Section 18: Pseudo-astronomers
Jiang Tian, who was full of alcohol, didn't dare to go to the main entrance of the teahouse, so he had to go around and slip back to the courtyard from the back door, which was already closed at the moment, and after closing the door, Boss Zhao didn't care about him, and went back to his house to rest, but Xi Yun looked at him with a little worry, and then brought him a cup of herbal tea to relieve his hangover. Although he walked a little slowly, Jiang Tian's thinking was very clear, he really found himself a big trouble today, "Heliocentric Theory" and "Geocentric Theory" are about their own, what's wrong with letting a yellow-haired girl despise him? If you have to do this, what can you get for yourself?
After drinking the tea in one gulp, he smashed his mouth, and then looked at Xiyun a little embarrassed: "Is there anything to eat at home?" ”
This thing is very strange to say, obviously he is participating in a banquet, but Jiang Tian didn't eat enough, watching him gobble down a steamed bun, Xi Yun wondered if this guy hadn't eaten at all.
Jiang Tian finished eating the steamed buns in three bites, then patted his stomach contentedly, turned his head to look at the little girl, and smiled again: "Good girl, do you know how to needlework?" ”
Jiang Tian didn't show up for the next two days, and the officials in the teahouse also wondered if this kid would never tell stories again? This is the fulfillment of the innovative Mr. Liu, from the audience at the beginning of the disagreement, to the later gradually like the new storytelling, he took less than three days at most, from this point can be seen that the old artist's skills are quite solid, otherwise even if there is cross talk as a reference, it will definitely not only grope for such a short time to grasp the proportion of the performance, but also from this moment, he brought a new form of performance to other bookstores to experiment, and gradually created a new school of storytelling performance art form, It is also regarded by later generations of storytelling artists as a generation of grandmasters who inherit the past and the future. But it's still that sentence, Jiang Tian doesn't care at all.
He stayed in the courtyard and didn't come out not to hide from anyone, but to work hard, hoping to complete his bet as soon as possible. At that time, Linglong set a three-day deadline for this bet, and after three days, no matter what the reason, winning or losing must be immediately determined. So Jiang Tian had to push the work of the teahouse to Xi Yun in the past two days, and he was tinkering with all kinds of messy things to complete it as soon as possible. During this time, Boss Zhao had looked at him curiously, but he still couldn't figure out what this kid was messing with, and he also pulled Xi Yun to toss with him.
Three days passed quickly, and they appeared at the door of the teahouse on time, they were looking forward to seeing what kind of things Jiang Tian would come up with to prove their theory, in fact, they saw that Jiang Tian regretted it a little that day, but in order not to make him regret it, they added an additional condition, that is, if Jiang Tian can really explain "Heliocentric Theory" clearly, then Linglong will no longer be able to entangle Xiyun in the future! This made him reluctantly agree. That's not all, in order to prevent things from repeating, this couple also instructed people to spread the details of this gambling contract on the streets and alleys, just to force Jiang Tian not to regret it. If he can really prove the "heliocentric theory", it will be an epoch-making heavy discovery, and if he can't prove it, it will be logical to "send charcoal in the snow" to control him in his own hands, so they are now in a very conflicted mood.
Jiang Tian put on the Confucian shirt again, holding a thing covered with a cloth sheet in his hand, and then walked out of the store leisurely: "You guys came early enough, let's go to the Red Mansion together." ”
This bet really touched the nerves of many people, not only the old man Song sitting in the Academy of Sciences, but now many people in Beijing know that there is such a strange talent in the east of the city, he can't write splendid articles but can tell jokes to amuse everyone, he obviously reads the book of sages, but claims to be able to prove all kinds of celestial phenomena that are commonplace, and it is not too much to describe him with a little fame, but no one knows why Beijing suddenly sprang out such a strange person, and I can't understand that today is so concerned with science, Why didn't Corporal Lixian invite this Xiucai to serve in the Academy of Sciences? The people in the Red Mansion were also very curious, but they were destined to be unable to witness this historical moment, because after the person concerned entered Xinyue's room, all the doors and windows were tightly covered by black curtains, which made people wonder, so many people were crowded into one room on such a hot day, aren't they afraid of prickly heat?
Not to mention, although the people in the house were sweating profusely at this time, no one knew if it was because of the heat or because of shock, Jiang Tian not only proved why the moon was cloudy and sunny, but even answered with natural wonders such as solar and lunar eclipses!
"Whenever there is a certain period of operation, when the moon and the earth are in the right position, the moon will block the sun's rays and cast shadows on the ground, so we see the ...... of the solar eclipse" Jiang Tian reached out and touched the sweat on his forehead, pointing to a model on the table.
The principle of this model is similar to that of many school enlightenment props, that is, a slender wooden stick dragging a model of the movement of the earth and the moon, but the light bulb in the middle is replaced by a candle head, and the sphere is also sewn by Xi Yun with a cloth head, the shape is not round, but it can be seen at once. Everyone in the room had a deep and shallow understanding of astronomy, but everyone was shocked by this simple thing, which not only explained those commonplace daily celestial phenomena, but even Jiang Tian placed the earth at an angle at the beginning, and incidentally explained why there are spring, summer, autumn and winter. As for making the room a dark room, it was so that these people could see more clearly how the shadow of the earth made a crescent.
"The temperature changes in the four seasons are affected by the sun, but it does not mean that the long period of exposure is necessarily summer, and the difference in temperature has the most direct relationship with whether the sunlight hits the earth directly......
Liu Baokai finally couldn't help but reach out and tear off the curtain, and then pushed open the window and breathed in the fresh air, he needed to calm his heart, for hundreds of millions of years, all mankind felt that the mysterious nature, and even the mythical stars, all became history at this moment, the sun is not a god, the moon is not growing slowly, a qiē and a qiē are the natural laws of the operation of the stars, so how should those religions, myths, and various beliefs deal with themselves? He, a devout Muslim@, wavered in his heart.
Song Yi has long forgotten the original purpose, he stared at the model for a long time, and also personally put the three stars in various positions to calculate, he found that no matter from any angle can refute this set of theories, from then on astronomy will enter a new stage, a vision beyond the horizon will be able to see?
Xinyue was completely convinced, the Xiucai in front of her, who was not much older than herself, was like a towering mountain, and she, an intellectual woman who likes to climb the peak of science and technology, climbed to the end of her life until she died, and she was afraid that she would not be able to reach the height of the other party. So she sorted out her demeanor and bowed to Jiang Tian Yingying: "The concubine has been taught, and she also asks the master to be worshiped by the apprentice." ”
Jiang Tian sighed, whether he could accept this beauty as an apprentice, in fact, he didn't care at all, the key was that as long as Linglong couldn't think about how to rectify himself all day long: "The girl doesn't have to be like this, I don't dare to accept this master-apprentice gift, but I just ask the girl to keep other promises." ”
Linglong was still a little unconvinced, and after thinking carefully for a while, she asked: "Even if you are right, how can you prove that the earth under your feet is turning?" ”
Jiang Tian knew that she would not be willing to gamble and lose, but fortunately he was also prepared for this, only to see him take out a small funnel, and then use a simple wooden shelf to hang the funnel in the middle to make a single pendulum, and then he grabbed a handful of fine sand and poured into the funnel, and finally swung the single pendulum, the funnel was moving while exposing the sand, and gradually left a track of uniform thickness on the ground, each track formed a certain angle with the previous one.
"You see, when the two lines that are supposed to coincide exactly at the time of the swing, there is an angle between them, why do you think this is happening?"
His statement aroused everyone's interest, and after repeating it several times, it still came to this end.
Jiang Tian didn't wait for them to come back to their senses before explaining: "Every day the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and with the movement of this pendulum, I think the earth has been moving from west to east!" ”
The people in the room didn't even dare to breathe, maybe they didn't expect Jiang Tian's theory to be explained so straightforwardly and thoroughly, and there was no possibility of refuting it. Although Xinyue and Song Yi knew that some theories had appeared in the West, they were probably the first people in the world to be able to reproduce them so completely and accurately.
After being silent for a while, Xinyue's curiosity was completely ignited: "The little woman still has something unknown, if it is really as Mr. said, then wouldn't I wait to follow the earth's rotation?" But why is it still standing firm on the earth? How can there be any survival beneath the earth? Why does solar energy shine brightly? Why does the Earth revolve around the Sun? Why does the Moon revolve around the Earth again? What if these stars are all spheres? Why do they hang alone in the sky? Why ......"
A series of reasons made Jiang Tian a little confused, why, why? You are 100,000 whys! These questions involve all aspects of classical physics, and many of them involve advanced things like the theory of relativity, how do I know so many whys! I'm not a physics graduate......
This time, Song Yi did not come forward to play the round, he also wanted to know the mystery of this, and he firmly believed that Jiang Tian already had the right answer, so he was looking forward to this talented woman continuing to ask questions. But Tian Xuhai, who was standing on the side, couldn't stand it a little, just imagine that if the girl he liked was looking at another man with little stars in his eyes, even if these two people were commensurate with master and apprentice, I am afraid it would make people jealous, not to mention that Jiang Tian definitely didn't want to accept this apprentice. So he hurriedly stood up to stop the topic.
"Xinyue, how can these problems be solved in one day, I think it's better to let Brother Jiang rest first, this bet will be considered a victory for him......"
Jiang Tian just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, when he heard a crisp shout next to him: "No, who said he has won?" I haven't had a good score yet! ”
Everyone stared at Linglong, and they all thought in their hearts, so far, you still don't know how difficult it is to retreat? This seemingly down-and-out poor talent is unfathomable, so don't humiliate yourself.
Although Jiang Tian did not accept his apprenticeship, Xinyue still regarded him as a rare teacher in her heart, so she naturally wanted to stand in the position of an apprentice to help her, but Jiang Tian had already spoken before she could speak: "There is a tune, but I am ashamed to be tight, and I don't know how to compose it, so there is no score." ”
This is not a lie, the music scores of these years are all written in: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, five tones are written, not to mention two syllables less than in the West, there is no rhythm mark, if a musician gets a score that he has never heard, then even if he plays according to the score, the rhythm may be very different from the original, a qiē all depends on personal understanding and perception of music, so the ancients often said that bosom friends are hard to find.
"Hmph, you're just a pretext, who knows if you can fill in the words and compose music!" Linglong finally found a handle for the other party, of course, she won't let go: "As long as you can't write a tune, then you lose!" ”
Jiang Tian pursed his lips and sighed lightly: "I don't know who knows musical instruments such as the flute and pan flute?" ”
Tian Xuhai hurriedly agreed when he heard this, he couldn't help but stand up, this was a good opportunity to show his sweetheart in front of him, and it was finally his turn to be strong: "Although I am not talented, junior brother, I can play a few songs on this flute." ”
"Okay, Brother Xian will come with me, I will pass on a song orally, and I will ask you to judge it in an hour!"