1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 81 [Mathematics and Physics Refresher Class]

It has been about a year since Horse Whistle created the Apache script.

During this year, he served as a teacher for hundreds of people.The teaching content is extremely simple, basically belonging to primary school content, but the teaching pressure is unprecedentedly huge.

Lectures to a group of people from the Stone Age, the weak foundation of the students, and the difficulty of communication are things he has never seen in his previous life, and he has never even thought about it.

Coupled with the uneven age and progress of the students, and fortunately Ma Shao is a professional teacher, otherwise, I might not be able to persist for a month.

But everything is difficult at the beginning. After persisting through the most difficult beginning, the situation finally gradually improved.

The courses in the lower grades and literacy classes basically don't need the horse sentry, and there are many outstanding graduates who can take on the teaching work for him.

Now the senior class has finally ushered in the first batch of graduates. There are only five people in total: Rainy Day, Long Stick, Wind Sound, Prairie Wolf, and Rat Hunter.

They are all undoubtedly talented. After a maximum of one year of study, their mathematics has reached the level equivalent to that of the upper grades of elementary school in later generations, and it is more than enough to solve a system of linear equations in two variables.

Knowing how to solve linear equations in two variables is already quite strong. In the current Indian mathematics world, let alone Doudi, Dousheng is still called a saint.

Not to mention the Indians, even in later generations, a certain star is still using this Li Xueba as a character.

The most important indicator for Mashao to measure the knowledge level of senior students is mathematics scores.

What these five graduates will study next is also mathematical physics. Ma Shao calls it a "mathematics and physics refresher class". In this refresher class, he will teach five people, mainly junior high school, the compressed science knowledge of middle school.

As for high school knowledge, there is no need to teach it all, especially the highly test-oriented content, most people forget it soon after leaving school.

From now on, Mashao's main teaching job will be to give these five people a "small stove" in the chief's hall, and the teaching of the senior grades will be handed over to these five people, which makes it a lot easier.

Today's lesson is mainly about geometry axioms.

"...The geometric knowledge I am talking about comes from ancient Greece 2000 years ago. The "Elements of Geometry" that expounds this knowledge is the model and originator of all scientific knowledge in later generations. In the following studies, you will gradually understand the great 'Axiomatic thinking,' and a source of white power..."

Horse Whistle told the story to five people.

As the centurion in the army, the prairie wolf has an even more unyielding temperament. He couldn't help asking his own question: "Teacher, I can't understand why science was first mastered by white people, and it was 2000 years ago?"

"That's right, is it really like some white people say, they are a higher race?" The mouse hunter also sighed.His exclamation sounds naive, but it is considered profound among Indians. Many Indians have not even recognized the fact that white people are powerful.

"Of course not because white people are superior." Horse Whistle blurted out.

The mouse hunter asked, "Then why did they invent science?"

"Because of the ocean and commerce." Ma Shao said, "Water transportation is the cheapest transportation. A place with developed water transportation can not only exchange goods at a lower cost, but also exchange knowledge at a lower cost."

"When we send a book to Navajo, we may need to consume a cart of fodder and a large bag of dried meat on the way; while Athens sends a book to Crete, maybe a bag of bread is enough..."

Several people were thoughtful, but still had doubts: "But ancient Greece is not the only place with developed water transportation in the world?"

Horse Whistle nodded: "Indeed, but the business in ancient Greece is also very different."

"What's the difference?"

"The environment in ancient Greece was not suitable for agriculture, so they often needed to import food from outside—in other words, no force could stop them from opening up and developing commerce. Commerce and openness were a survival need for them." Ma Whistle said.

"Business, by contrast, is trivial in places that can be self-sufficient ... If that place is not only self-sufficient, but also has a government that knows how to protect the farmers, the situation of merchants is even more humble."

"And Europe is not far from the Mesopotamian civilization and ancient Egypt. In fact, the ancient Greek civilization is the common son of the Mesopotamian civilization and the ancient Egyptian civilization. Europe itself has many countries, and the foreign culture is rich and diverse. This is also an important reason."

There was a moment of silence.

"Why are we so backward?" Feng Sheng asked, "I feel that we are the most backward civilization in the world."

"Be confident and remove 'I feel'." Horse Whistle joked.But it is basically true, even compared with Africa, Indian civilization is also backward.

"..." The wind was silent.

Ma Shao thought that this meme was not bad, but he didn't expect that no one in the room laughed, and he was a little embarrassed: "Cough... The reason why we are behind is very complicated, such as the isolation of the American continent, for example, um... Actually, I haven't thought about it yet. Clear, when I think clearly, I will tell you slowly."

He had already thought it through.

In the first year of his rebirth, he searched through the memories of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" in his previous life in the real Indian society, and he thought about many problems, including the reason why the Indians were backward.

But it's hard to say clearly at this moment, Ma Shao feels that he should write a book more.

The title of the book is still "Guns, Germs, and Steel", and the content is roughly similar. The biggest difference is that the author is an Indian.

"Okay, that's all for today's class, remember to finish your homework."

Except for the horse whistle and the rainy day, the other four left the chief hall one after another.

The two of them will continue their teacher-student activities here, but they have reversed their positions. They will be teachers on rainy days, and horses will be students. The main content of teaching will be the language and history of various Indian ethnic groups.

After the rainy day comes, the horse whistle will no longer look for the long-haired Comanche.

After all, Rainy Day is not only proficient in Comanche, but also proficient in seven other Indian languages, and there are more than a dozen Indian languages ​​that he is not proficient in, so he can be called an all-round Indian translator.

The lesson continued until a warrior came in to report: "Warchief, another clan is coming!"

Horse Whistle and Rainy Day immediately got up and went out to greet them, and then saw a group of men, women and children riding horses with various sundries in the distance.

They naturally moved to Sleeping Bear's clan in response to the Great Chief's order.

Because of the Arapaho battle, the horse post already had a high prestige, and now it is the great chief, these clans are more willing to obey.

Of course, the more important thing is that the horse post told them that building a city can bring more food, clothes, and better defense against foreign enemies.

After Mianxiong officially changed the clan to the city, this is the third clan to move in, and there are more than 100 clans by visual inspection.

However, when Mashao came into contact with this clan, he unexpectedly discovered that they did not belong to the plains tribe, and even to a certain extent, they did not belong to the Apache.

"Are you Navajos?" Ma Shao asked in surprise.

The chief of the clan was an old man. He got off his horse and showed his teeth with a smile: "Respected chief of the horse post, we heard your order from the brother clan, and we also want to move to Sleeping Bear City."

(End of this chapter)