Above the size too.

Moreover, Zhu Changluo was also very generous to equip Chen Zhenlong's ships with artillery. First, Chen Zhenlong could be used to train sailors who could go to sea to fight, and second, it could also protect Zhu Changluo's hard-won maritime assets!

After all, it is as difficult as heaven to legally own a fleet in Daming!Even Zhu Changluo's money-lovers, the emperor's father, secretly hung his smuggling fleet under the East Factory and asked Sun Xian to help take care of it.

You can see how difficult it is.

However, even so, some things still have to be done regardless of cost.

For example, it was like the task that Zhu Changluo gave Chen Zhenlong this time.

Zhu Changluo asked Chen Zhenlong to lead the fleet to set off from Fujian, then go all the way north through Japan to the Bering Strait, and then go along the west coast of America to the American continent to search for high-yield food plants such as corn in American land.

Now, Zhu Changluo really couldn't wait any longer. Every year, the abnormal weather and the increasing natural disasters are constantly forcing Zhu Changluo to make choices.

And sometimes some things are difficult to do because the choice is too tangled.

(End of this chapter)