Daming 1805

Chapter 123 Do you understand linear algebra and calculus?

Zhu Jingyuan considered that this is a win-win choice, and finally accepted the gift from the Duke of Persia flexibly.

Suleiman finally secretly heaved a long sigh of relief, it was the first time he encountered such a big difficulty when giving gifts.

Others are usually fake polite about gifts, which is easy to see.

As long as I persevere and persuade Che Jilu's words repeatedly, the other party will soon "reluctantly" accept it.

But the reaction of the Dashi Prince in front of him was that he really didn't want these gifts.

It may be because I am young and do not realize the value of these things, or it may be that I really don't need these things.

No matter what the process is, now that it is finally sent out, Suleiman's mission is completed.

After Zhu Jingyuan accepted the title deed and the map, Suleiman called two little Persian girls over to pay a formal visit.

Sisters Anahita and Fleshta still feel like they are in a dream.

Although the family of the two is quite wealthy, they are only the daughters of Persian merchants after all.

Under the influence of their parents, the two sisters, who have been devoted to Daming since they were young, feel very honored to be the woman who can become the grandson of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the Prince of Ming Dynasty in front of him was more handsome and younger than what he saw in the picture, which completely exceeded the psychological expectations of the two girls.

In the future, I will take care of him in daily life, and after a few years, I will be able to start giving birth to him. This is a perfect life.

The two girls were thinking like this, and when they heard Suleiman's call, they immediately took two steps forward and performed a substandard Wanfu ceremony:
Fold your hands in front of your lower abdomen, and bend your knees slightly while lowering your head slightly.

"The slave has seen His Highness."

Listening to their voices, Zhu Jingyuan obviously had some Persian accents, but it was no problem to understand them:
"Okay, Ana... Sita, and F... Leshta, right? What are your two surnames?"

Girls from merchant families are more daring, and now they are mainly excited rather than afraid. The older sister Anahita immediately replied instinctively:
"Your Highness, the Persian surname we use in our family is Tehran.

"However, according to the Persian tradition, the Persians living in Daming are usually surnamed An."

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this answer, he immediately thought of the legend of Prince Anxi who migrated to Gansu and settled in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Parthia is the name given by the Han Dynasty to the Parthian Dynasty in Persia.

Now, with the Ming Dynasty's military force and culture extremely strong, this legend is well known in Persia.

When the Persians came to Daming and took the name of Daming Yayan, they would often use An as their surname, obviously following the practice of Prince Anxi.

A similar thing is the name Persia. The Persians did not originally call themselves the Persian country and the Persians.

They first claimed to be Aryans, corresponding to the Han people, or Iran, corresponding to the Han country, or Parthia, Safavid, corresponding to the Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty,
Persians were originally what the Greeks called them, and they first came from Fars, the hometown of Cyrus the Great.

Now in their own language, they still refer to themselves as Aryan or Iran.

But in the external translation, the Persian in Daming's elegant dialect is used.

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it and said:
"You two's names are difficult to pronounce in Daming's elegant dialect. From now on, you will be called An Xiaona and An Xiaofu."

The two children have obviously learned Ming etiquette from the Duke of Persia, but they may not be particularly proficient.

Immediately salute again happily and thank you:
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the name."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded again, then turned to Shen Fu next to him:
"Mr. Shen, first arrange for them to go to the middle school in Huangzhuang for a try.

"If you can't keep up with the middle school curriculum, then send it to the appropriate grade in elementary school.

"After the negotiation is over, I will transfer back to the capital to go to school..."

Shen Fu's expression was a bit weird, he didn't expect that Zhu Jingyuan would really send the two sisters Anna to school:
"Your Highness...Okay, I will ask someone to take them to school this afternoon."

Sister An Xiaona was a little confused when she heard Zhu Jingyuan's order.

The bolder An Xiaona spoke directly:

"Your Highness, we don't need to go to school. We all know how to read and write."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't expect them to refute, so he asked a question casually:

"Do you guys count?"

An Xiaona immediately said:

"Yes, we will keep accounts and count."

Zhu Jingyuan immediately realized that these two were the daughters of merchants, so it was normal for them to be able to count.

Knowing how to speak elegant words of the Ming Dynasty, and being able to calculate and keep accounts, this is already knowledgeable among ordinary people.

If you don't want to be an official, there is no need to continue studying.

But Zhu Jingyuan had higher demands on them, so he asked a series of questions casually:
"Do you know why the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty is a land of fish and rice, but the Dashi area at the same latitude is only a desert?

"Do you calculate the trajectory of the shell? Do you understand the armor-piercing effect of the shell? Do you calculate the resistance of the ship at different speeds?
"Know linear algebra and calculus? Can you make nitroglycerin and trinitrotoluene?"

Now the two sisters were at a loss, and the more they listened, the more they became more at a loss, and finally they were completely at a loss.

I have heard of the vocabulary in the first question, but I don't know why.

As for the shells behind?Armor piercing?Sailing resistance, isn't this a military thing?

What are the last few items, I have never heard of them before...

The two sisters were puzzled for a few seconds, and finally answered very honestly:

"We won't, we haven't learned."

"But we can learn."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded in satisfaction:

"Okay, what you know is what you know, and what you don't know is what you don't know. This is wisdom. If you haven't learned it before, go to school and learn this knowledge."

The two sisters didn't know exactly what level of knowledge Zhu Jingyuan was talking about, and they didn't know why they needed to learn military knowledge.

But both sisters took it for granted that since it was requested by His Royal Highness, it should be the knowledge that His Highness's women need to master.

So the two little girls agreed of course:

"We'll try to learn."

Suleiman and Shen Fu next to them listened to these conversations, and the corners of their mouths twitched uncontrollably from time to time.

To master linear algebra and calculus, to be able to manually make the latest explosives, to understand ballistic and armor-piercing effects and fluid mechanics...

To become His Highness's maidservant, the requirements are really high...

From Suleiman and Shen Fu's point of view, regardless of their identities in name, these two little girls are already Zhu Jingyuan's handmaidens.

It's a bit outrageous for a maid to learn these things.

But in Zhu Jingyuan's view, they are all small overseas students sponsored by himself, and lifelong employees of the future Baku Manor.

It is possible to be at the level of a manager or even a shopkeeper. Of course, the higher the level of knowledge, the better.

Such a large manor must have its own defense force.

Military common sense is also a must.

After Suleiman left, Zhu Jingyuan asked Shen Fu to contact the person in charge of Persian news in Xichang to investigate and confirm Sister An Xiaona's family situation in detail.

Although Suleiman and his son absolutely did not have the courage to deceive themselves, the necessary caution is still indispensable.

That afternoon, according to Zhu Jingyuan's order, Shen Fu sent two Persian girls to the school in Huangzhuang.

Haijiao Children's School is a school run by Xiyangjiao Huangzhuang itself. It was originally a school for the children of hired workers.

Now it is the best school in Cape West, the dream school for native immigrants and natives.

Except for the children of Huangzhuang employees who can go directly, only the students with the best grades in the whole Huangzhuang can enter.

Although the two sisters An Xiaona are beard girls, their nominal identity is the maidservant of the prince Zhu Jingyuan. Of course, no one will stop them if they want to join the class.

It's just that the head of the school is a little confused, why does the maid of His Royal Highness have to go to school?
The key is that they are already able to listen, read, write and calculate accounts, so they still need to go to school?Are you going to make them two female officers?
But since His Highness requested it, the head of the mountain can only help arrange it.

However, the two sisters have not attended the collective schools of the Ming Dynasty, and their knowledge level must be checked before assigning grades and classes.

After oral communication and simple test papers, teachers believe that their level is similar to that of elementary school students, and they can go directly to middle school.

After all the inspections and arrangements were over, An Xiaona finally couldn't bear to speak up and asked Zhu Jingyuan the questions she had asked herself.

Those who can be the head and teachers of Haijiao Huangzhuang School are all graduates of Daming Public University, and they are all high-level intellectuals in this era.

Shan Chang explained the environmental differences between Jiangnan and the Dashi area to them casually.

Then I think these two children are easy to learn and can think.

As a result, the two children immediately continued to ask questions, bringing up Zhu Jingyuan's questions one by one.

The head of the mountain and the teachers slowly fell into a daze.

For the head of the mountain and the teachers, those few questions are actually not difficult.

At least it is not difficult to explain to others what is going on.

But the question is, these two orchid maidservants of His Highness...why do they need to learn this knowledge?

Is the requirement already so high to be the prince's maid now?
Sister An Xiaona didn't know much about the rules of Daming's royal family, so she didn't have any doubts about why she had to learn this knowledge.

They just felt difficulties from the introduction of the head of the mountain, which was completely different from what they had learned before.

I still thought it was too simple before, it is really difficult to become the woman of His Royal Highness Prince Daming, and I may have to study hard for several years.

Therefore, when the two sisters were studying at school, they were extraordinarily serious and hardworking.

I don't hear anything outside the window, and I only read Gewu books.

Every day when I go back to the palace, I can't put down the papers, and the two sisters will write questions for each other.

Although the motivation for studying is a bit off, the result of studying hard is exactly what Zhu Jingyuan wants.

Zhu Jingyuan specifically ordered the housekeeper of the palace to arrange better accommodation for the two little Persian girls in the servant's yard.

Two people are allowed to study with electric lights, and there is no need to do any chores except to follow the nanny to learn etiquette.

Inside and outside the palace, everyone regarded the two little girls as the occupants of Zhu Jingyuan's reserved room.

Although she can't be a concubine as an orchid, she is at least equivalent to the status of a housekeeper, and she is already the highest status among the servants.

After all, they are all sent to school specially, this kind of treatment is too rare.

While staring at the progress of the battleship design, Zhu Jingyuan observed the status of the two sisters every few days and felt very satisfied.

They are all good children who are serious and studious.

Ten days later, on May 34th in the [-]th year of Ming Taiping, Liusha County, the capital of Dashi Kingdom.

Two large passenger ships with different flags were slowly approaching the Liu Dock on the shore.

On the Daming liner rented by the Lucia royal family, there is Luo Yashan, the half-blood son of Emperor Paul, who is also the future Duke of Xianbei.

Luo Yashan took his wife and children and stood on the bow of the boat looking at the scene on the shore.

The scorching sun, the dry and scorched land, the low and rough earth walls, the narrow and dilapidated wharf, and the sparse and decadent workers.

Luo Yashan's face was full of astonishment, and he subconsciously sighed in Daming's elegant words:

"His Royal Highness Prince Dashi...Why do you want to keep the capital here? Why not move to the Mesopotamia or the coast of the Great Qin Sea..."

Luo Yashan's daughter, Sophia, who just turned ten years old, grabbed her mother's arm and said rather anxiously:

"Mother, Feifei don't want to live here, it's not fun at all, there's only sand here..."

Luo Yashan's wife, Sophia's mother, Zhao Xinlian immediately smiled and comforted her:
"Feifei don't need to worry, His Royal Highness Prince Dashi is only claiming the ownership of this territory.

"He usually lives in the Daming Capital, which is the largest city in the world."

Sophia is still not entirely reassured:

"Then why are we docking here?"

Father Luo Yashan turned around and explained with a smile:
"After all, this is the fiefdom of Prince Dashi. Since we are passing by the Persian Gulf, we have to come and visit.

"Feifei don't worry, let's take a look here and leave, we won't stop living here."

At this time, another child of Mount Roja, 12-year-old Peter, looked at the big boat on the other side and asked:
"Father, mother, look at that boat over there, is it Daming's immigrant boat?
"It should be going to the other side of the two rivers. There are only a few hundred kilometers of voyage left. Why do you need to stop here?"

Luo Yashan and Zhao Xinlian were equally puzzled, and they didn't know why Daming's immigrant ship docked here.

"Maybe the machinery on the ship is malfunctioning, or it may be that some supplies have been brought here..."

In fact, the destination of the boat that Luo Yashan's family was staring at was not the Mesopotamia at all, but the Liusha County of the Great Food Country.

Zheng Fuguang, the manager of the raw material exploration department of Daming Aviation Fuel Company, a subsidiary of Daming Airlines, is on this ship.

Zheng Fu and his colleagues and employees stood on the deck of the Daming official immigration ship, looking at the shore with the same astonished expression:

"Is this really the... capital of the Great Food Kingdom?"

The craftsmen around Zheng Fuguang have already talked about it:
"That's right, it's here. The name is Liusha County. I originally thought the name was freehand, but I didn't expect it to be realistic."

"Are we going to be drilling for oil here in the future?"

"Shh, it's not oil, it's the raw material for aviation fuel. The business scope of our Daming Airlines includes all aviation-related industries."

"When I came here, I heard that this place is desolate, but I didn't expect..."

"My God, this place is obviously by the sea, why is it still so desolate?"

"That's right, the seaside in our native Ming Dynasty, let alone the Jiangnan side, even Liaodong is [-] times better than here..."

"I didn't expect it to be so desolate."

Zheng Fuguang swallowed his saliva in a daze when he heard these discussions, regretting that he came here for business trip subsidies.

Originally, I was also thinking, since it is in the bay, how bad the environment could be...

Never thought of it, never thought of it...

If I had known earlier, I would go to Qintian Supervisor to check the detailed climate survey report here, so I was careless...

　In recent days, we have reduced key policies and inserted more stories about ordinary people. The lives of people affected by the general trend can be regarded as the details filled in the framework of this world.

　　
　
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