"Lord Lin, Your Majesty is invited."

Zhao Si stepped forward with broken steps.

"Father-in-law Zhao, why did my father summon Brother Lin to go?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and stuffed a thousand taels of silver tickets into Zhao Si's sleeve.

"Our family doesn't know, we only know that Lord Zheng He and Cheng Guogong are also in the imperial study."

Zhao Si squinted slightly, accepted the silver ticket, and lowered his voice.

"Zheng He?"

Lin Hao said thoughtfully, Zheng He in history, but with a strong stroke, he went to the West seven times to carry forward the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the leadership of Zhao Si, Lin Hao came to the imperial study.

I saw that outside the imperial study, there were fierce guards in the inner court standing with swords in their hands.

After some cross-examination, Lin Hao was released.

"Lin Aiqing."

Zhu Di's index finger tapped on the desk, looking at Lin Hao with deep meaning.

Lin Hao only felt a tingling in his back: "Before, above the court, there were many collisions, and I hope that Your Majesty will atone for your sins, Weichen is just a rural villager, it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, or Your Majesty will send me back to Taoyuan." ”

"Now that you have been sealed, if you bring up the matter of returning to Taoyuan, I will condemn you to the crime of treason."

Zhu Di glanced at Lin Hao, it was not good to enter the court as an official, to solve problems for himself, and to think about escaping, what kind of system would he become.

"Weichen doesn't dare, I don't know what His Majesty is calling?"

Lin Hao was puzzled.

"What you said in Taoyuan County School before, but is it true?"

Zhu Di suddenly stepped forward and asked.

Lin Hao reacted immediately, and on a whim, he told the story of Columbus to the county students, but he didn't expect to be overheard by Zhu Di.

Looking at Zheng He, who was waiting on the side, Lin Hao sighed in his heart.

Zheng He's first trip to the West was three years after Yongle, which was only two years away from the present, and it happened to be at this point in time.

gasped, could it be that Zheng He in history went to the West because of himself!?

For example, when you look at a sailboat on the seashore, you see the bow first, then the sail, or you can't see the other side of the lake, because of the curvature of the earth, light travels in a straight line, so it can also prove that the earth is round."

Lin Hao waved his hand, since history wants to let him be the one who fuels the troubles, then he will follow the trend.

Zhu Di and the others heard it in a fog, but they were all unconscious.

"Then according to what Lord Lin said, if you start from the East China Sea and sail to the west, you can return to the East China Sea without changing the direction?"

Zheng He's face was full of shock that was difficult to hide.

Since ancient times, in everyone's cognition, the sky is round.

Suddenly told him that the earth was round, and it was difficult to accept it for a while.

"Yes, the circumference of the earth is about 40,000 kilometers, which means that if you travel 80,000 miles in the opposite direction, you can return to the original point."

Lin Hao nodded undeniably, this was recognized in later generations.

"No wonder I heard a student say in Taoyuan County School that he traveled 80,000 miles a day by sitting on the ground, and it turned out that a circle of the earth was 80,000 miles."

Cheng Guogong said thoughtfully.

"This has nothing to do with the diameter of the earth, mainly because the earth revolves around the sun, and one day is a cycle, so don't look at us sitting on the ground at the moment, but relatively speaking, we are moving all the time."

"I think you must be curious, if the earth is really round, why don't the people below fall?"

Lin Hao is willing to do popular science tips.

"Please also ask Lord Lin to solve your doubts."

Zheng He said to Lin Hao.

When Lin Hao said that the earth was round, he wanted to ask, but his heart was as uncomfortable as an ant scratching, but it was difficult to speak.

"Because the earth itself has gravity, it has a gravitational effect on all objects, for example, if Weichen jumps up, he will fall to the ground in a moment, because of gravity and his own gravity, so there is no such thing as falling."

Lin Hao told the story that when he first opened a county school in Taoyuan, the people of Taoyuan were the same.

Several people were extremely shocked in their hearts, although it was a little abrupt, but it was not unreasonable.

"Tell me, which country sent you to work hard!"

Zhu Di suddenly scolded.

Lin Hao's face changed suddenly, isn't this a proposition, if you are not careful, that is, the head will fall to the ground, and you will kowtow to Zhu Di: "Weichen was originally from Luling, Xijiang Prefecture, and was displaced by the flood in his hometown. ”

"Lin Aiqing, I'm just joking with you, it doesn't have to be like this."

Seeing Lin Hao's appearance, Zhu Di laughed heartily and said, he finally cured this kid.

Lin Hao breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and his soul was almost scared away.

"Where is the Westerner named Columbus you are talking about, and I intend to let him enter the court as an official, and take the fleet for me to see and see this overseas world."

Zhu Di then asked.

Lin Hao scratched his head: "Columbus has been dead for hundreds of years, if Your Majesty really wants to open up a maritime career, he doesn't need the help of Westerners." ”

It is impossible to tell Zhu Di that Columbus has not yet been born, and he has to wait for another fifty or sixty years, so he can only find a reason to prevaricate.

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhu Di was interested.

"Taoyuan County School has a navigation subject, and what is taught on weekdays is navigation, which can be said to be everything ready only to the east wind, as long as there is a fleet that can go to sea, manpower is naturally not a problem."

Lin Hao said truthfully.

Taoyuan County School, a total of 3,270 students, later generations of all walks of life, have dabbled.

As a feat of opening up the era, Lin Hao naturally could not forget it.

The first batch of sailing cadets should have been enrolled in school for two years, and they can be regarded as having completed their studies.

Previously, Lin Hao's plan was to let the students of Taoyuan County School go to sea and open up the future maritime trade.

However, the first emperor implemented a sea ban, and the fleet that could cross the ocean was naturally not small, if there was no support from the imperial court, it would definitely be charged with rebellion, so it could only be put on hold for the time being.

"Lin Aiqing's move is actually an unexpected joy, according to my opinion, let the governor of Jiangnan build a shipyard, build 62 ships with a length of 19 zhang and 8 zhang, and each ship is equipped with seven Hongyi cannons, as a fleet to go to sea, it will definitely carry forward the prestige of our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Di clapped his hands and applauded.

Lin Hao naturally knew that Zhu Di's thoughts were mostly to listen to Columbus and the Spanish and Portuguese to start colonizing the Americas and plundering a lot of wealth, so he was moved.

Otherwise, what does this treasure ship do with the Hongyi cannon, which can be described as the most advanced thermal weapon in the world in the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Americas is quite the Iron Age in Chinese history, and in the face of the elite infantry of the Ming Dynasty and the bombardment of artillery, there is absolutely no ability to resist.

Of course, except for Taoyuan County, after all, it cannot be discussed with common sense.