Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Jinnige can't solve the three major geometric problems, nor can he solve the nine chapters of arithmetic.

As for Mo Hua, most of the difficult problems in the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic can be solved, but the three major geometric problems are also unsolvable.

Especially looking at the ghostly symbols written on the piles of paper in front of him, except for a few crooked Chinese characters that can be read clearly, what is the rest, I don't understand at all.

Mo Hua, who was in pain, stared at Jinni Pavilion, who was not much younger than himself, and said with wide eyes, "What's on it? Could it be that you need to find some bull noses to come and explain it?"

Having stayed in Daming for many years, Jin Nige, who has basically become a Daming master, of course knows what Niubi means, isn't it just those Taoist priests.

But these characters are just such a thing, no matter how much you fiddle with them, there is no way to turn them into Chinese characters.

Even if it becomes Chinese characters, it is also transliterated. When the time comes, several characters represent a symbol, can you still understand it?

In desperation, Jin Nige had no choice but to say: "What else should I do? Every symbol has its own specific meaning. If you replace one, you need to replace all the thousands of books that follow. Impossible to complete?"

Mo Hua also knew that Jinni Pavilion was telling the truth, but looking at these crooked symbols was too much of a headache—it would be better to look at the talismans of Taoist priests!

After thinking for a long time, Mo Hua, who didn't come up with a good solution, asked: "How about simplifying it? It's convenient to write, isn't it? No matter how bad it is, don't want these crooked ghost symbols?"

Jin Nige said: "What about replacement? To replace everything, it will require a lot of manpower and time?"

Mo Hua thought about it and said, "If you talk about manpower, there is no shortage. You can get some literate people from anywhere. It's not a big problem to replace them. Only time is a bit of a headache."

It was beyond Mo Hua's expectation, originally thought that the translation of the [-] books would be very fast - even Emperor Chongzhen thought so.

After all, few of the missionaries who came to Daming did not understand Chinese characters. Even if they did not understand, after so many years of preaching, they always learned some.

But the actual situation is exactly the opposite of what was expected. In addition to the [-] books brought by Jin Nige, Jin Yiwei is still sending books to the Royal Academy through various channels.

In line with the principle of new technology in new books, the translation of new books is often given priority, and the [-] copies that Jin Nitong brought are slowly being translated.

Then came the problem.

It's good that the new book doesn't involve those ghost symbols, but once it involves ghost symbols, it's enough to cause headaches.

The most deceitful thing is that those ghost symbols are very laborious to draw with a brush, and if you are not careful, the entire paper will be ruined.

Then there was the quarrel - Mo Hua's request to replace those ghost-drawing symbols had already made Jinnige unhappy, but it turned out to be a lot of quarrel over what symbols represented what meanings.

But it is not without good news, at least Mo Hua and others accept Arabic numerals and maintain a positive attitude.

5 Chapter [-] Artillery Preparations!

Arabic numerals are still beneficial. Although it is troublesome to write with a brush, when it is really necessary to calculate, it is more convenient than using one, two, three, four, five.

At least after Xu Guangqi and others came into contact with Arabic numerals, they felt the convenience of this thing-at least it is no worse than counting chips, and it is more convenient to write.

Not only that, but the speed of acceptance of other compasses and other gadgets far exceeded Jinnige's expectations.

This made Jin Nige feel very happy, and thought that the studious and tireless attitude of Mo Hua and others was worthy of recognition.

As for the quill pen that Jinnige and other missionaries unanimously admired, Mo Hua lost interest after trying it a few times.

Forget about dipping a little ink to write a little bit, but the written characters are also crooked like chicken scrapers, which is not as good as Mengtong's writing, and it's not as easy to use as charcoal sticks.

But the charcoal stick is dirty, it’s black ash after one use, it’s dirty wherever you touch it, and you have to wash your hands before doing something else after writing a few words.

In short, there are a lot of troublesome things.

After arguing for a long time without any results, Jinnige suddenly thought of a question: "When it comes to writing, I have a good idea. I heard that there is a kind of black lead in England, which is easier to write than charcoal sticks." .”

Mo Hua said: "Then what? Just wash your hands once you continue writing a few words?"

Jin Nige was furious: "Won't you wrap it with paper? Make it thicker, and stuff it into the pen holder of your brush and use it as a brush!"

Mo Hua slapped his head and secretly scolded himself for being stupid.

It should be easier to make the brush holder thinner, and then put this black lead in for writing?

If this thing can really be pushed and used in a large area, will it allow more children to start learning to write?

Accidentally benefiting the country and the people?

Mo Hua doesn't have much interest in official positions and money, but he is very concerned about things that can benefit the country and the people—isn't universal love the same as loving the people of Daming?

At this moment, it was too late to solve the three major geometry problems, so Mo Hua directly asked Jin Nige to understand the appearance of the black lead, and then found Jin Yiwei who was in charge of running errands for the Royal Academy.

Anyway, there is only one requirement, no matter how difficult this thing is to get, you have to get some for experimentation.

Jin Yiwei naturally didn't have any nonsense, so he turned around and arranged for someone to find this thing.

Similarly, the news reached Emperor Chongzhen.

pencil?

Emperor Chongzhen's first reaction was that these bigwigs from the Royal Academy wanted to make pencils.

There is a popular pseudoscientific story:

For the first time, the US aerospace department prepared to send astronauts into space, but they soon received a report that the astronauts could not write at all with ballpoint pens and pens in a state of weightlessness.

As a result, the Americans spent ten years and spent 120 billion U.S. dollars, and scientists finally invented a new type of ballpoint pen.This pen is suitable for weightlessness, standing upside down, in water, and any flat objects, and can write fluently even at minus three hundred degrees Celsius.

And the Russians have been using pencils in space.

Of course, this story is fabricated. This thing is a bowl of poisonous chicken soup. This story just wants to tell people that sometimes seemingly complicated problems actually have extremely simple ready-made solutions.

Because from a practical point of view, pencils are not suitable for use in space. The sharp point is dangerous and flammable. The graphite residue generated by writing can easily enter the chest and eyes of astronauts, and it is easier to short-circuit electronic equipment.

But when it is not in space, or in other words, it is very suitable for Daming to use this thing right now.

No matter how expensive a pencil is, can it be more expensive than ink?Everyone can afford a pencil, and the cost of learning to write will be greatly reduced.

This thing is a great thing that benefits the country and the people!

Then Emperor Chongzhen began to secretly hate his ignorance in his previous life.

That's right, I remember this pseudo-scientific story, so Emperor Chongzhen knew that pencils were made of graphite, and he had heard of the term graphite bomb.

The question is where is the graphite thing?

Daming is so big, there is no shortage of such things, but where is the best place to find them now?Where is the best graphite for pencils?

Being ignorant and incompetent is such a pain in the ass!

Emperor Chongzhen, who had been in pain for a long time, had no choice but to leave this matter to Jin Yiwei and the cabinet. Anyway, raising so many people is not for them to eat, and they will do their best when they should.

Besides, if you don't let them have a headache this time, are you going to let the emperor, Zhen, have a headache in the future?