At the end of Shenshi the next day, when I arrived at the shrine, everyone had already arrived.
The Shantang was originally built to teach the young masters. However, Ying Zheng only had two sons, so he sent them directly to the palace to teach, so the Shantang has been idle here.
I went in and took a quick look. There were about twenty people, all of whom were skilled craftsmen from Da Qin. Some were under Gongshu Jin and some were under Tai Yue. Naturally, they both came together.
It was rare for everyone to see me, so they quickly stood up and saluted: "See you, Your Majesty."
I was in a good mood at first, but when I saw that everyone’s case was empty, I instantly darkened my face: “No courtesy. You are here to learn, but why is there nothing on this case?”
Everyone looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. Taiyue had the highest official position and quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know what to prepare?"
I raised my hand and raised the "lesson plan" in my hand, then pointed at the pen and ink in Qi Wan's hand, and reprimanded: "Do you have such a good memory? I have specially prepared a lot of materials to teach you, so you don't need to take notes?"
"Uh." Everyone felt bitter. We used to listen to the master's lectures. Not only did we not use notes, but the master also didn't allow us to use notes. We were afraid that our skills would be stolen...
I pressed my hand and said, "Everyone, please sit down. Qiwan, go find them paper and pen."
Everyone quickly thanked him and sat down.
Not long after, Qi Wan came back with pen and paper, distributing one copy to each person.
There is a piece of white silk behind it, used as a blackboard.
Logically speaking, since you can be a craftsman and a top-notch skilled craftsman, you are indispensable for drawings and annotations, so you shouldn't be illiterate. However, just to be on the safe side, I asked specifically before teaching: "Are there any of you here who are illiterate?"
Unexpectedly, a few people actually stood up: "Your Majesty, we can only read some simple words. If we take notes, I may not be able to do it."
Seeing that there were not many people, I waved my hand and said, "It doesn't matter, just take a few notes and you can learn from other people's notes after the lecture."
Then the teaching officially started.
What is prepared for them today is the most basic knowledge of geometry.
"The course I want to teach you first is called geometry. What is geometry? Geometry is a subject that studies the structure and properties of space. It is one of the most basic research contents in mathematics. Mathematics is mathematics. And what we are talking about today The content is plane geometry."
I picked up the brush, drew several figures on the cloth, and explained in turn: "Plane geometry is the study of the geometric structure and metric properties of straight lines and quadratic curves on the plane. Quadratic curves refer to this conic..., metric properties It refers to the size of the area within the line..."
During the subsequent explanation process, numerous problems were encountered.
At first, people didn't dare to ask questions because of my identity. Until Taiyue asked a question, my dear, I couldn't stop the car. People kept asking:
"Your Majesty, what are Arabic numerals?"
"Your Majesty, what is division?"
"Your Majesty, what does equation mean and what is solution?"
"..."
It caught me off guard and gave me a headache. What was a good geometry class at the end suddenly turned into a large-scale defense session where they tested my elementary school knowledge.
Unfortunately, I can only start with the most basic mathematical symbols such as numbers, letters, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
It went on like this until the beginning of Wu Shi! Even though the lights were on, it was still difficult to see clearly in such a big room, so I could only keep answering everyone's questions.
When I got to Wu Shi Middle School, I really couldn't stand it anymore. This was even more tiring than teaching primary school students! At least primary school students have limited thinking and can only ask two or three levels of questions in depth. These people can ask questions from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to advanced mathematics!
I rubbed my temples, waved my hands and said, "Okay, everyone go back, I can't stand it anymore..."
Everyone immediately fell silent and looked at each other. Gongshu Jin stood up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, are you too stupid?"
I responded casually: "It's stupid!... No, I didn't mean that. You have learned very well, but I am too impatient. You go back and rest, and I will think about how to teach you. Don't come tomorrow, I will let you know after I think about it."
I really don’t blame them. Learning so much knowledge at once is like a person who graduated from civil engineering suddenly learning programming and typing code.
Everyone stood up and bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching me. I will take my leave!"
I waved my hand and ordered: "It's past curfew, Qiwan, send someone to take them back."
Thinking of the ignorant eyes of everyone listening to the class, I raised my head and said: "You can discuss what I teach you with each other, but don't spread it out yet. You are half-assed, don't teach people to waste anymore..."
Everyone's faces turned red, and they thanked each other and left the palace.
"Alas!" I looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's not easy to be a teacher!"
"Qiwan, put out the lights and go back to Sihai Palace."
Compared to the dejected mood on my side, the people who came to study today were very excited and talking a lot.
"Wang Er, where do you think His Majesty learned all this knowledge? It's amazing that we can share our experience in such a convenient way!"
"Yes, although I didn't understand it very well, I can feel that using your Majesty's method can indeed save a lot of tedious processes. In the past, we could draw several sheets of paper to get something, and your Majesty could just do it in a few strokes. come out!"
"I see, your majesty is a god from heaven! If it weren't for your majesty, we wouldn't have heard of such exquisite knowledge, and we wouldn't even have this general!"
"..."
Gongshu Jin was doing well in his studies. Although he was equally excited, he turned to Taiyue with some worry: "Taishi Ling, was your Majesty angry just now?"
Taiyue sighed softly: "I think His Majesty is more helpless and angry...maybe a little bit. His Majesty has a vast amount of knowledge, and now he teaches us personally. It's a pity that we are stupid and still can't get a glimpse of it. I'm really ashamed!"
Gongshu Jin nodded in agreement: "Read it carefully when you get back. Don't let your Majesty's efforts go down for us!"
"What Zhu Liangzao said is that Tai is leaving!"
"Taishi ordered us to move slowly!"
Back at Sihai Palace, I felt that this afternoon and evening were more tiring than reviewing the memorial! I went to rest directly after taking a shower. Let’s think about these things tomorrow!
In the following days, apart from visiting the production of flintlocks and gunpowder from time to time, I devoted myself to teaching mathematics to Gong Shujin and Taiyue.
Over in the Western Region, ten days have passed since the edict was issued.
Five days ago, I received the first military report that Wang Li had assembled his troops and set off for Dunhuang, and Wu Jian led his troops to Zhangye.
At the same time, the military newspaper also said that when my edict arrived at Zhangye, the envoys from the Western Regions countries were very excited and immediately set off to report the good news to their kings.
The army of Great Qin will soon arrive in the Western Regions, but the fate of the countries in the Western Regions has already been decided...
Thirty days later, on May 21st, news came that Wusun had been destroyed! Hujie's 20,000 cavalrymen fled back to Hujie Grassland in a hurry!
