Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 484 Master of Science (Part [-])
There are indeed a lot of useless vassals raised by Daming, but at least Zhu Zaiyu must be an exception!
The captive chieftain Qianlong and the ministers who participated in the "siege" would not have imagined that at the same time, on the European continent on the other side of the earth, the prince Zhu Zaiyu of the Ming Dynasty who made them gnash their teeth set off another battle. It is completely different from China Raging Waves!

Not long after Zhu Zaiyu's death, the "Twelve Balanced Temperament", which condensed his life's wisdom, was brought to Europe by missionaries. Immediately afterwards, it caused a sensation in the European music circle: this brand-new music system not only solves the problem of The millennium problem in the music industry has made music creation unchained, and it has become more free and open.

As a result, new types of music creation have sprung up. Bach, the master of the German music industry, created the world's first piano according to the "Twelve Equal Temperament".Since then, more than 90.00% of new musical instruments in modern Europe have also been tuned with "Twelve Equal Temperament".Modern music has been booming since then.

In this sense, Zhu Zaiyu is the founder of modern Western music.

In fact, European musicians who have enjoyed the achievements of "Twelve Well-Tempered" also added "European titles" to "Twelve Well-Tempered" without any pressure-"Standard Tuning", "Standard Western Tone" "Wait.

And the same far-reaching influence is still in the Western scientific community.

"Twelve Temperament" is more than just a musical temperament.Its birth is based on the powerful mathematical calculation ability.As a result, the oriental mathematics "square root" and "cube" related to "Twelve Equal Laws" were quickly accepted by European academic circles, and immediately boosted the brainstorming of European scientists.The novel mathematical concepts have promoted many achievements in modern European astrophysics, and modern scientists such as Helmholtz have become fans of Zhu Zaiyu.Helmholtz admired and said: "(Twelve equal law) was invented by this country with genius and skill".

Even many Western scholars were puzzled as to why Zhu Zaiyu, who had made great contributions to modern Western science, would fall into such a situation in China during the Tartar Qing Dynasty.So much so that the British scholar Needham lamented that this is really "wonderfully ironic".

Gao Yushi felt emotional at the time: We studied history and boasted about the introduction of "Elements of Geometry" to China, and then said that China has no "true science" worth mentioning, but at the same time we don't even know the real science in China.

And now, this master of science who absolutely deserves the word "great" is standing in front of Gao Yushi. Gao Yushi is like a die-hard fan who has been there for decades. up.

Seeing that Zhu Zaiyu kept silent, Gao Wushi said apologetically, "Mr. Jiufeng, don't blame me. The students have admired you for a long time, and there is no malice. If there is something abrupt, please forgive me, sir."

Zhu Zaiyu smiled, pointed to the open middle door of Gao Yushi's other courtyard, and said, "It can be seen."

Then he said: "Gao Longwen, you are a very busy person, and I...to tell you the truth, I am also quite busy, so let's not stand at the door and chat, how about it?"

Gao Wushi laughed: "Mr. Jiufeng speaks quickly, the students admire him so much, sir please."

Zhu Zaiyu didn't care why Gao Yushi always admired Gao Yushi, but he was not too polite when he heard the words, and walked away.

When they arrived at the reception flower hall, the two of them divided the guests and hosts, and Zhu Zaiyu took the initiative to say: "I heard from my father that Gao Longwen intends to make a deal with Zheng Wangfu, and he appointed me to come to discuss, and now I am here too. If there is any deal, Gao Longwen might as well speak up."

Hey, it seems that you are really busy. This style of speaking is really worthy of the character who used to call himself "Crazy Life" in his early years.

Gao Wushi smiled: "It's the student's fault to disturb Mr. Jiufeng's cleanliness with these mundane matters. However, if Mr. thinks that the student invites him here just to make more money for the partnership, then Mr. Jiufeng will underestimate the student .”

Zhu Zaiyu was a little surprised: "It's not for making money? But I heard that the steward sent by the Lingtang to the Prince Zheng's Mansion said that you, Gao Longwen, intend to let my Prince Zheng's Mansion take land as a shareholder so that we can expand the scale of the mines and provide for the cement factory and the iron and steel industry. Is this statement untrue?"

"Of course this is true." Gao Wushi explained, "But that's just the method, not the purpose."

"Purpose?" Zhu Zaiyu smiled: "The establishment of factories and mines is not to make money, is it to resettle a wave of refugees? Although there have been occasional floods, droughts and locust disasters in Henan in recent years, it is better than previous years." Many, especially the most harmful floods, because Pan Yinchuan's method of beaming water to flush sand is really effective, and with the help of Gao Longwen's cement, many embankments in dangerous areas have been reinforced. The number of embankment breaches and the severity of the disaster are much better than in previous years, I am afraid that there will not be so many victims displaced anymore, right?"

Gao Wushi said: "If the students say that from the eighth year of Wanli at the latest, there will be severe famines and plagues in Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan...Will Mr. Jiufeng believe it?"

Zhu Zaiyu's smiling face quickly sank, and he frowned, staring at Gao Yushi's eyes: "Zibuyu is strange, Gao Longwen was born in the Gao family of Zhongzhou, and he is a practical school. Why do you say this?" Waiting for nonsense? Ruoguo, Zaiyu needs to ask: What is the root of Gao Longwen's remarks?"

Unexpectedly, Gao Wushi said seriously: "Naturally there is a reason, otherwise how dare the students talk about natural disasters?"

Zhu Zaiyu was more surprised than suspicious at this time, and asked, "So, I should ask for advice."

"The way of heaven is permanent, and the cycle is not perilous." Gao Wushi said: "Students know that Mr. Jiufeng is good at calendar (here refers to astronomical calendar), and he is good at numeracy. I must know that although everything in the world changes, everything is different. Changes are inseparable, and there are rules to follow in every change.”

Zhu Zaiyu frowned: "I do agree with Gao Longwen's words, but what does this have to do with the disaster you mentioned just now? It's hard to say, disasters also have laws?"

"Yes." Gao Wushi sighed, and said, "Before Mr. Yu talks about this topic, students need to introduce a new word to Mr. Yu: Little Ice Age."

"Please speak." Although Zhu Zaiyu had never heard of this word, perhaps out of the prudence of a scientist, he did not resist at all.

However, although Gao Wushi said that he wanted to explain the Little Ice Age, he did not explain it directly. Instead, he said: "I have experienced at least three Little Ice Ages in China for thousands of years. From the end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, it was the first Little Ice Age. period; the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Western Jin Dynasty were the second Little Ice Age; the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, and the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty were the third Little Ice Age... These three Little Ice Ages all led to a sharp drop in temperature, resulting in Drought in the north and a large reduction in food production have resulted in severe social turmoil and even war for at least decades."

"You figured this out?" Zhu Zaiyu's face suddenly became extremely serious and even ugly, and he took a breath: "You mean, now Daming is going to face the fourth... Ice age?"

Gao Yushi's face was also serious and unusual, and he asked: "Mr. Jiufeng, why not think carefully about the climate and disasters in recent years... The students suspect that we can't say 'coming soon', but have already stepped into the first stage." Four Little Ice Ages."

(End of this chapter)