In this era, the Chinese made long-distance voyages in the country, generally only in two directions. One is to go to Korea and Japan, because you only need to sail east along the monsoon to reach your destination.

The other is to go down to the South Seas, starting from Guangzhou, as long as you go all the way to the south, and then sail all the way along the island, Malacca is the farthest limit. This is because the boaters need to judge whether the course is correct by the fact that they can see the land features, so they always keep sailing relatively close to the shore.

Usually they sailed during the day and anchored or anchored in the sea at night, preferring to watch the Arabs make huge profits rather than pass through the Strait of Malacca. In short, no shipowner dared to venture out to sea out of sight, for fear of storms, of being robbed by pirates, but in the final analysis, for fear of losing course.

Although the Arabs also encountered storms and pirates, they dared to set sail because they had the exclusive mastery of the art of astrology, a method of using the position of the stars in the sky and their angular height with the sea level to accurately calculate the trajectory and position the ship on the high sea.

Although with this method, only latitude can be measured, not longitude, and the ship needs to be sailed to the same latitude line as the destination, and then sail along the latitude until the destination, but at least the person will not get lost. Moreover, the Arabs have sailed the oceans for hundreds of years, and have long drawn accurate star maps over the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, which can help them navigate more accurately and get to where they want to go.

It is said to be good at observing the stars and serving navigation. It was Allah Allah who taught the Arabs. For it is said many times in the Qur'an: 'God has given you signs to follow the signs on the dark land and at sea.' In the eyes of the wise, celestial phenomena are especially evident. ''God has set up many signs, and with the help of those signs and the stars, you will follow the right path. Therefore, the Arabs also kept it a secret as a gift from God and a key to the door of wealth.

In Chen Ke's original time and space, these Arabs had a strong sense of secrecy, even if their country disappeared later. had to rely on the merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty, and never let the Song people learn. It wasn't until Zheng He went to the West that the Three Treasures eunuchs got from a few Arab sailors they hired. I learned this technique and drew a chart of the stars that belonged to China......

But now, Chen Ke wants to take advantage of Aziz's desperate situation. Take out the astrology and the full set of astrological charts from him. So he personally blocked Aziz's tributary road and opened a window for him.

Aziz naturally didn't want to go through this window, but in the face of the lives of hundreds of members of his family, he had no choice.

"Lord Chen." Aziz looked at Chen Ke beggingly, and said in a trembling voice: "Since you know our secret, you should know what it means to us?" It is a gift from Allah and the basis on which we Arabs can continue to live with dignity at the end of our nation. If I hand it over, my people will have to beg for food!" ”

"If you don't give it to me, your countrymen will also go and beg for food." Chen Ke shook his head and said, "Why did your family sign a debt?" It wasn't because the Seljuks had taken Jerusalem. This led to constant conflict between Christendom and Muslims. On the sea, they slew your merchant ships, and on land, they besiege your cities. I bet it's a battle of the century to recapture Jerusalem. It's about to start! Once the Western armies occupied Jerusalem, how could the Westerners holding their throat allow the Arabs to continue to profit? You've lost your business completely, and if you don't plan ahead, you'll be reduced to beggars! ”

Chen Ke said it categorically, because he knew that the Crusades were just around the corner. Since then. The Western world and the Arabs will be plunged into a century-long war, and it is from that time that the Arab world will begin to decline.

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Although Aziz did not foresee the Crusades, he was keenly aware of the deterioration of the situation, and knew that if the Seljuks were allowed to continue their business, the Arabs would definitely not be able to trade between the East and the West. When he thought of this, he was so sad that he couldn't even speak.

"If Allah makes us beggars, that is the punishment we deserve!" His nephew, Bagari, couldn't help but interject: "If we leak the astrological technique, we will be hunted down and killed by our compatriots!" ”

"Childish." Chen Ke smiled: "Will you preach all over the world?" Neither will I. So who knows? ”

"You don't understand, we can't fool Allah......," Aziz sighed. Muslims' devotion to religion is indeed incomprehensible to outsiders, and there is actually a big reason why Ma Sanbao was able to learn the art of astrology, in fact, he is also a Muslim.

"......I see," Chen Kedeng understood their concerns, and said with a smile: "It's better to do this, let's open a business together." ”

"A firm?" Aziz and Bagheri said in their hearts, the trade routes are different, what kind of business are they opening?

"Christians are not in the same heaven as you, but they have great respect for us Song people." Chen Ke followed the temptation and said: "They will attack your ships, but they will not attack our Song people's ships, because their demand for oriental goods will not disappear because of the war. ”

"And I don't owe it to you, you know, we Song people also have our own advantages in navigation technology, we have a 'compass' technology, which can also point out the direction when it is cloudy and rainy." The Song Dynasty, the era of the invention of the compass, is currently only in the hands of those maritime merchants, and it is with this technology that they can ensure the direction and reach the countries of the South Seas. But fortunately, Chen Ke and Shen Kuo both know how to play with the compass: "In this way, we will come up with our respective technologies, cooperate in navigation, learn from each other, and make progress together, which is fair and reasonable." Trust your Allah not to blame, right? ”

"Uh......" Aziz's expression looked much better, and he only listened to him say slowly: "Regarding the firm, I want to know how much I can hold." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, let's talk slowly while enjoying the song and dance." Chen Ke smiled happily: "I'm very interested in your singing and dancing, I heard that there is a kind of belly dance, I don't know if your dancer will ......"

"Belly dancer?" Aziz was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Your Excellency is talking about the Oriental Dance, right?" He smiled lewdly and said, "How could it not!" ”

"Hahaha, that's a feast for the eyes......" Chen Ke laughed: "Please." ”

"Please." Like old friends for many years, the two put their arms back to their seats, changed to a new table of wine and food, and the lewd music sounded again, and the orchids with only the slightest wisps provoked a belly dance that made people blush, watching the white belly keep trembling, and the breasts and fat buttocks that kept writhing. Liu Yue's face was flushed, and she scolded Chen Ke a hundred times in her heart.

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It was easy to stay up until the second half of the night, and Chen Ke said goodbye unsatisfactorily. After coming to the shore, Liu Yue'e spat out: "What a hooligan...... she still has a belly and thighs full of flowers.

"You have to go with it." Chen Ke innocently spread his hands and said: "Besides, is this art understandable?" ”

"Rogue art." Liu Yue'e snorted and said in a low voice: "You won't be stunned by those white bellies, you don't have to pay such a big price." In addition to 130,000 yuan, he added to the joint stock business and taught the compass technique, which made Aziz's heart much better.

Chen Ke smiled slightly and put his hand on Liu Yue's shoulder. After taking an elbow as a matter of course, he withdrew his hand and said, "Actually, I don't have to pay that at all, so that Aziz has to hand over the astrological technique." But in that case, the Arab merchant would be completely offended, and there would be no further cooperation. And I really need a capable, well-educated, and trustworthy Arab to help me do things. ”

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"How do you know he can be trusted?" Liu Yue'e said in disbelief: "He is clearly a liar. Although he counterattacked Chen Ke every time, he never let him succeed. But she didn't realize that she was getting used to this kind of offensive and defensive game, and she hadn't been angry about it for a long time.

"He didn't dare betray me." Chen Ke's smile looked very evil in the moonlight: "Otherwise, if I poke him in the matter of teaching me the astrological technique, he will wait to be hunted down by the entire Arab world." ”

"How do you know he's capable?"

"An Arab, disguised as a food emissary, came to pay tribute, which in itself is a manifestation of ability." Chen Ke said lightly: "He may not be very good at business, but he must be a good hand at cheating." ”

"How do you know he has a background?"

"Even if the officials of the previous dynasty were abandoned by the Seljuks, he was able to obtain a complete set of world documents, which shows that he has an extraordinary background and is suitable for my task." Chen Ke said lightly.

"What do you want him to do?" Liu Yue'e is like a curious baby.

"I'm going to rebuild the Wisdom Hall in Bianjing!" Chen Ke said in a deep voice. Compared with astrology and navigation, this is what he wants most: "I want to transport all the books translated in Baghdad for a hundred years to the Great Song Dynasty, as well as those scholars and translators, as long as they are related to the century-old translation movement, all of them!" ”

The establishment of the Seljuk dynasty was a turning point in the Muslim society, which gradually turned from the early enlightenment and tolerance to the seclusion. The Seljuks believed that cultures from ancient Greece and Rome that belonged to what the Qur'an called "hated knowledge" were not only unhelpful but harmful, as well as harmful. The more such knowledge, the more damaging it is to the faith. Therefore, Muslims should abandon this "hated knowledge" and return to the path of Orthodoxy, that is, Sunniism.

The Hall of Wisdom, which is a collection of 'hated knowledge', is naturally on the cusp, with funding cuts, scholars dismissed, and closures not far away......

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It's not fun to raise a child, the jaundice has subsided, and there is eczema, and the child is itchy, so he cries, and he is upset. finally put him to sleep and begged for a monthly ticket to stop the itching for the little monk. Also, if I don't sleep tonight, I'll write another chapter.