ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 247 Ballista
"What are you two working on recently?" Davos asked with a smile.

"In addition to helping the Senate Mint Committee design molds and tools for silver coins, we have recently been mainly studying pulleys." Mentotic Els said truthfully.

"Pulley?!" Davers' heart moved when he heard this.

"Last year, when you defeated Crotone and annexed Thurii, didn't Archita come to Amendolara?" Matikoris said carelessly.

Davos didn't care, he nodded.

"He saw our new waterwheel and was very interested, so he discussed its operating principles with us. At the same time, he also mentioned that he had recently become interested in mathematical mechanics and began to study the application of pulleys..." Matico Reese said with some embarrassment: "So...I..." He glanced at Mentotic Els: "We started...to study pulleys..."

Davos understood.Even though Archita was an important figure in the Pythagorean school and a mathematical genius, the two people in front of him were just ordinary disciples, but academically they were as competitive as anyone, especially Martiko. Rhys, he has strong energy, strong curiosity and desire to explore. Now under the favorable conditions of life, he devotes all his energy to research and wants to compete with Archita academically.

"How is the research progress?" Davos gently interrupted Mattiklis's stammering words. Although he returned a lot of science knowledge he learned in school in his previous life to the teacher, he still didn't even know what a pulley was. , this is just the basic knowledge of physics in junior high school.

"We have created a mathematical formula for the reason why pulleys can save effort, and have verified its correctness many times. Of course, using the numerical symbols you invented has saved us a lot of time and energy. Now we are further developing Experiment on multiple pulley combinations in order to perfect its theory... By then, this discovery will definitely change the entire Mediterranean world! Can you imagine that a person can use pulleys to pull up a boulder more than ten meters high alone? You Can you imagine that a person can pull a small boat by himself using a pulley!..." As soon as Matikoris talked about mathematics, his eyes lit up and he danced.

Davos was not as surprised as they expected. Instead, he said with a smile: "I believe that your research and invention will bring great convenience to the lives of the people of the Alliance!"

The two looked at each other, a little frustrated.Davos, as Hades' god, seems to have seen the future development of a mathematical research, so that every time they stand in front of him, they always don't have the sense of superiority of a scholar.

Matikoris could only complain: "If you hadn't asked us to help them mint coins, our research would have progressed faster!"

"Isn't casting coins just to prove your ability to the Pythagoreans?" Davers laughed. The disciples of the Pythagorean school, but his high request made Terry Todmus very embarrassed. In the end, Terry Todmus took the initiative to find Davos and asked Maticris to help them, because After Pythagoras was expelled by the Crotones decades ago, he stayed in Metapontum and designed exquisite coinage molds for Metapontum, making this unknown coin in Greater Greece The coins of the Greek city-states were very popular, so he thought of asking Marticolis of the Pythagoreans to help.

"Compared with the era of Teacher Pythagoras, the design and research of coin molds in the school have been more complete, so -" Mentotic Els just said modestly, Matiklis He snorted: "But they don't have hydraulic presses, so the silver coins we mint are indeed better than them!"

After being together for so long, Davos basically understood the two young people in front of him.At the beginning, most people in the Pythagoreans were unwilling to come to the remote town of Amendolara, so they forcibly appointed these two unknown Gentile disciples. This gave the two sensitive Leoti This was a big blow to the Nigerians. Under the long-term guidance of Davos, intentionally or unintentionally, the two people who had a humble status in the school have gradually deviated from and disagreed with some of the school's ideas, and were determined to compete with their original teachers and classmates.

Davos smiled slightly, took out a piece of papyrus, and said, "I have a drawing here, which depicts a device that involves the use of pulleys. I wonder if you can make it?"

"Let's see! Let's see!" As soon as Davos finished speaking, Maticris couldn't wait to snatch it from Davos.

Mentor Tick Els leaned over, looked at the blueprint, and asked, "What's the name of this device?"

"The people of Syracuse call it a ballista. It is said that it can shoot stones weighing more than ten kilograms several hundred meters away. A dozen days ago, the people of Syracuse used it to repel Carthage's reinforcements." Davos said seemingly calmly, but he was actually not calm inside.

Davos was very surprised when Aristelas reported the outcome of the naval battle of Mortea to Davos.Dionia's catapults are still in the trial production stage, while Siracusa's ballistae and abdominal bows have appeared in large quantities in Mortia, and have successfully sunk many Carthaginian warships. Their power and The accuracy is not comparable to Dionia's crude catapults, which shows the gap in military engineering technology between Syracuse and Dionia.This made Davos feel the pressure, and he immediately ordered Aristiras: Get the drawings of the Syracuse Ballista at all costs!
For Aristiras, who hated Syracuse, he certainly wanted it. After paying a lot of money, he got this rough image of the Syracuse ballista.

Hearing the name "Syracuse", the two scholars who had also lost their motherland looked more seriously and wanted to get into the drawings.

"Mentotic Els." At this time, Davos asked: "What I told you last time is about attracting and recruiting more of your classmates to Dionia to expand the institute. I wonder how it is progressing in terms of scale and further promoting research on mathematical theories and applications?”

Mentotic Els looked away from the drawing with some reluctance, and said helplessly: "Lord Archon, since the school has condemned us for violating the regulations and teaching in public, many classmates have severed ties with me. After exchanging letters, only a few foreign students with good connections heard me introduce the good environment in Dionia and were willing to come to Dionia."

"As long as they are willing to come, Dionia's promise will be fulfilled! In addition, if they need anything, you can tell me directly, and I will try my best to meet it! Dionia will create the best for you The environment and conditions for studying, discussing, and researching, even though you have a small number of people, I believe that you can make fruitful results no less than those in Tarantum!"

Davers unreservedly showed his full support for the Institute of Mathematics, which made Mento Tick Els grateful and at the same time aroused his ambition. He said solemnly: "We will not let you down of!"

"How did you discuss the matter of sending teachers to the newly built schools?" Davos asked again.

"Originally, we were hesitant because there were too few manpower. Now that some new students are coming, after discussing it with Mattiklis, I think you are right. Going to school to give lectures can help us sort out the mathematical theories we have mastered and consolidate them. Basic knowledge, and at the same time, it can expand the influence of the institute. Maybe you can get new inspirations during the exchanges with students... We are very willing to send people there, but there is one requirement."

"any request?"

"If we find a student who is talented in mathematics in school, we hope to provide special training for him and join the institute in the future." Mentotic Els said with some caution, because this is the relationship between him and Martiko Lys's selfish motives, since they had fallen out with the Pythagoreans of Tarantum, they also wanted to develop their own academic group to compete with the Pythagoreans.

"Of course there is no problem, but you have to ask for the student's consent." Davos agreed without hesitation. In fact, he was very happy to see this. Mattiklis and Mentotic Els could To consider issues based on their own interests shows that they have become farther and farther away from the Pythagoreans of Tarantum in both emotions and actions.

"In addition, in normal times, I am also planning to ask the engineering equipment engineers from each legion to come to the Institute of Mathematics to serve as your assistants. This can not only solve your problem of shortage of manpower, but also closely integrate theory and practical application."

"Of course the institute welcomes them to help!" Mentotic Els, who is better at dealing with things than Matikolis, said tactfully: "But we don't have enough money to pay them."

"You will have it soon." Davers said with a smile: "The water mill you designed has been tested and has increased the efficiency of grinding flour several times, which can save a lot of time and animal power for the public. Amendolara, Turui, and Crimea built water mills respectively. The price of grinding a catty of flour is very low, less than one-third of Opole. I believe that people will be willing to use water mills after they try it. According to My agreement with you is that the research institute will receive [-]% of the income from the application of the equipment you invented. I think that will be a lot of money and will be completely at your disposal. I hope you will make good use of this money, especially The main inventors should be given heavy rewards to encourage their enthusiasm, only in this way will more people be encouraged to invent better devices, and your income will also increase.”

(End of this chapter)