Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 110 Zhu Zhanji: The world is so big, Yu Qian, you have to go out and have a look! ! !

The voyage to the Western Seas was advocated by Zhu Di all his strength, and he is naturally not unfamiliar with the matter of voyages to the Western Seas, and it can even be said to be very familiar with it.

However, he has never heard of the fact that when the fleet returned from the voyage to the west, people stood on the beach and saw the sails and flags of the ships first.

After all, it was impossible for him to go to the beach to meet Zheng He in person, and it was impossible for Zheng He to tell him all these trivial matters in detail.

In this way, Zhu Di's first reaction when he heard this kind of thing suddenly was a little ridiculous. After all, in his opinion, standing on the seashore and looking at ships should be the same as standing on flat ground to look at people. Covering, once a person appears, it is the whole body,
But according to Zhu Zhanji's question, isn't it true that when a person appears, he sees the head first, and then the feet?

Fan Zhong was also a little dazed when he heard Zhu Di asking himself. He and Zhu Di had similar views on this kind of thing, and he also felt that when the ship appeared, he should see the entire hull directly.

But after all, he didn't see it with his own eyes. If someone else asked this kind of question, he would definitely think about it and say what he said.

However, this question was raised by His Royal Highness Zhu Zhanji, and he felt a little unconfident.

After all, what Zhu Zhanji came up with during this period, as well as various things about Yingtian, he received almost all the information first-hand.

The more one knows, the more one admires His Highness the Grandson. Even Fan Zhong, Zhu Di's most trusted bodyguard, has to look at His Highness the Grandson differently.

After a little hesitation, Fan Zhong didn't know what he thought of, and his eyes lit up and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, this matter is not entirely impossible. I remember that on the endless grassland, if the two armies are at war and the distance is extremely far at the beginning, the first thing to do is to look at it." What arrived was the flag, and the men on horseback."

Zhu Di shook his head when he heard the words and said: "I also know about this matter, but how can the grassland be compared with the sea? Although the grassland is endless, it is not flat at all. Some places are high-lying, some are low-lying, and there are hills and valleys. In this way, there is naturally a cover, so is it possible that the sea is still the same as the grassland, and the sea surface also has high and low?"

When Fan Zhong heard Zhu Di's words, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

He had finally thought of this example just now, and after Zhu Di directly overturned it, he naturally couldn't think of anything else for a while.

Could it be that as the emperor said, there are highs and lows in the sea?

Don't say he doesn't believe this kind of thing, even the whole world probably wouldn't believe it, right?

…………

Ying Tian, ​​in an alley on East Fourth Street, Yu Qian rented a small yard here.

This kind of courtyard is very quiet, and it was originally prepared for some scholars like Qian to go to Beijing to take the exam. After all, renting a house and living in a restaurant are two different concepts.

Not everyone can be like in TV dramas. When they go to Beijing to take exams, they always live in restaurants, or some kind of guild hall, brothel and firewood room.

The vast majority of people actually live in cheaper private houses, or those with a little wealth in their pockets rent a small yard alone or with a few friends like Yu Qian.

Not only can you study and prepare for the exam with peace of mind, but also have a clean place to stay.

At this time in the yard, Yu Qian was holding several recent newspapers in his hand, including the first issue of the entertainment newspaper, and there were also daily newspapers in recent days!
Zhu Zhanji sat opposite him, drinking tea leisurely, chatting with Yu Qian from time to time.

Yu Qian picked up the entertainment newspaper, which is a weekly newspaper, and it is still the first issue of the newspaper.
Yu Qian is not very interested in most of the entertainment news,
After scanning the previous content almost at a glance, he looked at the first question behind the Entertainment News, then looked at Zhu Zhanji opposite him, and asked with a smile:

"I don't know how Brother Tai Zun thinks about this issue?"

Zhu Zhanji has not been busy with many things these days. When he has time, he will come to chat with Yu Qian, sometimes talking about the world, and sometimes commenting on current affairs.

After coming and going, Yu Qian also got acquainted with Zhu Zhanji, the unassuming Jinyiwei Master Huang.

At the same time, Zhu Zhanji occasionally has advanced views of later generations, which often refreshes Yu Qian.

Sometimes when encountering problems, Yu Qian would also take the initiative to ask Zhu Zhanji for advice.

Zhu Zhanji didn't expect Yu Qian to ask himself this question he specially added to the entertainment newspaper.

The reason why he added a so-called interesting scientific section to the back of the entertainment newspaper, and raised this seemingly simple question in the form of a reward, is actually to arouse the curiosity of some scholars about science.

Seeing that Yu Qian was attracted by this question, Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes, wondering what he thought of, and suddenly asked:

"You really want to know that question?"

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Yu Qian nodded subconsciously and said, "Of course, please give me your advice, brother Tai Zun!"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's fine to teach me, but I told you the reason, you have to promise me one thing, how about it?"

Yu Qian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "His Royal Highness recently arranged an errand for me. I have a person in charge here. I think brother Yu Qian is very organized, so I want to put you in and take care of me. I don't know Yu Qian What do you guys think?"

After a pause, seeing that Yu Qian hesitated, Zhu Zhanji added: "Of course, in order to make up for Brother Yu Qian, I can give Brother Yu Qian something different!"

"this………"

Yu Qian was a little dumbfounded when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words, but he had no doubts about Zhu Zhanji's teaching him something different.

The past few days of getting along has made Yu Qian refresh his views on Zhu Zhanji, the master of Jinyiwei, several times.

With a wide range of knowledge, astronomy, geography, humanities, ancient and modern, it seems that this master of Jinyiwei knows a thing or two about all the problems in this world.

Some knowledge is unheard and unseen by him.

Suddenly hearing Zhu Zhanji say that he wanted to teach him something different, Yu Qian was also stunned for a while, his eyes were a little moved, and at the same time he was a little hesitant.

The movement is naturally the expectation of these different things in Zhu Zhanji's mouth, and the hesitation is because he doesn't know what kind of manager Zhu Zhanji is talking about.

Although he felt that Zhu Zhanji would not harm him, if the matter in charge of this manager was contrary to some of his ideas, he would naturally not agree.

So when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words, Yu Qian was also a little tangled for a while, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Seemingly seeing what Yu Qian was struggling with, Zhu Zhanji smiled and explained: "The manager is actually nothing else. It is mainly a Huangzhuang outside the city. There is a glass workshop and a woolen workshop in Huangzhuang. , need someone in charge to take care of it.”

"Wool and glass?"

Yu Qian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words. After arriving in Yingtian, Yu Qian was no stranger to glass and wool.

Needless to say about the glass, Zhu Zhanji personally took him to the greenhouse to see this matter.

And wool is also well-known in Yingtian. In the past few days, Yu Qian has seen many people selling sweaters and gloves made of wool. He even bought some a few days ago to keep out the cold. .

So neither glass nor gloves are anything new to Qian.

In addition, I was a little curious about glass, so when I heard Zhu Zhanji's words, I naturally had no hesitation. I immediately nodded and smiled: "If that's the case, thank you Brother Tai Zun!"

"Then let me tell you about the question in the newspaper first!" Seeing Yu Qian agreeing, Zhu Zhanji raised the corner of his mouth, took the newspaper, pointed to the question in the newspaper and said:

"Actually, Brother Yu Qian can find out by observing some of his daily knowledge. In fact, if people's eyesight is better, they will find that things that are a certain distance away from each other will not be blocked when there is no occlusion. When getting close to each other, even if there is no obstruction, the top part is the first to be seen. The same principle is reversed. If people stand taller, they can see farther. One floor, brother Yu Qian should have read this poem too, right?"

"It's natural..."

When Yu Qian heard Zhu Zhanji's words, he was slightly taken aback, and then he was a little stunned. He nodded and asked curiously: "Do you know the reason for that brother?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Of course the places we can't see are blocked by other things!"

Yu Qian asked back: "Blocked?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Actually, you can understand that the land we live on is not a flat surface!"

As he said that, Zhu Zhanji spread out the newspaper in his hand casually, and then used a little force to make the newspaper paper arch a little, and then gestured to Yu Qian to read:
"Just like this, if the ground we are on is an arched ground, like an arch bridge, when we see something opposite to the bridge arch, we will naturally be blocked by the bridge arch, and we can only see the bridge arch. The part of the person on the opposite side is higher than the bridge arch, and as we walk up the bridge arch, we can naturally see the lower position without the cover!"

"The ground of the earth we are on is not flat? Is it like a bridge arch?"

Hearing this, Yu Qian stared blankly at the newspaper in Zhu Zhanji's hand. He felt that his three views seemed to have been subverted.

He deliberately refuted, after all, in his cognition, the earth as a whole has always been a flat surface.

But when he thought about it carefully, he immediately found that he couldn't seem to find the flaw in Zhu Zhanji's words.

On the contrary, if the earth is a plane, it is full of loopholes everywhere.

But Yu Qian is Yu Qian after all. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly thought of a question. He picked up a teacup from the table, tilted it slightly, and said, "Brother Tai Zun, if it is true as you said, the earth is like your hand." It is not flat, but the surface of the sea should be flat, just like the water glass in my hand, no matter how my water glass is tilted, the water in the glass is still flat!"

Seeing the example Yu Qian gave, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but pause for a moment before saying: "Your statement is correct under normal circumstances, but when it comes to the sea, how much do you know about the sea? Have you ever thought about the rumors? Where is the ends of the earth in the world?"

When Yu Qian heard Zhu Zhanji suddenly ask Tianya Haijiao, he hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, Tianya Haijiao has been circulated in the ancient population. As for the specific location, I am afraid that only some strange stories can find a description. Bar!"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Then if I say that the so-called ends of the earth do not actually exist, do you believe it?"

Hearing this, Yu Qian shook his head without hesitation and said, "Brother Tai Zun, although the ends of the earth have always been just legends, they should also exist. If there is no obstruction from the ends of the earth, wouldn't all the sea water in this world flow? all!"

"Then what if I say that the land we live on is actually shaped like a ball?"

Hearing Yu Qian's rebuttal, Zhu Zhanji pushed the non-existent frame on his nose without haste, with a smile like a soul engineer on his face, and slowly induced.

Hearing this, Yu Qian had a somewhat dumbfounding expression on his face and said:

"Brother Tai Zun, don't be kidding, how could the earth be shaped like a ball?"

Speaking, Yu Qian shook his head and added: "If the shape of the earth is like a ball, then how can we gain a foothold on the earth? Wouldn't everything fall down?"

"Why can't you gain a foothold?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head, and said to Qian Zhunzhun: "Think about it carefully, is there anything you have overlooked in your daily life? For example, the difference between when you throw things into the sky and when you throw things around?"

When Yu Qian heard Zhu Zhanji's words, he thought for a while and said, "If you throw something into the sky, it will fall down. If you throw it around, it will fall far away!"

"So here comes the problem!"

Seeing Yu Qian lost in thought, Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "It's also throwing things hard. Why does it fall back when thrown into the sky? And if you throw it around, it will fall in the distance and won't fall back?"

"this………"

Yu Qian was a little confused by Zhu Zhanji's question, feeling that the question was beyond his cognition, he opened his mouth and finally closed it again.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji smiled, and continued: "So have you ever thought that this situation is actually the existence of a force on the earth, which is always pulling the thing you threw out?"

"No matter where you push your force, the final result is actually falling to the ground, and with such a force, even if the ground is a ball, this force can still pull you and make you stand firmly on the ground. on the ground."

While talking, Zhu Zhanji paused slightly, then crumpled the newspaper in his hand into a ball, and said with a smile
"And the earth you mentioned is actually like this, and the sea is only firmly pulled by this force. Because of this force, the shape of the sea surface will naturally be like this ball, which is an arched surface, so In fact, the sea is just a pool on this sphere, so the so-called ends of the earth and the corners of the earth are naturally impossible to talk about, or in fact, every seaside can be called the ends of the earth.”

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's explanation, Yu Qian couldn't help but dilate his pupils slightly. Looking at the newspaper ball in Zhu Zhanji's hand, he didn't care that it was something he bought for a penny, and said in a daze: " In that case, wouldn’t it be true that as long as we keep going in one direction, we’ll actually end up back where we started?”

"Theoretically so!"

Zhu Zhanji didn't expect Yu Qian's reaction to be quite quick, but he smiled and didn't directly give Yu Qian an affirmative answer, but explained: "The premise of this theory is that this person can survive. As long as he can survive, he should It’s possible to get to the beginning!”

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Yu Qian nodded subconsciously, a little disappointed and said: "Brother Tai Zun said that it is reasonable, this method is really difficult, just in the endless ocean, there are many dangers."

Seeing that Yu Qian was a little hit, Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of the sea, brother Yu Qian, you should take a longer-term view. The world is so big, why don't brothers Yu Qian want to go out and have a look? Said Maybe you will find more interesting things!"

(End of this chapter)