Chapter 226: Foreigners’ Knowledge

It is very rare to see snow in Chongqing's low-altitude areas. It is considered lucky to see it once in ten years.

If you are unlucky, you may not see it once in your lifetime.

Chen Gu took the oil-paper umbrella opened by the maid, covered Qin Ling's head with it, and said with a smile: "If you like it, after the world is pacified, we can move to the capital, and then we can see snow every year!"

"It's so cold!" Qin Ling took the incense burner from the maid and said, "I am most afraid of the cold. I don't want to go to the capital!"

"It's not that cold actually!" Chen Gu shook his head and said with a smile: "In this world, there are probably few places colder than Chongqing in winter, and few places hotter than Chongqing in summer."

"Is that so?" Qin Ling asked in confusion.

Chen Gu definitely nodded. The cold in Chongqing was a magical attack, and the heat was the same. It was so cold that it penetrated into the bones, and it was so hot that it didn't cool down even after twelve o'clock in the evening.

The two talked all the way, and soon the guards brought them to a small courtyard.

Chen the executioner had several people locked up, but did not specify where. Chen Qi asked the sour scholar, and found out that they were not locked up in cells, but were taken to the small courtyard in front of them and confined.

After opening the door, the four people were startled when they saw Chen Gu, and then they quickly saluted and said, "Greetings, Leader."

Chen Gu nodded, and after the guard brought a stool, he helped the curious Qin Ling to sit down, and then he sat behind Qin Ling.

"Tell me, what do you each know?" Chen Gu asked, "Put aside your preaching skills, or I will really burn you to death. I need something practical.

For example, mathematics and chemistry are studies that explain the various changes that occur when two or more things are put together, and physics is the study that explains the laws governing the movement of various objects.

"I can, I can do math!" several people said almost in unison.

"I also know some of the chemistry that the leader mentioned!" Gao Linyuan said.

"I know a little physics!" said Wang Jacob.

Chen Gu nodded and said, "Very good, then congratulations on escaping the disaster. My Huaxia Department does not support idle people. Only useful people are qualified to survive. As for whether you can live well, it depends on your own abilities.

I will send someone to verify your knowledge later. Try to show us your knowledge as much as possible. It will affect what you can eat and wear in the future, and even whether you can marry and have children."

They are just four foreigners. If they really have some abilities, Chen Gu would not be stingy with rewards and would even let them spread out in China. But if they are of no use, it is not impossible to just bury them.

As for the possibility of retaliation from the country behind them, not to mention that it is basically impossible, even if there is retaliation, Chen Kui will take over.

After just a few words, Qin Ling could no longer sit still. She tugged at Chen Gu's sleeve and said she wanted to go back.

After the two left the courtyard, Qin Ling wrinkled her nose and said, "They are so ugly, and they really look a bit like ghosts. I should either kill them or drive them away. It would be so scary to let them stay in Chongqing!"
They have to be married off. If a woman marries such an ugly man, her life will be miserable in the future!"

"Not necessarily!" Chen Gu laughed, "Maybe some women like this kind of guy!"

"How could there be a woman who likes such a man?" Qin Ling's eyes widened. "If she saw him at night, she might be scared to death." Chen Gu was speechless, but the aesthetic taste of people in this era was still normal, and it was normal not to like foreigners.

Not to mention these purebred foreigners, even the Russians at that time were called the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the Rakshasa Kingdom was also called the Rakshasa Ghost Kingdom.

After sending Qin Ling back, Chen Gu asked someone to find Wu You and asked him to verify the knowledge of the foreigners.

"Even the imperial court doesn't want them. Do they really have the knowledge that a leader needs?" Wu You expressed his doubts.

"Let's try it first and see. You know how to improve your skills. Talk to them and see if we can improve our technology. Every little improvement in guns and cannons can give our army a certain advantage.

Whether it is manufacturing technology or material technology, as long as it can be improved a little bit, it is good, this is very important, so you must take it seriously!" Chen Gu said.

Wu You nodded and said, "I understand. Don't worry, I will verify it carefully."

At present, the biggest advantage of the Huaxia Department is still the manufacturing technology of guns and artillery. As for the soft power such as equal distribution of land and low taxes, it must be operated for a period of time before it can be realized.

Therefore, what can currently improve the strength of the Chinese Department are still various technical processes.

"Go and verify some of their knowledge first. If their knowledge is useful, then find more people to learn from them," said Chen Gu.

Chen Gu was unable to take care of things like chemistry and physics for the time being. After all, Europe was too far away. Even if he sent people there to study, it would take at least several years for them to complete their studies and return.

The cycle is too long and the risks are too great, so it is not cost-effective.

Let’s not discuss the level of these foreigners for now, but I think it’s always a good idea to take it as an inspiration and let the Chinese department get in touch with physics and chemistry first.

We are not dumber than anyone else, and we may even be better than them. Perhaps after learning these two subjects, we can develop our own science.

It is meaningless to continue to spend time and energy studying various Confucian classics. Our culture has developed to its extreme, and it will be useless even if we study it for a few hundred more years.

In contrast, physics and chemistry are very practical and can rapidly improve productivity in a very short period of time.

After arranging Wu You to verify the knowledge of several foreigners, the matter of the imperial court sending envoys was over for Chen Gu.

As for the subsequent impact, we will have to wait and see.

Chen Gu added 5,000 soldiers to Yunhua and Dangluhu respectively. In the same way, Yunhua continued to maintain a high-pressure posture against the imperial court, hunting down the opponent's scouts, besieging and attacking the reinforcements, continuing to train the troops while also reducing the strength of the imperial court.

As for the direction of the obstacles, you have much more freedom. You can fight however you want. Anyway, as long as you can take down Guizhou in the end, it will be fine.

Just continue to maintain a standoff in the Shaanxi direction, and the rest is the grassland direction. After taking Dajianlu, Chen Gu did not issue any more orders to attack, but let Xing Honghai stay there.

As for the various ethnic minorities, Chen Gu is still prepared to use negotiation to resolve disputes. If there is anything, we can sit down and talk.

(End of this chapter)