At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 168 A deal with Marinori

"What time is it now?" Cheng De put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his sore wrist, looked away from the paper on the table in front of him, and turned to look at Ma Xiuying who was still writing quickly.

Ma Xiuying didn't even raise her head, she was still "scrambling" writing. After writing for a while, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's finally finished."

When Ma Xiuying looked up, she found that Cheng De's eyes were staring at her as if they were shining. Those eyes looked extremely hot, which made her face feel hot.

So Ma Xiuying got up slowly, walked to the window, opened the window, looked out, and saw a vast expanse of night.

"It's Xu time now."

The night was shrouded, and the moon above her head looked down on her coldly, as if silently reminding her that it was time to rest.

Cheng De got up and stretched his waist: "The subject of Confucianism and Science, as well as the subject of science and mathematics, and the test questions of Sizhou Army's basic knowledge, have finally been settled. Sister Xiuying, for the time being, only the two of us know about this subject. Keep it a secret, don't tell any outsiders."

Ma Xiuying turned around and stared at Cheng De, which made Cheng De's heart shudder.

"Brother De, we are one as a husband and wife. Even if Brother De doesn't say anything, I won't say a word to others."

Hearing that Ma Xiuying was a little angry, Cheng De walked up to Ma Xiuying quickly, and quickly grabbed Ma Xiuying's hands: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't say that, and I won't do it again in the future. Sister Xiuying, you Don't be angry anymore."

Ma Xiuying shook off Cheng De's hand, then pushed Cheng De out the door, closed the door, and said: "I'm still pregnant, for the sake of the child, Brother De really wants to do that, you can It's okay to go to Sister Liu E, or even Sister Shen. Sister Yan is pregnant like me, Brother De, don't do anything to hurt Sister Yan just for a moment of pleasure."

Cheng De was standing outside Ma Xiuying's house. At this moment, a gust of cold wind was blowing in his face, making Cheng De's body shiver.

Cheng De stood there thinking for a moment, and decided to go to Liu E's side first.

After finding a maid and letting her lead the way, Cheng De stood in the night and knocked on the door of Liu E's room.

"Who is it?" came a voice from inside the room, his tone full of doubts.

"It's me!" Cheng De replied.

"Ah—wait a minute."

Then, there was a sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the room, reaching Cheng De's ears.

Cheng De's face turned dark.

At this time, the cold wind outside seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and the robe was whistling, and the cold wind hit Cheng De's face like a knife, causing severe pain.

Cheng De frowned and thought to himself: It's already May, why is the weather still like this?
At this moment, the door opened with a "squeak".

Cheng De subconsciously raised his head to look, this look made Cheng De's eyes widen in a daze.

This...is Liu E?
Cheng De rubbed his eyes, as if he couldn't believe it: "Are you really Liu E?"

Liu E lowered her head shyly, and replied softly, "Yes."

"This change is too great. It's really like the Nine Heavens Xuannv descending to the mortal world. It's completely different from the impression you gave me before." Cheng De was speechless.

When Liu E heard this, her cheeks were flushed, and the roots of her ears were hot, and she thought to herself: How can you say such embarrassing words, it really makes people shy!
"Why, don't you welcome me in?" Cheng De felt that it was too cold outside, so he couldn't help joking.

"Ah—here, General. Please come in."

After the words were finished, Cheng De broke in directly, and then quickly closed the door, exhaled a foul breath, looked at Liu E who was still looking down and seemed to be a little frightened, and couldn't help feeling speechless for a while.

"Sister Xiuying welcomed you into the General's Mansion, do you know what that means?" Cheng De looked at Liu E with a smile.

What Cheng De didn't expect was that Liu E, who had kept his head down, suddenly raised his head at this moment, looking at him with burning eyes.

"General, you really want it." Liu E didn't continue talking, her face turned even redder.

Cheng De glanced at Liu E: "Auntie, I always have to give her an explanation. Besides, you are now my woman in name. If I come to my woman's room, no one else will say anything."

Liu E seemed to nod in agreement.

next moment.

Liu E exclaimed, she found that she had been embraced by Cheng De, she seemed to realize something, she buried her head in Cheng De's chest, and whispered: "General, please take pity on Liu E!"

Cheng De nodded with a smile, hugged Liu E and walked straight to the bed.

That night, Liu E cried out in pain.The river near Sizhou City heard her cry, but was indifferent, only heard the sound of rushing water resounding in the night of Sizhou City, and also resounding in the house.

In the middle of the night, five carts escorted by a team of Juesheng guards in front and behind, carrying Gong Bosui's family members, quietly entered the Diaoyu Lane of Sizhou City, and stopped in front of a mansion with rockery, attics and gardens. .

Gong Bo then opened the courtyard door, and when he knew that it was his family members who had arrived, his expression was extremely excited, and the smile on his face never stopped for a moment.

Moonset and dawn.

When Cheng De came to the study to deal with official duties, Li Wenzhong arrived early.

When Li Wenzhong saw Cheng De, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Li Wenzhong, my son, pays homage to foster father."

Seeing this, Cheng De helped Li Wenzhong up and said, "Who taught you to salute like this? You don't have to be so solemn when saluting normally, just follow me into the study."

Cheng De stepped forward, pushed open the door of the study and entered, followed closely by Li Wenzhong.

After closing the door gently, Li Wenzhong looked in the direction of Cheng De with hopeful light.

Cheng De had already sat down at his desk at this time, so he naturally saw Li Wenzhong's expression.

"Yesterday, I didn't ask you specifically, are you literate?"

"Report to foster father and get to know a little bit."

"Alright, I have a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" here, you can read it first. After you have memorized this "Sun Tzu's Art of War", if you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me at any time." Cheng De Pointing to a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" next to the desk, he said.

Hearing these words, Li Wenzhong's heart was determined, and he walked quickly to Cheng De's desk, and took "Sun Tzu's Art of War" from Cheng De with both hands, with an extremely solemn expression.

Seeing this, Cheng De couldn't help laughing, and pointed to a direction and said to Li Wenzhong: "There is still a big case over there, so you can read and endorse over there. If you come across a word you don't know, you should mark it first, and then write it down." Get up and ask me."

Li Wenzhong nodded heavily, looked at the big case, and then walked towards the big case.

After sitting down next to the big case, Li Wenzhong saw Cheng Dezheng flipping through the documents, he couldn't help hesitating for a while: "Father, will I disturb you if I study here?"

Cheng De didn't lift his head, stared at the document, and replied: "Don't think so much, your reading sound won't affect me."

Li Wenzhong's heart finally relaxed, took a deep breath, and began to read: "Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be investigated."

Cheng De's study room began to emit the sound of reading aloud. This scene provoked the soldiers guarding nearby to listen with their ears sideways and hold their breath.

Cheng De heard the sound of Li Wenzhong reading, but his mind was all on the documents.

One document after another was quickly processed by Cheng De.

An hour later.

Cheng De looked at Li Wenzhong after he saw that all the paperwork before his desk had been processed.

When Cheng De found that Li Wenzhong was still reading "Sun Tzu's Art of War", there was a hint of relief in his eyes.

Afterwards, Cheng De quietly walked out from the study, but Li Wenzhong, who was immersed in reading, didn't seem to see this scene.

After leaving the study, Guo Ying and a dozen people behind him came to meet him. The group saluted Cheng De quickly, and Cheng De smiled back.

Then, Cheng De quickly came to Ma Xiuying's room.

However, Ma Xiuying was not in the house.

I asked the servants in the mansion, and they said that Ma Xiuying had arrived at Liu E's room early in the morning.

On Liu E's side, I have ordered my servants to take good care of her. What is this Xiuying girl doing there?

Cheng De sat in Ma Xiuying's room thinking about it.

not long time.

Ma Xiuying returned to the house, and when she saw Cheng De's figure, she couldn't help being stunned.

Before Ma Xiuying could say anything, Cheng De said with a smile to Ma Xiuying: "Sister Xiuying, we agreed yesterday, today I will take you to meet those 32 missionaries."

Ma Xiuying did not respond immediately, but instead asked, "Did you tell Sister Yan?"

"I'll talk to sister Xiuying first. Later, we can talk together. It's okay."

"That's fine. Let's go now!"

So Cheng De brought Ma Xiuying to Luo Yan's house. After Ma Xiuying told Luo Yan about the incident, Luo Yan seemed extremely happy.

A group of three people got into a large carriage, and the carriage drove slowly, Guo Ying and his party followed behind them, and Zhang Qijiu led the way in front of them.

After half an hour.

Cheng De came to a mansion with a stone lion. Cheng De lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the plaque of the mansion.

After Cheng De helped Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan get off the carriage, Zhang Qijiu came to Cheng De and said, "General Qi, after the 32 white men were escorted from Huai'an City to Sizhou City, Commander Yang handed them over to Jin Yiwei. Afterwards, the subordinates arranged for them to guard here."

Cheng De nodded: "You lead the way ahead, I want to meet them."

"Yes." Zhang Qijiu replied.

Zhang Qijiu walked ahead, and after pushing open the gate, the situation inside the gate came into view.

Inside the gate, there are a lot of trees planted, which looks a little gloomy.

The daylight doesn't look very bright here, but rather dim, and the surroundings are filled with a strange and gloomy atmosphere.

Under the leadership of Zhang Qijiu, Cheng De and his party came to a big house.

There are Jin Yiwei guarding all around this big house, especially the most Jin Yiwei guarding in front of this big house.

When Jin Yiwei saw Cheng De, they all bowed and saluted.

"Bring out all the people inside, the general wants to question them." Zhang Qijiu said to Jin Yiwei who was stationed in front of the big house.

Jin Yiwei's actions were extremely fast, and Cheng De didn't have to wait long. A total of 32 white men were quickly escorted by Jin Yiwei to the front of the big house.

Cheng De carefully looked at the 32 white men, and saw that they all seemed to be in a very good state of mind.

So, Cheng De quickly scanned the 32 white men and asked, "Who is Marinori?"

When the 32 white people heard Cheng De's words, they all trembled.

They knew that Cheng De standing in front of them was the one who decided their life and death.

These days, Jin Yiwei made them understand what heaven and hell are.

Therefore, at this moment, 32 white people looked at Cheng De with a trace of fear in their eyes.

At this moment, Zhang Qijiu pointed to a person and said to Cheng De: "Report to General, he is."

Cheng De looked in the direction Zhang Qijiu pointed, and found that it was an old man with a white beard and bright eyes.

At this time, Marinori saw Cheng De looking over, and suddenly felt ashamed.

"You are Marinori?" Cheng De looked straight at Marinori.

Although there was fear in Marinori's eyes, he still replied: "I am. May I ask Your Excellency General, what do you want from me?"

Cheng De asked Zhang Qijiu to find paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and then in front of everyone, he picked up the pen and silently wrote the value table of trigonometric functions on the paper, and said to Marinori: "Do you recognize this?"

Marino was stunned, looking at Cheng De with disbelief in his eyes: "Ou Maiga, Your Excellency General, where did you know this?"

Cheng De: "Where did I know that? You don't need to know this. I just want to ask you, are you the envoy sent by Pope Benedict XII to the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongolian Khanates?"

Marinori's eyes widened at this moment: "Your Excellency, how do you know this?"

Marinori felt it was absurd. Except for the people in the mission, it was impossible for anyone else to know about this matter.

And the members of the mission stayed with themselves these days, and they had no chance to let others know.

So, how did this general from the East know about this?

Cheng De fell into deep thought after receiving Marinori's confirmation.

This historical event actually matched the original history.

It is extremely absurd.

After Cheng De calmed down, he looked at Marinori and said, "Mr. Marinori, I want to make a deal with you."

Marinoli looked at Cheng De suspiciously: "Dear General, what kind of deal do you want to make with me?"

Cheng De looked at Marinori and said: "I hava set up an academy of sciences, and i want you tu be teachers of the academy. I hope you can impart what you have learned without your reservation. If you finish it, i will let you go home and send someone to escort you home. What do you think of this deal? If you complete this matter, I will let you go back to the country and send someone to escort you back to the country, what do you think of this deal?)”

The reason why Cheng De used this English to talk to Marinori was just to knock him down, so that he would not dare to hold back, so that he could pass on all the knowledge he had mastered.

Although, that would most likely scare Marinori.

Sure enough, after Cheng De finished speaking, a total of 32 people including Marinori and his party looked at Cheng De with awe, some admiration, and more doubts.

As for Ma Xiuying, Luo Yan, Zhang Qijiu and others, their eyes widened and they all looked at Cheng De, as if they wanted to see Cheng De clearly.

They were all wondering what bird language Cheng De was speaking, and where did he learn this bird language?

Marinoli stared at Cheng De closely, and said meaningfully: "I saw the behavior of the respected general, and I believe that there is a God in this world. From the general, I seem to see the shadow of God." For the sake of God, I, Marinori, have agreed to the General, and I am willing to make this deal with the General.”

Cheng De heard Marinoli's words and said to Marinoli: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

Then, Cheng De saw that Marinori communicated with the other members of the mission for a while, and then, when Cheng De saw that they all looked at him, they seemed to reveal a ray of piety, which made Cheng De very happy. Confuse.

Because Marinoli just used French to communicate with the members of their mission, Cheng De didn't know what they were talking about. He could only guess and infer something from the expressions of these people.

However, he decided that after Marinori became a teacher at the Academy of Sciences, he felt that he must let Marinori teach himself French.

By the way, he almost forgot, there are three Japanese monks, he thinks it is necessary to learn this Japanese, it will be useful for attacking Japan in the future.

Thinking of this, Cheng De looked at Marinori with a look of enthusiasm.

I don't know if Marinoli and his group have learned all the skills they have after serving as teachers of the Academy of Sciences. Will China's science and technology come to a corner and overtake and walk in the forefront of the world's nations?
Thinking of this, Cheng De feels that the future of Huaxia is still very promising.

It's just that he has to plan well for it.

In this century, if he remembered correctly, there were still many places waiting to be discovered.

If they are all occupied in advance, Huaxia will definitely stand at the forefront of the world in the future.

It seems that the time for expelling the Hulu and restoring China must be advanced.

Afterwards, Cheng De asked Zhang Qijiu to take Marinori and his party out of the imperial prison, and then rearranged them in a big house with attics, gardens, and ponds.

Marinori and the others were very satisfied with Cheng De's arrangement, and they began to have a good impression of Cheng De in their hearts.

Cheng De also discussed with Marinori about when to teach at the Academy of Sciences and the content of the lectures.

Cheng De planned to install Jinyiwei and Jueshengwei in the Academy of Sciences, and completely transcribed all the content taught by Marinori and others, and used it as a textbook for the Academy of Sciences in the future.

After finishing the affairs of Marinori, when Cheng De and his party were on their way back to the General's Mansion, Ma Xiuying suddenly asked Cheng De: "Brother De, can you tell me about the machine that you used with that Marinoli just now?" Bird language, where did you learn it?"

When Ma Xiuying asked this question, Luo Yan, who was silent at the side, and Zhang Wusi, Guo Ying and his group who followed behind all pricked up their ears and listened intently with bated breath.

Cheng De's face was extremely calm, without any panic in his heart, he replied: "You may not know that Yang Zhongkai, the commander of the Juesheng Guard, has sent people to sneak into the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. The bird language you speak is also from Juesheng I saw it in a book that Wei brought back, and I learned from it by analogy, so naturally, it will happen."

"Really? Brother De, can you tell me what the string of symbols written on the paper was?" Ma Xiuying fixed her eyes on Cheng De.

Cheng De was silent for a while, and then said: "Those are their arithmetic. Do you know why I deliberately set up an examination of mathematics in the science department of the imperial examination? This is because I accidentally learned that the mathematics in the West is more advanced than our Chinese mathematics. I left Marinori and others behind, aiming to make Huaxia Mathematics the number one in the world in the future."

Mathematics is the most basic science. If you learn mathematics well, it is inevitable that you will progress in science in the future.

Of course, Cheng De didn't say this.

"Really?" Ma Xiuying was dubious.

But she didn't ask any more questions after that. Seeing this, Cheng De was secretly relieved.

This matter has finally been muddled over.

(End of this chapter)