forest kingdom

Sophia did not hate learning as much as modern people do. In this era, learning was the right of nobles.

Sophia mostly doesn't want to lose her current status, nor does she want to leave Lawrence's side.

"Master, I know windmills, waterwheels, and trains. What is a mechanical clock?"

Sofia quickly asked for specific requirements.

It didn't matter why Lawrence made the request, Sofia only cared about how to satisfy the master's request.

"A train and a windmill are not the same thing." Lawrence wanted to say that a train was different from a waterwheel and a windmill, but there seemed to be no problem in describing a steam engine as a train.

After ignoring this problem, Lawrence explained: "A mechanical clock is a timekeeping tool, which is more complex and more accurate than the sundial we made before."

"I will take you to do this together, and we will study it together."

Lawrence remembered that the clock was originally a big pendulum clock in the church. The earliest clock was used on the bell tower of the church to remind believers that it was time to pray.

Such large-scale equipment could be produced in the Middle Ages, but the specific principles still need to be explored.

After knowing the general structure of the clock, a series of manual operations are required to restore the things in the memory.

There are also parts that need to be customized, which is not something that can be completed in a day or two.

Lawrence is actually not very good at these things, and he can't do them now.

The main reason for assigning tasks to Sophia is not to let this smart girl become useless, but to assign some long-term tasks to her so that she can learn to research and think.

When Sophia heard Lawrence doing crafts with her, she nodded happily, "Yes! Master~"

Lawrence does not cut back on Sophia's snacks and beautiful clothes, but only hopes that she can learn more knowledge.

"I'm going to teach you some simple techniques, such as the structure of waterwheels and windmills. Let's start with this."

Lawrence didn't have a clue about the clock yet, so he started teaching Sophia from where he knew how.

Sophia happily agreed, but soon she pouted unhappy.

It turned out that Lawrence not only taught her, but also called more than ten other people to study together.

There was Clara and Heidi Lolita, and several unknown girls and maidens.

"Master, who are they?" Sofia looked at the people Heidi knew, and there was obviously something in her words.

Lawrence didn't understand the girls' little thoughts at all, so he explained: "They are noble girls from the Hokuriku Kingdom and the Kogako Kingdom who are studying here."

The war accelerated the flow of talents. After the Kingdom of Stars showed its strong strength, the exchanges between various countries and the Kingdom of Stars became closer.

Now there is no need to worry about the safety of coming to the country of barbarians, but in less than ten years, this place has changed from a barbaric place in the impression of Western nobles to a land given by God.

Because of the strength of the Luofen language in the past six or seven years, it has gradually become a new language that members of the royal families of various countries must learn.

Lawrence was busy imparting the lesson plan on the waterwheel. He quickly asked everyone to sit down in the classroom and then started teaching.

From today on, Lawrence is mainly responsible for teaching physics, chemistry and mathematics, and will teach back and forth between the Saint's College, the convent, and the military academy.

The individual qualities of barbarians and witches are indeed ridiculously strong, but these people also need strong logistical support, and need to improve their living standards and spiritual needs.

Two days later, Lawrence went to Dumu Harbor to teach the young people there, while the girls from the Saint's Academy gathered together to chat and drink tea.

Lolita sat quietly on the long chair against the wall in the atrium, dangling her feet. She was peeling oranges for herself to eat, and put the peeled orange segments into her mouth.

The cold and sweet taste made Lolita's little face reveal a look of great joy and satisfaction.

On the grass about a meter away, Clara and Heidi were assembling a large pile of wood, which looked like the structure of a textile cart.

Tim was also here. Tim, who was wearing a chef's costume, squatted on the ground, holding his cheeks in his hands and pressing his knees, looking curiously at his two good friends who were doing crafts.

"Can this really be turned around? We spent a month's pocket money to buy this textile cart from the building."

Heidi said directly: "It doesn't matter. We have food, drink and a place to sleep here. There are not many places to spend money. If we use the money to buy this water wheel, we will definitely get praise from the owner!"

Tim did eat and drink in the kitchen, and usually went to school to study, but she already knew the importance of pocket money.

With the money, you can buy clothes for cattle and sheep, more feed for your Dom sheep, some beautiful combs and boxes, and snacks.

Clara looked at Lolita who was still eating. Lolita had obviously spent all her pocket money on other things. But this time we still brought Lolita with us. This greedy girl is not a fool and can come in handy many times.

"Lolita, hammer!"

Clara placed two pieces of wood and a nail and looked at Lolita.

Lolita, who was eating an orange, quickly opened her small mouth, which was not fully open, and said quickly with leaky teeth: "Here it comes!"

Iron nails quickly nail two pieces of wood together. When nailing normally, it is easy to twist the nails or damage the wood.

Lolita's witchcraft has a strange principle. When nailing things, it is more neat, the force is exerted more quickly, and it is not easy to bend.

Heidi's witchcraft is water, which can summon water to impact the water wheel.

However, making a waterwheel mainly relies on brains. Heidi studied very seriously in class and was good at observing existing waterwheel mills. Now she wants to make a smaller and more exquisite waterwheel mill by herself, and then present it to their owner. , the kind and wise Lawrence.

Soon the other female students from Saintess Academy also gathered to watch the fun.

When Heidi's waterwheel was built and started to rotate, and the wooden frame pushed the wooden sticks to twist the small stone mill, the girls nearby cheered quickly.

"Heidi is amazing!"

"It's really turning around!"

"Heidi and Clara built the waterwheel!"

Heidi and Clara suddenly became happy and proud, and soon continued to use water to push the water wheel near the drainage pipe.

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"Mom! The waterwheel Heidi made is moving! She, Clara, Lolita and I, together we made a waterwheel that can push a small stone mill!"

Tim quickly went back to tell Emma the good news.

Emma was busy preparing clothes and socks for winter in the living room. Salil was also preparing clothes here. After hearing this, she smiled and said: "Then when Lawrence comes back, you must let Lawrence take a look."

At this time, Sophia, who was sitting and reading Lawrence's handwritten notes, frowned. She also made a waterwheel in the small room, but it was not completed yet.

Sophia thought for a while, and finally went out quietly to see the water wheel made by Heidi.

Eighteen-year-old Sofia quickly approached twelve-year-old Heidi.

"As expected of a pure-blood witch! Smart and beautiful!"

I don’t know who praised the smart Heidi again, but Heidi still kept a proud smile.

Sofia looked at Heidi, and then at the moving waterwheel at Heidi's feet.

"Hey, this waterwheel is quite clever." Sophia said with a smile.

The others quickly realized something was wrong.

"Ms. Sophia!" A group of girls and young girls quickly and carefully saluted and said hello.

Heidi and the other three also bowed their heads to Sophia, "Ms. Sophia."

Sofia obviously wasn't sincerely praising them, and the little girls could tell.

Sophia walked to the side of the waterwheel and looked at the small and exquisite waterwheel. Soon Sophia raised her voice and said, "The appearance of your little waterwheel is okay, but why does it rotate? Do you understand the principle?"

Heidi said quickly: "It was the weight of the water that pressed down on the wooden pieces of the waterwheel, causing the waterwheel to rotate. Through a series of processes, the rotating waterwheel pushed the handle of the stone mill, causing the stone mill to rotate."

"Humph! It turns out that I only know a few superficial things and don't know the principles at all." Sophia said disdainfully: "Poor thing, you don't even know what you created. What do you have to do with the carpenters outside? the difference?"

The other girls didn't dare to help Heidi at all, and even Clara and Lolita didn't dare to talk to Sofia.

Heidi felt very wronged and shed tears.

In the evening, Lawrence, who came back from outside, learned about this from Salil. He quickly went to find Heidi in person, took Heidi and the three girls to do crafts in the room, and explained the principle of the waterwheel.

Lawrence didn't want problems in the family, so he educated Sophia and all the other witches and required that the family must maintain harmony and not allow anyone to bully others, whether it was a maid or a female student! (End of chapter)