Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 387 There is gold in the book

Han Yan hesitated.Sang Hongyang has excellent mental arithmetic ability, which he knows very well.However, Liang Xiao has repeatedly despised him, and now even said in front of Sang Hongyang that his calculation ability is less than half of that of Sang Hongyang. He is very unconvinced.

Is it bearable, what is unbearable?

He stared at Liang Xiao: "Is it really a simple calculation problem?"

Liang Xiao smiled slightly: "It must be simple, just add several numbers together, except for multiples, there is no subtraction."

Han Yan listened and gritted her teeth. "A deal?"

"Of course. With so many people watching, in front of the Emperor's Palace, can I still fool you?"

Han Yan was still worried, fearing that Liang Xiao would deliberately favor Sang Hongyang, she entered the hall and called Yan Zhu and Mei Gao.He knew that Yan Zhu and Liang Xiao were not on good terms, but Mei Gao was very close to Liang Xiao, so he would not let people say that he had selfish intentions by bringing these two together.

I didn't expect that there were quite a lot of people watching the excitement. I heard that Liang Xiao was going to give a question to Han Yan and Sang Hongyang. Everyone came out, even the emperor came out to listen to the excitement.

When everyone arrived, Liang Xiao took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and said word by word: "You two, please listen to the question. Add one to two, add three, add four, add five, and add until One hundred, how much is the total? Han Wangsun, this question is not difficult, right?"

Han Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time glared at Liang Xiao, ignoring Liang Xiao's refutation, she quickly snapped her fingers and started counting.

"One plus two is three, three is six, four is ten..."

Yan Zhu turned around and entered the hall, and quietly gave Han Yan a trick. "Wang Sun, Mr. Sang is good at mental arithmetic, but you don't know how to do it, why don't you use it?"

Han Yan looked at Liang Xiao with a guilty conscience.Before Liang Xiao could speak, Sang Hongyang smiled and said, "It's okay, Wang Sun, you can use your calculations."

Han Yan smiled awkwardly, took the counting chips, and began to count.Sang Hongyang narrowed his eyes slightly and remained motionless, only his lips trembling slightly.After a few glasses of wine, Sang Hongyang took the pen and bamboo slips from Meigao, and wrote down a number.

Han Yan had just finished adding [-], and when she saw this, she stopped red-faced and was about to let go of the chips in her hand and admit defeat.Liang Xiao stopped him. "Wang and grandson, you should finish the calculation. The length of time is of course important, right or wrong is the fundamental. Maybe Sang Jun made a wrong calculation, and you still have a chance."

Han Yan hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether what Liang Xiao said was true or not, so she had to concentrate and continue to count.It's just that under the watchful eyes of everyone, he became more and more flustered, and dropped his counter on the ground several times.After spending nearly three times, he finally came to a result.

"Four thousand 850."

Liang Xiao didn't say a word, and signaled Sang Hongyang to take out the written bamboo slips.When everyone saw it, they saw five thousand and fifty written on the bamboo slips.

"Who is right and who is wrong?" Mei Gao and the others turned their attention to Liang Xiao.

"Wang Sun, you are wrong." The emperor who had been standing aside sighed. "It should be five thousand and fifty. I just calculated it, and this is the result."

Han Yan's face turned red and white, feeling ashamed.Not only did he spend three times as long, but he was also wrong. He not only confirmed Liang Xiao's conclusion that he was stupid, but also broke the lower limit.He threw the counting chip on the ground and walked away.

Liang Xiao didn't care about Han Yan's departure, but he was surprised by the emperor. He didn't expect the emperor to be so good at mental arithmetic.

"Liang Xiao, why do you have to play tricks on him?" The emperor shook his head, a little displeased. "You have the talent of a minister, and you should have the capacity of a minister. Why play with these clever things and make your colleagues discord."

Everyone listened and looked at each other, and many people quietly stepped aside.Han Yan is the favorite minister of the emperor, and the emperor is obviously fighting for Han Yan.

Liang Xiao shook his head, neither humble nor overbearing. "Your Majesty's absurd praise. Although I can't be called a minister, I don't think it's a little cleverness. If you want to govern a family, you have to live within your means and be proficient in calculations. If you want to govern a country, how can you not understand arithmetic? The speed varies from person to person. It's funny, but if you miscalculate, I'm afraid it's not enough to be a minister. Being stupid is not terrible, as long as you have self-knowledge and keep your duty, that's all. If you are so ambitious and want to compete with others at every turn, I'm afraid you can only mislead others and yourself."

Liang Xiao didn't say any more, just shook his head.His meaning is very clear, such a simple question can be calculated wrong, this person's IQ is still reliable, you dare to use it?
The people on the side listened, and their hearts trembled.Liang Xiao dug the hole a bit too big, and immediately classified Han Yan as an overreaching fool.The Son of Heaven is extremely intelligent. When he first came to power, he was very ambitious. When he wanted to do something, how could he miss a big deal and lose people's hearts because of a fool who can't even calculate.

The emperor was also a little moved.In front of so many confidants, he had to be scruples.Furthermore, Han Yan said a lot of things that were unfavorable to Liang Xiao recently, and the hostility between them was obvious.The emperor knew who Han Yan was, and Liang Xiao's words seemed to imply that Han Yan took the initiative to provoke him. If that was the case, it would be reasonable for Liang Xiao to embarrass him.

Liang Xiao was a warrior who didn't know etiquette. When he was provoked, it was polite not to beat up Han Yan like Li Danghu.

The emperor has a headache.One is a close vassal with knowledge and interest, and the other is a genius who can recruit and fight well. If these two don't deal with each other, I really don't know whether it's a blessing or a pity.

A small turmoil was gently uncovered, and Liang Xiao explained the problem about the refractive index to Sang Hongyang.He did not say that he solved it by himself, but claimed that Dongfang Shuo got inspiration from Greek classics.This is done to avoid drawing too much attention to yourself.This is not a matter of the frequency of the swing. It is impossible for him, a person who has not read the book for a few days, to realize it by himself. It is safer to push it to a genius like Dongfang Shuo.

Sang Hongyang was amazed. The problem he had been thinking about for more than a year was so simple and the solution so novel. He couldn't help but become more interested in the Greek classics Liang Xiao mentioned.Even the emperor read the answer and praised it again and again.

"It seems that this Greek wise man is indeed superior, and cannot be equated with ordinary barbarians."

Liang Xiao took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, Greece is not only not a barbarian, but also has unique features. According to the time of the founding of the country, Greece and the Zhou Dynasty have always been the same. According to the theory of civilization, the books written by the wise men are no less than those of the philosophers, which are quite impressive. If we can extract its essence, get rid of its dross, and integrate it with our Chinese civilization, it may be of great benefit to His Majesty's great cause."

"Really?" The emperor became vigilant.He glanced at Liang Xiao, thinking that he was advocating the Greek Federation again.If that's the case, he'll have to stop him.

Liang Xiao turned around and smiled at Yan Zhu, "Does Jun Yan still remember the colored glaze sold by Hu merchants in Wu County?"

Yan Zhu didn't react for a while, so he nodded. "I remember, the colored glaze sold by Hu merchants is very famous and expensive."

"The colored glaze made by the Lord Huainan is based on those Hu merchants. It's just that she used the wisdom of the disciples of the Huainan Palace and improved it, so that she made a purer colored glaze, and then made a clairvoyant. Your Majesty, this is the only one." item, it can increase the income of Huainan King by thousands of gold a year. If the imperial court can also obtain some secret methods from Greek classics, wouldn’t it also be a source of income?”

When the emperor heard it, he felt like waking up from a dream, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.He doesn't like the Greek city-state system, but he likes money.After discussing for a long time, he now knows that although he has money, it is far from enough to support decades of war.To conquer the Huns, he needed more money.Since Liu Ling can find a source of income from colored glaze, and even make clairvoyance, why can't he?
Is the court's appeal to talents not as good as Huainan King?If so, how could a genius like Liang Xiao reject Huainan Palace and rush to Chang'an.

"It makes sense, it makes sense." The emperor was full of confidence, his eyebrows danced, and he joked: "Liang Xiao, if the Lord Huainan knows that you have offered this plan for the court, I am afraid he will hate you to the bone."

When everyone heard this, they laughed out loud.Everyone in Chang'an City knew about Huainan Lord's intentions for Liang Xiao.Yan Zhu felt a little sour in his heart, but he had to laugh dryly a couple of times, so as not to be seen through.

Liang Xiao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, people go to high places and water flows to low places. Although the Lord Huainan is a woman, she is smart and does not give way to men. She will understand this truth. Besides, Huainan is also a vassal state of the big man. Isn't she Did you also offer clairvoyance to His Majesty? Speaking of which, my clairvoyance played a big role in my small victory in the Western Regions, and the Lord Huainan also deserves some credit. When she comes to the capital, I must thank you in person."

"Hahaha..." The emperor nodded with a smile. "Should be, should be. Yan Zhu, King Wuqiu Shou, from now on, you must pay attention to the Greek classics, and find ways to make money from them as soon as possible. You use writing, Liang Xiao and Wei Qing use force, you and my monarch and ministers share Why do you worry that the Xiongnu will not be destroyed?"

"Wei!" Liang Xiao and the others bowed to accept the order and responded in unison.

Yan Zhu and the others were certainly happy, but Liang Xiao was the happiest.Since he came to this era, he has been thinking about how to introduce the essence of Western civilization, and then he has made efforts to learn Greek and study Greek classics, but Dongfang Shuo has repeatedly reminded him not to mention the Greek federal system in front of the emperor.

He didn't feel depressed because of this, but he realized that this road is not easy, and it can't be done by bringing back a few Greek books.Before the fusion of the two civilizations, collisions between them are inevitable.On the way back to the east, he had been thinking about how to give advice, and now he finally found a suitable entry point.

The Greeks established their country with business, and the emperor needed a lot of money to conquer the Huns and enjoy life.He would definitely not refuse such a thing as getting rich.As long as he ordered the translation of Greek classics and arranged for scholars to study Greek culture, he would no longer want to prevent Greek civilization from entering Chinese civilization.

Liang Xiao didn't know what the consequences would be, but he believed that there was no harm in broadening one's horizons and looking at the world.Confucianism has not yet dominated, Chinese civilization is still in its thriving youth, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a hero with a great pioneering spirit. At this time, the introduction of Greek civilization has the least resistance.When Confucianism takes over and Confucian scholars spread all over the court, it will not be so easy.
Liang Xiao felt like a switchman who seized the opportunity to change the direction of the train just as it was leaving.Now, he can sit down, sip a cup of tea, sit and watch the tide ebb and flow, recharge his energy, join in, and be a waver.
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