Not only were the archmages surprised by such a bold decision, even Fen, who was sitting next to him, was surprised.
Even if he had received Balta's help, that shouldn't be the reason for him to accept the invitation so quickly. He didn't talk about the pay or the details, and he just delivered himself to the door like this. It was completely different from when he said that he would maximize his own benefits.
Noticing that he was the center of attention, especially when his companion was also looking at him with confusion, Lin shrugged and said, "It's a consensus that we don't teach Language P. After excluding that one, what are the rest of the invitations? It's not that there aren't any, but there are Magic Towers, Airships, and Blink. No one has asked me to teach mathematics. This is the first time. I'm so touched. Tell me about the things I know. If I don't know anything about mathematics, can I teach them? "
Although all the invitations were pragmatic, and the previous invitations focused on the knowledge that could be used. But just like Felipe's doubts, how far could they go without the most basic foundation? Thinking of this, Felipe suddenly realized that he had considered something and asked worriedly, "Mr. Kabambai, you don't want me to teach a group of children, do you?"
Kabambai hurriedly said, "Of course not. You're so talented. Wouldn't it be a waste to teach basic knowledge?"
"That's good," Lin said with satisfaction. As for the Lich, who was originally puzzled, he understood Lin's thoughts and didn't raise any other opinions.
After knowing that the Mage in front of him agreed after careful consideration and not because he wanted to repay a favor, Kabambai was even more satisfied. He was satisfied that the Mage had the most basic qualities of a Mage, which was rational judgment. He was also satisfied with his own choice. As expected, the mage who constantly brought up new knowledge valued this knowledge the most.
He glanced at his good friend Bijan, who nodded slightly.
This person's appearance was not purely for the sake of dropping by. Although the academy was under his name, it was established together with this good friend of his. He also had the right to participate in the decisions regarding the matters related to the academy. He invited him because he was afraid that this Mage he had been looking forward to for a long time was a good-for-nothing liar, so he invited a few more people to investigate this Mage's background.
But from her performance during dinner, perhaps her etiquette wasn't on point, but her knowledge level was definitely not bad. The two of them even had clear answers to his questions regarding the new knowledge. One had to know that there were many questions that he didn't know the answers to.
Since he had passed this simple interview, Kabambai was even more determined to invite this person to join him. He, his wife, and his good friend stood up cautiously, saluted, and said: "Since Your Excellency has agreed, then I, Kabambai, …" "Witness, Bijan." "… I am very honored to invite His Excellency Guebrache Tripwood to become a mathematics teacher at my school."
Listening to the words used, Lin guessed that the academy established in the Holy City was similar to the Orange Eaton Academy that he had founded back then. Only the students were allowed to address the teachers as' Mister 'instead of' Teacher 'or' Mentor '.
In other words, the relationship between a teacher and a student in the academy was different from that of a real mage. Towards such a distinction, a certain someone could only agree and not object. A real master and disciple had to take on too many responsibilities.
But since the three white-haired old men saluted so cautiously, Lin couldn't just sit there and let the other party salute him. He promptly stood up and saluted, saying: "I'm very …"
"I object!" A crisp and tender female voice interrupted and stopped everything that was going on. Standing at the door of the small salon, a young and beautiful girl aggressively approached. She threw herself into the arms of the Great Wizard Kabambai like a spoiled child and said in a sweet voice: "Grandpa, I told you that if you want to teach mathematics, you don't need to find someone else. I'm enough."
The Great Wizard intimately comforted the girl. Kabambai could only make an apologetic expression and said: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, my granddaughter was too rude."
Hearing her grandfather protecting an outsider, the girl suddenly jumped up and said in a shrill voice: "I wasn't rude. I know all the books he wrote, and I'm even better than him. Why would I need to hire a country bumpkin like him to teach in our academy? "
A certain person didn't feel anything about the girl's rudeness. Instead, he was interested in what she said. I know all the books I wrote, what books did I write?
"You don't believe me? Hmph, let me test you. The multiplication in your book is just a nine-by-nine table. At most, it's a problem of multiplying a ten-digit number by a ten-digit number. Then let me ask you, what is 9,728,063 multiplied by 11,369,697? "
Multiplication? A ten-digit number multiplied by a ten-digit number? This girl couldn't be talking about the elementary school textbooks that he wrote for the children at Orange Eaton Academy, right?
"The answer is 110,605,128,706,911. You can't answer it. With this level of mathematics, you're already inferior to me. A mere country bumpkin like you dares to teach in my grandpa's academy. "
"Hehe." It should be those books that were leaked out. It was undeniable that calculations were important to mathematics, but it wasn't the whole story. However, the other party was the granddaughter of Archmage Kabambai. It was obvious that he couldn't just grab her and spank her. Lin Xiang thought for a moment and said, "Since you asked me a question and I couldn't answer it. Then, can I also ask you a question? "
"Sure, go ahead and ask. I'm a master of mathematics. "The girl said proudly.
"Then, may I ask, do you have a pen and paper?" Lin Xiang asked the attendant.
Archmage Kabambai nodded. His steward naturally went to fetch a pen and paper. Of course, he wouldn't look down on the mage in front of him just because of a few words from his granddaughter. He was just curious as to how the mage would subdue this arrogant girl.
He wasn't the kind of grandfather who only knew how to spoil his child regardless of good or bad. Some of the setbacks in life were the best nutrients for growth. Of course, the premise was that it didn't threaten her life. If it did, he would definitely stop it. However, it seemed that this mage wasn't the kind of person who was impulsive and would flip the table before thinking.
However, Kabambai also knew that his granddaughter's intelligence and talent weren't ordinary. It was to the extent that even he was often surprised and praised. Thus, he and his family had carefully nurtured this child. And this kind of little genius wasn't someone who could be easily pacified by patting her head like a child.
As for the other party, he wasn't as angry as the others thought. He just smiled and took the pen and paper, picked up the ruler, and scribbled on the paper.
Dealing with naughty children was the same as dealing with people with bad intentions. Once you fell into the other party's rhythm, you would lose. The best way was to ignore the other party, as it would be easy to get internal injuries after playing a one-man show for too long. The second best way was to open up another battlefield, find the other party's weak spot, and ruthlessly knock it down!
The girl saw the mage's actions, but didn't take it to heart. Instead, she said, "Hmph, geometry isn't much. Whether it's the area or the volume, it won't be difficult for me. "
Very quickly, Lin Xiang wrote down two pieces of paper. He directly handed the first piece of paper over and said, "Come, this is indeed a geometry problem. It's not difficult, it's very basic, but it's also very important. " The other piece of paper was folded and covered on the table. He said, "This is the answer, the folded part is the proof process. But first, I have to say that the answer is the only solution, but there are many ways to prove it. So, the proof I wrote is just a reference. "
The girl took the paper confidently and flipped through it … Then, she flipped the paper upside down and looked at it again … She flipped it over and over again several times. Suddenly, she lost control and shouted, "How is this a problem of geometry? There are no numbers on it at all! "After saying that, she slapped the paper on the table. At this time, the others finally had a chance to see what Lin Xiang had written on the paper.
It was a right triangle, the base was a, and the height was b. What was the hypotenuse?
A few experienced archmages, as well as the servants who were standing at the side, were all stunned by the simple pattern and words on the paper. There were indeed no numbers on the paper. Could this be considered mathematics?
Only Fen glanced at it and said casually, "Oh, the Pythagorean theorem. It's a trick to trick children. "She didn't pay attention to it anymore.
Fen's careless attitude of course angered the girl. She was flustered and exasperated, and she almost rushed forward to compete with the woman who was so beautiful that she made her jealous.
Kabanbai grabbed his granddaughter and didn't let her rush forward. With his other hand, he picked up the paper and thought about the possible answers. From the other party's attitude, he knew that there was a solution to this problem, and it could be calculated without numbers. Unless the concept of calculation was different from what he imagined. Also, the other party once said that all his knowledge was based on mathematics.
Suddenly, Kabanbai had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Is this the variable of Programming Language P?"
Lin sincerely admired the old mage's sensitivity to the horizontal connection of knowledge. But some problems still needed to be clarified and corrected to prevent the wrong ideas from being fixed. "In mathematics, I prefer to call it 'algebra', not 'variable' in programming language."
"Algebra, to replace the numbers used for calculation. Hmm, not bad at all. "Kabambai couldn't help but be intoxicated by the simple noun and the meaning behind it. He subconsciously let go of his granddaughter, opened the solution and proof that was covered, and looked at the hypotenuse that was derived.
Every step of the process was clear as day. The most primitive mathematical foundation, which was addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, made every step of calculation. The new calculation method was the notation of square and square root. But it was simple to explain with a mathematical formula, and it could be understood at a glance.
But compared to the hypotenuse that was derived, the proof in front of him was the real treasure of knowledge. Because he understood the benefits of algebra. Just like Programming Language P, he could put any actual number in algebra, and then he could directly get the answer through the formula. He didn't have to deduce the whole process again and again every time.
At the same time, this also solved Kabanbai's confusion. Mathematics, as expected, was not just about simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and practice questions in that thin book that was circulated outside. More knowledge could be derived from this. And now, he finally glimpsed a corner of the vast knowledge. He was touched and condensed into one word, "Good!"
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