The Ross tribe has never been able to get any good writing materials, so some of the tribe's "intellectuals" had to carve words on wooden boards to record some things.
For the most ordinary families, they do not need to record important things in lettering.
Rurik is holding a small carving knife from Tiejian in his hand. It is made of wrought iron, showing the quenching and hardening process. Facing a larger wooden board with a rough surface, he couldn't help but wonder whether even such a board could depict his knowledge well.
"What are you going to do? If you are going to carve, you can give me the job." Klavasen suggested kindly.
"Help me carve? I'm going to make some marks first, then you can help me dig deeper, and finally apply a little ink."
"Are you determined to do it tonight? Maybe we can wait until tomorrow to continue."
Clavason was very doubtful of the child's energy. His own condition was a bit bad, and a yawn showed his exhaustion.
Rurik shook his head: "Like a piece of red-hot iron, we must strike while the iron is hot. I have nothing else to do except sleep. I will just work hard tonight. I will do my best. , I will mark out for you the creations of Odin that I know.”
Rurik’s decision was of course welcomed by the two blacksmiths, and Klavason did not complain.
"Just keep doing it, we will accompany you, and let us know if you are hungry. I just hope you will be careful not to get cut on your hand by the carving knife."
"You guys Don’t worry, make sure the oil lamp is bright and the stove is burning.”
Let’s talk, Rurik sat cross-legged, with the big wooden board placed on his legs, and began to use gentle force with the tip of the knife to press on the wooden board. Very long marks were drawn on it.
At first, Klavason didn’t take it seriously, but soon he understood that Rurik was making a grid.
Rurik's intention was actually very simple, which was to use his memory to reproduce the periodic table of elements as much as possible in the ninth century AD.
In any case, the "Periodic Table of Elements" is indeed too advanced knowledge. As the Ross tribe has not yet escaped from ignorance, can they have any in-depth understanding?
How is that possible!
Even students a thousand years later began to come into contact with the "Periodic Table of Elements" around the age of fourteen. They wanted to have a preliminary understanding of its mysteries. The students were almost eighteen years old.
If students in a thousand years are still like this, the illiterate people in this time and space cannot instill too much into them, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
Rurik drew a large number of grids, which have eighteen grids from left to right.
In the uppermost corner of the grid, he used the tip of a knife to draw the word "H", and then carefully used runes below to spell out the word "at". The expression of the first grid is really concise and concise. The element marked as "H" is the smallest talent. He then marked the number 1 in rune script on the right side of "H", representingIt consists of only one "at".
Clear marks were drawn on the oak board. When he completed a grid, Klavason and Kawei were still completely puzzled. This puzzlement also appeals to the grid at the back.
For example, the second grid carved by Rurik is actually on the far right of the board!
Rurik labeled it "He". There is no other meaning. The element is "helium". It's just that due to the level of knowledge of ancient people, no one understood that there were many trace amounts of inert gases in the air, and they were not able to separate them.
In fact, in the true context of scientific development, the discovery of helium is quite legendary, and the era when it was discovered was also the industrial age.
Rurik did not have any annotation on element No. 2, and only gave it a number of "No. 2" in rune script.
From No. 3 to No. 5, Rurik used Roman letters to mark the names of these elements. For these scientific records, runes are not as disseminative and popular as Roman letters.
In fact, Rurik wanted to explain the boron in "No. 5". After all, the boron element has very good uses in industrial manufacturing. After much deliberation, he decided to forget it. He estimated that it would be impossible for Clavarson to easily find boron ore from the mountainous area. Rurik knew that he was better at mechanical things, and that other aspects of knowledge would only be at the basic level of ordinary college students a thousand years later.
Of course, more than a thousand years later, the knowledge of any junior high school student will completely surpass the so-called wise men of Western Europe in the ninth century.
When things reached Element No. 6, everything became different.
The two blacksmiths saw this, and finally hoped to come to Rurik based on a new annotation on No. 6.
The annotation is very simple. The so-called "carbon" is composed of a piece of charcoal. The annotations are all written in rune script.
As for the explanation of the carbon element, Rurik used analogies and gestures with mines and charcoal, barely making the two blacksmiths understand that there is such a "basic element".
For element No. 7, Rurik drew an H as usual, but he put some thought into the annotation and wrote "breathable plain air".
"What kind of qi is this? Doesn't it have any smell?" Klavasen's sudden words really startled Rurik, and the blade almost hit his hand.
"Yes, there is just no smell. It is in every breath you and I take. It is not very important to us, but it is more important to those trees. Blacksmith, please stop talking loudly, I'm afraid I'll get hurt."
Klavasen nodded in understanding: "You go on, I'll be quiet."
Element No. 8 is annotated as "life." Gas.
The next two did not have any label.
As for the 11th element, which is sodium, Rurik hesitated for a while and simply labeled it "half." salt."
At this point, it is impossible for Klavasen to hold his mouth shut.Not to frighten the child, he suppressed his trembling with surprise and suddenly asked: "Could it be that the salt we eat is actually a mixture of two elements?"
"Huh? Do you understand? I thought it was necessary Spend more time with you." Rurik sat upright and admired this old guy's logical analysis ability.
"My son and I both understand. Since you just explained so well the elements that make up all minerals, how to get rid of the useless and leave the useful, or mix different elements into the most useful tools. Just start , I very much want to believe that everything in the world is made up of a mixture of many elements. Could it be that salt...it..." Klavason paused, "Where is the other half?"
Rurik used The tip of the knife clicked on the grid, and he silently recited the number in his mouth until he clicked on the 17th chlorine.
"That's it, No. 17, it is the other half of salt. They are like a couple, holding each other's hands and becoming the smallest salt."
"Ah! So that's it~" Klavasen looked at his son Kawei, "Do you believe it?"
"Is there anything more logical than this?" Kawei said seriously, "Now Liuli. I believe whatever Ke says, this is worthy of belief. I don’t dare to be foolish enough to doubt Odin’s wisdom.”
At this moment, Rurik really didn’t know what to say about them. Maybe they were very good. Students just lack the spirit of independent thinking.
When it comes to No. 13 aluminum, ancient people were unable to make aluminum materials. Thinking of a description that a blacksmith might understand, he marked it with "the green color given to emeralds." He marked it like this and couldn't help but secretly admire his own wit. Various silicate gemstones, their beautiful colors come from small amounts of rare metals.
The two blacksmiths could not understand strange utensils like aluminum pots, but at least they understood colorful gems.
When it comes to silicon No. 14, this is the easiest to annotate, and it is also the easiest for the blacksmith to understand. Rurik simply made two annotations, one is "slag" and the other is "transparent sand". Since silicon is the main component of slag, it is easy for blacksmiths to understand it.
For this reason, Rurik had to say one more thing: "This substance is very important. Odin created the entire earth based on it, so if you hold a handful of soil, it will be the most abundant."
p>The heads of the two blacksmiths were like the hands of lucky cats, nodding their heads in affirmation.
Phosphorus No. 15 needs annotation. It cannot be explained that it is a will-o'-the-wisp, as this has a terrifying meaning. Rurik thought for a while and simply marked "it's part of a tooth." Since they can already understand that all things are a mixture of various elements, the same is true for teeth, so there is no need to elaborate further.
Sulfur No. 16 has the simplest label, just because there is a word describing sulfur in Norse.
"Ah, is it the kind of yellow-white stone that emits odor?" This time Kawei couldn't hold back his excitement.
Rurik did not hesitate: "That's right.It, it mixes with the breath of life and turns into a bad stench. And you, Kawei, the reason why your fart smells so bad is because of it. "
The vulgar words suddenly made the two blacksmiths laugh. After calming down, they were surprised. Kawei really wanted to ask: "I have never been stupid enough to go back and eat that yellow smell. Damn it, why does my fart stink? Did I sleepwalk and eat it? "
"Of course not. Rurik might as well explain more, "It mixes into the earth, the onions absorb part of it, and you eat the onions in your stomach." Don’t worry, it’s harmless and may even have some benefits. ”
“There are benefits to the stench? Kawei looked puzzled.
“I am thinking now that I should ask the priest to add a little sulfur powder when making soap. The soap will turn yellowish white and have some odor. But this way, even the smallest lice and fleas will be killed, and it will work better than your current soap. "
Now that soap is mentioned, Kawei simply talked about it excitedly: "Rurik, according to Odin's wisdom, soap is also a mixture of many elements, right? "
"Of course, don't ask any more questions first. "
As Rurik marked "the other half of salt" for chlorine and left the mark for argon gas blank, the engraving knife then completed the mark for potassium, writing directly "the key to soap" .
"Kawei, you want to know more about soap? Now I tell you. Look at this element No. 19, it is actually the ashes after the charcoal burns out. Those ashes are actually the key to making soap and making trees grow very lush. Do you understand? "
The card position nodded vigorously, "I probably understand. "
"I hope you can understand, now look at No. 20. "Rurik quickly made a mark. In addition to the Roman letters of Ca, the most critical mark surprised the two blacksmiths.
Kawei asked with trembling teeth: "You...what do you mean? explain. Is that lime actually it? And our bones, too? ”
“Yes, this is the truth. It is integrated into the earth. As long as we eat wheat and meat, especially milk, it enters our bodies and forms our bones. If we eat enough, our bones will be extra strong. Those poor people who fell and broke their arms, I think you can already understand why. "
"I understand, maybe in order to... in order to make my bones stronger, I should go to the mountains to find lime and take a bite. "
"You are so stupid! "Klavason was excited and slapped his son on the head. "Rurik said, you are not allowed to chew on smelly stones, and you should not chew on those white stones. Are you counting correctly, Rurik? "
Rurik could only explain with a smile; "Yes, you can't chew it." ”
Rurik is someone who can recite many digits of the periodic table of elements backwards. This kind of thing is not too difficult as long as you practice more. Rurik vaguely remembers a lot, but graduallyHis brain must have become a little difficult.
He continued to write the numbers.
Because people in this time and space cannot understand many metal elements, and it is difficult to prepare them, Rurik's name left a blank mark in Roman letters.
Up to the 26th iron, it was clearly marked again, and the marking was even simpler. It was just one word "svard", which was made up of five rune letters. Any blacksmith would understand that it constituted an iron sword. elements.
He also wanted to say something special: "You will think that most things in the world are made up of a mixture of many elements. Your ordinary iron sword is not like this, it is pure. But pure things are often soft. ."
As he spoke, Rurik marked the color of cobalt as "sapphire", while nickel was blank.
For the very crucial copper No. 29, Rurik directly wrote its name in Norse. After all, copper coins are used more frequently than silver coins in daily life. The so-called copper coin is a Roman copper coin, which is basically cast from a piece of pure copper.
"You all know that pure copper is very soft, but adding tin and lead can make it very hard. Now you should understand that tin and lead are also elements."
< p>Clavason nodded vigorously: "We can understand this. Tin is very soft, but lead is very heavy. They have a metallic luster. Maybe they are indeed similar existences.""Your guess is very Correct." Rurik motioned for the two of them to bring their heads together.
The two of them saw Rurik directly marking the word "silver coin" in the grid directly below the copper. The word "gold coin" is also marked on the grid directly below the "silver coin".
Rurik completed the annotation, also based on the grid number.
Because the periodic table of elements is compiled based on the number of protons and the number of electrons outside the nucleus as one of the important references. It is not difficult to assign correct numbers to gold and silver.
With such a mark, the whole room was so quiet that only the crackling of charcoal fire in the stove...