"Li Lin, Li Lin, how dare you! You actually..."
The First Emperor, enraged to the point of laughter, was about to vent his dissatisfaction.
Unexpectedly, Li Lin was so audacious as to come to such an unexpected place, and once again stopped him, saying, "This is a classroom. We can talk after I finish class. As the ruler of a country, surely you wouldn't refuse me even for a little bit of class time?"
"Hmph, fine, fine, I'll give you that time!"
"Your Majesty, you mustn't..."
"Um?"
Yingxi originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot, but the First Emperor's glare almost scared him so much that he lost control of his bladder. How could he dare to continue speaking?
These ten good students and skilled craftsmen who were attending the class were also quite frightened by Li Lin's reckless behavior.
Fortunately, Li Lin withstood the pressure from the First Emperor and intimidated the ten of them; otherwise, they would have knelt down on the ground.
After all, the First Emperor's aura was much stronger than Li Lin's.
The fact that Lord Li was able to hold on with such difficulty was enough to inspire their admiration.
certainly.
This stems from the fact that Li Lin grew up under the red flag, and he has always looked down on emperors and high-ranking officials.
Even with such values, he couldn't help but be intimidated by the aura of the First Emperor.
As for the others, it's already quite remarkable that they weren't scared to death on the spot.
"Gauss was very clever; he was the prince of mathematics. Look at this trapezoidal formula. If we want to make gunpowder, wouldn't we need to design a storage device? Look at the characteristics of this trapezoid; isn't it narrow at the top and wide at the bottom? If we reduce the size of the opening at the top and make it the fuse part of the gunpowder, not only will it be easier to carry, but we can also avoid using the wrong opening of the gunpowder..."
Nowadays, he doesn't speak as freely as he did before.
After all, the First Emperor was sitting right behind these people.
Looking at his flushed, red cheeks, Li Lin knew that his anger had not completely subsided.
If we don't mention some knowledge about the Four Great Inventions at this moment, His Majesty will definitely think that he's slacking off. That won't do; no one can afford to be enraged by the First Emperor.
Li may have a lot of influence, but that doesn't mean he can act with impunity.
In the Qin Dynasty, one could offend the First Emperor.
But you can't deceive him. He hates people who lie to him more than anything else in his life. Weren't those four hundred-plus sorcerers killed because they lied to him?
Chunyu Yue, that pedantic scholar, spent most of his life criticizing the system implemented by the First Emperor, yet he still lived a good life.
Therefore, he should not feel deceived; he should understand that this is something related to the Four Great Inventions.
Li Lin racked his brains over this.
[Your Majesty, sigh, how am I supposed to explain the role of mathematics in other areas? Your Majesty probably thinks mathematics is just arithmetic. If he thinks it's just arithmetic, he won't value mathematics, which will definitely be disadvantageous for me. I need to find a way to demonstrate the importance of mathematics. I've got it! I'll use this method!]
"Lord Li, you said that we should design the gunpowder casing in a trapezoidal shape, but I think it would be better to design a larger, round casing, then have someone ignite it and throw it out, wouldn't that be better?"
At this moment, Mo Zhiyuan, a descendant of the Mo family, suddenly raised a question.
Despite his white hair and advanced age, his interest in and cognitive ability in learning mathematics far surpasses that of the other nine students.
[Oh dear, I was just about to go to sleep when this pillow appeared! Mo Zhiyuan, Mo Zhiyuan, you old man, you've really helped me a lot! I was just about to bring up physics!]
“Mo Zhiyuan, your question is very insightful. Indeed, we could completely forgo this 'T'-shaped bomb and directly create a more powerful, round bomb that can hold more gunpowder. However, you need to consider the power issue.”
"Power issue?"
The expressions on everyone's faces changed, and they all fell into deep thought.
Even the First Emperor, who was sitting to the side fuming, couldn't help but ponder: This brat has really angered me today! However, according to the content of his lesson, it does have something to do with gunpowder, but what about the power problem? After gunpowder was developed, wasn't it just lit on a fuse and thrown out or tied to a bow and arrow and shot?
"Sir, regarding the power issue you mentioned, we can train precision throwers to hurl the projectiles at the enemy's position the instant the fuse is lit. This way, even if it's made into a slightly heavier, round projectile, it can still be an effective strike..."
"No, no, no, Mo Zhiyuan, you've made a metaphysical mistake. If gunpowder is launched by human power, then what's the difference between bombs and other firearms derived from gunpowder and ordinary large stones? Any groundbreaking invention will change the entire world order, and gunpowder is no exception. Your thinking is too limited."
Li Lin smiled and politely interrupted his speech.
Li Lin completely rejected his idea, and then, amidst everyone's doubts, he explained in detail: "Look, if gunpowder is thrown by manpower, it will follow a parabola. At this point, the gunpowder's trajectory depends entirely on the thrower's momentum. In the air, it will experience air resistance, generating friction. Now, let's apply Newton's theorem I mentioned earlier, and see how our force changes..."
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