Two assault guns, each weighing 9,000 catties.

After a lot of hardships, he was finally transported to Samarkand, accompanied by several scholars, who asked Zhu Di for his will to protect the great civilization of Samarkand.

"Five hundred years ago, the Arabs launched an important cultural movement, with special officials who collected books from all over the world and translated them, and this movement lasted for hundreds of years."

The scholar said excitedly.

"Although the Arab civilization was destroyed by the Mongols, Timur himself once said that he wanted to make Samarkand the most magnificent city in the world, and craftsmen from all over the world were captured in this city, and I heard that he also collected a lot of Arab books."

"These are the treasures of civilization, and they must not be damaged by war, not a single one."

Looking at the excited scholars, Zhu Gaoxu had a headache.

"Our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are easy to say in terms of military discipline, but the native soldiers of various tribes, their military discipline is not easy to restrict, so the Ming army can't eat alone, and don't let them enter the city."

"His Royal Highness."

The scholar exclaimed, "We must not be the executioners of civilization." ”

Zhu Gaoxu did not dare to offend the scholars.

Scholars are readers.

The status of scholars is already high, and with the preferential treatment of the eldest brother for ten years, scholars have become the most respected group in society and have become the consensus of many groups.

"Okay, I'd like to figure it out."

Zhu Gaoxu could only say so.

When the cannon arrived, the Ming army no longer delayed time, and on this day, everyone came, 100,000 Ming troops and native soldiers, and the water surrounding the capital of Samarkand was impassable, like ants.

The heads of the ministries were watching.

They made up their minds that they would never help the Ming army to attack the city.

The more civilized the Ming army is, the more reasonable it is, although they can rest assured that they will no longer deliberately guard against the Ming army, but in some aspects, there are also many influences.

Zhu Neng and the others didn't care about the attitude of the leaders.

Because they have something better.

"Boom!"

Suddenly.

The people present heard the loudest voice since they were born, and they all covered their ears, their eyes were confused and frightened, what happened just now?

First I saw a huge fire, then a sound, and the numbness of the soles of my feet.

The horses of the native soldiers panicked.

Many of the horses broke free of their masters' hands, causing panic in the army.

"Earthquake?"

"Is there an earthquake?"

Not only were the cattle frightened, but many of the soldiers asked the people around them what had just happened.

"Look."

One soldier was dumbfounded and pointed at the city wall.

The wide and sturdy city wall was unexpectedly cracked and crumbling, "What kind of spell is this?" The leader muttered that he could not associate such a thing with a firearm he knew.

"Boom!"

The two assault guns fired very slowly, but the movement of each cannon was huge.

Zhu Neng held a telescope.

In the capital of Samarkand, the soldiers at the head of the city were in a panic, and the soldiers in other places, under the organization of the officers, were rearranging their formations, and it seemed that the other side had not completely lost order.

"Let the other guns fire as well."

Zhu Neng commanded.

The commander immediately went to give the order, and after a quarter of an hour, the cavalrymen's own tiger squat cannon was pushed forward by the artillerymen, with a range much shorter than that of the attacking artillery, and at the same time avoiding the angle of fire of the attacking artillery.

Tiger squat cannon is the way of parabolic shooting, the artillerymen have learned the angle and parabolic knowledge, according to the measuring stick to measure the angle, raise the fist to indicate that the preparation is complete, when more than ten tiger squat artillery artillerymen all raised their fists, issued a military order to open the cannon.

"Boom."

The cannonballs were fired at the highest angles, and then fell downwards, some on the top of the city, some behind the walls, emitting a dazzling fire that inflicted a lot of casualties on the defenders.

With the fire of the tiger squat cannon, the defenders at the head of the city have lost order, no one dares to stay on it, and it is not safe everywhere.

"Whoa."

The walls fell.

Zhu Neng glanced at it a few times and thought that it was not enough, so the attack artillery continued to fire.

The capital of Samarkand, without any power to fight back, let the artillery of the Ming army be powerful, passively beaten, and when the city wall collapsed, everyone's hearts became nervous.

Their greatest reliance is the city.

Outside the capital.

The leaders have mixed hearts.

This is undoubtedly the most magnificent city of the Timurid Khanate, the greatest city within tens of thousands of miles, and people are afraid, envious, or sighing, no matter what thoughts they have in the past.

Undoubtedly.

The myth of the city, the most stable area in decades, seems to be about to be shattered.

"Didi Didi~"

The walls completely collapsed.

The defenders of that section were also in disarray.

The horn of the charge sounded.

The leaders of the tribes no longer hesitated, and led their native soldiers to take the richest city in Central Asia and Western Asia, and the cavalry of the Ming army followed.

Nowhere could the resistance resist the shelling, and wherever the Tiger Squat Cannon went, the most stubborn warriors there could not resist the shells with their flesh and blood.

The way we used to fight has changed dramatically.

Street fighting was the fiercest, and the casualties were the greatest.

But it seems that the defenders of the capital of Timur did not have the organizational strength to initiate street fighting, and after defeating the armies, most of the sergeants broke up and did not hide in the lanes to continue to resist.

The capital of Samarkand is too big.

There are six on Main Street.

The Ulughgh Beg Observatory has not yet been built, but it already has a foundation.

Samarkand Historical Museum.

It was destroyed by the Mongol army in the past, but in recent years, the local Turkization has gradually begun to recover, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, under the protection of the soldiers, were the first to come here.

It's like a treasure hunt, looking through the cultural relics in every place, they dance excitedly.

Only frescoes.

The murals here depict many unheard of countries from China, Turks, and even Korea, all over the world, and their envoys, as well as the clothes they wear, which can be described as rare treasures.

Not to mention the countless books.

"Look at that." One of the scholars shouted excitedly.

"What?"

"Even if you are far away in China, you should seek it."

"Haha."

"I can't imagine it, who said that?"

"It says Muhammad."

"Ah, it's him?"

"Who is he?"

"His position in Arabia is equivalent to that of our Chinese Confucius."

"O sage."

Scholars lamented.

The scholars seemed to have entered a paradise of treasures, and the more so, the scholars tried their best to tell Zhu Gaochu and ask Zhu Gaochu to protect the city, otherwise he would be a sinner of civilization.

Zhu Gaoxu can't afford to wear such a hat.

can only order the soldiers of the Ming army, restrain the native soldiers, and abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Neng, Zhang Fu and others also smiled from ear to ear.

The wealth of the entire Central Plains and West Asia was moved by Timur to the capital of Samarkand, and a lot of treasures and armor were piled up, and there was a lot of grain, which solved the problem of grain and grass accumulated by the army.

A part of the treasure can be given to the chiefs, and even part of the armor, but the food is not good, and the food must go to the Ming Dynasty.

Case.

The leaders demanded that the resistance in the city be eliminated, and the Ming army could only agree.

However, the Ming army wrote notices in local and Ming characters on various streets, in which the notices explained that the army hanged the people and did not commit any crimes against the people, and required all local soldiers to abide by the Ming military orders.

At last.

The Ming army set up a protected area in the designated area, and any threatened civilians could take refuge in the reserve and seek protection from the Ming soldiers.

Arabia's greatest sage.

Such a worship of Chinese knowledge, and the Mongol army brought with it a great deal of knowledge and technology from the Song Dynasty.

Countless Chinese classics have been found, including books from various countries, and the daily work of scholars is to find and protect these books and cultural relics, and even communicate with local scholars.

Later generations said that Mongolia attaches the most importance to craftsmen, because all craftsmen, Mongolian soldiers will not be slaughtered, will become their slaves and centralized management, so Mongolia civilization and technology are very developed.

Such logic can be described as sighing.

In a word.

The craftsmen of various countries were sent to the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and their freedom will be officially issued in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Truckloads of books and cultural relics were transported back to the Ming Dynasty with the participation of the people who were protected by the Ming soldiers, but the gold, silver and jewelry were left in the local area.

Compared with the consumption on the road, the limited capacity is mainly used to protect civilization.

The good news of the Western Expeditionary Army continued to be transmitted back to China.

Start in the Hashhar area.

Arabia is a transit point for the world, a centuries-old cultural movement that has hosted books from all over the world.

People in foreign lands, as well as craftsmen and scholars, walking in a strange land, are worried in their hearts, and if it were not for the kindness of the Ming army, they would be even more afraid.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty appeased them along the way and had academic exchanges with other scholars.

"It's a number from India, a way of documenting it."

"Ah, Indian numbers."

Chinese scholars are no strangers.

Indian numerals were introduced to Arabia, and from Arab to the West, the West thought they were Arabic, so they were called Arabic numerals, and became a common title in the world.

Such a huge mistake, because the West has the right to speak in the world, has still not corrected it, which shows the importance of the right to speak.

"My hometown, Mashhad, was conquered by Timur, and this man went on a killing spree, and I and some others became slaves." A scholar said lonely.

His hometown has long since been destroyed.

If it weren't for the rescue of the Ming army, when he died, his knowledge would have disappeared.

"Don't worry, we Daming attaches the most importance to readers, it's true." Seeing that the other party didn't believe it, the Ming scholar tried hard to guarantee and said: "You go to our Daming to know." ”

The people of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the capital of Samarkand returned to China with their hard-earned civilization wealth.

Scholars and craftsmen were given the best treatment.

He was accompanied by a doctor.

These people who ended their slave status were treated very well, the smiles on their faces gradually appeared, and the early apprehension became less and less, but the strangeness of the Ming Dynasty kept them vigilant.

They first met the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in my Gan.

The Ming Emperor was very kind and gave them a lot of comfort and promises.

"You go to the Ming Dynasty to have a look, go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, meet my son, the country of the Ming Dynasty is supervised by my son, and you can also communicate with the scholars of the Ming Dynasty in the capital."

"As for the future, when the Ming Dynasty defeats Timur and recovers your hometown, you are willing to go back, and the Ming Dynasty is willing to bear your travel expenses and living expenses to ensure your freedom."

In this case, everyone bowed to Emperor Daming again and again.

When Zhu Di learned that he had taken Samarkand and obtained a large amount of grain and grass, he also smiled from ear to ear.

After meeting with groups of scholars from Central Asia and West Asia, and then setting off for Samarkand, relying on the local grain and grass, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could not think about supplies for a long time.

The people in the rear can concentrate on transporting military supplies with all their might, and then transport grain and grass, which is very advantageous to the current Ming Dynasty.

From my stem to my mother.

Along the way, military depots and grain points were set up to maintain the safety and supply of logistics and transportation lines.

People look at it and don't see any difference.

Many people are disappointed in their hearts.

Da Ming is not as great as they think.

"How can such a Ming be supported?" A scholar from Mashhad, incredulously.

"It's confusing."

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty smiled and did not explain.

It works better without explaining now.

People climb all the way over the hills.

The barrenness of the place made the people's morale lower and lower, and the disappointment caused people to lose interest.

All the way to the mother.

That is, Urumqi in later generations.

The end point of the Daming Railway is also the capital of the province.

There were railways, steam trains, cranes, and countless goods, and there were two- or three-story concrete buildings made of bamboo as steel around the platforms.

A whole new world opens up before their eyes.

"This is a gate."

The scholar of the Ming Dynasty smiled mysteriously.

People get on the train in a blinded way.

The people of Samarkand's capital no longer had to work hard to transport supplies, books and artifacts were carefully carried onto trains, and special care staff were dispatched at the station.

"Woo woo woo~"

"Click~Click~"

The train slowly opened.

"This"

The scholars and craftsmen were dumbfounded, speechless in astonishment.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty couldn't help but laugh.

"That's steam."

"Boiling water in there?"

Interpreters are constantly translating, and scholars of the Ming Dynasty will also communicate with each other in gestures, and smart people learn everything quickly, including language, and some scholars can communicate without translation.

Clever craftsmen and scholars, when they got off the train, would discuss around the locomotive of the steam engine, and soon understood the theoretical things.

Finally, the parts of the steam engine, they don't know.

When the train entered Jiayuguan, the yellow in the eyes became less and less, and gradually more emerald green, such a change made them tremble in their hearts, it turned out that there was such a world.

A green world.

There were plants everywhere, dense plants, a scene they had never seen in their lives, so vibrant, they were stunned to see them.

A dozen stories of buildings came into their eyes.

From the railway in the distance, they could see the shadow of the city of Xi'an, and the architectural scene there had made them speechless.

"I'd love to go to the city."

"We can't get out of the car at will."

The craftsman said helplessly.

Their train was to arrive in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Midday.

Food was served, including fish soup and fish cakes, as well as steamed buns and pickles, and the farther they went, the better their food level became, and everyone's faces began to turn rosy.

"Is the world round?"

"It must be round."

A scholar from the Middle East strongly affirmed.

"You coincide with our Mr. Ma Pengying's thoughts, and I believe you must have a common topic."

"Really?"

"What did he say?"

"Mr. Ma Pengying is a lady."

"Our ancestors in the Spring and Autumn Period, Gander of Chu and Shi Shen of Wei, wrote the "Ganshi Xingjing", observed the trajectory of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, discovered the law of the five planets, and also discovered the companion star of Jupiter, the names of 800 suns, determined the orientation of 120 stars, and created astronomy."

"The trajectories of the equator and the ecliptic, the inner and outer degrees, that is, the Gander theory, and the Shishen theory were left."

"According to Gander Theory and Shi Shen Theory, a scholar surnamed Huang in China put forward his Huang theory, which set the astronomical cosmology, Huang and the red line."

"With the help of the equatorial sphere invented by Gander and Shi Shen, Mrs. Ma Pengying, together with this Mr. Huang, proved the theory that the earth is circular and revolves around the sun, which is called the Ma Huang concept of the universe."

"And improved the astrology, developed a new star-pulling survey board, and promoted the great development of navigation, astronomy, and geography of the Ming Dynasty."

It was as if the Middle Eastern scholar had heard a miracle.

The questions about Gander and Shi Shen mentioned by Chinese scholars, as well as the knowledge they created, and even the equatorial sphere they invented, are very detailed.

Knowing that the two of them were ancients nearly 2,000 years ago, that person's face was full of incredulity.

"No wonder our greatest prophet spoke of learning in China."

"With such a rich society and a developed population, it is no wonder that there is such a thriving civilization, we have come to the right place."

Scholars began to have the mentality of facing saints, and they looked forward to the destination of the Ming capital.

——

"No books signed by Aristotle were found."

When the scholars saw Zhu Gaochi, although they had some regret on their faces, they couldn't help but be excited, the harvest of this trip was too great.

Hearing what the scholars said, Zhu Gaochi did not doubt it.

Let's be honest.

Zhu Gaochi has doubts about Aristotle's merits and his writings.

Let's not talk about the quality of the work.

Before the thirteenth century, this person did not appear in all the history books of the world, and Westerners said that it was a translation found from Arabia, a translation of three million words, and there should be a record in the history books of Arabia?

Sorry, no.

The original was lost and rediscovered through the Arabic translation, but what about the Arabic translation? Sorry, lost too.

Confucius in China is not only recorded in China, but also in neighboring countries.

Including the Arab prophets, they themselves are also rich in historical sources and records.

Only the Western ones do not.

Western history books also say that the agro-industrial areas of ancient Egypt were mainly in the Nile Delta, which also carried most of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

However, geologists have drilled holes to analyze that it was a sea 2,000 years ago.

The Nile Delta is an impact plain, and Alexandria, on the edge of the delta, did not exist 2,000 years ago, so it is as ridiculous for the West to take Homer's Epic as a canonical history, just as China is to take "The Romance of the Gods" as history

The important thing is that Aristotle's writings, up to 10 million words, a third of which have survived, that is, more than 3 million words, and ancient Greece had no paper, only parchment scrolls.

What is the concept of more than 3 million words, not to mention 10 million words?

So the spread of this book to Arabia shows that there was a lot of printing, right? Otherwise, how would it flow into Arabia?.

It is estimated that 100 copies of this book have been circulated in the market.

300 million words.

How many sheep are needed?

Something simply impossible.

A civilization that does not even have decimal mathematics says that mathematics is the foundation of everything, and what unprecedented achievements of civilization are we talking about?

Later Western scholars themselves have said it.

Only a sufficient population can provide a large number of non-agricultural population, among which there are a small number of craftsmen and scholars, and after a long period of development, a civilization can be born, so that it is not contrary to the ancient Greece of the West?

In fact, it is the same logic as the ancients.

If you are developed, you must find a great ancestor with yourself, the Qing Dynasty is popular to compile genealogy, as long as you give money, you can not see the truth at all.

Aristotle, this person, there is a high probability that there is, including this person also has a lot of achievements.

However, the two centuries of translation movement in Arabia, collecting books from all over the world, and the greatest prophet of the people, also made it clear that learning is in China, which shows that there are absolutely Chinese books in the region, and there are many of them.

As a result, the West avoided mentioning the knowledge of China, just after the twelfth century, because of the Crusades and Mediterranean trade, including the recapture of Spain by Western Europeans from the Arabs.

Western Europeans have found many Arabic books, which are said to be ancient Greek editions, but there is no Chinese version, which is undoubtedly impossible.

Not to mention the prosperity of trade between Arab countries and China, as well as the dealings in history, including the fact that Mongolia brought a large number of tools and knowledge of the Song Dynasty, it is destined that there will be a large amount of Chinese knowledge in the Arab region.

But none of that happened.

So where did the translated ancient Chinese books go?

It is very likely that later generations of Westerners directly used the name of Aristotle for many achievements.

Of course.

It is also possible that it doesn't matter what logic is, even if there is such an awesome character like Aristotle, Zhu Gaochi is also very convinced, it is indeed the light of civilization.

Questioning.

Doesn't that mean that questioning is encouraged?

Dare to question.

Be careful to verify.

Fang is science.

In short, the scholars sent by Zhu Gaochi did not find a translation of 3 million words, let alone 3 million words, and there were few books with more than 100,000 words, but on the contrary, they found a large number of translations of ancient Chinese books.

All kinds of mathematics, as well as astronomy.

"There was a man named Khwarazm, and he wrote a lot of books, including Khwarazm Arithmetic, which introduced the Indian decimal notation and the arithmetic knowledge based on it."

"There is also a book called "Errebala and Almukabara", which means reduction and cancellation, suggesting that the shifts at both ends of the equation and the merging of similar terms are eye-opening and worth studying."

He was also involved in a program to measure the circumference of the Earth and supervised the production of a map of the world by seventy geographers for Caliph al-Ma'mun.

The Ming scholar said excitedly.

"There's no hurry."

Zhu Gaochi said soothingly.

It seems that the harvest of this trip is beyond their imagination.

That's good.

Civilization needs to communicate, not rest on its laurels.

Although Chinese civilization is great, it is also necessary to keep in mind what the ancients said, and there must be a teacher for threesomes. Therefore, even barbarians need to study and learn, and everything can be studied for all ages.

(End of chapter)