African Nationhood

Chapter 180 Physics Class on a Cruise Ship
  "Woo~~"

The whistle blew, echoing in Diego Garcia for a long time.

Shi Jintang stood on the upper deck of the "Oriental Giant" and waved to the people seeing him off on the shore. He was going to Europe to accompany Alice.

As for the previous incident of Fu Tong angrily denounced the leaders of 11 families, Shi Jintang did not care. Those ungrateful guys did not deserve any sympathy.

When Futong came to him to ask for advice, Shi Jintang expressed support for Futong.

After getting Boss Shi's approval, Futong returned all those bastard things to Lanfang Company.

When they get to Lanfang Company, they will also be driven away.

Where they go, no one cares.

As long as Nanhua Company can negotiate business with the French, the soldiers can stay in Vietnam and become obedient citizens.

When the French drove them away or captured them and sold them to the Nanhua Company, the good treatment was no longer the same as before.

As the head of immigration, Futong can handle this matter well.

Accompanying him to Europe were 35 international students sent by Nanhua Company. Except for 10 of these students who were medical students, the rest were all science and engineering students.

The "Oriental Giant" was a large liner of the "Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company".

It mainly sails to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin and other ports in the Far East. In addition to transporting goods, it also provides mail delivery services.

The ship is capable of carrying more than 800 passengers and more than 2800 tons of cargo.

After transporting more than 700 immigrants from the Far East to Diego Garcia and unloading them all, Shi Jintang and the dispatched international students boarded the cruise ship.

Because all the cabins were empty, Shi Jintang arranged for all the students to live in the first-class cabin. The next ten days or so would be a very pleasant trip.

When the students learned that they were going to sail with Lord Shi, most of them couldn't hold back their excitement and came to communicate with Lord Shi.

Shi Jintang has no airs about friendly exchanges with students. Among these students, Wang Bo and Shi Na are the most enthusiastic.

After they decided to study physics, they looked for opportunities to ask Lord Shi for advice on which aspect of physics was most worth learning.

"How's your math level? How far have you learned calculus?"

When writing the intermediate courses, Shi Jintang deliberately made the mathematics part more difficult. In addition to adding later high school mathematics content, he also added some calculus courses to facilitate self-study for students with advanced learning levels.

"I have learned some introductory calculus. I only learned about the slope and curvature of curves. I am not yet proficient in using calculus to solve problems."

Wang Bo replied sheepishly. In his opinion, Lord Shi's question must be because calculus is very important, and it is even more important for physics.

Shi Na hesitated and said, "I have taught myself some things about exponential functions, but I still can't use this knowledge proficiently."

Shi Jintang smiled and said, "Don't be embarrassed. Physics is an extremely grand subject, and its content is all-encompassing. Only we can't think of it. There is nothing it does not include.

For example, electricity, which is currently the most popular in Europe and the United States, will be a popular subject related to our future life. If we can thoroughly study electricity, we will definitely leave a mark in history.

In addition to electricity, there is also optics.

Because we live in a material world, everything is made of matter.

From the sun, moon, and stars in the sky to the tiny dust particles in the air and disease-causing bacteria that we cannot see, there are mysteries in this world from the macro to the micro, and they are all worthy of our exploration.

If you are good at mathematics, I suggest you study microphysics in depth. If you are not good at mathematics, you can try to study electricity and optics.

The optics I am talking about are not the mature optical principles, but a more in-depth study of the composition of light.

Understanding the question "What is light made of" will surely leave a mark in history.

In addition to what I have said, there are more mysteries in the world that are worth exploring, such as the Suez Canal we are about to pass through.

Does anyone know the history of the Suez Canal? "

Wang Ming, who had a round face and small eyes, raised his hand and replied: "I know, Sir, let me tell you."

Shi Jintang looked over and found that the child looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered that this child was the Korean snack boy from back then.

"Well, let you tell me."

“The Suez Canal was first built by the ancient Pharaohs, but later the French occupied Egypt and they wanted to recreate the miracle of the ancient canal.    But the French were too sloppy and mistook the data, thinking that the sea level of the Red Sea was higher than that of the Mediterranean. They thought Digging a canal here was not suitable for navigation, so the plan to build a canal was abandoned.

Later, the French came to Egypt and decided to dig a canal. It took 11 years to finally build the canal. "

After hearing this, Shi Jintang gave a thumbs up to the round-faced Wang Ming, "Yes, that's very well said.

So let's assume that if it is as expected by the French, how can we simulate how to build a ship lock so that navigation can be smooth? "

The principles of connectors and the concept of ship locks are detailed and explained in the physics textbook compiled by Shi Jintang.

Therefore, for these students, the question raised by Shi Jintang was not considered out of line.

But this involves difficulties in the practical application of physics, and not everyone has expertise in this area.

He raised this question because he also wanted to examine the students' active learning and application of knowledge.

Seeing that the students were all deep in thought, Shi Jintang did not interrupt and left time for them. He returned to the cabin and picked up paper and pen to start writing a letter to Mrs. Smith.

In addition to informing her of his upcoming trip to the United States, the content of the letter also informed Mrs. Smith of his upcoming wedding.

Mrs. Smith was his de facto adoptive mother after time travel, so it was appropriate to inform her of this news.

He also hoped that Mrs. Smith could attend his wedding to Ye Rong.

Kelly had written to him often since he came back from the United States and would send him postcards on holidays.

He rarely responded because he didn't know how to say no to Kelly.

After Alice gives birth, he will go to the United States to deal with the issue of the launch of Johnson & Johnson.

He informed Mrs. Smith in advance, hoping that she could convey the news of her upcoming wedding to Kelly Smith so that she could be mentally prepared in advance.

……

A few days later, Shi Jintang received the ship lock design drafts submitted by the students, most of which were unqualified.

But the manuscript of one of the students made Shi Jintang shout out that it was awesome.

This student's name is Lu Meng. She is a girl. She is only fourteen years old and has a talent for studying construction engineering.

The ship lock she designed was simple, reasonable and imaginative. She did not follow the previous design ideas for ship locks, but instead used external water sources to assist land ships.

Her idea is to build a large tank on the ground, and then use external water sources to transport ships on stairs. This idea is simply brilliant.

If this design drawing is slightly expanded, it can be used for construction in the Panama Strait.

Shi Jintang couldn't help but fantasize about opening the Panama Canal, but he quickly gave up the idea, which was inconsistent with his usual low-key approach.

But if this plan can be published, it will be published under Lu Meng's name.

By then, this 14-year-old girl will be famous all over the world, but this may kill her talent in advance.

Shi Jintang was a little conflicted, but in the end he put away his vanity and allowed Lu Meng, a little girl, to grow up safely for the time being.

When she grows up and becomes a pillar of Nanhua Company, she will have many opportunities to gain fame and wealth.

But Shi Jintang couldn't help but call all the students over, taking Lu Meng's ship lock design drawings, on-site explanations, construction principles, and the mechanics and architectural concepts involved.

Shi Jintang explained in detail, which made the students gain a lot, and Lu Meng was even more excited because he received the praise from Master Shi.

As they walked and talked like this, the students' admiration and admiration for Master Shi jumped to a higher level.

Shi Jintang was completely unaware that what he was thinking about at the moment was his first child. What should he name it?
  Ps: Boss Shi’s first child is about to make his debut. The puppet has already chosen the name that everyone has chosen in the past.

But I won’t use it for the time being. I plan to wait until Ye Rong is born before using it again. Just give me a two-word warning.

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