The Ming Dynasty: My sister, Empress Ma

I was still seasick the next day.

However, the orders were being enforced to some extent, and the soldiers on both ships could now understand the bugle calls.

Moreover, the soldiers' swimming skills have generally improved.

While we can't say that everyone is an expert swimmer, we can at least say that it's impossible for anyone to drown during training.

This was also thanks to Ma Wenyuan's later experience in teaching soldiers how to prevent cramps in the water, and so on.

Regardless, this pleased Ma Wenyuan greatly, and he added meat to everyone's dinner.

P.S.: Ma Xiuying took the money.

Day three.

Ma Wenyuan ordered the purchase of ginger and other items, and also conducted additional targeted anti-vertigo training, which greatly reduced the number of soldiers suffering from seasickness.

It's worth mentioning that Zeng Qing recovered from his illness and joined the training.

He was assigned to the second ship and followed He Tao.

It is said that General He did not show up that day.

fourth day

All soldiers were able to carry out normal operations on deck, and seasickness became a minority.

Meanwhile, the entire crew of ship number two can now swim.

He Tao thus received a reward of two thousand coins from Ma Wenyuan.

Overjoyed, General He declared war on Zeng Qing at the urging of everyone.

Afterwards, He Tao was pulled out of the water.

fifth day.

Ship No. 1 caught up with Ship No. 2, and from then on, all the soldiers were freed from the label of being unable to swim.

Ding Shuisheng received one thousand coins.

At dinner, this kid made a special trip to kowtow to Ma Wenyuan, probably to show his loyalty.

According to He Tao, the guy later gave some money to his subordinates.

Ma Wenyuan thought he was a talented person.

The sixth day, the seventh day.

The days passed by.

Ma Wenyuan's training was quite effective; by the seventh day, the third hundredth household had basically undergone a complete transformation.

The army is fully transitioning into the navy.

Admittedly, it cannot be compared with the real elite online trolls, but it is already very good.

Ma Wenyuan also plans to train beach landing and ship control, rope breaking tactics, and repair and rescue operations.

The first two were semi-real combat exercises. The current Ming Dynasty navy, including some of Ma Wenyuan's men, had never participated in any naval battles.

The longest battle, and the only one, took place at Poyang Lake.

If Ma Wenyuan wants to abandon the flood-based warfare tactics used on Poyang Lake, then he must conduct targeted training.

Repair and rescue training focuses on how to quickly repair ship damage to prevent sinking.

How to effectively rescue soldiers who fall into the water to prevent unnecessary sacrifices.

Ma Wenyuan wanted to transform his men from lone-wolf pirates into a formalized naval force.

At the same time, targeted training in the use of firearms is also necessary. Ma Wenyuan believes that most firearms are currently being used indiscriminately to "boost courage."

If it hits, that's good; if it misses, at least we'll hear the sound.

They usually miss.

That's a load of rubbish.

Such a lethal weapon, especially since the Wudewei is issued a lot of it, would be a waste if it couldn't be used effectively?

Targeted training is also necessary.

……

Regardless, Ma Wenyuan was quite satisfied with the results of the seven-day training.

Ma Wenyuan waved his hand and gave everyone a day off, which could be considered as giving them one last day off.

It can be considered a balance between work and rest.

Most of his soldiers went home happily with the money, while a small number went to brothels to relieve their boredom.

Ma Wenyuan himself naturally had to go home as well.

I haven't been back for seven days.

Even after returning home, Ma Wenyuan didn't really want to go home.

It's too noisy.

Xu Da went to Beiping to train troops.

With limited energy to look after Xu Jia Nuo's large estate and the two- or three-year-old Xu Huizu, Xie had no one to care for Xu Miaoyun.

According to Yang Liu, Xu Miaoyun has recently been thinking about opening a door between the two families, or moving into a bedroom in the Ma residence.

Ma Wenyuan was really troubled by what he heard. His original idea was to cultivate the interests and hobbies of Xu Miaoyun, a smart child, and then teach her other things when she grew up.

Unexpectedly, Xu Miaoyun has now become uncontrollable.

Aside from going back to rest at night, he spent the rest of his time at the Ma residence with Zeng Xiu, exploring the principles of things and pursuing knowledge.

The two of them spent the whole day either arguing or causing trouble.

Fortunately, the house is big enough that Ma Wenyuan can retreat to his study and enjoy some peace and quiet.

Three poles in the sun.

Xu Miaoyun sneaked into Ma Wenyuan's study, where Ma Wenyuan was writing down the training plan.

This is his habit; a bad pen is worse than a good memory.

Moreover, writing it out makes it easier to see where things are obviously unreasonable.

squeak--

The door was carefully pushed open, and a small head peeked in, looking left and right.

"What's up?"

Ma Wenyuan didn't look up, but just asked casually.

"Uncle."

Xu Miaoyun walked in, still looking around aimlessly.

"Why are there no books in Uncle's study?"

"I remember how expensive that thing is. What's up?"

Xu Miaoyun pursed her lips, and finally said,

"I wrote something, could you take a look at it for me, Uncle?"

Zeng Xiu came in with her.

However, unlike Xu Miaoyun, Zeng Xiu was much more reserved.

She even tried to hide behind a child who was three heads shorter than her.

Ma Wenyuan naturally saw her, took the manuscript written by Xu Miaoyun, and casually asked,

"It's been seven days, how are your studies going?"

This question made Zeng Xiu even more nervous.

Seeing her like this, Ma Wenyuan understood.

Zeng Xiu usually respected him a lot, so she wouldn't be so timid and hesitant now; it's obvious she hasn't learned anything.

Ma Wenyuan wasn't annoyed.

After all, they are teenagers. Although people generally mature earlier these days, their age is still a factor, and playing is in their nature.

Ma Wenyuan's attention gradually returned to what Xu Miaoyun had written.

The title is "A New Theory on the Investigation of Things".

This piqued Ma Wenyuan's interest.

Volume One, Chapter on Dynamics. Part One: Distinguishing Between the Speed ​​of Falling Bodies.

This is a description of a free fall experiment.

"Take two stones, one large and one small, and drop them at the same height. When there is no wind, they will hit the ground almost simultaneously. The common saying that 'the heavier one will fall faster' is completely wrong."

"However, paper flakes and feathers fall slowly, not because of their weight, but because of the obstruction of the wind. If the disturbance of the wind is removed, all things will fall at the same height and at the same speed."

Upon seeing this, Ma Wenyuan was somewhat surprised. He hadn't mentioned wind resistance at the time because he felt it was too advanced.

It's quite remarkable that Xu Miaoyun actually thought of this herself.

Ma Wenyuan continued reading.

"Secondly, a new theory on inertia."

"Try placing a round ball on a flat stone; it will move when gently pushed, but will stop after a while. The common saying that it will stop when the effort is exhausted is incorrect."

"The ball stops moving because the stone surface is rough, the wind is obstructed, and the ground is slightly tilted. These three factors interfere with each other, thus hindering its momentum. If these disturbances are completely eliminated, the ball will continue to move straight without bending or stopping, even without any pushing force."

"Therefore, the theory of 'the constant nature of things' is established: all things, in their inherent state, desire to remain still if they are at rest, and desire to remain in motion if they are in motion. Unless disturbed by external objects, their state will never change."

The law of inertia, which Ma Wenyuan once pointed out, is something that is truly remarkable to understand so thoroughly.

That's all. Xu Miaoyun only wrote this one volume. Ma Wenyuan suddenly became curious, "Why didn't she write about the scattering of light?"

"Sister Xiuxiu wrote this!" Xu Miaoyun replied immediately.

Ma Wenyuan looked at Zeng Xiu, and the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl blushed slightly under his gaze.

In the end, Xu Miaoyun couldn't stand the dawdling any longer, so she forcibly snatched the note and handed it to Ma Wenyuan.

"How can you do this, dawdling like that?" Xu Miaoyun criticized. "You have no manly spirit at all!"

That sounded like her father scolding his subordinates, and she picked it up.

Zeng Xiu was angered and retorted, "I am not a man, but you are the one who does not act like a lady from a respectable family at all."

The fact that they can argue shows that these two girls have a very good relationship.

Ma Wenyuan ignored him and just looked at Zeng Xiu's manuscript.

Volume One: Light and Color. It discusses how sunlight passing through a crystal pearl can be divided into five colors.

"I once took a crystal bead and held it up in a dark room to reflect the sunlight. It revealed colorful patterns like a rainbow. It was not that the bead had any color, but rather that the sunlight entered the bead and caused it to crack on its own."

"The reason is this: light travels in a straight line, but bends when it encounters crystal; the bend varies in speed, hence the different colors. Red bends the slowest, purple the fastest, and the other colors follow in between. It is like boats of the same speed entering different currents and arriving at the shore one after the other; the order in which the colors arrive is also like this."

"Further, I realized: The color of all things is not inherent in the things themselves, but rather appears as a reflection of light refracted from their inner and outer states. If all light were uniformly curved, then the world would be white. This is the theory of 'the bending (expansion) of light.'"