Chapter 16: The Little Prodigy

Daidia was a little embarrassed by Menes' praise and touched her head shyly.

Menes took out a scroll of drawings and spread it out for Winover.

"Do you understand?" Menis asked.

"This is a drawing of a pulley block. Didia said first.

"Hey, the kid is pretty literate?" Menes asked curiously.

"Since he was a child, I taught him to read and count, this child is a very strong learner, meticulous in observation, can teach what he can learn, and does carpenter work better than me, so I brought him here to make some money!" Winover smiled and praised his child.

Menes found it amusing, and casually remarked a few common arithmetic questions, which Dedia answered immediately.

Menes came up with a few geometric calculations, area and volume calculation problems, and Dai Dia also quickly calculated them, the calculation methods in this world are very complex, and those who can calculate at high speed are talents who have been trained for a long time.

Is this a child prodigy? Menes took out another drawing, which was marked with Arabic numerals.

Menes handed the drawings to Daidia and said, "Show you, can you read it?"

Dai Dia took the drawings and looked at them for a while and said, "My lord, you are going to build a dam, I don't know the number on it, but I can basically guess the meaning, for example, this vertical and a circle should be combined to mean ten, next to it is twelve." ”

Hey, what a prodigy, just look at the drawings for a while and guess the concept of the position of the number, you must know that the Arabic numerals of the world were first created in India, and then spread to the world by the Arabs, before which no one thought of using the position to express the concept of hierarchy.

This little guy is so powerful, he can see through it after a while, Menes has a bold idea, this child is a genius, I will educate him.

Menes said to Winnufer, "Your son is amazing! I have a request, I don't know if you want to, I want to take this child as an apprentice, and this child will become famous all over the world and become a great scientist!"

Winover didn't understand what it meant to be a scientist, but he understood that the lord wanted to educate his own children himself, which was a great creation, and there was no reason to refuse.

Winnufer immediately said to Daidia, "Silly boy, don't hurry up and thank Lord Menes, the adults will take you as an apprentice!"

Daidia was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly fell to the ground to thank Menes.

Menes helped Dai Dia up and thought, I feel that I am lucky to meet you, it just so happens that I am going to make a furnace for smelting steel and glass and a large bellows, once someone can read and understand the drawings, it will be much more convenient, this child has a strong comprehension ability, and he can use it if he is taught a little.

After resting, they returned to the construction site to continue work, and Menes gave Winover instructions to manage the mummies on the spot, and the mummies were all under Winnover's command.

Winnufer is indeed a good hand, not only is he very capable of his work, but he also coordinates and arranges his work.

After Winnuver's rearrangement, the efficiency immediately improved, the cooperation between the people and the mummy was just right, the mummy could work without stopping, and the main heavy physical work fell on the mummy, but the people were not idle, but all the work that required a little brain was completed by the people.

Menes organized people on the spot and taught them how to make pulley sets, and the main carpenters quickly learned to start work with tools.

The people at the scene whispered, this lord is not like the legend, he is approachable, intelligent, industrious, just, benevolent, generous, and completely different from the legend.

Everyone has never seen a lord who will do the work on the construction site with everyone, and it is so cool to clean up the overseer just now! I have long seen that he is not pleasing to your eyes, and now you have been punished, you deserve it!

Menes took care of the marsh site and returned to her lodgings with Daidia.

As soon as he entered the room, Tang Yuan rushed over excitedly, and Menis stroked the rice balls and said, "Tang Yuan is good, you see we have new friends!"

When Daidia first entered the home of the lord noble, he was naturally very reserved.

However, Tang Yuan was very enthusiastic, and directly stretched out his paw to touch Dai Dia's face, which made the little boy very embarrassed and did not dare to hide.

Menes said, "Don't be nervous, this will be half of your home in the future, if you want to go home to see your parents, just say it, you are not a servant here, remember that you are my student." ”

"Come, stroke my rice balls first, and you will be friends in the future." ”

With Menes' encouragement, Daidia reached out and touched Tangyuan's head, and Tangyuan smiled with satisfaction and immediately rushed into Daidia's arms.

Menes called the housekeeper of the house, and ordered Daidia to prepare a room, and he took Daidia into the room, and immediately spread out a drawing for Daidia to see.

Daidia looked at it for a while and said, "It should be a blueprint of a large smelting furnace and bellows, but I don't understand, Lord Menes, how do you drive such a large furnace and bellows? ”

"Yes, you're really smart, this is a huge bellows, the mummy is very easy to use, you can use them unlimitedly, but after all, there are limited numbers, I don't plan to use them all the time, this bellows I want to use water power. ”

"Hydraulic?" said Dedia, a little confused.

"Yes, it's hydraulic, once the dam is opened, a waterfall can be formed, this is potential energy, with my gears converted into kinetic energy, it can generate a strong force, push the bellows, with a strong hydraulic bellows can bring more oxygen to the furnace, so that the temperature can be raised, we can directly smelt the metal solution, cast and mold. ”

Daidia couldn't fully understand, but it felt like it was very powerful, I didn't expect Lord Menes to be so powerful, he even knew about the craftsman, could it be that he was the creator?

Menes knew that Didia couldn't understand it all, it didn't matter, once it was made, it would be understood, and today the class will start with Arabic numerals.

Throughout the afternoon, Menes eagerly explained to Dedia the meaning and use of numbers, and Dedia quickly understood the meaning of numbers, and was amazed that they were so concise and could convey their meanings well.

Menes struck while the iron was hot and began to teach Dedia simple mathematical calculations and basic geometry.

One is very willing to teach, and the other is so hungry for learning that he forgets to eat, which is really a state of forgetting to sleep and eat.

For the convenience of future drawing, Menes drew a few more drawings of conventional supplies on the spot and handed them over to Dai Dia for production.

These things seem to be very basic, but they are not available in this world, and the tools they have are always more complicated, and Menes made rulers, compasses, triangular rulers, protractors, etc. according to their own habits, and it is very inconvenient to draw without these things.

Daidia looked at these drawings curiously, after listening to Menes's introduction, the worship of Menes increased by another percent, our great lord seems to be a great scholar or oracle master, can communicate with the gods, otherwise how could he come up with such a thing?