SFS Chapter 262 Why is Li Ming necessary?
Chapter 262 Why is Li Ming necessary?
The drip system is relatively easy to make. Just build a three-tiered platform in the shape of a staircase, place three stone buckets on the top three tiers as water jugs, and extend a tap from the bottom of each water jug.
This simple water tap is made of iron. Lin Baiyan had it made by the blacksmith when he was hammering the stone slab. With this, he could control the speed of the water flow more precisely.
The bottom of the bucket is covered with a lid, and on the lid is a vertical ruler marked with the hours of the day.
There is a small hole in the middle of the lid, which is right in front of the ruler. Inside the hole is a wooden sword, and below the wooden sword is a floating boat.
Each time water drips into the bottom bucket, the floating boat will slowly rise, from midnight to midnight the next day, which is exactly one day and one night.
That evening, Lin Baiyan moved the sundial back to its original position and poured water into the drip clock.
In the following days, he would run to the central square countless times every day to check the time.
On the tenth night, in the central square, the torches on the stone pillars cast two dark figures that were stealthily moving around the altar.
However, the patrolling soldiers kept their eyes straight ahead, only occasionally glancing furtively at the two figures.
Those two people were none other than their city lord and high priest.
The soldier wondered what the two were doing so suspiciously, always choosing to act under the cover of darkness, and coming over several times every night. He grumbled to himself.
Beside the altar, Lin Baiyan was directing the city lord of Ten Thousand Beasts City to slightly move the sundial, once again calibrating the sundial pointer and the direction of the North Star.
Following Lin Baiyan's instructions, Lang Cang carefully guided the pointer closer and closer to the North Star.
"Alright, that's settled then." Lin Baiyan measured the current angle.
The two moved to the fourth-floor dripping chamber, adjusted the water flow rate in the stone bucket, and then noted the error on the animal hide.
This is the 76th calibration, and the error is getting smaller and smaller. It should be ready for use tomorrow.
Lin Baiyan, with panda eyes, folded the animal hide with great satisfaction and stuffed it into his small bag.
Lang Cang dusted off his hands. "How was it?"
Lin Baiyan exclaimed happily, "The error is getting smaller and smaller!"
"That's good." Lang Cang breathed a small sigh of relief. These past two days, they had to get up several times in the middle of the night. He was alright, as he usually stayed up all night on night duty. But Lin Baiyan's complexion had visibly deteriorated from all the stress these past two days.
Unfortunately, only he could adjust this thing. Looking at the dark circles under his partner's eyes, Lang Cang wanted to tell him several times not to let him do it.
Anyway, they've been living like this for so many years, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, so they don't need that so-called concept of time.
However, Lin Baiyan was very determined. Time is very important to human beings. Only when people have a clear concept of time can they have a clearer understanding of their daily lives.
History exists only because of time.
Therefore, these tools used to determine time are very necessary.
Lin Baiyan explained the significance of his actions to Lang Cang in a very serious and solemn manner.
So Lang Cang had no choice but to stay with him every day to adjust the errors.
Fortunately, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this should be the last time.
The next morning.
Lin Baiyan, clutching her small animal-skin bundle, leaned against Lang Cang's shoulder, her little head dozing off. They stood guard beside the water clock and sundial for easy observation.
A moment before sunrise, Lang Cang quickly and gently patted Lin Baiyan's arm, "Baiyan, the sun is about to rise."
Upon hearing this, Lin Baiyan immediately sobered up and slapped his face hard.
The two leaned against each other, watching the sun slowly rise.
As the sundial cast its shadow, Lin Baiyan quickly noted down the time, then turned to the water clock beside him and recorded the time as well.
Looking at the data on the animal hide, Lin Baiyan breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Lang Cang with a big smile on his face, "Success!"
Lin Baiyan put away the animal skin, jumped into Lang Cang's arms, and rubbed his head hard against Lang Cang's shoulder.
Waaah, it's finally done!
This was quite a challenge for Lin Baiyan. He had only seen simple explanations on short videos before, and this was his first time actually trying it out.
Making two timekeeping devices coincide sounds simple, but the probability of these two devices, both of which have errors, coinciding is extremely low, let alone coinciding them to produce the correct time.
He has accomplished a very challenging task.
After the sundial and water clock were successfully calibrated, they were quickly put into use.
Every hour, soldiers would beat animal-hide drums in the central square to remind people of the time.
Lin Baiyan's daily science popularization classes have also added a new course: understanding time.
That's right, the three-legged class has been set up in a simple framework. The main courses taught now are calculation, writing, and gathering. Other courses are not yet offered, but the classes for the little ones have been set up.
Lin Baiyan converted the large warehouse deepest in the tribe into a school, where the children of the three tribes come to study every day.
Classes are held in the morning, and free time is available in the afternoon. The main courses are data collection, calculation, and text.
However, it also added many strange and unusual courses that Lin Baiyan had previously thought of.
Lin Baiyan wrote several catchy lyrics for lessons like drawing, physical education, crafts, and even music, and taught them to Shuyue.
Since Rat Moon can no longer work as a bricklayer, the job at the school is a good fit for him.
Not only him, but the other two tribes' pregnant orcs mostly did leisurely jobs.
Lin Baiyan gave them a thorough lesson on pregnancy. Although he didn't know much himself, he was still more cautious than these sub-beastmen who didn't take themselves seriously at all.
After being lectured by the future high priest, who used a combination of intimidation and manipulation, everyone became more concerned about their flat stomachs.
The little ones are doing well; they're learning math quite quickly. The adults are a bit slower, but they can manage.
But ever since Lin Baiyan added the time factor, everyone has started complaining bitterly.
They weren't very good at numerical calculations to begin with, and now, in addition to numbers, they also have to deal with time.
Combining the two together is simply a winning combination!
What? It's 12:15 PM now. Li Ming walks 300 meters in 10 minutes. The school is 1200 meters away. And they're asking them to calculate the time it takes to get to school.
Ughhhhh, the beastmen are going crazy! Why is Li Ming causing so much trouble?!
They wished they could just kick Li Ming right into the school!