"I'm sorry, I know nothing about trains. Here, trains are also called steam locomotives, and their patents are owned by the government and cannot be accessed by ordinary people. I am currently working in the Astronomical Bureau, and I was formerly the Imperial Heaven Supervision Bureau, and I have no chance to get in touch with train casting technology that is regarded as a confidential technology. Even if I know its principle, I am now an official in the East, and I cannot disclose it to you." Johnson Thom said regretfully.

"You have been able to talk to us about the changes here, which has helped us a lot." Earl Compton nodded slightly and thanked.

"In the past, we were able to spread our faith with knowledge of astronomical and artillery, but now it is not possible. They are no longer interested in the knowledge we missionaries know. Instead, I want to enter their highest institution of learning, the Jingshi University, but my identity is limited and I cannot get a glimpse of the truth." Johnson Chan sighed.

When the war was urgent in the late Ming Dynasty, missionaries could come to the capital to find errands as artillery experts, which was much more glorious than it is now. But now, Johnson Chan wanted to get in touch with more advanced technologies mastered by the Jiuzhou Army.

"No wonder the other party has been unwilling to relax our restrictions." said the Bishop of Britain.

"Since you are here, we might as well drink a few bottles of wine. I have a good thing for you to show you, which may subvert your perception." Joshua Chan said mysteriously to several British nobles.

As an official of the Imperial Heaven and the Astronomy Bureau, although Chau Yun was a clear-water yamen, because Chu Yun attached great importance to mathematics, physics and chemical talents, the officials engaged in these jobs had a considerable salary. He was treated much better than other down-and-out missionaries, so it was no problem to invite a few British nobles to hold banquets at home.

When Sir Greenville led the envoy to the capital last time, he did not visit the unknown Johnson Thompson, but this time, the Earl of Compton took the initiative to visit, which made Johnson Thompson feel hospitality.

Zhuowang Tang took several jars of Shaoxing's Huadiao wine to entertain guests from Britain. He also blushed because of the alcoholism, and went to the backyard to take out a drawing.

"I worked in the Astronomical Bureau, and what I can contact is astronomy. Because the government does not regard astronomy as a secret, and also wants to popularize astronomy knowledge to the public, what I want to show you does not involve leaking secrets. The main responsibility of the Astronomical Bureau is to compile a calendar, observe astronomical phenomena, and spread the principles of astronomy. This is a good thing."

Johnson Chan unfolded this drawing in front of everyone and found it was a cosmic picture.

"The sun is in the middle, and the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The numbers here are the distance between them. All planets are orbiting the sun. Among them, the earth we are located is 149.6 million kilometers away from the sun. There are also this comet that orbits the sun every 76.1 years. There are clear records in ancient China, ancient Babylon, and medieval Europe. I have conducted research and proved that the numbers are so accurate. Isn't it incredible?" Johnson Chan said excitedly pointing to the universe map.

When the Bishop of Britain saw that the universe map that Joey Chan showed to everyone, put the sun in the middle, he couldn't help but stand up and scolded, "John Choy Chan, are you supporting Copernicus' heliocentric theory!?"

When Johnson Chan was drunk, his alcohol was a little relieved: "Although I knew that publicly supporting Copernicus's doctrine in Europe would be sentenced to the church, this is the East. When I was in Rome, Galileo published his observation report on the four moons of Jupiter. He believed that the four planets of Jupiter did not operate on the earth as the center, so he agreed with Copernicus's doctrine. After coming to the East, in recent years, the Astronomical Bureau where I was located successively launched research papers and books on cosmic astronomy. I have read them, which has greatly changed my concept."

"Although the stars we see on the earth are so small, in fact, we are ourselves. According to strict calculations, the size of the sun is 1.3 million times that of the earth! With such an obvious gap, how can we think that the sun, which is 1.3 million times larger, will orbit the earth?"

The first time the Bishop of Britain heard about the ratio of the sun to the earth was speechless. If the size of the sun was 1.3 million times that of the earth, it would seem a bit too much to make such a large sun revolve around the earth.

"Do you know what Galileo, who supported the Copernicus heliocentric theory? Before we set out here, Galileo lost in the debate in Rome. He could not confirm the operation of the earth. He was arrested and imprisoned by the Roman referee and sentenced to life imprisonment." The Bishop of Britain was not so excited, but sat down.

In fact, a hundred years after Copernicus, many faculty members had concluded in their observation that Copernicus' heliocentric system was very accurate and useful when predicting the position of celestial bodies, and the resistance was not so intense. The Pope still maintained the geocentric system at this time, which was actually maintaining feudal rule.

"The advanced theories of the East have searched out all the planets we have not found one by one, such as Uranus and Neptune. The cosmic map they depict is similar to Copernicus's heliocentric theory." Seeing that the bishop from Britain did not argue with him fiercely, Joshua Chan continued, "They believe that this cosmic map only depicts the scene of the 'solar system', and the solar system is contained in a galaxy called the Milky Way. It is said that there are more than 100 billion celestial bodies like the sun. Most of the stars that we can see at night are celestial bodies in the Milky Way."

"How is that possible!" This time, not only the bishop, but also the British nobles such as the Earl of Compton stood up in surprise.

What John Cho's words shocked them all. If what John Cho's words were right, then the church and Copernicus and Galileo were incorrect in dispute whether it was heliocentric or geocentric.

If the universe is really that big, what exactly does everything revolve around? There are 100 billion suns outside the sun?!

"Can you have a picture?" asked the bishop with a strange expression.

"Without ambition, this statement is that officials from the Astronomical Bureau dare not make a conclusion lightly, but the rulers of the East mentioned it inadvertently. He also said that there are larger units outside the Milky Way, countless stars outside the Earth, and there may even be other unknown civilizations." Johnson Chan put away the universe map of the solar system and sat back on his seat.

"It's impossible, how could he know the situation outside the center of the earth, unless he is a god himself!" the bishop exclaimed.

Even ancient Greek philosophers would not make such bold guesses!

"This is just a hypothesis that the military leader is at will. Without empirical evidence, maybe his guess is wrong." said John Tsang.
Chapter completed!