ww.x.om Constantine Huygens was startled. Christian was his youngest son. He was born in 1629 and was only three years old now. No one except his relatives and friends knew about this child. Neither did he.
I mentioned him to Mr. Boncourt and others. Why did Dr. Zhong, who was thousands of miles away, call out his name so quickly?
He felt a little strange and said, "He is very good."
"Where's Mr. Descartes?"
The philosopher and physicist Descartes was doing research in the Netherlands at this time. Descartes had been living in the Netherlands for more than 20 years since 1629, concentrating on writing and research. He was also a friend of Constantin Huygens. The Christian Society
When you become a physicist, you should be greatly influenced by Descartes.
"He is also very good." Constantine Huygens said and became a little wary. How could this gentleman know everything? Although Descartes is not a small person, he is not a household name in the whole of Europe, let alone this.
I can’t even figure out the European name of the East Asian region.
Dr. Zhong smiled slightly: "Actually, I have admired Mr. Descartes for a long time. I heard that he is very knowledgeable about optical problems?"
"Indeed, but he is more interested in mathematical problems."
Although Constantin Huygens did not have great achievements, he was also a scientist with extensive knowledge and was certainly no stranger to mathematics. The two of them discussed the analytic geometry problem that Descartes had been studying recently beside the roast duck stove. The two started talking.
We entered the harbor. Three minutes later, Mr. Huygens was in awe of Dr. Zhong.
"You are really a great mathematician!" he said excitedly. "You have easily come up with solutions to problems that Mr. Descartes has never been able to figure out!" He was so excited that he had forgotten what happened just now.
, "Do you have any writings that I can take a look at?"
Dr. Zhong smiled and said: "The writings..."
Suddenly Zhong Xiaoying shouted: "Duck! The duck is smoking!"
Upon hearing this, Dr. Zhong hurriedly picked up a fork to flip the roast duck. In the emergency, he did not forget the "abduction" plan and quickly said to Huygens: "I will give you a duck... no, a pamphlet. You can take it back to Di."
Mr. Carl, take a look - these are my thoughts on certain mathematical and optical problems."
"That's great." Huygens nodded repeatedly and said, "Your duck seems to be almost roasted..."
After a while, Cretia's fish was cooked, and Zhong Lishi's duck was also roasted. Zhong Lishi used a sharp steel knife and an iron fork in one hand to cut the first roasted duck into slices, neatly
Arrange them in rows. He said to Huygens: "The roast duck is also very particular about slicing. Every cut must have skin and meat... Then roll the duck meat into the lotus leaf pancake, add green onion segments, sweet noodle sauce... Come! Try it...
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The flour and sweet noodle sauce were brought by Dr. Zhong, and the green onions were produced by local vegetable farms. Of course, they are the best quality.
This time, not only Huygens but also Crétia and I came to watch with great interest. This way of eating was quite novel to Europeans, not to mention that the Dutch at this time were known to eat poorly.
famous.
Huygens's eyes suddenly bulged out, and he was speechless for a long time.
"How is the taste?"
"It tastes good! It's great!" Huygens praised sincerely, "It tastes much better than roast goose! Well, it's a complex taste."
The banquet was held in the customs hall. The windows on all sides of the hall were opened and equipped with iron screen covers, which not only allowed the cool sea breeze to blow in, but also prevented the insects that flourished here from invading moths into the fire.
The gas lamp illuminated the entire hall brightly. Credia quietly walked in and took a look. Seeing that the windows on all sides were densely covered with insects, she couldn't help but feel nauseous. She quickly turned her head. She looked curiously at the white tablecloth.
The tableware and cutlery on the long dining table. Although most of the dishes are Chinese cuisine, the format is still a buffet. All the white tablecloths are porcelain tableware and silver tableware - Wei Bachi's review of "Taiwan Governor's Mansion"
He attached great importance to the pomp and ceremony, and wanted to show "the majesty of the highest representative of the Senate" at every turn.
"There are so many knives, forks and porcelain...it's so grand..." Credia whispered to her brother.
At that time, the use of knives and forks was not common in Europe. As for chopsticks, she did not find it strange: in Batavia, she had become accustomed to Chinese tableware, and she was eager to try them.
Westley also put on a formal dress - he and his sister also received a formal invitation. It was a bit hot at this time - Europeans, especially Europeans of certain status, do not take off their clothes even in the hot Southeast Asia.
Under her clothes, her originally red skin became even redder, like grilled prawns.
"I heard that Australians are indeed very luxurious." Westley said calmly. "Father said that Australians are rich in property and have endless wealth..."
As he spoke, he pointed to a mahogany floor-standing pendulum clock at the end of the banquet hall - the same as the one in Ziming Tower. It is a finished product of modern mechanisms and the shell of this time and space.
"Sister, look, this is the Australian clock. It's very beautiful, isn't it?" Westley said with relish, "It is very different from the Dutch clock. It is said that it was made by Dr. Zhong - I really want to be able to tell him
study."
The two people were talking in a low voice when the big clock rang loudly. After striking six times in a row, music suddenly sounded in the empty banquet hall - this was the welcome song appointed by the Senate: "Beautiful"
Australia"
Led by Wei Bachi, Zhong Lishi, Hong Laojun, Shi Dafu and other elders dressed in formal attire took their seats one after another amid the sound of music. Hai Mao and Huygens delivered speeches respectively, and then the band played symphony, and the banquet began immediately.
Facing a table full of Chinese and Western delicacies, a group of Dutch veterans and Huygens's companions devoured their food, dripping with juice. But Zhonglishi and Huygens seemed a little reserved, and kept burping even though they didn't eat much.
Wei Bachi felt a little strange and asked Huygens: "Mr. Huygens, isn't the dish not to your taste?"
"Oh, very delicious! Very delicious!"
Seeing this, Zhong Xiaoying whispered a few words to Credia quietly, and the two of them couldn't help laughing. Vetris hurriedly leaned over to inquire, and Credia whispered to her brother: "The two of them are in the kitchen.
While cooking, each person ate almost half a duck and two fish..."
On the second day of the banquet, Wei Bachi had his brothers and sisters taken to the Kaohsiung Health Center, where they had their bodies checked and were vaccinated with cowpox.
The reaction to cowpox was very slight and basically did not require much care. To be cautious, they rested for a few days according to the doctor's instructions, and only returned to activities after the vaccination site was basically scarred. Zhong Lishi gave them several books.
The library published popular science illustrated magazines to pass the time. According to the report of the maid responsible for taking care of them: Vetris was fascinated by them and always wanted to understand the Chinese characters explained in the illustrated magazines. He also specifically asked the maid to get a Dutch book.
Books such as Australian Dictionary.
Dr. Zhong thought to himself that I did have a copy of the Dutch-Chinese dictionary, but I couldn't give it to him. I thought there must be a ready-made one in the big library. The problem is that the demand is too small, so it may be difficult to publish and print it specially.
"Knowledge is power." He secretly thought that as long as you have power, people will naturally want to understand you, learn from you, and learn your language. Teaching language is also an effective means of cultural transmission-it should be brought to the attention of everyone.
The library publishes some dictionaries, linguistics textbooks, etc.
He thought for a while and called Zhong Xiaoying over - he found that the relationship between his adopted daughter and the two children seemed to be good, and they were making gestures, talking and laughing all the time at the banquet.
"Father, did you ask me how Credia's Cantonese is?" Zhong Xiaoying made a face, "Her Cantonese is as good as my father..."
"Ahem," Dr. Zhong coughed a few times, and Zhong Xiaoying replied honestly: "She can speak simple conversations, and more complicated ones require gestures - but Miss Cretia's ability to learn languages is very good.
Qiang. She said she can speak several languages..."
"In that case, you should teach her Mandarin well." Zhong Lishi said, "This is the task I gave you. And her brother."
"Yes, father." Zhong Xiaoying said, "But they shouldn't stay here for a long time?"
"They will stay here at least for more than half a month." Zhong Lizhi had already asked Huygens: They planned to stay in Taiwan for a month. They originally planned to live in the city of Relancia. But yesterday Huygens had already
Inform him: They hope to stay in a more comfortable and hygienic Kaohsiung commercial hotel - of course, they will pay for room and board.
"I also want to discuss with you day and night problems in mathematics, astronomy and physics." Huygens showed great enthusiasm.
A few days later, the scars of the two siblings had healed. Since Boncourt had company affairs to deal with in DaYuan, he returned to DaYuan first and asked the two siblings to stay in Kaohsiung. Huygens
guardianship.
"Excuse me, where is St. Anthony's Church?" Vestry and Cretia came out of the door. This was the first time they went out in these days, and they were not used to the sunlight.
"On the hillside over there..." the store servant pointed. On a hill next to the street, there stood a wooden Jesuit church.
This was the first time for Westri and Cretia to go out freely without anyone accompanying them - this was a completely unfamiliar area, so they were a little timid. They heard that there was a Catholic church here and there were missionaries from Europe.
So I decided to go there and have a look - Credia can still speak a little Italian.
Franz von Boncourt's family is not a citizen of the Seven Provinces Republic. They are Germans serving the Dutch East India Company. They come from the old Hanseatic League cities in northwest Germany. Many Germans in this area work as merchants.
and Sailor. The Boncourt family are actually Catholics.