"Sorry, sir, please forgive me for my recklessness just now. I'm so sorry. I think I should leave..." The young man quickly apologized and turned around to leave.

"Please wait!" Huang Luzhuang quickly called him. Seeing the young man turning back, he hurriedly said, "This person... what do you call him?"

"Dear sir, William Adams, you can call me William." said the young man very politely.

"Mr. William." Although Huang Luzhuang had contact with Westerners, he had no research on the name structure of Westerners, so he called the other party's wrong surname as soon as he opened his mouth, but William didn't care.

"You just said that the content of this book is too old?"

"This..." Seeing William hesitating, Huang Luzhuang smiled and said, "But it's okay. Since Mr. William recognizes this book, why do I tell you differently? I have studied this book and it is an excellent book. Isn't it?"

"No, no!" William shook his head quickly and said, "Of course not. As you said, this is a very good professional book about mathematics. This book is not only a masterpiece, but also a classic. But you don't know that this book has been passed down from Euclid for almost two thousand years. Although every mathematician will study the contents of this book, with the advancement of mathematics, its age is too long after all."

Huang Luzhuang was shocked. Although he had read and studied "Geometric Originals", he read all the versions translated by Xu Guangqi. As for when he was in Yangzhou, he also got the knowledge of Western mathematics and other aspects from some handwritten copies. Therefore, he didn't know much about the origin of this book. When Huang Luzhuang learned that this book had a history of two thousand years, he couldn't help but be shocked. Two thousand years ago, China was still in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Who would have thought that in such a long time, the West had such a great sage.

"That's right, it's really two thousand years." William nodded with certainty, and then briefed Huang Luzhuang about Euclid, a person who has great achievements in Western civilization and even human civilization. After listening to William's explanation, Huang Luzhuang couldn't help but sigh that there were so many strange people in the world, and he was like a frog in the well, not knowing how big the world was.

While feeling moved, Huang Luzhuang did not forget to ask why William just now said about advanced mathematics and other sciences, and who Sir Newton was.

"Dear sir, although I want to explain it to you, this place does not seem to be a place to speak." At this time, because the two of them had a little attention from the people around him, William looked around and said embarrassedly.

Huang Luzhuang suddenly laughed: "This is simple, let's do it. It's getting late. How about I invite Mr. William to drink?"

Immediately afterwards, Huang Luzhuang decided on this matter without waiting for William to answer, and then took William out of the Confucian Temple, found a restaurant nearby, ordered some wine and food in a private room, and then sat down.

At this time, Huang Luzhuang introduced himself to the other party, but although he mentioned his name, he did not say that he was an official of the Ming Dynasty, nor did he talk about his purpose of coming to Shanghai. William didn't care. In his opinion, Huang Luzhuang should be just an ordinary person who is obsessed with some research on mathematics.

William was a British, which is relatively rare in the East. Today, the most common in the Far East are Portugal, Spain and the Dutch. After all, these three countries are old-fashioned maritime empires and are also the first European countries to arrive in the East. In addition, these three countries have their own colonies in the East (except Macau now), so since the development of Europe, trade in the Far East has been basically controlled by these three countries for a hundred years.

In recent years, Britain began to come from behind and gradually became a European maritime power. However, these old empires of Spain are particularly prestigious, so Britain and Spain have already shown signs of competition for maritime rights.

In another twenty years, if history remains unchanged, the ten-year-old war between Britain and Spain will break out. This war also caused Spain to begin to decline, and Britain will then become the path of the dominant overlord of Shanghai.

But nowadays, Spain is still stronger than Britain, so Britain is still catching up with its opponents. At the same time, in order to break the three countries' monopoly on the Far East trade, Britain continued to penetrate into the Far East many years ago. Although Britain has not been able to directly enter the Far East, it has long conquered most of India and established colonies in India.

As for William, his uncle is a senior official of the East India Company. After graduating from university, he was invited to work at the East India Company. Although his position is not high, he has been taking good care of his uncle.

Half a year ago, when the South China Sea War between the Ming and Portugal broke out, the news reached India. When learning about this naval battle, the British East India Company keenly felt that perhaps Britain could use the naval battle between the Ming and Portugal to gain benefits from it.

In order to open up the market, the East India Company immediately prepared to send personnel to contact the emerging Ming Empire in the East. William, who had a relationship and background and graduated from Cambridge University, was appointed to China.

After arriving in China, Guangdong was recovered by the Ming army. William spent some days in Macau, and also experienced the process of Macau's return to the Ming Dynasty and establishing a free trade city. In Macau, William taught himself Chinese. William, who had a good language talent, spoke Chinese better in just a few months. Then he took the Ming merchant's merchant ship to Ningbo, stayed in Ningbo for a few days, and then arrived in Shanghai again.

Through this journey, William felt the rebirth and strength of this ancient country. He was also deeply attracted by the special Eastern civilization and tried to learn from the Ming Dynasty. He had actually been in Shanghai for some time. If he hadn't met Huangluzhuang, he might have gone to Nanjing in a short while. In addition to understanding the customs and customs of the Ming Dynasty, William was also trying to find a way to contact the Ming Dynasty court to achieve the goal of the East India Company sending him to the Far East and gaining the authority for free trade.

However, compared with Spain and other countries, Britain did not have any foundation in the Ming Dynasty and did not have much contact with maritime traders, so it was difficult to complete this task. In Ningbo and Shanghai these days, I have never found a way. Today, William walked around when he was bored, and happened to meet Huangluzhuang.

When Huang Luzhuang asked about Newton's situation, as a former student of Newton, William was of course qualified to introduce the pride of Britain to Huang Luzhuang. With William's narration, especially when William explained Newton's research results in mathematics, mechanics, physics, etc. to him, Huang Luzhuang's eyes glowed and his expression was extremely excited. He never expected that there was such a great talent in this world.
Chapter completed!