Portugal wanted to marry China, and was willing to give a port as a dowry in exchange for China's protection of Portugal's Asian ports.

Of course, Zhao Han was happy to accept this proposal...... Well, only half of it is accepted.

Zhao Han replied that China only protected Portuguese ports in India and was only responsible for dealing with Dutch power. As for the countries of Oman, Persia and Mughals, Portugal will solve it on its own, and China will definitely not get involved.

Take Oman as an example, before the navy was formed, he took pirates every day to fight the Portuguese on the west coast of India. Moreover, it is being fought almost every year, how can China manage it?

The Portuguese envoy has a long name, let's just call him Antonio.

This thing met the emperor yesterday and received such a reply, which was both frustrated and a little happy. Although Portugal is a "10,000 pounds", except for the Netherlands, Portugal can barely withstand the hammers of other countries.

Military Department.

Gu Jianshan, the left governor of the navy, took the list of ports given by Portugal, and spread out the map to find it: "This Portugal can't do it, the colonial ports on the east coast of India have been robbed by the Netherlands." There were originally three more ports in Ceylon, which were swallowed up by the Dutch two years ago. Today, on the east coast of India, Portugal has only one port left, and it is not willing to take it out as a dowry. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "We must not want a port on the west coast of India. First, the distance is too far, and it is not easy to manage it; Second, according to the information brought back by the envoys, the situation on the West Coast is very complicated, and if you are not careful, you will be involved in multinational disputes. ”

"How's it going here?" Gu Jianshan pointed to Chittagong.

"It's not on the dowry list, and it doesn't seem to be a Portuguese colony," Lu said. ”

Gu Jianshan explained: "Portuguese rule in Chittagong is somewhat similar to Macau in the past. It was leased from the Arakan (Arakan) state, and Portugal could only control one part of the city. Outside the city, it was all the world of Arakanese pirates, and even the king of Rakhine could not control it. Even the ships of Portugal, the sailors, were mostly recruited Arakanese pirates. ”

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it carefully: "This time the imperial court conquered Burma, this king of Rakhine actually dared to send reinforcements to help the king of Burma fight. Although he fled without firing a shot, he had to be punished. It is better to send an envoy to Rakhine and order the king to cede Chittagong. Then reply to the Portuguese and ask them to hand over the city as a dowry. ”

"We have to send out the navy to clean up all the pirates in Chittagong." Gu Jianshan said.

The ownership of Chittagong is complicated, with sovereignty in the hands of the king of Rakhine, control of the city in the hands of Portugal, and pirates in and around the port.

If he could get the Chinese emperor's forgiveness, the king of Rakhine would certainly be willing to cede the land, and he would not have been able to take actual control of Chittagong in the first place. The Portuguese were also willing, and they were weak in Chittagong due to the devouring of the ports on the east coast of India, and had to cooperate with pirates most of the time.

The only ones who were injured were the Arakanese pirates, and if China had Chittagong, the first thing it would do was to exterminate the pirates.

But it can't be simply cleared, because those pirates are all from coastal fishermen. Unless all the fishermen around the harbor are killed, pirates will never be eliminated.

Control of Chittagong is equivalent to control of the Bay of Bengal, which is an outpost for future colonization of India.

Agriculture in the Bay of Bengal is very well developed, and there is a constant supply of food. Malacca, which is unable to be self-sufficient, will not need to ask Palembang for grain in the future, and it will be more than enough to transport from Chittagong. The cotton cloth produced in China can also be bulk from Chittagong, and Indian cotton can also be obtained from Chittagong.

The Ministry of War and the Naval Governor's Office discussed and decided, and immediately notified the Ministry of Rites, and the Honglu Temple contacted the Portuguese envoys.

"China wants Chittagong?" Antonio was surprised and delighted, this place is too good, China wants to take it.

Wang Duanyi, the right Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, said: "After Chittagong belongs to our country, the Portuguese there can freely choose their nationality. At the same time, the missionaries there were no longer allowed to preach at will, and could only keep one church in the city. All missionary activities can only be carried out in churches. ”

"Absolutely." Antonio doesn't care about that, he just needs to complete the task.

Immediately, the Ministry of Rites is going to come to the Portuguese princess's birthday.

The princess's name was Caterina, and she was Charles's wife in history. I am 17 years old this year, a bit old, and I must be over 20 years old when I return to China to get married.

Zhao Han still has a plan in his heart, using the descendants of this princess to intervene in the Portuguese throne in the future. However, the abacus was destined to fail, because Caterina was unable to have children, and Charles later had more than a dozen illegitimate children, but had no children with Caterina, who had a good relationship.

Of course, it can also be operated, and the impostor will be on the line when the time comes!

Anyway, the Holy See had already severed diplomatic relations with Portugal, and the King of Portugal directly asked the Jesuits to be crowned, and the Pope could not intervene in the change of the Portuguese royal family.

……

"Your Majesty, this was translated by the minister on his way home. Due to religious concerns, the book has not yet been published in France. Li Sixiao inherited Pascal's "Essays on Liquid Balance and Air Weight".

Zhao Han glanced at the author first, "Pascal" was translated as "Bosco", and he didn't know who it was just by looking at the name.

However, the content of this book shocked Zhao Han's spirit.

Proving the existence of a vacuum, improving the mercury barometer, inventing syringes and hydraulic presses, expounding how air pressure varies with height, and proposing Pascal's theorem (the pressure applied to any part of a closed liquid must be transmitted in all directions by the liquid according to its original size......

Zhao Han looked at the author's name again, and already understood that it was Pascal, who doesn't know the pressure unit of "Pa"?

"None of the contents of this book have been published in Europe?" Zhao Han asked.

Li Sixiao replied: "For fear of persecution by the Holy See, most of them have not been published, but they have been privately disseminated in the circle of scholars. Only the last 'Bosco's theorem' was discovered by Bosco on a ship, and no one in Europe knows about it. ”

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Very good, take this book to Qintian Academy, and let the scholars follow it for experiments." After verification, it was first published in Acta Physica Sinica, and then compiled into university textbooks in the next two years. This Bao Sike can be promoted to the master of the Physics Museum of the Qintian Academy, and the royal family will reward him with a hundred silver dollars, and then ask the Ministry of Industry to arrange a house for him. ”

"Your Majesty." Li Sixiao flattered.

Zhao Han asked again: "Has Bao Cisco brought his family to China?" ”

Li Sixiao replied: "This gentleman lost his mother at the age of three, and his father also died a few years ago. It is precisely because he is alone and has nothing to worry about in France that he is willing to come all the way to the Celestial Empire. ”

"Hire a servant for him to take care of his daily life," Zhao Han said, "If he wants to marry a wife, he can also help find a wife, anyway, he can't let this person run away, he has to settle his heart." ”

Li Sixiao said: "Bao Sike doesn't seem to be close to women, except for academic topics, he doesn't even talk to people much. All day long, experimenting, writing papers, reading books, and babbling about the Lord, all day long. ”

Zhao Han couldn't help laughing: "It's normal to have some strange problems, don't bother him." ”

Zhao Han continued to read other books, all of which were translated by Li Sixiao at sea, the most important of which was Descartes's Principles of Philosophy.

Li Sixiao added a lot of private goods, trying to explain the universe with the Confucian version of mind-object dualism. Zhao Han was noncommittal about this theory, and was more interested in the scientific research methods in the book, and after reading it, he said: "This set of research rules is excellent, copy it down, and let the scholars of the Qintian Academy take a look." ”

"Yes!" Li Sixiao gave up.

Immediately, Zhao Han picked up another book: "Didn't this mathematician named Fermat be invited together?" ”

Li Sixiao said: "This person was originally a lawyer, and he spent money to buy a local councilor and then became the chief spokesman of the local council. He was obsessed with officialdom and studied mathematics as a hobby. Moreover, many of Fermat's writings are already available in China, and the minister only selected those that are not available in China for translation. In particular, the theory of number theory is eye-opening. ”

"It turned out to be an official fan, so if you don't come, you won't come." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Fermat will not leave France, he became a rich man through marriage, and he used money to constantly buy officials and promotions, how could he be willing to leave all this?

In addition to these, there are many scientific books that need to be translated slowly. For example, Veda, Dezag, Steven, Kepler, etc., Li Sixiao bought all the books he could buy and brought them back to China on a ship.

A few days later.

Pascal, who was reading "Chinese Philosophy and Ethics", suddenly ushered in several official errands.

"Mr. Bao, you have been awarded the Master of the Fifth Rank by His Majesty, which is the official uniform, formal dress and regular dress issued by the imperial court. In addition, Qintianyuan hired a servant for you, and Qintianyuan paid you for the first three months, and after three months, you need to settle it yourself. And there are a hundred silver dollars, which are a reward from His Majesty......"

Pascal learned some Chinese on board, but he was withdrawn, didn't communicate often, and his Chinese language was nowhere near as slippery as Prince Charles's.

After speaking, the speed of speech was very fast, Pascal didn't understand half of the sentence, and he had to rely on the translator of Honglu Temple.

Yourself an official in China?

Pascal was a little confused.

Envoys from all over the world lived in this courtyard, and when they heard the news, they came to see the excitement, and many of them were envious.

Waiting for the official to leave, a thin man in his thirties nodded and said, "Master Bao, the younger one is named Wang Zhong, and he will serve the master in the future." The imperial court also gave a homestead outside the city, when will the lord move over? ”

"Thank you." Pascal didn't understand it.

The so-called homestead is just a small courtyard by the Xuanwu Lake. Housing prices in the city are very high, and it is not easy to buy them with money, and most of the newly built houses are outside the city.

As for the servant Wang Zhong, he was a small eunuch left behind in the previous dynasty, and he had been guarding and sweeping the floor in Qintianyuan all these years.

Pascal was taken out of town and immediately fell in love with his new home. Although the yard is not big, there are only a few houses, but the scenery of Xuanwu Lake is very good.

After staying for two days, Wang Zhong also surprised Pascal.

This seemingly ordinary servant actually asked him for mathematics, and he was also proficient in analytic geometry, and was studying calculus.

"I'm sorry, Wang, I don't know much about calculus, and I can't answer your questions just yet." Pascal felt a little ashamed that he had been beaten by his own servant.

Wang Zhong himself can write and calculate, at the age of seventeen, the Datong army regained Nanjing, and he has been doing miscellaneous work as a eunuch of the previous dynasty.

Due to the long stay in Qintianyuan, this little eunuch was exposed to it, and he also studied quietly, and often ran lazily to the library. No one knows how much he is learning, and they all regard him as an ordinary miscellaneous person, but after more than ten years of study and research, Wang Zhong can already be called a mathematician.

However, he is very timid, and he has no self-confidence, and usually grovels when he sees everyone.

Pascal was intrigued by the servant and began to discuss mathematics. Under the influence of Pascal, Wang Zhong soon had a new understanding of air pressure and liquids.

The master and servant get along well, as if they have been friends for many years.

It wasn't until Pascal read Wang Zhong's research manuscript that he finally couldn't help but say, "Wang, I think you can publish your own results." ”

"Or ...... Forget it. Wang Zhong didn't want to get into trouble, he was very confident in his knowledge, but not in his body and identity.

Pascal said, "Give me these manuscripts, and I will help you hand them over to Xiao Zhangyuan of Qintian Academy." ”

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