After a while, the official sent the official to complete the inspection, and took two unlucky eggs and left the way they came.

Seeing that the official errand was far away, Zhao Ziming hurriedly put down the broom, ran forward to ask the old beggar, and the old beggar did not hide it, and told Zhao Ziming that the official messenger saw Zhao Ziming's strange clothes and asked him if Zhao Ziming was a miscellaneous servant of Nantang, and the old beggar naturally said that Zhao Ziming had been sprinkling and sweeping here, and he was indeed a miscellaneous servant of Nantang. Zhao Ziming thanked him again and again, and took out a one-yuan coin to reward the old beggar without mentioning it.

Originally, Zhao Ziming also planned to take the renminbi, mineral water bottles and other objects he carried, to the pawnshop to exchange for silver, after this incident, I couldn't help but sigh that it was luck to be able to mix into the city, as for these inexplicable objects to exchange for silver, I didn't dare, anyway, according to the development of the plot, John Tang entered Beijing in a few days (John Tang's real name is John Adam Schal von Behr, a Jesuit missionary in China in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and came to Beijing from Macao on January 25, 1623 AD. Delay the time of Tang Ruowang's entry into Beijing for one year), and it will only be a few days for the time being.

On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, John Tong arrived as promised (which was a must). At this time, when Shen was near, the porridge shack had begun to give up porridge, and the hungry people and beggars were bustling around the porridge shack, which was quite crowded. Seeing this scene from afar, Tang Ruowang turned over and got off the donkey, handed the donkey to the porter, and walked to Nantang on foot.

In the middle of the line, a young man (Zhao Ziming) suddenly came up, and the man came to John Tang and bowed and asked, "May I ask if Your Excellency is Father John Tang?" ”

Tang Ruowang was stunned when he heard this, and immediately returned the salute and asked: "Under Tang Ruowang, I don't know what advice the son has." ”

Then he looked at the man in front of him carefully, and he was quite surprised at a glance (everyone was surprised, just Zhao Ziming's outfit, and a smock outside, everyone imagined).

Just when John Tang was full of doubts, the man spoke: "Father Tang, in Xia Zhao Ziming, he has been making a living in Nanyang in his early years, and when he learned that the priest had recently entered Beijing, he had been waiting here for a long time. ”

Then, Zhao Ziming took out a transparent vial (mineral water bottle) from the backpack behind him and handed it over.

Tang Ruowang passed the vial in a daze, and the weight of the hand was quite light, which was completely unexpected, and he was stunned and unstable, causing the vial to fall to the ground, only to see the vial bounce twice, and it was not damaged at all! Tang Ruowang was a little short-circuited by this unexpected thunder's mind, and when he was startled, he hurriedly gathered his mind, picked up the vial and handed it back to Zhao Ziming, and said: "Childe, this is not a place to talk, but you are willing to follow me to the hall to talk about it." ”

"Father Tang, in the ancestral home of Nanyang, my father and mother are believers in Jesus, this time I came to Daming to find ancestors to visit relatives, unexpectedly, in the sea, the road is difficult, unfortunately encountered huge waves, drowning people are not counted, and the fleet is scattered. Blessed by God, he was spared, and then traveled to Dagu with the surviving ships, and learned that the Jingshi South Hall was the place where our religion spread the gospel, so he came here. In his early years, he also studied astronomy, Gewu and other disciplines, and my teaching spread in the Ming Dynasty, so he was rarely allowed to communicate with the Ming gentry with this kind of knowledge. After that, Zhao Ziming actually squeezed out a few tears.

"The gates of heaven are open to all beings, and since the faithful are interested in promoting the gospel and practicing their own salvation, let us practice here for the time being."

Regarding Zhao Ziming's statement, John Tang was skeptical, but that is, many meals, the Jesuits, as one of the most important religious churches of the Catholic Church, have more than one mouth, and the expenditure is not a problem, and it is the worst, even if he raises a miscellaneous servant, there is no loss anyway.

Next, the monks and priests of Nantang held a simple welcome banquet for Tang Ruowang, who came to Daming Jingshi for the first time, and Zhao Ziming shamelessly followed Tang Ruowang to the table. Zhao Ziming has been mixing porridge and drinking in Nantang for the past few days, and some people in Nantang have naturally seen it, but when they saw that Zhao Ziming and Father Tang knew each other, it was inconvenient to ask, but he secretly wondered in his heart. After the meal, Tang Ruowang had a tiring journey and went back to the room early to rest, and Zhao Ziming also came to a small house to live under the arrangement of the miscellaneous servants.

Early the next morning, Zhao Ziming was awakened by urine, and then saw that the sky was already bright. Nima, you won't run out of breakfast. Out of Gong, washing, and dressing to the hall, seeing that Tang Ruowang was talking to two middle-aged scholars outside the gate, Zhao Ziming was about to quickly walk through the hall to the restaurant.

"Fellow Zhao, please wait a moment and introduce you to two Catholics." Tang Ruowang greeted Zhao Ziming with a smile.

Zhao Ziming, who had eaten porridge for a few days, didn't know if the number of meals in the hall was the same as the porridge shed, for fear that he would have no food to eat if he was late, so he couldn't help but scold Tang Ruowang in his heart for not knowing that the hungry man was hungry, but he had to bow his head when he was under the eaves. I had no choice but to come forward and talk.

"In Xia Nanyang Zhao Ziming, I met with Father Tang and two parishioners." Zhao Ziming bowed and saluted.

The two scholars smiled and bowed their heads gently, and did not return the salute directly, but just looked at Zhao Ziming's strange clothes.

At this time, John Tang pointed to the scholars who were fifty years away and introduced: "Sector Zhao, this is Lord Xu Guangqi, the young Zhan of the Zhan Mansion. Xu Jiaoyou has learned everything from east to west, and is proficient in arithmetic, gewu, astronomy, and agriculture, and is really a model in my teaching. ”

Zhao Ziming was shocked when he heard this, Xu Guangqi was a first-class figure in the late Ming Dynasty, according to later generations, this is a set of political scientists, historians, agriculturists, calligraphers, military scientists, mathematicians, astronomers, geographers, and water conservators.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziming hurriedly turned over and knelt down and said: "Lord Xu is above, please accept the next bow." At the same time, he was also secretly vigilant about John Tang's kung fu.

Xu Guangqi saw Zhao Ziming turn over and bow down, hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Ziming, and said: "Church members Zhao please get up quickly, here we only refer to the church members, as for those officialdom empty old men really dare not be." ”

Zhao Ziming did not take advantage of the trend, but kowtowed heavily, and said again: "In this worship, it is not to worship the official position of the adult, but to respect the two masterpieces of the adult." "Zhao Ziming read some historical novels in later generations, but he didn't expect it to play a role at this time.

"Oh, where does that begin?" Xu Guangqi asked with a smile when he heard this.

Zhao Ziming's expression became more and more solemn at this time, and he said solemnly: "This first part is the "Geometric Original" written by adults, in my humble opinion, this book is really an immortal work, a collection of mathematical achievements and spirit in one book, which is not only a mathematical masterpiece, but also a philosophical masterpiece, and completes the judgment of space by man. This book is used for government affairs, then land measurement, construction and bridge repair can start to achieve twice the result with half the effort; Used in the military, it can multiply the power of guns; When used in astronomy, you can get a glimpse of the movement of the sun, moon and stars; It is used in navigation, and can distinguish track and draw waterways. There is no one who does not learn! ”

Well, Xu Guangqi's face was flushed, and he was a little dazed. Tang Ruowang was short-circuited by Lei De's mind again, and at the same time, he secretly scolded Zhao Ziming in his heart for being shameless. The middle-aged scholar who was walking with Xu Guangqi showed surprise on his face, and quickly stepped forward to pick up Zhao Ziming and said: "The parishioners are really extraordinary, and in Xia Sun Yuanhua, Wen Gongzi Gao also feels the same way. ”

I'm rubbing, and there's another cowman.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Sun, who was looking up for a long time." Zhao Ziming hurriedly bowed again.

"Church members Zhao should not be polite, Chu Yang dares to ask, the two masterpieces of the family teacher mentioned by the church members, one of which is "Geometric Original", so what is the second one?" Sun Yuanhua returned the salute to Zhao Ziming and asked.

"The early sun is talking nonsense!" At this time, Xu Guangqi opened his mouth and said: "Zhao Sect friends don't know, this "Geometric Original" is not written by the old man, this book is written by Aristotle of the Tessie, the Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci and the old man just translated it into Chinese, saying that it was written by the old man, but the son's opinion on this book is no different from what the old man thinks. ”

"Lord Xu is too modest, although this "Geometric Original" is written by Taixi people, but no one can read the Taixi script in my China, and the book written by Taixi can be described as vast as a sea of smoke, and can choose the good ones from it and translate it, and the non-great wisdom can not do it. Although this book is exquisite, if you don't have Master Xu's discernment, like a student, you can't know it even if you want to practice. Besides, Master Xu's chest is a gully that can be surpassed by a certain Taisia, Master's translation of words such as parallel lines, triangles, diagonals, right angles, acute angles, obtuse angles, and similarities is really the finishing touch. Venerable Master is on top, please accept the disciple's worship. ”