Chapter 1,398 Three sketches, academic wisdom from Europe!
"The priest said it! You have one night and one day to come up with a feasible way to salvage the 8-pound cannon! If you think of it, you can survive. If you don't think of it, just click, click, click!..."
"Don't even think about escaping! This island is full of our people. You, a thin-skinned person with tender flesh, can't escape at all... If you are caught by the ferocious red-haired warriors, they will dip a cane in chili salt water and smoke it.
You're going to die!... And the evil-minded red-haired captain will even apply real devil's pepper on the front and back of your lower body! That horrible taste of death, hiss!... I can't even imagine it, there's no one at all
I can handle it!…”
"What? What is chili pepper, you ask?... When you survive, you will have the opportunity to eat it, it is very fragrant!..."
In the deep night, the sailboat docked at the village, and the lights were accompanied by the celebration of the entire tribe. The aroma of various foods floated from afar, and the laughter of men and women resounded throughout the night, full of the simple joy of fighting off evil spirits!
As the "noble chief" who captured the demon, scholar Martin was held alone in a simple cave. His feet were tied with a knotted rope and two heavy rocks. He was guarded by two Taino militiamen.
He is always on guard for him to escape.
"Lord! Is this the hell in the "Divine Comedy"? And that so-called devil's pepper... sounds like the punishment of hell, like the sixth level of heresy's cage, that kind of terrible fiery sarcophagus.
!…”
At this moment, under the threat of Castilian sailors, in a crypt without freedom, bed, or even light, scholar Martin has completely fallen into deep fear!
He couldn't help but think of the "Divine Comedy" that was popular among the HRE nobles. This "three-line poem" work was born in the Italian city-state more than a hundred years ago. By this time, it had become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and truly created the Nine Hells.
Description. With its profound religious philosophy, it is highly praised by "German scholars". And the so-called "pepper" presumably represents the torture of hell, the temptation and torture of the devil, right?!
"The Lord is witness! His glory always shines on me! Piety is my shield...eh?...The Lord will protect me...right?...from such a vicious, barbaric, devilish native?"
Obviously, scholar Martin’s faith is not up to par and will never be approved by God.
I don't know whether it was the mark of the number of beasts that really brought about the erosion of the devil, or whether too much knowledge "poisoned" his supposedly pious mind. That night, he tossed and turned in the mud and couldn't sleep, the fear of darkness,
Not only did it devour his soul, but it also brought him unprecedented mental pressure!
"O Lord! O Devil! I must live! I will never die in the hands of the barbaric natives, or even be eaten by them... No matter what the cost! My superior wisdom will definitely save me! O God! Devil
ah!…"
The pressure of life and death gave scholar Martin a working motivation he had never had before, making him like a high-speed spinning top being whipped crazily by the "devil's whip". He knew very well that this was not an ordinary test;
A test of life and death!
If he can't show enough value, even if the natives really salvage the 8-pound cannon, I'm afraid they won't give him any preferential treatment or get a good ending... He must do his best to show his knowledge and talents! This will be
The day when he worked the hardest in his life was in the hands of barbarians who did not recognize his noble status!
In the evening of the second day, scholar Martin finally walked toward the "devil shaman" with the highest status in the "evil native tribe", the monk wearing a feather crown, with red eyes and three charcoal sketches on the wooden board.
Owl!
"Dear Lord Sipangu! Please let me introduce to you... the outstanding plan of a wise noble scholar! About how to pick up a 2,000-pound 8-pound cannon from the seabed of more than 20 meters..."
"Please look at these three design sketches! The first one is a pulley lifting machine, which can help divers lift quickly. They only need to tie different weights at both ends of the rope. And there should be three parallel ropes on the entire lifting machine! One fast
Descending, one rising quickly, and one responsible for binding the 8-pound gun, which can stay on the bottom of the sea..."
Xiu Maoying's sharp eyes fell on the three sketches of scholar Martin. His eyebrows twitched slightly, and he felt an understandable surprise at this "three-dimensional drawing" he had seen for the first time in his life! And this, too
For the first time, the entire Central American world is exposed to the latest academic progress from Europe, in every subtle aspect! In fact, this is the power that can truly change the future in the entire European world...
The first sketch outlines a simple fixed pulley machine. Xiu Maoying looks familiar. He seems to have heard about similar things from his brother's mouth or from some abstract divine paintings.
thing.
"God bless you! According to the textbook of Shenwei University, the left and right of divine power are always relative... The force on an object determines the acceleration?... As for this 'pulley', it changes the direction of the force and applies different accelerations?..."
Scholar Martin blinked his eyes and looked at the native shaman who was chanting something. He didn't know what "spell" the other person was reciting. With the ignorance of these natives, they might not be able to understand his great wisdom... But these are not important.
The most important thing is to save his noble life under the ax of the barbarian!
"Ahem! Dear Lord! This is the second sketch, which is the specific binding design of the 8-pounder gun! I drew a total of two types, one is chain binding, and the other is rope binding... Uh, there is no chain? Then
Just a rope, a rope is great!…”
"We need to first lay down a long fixture to dock with the 8-pounder... It can be an iron bar or a hardwood... Then, use the cross-tying method to form a mutually tightened cross-tying between the rope and the gun barrel.
Structure...Each rope is considered to be able to withstand 200 pounds of tension and must have at least ten knots, preferably twelve!..."
"After the binding is completed, check the knots of all the ropes, embed wooden wedges or stone wedges in the loose places, let the knots bear all the force, and block each other... Ah! What are you talking about? I don't need to talk about the ropes, you are
Professional? Uh...yes! Yes!..."
"Yes! Yes! You are right! The most important thing is the breath. The breath of diving is not enough. For such a complicated binding, one breath is definitely not enough! However, we German scholars already have the latest diving device design, so
It is groundbreaking, unprecedented, and can allow people to stay in the water for a long time...a great diving bell!..."
At this point, scholar Martin finally showed pride and pointed to the third wooden plank! And on it, there was a big bell hanging in the water! Although it looked like it was just a big bell sunk into the water.
, but the ideological basis behind it is indeed the "revival" and "enlightenment" of European scientific exploration in the past hundred years!
"God bless you!...Ugh! Huitziloppo bless you too!...According to the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle, 'air is a tangible element, the thing that sustains life'! We can't see the air, but we can
Feel it, breathe it! And it can sink into the water, and it will also compress and shrink under the 'weight of water'..."
"Scholars from the German city-states have done experiments! They put a small bell straight down and quickly sank into the water... As a result, the water could not fill the entire inside of the bell, because there was still air in the bell! The air gathered around the bell
The upper part, while the water line remains at a specific position, is the boundary between air and water!…”
"As the depth of the bell deepens, the position of the waterline also slowly moves upward, seeming to compress the air! Although scholars are still unclear about what exactly caused this change, what is the real reason for this change?
The heavy pressure of existence...But air can indeed be preserved in the water through this diving bell! This is not only a bell, but also a great masterpiece that can breathe underwater and exchange air!..."
"Of course! This 'diving bell' must be heavy enough, tough enough, and able to withstand the pressure of more than twenty meters deep! It must be made of metal and completely impermeable. Soft leather will not suffice, as will wood.
No way!…”
"The bigger the diving bell, the better! The bigger the bell, the more air can be stored, allowing the diver to take more breaths, and even squat in the bell to descend... Ugh! If the big one can't be cast,
A smaller one will do, and you can sink a few more. It’s best to use a pulley frame... The weight must be even on the left and right sides, and it cannot tilt on the bottom of the sea! Once it tilts to a certain angle, the air will escape!"
"Lord, I swear in the name of the Lord and the devil! This is definitely the most feasible salvage plan! Three lifting pulleys, ten binding knots, a large diving bell... If this still doesn't succeed, then please sacrifice
...Ahem! Then let me revise it carefully, and I will surely come up with a feasible solution!..."
