v3 Chapter 30： Mathematics and waterwheel

"Other city-states believe that land is the greatest wealth, so they are unwilling to accept Gentiles and free people, and are unwilling to share the interests and wealth of the city-state with them. On the contrary, I think that "people" is the greatest wealth of the city-state! With people, you can grow food, make art, and create wealth! With people, you can build weapons, build troops, and defend the city! With enough people, you can get enough land!" Daves speech Said firmly.

His words gave Kuno Gorata an unprecedented impact, as smart as he certainly would not know how to get enough land, obviously Davers was secretly telling him to give the new citizen a "share" Source, so he is silent...

Instead, Sonostus, the eldest son of Kunogora, saw some of the warehouses and hotels near the site that were nearing completion, and asked: "I heard that you are ready to attract Turili businessmen and Gentile businessmen to store here. Goods and accommodation, this is the warehouse and hotel under construction?"

"Yes."

"I see that there are a lot of warehouses and hotels to be built here. Is the city state going to manage these things personally?" Sostatus asked again.

Melsius heard his words and immediately said: "Of course not! There are not so many public officials in the city state. Everyone has their own business. We are going to bid openly and rent them out."

"Bid" is a new word. The Greek businessman's excellent businessman gene allows Sostatus to quickly figure out what is going on. He asked: "Can we participate?"

“Very welcome!” Melsis answered with pleasure.

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Although the house was busy and the house was busy for a long time, the whole family was exhausted, but Kuno Gorata woke up early the next morning. Early rise was a habit he had developed over the years. The slave served him to get up and he decided. Going out for a walk by the slaves and coming back for breakfast.

The house of Kunogora Tower is at the foot of the hills of Amendola. After the allocation of new citizen housing, there are still many empty houses. It can be seen that the previous war has hurt the Amendora Lara only. In the depths of Lata, you can understand why the original people of Amendola Lara were so angry with Turui.

Most of these empty houses were rented to the free people at low prices, so when Kunuo Gorata went out, they could see the free people in twos and threes rushing to work, and all of them were filled with Turiyi. The vigor and passion that the city-state free people did not even saw the stranger of Kunogolata, they also greeted the strange Greek, and said hello.

Kunogolata knows that the reason why they are passionate about life, from slaves to free people, their employers also paid the so-called “pre-citizen tax” to the city-states. They just work to obey the law and work hard. After two years, you will become a city-state reserve citizen.

It is already June and the weather is getting hot. In the city of Amendola, it is relatively cool, because it is built on the mountain, and the sea breeze and the mountain breeze are blowing this small town.

Kunogola Tower walks up the road. From time to time, you can meet the citizens who go down the mountain. They all go to work in the fields. Whether they are old citizens or new citizens, they all say hello and laugh, and they are very harmonious. Their slaves are also very spiritual, and it must be that the mercenary slaves can become citizens and let them see hope.

What really surprised Kuno Gorata was that there were women who accompanied him, and the conversation was still the wife of the citizens, not the women of the free people. (For the sake of their livelihood, the wife of the free people often came out to work and earn money to subsidize the family, such as pendulum. Booths, restaurant employees, etc.), are also preparing to accompany the husband to work together. I remembered that yesterday, my son mentioned that he had talked about some strange things in the city. Looking at the woman’s appearance, it turned out to be a Lucania woman. If it was a traditional conservative Gentile, it would have been a big surprise, but it has been in politics for many years. The first thing that Kuno Gorata thinks of is the city-state meaning represented by this phenomenon. Obviously, Davers is not talking about it. He is trying to assimilate the Lucanias in various ways.

This young man has extraordinary ambitions! Under his leadership, this small town of Amendola Lara is so weird and different, but in such a short period of time, it is re-spreading and full of vitality! The interest of Kunogora is even stronger. He found that there are many people going down the mountain, but there are also many people who go up the mountain. Many of them have children. When they ask, they know that the disciples of the Pythagoras school in the square teach mathematics free of charge. .

There is actually a Pythagorean school here! When Kuno Gorata was surprised, he remembered the scene of the first meeting and instantly understood: This is definitely the line that Acheta is holding! The Pythagorean school is opposed to democracy and supports aristocratic politics. Can Daves also tolerate it? !

Can Knogorata thinks about it: Daves is a lifelong consul, and Amendola is a democracy!

Coming to the square, there are already some people around the platform in front, and there is a young man on the platform who is teaching basic mathematics.

This young man is Mentoti Els. At the beginning, he and Marty Collis got the promise of Davis, ready to do a big job, to collect apprentices, but they strictly follow the tradition of the Pythagoras school. Requirements: Disciples must have a certain mathematical foundation, so they must be tested.

They were rejected when they were eager to ask questions from house to house. First of all, most of the new citizens have a low level of education. Now they have just been assigned to the field house. They are busy with everything. If there is time to test and study, there are a few who want to learn. I think that if you want to participate in public office in the future, you can pass the test first. Although the old citizens are higher in education than the new citizens, they can be busy burying their loved ones on the one hand. On the other hand, the Pythagorean school is not good in the big Greeks. The evil spirits (they are "numbers" as gods), the opposition to city-states, etc. have spread throughout the city-states, of course, they are not popular.

After a few days of busy work, a disciple did not receive it. The two men were hit hard. They strolled around the city all day, and inadvertently let them discover the Hades figures that Daves taught to Melsis to facilitate accounting. In fact, it is Arabic numerals. It is necessary to know that Greek scholars who study mathematics in this era have a headache. Because the Greek words representing numbers are cumbersome, once they exceed tens of thousands, it is difficult to write. This is a formula for scholars. It is a big trouble. And Hades's number is simple, easy to learn, easy to remember, but it easily solves the most difficult problems in mathematics, and will certainly improve the efficiency of mathematics research. The most important thing is that mathematics will be more popular among the people. (Historically, the person who solved the Greek problem is Archimedes, who pioneered the method of recording large numbers.)

At the thought of these, the two were as treasured, but Melsis expressed his refusal to the two secrets of how to use the symbol, and said: "This is taught by Master Daphus. It is said to be the gift of Pluto. You must get his consent to learn!"

The two had to come to Daves again, they thought it would be more difficult. However, Davers immediately expressed his agreement. He said: "Mathematics comes from everyday life. I certainly hope that everyone can learn so that they can apply to life in order to solve the problems encountered in life and to facilitate life. This is the true meaning of learning knowledge!"

The words of Davers made the two young people greatly touched.

Therefore, Dafoss made a suggestion: ask them to open a free mathematics public lecture in the square to teach the basics of mathematics for the city-state citizens who are willing to study. The Senate is willing to endorse the two of them and advocate the active participation of the people. Long, you can train a large number of math enthusiasts for the Pythagoras school, and the natural Pythagorean school can also take root in Amendola.

The two young and discouraged disciples did not want to go to Tarantum in a vain and sneak peek, and finally decided to break the tradition of the Pythagorean school and conduct public lectures.

After getting the consent of the two, Dafoss was overjoyed and immediately invited the two to participate in the design and manufacture of the waterwheel.

In the past life, Davers had a common waterwheel in the waters of southern China. It seemed to be a very easy thing to make, but Davers asked the supervisor, Alexis, to experiment with the carpenter and found it not easy: not because The support frame is unevenly stressed and collapsed is that the wheel's axle angle is not the same, causing the rotation is not working... and so on. The small waterwheel actually involves the use of mathematically precise calculations and mechanics. The mathematicians of this era often have physics, because the connection between the two is very close, so Daves has to go to two. A young Pythagoras disciple asked for help.

When he took out the simple pattern of the waterwheel and explained its purpose, the two people were immediately attracted. After careful observation, they thought it was a perfect embodiment of "the **** of mathematics" to help humans to live a better life (completely ignored This is Daves's idea.) In addition, under the leadership of Achta, the Pythagoras school in Tarantum has been involved in the study of mathematical mechanics for several years, just to learn what to do, and the two immediately Expressed his willingness to help develop the waterwheel.

Today, when Mentoti Els lectured on stage, Martin Koris began building a waterwheel on the side of the River Sini. Although Mentoz Els had some urgency in his heart, he tried his best to stabilize his emotions, finished the class with quality and quantity, and patiently answered the questions raised by the people, then hurriedly rushed down the mountain...

In a narrow river section of the Xini River, the rushing river water pushes the huge water wheel shaft to rotate slowly. When the water bucket full of river water turns to the middle of the water wheel, it flips down and pours the water into the wooden trough. Then the river channel is introduced into the canal by wooden troughs. The large and small, curved channels thus introduce the cool and clear water of the Cinna River into the higher-lying fields...