To Four Thousand Years Later

Qiris walked into the palace hall very nervously.

His aggressive and aggressive appearance made others think that he was here to assassinate, not to meet the saint, but King Solomon didn't blame him when he saw Morris' attitude that was almost rude. the meaning of.

"Hello, Maurice." The handsome, dark-haired, blue-eyed young man chuckled and closed the book in his hand: "My name is Charles, your King Solomon.

Hello, Your Majesty! "

Morris quickly half-kneeled on the ground, paused for a moment before remembering something, and quickly added: "May the wisdom of King Solomon be with you.

"Naturally, may he bless you. Charles smiled gently: "May he also give you a new job.

After he finished speaking, he stood up from the desk. Go to the bookshelf not far behind.

With his back turned to Morris, while searching for books, he said casually: "I heard that you are very knowledgeable, in mathematics.

I think I may not be as good as my teacher.

Morris hesitated for a while, and finally said honestly: "Your Majesty, if you need an excellent mathematician, I would like to recommend my teacher to you. He is the best mathematician in Frank. Charles raised his voice slightly. He raised his voice and said, "Because I want them all.

You, your teacher. There are other down-to-earth university scholars. Be it a mathematician or a mechanic, an architect or a doctor. As long as I can find it, I will invite him to my place and take out a book. Then he made a small half circle, went to another corner of his study, and took out a delicate oak barrel with two cups stacked on it. Charles walked back to him and put down the book and glass. Pour the fragrant red wine into two cups, lift them up and walk to Chiris.

He smiled and said, "Get up, my friend. This is yours.

Or, he handed one of the glasses of wine to Chiris without any doubt, and took a sip of the fine wine in his own glass.

He watched and stood up. Not knowing what to do, Morris raised his mouth slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and couldn't help but said, "Why are you so afraid of me? Is my reputation among the people already so terrifying?"

No! No, Your Majesty! "Morris quickly explained: "Your name is revered as sacred among us—this is not only because you punished the nobles who committed crimes. There is also the righteous act of seeking justice for Prince Carloman. He was just halfway through. Solomon raised his left hand slightly, signaling him to be quiet.

Drink it, you're welcome. "

Solomon said softly, then went back to his seat, and said softly, "You're at a loss because you're a mathematician, aren't you?"

"You are proud of your knowledge, but the facts in society make you think you are a useless person. You are honored to stand in front of me, but at the same time you are worried that you will be thrown by me. Angry, I questioned the guilt. Charles smiled slightly: "I guess right? "

Rees murmured, his eyes widening.

He had a feeling that the young king in front of Lu Pei had seen through his thoughts. There was panic at first, but then a sense of groundedness and reassurance.

It's probably broken. He nodded.

"That's right," Morris said in a low voice, "You guessed right. He was lucky. Now that King Solomon has clearly sensed his thoughts... maybe he won't ask himself for it. .

"Then." King Solomon declared: "I want to declare to you one thing first. With me, all knowledge is equal.

The words of the young king made Zhenris stunned for a moment.

Straight back, unbelievably intense joy in the heart.

B What did you say? "

He stammered, but as soon as the words came out, he wanted to slap himself to imitate how could a servant ask the king to repeat his words?

But King Solomon was not angry about it.

He just said peacefully: "Knowledge should not be noble or humble. All knowledge in this world is a step towards truth. If an engineer looks down on a mathematician, it is like a farmer with five acres of land thinking that he is better than four acres of land. The farmer is more noble, which is ridiculous but

He stammered habitually. He would be like this when he was nervous since he was a child: "Mathematics is indeed useless. The knowledge of geometry has already arrived in Roman times. In the past few hundred years, there has not been much progress in algebra. Solomon raised his left hand again, and gently pressed Pressure. Morris subconsciously stopped talking.

"I know. King Solomon, the speaker, patted the book in front of him. It was a mathematics textbook compiled by a great mathematician in Roman times. It has been used by all mathematicians for hundreds of years since then. Charles said calmly: "Since the time of **** Augustine, mathematics has developed by leaps and bounds in the following two hundred years.

"Not only have all the answers based on simple geometry on the plane been basically obtained, but also accurate formulas have been obtained for the volume calculation of space bodies such as cones and cylinders. These formulas provide great convenience for engineers.

"But after that, the study of geometry has stagnated. The status of engineers has climbed steadily until basic geometric formulas and algebraic calculations are regarded as basic knowledge, taught directly by intellectuals to young students-it seems that at last The meaning of learning mathematics has also disappeared. Charles said in a flat tone the words that made Morris' heartache: "Not long ago, I heard that an Egyptian engineer claimed that they had completely mastered geometry. There are even scholars in many other disciplines who are more proficient in algebraic calculations than many mathematicians. According to statistics, there were only eight new-generation scholars in Frank who were willing to study mathematics in depth last year. "

Morris looked down. Because of inexplicable guilt, he dared not look directly at the king who was much younger than Zi 2.

"You are right.

"Then I ask you," said the young king majestically, "do you think so yourself? Don't care about other people's opinions. I only ask you.

Morris was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

He suddenly remembered. The red-haired lady who claimed to understand her calculation paper. A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in Morris's heart. He raised his head and said tentatively to King Solomon: "I, I. Probably, isn't it like this?"

"I feel that geometry has not come to an end. I feel that there are still many problems that have not been resolved. It's just that people ignore them. He gestured and stammered: "For example, apples and lemons. Objects cannot be counted. Or calculate them approximately as a sphere or a cone, which I think should not be the case. They are not classical geometries, but they are geometries in which a plane rotates about an axis. "

He spoke more and more smoothly.

But Morris noticed that King Solomon was suddenly startled and stared at him. He was startled immediately. Don't dare to continue talking anymore. Don't be nervous, just keep talking. I'm just a little surprised that your research has reached this level. Charles sighed: "As expected of you.

His words made Morris slightly taken aback.

Electricity surged up from his spine, and the strong emotion caused waves of warmth to surge in Morris's heart. The eye sockets of this man in his thirties are moist, thank you, thank you.

He said with some sobs.

He's surprisingly fragile.

Why is it different from the military **** he imagined. Charles shook his head helplessly, and quickly interrupted: "So do you have any ideas now? About the method of calculating the volume of lemons.

"about this

Morris thought about it for a while, and then began to talk endlessly: "I thought about it before, maybe there is a measurable and variable parameter related to the radian, but I haven't found it. So I put that idea on hold for now. What I think is that if it is not accurate enough to treat the lemon as two cones, you can add two or more cuts to turn the lemon into several conical frustums with different slopes, and then calculate the volume of each part separately. The teacher said that such a calculation is too complicated, and Yiri has no practical significance."

"It might make sense.

When he said this, Charles suddenly screamed and interrupted: "I have an idea about this.

"You cut a lemon or an apple into four, which must actually be more accurate, right. So, if you cut a lemon into an infinite number of very thin slices, each slice is approximately a small column Wouldn't it be better to calculate the solid body instead of the circular frustum with different slopes?"

"In this case, Morris habitually wanted to refute Charles's ideas. But before he could say anything, his heart felt a little faint, and he froze in place.

"Come here for today, Amaris.

When Charles saw this, he said softly: "I have asked someone to find a room for you. You will live upstairs, in my palace. You need to be anxious about board and lodging. If you need an experiment, you can exchange it with the servant. I will I summon you once every morning, and you have to communicate with me the thoughts of the previous day, and tell me directly if you want to borrow a reference book.

"Then now, please go back." Charles said simply. There is a vague entanglement of inspiration in Morris's mind, but he can't figure it out. He wanted to hand back the cup of wine to King Solomon, and when he passed by his desk, he spotted his open book.

There was an extremely complicated mechanical diagram drawn on it. There is a sign of boiling water below, which looks a bit like a spinning ball invented by Master Shiro. But the top is not a hollow ball, it is like a pliers with a big head punched down, and there are several gears and connecting rods of different sizes.

what is that? Morris was slightly taken aback, but he was worried about angering King Solomon, so he put down his glass and left.