145, Zhuyan fruit

The next day, Ding Qi and the other four masters and apprentices did not go out, but stayed in their respective rooms to hurry up and read the classics here, there are many things that cannot be understood by going around outside, and it is also drizzling today.

Ding Qi had already finished reading the first three volumes of the "True Testament", "History of the Heavenly Kingdom", and "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom", and the last six volumes were still in the hands of the three disciples. He didn't rush to the next door to get a new classic, he put down the scroll in the second floor room and sat down to do the exercises, he didn't sit cross-legged, he sat upright on a chair, seemingly closed his eyes and recuperated, but he was already wandering outside.

He was practicing, cultivating Xingshen Realm Kung Fu, if he changed to a Taoist monk, he might think that he was cultivating the Yuanshen Exterior Scene, but Ding Qi was practicing his original Outer Secret Method. Sitting in the house and closing his eyes and spreading the original spirit, his consciousness seems to have transcended the ordinary senses, extending to the village community outside the shrine, and the life scene of the local people can be vaguely seen.

Xingshen Realm pays attention to empathy with heaven and earth, first of all, you must be able to see the heaven and earth outside your body, this is not only Ding Qi's experience when he first explored the secret method outside the Fang, but also a very intuitive feeling after cultivating to break through the Xingshen Realm. For a while, he was condensing his heart, and the foundation of condensing his heart was to rely on the real world.

Sitting in the house and being able to see the scene of the village community is not a heart plate, if you want to integrate all this into the Yuan Shen and condense it into some kind of cognition or consciousness impression, it can be regarded as a heart plate, and Ding Qi is just observing at the moment.

On rainy days, many people stay at home to work, such as weaving bamboo and weaving, some go to the nearby fields, and some go to the waterside near the village community to catch fish, catch shrimp, catch a few frogs, and take care of the crops.

There are no oil-paper umbrellas here. Although the craftsmanship of the oil-paper umbrella is not difficult for the local people, the material is still a little extravagant, everyone uses a bamboo leaf umbrella, and a fixed system has been formed. The thin bamboo strips are tied into a cone-shaped frame, and then the wide-edged bamboo leaves that can be wrapped in zongzi are woven one by one like cover tiles, which is both light and breathable.

The handle of the umbrella is a bamboo stick, and this bamboo stick can also be removed, and the bamboo leaf umbrella is worn directly on the head as a hat, and the two sides are tied with a strap on the chin, which is used for both hats and umbrellas. In addition to the hats, there are also bamboo leaf woven robes, which are wrapped around the shoulders to keep out the rain, and are mainly worn when working in the field.

The schoolchildren have come to the shrine to take lessons, which Ding Qi specially told yesterday, not to disturb the daily life here because of their arrival. There are only a dozen children in elementary school and university, but two townhouse-style two-story buildings were built next to the vacant land in the village community, because the school building is also a temporary post house.

For example, someone from the neighboring village came, and the time was delayed to do things, and there was no way to rush back before dark, so I stayed in the school house to rest. Eight children in the primary school are in the front hall, and the tables and stools have been moved out of the wing, and they are mainly learning to write and arithmetic. Literacy begins with memorizing the "True Testament", and learning every word while memorizing is considered a way of enlightenment here.

The university class is in the back hall of the shrine, which is also downstairs from the room where Ding Qi lives, but there is only one teacher, Marshal Xiao Bozhi. Xiao Bozhi usually teaches half-day classes to universities and elementary schools, and lets children study on their own every other day. There are many things that need to be self-studyed, such as courses such as "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom", which are all students reading books by themselves, and asking if they don't understand something, Xiao Bozhi also has two assistants.

On this afternoon, Xiao Bozhi was teaching "The Art of Measurement" to college children, which quickly attracted Ding Qi's attention, and Ding Qi also sat upstairs to listen to the lecture. The content of Xiao Bozhi's talk is actually "stacking theory" and "calculation theory", which should be borrowed from the noun of classical mathematics, as for what is different, Ding Qi does not know very well.

At that time, there may not have been such mathematicians in the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but this place has such a long history, although it is limited by production conditions and application technology, mathematics has also developed to a great extent.

In ancient times, the person who really needed to use mathematics to solve complex problems was not the bookkeeper, but the "master craftsman", the designer and construction organizer of those large-scale projects.

The theory of stacking is a metaphor. For example, if a pile of wood of the same thickness is piled together to see the cross-section, in the case of a known area, calculate how many pieces of wood are in it, or in the case of a known quantity, calculate how much space is needed to pile down, and then generalize to the area and space measurement calculation of various complex shapes.

The ancestral principle of geometry, also known as the power product principle or Cavalieri's principle, is derived from the basis of the theory of stacking. The college kids here have been studying for a while, and Xiao Bo talked about the "Shifting Detail Repair Method" today, which is used to calculate the area or volume of complex shapes, which feels a bit like the calculation in Go.

Ding Qi has a feeling that this theory is very close to calculus, in fact, it is calculus, and even some formulas for calculating specific shapes have come out, but it is so bad that it has not yet been summarized.

When Xiao Bozhi talked about "calculation theory" again, it was a bit beyond the scope of Ding Qi's knowledge, because Ding Qi was studying mental health after all. The course here does not emphasize theory, but for the sake of application, Xiao Bozhi talks about how to calculate the weight of each part of the building and the force of each part, and decompose the spatial structure.

Isn't this structural mechanics? or a way of applying and calculating structural mechanics, although it is only its simplest principle. This is also something that Ding Qi did not learn in college, and he actually listened to it with relish, but a few children in the school obviously found it boring, and they did not want to be craftsmen who built houses and bridges, and the village community rarely built new houses.

Ding Qi was a little surprised, the children here only received two years of "compulsory education," and they had already talked about such a deep content? You must know that in the second grade of primary school outside, mathematics is only addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within 100 places.

Of course, the situation here is completely different from the outside, there are many courses outside here, children who have reached the age of 12 "elementary school", 13 years old "university", and the things taught are actually used in future production activities, the content is very concise, and it is not expected that everyone can learn it, as long as some people can do it.

If someone wants to continue their education after they have learned everything, then there is hope that they will become the next marshal...... Ding Qi was listening to the class, Meng Huiyu walked out of the room, holding a book in her hand, and came to the door outside the room to knock on the door. Ding Qi opened his eyes and called her in and asked, "What's the matter?"

Meng Huiyu's expression was very excited and a little excited, and she opened the book in her hand and said, "Master, there is a divine thing recorded here, called Zhuyan Guo." If I remember correctly, the soup bath prescription prescribed by Master Tan contained anti-aging fruit medicine powder. The book says it's a legend, no one has seen it here, and where did you get it now? and I seem to ......."

These words were said quickly and quickly, and Ding Qi intercepted the words and said, "Do you seem to have seen it in the mountains?"

Meng Huiyu nodded and said, "Yes, the shape of the fruit is like a pear, but the texture is a bit like a small apple, white with pink jagged stripes. At that time, we all saw it and discussed whether we could eat it or not, but we didn't know anyone, so we didn't dare to eat it. ”

Ding Qi took the book in her hand, looked at the record carefully, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart. He has been condensing his heart all the way, and he will never forget his footprints, and of course he can recall them clearly. To be exact, on the thirteenth day after their arrival, they had seen it deep in the mountains.

There were five identical trees growing there, three of which bore fruit, but not many, a dozen or so in all. Meng Huiyu thought that the fruit was so beautiful, and she picked one and played with it for a long time, but she didn't eat it after all, and then threw it away, and now she finally knows what it is, and she regrets it a lot.

As the name suggests, the fruit has the effect of rejuvenating the face, but it is not just the so-called beauty and beauty, not to mention women, even men will be tempted, who doesn't want to be younger and handsome? As for whether it really has this effect, what the effect is, no one can say, but just this possibility is enough to make the world crazy.

If it were just a legend, no one would take it seriously, but if this kind of thing is really found, and the news spreads to the outside world, someone will definitely get it at any cost. Ding Qi frowned slightly and said, "I know about this, but you have to understand that the news here must not be leaked, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

Meng Huiyu was still excited, and said casually: "Of course I know this, Master can rest assured! But what I want to say is that Zhu Yan Guoye, we really found Zhu Yan Guo, and I actually threw it away!"

Ding Qi: "Throw it away, don't you already have a soup bath now?" The recipe was opened by your Uncle Tan, presumably he also met it in the mountain, and he only knew what it was after reading "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom", and returned to the mountain to collect it. ”

Meng Huiyu's eyes lit up: "Master, then can we go back ...... too" Speaking of this, she found that Ding Qi's expression was a little wrong, and she was looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze. She came back to her senses. Lai quickly lowered his head and said, "Master, am I too greedy?"

Ding Qi: "Do you really want to go back and pick Yanguo?"

Meng Hui said weakly: "I didn't mean that, and I didn't have that ability." ”

They walked on the mountains and mountains for twenty-seven days before they saw the populated village, and it was the thirteenth day when they found Zhuyanguo. The mountains and wilderness are vast, where can I find the place I have occasionally passed by on the way? And even if I know the place, with Meng Hui's ability, there is no way to find it by myself, it is almost like looking for death.

Ding Qi: "Do you want me to go back and help you pick Yan Guo?"

Meng Huiyu waved her hand and said with a somewhat aggrieved expression: "Master, you misunderstood me, I never have this idea. It's just that I just made this discovery, and I feel very excited and a little regretful, we met before, but we didn't know each other at the time. ”

Ding Qi smiled: "I didn't mean to accuse you, it is human nature to see this kind of thing and move my heart." There are some things I haven't said before, and I need to tell you today. The treasures of heaven and earth pay attention to chance. It is a blessing to receive, but not to force it, for it may be a curse to ask for it.

If you look at the record on this side, according to legend, the sage Tao Xin discovered the Zhuyan fruit three thousand years ago. Now it seems that this legend is true, but that Tao Tian brother did not record the location of the growth of the Zhuyan Fruit, do you know what the reason is? It is afraid that too many people will look for it at any cost, which is never a good thing. ”

Meng Hui said: "Disciple understands, Master, you can really calm down! No matter what you encounter, you can analyze it so thoroughly." ”

Ding Qi: "The truth is not something to talk about when it's okay, it's only useful when you encounter something." This Zhuyan fruit is indeed a good thing, you Master Tan have already picked it up, and made it into a medicine powder for us to take a soup bath for ten days, this is already a blessing.

It wouldn't be a bad idea if you could pick some before you leave here. But be careful, don't let this ruin the atmosphere here, or even cause people to fight, that will outweigh the losses. ”

Meng Hui said: "Master is so good! Actually, what I mean is that if you have the opportunity to pick the Zhuyan fruit, Master can give it to Shi's mother." Shi Niang will be very happy and happy, no woman can resist this kind of gift!"

Ding Qi glanced at her: "Thank you for worrying about me! Have you finished reading this book? ”

When Meng Huiyu went out with the book, her admiration for the master was surging. Calm, too calm! Hearing the news of such heaven and earth treasures, he still looked so normal, and he was really a superior demeanor! Under the same eye, his reaction just now was simply too out of shape, and it was a shame.

What was Ding Qi thinking? How could he not be shocked, but it was not so obvious in front of his disciples. He was thinking just now, what kind of reaction Xian Hao would have after discovering this kind of thing, probably Meng Huiyu was even more excited, right? Xian Hao may not have discovered Zhuyan Fruit in the mountains, but she must have finished reading "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom", and she also saw the soup bath prescription prescribed by Tan Hanchuan.

Ding Qi closed his eyes again and secretly checked his heart plate with the Yuan Shen, and analyzed the way back to the place where the Zhuyan Fruit grew. If the foot is fast, it will no longer take as long to go back and forth, but it will take at least half a month. And less than ten days is the period of reunion with Zhuang Mengzhou and others in the camp, and it is not good to have extraneous branches at the moment.

Even if Ding Qi has the ability to go back again, it will also be a difficult journey, full of all kinds of dangers. What Meng Huiyu didn't know was that the three of their disciples had followed their master on the trek of the mountains and mountains for nearly a month, which seemed to be a burden, but in fact it was very different from Ding Qi walking alone.

If Ding Qi is allowed to walk alone in such mountains and wilderness for half a month, I am afraid it will be a little unbearable, it will be a very difficult test and sharpening, and it cannot be completed without great perseverance. Anyway, now that Tan Hanchuan has prescribed a soup bath prescription, and the anti-Yan fruit medicine powder has been delivered, there is no need to deliberately force it anymore, let's stop by before going back.

The "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom" does not record the date of ripening of the Zhuyan fruit from months to months, nor does it say that it only matures once in a few years, but it doesn't matter, as long as you can find a way out, the six days outside are almost equal to one year here...... So the most important thing at the moment is to find a way out first.

Ding Qi had a vague worry that the news that someone had found Zhu Yanguo should have spread to the major camps of the Heavenly Kingdom along with that soup bath prescription, and he was afraid that it would cause some incident.