Before the Greek girls arrived, Guo Kang quickly took the Zhu brothers and sisters to the car formation and started giving orders.
"There is another problem now, that is, Greek women like to appear in groups. Li Anning is not really the 'Greek' type, but if you listen to what she just said, I doubt those few people will follow." He told his brother and sister Two: "If someone does come later, you can introduce the purpose of the visit as I just said. In short, let's keep a good tone and try not to mention my brother Tian."
"Why is this?" Jeanne asked curiously.
"I also want to find Theodora, ask for more money, and study Brother Steam Heaven." Guo Kang told her: "Before, I always asked for money in the name of special religious expenses. If they figure it out later, , knowing that I don’t really use the money to study theology or hold religious ceremonies, I’m afraid I won’t come next time.”
"This has something to do with you too." He reminded Zhu Wenkui and tried to tie him to the chariot: "The funds given to you came from the 'grape money'. If you didn't hide it later, your shop would be gone too." .”
"No problem, I will definitely help!" Upon hearing that his workshop might be threatened, Zhu Wenkui immediately patted his chest and assured.
"Is it really okay to cheat on funds like this?" Jeanna felt a little guilty.
"This is not called cheating." Zhu Wenkui explained: "People from the old Zhu family lend some funds to do research, can it be called cheating?"
"Don't tell me, if everyone in Lao Zhu's family used the money to build a workshop and do research themselves, it might be a good thing." Guo Kang muttered.
Jeanne was speechless for a moment.
"Hey, at first, I thought it was enough to use my family's money. Who knew that my mother thought I was not doing my job properly and wouldn't give me money anyway." Upon seeing this, Guo Kang explained to her.
"Of course, it's not her fault. Steam power technology could only be used in some very special places in the early days, such as coal mines that were flooded with water. In other places, the gain was basically not worth the loss, and it was not as good as water power, animal power or even human power. No one would do this kind of loss-making business.”
"But just think about it." He looked at Zhu Wenkui: "If a technology cannot be used, experienced and upgraded for a long time, it will not be able to develop more advanced equipment. And if there is no long-term benefit in the early stage, Then this kind of application cannot be promoted at all. You see, it is stuck."
"After much thought, I felt that only religion would pay for this kind of long-term loss-making behavior with no profit, so I approached Lama Wang and made a report in the name of the church to ask for money."
"Then do you think there is a suitable place for early application of this kind of machine in the Roman Khanate?" Zhu Wenkui asked about technical issues.
"I'm worried about it, that's why I'm anxious." Guo Kang told the truth.
"When the Civil War broke out, the rebel leader Boyan agreed to the request of Poland and some Slavic states. After agreeing to complete the matter, he would release the domestic slaves who believed in Catholicism and would no longer capture Slavs in exchange for support. one."
"But the war ended with General Li Yinglin defeating Boyan and wiping out the northern rebels. Naturally, no one recognized this treaty. After the war, the Khanate retained the Roman tradition. The legions had long captured prisoners from Poland, Lithuania and other places as slaves Selling and using.”
"There are indeed coal fields on the northern coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. I remember that it is not difficult to mine, but I don't know if there is such a high demand for pumping water. More importantly, with a large number of Slavic slaves, the requirements for machines will become Very low. I suspect that our relatively primitive design is not as efficient as the slave mines."
"That's why I'm worried that they won't give me money because they think it has nothing to do with religion. Then it will probably be very difficult."
"Why have nothing to do with it?" Jeanne disagreed: "This only shows that your current theological level is insufficient."
"Ah?" Guo Kang didn't react.
"Why does the study of steam have nothing to do with religion? Who stipulated it?" Jeanne asked back: "Heavenly Father created this world, and the supreme divinity also overflows into all things in the world. By studying these things and laws, we can get closer to God. ——Look, this is all an old-fashioned theological discussion process, is there anything wrong with it?”
"Steam is also a part of the world. Those steam machines you mentioned have ingenious structures and huge power. They are simply manifestations of divine power. Of course they can make people feel God and get close to God. Is there something wrong with this expression?"
"If you are not afraid of being called a heretic, you can also play a side ball and say that those idealized and extremely perfect steam devices are symbols of the projection of God. Their creators are saints inspired by God. God himself contains steam. and all mechanical vocations.”
"If you are more radical, you can even say that the incarnation of the Father Himself shown to mankind is a supreme instrument; everything in the world operates on this divine instrument. As long as you are bold, you can not elaborate on this. What’s the argument?”
She looked at Guo Kang with some disdain, and discussed a lot in one breath with a proficiency that was somewhat disproportionate to her age.
"Well, I always thought this was science and technology. I felt it couldn't be considered theology, so I didn't think about it..." Now it was Guo Kang's turn to feel guilty.
"Science? What is science?" Jeanne asked.
"Probably...natural philosophy." Guo Kang found that he had not thought about the definition, so he had to improvise.
"So you see, it's just that your theological skills are not good enough." Jeanne sneered: "Who told you that this has nothing to do with theology?"
"If you are talking about discovering and summarizing the laws of nature, then the Roman Church itself is engaged in these studies and often sponsors related researchers. I thought you knew that."
"If you think this is too far, then you are in Constantinople and you know Greek. You know the word 'philosophy' itself, right?"
"I know this. Greek philosophy is the combination of 'love' and 'wisdom'." Guo Kang said.
"Isn't there also a Saint Sophia Church here? Its name is 'Holy Wisdom', which means that the Holy Wisdom of Heavenly Father is enshrined here." Jeanne gave an example: "Look, isn't this the most obvious of the two? Is there any connection? In fact, the philosophy of the Greeks is very important to the church..."
"Huh?" Zhu Wenkui was shocked: "Isn't it because there is an empress named Sophia worshiped there?"
"No, you..." Jeanna was about to reason, but when she heard his words, she almost lost her temper.
She looked at the innocent faces of Guo Kang and Zhu Wenkui, held her forehead, and it took a long time to recover.
"What's wrong with you?" Guo Kang asked with concern.
"It's nothing. It seems I'll have to get an iron hoop to wear on my head next time." Jeanne said it was okay, but she looked angry.
"Why?" Guo Kang still didn't understand.
"I feel like my head is big and I'm afraid it will burst." Jeanne said angrily: "It might be better if I turn back to being a tough guy and put ice on my forehead."
"Then let me make one for you?" Zhu Wenkui was eager to try it when he heard that he wanted to make custom-made iron.
"..." Jeanne almost lost her breath.
