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Chapter 1664 Galileo and the Medici Family

"My lord, the Medici family that rules the Grand Duchy of Tuscany asks to see you."

The day before Chu Yun stayed in the island of Malta and was about to leave the Mediterranean Sea, he was quite surprised to be visited by nobles from central Italy.

The Medici family can be regarded as a well-known European family, very rich. They operated the early banking industry, that is, borrowing money. Many kingdoms and principalities in Europe asked them to borrow money.This family has also produced 4 popes, funded Michelangelo, Da Vinci and others, and promoted the Italian Renaissance.

Of course, up to now, with the decline of the Mediterranean region, Venetian merchants and Genoese merchants have failed, and the Medici family can hardly escape the fate of decline.

If Chu Yun traveled to Europe and became an ordinary civilian, he would look up to the legendary Medici family, but now Chu Yun's fleet has won two consecutive victories in the Mediterranean War, defeating the great threat to the Mediterranean world. The Ottoman Empire has unprecedented influence, and there is no need to give face to the Medici family.

"Arrange to meet with them. I want to see how the descendants of the Medici family are doing." Chu Yun said.

Ferdinand II, who came from the Medici family, and his younger brother Leopoldo met Chu Yun, who commanded the Chinese fleet to enter the Mediterranean Sea, in a stone house on the island of Malta.

Ferdinand II was about the same age as Chu Yun, while his younger brother was much younger.

When the two asked to see Chu Yun this time, apart from being curious about the ruler from the East, they also had something to ask for each other, so Ferdinand II made a special trip to bring a gift for Chu Yun.

"These are hygrometers, barometers, thermometers, and telescopes, all of which were handed over by me." Ferdinand II asked his servants to bring up a box of his treasured gifts.

In this day and age, these are rare gadgets.

"..."

However, hygrometers, barometers, thermometers, and telescopes are not unusual at all for Chu Yun, who comes from later generations!

The only thing that makes Chu Yun feel fresh is that the styles of these instruments look old.

It's normal. The scientific instruments of this era are still in their infancy and are developing through exploration. They are still far from modern hygrometers and telescopes.

However, being able to manufacture these instruments in this era without the help of a system is already quite powerful.

Italy……

Did Chu Yun think of any scientists in Italy in this era? The 17th century was only the beginning of modern science, and there were only a handful of famous scientists.

Suddenly Chu Yun thought of a person: "Your Wangnian friends made these instruments? Could it be a man named Galileo?"

"How do you know it's Galileo?" Ferdinand II was surprised when Chu Yun revealed the maker of these instruments.

It really is Galileo!

Chu Yun did not expect that the Medici family not only sponsored Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other artists, but also sponsored Galileo and others. Their family also had many collections made by Galileo.

The industrial revolution system was unable to summon talents who had already been born in this era, so Galileo did not appear in the East.

"Is Galileo okay now?" Chu Yun respected Galileo even more than the Medici family.

"He died two years ago and is buried in a church in his hometown of Pisa," replied Ferdinand II.

"I see..." Chu Yun still had no chance to meet Galileo.

There are many famous figures in the West in this era, and Chu Yun never had the chance to meet them. The Nordic lion Gustav II, Cardinal Richelieu, Galileo, and Kepler have all passed away.

There are still some people alive, Louis XIII, Cromwell, Fermat, Descartes.

"Consul of the East, how do you know about Galileo?" Ferdinand II asked.

"I heard the Queen of England mentioned this person. He was imprisoned by the Holy See because he supported Copernicus' heliocentric theory and researched mechanics, and opposed the Pope."

"The pope's move really chills me. Our Medici family sponsors many artists and scientists, and the culture of Florence is prosperous, but the Grand Duchy of Tuscany is not enough to fight against Rome. We have to succumb to our attachment to Rome and cannot do anything for us Galileo provides protection," sighed Ferdinand II.

"This telescope was not made by Galileo himself, right?" Chu Yun looked at the copper telescope given to him by Ferdinand II carefully, and said suddenly.

"how you said that?"

"I've heard that the Medici family collects works of art from various famous masters. If these instruments were really made by Galileo himself, why would you be willing to give them to me when we first met? We don't have any mutual interests, right?" Chu Yun said. .

When Ferdinand II was told by Chu Yun, his face blushed, and he could only say, "You really have a bright eye. These are imitations of the instruments that I asked the most skilled craftsmen to make according to Galileo's own hands. They are also very valuable."

"No matter how good a counterfeit is, it's just a counterfeit. If it's the real thing, I'm willing to bring it back to the East for collection." Chu Yun said.

If Galileo made the telescope himself, Chu Yun might regard it as a family heirloom, after all, it is still very commemorative.But imitations are fine.

Of course, Ferdinand II would not just hand over the telescope made by Galileo himself, but just smiled.

"What do you want from me?" Chu Yun said.

"Hannah, a knight of the Knights of the Hospital, joined your Admiralty, but my younger brother intends to marry her, so I would like to ask you to allow her to leave the Admiralty without returning to the East with you." Ferdinand II said what he wanted.

"Our Admiralty doesn't come and go whenever we want. It takes us a lot of precious resources to spend a few years cultivating a person. Unless she comes to tell me in person that she is leaving the Admiralty." Chu Yun asked.

Ferdinand II and Leopoldo looked at each other. Hannah simply used this as an excuse to refuse the marriage. How could she come to Chu Yun in person and ask to leave the Admiralty.

"If you only come to see me for such a trivial matter, then please go back." Chu Yun himself wanted to turn the Knights of the Hospitaller into a younger brother, how could he let people from the Medici family intervene at this time, "Still With these imitations you can take them back."

"Even if they are imitations...they may be rare gadgets that you have never seen before, and they are very useful. For example, this telescope can magnify objects 30 times. Are you sure you refuse to accept them?" Ferdinand II saw that Chu Yun refused He couldn't help but feel a little lost for his gift.

"I don't deny that they are practical, but I have better things to replace them." Chu Yun said.

"You also have this kind of thing? And it's even better?!" Ferdinand II suddenly became interested.

(End of this chapter)