Chapter 14 The Elements of Geometry?
The porter pointed to the valley and said, "Why? A barrel of money is poured into the valley and you will pay..."
Looking in the direction of the porter's finger, several people in the valley not far away were directing the porter to pour the feces into the valley.
The breeze blew, and the night fragrance wafted, and the sour taste made people unable to open their eyes. Manager Hou rushed to the valley as fast as possible, but when he saw the person who collected the night fragrance, he sat decadently on the ground.
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Li Fan has lived a comfortable life in recent days. Although the attack on the same day made the opening of Pinxianlou not perfect, the novel way of tasting tea has attracted many customers.
Especially those scholars who like to recite poems are proud of the two couplets, and no one has challenged the third couplet. Gradually, businessmen who like art and elegance also fell in love with Pinxianlou.
The membership card with a 50 tael of silver was sold out in a few days. The black market was even more speculated to 200 taels, and many people could only watch others go upstairs.
Pinxianlou is famous in the capital, and now it can be up to the second floor of Pinxianlou, which is a symbol of identity. Many enthusiastic businessmen have also learned to open teahouses, but they cannot reach the level of Pinxianlou.
"Nephew Li Xian!..."
Hearing Li Shizhen's voice, Li Fan's face collapsed instantly. Since he had nothing to do with surgery, the medical saint would ask questions all the time. Obviously, Li Fan's first aid kit was very attractive to Li Shizhen.
"Uncle...! I've said everything I know, I really don't know more!" Li Fan said helplessly. He had said these things more than ten times, and Li Shizhen still came to ask for details if he had time.
Li Fan is a little afraid of Li Shizhen now. After explaining the rubber gloves, he has to explain aspirin and finally penicillin.
Even the medicine placed in Zhou Xiu'e's hand was given a pill, which made the little girl complain for a long time.
Last time, Li Fan was so annoyed that he called "Uncle! After that", Li Shizhen changed his name to him and called him a virtuous nephew. Li Fan could not explain the rich connotation of "Uncle" this time, so he had to honestly agree.
"My nephew! I have helped me a lot in the past few days. I decided to revise the Compendium of Materia Medica and add a volume of surgery. I hope my nephew will help me!"
The tea that Li Fan drank into his mouth was sprayed out directly. What a joke?
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica has been completed. This time he came to Beijing to present this medical encyclopedia to the court.
Now I have to add another volume, but the problem is that I don’t understand it at all! With my own participation, Compendium of Materia Medica may never be released.
After thinking for a while, Li Fan said, "Uncle! Your masterpiece will be published for a long time later!"
Seeing Li Shizhen want to refute, Li Fan continued, "What's better than this? Can we serialize it?"
"Serial?" The Medical Saint was confused by Li Fan's words, and asked with wide eyes.
Li Fan nodded. The most serialized versions of later generations were the Internet. Unscrupulous authors on the stall could write for many years, and even children could make soy sauce, and they might not be able to finish reading it.
The serialization is just right for Li Shizhen now. His Compendium of Materia Medica has been written, and the surgery has not much connection with the previous content, and it can be separated.
"That's right! Old man, saving people is like putting out a fire. Your Compendium of Materia Medica will be able to survive countless lives after it was released one day. You can devote the Compendium of Materia Medica that you have written now to the court as the upper part, and then study the surgery in the lower part." Li Fan said in a temptation.
"That's it..., that's fine!"
He didn't say much, but he talked about Li Shizhen's heart.
Seeing Li Shizhen agreeing, Li Fan breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it did not delay the publication of Compendium of Materia Medica. With Li Shizhen's ability, he might be able to perform surgery.
Then let the Westerners go to hell!
Anyone who dares to look down on Chinese medicine in the future can use Compendium of Materia Medica to slap him in the face. It will be exciting to think about it.
"Young Master Li! Thank you for saving your life!" The young man following Li Shizhen bowed to Li Fan.
Seeing the boy with red lips and white teeth, Li Fan's eyes lit up. He asked, "Xu Guangqi! Isn't your family in Shanghai County? Why did you come to the capital?"
"How did the young master know that Xiaosheng's family lives in Shanghai County? I heard that Master Xitai came to the capital a few days ago, so Xiaosheng... Xiaosheng secretly came to the capital!" Xu Guangqi was curious. Why did Li Fan know where his family lives, and he honestly told the fact that he ran away from home.
The rebellious boy can't afford to be injured!
Looking at Xu Guangqi, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old in front of him, Li Fan sighed, but the name Xitai was almost flashing through his mind.
Xitai! Xitai!
Not many people call this name, and this person is extremely attractive to Xu Guangqi. Could it be him?
A name appeared in Li Fan's mind, but this person was not from the Ming Dynasty, but from the Italian Matteo Ricci.
But, is the time wrong?
According to the information learned by Li Fan in later generations, Matteo Ricci should have preached in India at this time and would not come to the capital in more than ten years. Why did he come to the capital in advance?
"Are you talking about Matteo Ricci?" Li Fan asked.
Xu Guangqi was happy when he heard Matteo Ricci's name and asked quickly: "Young Master knows Master Xitai? Where is he now? The young master originally had many confusions about the geometry he talked about. Please tell Master Xitai's whereabouts!"
It turns out that this guy is right!
Hearing the original Geometry, Li Fan curled his lips and said, "The original Geometry was created by my ancestors in China, why should I ask a monk?"
"This..." Xu Guangqi was confused. He was smart since childhood. Not long after he was a scholar, he heard Matteo Ricci explain the original geometry at a party.
Xu Guangqi was fascinated by the unprecedented theory. Now when he heard Li Fan that geometry was actually created by the ancestors of China, he immediately said unconvincedly: "Young Master! Guangqi has also read a lot of books, but he has never heard of a book of geometry?"
Oh! Xu Guangqi's words made Li Fan feel energetic. Although he studied liberal arts, using trigonometric functions is still more than enough to deal with Xu Guangqi!
"Xiao Guangqi! Can you tell the two books "Zhoufeng Arithmetic" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"? There are records of Gou Sangu and Four Mysterious Five, just use them flexibly..."
After an hour of explanation, Xu Guangqi was stunned.
"This..., this... can still be used like this. Xu Guangqi is ignorant. Please give me advice!"
At this moment, he no longer thought about Matteo Ricci. Li Fan said so much that he was much more clever. He bowed and bowed and humbly asked for advice.
"A great nephew! I admire you!" Li Shizhen praised him repeatedly.
Li Fan waved his hand quickly and said, "Where! Where!" He felt extremely proud in his heart.
Xu Guangqi! You should stop joining the Catholic Church. We in China are better than them in any aspect.
Zhou Xiu'e, who served Li Fan, heard her eyes full of little stars. At this moment, Li Fan was an omnipotent person in her heart.
At this moment, the shopkeeper Zhou from outside the door ran over and said, "Li Fan! Li Fan! Someone is making trouble!"
Chapter completed!