Engagement, that is, betrothal, China is so big, and the customs of Tiannan and Haibei are also different.

Especially when the Ming Dynasty is at the turn of the old and new eras, the marriage customs of different places, different families, and different identities are even more different.

Maybe a certain village in a certain state or county in the mainland is still using the completely classical marriage process, matchmakers say matchmaking, parents matchmaking, etc.; It may also be that there are already people in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Yingtian and other prefectures who are in free love.

After leaving the Yamen of the Military Department and returning to the Jiangxinzhou garrison, Zhou Changfeng thought about it for a while, and then summoned several officers who had been married to consult them about this issue.

I thought that the head of the regiment had something to explain, but I didn't expect it to be for this?

"What should I give as a dowry? What do you want besides the bride price? Some gold jewelry? ”

Zhou Changfeng really doesn't know much about the aspect, he only remembers the three golds and hardware, such as gold bracelets, gold necklaces, gold earrings, and gold rings.

"I didn't give any valuables at the time, just combs, mirrors and other small things, and the only valuable thing was a bracelet." Chen Min, the commander of the second battalion, replied.

"My wife's mother's side is more face-saving, and there are several gold jewelry." Chief of Staff Zhao Hanfeng recalled, "If you can't make up your mind, you might as well prepare them all." ”

Zhu Lishuo even joked with a smile: "Hey, if you really want to talk about the scene, what kind of jewelry do you give, just put a few gold bars on it, and whoever keeps it will have to sigh when you see it." ”

Zhou Changfeng glared at him when he heard this, waved his hand and said, "I bought a gold bar and smashed your head twice." ”

Several people present laughed.

Suddenly, Yao Liangchuan, who looked calm, said leisurely: "I think, if you are not formal and casual, you don't need to care about this at all, just be sincere." ”

Jokes, people are not stupid, you have a proper potential stock, even if you go empty-handed to propose, your parents still agree.

"This is reasonable, who is our head of the regiment, who dares to say that he is not an excellent talent of my Daming, I will be the first to cut him!" Xie Wancheng patted his chest as he spoke.

"I think, the most important thing... Captain, you have to prepare the house first. Fan Qijin, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

Hiss! Makes sense, how did you forget this.

All the officers were quite embarrassed, and everyone talked about it for a long time, leaving this most important thing behind.

Zhou Changfeng remembered that when he met Xia Xiaoshi and her father before, he also talked about the house, and the latter's opinion was not as good as buying an urban one, although it was more expensive and smaller, but it was more convenient to live.

"Okay, then I'm going to hurry up and get ready, the time is too rushed, let's disperse, everyone is busy."

Zhu Lixuan, who was smiling, stretched his waist, "My brother Zhou is finally going to worry about his life's affairs, congratulations." ”

"I'm very young for an official position, but I'm not too young in life." Zhou Changfeng said helplessly.

Except for the house, he didn't have any constructive comments after asking around, and he didn't have time to inquire about it, so he simply had a hodgepodge.

I'll do it all, this should be okay, right?

Before leaving, after Zhou Changfeng reviewed the list of officers and soldiers killed and injured in the anti-bandit operation, he took out his large square seal, dipped it in the ink and carefully struck the red seal.

After taking care of the business that needed to be taken care of, he went to the dock and left Jiangxinzhou by boat.

The huge check given by Zhu Lingjing should not be used easily, if he goes to the city now and spends a lot of money to buy a luxury compound, it will be too eye-catching, I am afraid that Shen Yu will come to the door to invite him to tea the next day.

You can use it, but you have to split it, disassemble it, and use it little by little.

Zhou Changfeng originally planned to wait for school at the school gate, and then take Xia Xiaoshi to pick a house together, but he was bored and curious, and wanted to go in and walk around, but the guards at the school gate naturally did not refuse.

The teaching building here is a three-story building, and the campus environment is very good, with ponds, pavilions, and water pavilions.

As you walk through the corridors of the school building, you will find large classrooms where teachers are lecturing or students are answering questions.

He stopped at the door of the third class of the 11th grade liberal arts class, and the content of the history class in it attracted him.

It is roughly the difference between science and technology between the East and the West in modern times, and then a student stood up and asked the teacher, why did Western Europe establish a modern scientific system first?

Naturally, the teacher couldn't answer.

This question is actually the question mentioned by the later British scholar Joseph Needham in his book "The History of Science and Technology in China": Although China made important contributions to the development of human science and technology in ancient times, why did China not establish a modern scientific system or an industrial revolution?

There are many opinions on this issue, and it is also one of the important research topics in later generations.

It may be extremely difficult to determine the reasons for this, but it is easy to list specific examples of gaps.

Algebra was completed in 1572, during the reign of Longqing;

Kepler's law was completed in 1609, during the Wanli period;

Snell's law was completed in 1621, during the Wanli period;

Analytic geometry was completed in 1637, during the reign of Chongzhen.

The Europeans completed the foundation of natural science around the late Ming Dynasty, and from God's point of view, the gap between East and West had emerged, but it was not reflected in a large amount.

During this time period, Europeans were already ahead in science, but still lagging behind China technologically, and there was a lag between science and technology.

A typical example is artillery, although the Ming Dynasty has a long history and was advanced in the 15th century, but by the 17th century it had fallen behind.

For example, in terms of design, the entire barrel of the cylindrical general cannon is of uniform thickness, and there are many redundant dead weights; The Hongyi cannon is spindle-shaped, thick at the back and thin at the front, thick at the thick, thin at the thin, and quite reasonable in configuration.

The key factor that determines the design of the gun is the "modulus", that is, the ratio of the thickness of the gun body to the caliber, and the ratio of the length of the barrel to the caliber. The Europeans summed up the most ideal design range for various guns, and the resulting guns were of excellent configuration and balanced stress throughout the gun body.

In "Fire Attack", there is "Western casting of large guns, the length of the size, the thickness of the ruler is really cautious...... must be based on a certain true transmission of the degree of inference".

However, in terms of casting technology, the Europeans at this time were not able to master cast iron artillery, and the Portuguese even hired Chinese craftsmen to go abroad in Guangdong to help them cast artillery.

But what is clear is that the technological advantages will soon be surpassed.

There is no scientific system, and only the accumulation and improvement of technology carried out spontaneously by craftsmen all over the world is loose and inefficient.

In Europe, on the other hand, metallurgical technology began to improve based on the knowledge of chemical elements, and mechanical engineering was designed with the help of mathematics and physics.

However, the establishment of a scientific system is inherently quite unusual, and with so many civilizations in the world, only Europe has given birth to science in the end.

So there is no regret about this, and what should really be regretted is that China failed to introduce the natural science system early.

(End of chapter)