Zhang Shou's sentence is still a powerful country in the world, just like a deafening bell and drum, which makes every reader feel refreshed. And he quickly drew attention to it with other accounts.

"The big ship carrying the envoys and merchants wandered in the Western Ocean for five years before returning to the court, although when he left, our dynasty was still dominating the world, and the huge mountains and rivers were full of devastation, but in the opinion of this envoy, even the tragic chaos of the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was not comparable to the chaotic war between the Western countries. Compared with those peasants in our country, those serfs in Western countries are worse off than pigs and dogs. ”

"Even at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, among a hundred peasants, at least three or five could be found to know words, but among the serfs in Western countries, there may not be a single one who can read and write. They were born in the land, working insensibly and dying insensitively, as if their whole life was nothing more than labor for their lord. ”

He heard that just a few years before the arrival of the big ship in the Western Ocean, a plague that had spread to many countries and cities had just ended, and in the six years that the plague was raging, some cities had lost a full eighty percent of their population, and the so-called rich city had almost become a dead city.

"However, in many countries, there are still ancient buildings that seem to be majestic hundreds of years ago, such as the Colosseum, such as churches. There are countless followers from top to bottom, and the pope can even depose the king. Beneath the majestic surface, the people are struggling to make a living. ”

When the envoy finally returned to the court with the merchant group safely, he not only sold the silk, tea, and porcelain he had brought out for a fairly good price to cover all the expenses of the trip, but also brought back a lot of gold, silver, and precious stones to be used as military supplies. But at this time, there is no need for it, and the king he respects, that is, Emperor Taizu, has already unified the mountains and rivers and has become the lord of the world. ”

Speaking of this in one breath, Zhang Shou finally paused and talked about the follow-up with a smile.

"When the ship arrived at the port, the envoy ordered the crew to stay on the ship for thirty more days, so as not to spread the plague back to the country. He wrote a volume of "Notes on the Journey to the West", and was fortunate to get the honor of Emperor Taizu personally writing the preface. And because he is old, he even fell ill overseas before, and his health is far worse than before, and he has never been to sea again. ”

Twenty years later, however, he was a little older and saw another envoy who had returned from sailing. The envoy brought him interesting news that shortly after his departure there was a new king in Egypt, and this new king was the same slave officer whom the envoy had met, but whose reign lasted only a pitiful six years. ”

"After that, our envoys gradually abandoned the strife and poverty of the Western Ocean, and even merchant ships only occasionally went to these poor Western countries."

When he said the words "poor country in the West", Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile a little. You know, before the development of the Americas, those countries in the west were really poor, and they could not even come up with enough equal gold, silver and spices like the kings and nobles of the small countries in the South Seas.

Of course, there are kings and nobles in the West, but the question is, how much money can the nobles who can only rely on the exploitation of serfs have? How much money can a king who cannot control the nobility have? The guy who made a slave fortune seems to have a lot of money, but he can make money in Japan, where there is a lot of money? Can it be more popular than the spices, gems and woods of the South Seas? If you accidentally get involved in the war, you will simply fall into blood mold!

Seeing that his little story attracted everyone's sighs and emotion, Zhang Shou said with a smile: "Just now I mentioned Egypt 4,000 years ago, in fact, thousands of years ago, Egypt and the place adjacent to him were once rich and rich, not inferior to our country. ”

He explained the Sphinx and the pyramids of ancient Egypt; depicting the hanging gardens of ancient Babylon for the public; Speaking of Alexander the Great's transformation from a small country of Macedonia to three countries across Asia, Europe and Africa, creating a huge empire, lighthouses stand in ports, and libraries shake the prosperity of the past and the present; Speaking of the Spartans' 800 warriors who defended the hot spring pass and defeated the Persian army......

And this eloquent narration is far better than the history of the lectures of the first four mountain chiefs mixed in the lectures-because what people talk about is well known, after all, few of the prisoners and people who can listen to the lectures here today will be as unlearned as those in the former mid-mountain hall. And what Zhang Shou said is something that can't be found in books at all!

Only Lu Sanlang was fortunate to be good friends with Weinan Bo Zhang Kang, so he knew what kind of land was outside the Great Ming Dynasty from a few words, and he was a student of Zhang Shou, and knew that Zhang Shou was actually eloquent, so at this time, he still had Yu Yu to look around and find that most of the other students listened with relish.

You know, most of the travelogues in recent years, half-truths and half-truths are considered very disciplined.

Because with the exception of a few travelers who have actually measured their own or their horses' feet in foreign lands, most of the literati are talking nonsense behind closed doors, and even those envoys who have actually been to foreign lands are no better...... Just look at the dignified history when mentioning Fanbang, often add a very nonsense description, you can know how backward the flow of information has been in these years.

And Zhang Shou narrated a world where the details of life are real, but the system is bizarre. If it was a group of old scholars who were listening to him at this time, then they would definitely pick a bone in the egg, but today's audience is mostly young, and the older ones are few, not to mention that the picture scroll that Zhang Shou slowly unfolded really sounds very credible, who is not curious?

Therefore, when Zhang Shou talked about the two famous mathematicians of ancient Greece, Euclid and Archimedes, most people did not realize that Zhang Shou had turned the topic to arithmetic.

It wasn't until Zhang Shou brought up the old story again, and Taizu told the envoy the story of the legend that Euclid had solved the mystery of the height of the pyramids, that they came to their senses a little.

But immediately after, Zhang Shou's story of Archimedes testing the authenticity of the crown attracted a few low shouts. Although many smart people have woken up and dared to love Zhang Shou when he first tested whether the Taizu plaque was hollow, which is what came from, but they also realized that Zhang Shou's story may be true.

Therefore, when Zhang Shou talked about the tragic ending of Archimedes being killed by Roman soldiers, even those who had prejudices against Zhang Shou, such as Yue Shanchang and others, couldn't help but sigh.

And Lu Saburo had an indescribable strangeness on his face.

Archimedes' story, Zhang Shou told him, although he didn't tell the story of measuring the crown, but he mentioned the famous saying that gave me a fulcrum, I can pry the earth. He dared to guarantee that if Zhang Shou repeated this sentence now, these guys in front of him who were shaking their heads just now would definitely be in an uproar.

Comments like arrogance and audacity will be pressed down on the head of that foreign arithmetic master!

But there is no doubt that others don't know, and under Zhang Shou's description, Archimedes is regarded as a typical foreign celebrity - and after his death, he was regretted and mourned by the enemy generals, not only executed the perpetrator, but even built a tomb inscription as a memorial, This legend has aroused the resonance of many self-proclaimed scholars.

The husband is like this, and he can be regarded as living up to this life!

Therefore, when Zhang Shou finally mentioned Archimedes' major achievements, although most of the prisoners except for the prisoners of Jiuzhangtang did not understand, they still inevitably wrote it down carefully - not to mention anything else, in case in the future, if Zhang Shou encounters the problem of whether the Taizu plaque is hollow, can it be taken out and used? When the time comes, the Son of Heaven will praise and countless praises, and they may be them!

The buoyancy theorem, the lever law, the spiral, the approximation method to find the area of the ellipse......

Although Zhang Shou only briefly introduced Archimedes' achievements, gradually, most of the readers who are outstanding in literature, history and philosophy but worried about mathematics, physics and chemistry are a little unbearable. Among the four mountain chiefs, Hong Shanchang's brows were already tightly furrowed, but the remaining three were not only still concentrating, but even like Yue Shanchang, they were still quietly calculating something.

How can they, who are good at agricultural science and water conservancy and building boat bridges, not understand arithmetic?

When Zhang Shou ended with a famous quote from the legendary Euclid to the Ptolemy King - the way of the king without a king in geometry, and then floated off the stage, he found that there was silence in the audience, and in the Guangye Hall on the side, Zhu Ying, who was also full of interest, couldn't help but complain with raised eyebrows: "Do these people have any vision, Ah Shou spoke so fascinatingly, do they react like this!" ”

Wu was also apprehensive in his heart, and was about to cheer up to comfort Zhu Ying, when he suddenly heard sparse applause from outside. found that this applause was much smaller than the applause of the four mountain chiefs before, and she couldn't help but feel that Zhang Shou spoke very well without understanding it, but she couldn't help but feel that the corners of her eyes were a little sour, but in an instant, the sparse applause triggered a great reaction.

I only heard applause from all directions, and the sound grew louder and louder, and finally converged into a torrent.

The surprised and delighted Wu didn't care that he had told Zhu Ying not to show his body rashly, and rushed to the front of Guangye Hall to look around, and saw that people not only applauded loudly, but also many people stood up. And immediately after, she heard Zhu Ying shouting behind her: "I thought they were so discerning, I didn't expect them to know good or bad!" ”

Wu Shi only felt that the boulder that had been pressed in his chest for many days suddenly moved away, and the whole person was much more relaxed, and while wiping the corners of his eyes, he said softly: "Finally, it is worth Ah Shou's preparation for these days." I was worried that he was too stressed and didn't dare to talk to him at all. You know, he is a doctor of this country at a young age, and he is the easiest to attract jealousy......"

"What are you afraid of, it's mediocre if you don't attract envy!"

Zhu Ying didn't seem to care, raised her head slightly and said with a smile: "Ah Shou is not afraid of big scenes, whether it is the first time he sees the Queen Mother or the first time he sees the emperor, he is indifferent, and the emperor has also praised him for having the style of a famous minister and general!" ”

When a pair of prospective mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were touting someone vigorously, Zhang Shou had already returned to his seat. He didn't expect such a warm reaction, seeing that the third prince's face was flushed with excitement, and his two hands were also red, he suddenly felt that such a little guy was really a little cute, if it weren't for the fact that this was a public occasion, and it wasn't his own Jiuzhangtang, he would have liked to touch the round head.

And Lu Sanlang smiled even more, he diligently and exaggeratedly helped Zhang Shou to sit down, and then said with a smile: "After today's lecture, the teacher will officially be on an equal footing with those mountain chiefs!" ”

The third prince nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, who is it, what the teacher said is very interesting...... No, it makes a lot of sense! ”

Although the third prince didn't say this loudly, and it was only in front of a group of prisoners from Jiuzhangtang, those prisoners with different backgrounds, but most of them were used to being treated coldly, they were originally happy to follow such a hot teacher as Zhang Shou, how could there be any reason not to spread these words at this time?

So, when Xu Heiyu, the supervisor of the rope hall, re-ascended the podium and announced the end of this lecture, the words of the three princes had already gone far and wide.

Zhou Xijiu and Luo Siye, who learned about this, were in a complicated and delicate mood, Zhang Shou, the doctor of Guozi, was obviously better than the four mountain chiefs, this was to fight for the face of the Guozijian, but where is Zhang Shou really Guozijian's own people?

This is obviously a kid who has been outside the Guozi supervisor system, and he just voted for the emperor!

Thinking of the third prince who was inconspicuous before, as if he was a shy child, has now become a hot candidate for the East Palace, and then thinking that the young prince was at least in the middle of the formal system of the Guozijian before, but now it is completely under the name of Zhang Shou, it is impossible for them to be enthusiastic at all, Zhou Xijiu and Luo Siye feel tight.

They can still point fingers in the mid-mountain hall, as for the Jiuzhang Hall...... They learned from Xu Heizi and secretly went to listen to a class, but they really didn't understand anything, as if they had never read a book, and they were at a loss!

At the end of the scene, Lin Laohu, who came to maintain order today, was busy. Although he felt that this matter should be in the hands of the Zhuang class, the head of the Zhuang class directly pretended to be sick and hid, and he could only bite the bullet. At this time, he was shouting until his throat was hoarse, and he was guiding the prisoners and lifters to leave the venue in an orderly manner, accompanied by a smile on his face to the pain in his cheeks, when he heard a voice not far behind him.

"Da Si Cheng, Shao Si Cheng, Guozijian has a young and old handsome talent like Dr. Zhang, which is really the first university in the world!"

Lin Laohu quietly looked back, and saw that it was clearly Yue Shanchang who said this, and the other three who were following today's lecture were the other three, and on the other side were Zhou Saijiu and Luo Siye, he instinctively felt that he was afraid of right and wrong next, so he hurriedly wanted to hide. However, who knew that he had only slipped out a few steps before he had already caused trouble.

I saw that Hong Shanchang suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to him, and then said angrily: "Guozijian lectures, when do you need someone from the public gate to maintain it?" This kind of school is important, let these lowly servants and their ilk be defiled, like what words! ”

Lin Laohu only felt a rush of anger to his head, and almost wanted to ridicule each other - you are a cheap servant, and your whole family is a cheap servant!

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