Ge Conglin (Pastor Gray) looked left and right in a panic under the aggressive gaze of his wife Gu Yuanxiang, and did not dare to confront him. A curly hair that had not been combed, hanging messily on his head, and a beard that had not been trimmed for a long time, covered half of his face, and a robe that did not fit very well, had long since lost the graceful demeanor of a senior researcher of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

"I still can't figure out why you want to give up my lofty status in the Royal Academy of Great Qi and the current good living conditions, and flee to Europe, which is full of wars and famines." Gu Yuanxiang smiled sadly, his face was full of helplessness, "Are you worthy of your parents, your teacher, and the Royal Academy of Sciences?" ”

"My dear, I ......" Ge Conglin looked at his angry wife, Nie Niedi, and didn't know how to respond for a while.

Did he tell his wife that when he went to Europe, he would be given the title of King of England and thus the title of nobility?

Or, tell his wife that after becoming the Chief Fellow of the Royal Society of England, he can personally preside over a huge research team to introduce and promote the more advanced steam engine technology of Qi into the industrial production of England, and eventually gain the admiration of the whole of England and even the entire European scientific community?

Or, tell her that she could be sponsored by countless nobles and wealthy businessmen to establish a university in England or Hanover that bears his name, so that her name will be remembered forever?

All this is something he can't achieve in the Qi Kingdom. Not to mention the Royal Academy of Sciences in Chang'an, there were many research institutes of different specialties in Jianye (present-day Darwin), Daxing, Linzi (present-day Sydney), and even Weiyuan (present-day Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), and there were many scholars and experts engaged in various scientific research.

According to Mr. Forriland, in Britain and other European countries, although the relevant technology and manufacturing process of steam engines have been mastered, but limited by the gap in many aspects such as chemical industry, metal smelting technology, and kinetic energy conversion, the output power of the steam engine is small, and the overall development level is relatively lagging behind, and the large-scale application of steam locomotives and steam ships has not yet been realized.

And he happened to be engaged in the improvement of steam engine technology and power enhancement and other related research work, to Europe, even if he could not completely copy the advanced steam engine technology currently being applied in Qi country, but as long as it could reach the level of Qi twenty or thirty years ago, it was enough to make him fame and fortune and become famous.

Yes, in his opinion, Europe is far behind Qi in many scientific fields, whether in terms of theoretical research, practical technology, or manufacturing level.

Mr. Isaac Newton, who is called the greatest scientist of our time by England, seems to be a little unworthy of the name when faced with the brilliant scientific achievements of Qi Country. Many of his achievements in mechanics, optics and mathematics have long been discovered and confirmed by the scientific community of Qi and included in middle school or university textbooks.

In 1684, Mr. Newton published in his book "The Motion of Objects in Orbit" expounded several laws of motion, which appeared in the middle school textbooks of the Qi State in 1640, and are said to have been studied by a hermit of the Ming Dynasty for decades, and summarized and relayed by Emperor Taizu.

As for Mr. Newton's discovery of the theory of particles of light, it also appeared in the textbooks of Qi Middle School very early, and was scientifically proved by Mr. Robert Hooke, who immigrated to Qi State.

Newton and Leibniz both claimed to have invented calculus first, which once caused great controversy in European academic circles.

However, when a well-intentioned European scholar took out a textbook of "Advanced Mathematics" adopted by Qi University, all the controversy came to an abrupt end.

Yes, the calculus of Qi developed earlier, the system was more perfect, the concepts were clearer, and the methodological arguments were more scientific.

Whether it was Newton who used his "fluid dynamics" and the laws of gravitation to develop calculus, or Leibniz who used the concept of limits to define derivatives and integrals in calculus. In Qi, the use and proof of calculus seems to be more understandable and intuitive.

As early as the Wei and Jin dynasties in China, Liu Hui invented the famous "circumcision", that is, a method of finding the circumference and area of a circle by exhausting the circumference of a circle with inscribed or outward regular polygons. "If you cut it finely, you will lose it, and if you cut it again, so that it cannot be cut, it will be combined with the circumference and there will be nothing lost." It was on this basis that the scholars of Qi deduced and perfected calculus. Legend has it that the founding emperor of the empire provided very constructive guidance during the establishment and development of the doctrine of calculus.

Ge Conglin believed that his knowledge and advanced technology of the steam engine would make him a respected scholar, if not a substitute for Mr. Newton's position in the Royal Society of England.

But the premise of all this is to be able to leave the Qi country safely and arrive in Europe smoothly.

"Mr. Gray." A staff member of the England Mercantile House knocked on the door and entered, looked at the couple in a state of cold war, and said expressionlessly: "Mr. Forryland, please come to his office, he has a very important matter to discuss with you." ”

"Oh? ......" Ge Conglin stood up, wanted to reach out and pat his wife's shoulder to comfort her emotions, but stretched out halfway, put it down again, sighed slightly, turned around and walked towards the door, "Okay, I'll go over." ”

With a "squeak", the door closed gently, and Gu Yuanxiang, who was sitting at the head of the bed, suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation, and couldn't help but look sideways at the door, as if a fierce beast was crawling outside the door, and it would rush in the next moment and tear her to pieces.

"What's the problem?"

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"If you want to leave me aside, instead of staring at it here with nothing to do, it is better to directly take someone to break into this Yingyi Merchant House, search it all over the world, and don't believe that you can't find anyone." A "Viado" junior brother peeled peanuts and ate them while tilting his head to stare at the building in front of him.

"You know what a fart!" The little leader who led the team slapped him on the head with some impatience and said, "What if the people break in and don't find anyone, how will it end?" Isn't it like we broke into a private house, saying sorry, I went to the wrong door? …… Our Qi country is a civilized country that talks about rules and abides by order, but it is not like a robber, without any tangible evidence, he will break into the door at will and break into other people's commercial houses! Our Great Qi Empire still needs to be faceless in this international arena, how can we act so wantonly? ”

"Ouch, open your head, you tap. …… It didn't take long for the wound on my head to heal! ”

"Damn, what are you howling about? …… I've been staying here for so many days, and I can't get any oil or water. These days, the waist bag is about to run out again. ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" The little brother said with annoyance: "In the past ten days that it has been our turn to guard, I haven't seen how many people in and out of this Yiren Merchant House have been in and out. Well, I wondered, what do they eat and drink? Could it be that Chengdu is nested in it, and the business is not done? ”

"Huh?" The little leader thought for a moment and pondered and said, "If we used to make something big on the street, Master Guan also asked all the brothers to avoid the entrance of the hall, or stay at home and wait for the wind to pass. When you say that, I really have some suspicions, maybe there is something wrong with this England merchant house being so quiet. ”

"Huh? …… Then let's go back and report to Master Guan and ask him to notify the people in the poll office to search? ”

"What if you don't find any clues? annoyed the Yi people, and asked the minister to complain or protest to the cabinet, and the people in the polling office ate and hung up, and they didn't come down to tear us up! ”

"Shall we ...... Don't know anything, continue to stare like this? ”

"I'm waiting for this, I don't know how long it will take?" The little leader said indignantly: "Holy shit, are these Yi people sleeping in the merchant house and playing with women? None of them made any movement! ”

"Not really, they might plant flowers and grass on the empty dam inside, or plant some vegetables to pass the time." The younger brother smiled and said, "Yesterday evening, I saw a few Yi people in the merchant house buying some shovels, pickaxes and other farm tools. ”

"Are they all stupid? Also planting flowers and grasses, Yiren has such leisure and elegance? …… Well, you said they bought some shovels and pickaxes last night? ”

"Yes, I saw them come back in their wagon last night with a few shovels, pickaxes and other farm tools. An iron pickaxe accidentally fell off, smashed into a man's foot, and there was a fierce quarrel, which made me laugh at it. ”

"Little Four, what did we do when we secretly disposed of the opponent's corpse before?" There was a strange glint in the little leader's eyes.

"What to do? Naturally, he secretly pulled him into the jungle in the wild at night, dug a deep pit, and buried him! ”

"How do you dig a hole?"

"...... with shovels and pickaxes, oops, Zhangtou, do you mean the Yi people in this merchant house are digging pits to bury their bodies? …… They killed people in it!? ”

"Look at this posture, eighty percent of them are killing people and preparing to dig a pit to bury the corpse." The little leader stared at the direction of the England Merchant House gloomily, and reached out to pat the little brother's shoulder, "You keep an eye on it now, I'll go back and report to the master immediately." Damn, maybe the people we were looking for by the polling office have already been slaughtered! ”