- When Chen Ke was studying in his previous life, he couldn't help but be fascinated by the century-old translation movement in Arabia.

From the mid-to-late eighth century to the early part of the tenth century, that is, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the reign of Zhenzong of the present dynasty, for about 150 years, under the vigorous patronage of several generations of Arab kings, the Arabs frantically collected ancient books from all over the world, and hired scholars from all over the world to gather in Baghdad to translate and sort out these works.

In the Abbasid dynasty, translation was made a political and national policy, and no longer depended on the will of the caliph or prince. The content of the translation is not limited to a certain field, but includes most of the fields of knowledge of ancient civilizations.

The translation slogan of the time was: 'Wisdom is the discard of the believer, and whoever finds it, will pick it up!' ’

During the Abbasid Dynasty, translating books had become a major undertaking of the state, which was carried out in an organized and planned manner, and the state invested heavily in the establishment of wisdom museums and the organization of manpower to collect ancient books. A large number of translators are hired from all over the world, regardless of race, creed or color. As long as there is real talent and real learning, he will give high-ranking officials a lot of money and order them to translate books full-time.

During the 150-year translation campaign, a wide range of works from Greek, Roman, Indian, and Persian cultures were translated into Arabic, including medicine, anatomy, geometry, physics, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, ethics, logic, philosophy, astrology, history, and fine arts.

Later, during the Western Renaissance, due to the serious lack of ancient Greek and Roman classics, Europeans had to translate Arabic works back. This is the most splendid prelude in human history.

Chen Ke often wondered why China did not have such a vigorous translation movement, and washed away the ridiculous thoughts of the Heavenly Empire and arrogance. Why did the achievements of the century-old translation movement not follow the Maritime Silk Road across the ocean and inject new vitality into Chinese civilization?

At that time, the sigh was still in my ears, but I stood thousands of years ago, when the century-old translation movement was facing an abrupt end or even a catastrophe. Despite being far away from the ocean, he still wants to do his best to save this precious treasure that belongs to all mankind.

Not only for his own long-cherished wishes, not only for Huaxia to give a chance. Just for the crystallization of human wisdom, he will do it without hesitation!

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The next day's breakfast was a raw sea urchin.

Chen Ke's love for sea urchins cannot be overstated. But yesterday in front of Wang Han, it was really difficult to eat it alive. But when he thought that he was about to leave the beach and would not be able to eat this cute little thorn for a long time, he decided not to have breakfast with Wang Han and let the cook enjoy the whole plate of raw sea urchins.

Liu Yue'e disagreed, believing that this way of eating was too barbaric. Chen Ke emphasized: "Eating sea urchin, freshness is the most important thing, if you want to eat it, you must eat real raw sea urchin!" ”

"It looks like a thorn ball, how can you get out of your mouth?" Liu Yue'e looked at the sea urchin brought up and frowned.

"You won't see for yourself?" Chen Ke asked the cook to concoct it on the spot. I saw that Cai Chuanfu's high-ranking disciple, wearing a white tube hat and a white apron, smiled and pried open the shell of the sea urchin with scissors, and dug out the sea urchin eggs in the shell that looked like a five-pointed star, with distinct grains and orange color. Then dig out the internal organs. Put the sea urchin in ice water, add lemon, salt and soak for a quarter of an hour.

Then blot the water, put the sea urchin yellow back into the black soft shell, add homemade ingredients, and let the wasabi and soy sauce sauce soak the sea urchin on all sides, and then serve it to the two of them.

Chen Ke picked one up and motioned for Liu Yue'e to taste it too. Liu Yue'e didn't dare and didn't want to touch it. But he was excited by his 'forgive you and don't dare' eyes, he forgot his fear, picked one up and sent it to his mouth, only to feel that it was delicious, boneless and tendonless, and melted into ......... mouth, as a result, the two of them fought for me, and swept away a large plate of sea urchins in the blink of an eye.

"It's delicious, it's just too little...... Liu Yue'e looked at Chen Ke with a lingering look.

"Originally, I was just right to eat alone." Chen Ke said depressedly.

"You didn't want me to taste it." Liu Yue'e wore a well-cut light blue samurai suit, although she was a man's dress, it was difficult to hide her slender figure and picturesque eyebrows. The frost that had condensed between her eyebrows had melted away unconsciously, and although she was still with a straight face, her coquettish attitude was unintentionally revealed, indicating that her mood was actually excellent.

"I'll let you taste it," the relationship between the two became more and more natural as breathing, and fighting every day almost became a compulsory lesson: "Taste it, understand?" ”

"Stingy ......" Liu Yue'e glanced at him haughtily, then picked up the porridge bowl and took a small sip with a spoon.

"What I eat next time, you don't want to taste it again." Chen Ke threw down a sentence angrily, this girl is getting more and more angry. He also picked up the porridge bowl and drank it with hula and hula.

In fact, he usually uses a spoon, but Liu Yue'e doesn't like to listen to the hula of porridge the most, so she is deliberately angry with her. Sure enough, Liu Yue'e gouged him out with her eyes......

The two of them were fighting for a while, and then they began to talk again. Liu Yue'e asked Chen Ke: "The bodyguards around Aziz look very powerful." It is very rare to get her comments.

"Of course, it's Mamluk slaves." Chen Ke nodded.

"Mamluk, what's that?"

"A bunch of battle slaves. Every year, tens of thousands of children of all ethnicities are sold into Mamluk training camps to give them purgatory-like military training. The Mamluk slaves who made it out of the training camp alive were all elite warriors who had been through a long battle. ”

Speaking of these guys from the Mongol legions, Chen Ke said leisurely: "Most of the Mamluk slaves have become Arab ace cavalry, but some have been bought by princes and nobles to become their bodyguards. Assassinations are common in the Arab world, and only with such a group of guys protecting them can they sleep peacefully. After a pause, he said: "Being able to hire a dozen Mamluk slaves shows that Aziz does have two brushes, you know, although the Mamluks have the name of slaves, their status is actually higher than that of ordinary Arabs, but they can't be hired if they have money." ”

"When I have the conditions in the future, I will also get such a group of bodyguards......" he said with infinite longing.

"You've got quite a few bodyguards." Liu Yue'e said helplessly: "Why are you so insecure? ”

"Who knows what the future holds? The bodyguards sent to me by others are unreliable after all. Chen Ke said lightly.

"Are you afraid of ......" Liu Yue'e naturally thought of the Beihai County Palace, she waved her hand, and only the two of them were left in the room: "Will that person ascend to the pole in the future?" ”

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded, sighed and said, "I have to guard against it, the official family gave birth to a daughter again......"

"There will always be a prince."

"Who knows?" Chen Ke shrugged his shoulders and said: "The road is not good, take the pole to float in the sea." Anyway, with the astrology, I don't worry about getting lost. ”

"Floating in the sea?" Liu Yue'e frowned lightly and said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, where can you go?" ”

", how much land does the king have?" Chen Ke shook his head and laughed: "This world is too big, and the Great Song Dynasty is only a small part. From here, if you go south and continue your voyage across the South Seas, you will arrive at a continent that is larger than the Great Song Dynasty, beautiful and rich. Or further east, you'll reach a much larger continent. It angered me to learn from Xu Fu Dongdu, with 500 boys and girls, who used to be the founder of the country and called the sect, and also passed the emperor's addiction. He said with a smile and said: "When the time comes, I will make you the mother of the West Palace!" ”

"What nonsense!" Liu Yue'e blushed suddenly, glared at him and said, "Is the skin itchy again?" "..., "Hehe......" Chen Ke still wanted to continue teasing her, but when he heard footsteps outside, he immediately returned to seriousness.

"My lord, Boss Li and Steward Zhou have arrived." Outside reports.

"Let them come in," Chen Ke smiled: "I didn't expect it, I still rushed over." ”

Steward Zhou is Zhou Dingqian, the elder brother of Chen Ke's financial officer Zhou Dingkun, who is shrewd and capable, long-sleeved and good at dancing, and is also a rare talent among the people who are happy to work. When the Four Seas firm was formed, Li Wei recommended him to be the shopkeeper, and Li Jian's younger brother Li Fan served as the owner.

In the past six months, the maritime business has been in a difficult situation, and the two of them have experienced both cold and warm. Before coming here, we went to Guangzhou to accept the customized five sea ships, and when I heard that Chen Ke had summoned them, I left behind the mess over there and came over by fast boat to meet.

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The two came so early, so naturally they didn't have breakfast, so Chen Ke asked them to sit down and eat together. After they had filled their stomachs, they asked, "Is it going well in Guangzhou?" ”

"Don't mention it." Li Fan smiled bitterly: "Those bastards make things difficult in every way. It's the first time that it's been so hard to spend money. "This is certain, in recent years, the trade routes of the Arabs have not been peaceful, and the business of the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty has naturally been affected. For the first time in many years, there has been a phenomenon of pressure on goods. The more difficult the business of the maritime merchants, the more they suppressed the new business to prevent them from stealing business.

"It took almost a year to toss before our boat was launched." Zhou Dingqian also sighed and said, "I disappointed the adults." ”

"Where's the word?" Chen Ke took the responsibility on himself and said: "It's all my fault, I sent you out without a clear investigation." He said with a wry smile: "I think this is simple. ”

"Everybody has their first time." Zhou Dingqian said softly: "Fortunately, the ship is available, and the crew has been recruited early, and when you get used to the new ship, you will be able to go to the South Seas next year." ”

"yes, it's going to get better and better." Chen Ke smiled and asked, "What do you think of this place in Qinzhou?" ”

"It's a good port." The two nodded.

"In the future, this will be the home port of the Four Seas Merchants!" Chen Kelang said: "We don't have to whisper to those bastards anymore!" ”――

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