In a spacious, elegantly decorated bedroom, Ada was observing her demeanor in front of a glass mirror the size of an eye. Being able to survive the brink of death several times, she already knew that her appearance was her best talisman.

After being discovered from the ship, she tried her best to show her dancing skills to the owner of the Ming Kingdom, hoping that these two Ming Kingdom bigwigs would not treat her as a good-looking bed warmer, so that she would not fall into a worse situation.

Ada's plan was successful, and after seeing her dancing skills, the nobles of the Ming Kingdom, who controlled the fleet, did not rashly treat her as a prostitute, but gave her a separate cabin to rest.

During the next voyage, Ida learned from the sailors on the ship that the white-faced and beardless Lu Jiude was a noble man in the Ming court, and the handsome middle-aged Xu Xinsu was the owner of the ship she was on.

After being caught out of the ship by the sailors, Ada knew that she had no way out, and the ship's owner must have had other thoughts about her by treating her so favorably.

Ida only thought about it for a night and accepted this reality, in her eyes, Xu Xinsu was much more pleasing to the eye than the seventy and eighty big name, and it would be a good choice if she could marry him. Being the concubine of this wealthy Ming ship owner is always stronger than her original plan to be a dancing girl in Ming Kingdom.

Ada, who figured it out, extinguished the idea of escaping, although she couldn't find a plan to escape.

After arriving in the capital of the Ming Kingdom, Ada realized that the city was far more magnificent than the cities she had ever seen, and that the Edo Castle she had imagined might not be remembered in the future. She fell in love with the city at first sight and wanted to live in it.

Beijing's tall city walls are a kind of shackles in Chongzhen's eyes, but in the eyes of this girl, they are full of security. From the moment she entered the city gates, her heart was at peace.

Soon after entering the city, Lu Jiude and Xu Xinsu were called away, and Ida followed a housekeeper beside Xu Xinsu to a house near the Taiji Factory in the inner city.

Although the garden in this house does not look as elaborate as in the Japanese owner's home, the rooms here look much more atmospheric than the Japanese house.

Ida saw a lot of beautiful porcelain in this house, which was regarded as a treasure by the Japanese and the Nanban, but the housekeeper told her that these porcelains were only used to fill the scene first, and that the house had just been bought, and the porcelain for her own use had not yet had time to be shipped.

Looking at so many porcelain, Ida felt that she should also stay, stay with this Ming ship owner for a few years, maybe she can save a lot of money, and then go thousands of miles away, the country where her father was born to see.

Ida obediently changed into the clothes of the ladies of the Ming Kingdom prepared by the housekeeper, and humbly learned the etiquette of the Ming Kingdom from the maids in the house.

She waited to appear in front of Xu Xinsu in the best possible image, and as Ida kept looking at her clothes in the mirror, the maid who served her knocked on her door and told her that her master had returned to the house and wanted to see her now.

Ada, who had been waiting for three days, suddenly became a little nervous, but soon she regained her composure and told the maid outside the door to wait a little while and she would come out.

Xu Xinsu looked at Ada, who was sitting opposite him, looking down and looking as quiet as water, and he couldn't see a trace of the bewitching and colorful dancing girl who performed on the island that night.

He couldn't help but praise in his heart, only such a woman can gain a firm foothold in the palace. On the island that day, he and Lu Jiude had a common idea, hoping to arrange a person of their own by the emperor's side.

Chongzhen, who has reached the age of 17, no matter how old and spicy he is in handling political affairs, is still a young man with strong blood after all.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he cracked down on men and Qinglou in the capital, which really frightened the magnates in the capital, and felt that the emperor was neither good for men nor women, wouldn't this be a monk. Although they did not mind that the emperor himself lived an ascetic life, they did mind that they were also forced to live this life of indulging in sexual indulgence.

However, the news that Chongzhen brought back an exotic beauty from the Macau mission made the officials in the capital finally let go of their worries about the emperor's sexual orientation.

Although some officials also wanted to learn from the Macao mission and get an exotic beauty to give to the emperor, it was too difficult to find exotic beauties, and the reputation of presenting beauties to the emperor did not seem to be very good, so these officials gave up.

However, Xu Xinsu doesn't have to be taboo so much, he went from business to martial arts, and he was already looked down upon by civil officials, and he sent a few beauties to the emperor, but he was just sprayed a few words by civil officials, but if he can win the emperor's favor because of this, he doesn't have to whisper to Wu Chunfu and others all day long.

However, even if it is to send a beautiful woman to the emperor, he also needs to think about it, at least the beauty sent to the palace must be sure that he can win the emperor's favor and have his heart towards himself, otherwise he might as well not send it.

Since entering the main hall, Xu Xinsu has been silent, which makes Ida feel a little upset in her heart, and when she was thinking about whether she was doing something bad there, Xu Xinsu finally spoke.

"I'm going south tomorrow, have you figured out where I'm going?" Xu Xinsu said straight to the point.

The unexpected question made Ida raise her head suddenly, and said in a completely panicked voice: "First, sir, do you want me to get out of here?" ”

Xu Xinsu looked into her eyes and said in surprise: "When you were on the ship, you didn't tell me, you just wanted to get on the ship and leave Japan, you can go anywhere."

Now that your feet are no longer in Japan, you are free, shouldn't you now think about where to go in the future? ”

Ida was speechless for a moment, and after a long time, she said timidly: "But, but I have nowhere to go, can't you take me in, sir?" I can dance, I can clean, do laundry, cook, and if you can take me in, I will definitely work hard for you. ”

Xu Xinsu was silent again, watching her hands wringing each other on her knees for a long time before she looked up and said to her: "If you want to be a maid, soon your delicate hands will be split everywhere, and your legs will no longer be able to dance lightly, are you sure you want to be such a maid?" ”

Ida suddenly became entangled, and after a long time, she let go of her wringed hands, tightly grasped the skirts on both sides of her knees, and said to Xu Xinsu: "If you don't be such a maid, does Mr. have any other guidance?" ”

Xu Xinsu suddenly asked, "Is there anything you must want to do?" ”

Ida was a little dazed, and after a while she reacted, and whispered, "If, if possible, I want to go to my father's hometown." ”

"Are there any relatives waiting for you?" Xu Xinsu asked tentatively.

Ida shook her head and said in a depressed mood: "I don't know, my father has an older brother and two sisters in his hometown. My father had written to them about my birth, but soon the Dutch called, and I don't know if they had received the letter. I just want to go back and see what my father's hometown is like. ”

Xu Xinsu immediately comforted: "I'm sorry to remind you of these unpleasant memories." ”

Ida blocked her nose with the back of her hand until she forced back the tears in her eyes, and then replied, "It's nothing, I can support it." ”

Xu Xinsu pondered for a while before saying, "Although I can't let you go back to your father's hometown, I'm happy to adopt you and let you live here in peace, what do you think?" ”

Ida was suddenly a little surprised, she looked at Xu Xinsu and subconsciously asked, "Adoption?" ”

"Yes, I have two sons, but I don't have a daughter yet. I'll make you my family if you want. Xu Xinsu looked at Ida sincerely and said.

This sudden good fortune shocked Ada, and her eyes were a little straight. Since the disappearance of her parents, she has been fighting for her own survival, whether it is the natives of the island, the Japanese merchants, including her mother's family, they just see her as a beautiful commodity, and they are bent on selling her for a good price.

She never thought that after leaving her parents for so long, there would be a kind person who wanted her to become a family, which made her a little touched and a little panicked.

Seeing that Ida was speechless, Xu Xinsu stood up and said to her: "This is not a simple decision, you can think about it, and when I come up from the south, you can tell me again." In my absence, if you need anything, you can discuss it with the butler Fubo, and I will go to see a few people now, so I will leave first. ”

Xu Xinsu immediately turned to Fu Bo, who was standing on the side, and ordered: "Prepare a few clothes for me, and let Xu Geng bring them to the Huitong Pavilion for me tomorrow." ”

Fu Bo agreed, Xu Xinsu nodded to Ada, who had not yet reacted, and then took a step towards the door.

When Xu Xinsu was about to walk out of the hall, a somewhat eager female voice came from behind him, "I am willing, I am willing to be your daughter." ”

A smile appeared on Xu Xinsu's face, who had his back to Ada.

On the second floor of the Drum Tower, Ouyang Binyuan was nervously staring at the funnel in front of him, which was connected to a slender iron pipe until the middle of a wooden barrel filled with water on the ground.

Fang Yimian beside him and Brother Huang Tong, who was inspecting the barrel below, greeted each other, signaling that they were ready for the test. Surrounded by wooden barrels below are students from Yenching University.

As the atmospheric pressure test continued to gain the approval of the students, many students began to set their goals on the study of visible liquid pressure.

Flowing visible liquids are clearly a better object of study than invisible gases. As the research deepened, the question of what the pressure of a liquid depends on was raised.

Ouyang Binyuan and two craftsmen who had just entered the university believed that the liquid pressure was related to the depth of the liquid, but not the mass of the liquid and the shape of the container, and in order to prove this, they prepared this experiment today.

With the convenience of two craftsmen and a weapons workshop, several scrapped barrels were joined into a thin iron tube nearly three meters long. They try to prove that their theory is correct.

"Everything is ready, is it time to start?" Fang Yimian asked Ouyang Binyuan beside him respectfully.

"Okay." Ouyang Binyuan took a deep breath, then took a glass, filled the bucket with water from the side, and carefully went down from the funnel.

The water in the cup had not yet been poured, and the crowd below was already shouting, "Leak, the barrel is leaking." ”