The name of the son of the Mo Family once again spread throughout Chang 'an City. However, this time, Moton had indeed become famous.
Zu Mingjun was injured and bedridden, but in his boredom, he was suddenly inspired and mastered the parabola.
"No wonder people always say that if you want to succeed, you must be able to endure loneliness," Meton thought.
In Meton's eyes, the parabola was still very simple. It only had a coordinate, a starting point, a falling point, a vertex, and a symmetry axis that Zu Mingjun added on a whim.
But in this era, it was already a great achievement. When the Zu family heard the news, they were overjoyed. Immediately, many white-haired elders from Fan Yang's hometown rushed over.
The elders of the Zu family joined forces with a series of famous mathematicians in Chang 'an to announce that Zu Mingjun, the eldest son of the Zu family, had developed the parabola.
This was an era when the study of mathematics was almost stagnant, but in the literary world of Chang 'an, it was a big deal. The Zu family's name once again shook Chang' an.
"The Zu family is indeed a family of mathematicians! Their ancestor, Zu Chongzhi, calculated the ratio of pi, and today, Zu Mingjun developed the parabola. "
"Who said that the Zu family's method was difficult to understand, and that it was better not to learn? In my opinion, that's because they are not good enough. "
"I heard that Zu Mingjun is only fifteen years old. In time, he will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with his ancestor, Zu Chongzhi."
"But I heard that Zu Mingjun was able to develop the parabola because Mo Jiazi smashed it with a walnut," someone said mysteriously.
"That's impossible!" Everyone's jaws dropped in shock.
"I have friends in the Imperial College. This is not a secret in the Imperial College. They all know about it. They also saw Mo Jiazi helping Zu Mingjun demonstrate the parabola."
All of a sudden, Chang 'an City was abuzz with the news that the son of the Mohist Family had smashed Zu Mingjun awake. It became the gossip of Chang' an City.
When someone personally asked the elders of the Zu family about this matter, the white-haired Zu family patriarch immediately denied it!
"Zu Mingjun did comprehend the parabola from Mo Jiazi's walnuts, but he wasn't awakened by Mo Jiazi's walnuts."
The Zu family's patriarch's words proved that the Mo family's son had indeed tossed the walnut. However, many people were unwilling to accept this ordinary story. How could this be compared to the legendary story of the Mo family's son smashing Zu Mingjun awake?
"If I were to be smashed by Mo Jiazi, I might be able to gain intelligence too. Maybe I could develop oxygen in a single night, and all the wealth would be mine!" Someone whimsically said.
"Tsk! You might not even be able to wake him up with a stone! "
However, there were still some people who didn't give up. They often lingered in front of Mo Jiazi, making Meton nervous. He directly put his hand into his pocket, and these people left in disappointment.
"In my opinion, it might not have been the walnuts that woke him up. It must have been the walnuts that made Zu Mingjun comprehend the parabola."
"Yes, yes, Mo Jiazi must love walnuts, so he always has them at home. Think about it, Mo Jiazi is so smart. He invented the secret technique of living fish, the curved plough, the horse carriage, and the artificial hatching technique. Where did he get so much brain power from? It must be the walnuts." A black-clothed scholar looked at it from another angle, and suddenly felt that he had discovered a shocking fact.
"Ah! Where are you going? "The black-clothed scholar saw his companion running away, and hurriedly asked.
"Ah! No, I have to buy some walnuts too! "His companion's voice came from afar.
"Wait for me! I feel like I need some too! "The black-clothed scholar hurriedly chased after him.
The rumor that walnuts nourished the brain quickly spread throughout Chang 'an. In a short period of time, even walnuts were selling like crazy.
"Being hit by Mo Jiazi might be too risky, and he might become stupid. But there's nothing wrong with eating some walnuts." Many people thought to themselves.
Many parents of young children who were not good at school bought walnuts to nourish their children.
Even now, if you went to someone's house to give a basket of walnuts as a gift, the host would immediately treat you as a guest of honor and entertain you with good wine and food.
"Kacha, kacha!"
The three guards smashed the walnuts with all their might. Qin Huaiyu and the other two picked up a handful of walnuts and stuffed them into their mouths. Soon, the walnut shells were scattered all over the ground.
The hot air balloon business that they had high hopes for had hit a bottleneck. They had encountered a big problem, air leakage. Coincidentally, the rumor that walnuts nourished the brain was spreading in Chang 'an, so the three of them decided to replenish their brain power.
It was no wonder that the three of them were so anxious. In the beginning, they and Zu Mingjun had received guidance from Meton at the same time. In the end, it didn't take long for Zu Mingjun to become successful.
Other than expanding the Kongming Lantern many times over, the three of them made no progress at all.
And they stubbornly believed that this was their chance to leave their names in history. They only asked their own craftsmen to help, and were determined not to let Meton help.
"Do you have any ideas?" Qin Huaiyu turned to ask Cheng Chumo.
Cheng Chumo grabbed a handful of walnuts and stuffed them into his mouth. He thought for a moment, then shook his head.
Qin Huaiyu was so angry that his nose became crooked. There's no way. What are you thinking?
Seeing that the walnut shells were scattered all over the ground, Qin Huaiyu and the other two still couldn't do anything about the air leakage.
"It must be those walnut merchants who spread the news. I've eaten so many walnuts, but it's useless!" Qin Huaiyu kicked the pile of walnut shells in front of him into scattered pieces.
Meton rolled his eyes and said, "Walnuts only look like brains. How can they grow brains? Don't listen to those unscrupulous merchants."
"Don't tell me it's useless? Didn't you become so smart because you ate so many walnuts? "Yuchi Baolin said in a low voice. He was usually the stupidest, so he was the most enthusiastic about methods to become smart.
He was the one who bought these walnuts, and he bought three hemp bags. The three of them had only consumed about five kilograms in the afternoon.
"I just liked eating walnuts back then. If you want to talk about their usefulness, they're a little useful," Meton said after thinking for a moment.
The three of them immediately pulled their ears to listen carefully.
"Does stopping hunger count?" Meton said jokingly.
"Get lost!"
The three of them shouted angrily in unison.
"Meton, come and hit me too. Let's see if I can get inspired and make a hot air balloon!" Cheng Chumo gritted his teeth and said with his head held high.
"Your head is too hard. You're practically a block of wood. Walnuts definitely won't work. They won't be able to wake you up! I think there's only a slight chance of success if I use a brick! "Meton shook the black brick in his hand and looked at the three of them with a smirk.
Cheng Chumo jumped up like he was flying to avoid it. He wasn't smart, but he wasn't stupid either. It was hard to say if this brick could make him smart, but his head would definitely explode.
"What can we do to prevent the air leakage?" Qin Huaiyu said with a sad sigh.
This was related to their chance to leave their names in history and their status among the playboys in Chang 'an.
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