The scientific research strength of the Ming Dynasty takes time to cultivate, and the backward ideas caused by the long feudal era make the orthodox ideas of the upper and lower exclude skills.

Only reading is the way out, so I am afraid that it is very practical for the small people in the market, and the traditional sorting of Shinong industry and commerce makes the craftsmen, regardless of the height of the book, are hung on the lowly books.

Even if they are scientific research officials such as Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, it is because they have the status of orthodox scholars that they can have a future in scientific research, otherwise they would not have the status they have today.

There is no soil for respecting scientific research in Daming, but in Donghai Town, scientific research is extremely respected!

The model that Zhao Zongwu can replicate is simply impossible in other places, no one can have such a resolute and tough attitude as him, just to invite Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua to come over, he has paid a relatively large benefit, of course, all this is worth it.

Based on the original team headed by Xu Jia, supplemented by Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and other disciples, this is definitely a change that has advanced by leaps and bounds for the scientific research strength of Donghai Town!

After discussing matters related to the mass production of flintlock pistols with Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, Zhao Zongwu thought of a very important matter.

It is undeniable that China's local scientific research system does have a certain degree of advancement, but compared with the Western scientific research system, which is more in line with the reality, if you want to collide with fierce sparks in a short period of time, the collision and integration of Eastern and Western science and culture will be a stage that must be experienced.

"Elder Xu, do you have any thoughts on the more than 30 Western missionaries such as Matteo Ricci and John Tang who are about to come to Donghai Town to join my scientific research team in Donghai Town?" After thinking of this, Zhao Zongwu asked Xu Guangqi about it.

In the Ming Dynasty, there are talents with a certain level of scientific research, and they all have a certain social status without exception, and they may not have such a glamorous performance in the imperial examination, but their relatively solid family background at least ensures that they can further emancipate their minds on the basis of food and clothing, which also makes them have the foundation of learning and discussing scientific research.

As the early Ming Dynasty to accept Western ideas and learn the advanced technology of Western scientific research, they became the first batch of Ming people to join the Western religion.

Xu Guangqi was one of the first to join in, and he also gave a more foreign Christian name: Paul.

Of course, this kind of experience did not make Xu Guangqi recognized by the Ming scholars, on the contrary, he expressed great contempt and rejection for the group of Ming people led by Xu Guangqi who believed in Western religion!

But fortunately, Xu Guangqi is really competitive, and his own talent is also very rooted, which enables him to continue to obtain a higher social status through his unremitting efforts under various doubts, and through a higher social status, he can get what he wants.

Xu Guangqi is a pure person, he is obsessed with scientific research, which also makes him get along with the world, with a gap-like gap.

It is precisely because of this that although his official position is getting higher and higher, it also makes Xu Guangqi's private reputation not very good, coupled with the principle that pure people must abide by, along with the eunuch forces led by Wei Zhongxian, they began to rise in the Ming political arena, which also made him finally lose his official position......

Xu Guangqi's eyes were full of wisdom, and when he mentioned Western sects, he also had a little different senses, and his words were full of affirmation: "If you go back to your uncle, John Tong and Matteo Ricci have unique views on doctrine, and they have a relatively sophisticated understanding of a series of overall scientific research systems such as astronomy, geography, and geometry.

Although the scientific research institute in Donghai Town now has a relatively mature system, there is still a certain gap in some systems, and such a gap must be passed by us. ”

Xu Guangqi's answer was very guest, he did not favor the Western Church headed by John Tang and Matteo Ricci because he was a member of the Catholic Church, and Zhao Zongwu recognized this very much.

A large part of the reason why Zhao Zongwu knew about Western religions such as John Tang and Matteo Ricci was that they were artillery experts who were active in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the reason why they wanted to thoroughly recruit them to Donghai Town, and even allowed them to build churches in Jinzhou to spread Western religion, was fundamentally because Zhao Zongwu wanted to extract a usable scientific research system from them.

Although Zhao Zongwu is from later generations, this does not mean that he can build a complete set of scientific research system in a short period of time by himself.

As for letting them spread the doctrine, hehe, for those ordinary people, even food and clothing are a problem, how can they have the leisure time to believe in heretical sects?

Xu Gong's answer was very incisive, which also let Ben Bo know the path that the Donghai Town Research Institute should take in the future. Zhao Zongwu said with firmness on his face: "You are more or less familiar with John Tang and Matteo Ricci, and since they are about to come to Donghai Town this time, then the relevant etiquette reception, Ben Bo will give you full authority."

No matter what their needs are, as long as they don't violate the laws of Donghai Town, they can do their best to meet them! ”

Since it is a guest invited, it must fulfill the friendship of the landlord, although it is said that Donghai Town will definitely go overseas in the future, and use the war weapons developed by John Tang and Matteo Ricci to attack their country in turn, but the current harmony must still be ensured.

"And Ben Bo wants to give Xu Gong an explanation, although most of you believe in Western religion, but the soul of things, does not mean that you have to ignore your own roots, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, you must not do things that go against the will of the Ming Dynasty! Today's Daming has experienced many hardships, and Daming needs you to revitalize! ”

Although Zhao Zongwu has the mind of being lonely and widowed in his heart, it is also a very safe thing to rely on the name of Daming to do things that continue to grow himself at this stage.

Zhao Zongwu's words also made Xu Guangqi draw a bottom line in their hearts, as long as what they do does not violate such a bottom line, then no one will care about the things of their souls, after all, the most critical foundation for the development of Donghai Town is the rapid improvement of scientific research level, after all, the foundation of Donghai Town needs a super high level of scientific research, I hope that the collision between the East and the West can bring a qualitative leap!