NOVPUBHe pointed with his hand, and the wooden kite on the ground started flapping its wings, circling low in the air continuously.
This was an answer to Li Nuo’s earlier question.
The Mohists possessed the power to control mechanisms, a skill only Mohist disciples possessed.
In the Martial Path’s fourth realm, although one could also control objects through the air, it was not as effortlessly as the Mohists.
As for Li Nuo, with the First Realm strength of Legalism and the Imprisonment Skill, he could make objects switch from motion to stillness, but he could not bring lifeless objects to life.
He glanced at the broken wooden gear in Li Yun’s hand, thought for a moment, and said, "You might try changing the number of teeth on these two wooden gears, perhaps then they wouldn’t break so easily."
Li Yun blinked in surprise and asked, "What?"
Li Nuo did not understand Mechanical Techniques, but he happened to know a bit of mathematics.
While studying prime numbers, his teacher had mentioned an example of their application.
In transmission processes, selecting prime numbers for the gear teeth helps reduce wear and maintain smooth transmission.
This is because two coprime numbers do not form a common divisor, allowing each tooth of the gear to contact every tooth on the opposing gear, thus dispersing and averaging out the damage caused by imperfections, thereby elongating its lifespan.
He had just counted, and the two gears in Li Yun’s hands had ten and thirty teeth respectively. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Not only did this not comply with engineering principles, it also did not fit with mathematics.
The development of the Mohists could not do without the support of mathematics.
Mathematics in this world had not yet researched prime numbers, let alone relate them to engineering.
After hearing Li Nuo’s explanation, Li Yun’s face showed a sudden understanding, and he muttered, "That makes sense, why didn’t I think of that!"
After muttering to himself, he ignored Li Nuo and the others and ran off, and was not seen again until mealtime.
At the dinner table, Li Yun’s seat was empty. King Chun waved his hand and said, "He must be poring over that pile of scrap wood again. Let’s eat and not worry about him..."
The beloved Mumu naturally also won King Chun’s affection.
After dinner, she received quite a few gifts from him as well.
Mostly girls’ clothes and ornaments. According to King Chun, all these were originally prepared for Li Yun.
During the pregnancy of Consort Chun, she craved spicy foods, making King Chun think she was carrying a girl, so he prepared many items a girl might need.
Unexpectedly, the Consort gave birth to a Princely Heir, and those items were prepared in vain.
This time, Mumu benefited from this oversight.
The items prepared by the King Mansion were naturally of high quality, and even after so much time, they were still like new.
When leaving the King Mansion, the carriage was almost filled with gifts from King Chun, and Li Nuo barely squeezed in.
Every visit to the King Mansion felt like a raid, and he felt almost embarrassed to come again next time.
Song Mu’er returned loaded with gifts, clearly in a good mood, holding the wooden kite Li Yun had given her, humming a song all the way.
Li Nuo, on the other hand, remained silent, preoccupied with other thoughts.
Those nobles had clearly clashed with him.
Although he knew that the path of cultivation in Legalism was exceptionally tough, full of hardships and obstacles,
That should have only been a concern after reaching the fourth realm...
The first three realms of Legalism didn’t necessarily involve conflicts with the nobles; regular cultivation was enough.
Only after the fourth realm did one need to cut down more significant figures to stimulate one’s cultivation.
Through the court’s legislation, they blocked his path.
He was only in the First Realm and had already encountered such targeting...
Such targeting wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Song Mu’er, holding a pile of gifts and humming a cheerful tune, noticed that Li Nuo, her brother, seemed downcast.
She thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "Li Nuo brother, are you angry?"
Li Nuo came back to his senses, surprised, "Angry? About what?"
Song Mu’er cautiously said, "You’re not upset about that big brother giving me things, are you?"
Li Nuo ruffled her hair and said, "Why would I be?"
Was he such a petty person?
Well... even though he could sometimes be a bit petty, he wasn’t that petty.
Song Mu’er put down the wooden kite, tightly held Li Nuo’s hand, and said cheerfully, "Don’t be mad, okay? Even though that big brother can make a lot of fun things, you and I will always be the best together..."
