Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 31, the ratio

On the second floor of the Wangjiang Building, all the diners had already turned their attention, and they all looked at the two sides with great interest, looking forward to the good show.

"Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, Lin Shuhong, right?"

Liu Jin looked at the three of them, then thought for a while and asked, "Since you are a scholar, you should know the six arts of a gentleman, right?"

"Of course, the so-called six arts of a gentleman refer to rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics. It comes from "Zhou Li~Baoshi": raising the sons of the country to teach Tao is the six arts of teaching: one is five rituals, and the other is six. Music, the third is five shots, the fourth is five control, the fifth is six books, and the sixth is nine numbers."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Tong Yuan was the first to stand up and answer, not only telling the six arts of a gentleman, but also reciting the source.

"Not bad. Since you call yourself gentlemen and disciples of saints, let's choose a few from the six arts of gentlemen and compare them. Let's compete in three rounds. Two wins out of three rounds. How about asking each other questions?"

Liu Jin nodded, and then suggested.

"Yes~"

When he heard that Liu Jin was better than the six arts of a gentleman, Huang Jinquan felt a lump in his heart. This person was really uneasy to play his cards out, but now that he was riding a tiger, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

"Ritual, archery, music, imperialism, book, and number, there is obviously no way to compare archery and imperialism here, so let's compare numbers first."

"The problem is very simple. The distance between the hare and the tortoise is 1000 feet, and they are walking towards each other at the same time. The hare is moving towards the tortoise at a speed of 35 feet per quarter, and the tortoise is moving towards the rabbit at a speed of 15 feet per quarter. What will the rabbit and the tortoise do? When and where did we meet?"

Liu Jin thought for a while and came up with a question first. If this question was placed in later generations, elementary school students would be able to do it. However, scholars in this era basically revolve around the Four Books and Five Classics. Even for the simplest arithmetic questions, Liu Jin would not I feel that the topic may not be able to be calculated.

Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, and Lin Shuhong were dumbfounded when they heard it. It was a rabbit and a tortoise running at the same time. Let alone seen it before, they had never heard of it before, so they didn’t know what to do. to calculate.

After listening to Liu Jin's question, the other people on the second floor began to calculate silently in their hearts. Some businessmen figured it out immediately. This kind of question is still very simple, as long as you learn to count, you can calculate it. Come out, it is not difficult.

"Rabbit? Turtle?"

"1000 feet apart, when and where will we meet?"

The young man also counted carefully with his fingers, and soon, after counting, counting, he couldn't help frowning.

"I...we can't figure it out."

After several minutes, Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, and Lin Shuhong looked at each other, and they both saw the meaning in each other's eyes, so they could only bite the bullet and say to Liu Jin.

"It's so simple that you can't figure it out, and I don't know what books you are reading."

Liu Jin smiled. At first, he was worried that they would be able to calculate it. Now it seems that the eight-legged imperial examination has really imprisoned the minds of scholars. They can't even do such simple calculations. Tian Zi said that he was a scholar, otherwise such a simple arithmetic problem would not be impossible.

Of course, Liu Jin has a lot of ways to deal with the three of them. If this problem is solved, Liu Jin will say that the other party is somewhat capable. Next, he will increase the difficulty and release more difficult arithmetic problems. I believe it will always be possible. stump them.

It's just that I didn't expect that such a simple arithmetic problem could not be calculated, but it saved a lot of brain cells.

"you~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Lin Shuhong became even more angry, and stared at Liu Jin, but quickly held back.

"You, what are you, come up with a question."

Liu Jin smiled and signaled the other party to ask questions.

Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, and Lin Shuhong looked at me and I looked at you. They didn’t know how to come up with a question for a moment. Tong Yuan looked at the other two, thought for a while and said, “Let me come up with this question.” , I happened to read a strange book once.”

"Trouble brother Tong."

Huang Jinquan nodded and said.

"Brother Liu, I wonder if you know Jiugongge?"

Tong Yuan looked at Liu Jin, smiled and asked.

"Of course I know Jiugongge, isn't it just 9 grids divided by tic-tac-toe, just come up with a question."

Liu Jin nodded and replied, looking calm and calm.

"The Nine Palaces are the technique of Qimen Dunjia. Now please fill in the nine numbers from one to nine respectively in the Nine Palaces, so that the sum of the Nine Palaces is fifteen."

Tong Yuan narrated the Jiugong arithmetic problem he saw in the book. In his opinion, this problem is definitely very difficult. At first, he thought for a long time but did not come up with the answer. Finally, he read the solution in the book Only then do we know how to arrange it.

"Nine Palaces~"

As soon as Tong Yuan's words fell, the entire second floor was silent, and everyone fell silent again, and began to count continuously. Some people even set up a nine-square grid on the dining table, and counted continuously. When the layout was wrong, they repeated it again and again. Keep laying out again.

"This is simple~"

At the boy's table, the boy's father couldn't help showing a smile when he heard it. He also read this in a book, so he naturally wrote it down and thought it was very simple. On the contrary, it was Liu Jin's question, and he didn't I have learned arithmetic, but I haven't figured it out yet.

"No, the horizontal one is right, the vertical one is wrong, the first line is right, but the second line is wrong."

The young man placed two pairs of chopsticks on the table and set out the well, and began to calculate continuously, shaking his head repeatedly while laying out the layout. Obviously, there was no way to make the layout all at once.

"Brother Tong is doing well."

When Lin Shuhong heard it, he calculated silently, and immediately gave Tong Yuan a thumbs up and said.

"I'm also picking up people's teeth, and I saw it in a book."

Tong Yuan smiled and said modestly.

"This question is difficult, and it will be solved in a short time. The Nine Palaces are infinitely varied, and it is difficult to answer correctly if you don't know the answer."

Huang Jinquan also said with a smile, he has seen this question before, and tried to calculate it at that time, but he still couldn't figure it out. He is more confident about this, as long as the other party has not read this, then he must not be able to figure it out , that game can be considered a tie.

"Hehe, you guys have the nerve to come up with this kind of pediatrics topic, you really underestimate me."

As soon as Liu Jin heard it, he was very happy. This topic is also a topic for elementary school students, and all elementary school students can understand it.

"Listen well, the nine palaces, that is, the second and fourth are the shoulders, the six and eight are the feet, the left and the right are the seven, wearing nine shoes and one, and the fifth is in the center. If you are interested, you can count the sixteen palaces."

　You know how the mathematics of the ancient scholars was, but here you can only say that you have never learned it. After all, they all read the Four Books and Five Classics.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)