From Chief to Ball

Since then, many buildings in Quanzhou have been made of stone, and the stone carvings in the nearby counties are also second to none in the nearby provinces. In particular, the first building with mixed cement and stone appeared, and the live lion brought by Chen Jian made the artisans With the imitation of things even more lifelike, the stone lions of Quanzhou have been unique since then, which is also an interesting thing.

It was already September, the weather was getting cooler, all the corpses that should be burned were burned, the places that should be limed and disinfected were also sprinkled, the price of rice was gradually stabilized, and there was a porridge factory to help with relief, forget about the whole Quanzhou Only a few thousand people died after that, and the epidemic did not spread, which can be regarded as a scene of prosperity.

The sweet potatoes brought in have begun to spread to the nearby fields, including some sandy soil where rice cannot be grown.The cutting propagation technology written by Chen Jian, as well as the method of directly drying and grinding sweet potatoes as a staple food after receiving the goods, making vermicelli, etc. have also been passed down.

The weather is cool, and the epidemic can be at ease. After that, there are only some aftershocks of shaking houses, which are not serious.

Chen Jian and the others have gained a foothold here, and many people have rumored that the boat of Chen Jian and the others drifted here because of the strong wind blowing by King Guangze.This is not a taboo, as long as he is not said to be the reincarnation of a certain king.

Not only helping the price of square meters, but also helping to promote sweet potatoes and save the people, Chen Jian also spent a lot of money to restrain everyone in the fleet from doing things like looting and rape, and everyone praised it for a while.

In addition to the praise from the bottom, some smugglers also started to contact Chen Jian and others quietly, but Chen Jianming refused them all.

When these reputations were gained, some key members of the party who came with the boat also went deep into some villages in Quanzhou, inspecting the gentry here, seeking refuge, exploiting, encircling the sea, etc., and went deep into some poor people to chat about their daily life. Examine the bay where smuggling is possible on a large scale.

This earthquake also made Jiang Zhili, the prefect of Quanzhou, gain a good reputation. Everyone in Quanzhou wanted to build a shrine for him, and Chen Jian urged him to clean up those tycoons who lived in the sea.

The relationship between the two became much closer, and he was ten years older than Chen Jian, so Chen Jian called him Li's brother.However, Chen Jian's husband didn't choose Chen Jian's name, so it was a bit troublesome to address him, neither fish nor fowl.

On this day, the engineering quantity of the city wall had been calculated, and the effect of Chen Jian carrying the cement that had traveled half the world was shown. Jiang Zhili was overjoyed and invited Chen Jian to a banquet.

Originally, the local gentry and celebrities would also have a banquet, but some matters had to be discussed with Chen Jian, so it was just a private banquet.

Taking advantage of the earthquake and wind disaster, Chen Jian finally managed to get a formal banquet. It looked pretty good, and he thought that the matter of coming to Fuzhou would be answered soon.

However, it was not only him who feasted on this earthquake, but also the tyrants from all over Quanzhou.The sweet dream of selling rice for a fortune was destroyed by Chen Jian, but other things remained as usual.The widows who should let the women in the clan be widowed, those who should buy land through disasters, and those who should occupy the tidal flats should occupy the tidal flat fishing grounds.

This is normal, and there is nothing to say. It is just that the frequent earthquakes in the past few years have made this kind of activity much easier, and the speed of encirclement and mergers has been faster.

In addition, due to the tax reduction and exemption due to the earthquake this year, the wealthy households were overjoyed, and they donated money to rebuild Luoyang Bridge, Qingjing Temple and other local attractions. Tidal flats, lest everyone look bad.

But since these are common things, they won't disturb the interest of this small banquet.Jiang Zhili also knew that Chen Jian didn't like those social gatherings, so he chose a quiet place, talked about what he had seen and heard these days, and said a few words of gratitude from the bottom of his heart, and then he talked about this barbarian school.

"Brother Chen, there are still merits in the knowledge you have with that Hongyi and others. For example, algorithms, accounting, accounts, etc., are indeed superior. I also read your book "" "Great Kyushu Haiguozhi" has a lot of emotion."

Now that they are well acquainted, and Chen Jian has helped him so much, Jiang Zhili finally read the book.Although the words are crude, they are only at the level of market novels and not brilliant, but the figures are detailed and the views are novel.

Especially in "Biography of Pizarro", in Jiang Zhili's opinion, there is really the courage of Zhao Zilong in Dangyang Changban, and he can't help but sigh that Fan Bangyi Di also has such a character.As for the "Biography of Drake", it is simply a barbarian version of Song Sanlang, who was originally a bandit but Liehou Bo...

In the past month, Jiang Zhili admired the level of officials brought by these people brought by Chen Jian.

This is not the norm.

On the one hand, some of the people in the fleet are young people selected from a million, and the other part are outstanding figures from new schools, the party or the Progressive Alliance.

Organized, needless to say, subject to organizational decisions.Unorganized, and Chen Jian gave more money, so it seems that the means of order and prohibition are superb.

Compared with the Spaniards, Dutch and Portuguese who came to China as a whole, they are still much higher.Except for those at the level of the Jesuit priest or the governor of the Indian company, in terms of knowledge and means, they are still not as good as everyone in this concentrated fleet.

Chen Jian was not happy when he heard this compliment, but shook his head and said: "Brother Li's words are somewhat biased, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"But that's right, it's a private banquet."

"Brother Li just called our learning...Although he didn't say it explicitly, but I also heard it. Are you planning to call it Yi Xue?"

Jiang Zhili smiled awkwardly, but Chen Jian said sternly, "I don't care about the name of Yixue, it's just that Brother Li is wrong. What is middle school? What is Yixue? Could it be that this method of measurement is applicable to us here? It is not applicable? If the knowledge that is available to all people in the world, how can we separate the middle school from the barbarians? Only the things that are not applicable to all the people in the world can separate the Chinese from the barbarians. If you say this, do you mean that there should be no learning in China? Guns, measurement, etc.? Or do you mean that these knowledge can’t be used here?”

Jiang Zhili was taken aback, vaguely felt that something was wrong, and seemed to understand something, then said: "The words of a sage are naturally secondary schools."

"The middle school is the words of the sage? Or is the word of the sage just a part of the middle school?"

Jiang Zhili was completely stunned by these words. He had never studied logic, and this very simple inclusion relationship made him a little dizzy, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time.

Chen Jian questioned that this sentence is also preparing for some future disputes. Since science belongs to all mankind, it should not use the term "Western Learning" to replace the name "Science".

This thing is not important, but it is also very important. Just two words are a huge subtle public opinion propaganda, and if it is not reversed from the source, it will trigger a series of reactions.

Since it is traditional, it is different.For example, burning Bruno to death at the stake is a tradition, and Ling Chi is also a tradition, but some things that are common to all human beings should not be included in the tradition.

Taking advantage of this reason, Chen Jian said again: "I heard that "Great Learning" has the theory of three outlines and eight eyes?"

"Exactly. The three cardinal principles are to clarify morality, be close to the people, and stop at the ultimate good. The eight eyes are to investigate things, extend knowledge, sincerity, straighten one's heart, cultivate one's morality, regulate the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world."

"That's right, since this gewu is the foundation of eight eyes, why did it become a barbarian study here? This is the study of gewu to gain knowledge. Needless to say, the study of arithmetic can be called arithmetic or mathematics." For example, astronomical comet solar eclipse and lunar eclipse can be translated as "Kongji Gezhi"; copper smelting, iron smelting, ore search can be translated as "Kunyu Gezhi"... By analogy, why do we have to use Yixue as the name? Or, simply What's wrong with calling it science?"

"science?"

"Scientists, from grain to bucket, the study of measurement. When the Qin Emperor unified, he unified weights and measures. Among all kinds of knowledge, this study of measurement is also the basis of all knowledge. Without measurement, one cannot know astronomy and geography. So it's called science. At least in our case, that's where the name comes from."

If Jiang Zhili realized something, Chen Jian got up and saluted, "Brother Li, I have a merciless request."

Hastily helped Chen Jian up, said: "Talking with Brother Chen has benefited a lot, so let's just say it."

"I only started reading poetry and classics when I arrived in Siam. If you talk about it, it is not as good as the enlightened child. Some things are difficult to translate even if you want to. I want to ask Brother Li to help me translate some things. "

"This... I'm not afraid of Brother Chen's jokes. I don't have a deep knowledge of the study of studying things and extending knowledge."

Chen Jian shook his head quickly and said, "That's not how to translate. For example, I want to translate the word science into science. But how to derive it from the knowledge of measurement requires citing classics, which I can't do. That is Said, how to translate, I have already thought about it. If I didn't think about it, how did the scholars feel that it made sense at the first sight..."

Jiang Zhili understood, and said with a smile, "Putting it out?"

"That's it."

"It's not difficult. If you think about these knowledge, it will definitely shine in the future. The head of eight eyes should not use Yi Xue to improve eyesight."

"The main thing is to ask Brother Li to write an article on why science is named as Metrology. I have already written the specific reasons, but... Brother Li also knows that if I write it out, I am afraid it will make people laugh and be generous. I thought it was a childish gibberish, vernacular is ridiculous."

After finishing speaking, I will write a long-awaited article about the importance of units of measurement and why science should be used as the name of science.

This is the beginning of a very good article. Jiang Zhili can find enough reasons for this translation from the perspective of unifying weights and measures with a little thought.

Chapter 59 Banchao of Han Dynasty and Ju of Tang Dynasty of Wei Dynasty

Afterwards, the two talked about other things, and discussed the differences between middle school, barbarian studies, and science. The biggest difference was actually in the humanities.

Freedom, nationality, sovereignty, rights, law...these are the differences between the two sides. It cannot be said that not all of these things are applicable, but at this time you cannot say that among scholars, otherwise it will cause an uproar, arouse huge resentment and Contradictions, and even science will be blocked together.

Reasonably constructing a system is also a science, and the humanities are also sciences, but if they are connected together at this time, they will be used by others to oppose them, which will be very troublesome.There is basically no hope for upper-level improvement, and there will not be too many scholar-bureaucrats exposed to these things, but the issue of name translation should not be biased from the beginning, such as a name like Yang Huo, which is the most inconspicuous but far-reaching cultural invasion .

Including the cotton cloth brought by Chen Jian, Chen Jian also insisted on translating it into wide plain cloth or wide cloth, and never translated into foreign cloth.

Please ask Jiang Zhili these things, Jiang Zhili is also very happy. He has seen the outside world in Quanzhou, and after these days of contact, he knows the usefulness of science. The third is to stand, if you can take the matter of making words, it is also very good.

Chen Jian also tried to avoid talking to him about the social system, and Jiang Zhili only vaguely knew that Chen Jian had the abdication system, so he didn't ask any more questions.

While drinking, Jiang Zhili said again: "I have already compiled a book and sent it to the governor, clearly writing about what brother Chen and others have done this month. It must be possible to trade things, after all, they abide by the law and don't do anything Those illegal things."

"Thank you very much, this is what I want most."