ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 131 Mathematics and Waterwheel

"Other city-states believe that land is the greatest wealth, so they are unwilling to accept foreigners and free people, and are unwilling to share the city-state's interests and wealth with them. But I am just the opposite. I think "people" are the city-state's greatest wealth! With people, we can grow food, make art, and create wealth! With people, we can make weapons, form armies, and defend city-states! With enough people, we can get much more land!" Daves said. Said firmly.

His words gave Kunogolata an unprecedented impact. As smart as he was, he certainly wouldn't know how to get enough land. Obviously, Daves implicitly told him to get the "allotment" for new citizens. Source, so he fell silent…

On the contrary, Sostatus, the eldest son of Cunogorata, saw some of the warehouses and hotels on the construction site that were almost completed, and asked, "I heard that you are going to attract merchants from Turui and foreign merchants to come to your store Goods and accommodation, this is the warehouse and hotel under construction, right?"

"Yes."

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

Merses heard what he meant 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 open the auction and rent them out."

"Auction" is a new word. The excellent businessman genes of the Greeks allowed Sostatus to quickly figure out what was going on. He asked: "Can we participate?"

"Very welcome!" Mercy replied happily.

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Although the whole family was tired after having been busy moving and decorating the house for most of the day, Kunogolata woke up early the next morning. Getting up early was a habit he had developed over the years. His slaves helped him get dressed and get up. He decided He went out for a walk with the help of his slaves and came back for breakfast.

Cunogo Lata's house is at the foot of the Amendolara Mountains. After allocating housing for new citizens, there are still many empty houses here. This shows how much damage the previous war had done to Amendolara. Only when Cunogo Lata Only by going deep into Lata can we understand why the original people of Amendolara were so angry at Tuliyi.

Most of these vacant houses were rented to freemen at low prices, so as soon as Cunogorata went out, he could see freemen in twos and threes rushing to work, all of them with faces full of Turui. The vigor and passion that the free citizens of the city-state did not have, even when they saw a stranger like Cunogorata, they would greet each other in a friendly Greek language with a strange accent.

Kunogolata knew the reason why they were passionate about life and changed from slaves to freemen. Their employers also paid the so-called "preparatory citizen tax" to the city-state for them. As long as they abide by the law and work hard, , you can become a prepared citizen of the city-state after two years.

It's June and the weather is starting to get hot.The city of Amendolara is relatively cooler because it is built on a mountain, and sea breezes and mountain breezes blow in this small city in turns.

As Kunogorata walks up the road, you can meet citizens coming down the mountain from time to time. They all go to work in the fields. Whether they are old citizens or new citizens, they all say hello and laugh to each other. They appear to be very harmonious and follow Their slaves also seemed very energetic. It must be the deeds of those mercenary slaves who could become citizens that gave them hope.

What really surprised Kunogolata was that there were also women accompanying him. According to the conversation, she was still the wife of a citizen, not a woman who was a free citizen (in order to make a living, the wives of free citizens often went out to work to earn money to support the family, such as furnishing Stall, restaurant employee, etc.), and is also preparing to accompany her husband to work in the fields.I remembered that my son mentioned some strange things he had seen in the city yesterday afternoon. Looking at the woman's appearance, it turned out to be a Lucanian woman. If she were a traditional and conservative foreigner, she would have made a fuss, but she has been involved in politics for many years. The first thing that Kunogorata thought of was the significance of the city-state represented by this phenomenon. Obviously, Davos was not just talking about it. He was trying to assimilate the Lucanians in various ways.

This young man has extraordinary ambitions!Under his leadership, the small city of Amendolara was so eccentric and unique, but it became full of vitality and vitality in such a short period of time!Kunogorata's interest became more intense. He found that there were many people going down the mountain, but there were also many people going up the mountain. Among them were many children. After asking, he learned that there were disciples of the Pythagoreans teaching mathematics for free in the square. .

There is even a Pythagorean school here!Kunogolata was surprised, and suddenly remembered the scene of their first meeting, and instantly understood: This must be Archita's hand!The Pythagoreans opposed democracy and supported aristocracy, so could Davos tolerate it? !
But Cunogorata then thought: Davos is a lifelong consul, how can Amendolara be a democratic government!
When we arrived at the square, some people were already surrounding the platform in front of us. There was a young man on the platform teaching basic mathematics.

This young man is Mentotic Els. When he and Marticolis received Davos's promise, they were ready to start a big fight and recruit a wide range of apprentices, but they strictly followed the traditions of the Pythagorean School. Requirements: The disciple must have a certain mathematical foundation, so a test is required.

But when they excitedly went door-to-door to inquire, they were all rejected.First of all, most of the new citizens have low educational levels. They have just been assigned to fields and houses and are busy taking care of everything. They have no time to take tests and study. There are a few who want to study in order to prepare for participating in public office in the future, but they must pass the test first. , and immediately had a big head; and although the old citizens were better educated than the new citizens, on the one hand they were busy burying their relatives, on the other hand the Pythagoreans had a bad reputation in Magna Graecia, what kind of secret society, worship The evil gods (who worship "Number" as their god) and their opposition to the city-states have long been spread throughout the city-states. Of course, they are not welcome.

After being busy for several days, none of the disciples were recruited. The two were hit hard and wandered around the city-state all day. They accidentally discovered the Hades numbers that Davos taught Melsis to facilitate bookkeeping ( In fact, they are Arabic numerals), you must know that the Greek scholars who studied mathematics in this era had a very headache problem. Because the writing of Greek characters representing numbers is cumbersome, once the number exceeds [-], it is difficult to write. Big trouble is coming.However, Hades numbers are simple, easy to learn, and easy to remember, but they easily solve the most troublesome problems in the mathematics field, which will definitely improve the efficiency of mathematics research, and most importantly, mathematics will be more popular among the public. (Historically, the person who solved this difficult problem for the Greeks was Archimedes, who pioneered the method of remembering large numbers)

Thinking of this, the two felt like they had found a treasure. However, Melses refused their request to teach them the secret of how to use this symbol, and said: "This is taught by Lord Davos. It is said to be a gift from Hades." , you must obtain his consent to study!"

The two had to come to Davos again, which they thought would be more difficult.However, Daves immediately agreed, saying: "Mathematics comes from daily life. I certainly hope that everyone can learn it so that it can be applied in life, so as to solve the problems encountered in life and provide convenience for life." , this is the true meaning of learning knowledge!”

Davos's words greatly touched the two young people.

Therefore, Dai Foss made a suggestion: invite them to set up free public lectures on mathematics in the square, and teach the basics of mathematics to the citizens of the city-state who are willing to learn. The Senate is willing to endorse them and encourage the public to actively participate. If he grows up, he can cultivate a large number of mathematics enthusiasts for the Pythagoreans, and naturally the Pythagoreans can take root in Amendolara.

The two young and energetic disciples did not want to return to Tarentum in despair without accomplishing anything. After much consideration, they finally decided to break the tradition of the Pythagoreans and conduct public teaching.

After getting their consent, Davos was overjoyed and immediately invited them to participate in the design and manufacture of the waterwheel.

In his previous life, waterwheels were common in water towns in southern China. It seemed to be an easy thing to make. However, after having Alexis, the supervisor, bring carpenters to trial production, he found that it was not easy: not because The support frame collapses due to uneven stress, or the runner's axle angle is inconsistent, causing the rotation to fail...etc.The small waterwheel actually involves relatively precise calculations in mathematics and the application of mechanics, and mathematicians of this era often have knowledge of physics, because the connection between the two is very close, so Daves had to learn from both. A young Pythagorean asked for help.

When he took out a simple pattern of a waterwheel and explained its purpose, the two were immediately attracted. After careful observation, they thought it was a perfect manifestation of the "God of Mathematics" helping humans live better lives (completely ignoring This was Davos's idea), and under the leadership of Archita, the Pythagoreans of Tarantum had been involved in the research of mathematical mechanics for several years, and they could apply what they had learned immediately. He expressed his willingness to fully help in the development of waterwheels.

Today, while Mentotic Els is giving a lecture on the stage, Matikolis has already started to build a water wheel by the Xinni River.Although Mentotic Els was a little anxious, he still tried his best to stabilize his mood, finished the lecture with quality and quantity, and patiently answered the people's enthusiastic questions, and then hurried down the mountain...

In a narrow section of the Xinni River, the surging river water pushes the huge waterwheel axis to slowly rotate. When the water bucket filled with river water turns to the center above the water wheel, it flips downward and pours the water into the wooden trough. Then the river water was introduced into the canals through wooden troughs. The large and small winding canals thus introduced the cool and clear water of the Xinni River into the higher fields...

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