Before the popularization of modern science, due to the underdevelopment of science and technology, the Chinese people's perception of the world had been circulated with many legends and myths, and people could only understand the world through simple observation and imagination.

One of the most typical conjectures is that the sky is square and the earth is round, because people walk on the ground, so they feel that the earth is always square, and they can see the sky on all sides and think that the sky is round, so there is the conjecture that "the sky is round and the place is round".

The ancients even believed that the place where the Chinese people were located was the center of the world, and all other places were barbarian and uncivilized places, and only the dynasty established by the Chinese people was the orthodoxy of the world.

Now, under Yang Feng's explanation, Sun Chengzong and the other three have come into contact with this knowledge hundreds of years in advance, so that their brains are a little confused.

Looking at the table-sized ball and the starry place names on it, Sun Chengzong, Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi's brains were a little messy.

"Wait......"

Finally waiting for Yang Feng to stop and drink saliva, Sun Chengzong pointed to the globe tremblingly and asked, "Jiang Ninghou, you mean that we all live on a big round ball?" ”

"Yes."

"We only occupy such a small amount of space in the entire Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes."

"How is it that there is so much sea everywhere on this sphere, and how can there be so little land?"

"The land is inherently small."

Sun Chengzong, Zhu Guozhen and others asked a lot of questions, but Yang Feng's answer was very concise, most of them only had a few words or a sentence, not that he didn't want to answer, but that he didn't have the interest in being a teacher for a few old men, and he couldn't explain these things clearly for a while.

However, it seems that Sun Chengzong and Zhu Guozhen are just two people, although they are half-convinced, but at least they did not quarrel with Yang Feng on the spot. And Han Yi became more flushed the more he listened, and it seemed that he was going to quarrel with Yang Feng on the spot.

In the end, Zhu Youxiao couldn't stand it anymore, and if he let these people continue to talk, he estimated that he would fight on the spot, so he decisively stopped this behavior.

"A few Aiqing, if you are interested, I have a few books here, and I will send them to your house when you go back, now let's talk about business first."

"Fallacies and heresies are simply nonsense! Your Majesty, you must not believe these things that Jiang Ninghou said, otherwise the country will not be a country! ”

Han Yi's old face was flushed with anger, and the folds on his face were trembling. He has read the books of sages all his life, and he claims to be well-informed, and he has never heard of this kind of speech, what is a big ball under people's feet, and everyone lives on this ball, isn't it nonsense? If this were the case, wouldn't the man have flown out of the ball long ago?

"Enough, you know a!"

Yang Feng was really fed up with this old troll, and rudely interrupted him on the spot.

"Han Yi, if you don't want to hear it, you can go out, no one will stop you, if you are forced to believe it or not, Lao Tzu will throw you out!"

"You...... You ......"

Han Yi was so angry that he trembled all over, and his hand pointing at Yang Feng trembled, as if he was going to faint in the next moment.

"Old ...... Han Ge" Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting in the main seat, was also startled when he saw this, and stood up suddenly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sandezi on the side hurriedly called two eunuchs to come and support him, and he pinched him and fed him water, but finally did not let the old man fall to the ground on the spot.

Seeing that Han Yi was fine, Zhu Youxiao on the side also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his seat, if he really killed an old cabinet cabinet in his imperial study, it would be a lot of fun.

Yang Feng's cheekiness has always been thick-skinned, and it is estimated that there is nothing wrong, but it is a big deal to pat his ass and run back to Fujian or Luzon, but as the emperor, he must be responsible, and he will have to be recorded in the history books of future generations.

Compared with the nervous crowd, Yang Feng, who was the initiator, sat quite firmly. After seeing Han Yi recover, he snorted lightly: "Elder Han Ge, Ben Hou is here to solemnly warn you, there are some things that you don't know doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

Let's just say what you just said, if people are on the ball, why don't they fly out, it's because there is a gravitational force on our ball, which can firmly suck people to the ground, which is easy to prove.

If there is no gravity, why don't the fruits of the trees fly out of the sky after falling off, but fall to the ground? Haven't you thought about why the things on the roof didn't fly away after they fell off, but they also hit the ground? If the fruit of the tree can fall to the ground, why can't man? ”

"This ......"

As soon as Yang Feng's words came out, everyone was stunned.

The story of why the apple fell to the ground is probably heard even by elementary school students in later generations, but no one has ever thought about it in this era. Isn't this nonsense, is it difficult for an apple to fly out of the sky if it doesn't fall to the ground?

But such a simple question was thrown out, and the three Ming people present were stumped by the highest, the most powerful, and the most well-read poetry and books.

"This ......"

Sun Chengzong came up with a god for a while.

Han Yi looked dumbfounded.

Zhu Guozhen even broke a few beards.

"yes...... Why is that? Is there really a gravitational pull on the earth beneath our feet that can draw everything to the ground? ”

At this time, in addition to Yang Feng, Zhu Youxiao was the most calm, after all, Yang Feng had already popularized science with him about this kind of knowledge, but seeing the appearance of Sun Chengzong and the three of them, he sighed secretly in his heart, the three in front of him were the talents he personally selected to assist him in governing the country, but even such a person was stumped when he heard this kind of question at first glance, which shows how shocking the knowledge Yang Feng said is for today's Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the appearance of these three people, Yang Feng waved his hand a little impatiently, "Okay, let's talk about these things later, now let's get down to business and discuss Luzon first." ”

"That's right!" Sun Chengzong also reflected that the most important thing now is the matter of Luzon, and it is not too late to wait until later to discuss the things that Yang Feng just said.

"Luzon is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and their king is still alive, if our Ming Dynasty sends officials to set up an official government in Luzon without authorization, I am afraid it will arouse the dissatisfaction and resistance of the entire Luzon people.

Originally, it didn't matter, if anyone in Luzon dared to resist and kill us, the trouble was that if we killed too much, I am afraid it would arouse the dissatisfaction of the Nanyang countries. Now our Ming Dynasty's national strength is not strong enough to suppress the Nanyang countries, so we have to take our time.

Ben Hou thought that we could first follow the example of the Spaniards, send a governor in Luzon to oversee everything in Luzon, and wait until the number of the Ming people in Luzon accounted for a certain level before it was too late to officially incorporate Luzon into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. ”