Chapter 187: Two countries learn from each other - Part 2

Daxiaguo is also prepared.

Zhang Sunhe stood up and said unhurriedly: "Just a few days ago, a friend of my son encountered a problem, so my son asked your envoy here. My friend is a steward and wants to invite someone The worker does a seven-day job. His boss gave him a gold bar and asked him to give him a gold bar after the worker's daily work was over, but he was only allowed to break the gold bar twice. Ask Mr. Sheng how to solve this problem? "

Ye Yunwen and others' complexions were covered with dignity. This question is tricky. A gold bar is wages for seven days. It is required to pay wages every day. The easiest way is to divide the gold bar into seven sections and pay one section every day. But this question requires that the gold bar can only be broken twice, that is, it can only be divided into three sections. The difficulty lies here.

Chen Mufeng deliberately said: "The emperor, in order to be fair, should this question also be time-limited?"

Emperor Xiaohui smiled, "It should be so, and it is limited to a stick of incense. If your envoy takes less time than our country, then your envoy will win."

Emperor Xiaohui very intimately asked the servant to serve the four treasures of the house for the people of Tulu.

Sheng Xuhao was so fierce in his heart that he sullenly calculated on paper, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin took out a small pencil and a small notebook from their purses and wrote and painted. The brothers put down their pens almost at the same time.

Lei Ruilin reached Qin Mian's ear and whispered a few words.

Qin Mian nodded approvingly.

Princess Yan Qing looked at it clearly. Although she didn't know what they were talking about, Qin Mian seemed to know the answer. She warned herself to stay calm, and the last question was the hardest.

The time of a stick of incense is slow and slow, fast and fast, and it burns out quickly.

Sheng Xuhao said with a straight face: "The foreign minister is not talented."

Jang Sun Hyuk saw that Ye Yunwen put down his pen just a moment ago, and seemed to have answered it. He clasped a fist to Ye Yunwen and said sincerely: "I take the liberty to ask, is there any way for Ye-sama to help the friend of my son?"

Ye Yunwen saw that they were deliberately giving face to Tuluo country, and smiled: "The gold bar can be divided into seven sections with ink thread. The first time you cut, one section is cut; the second time, two sections are cut. The whole gold bar is Become a "one", a "two" and a "four". On the first day, the worker is paid one; on the second day, the worker is paid two, and one is recovered; on the third day, the worker is paid One and two copies; on the fourth day, four copies are paid to the worker, one and two copies are retrieved; on the fifth day, one copy is paid to the worker; on the sixth day, two copies are paid to the worker and one copy is retrieved; On the 7th, pay the worker a share."

The eldest grandson He stretched his hand and said: "Wonderful! My son has been taught, thank you Master Ye."

All the ministers clasped their palms to praise.

Emperor Xiaohui smiled, "I don't know what your envoy's third question is?" Needless to say, the second question was naturally the winner of Daxiaguo.

In the country of Tuguo, Yeyunwen still wrote the topic, and slowly said: "The third topic is what the foreign minister saw in an ancient book. I have no results after thinking about it for a long time. I hope that the great talents of the Great Xia Kingdom can help the foreign ministers."

Everyone in the Great Xia Kingdom is arguing. Regardless of Ye Yunwen's saying that he doesn't know whether the answer is true or false, one can imagine the difficulty of this question.

Just listen to Ye Yunwen's words: "The night is deep. There are five spies who need to cross a bridge. This bridge has been in disrepair for a long time. Only two people can walk at a time, and one person needs to hold a light. Extinguish. A needs one breath to cross the bridge, B needs three breaths to cross the bridge, C needs six breaths to cross the bridge, Ding takes eight breaths to cross the bridge, and E takes twelve breaths to cross the bridge. Ask for advice, how should five people cross the bridge?"

Ye Yunwen glanced in the military attache again.

All the military officers thought for a moment, but there was no answer, and they all worried secretly for fear of being named. Some young boys calculated on paper with great interest, but no matter how they solved it, the time would exceed 30 breaths, and they couldn't help but suspect that this question was simply wrong. But no one dared to question, if it wasn't for the wrong question, Daxiaguo would be embarrassed.

Emperor Xiaohui's brows also frowned, this question is more than twice as difficult as the second question.

Unexpectedly, Princess Yan Qing looked directly at Qin Mian, and spoke again, with surprise, "It seems that Mrs. Zhen Guo Gong has an answer in this palace?"

Qin Mian just wanted to reply to her, "Hehe", if you don't die, you will not die.

I have to say that Princess Yan Qing is indeed a bit quick-witted. Just now Ye Yunwen didn't know the answer to this question, and said that he hoped that the senior talent of Daxia Kingdom would solve his puzzles for him. If you really want to know the answer, you should name Qin Mian after hearing Princess Yan Qing.

Ye Yunwen is scheming. Although she doesn't know that Princess Yan Qing and Mrs. Zhen Guo have a holiday, Princess Yan Qing is a princess, and it is inevitable that she does not want to marry Tulu. The people she targets must be beneficial to Tulu.

Therefore, Ye Yunwen's lips immediately appeared with a smile of joy, and said to Qin Mian: "If this is the case, the officer will ask Mrs. Zhenguo for advice."

Emperor Xiaohui stared at Princess Yan Qing coldly. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he would slap this daughter on the face. Normally, it's just that. If you favor outsiders at a state banquet, do you deserve to be a princess of a country?

The empress dowager and queen still smile elegantly and gracefully, but the smile did not reach the bottom of their eyes. Especially the Queen Mother wanted to choke Princess Yan Qing to death. If she had some pity for Princess Yan Qing in the past, she didn't even have half left, and she secretly accused Yan Qing as a white-eyed wolf.

The queen noticed the face of the queen mother, but her smile was two more real.

Princess Duanning's eyes hide her disdain for Princess Yan Qing.

Lei Tie Metallurgical Department squeezed Qin Mian's hand.

Qin Mian squeezed back, stood up calmly, and calmly bowed to Ye Yunwen, "Thanks to the honorable envoy to look down on this lady."

Ye Yunwen said to Emperor Xiaohui: "This question is difficult to solve, so it's better to limit it to two sticks of incense."

Emperor Xiaohui knew that Qin Mian suddenly appeared in Qingshan Village when he was fourteen years old. He didn't know how much education he had received before. He was trying to find a way to buy him more time. Qin Mian smiled and said, "No."

Ye Yunwen was startled.

The rest were taken aback. Is it possible that Qin Mian has to admit defeat in front of so many people?

Qin Mian looked at Ye Yunwen, "My lady can answer now. Master Ye may need to take notes."

The whole room was shocked.

Princess Yan Qing squinted her eyes, her right hand's sharp nails pinched the palm of her hand and she didn't care, she shouted from the bottom of her heart: This is impossible!

Ye Yunwen looked down, "Please say, Mrs. Zhenguo."

Qin Mian smiled in his heart. Although we didn't get into a good university because of our poor grades in liberal arts, our science is a great one. On this question, I underestimated my lady!

"First, A and B cross the bridge, and A returns with a light, which takes four breaths; then, A and C cross the bridge, and B returns with a light, which takes a total of nine breaths; next, D and E cross the bridge and A holds When the lamp returns, it takes a total of 13 breaths; in the end, A and B cross the bridge and take four breaths. A total of 30 breaths." Qin Mian finished speaking, and asked Ye Yunwen humbly, "I wonder if this lady should respond like this. correct?"

Ye Yunwen made a careful calculation, admiring her, but her heart sank, "There is no mistake, this officer has been taught."

Princess Yan Qing couldn't believe it, she opened her mouth to speak, her arm was squeezed hard by the queen mother, and she turned to face a pair of indifferent and stern eyes, like falling into an ice cellar, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Emperor Xiaohui laughed loudly, "Duke Zhenguo, Madam is not revealed!"

Lei Tie said modestly: "The emperor has won an award."

The queen smiled and toasted, and said softly: "Duke Zhenguo is capable of martial arts, and Mrs. Zhenguo is capable of writing. It can be described as a natural pair. The palace offers a glass to both of you. I wish them a hundred years of harmony."

Qin Mian and Lei Tie toasted together, and after saluting, they said in unison, "Thank you, Empress Empress, for the good words of Empress Empress."

The ministers all smiled and raised their glasses to them from afar.

Ryuman Qingxin was dissatisfied, and said loudly, "I wonder what your country's third question is?"

Qin Mian had just sat down and stood up again, "Enjoying the emperor, I am bold, and I have a question to ask the distinguished guests of the Tulu country. I hope the emperor will grant me permission."

Emperor Xiaohui said straightforwardly: "Quasi!"

Everyone in Tuluo country is looking forward to it.

Qin Mian smiled slightly, "This strange incident happened in an inn. The three people stayed in a room, each with a room of ten taels. Therefore, they paid the shopkeeper thirty taels in total. The next day, the shopkeeper remembered these three. There were some minor problems in the room that had not been repaired, and I felt that three rooms would only cost 25 taels, so I asked the guy to return 50 taels. Who knows, the guy is greedy, stealing two taels of silver, and returning one tael for each of the three guests. In this way, it is equivalent to saying that the three guests each spent nine taels of silver, a total of twenty-seven taels. Twenty-seven taels plus the 22 taels the guy stole, it was twenty-nine taels. Ask, there is still one tael. Where did you go?"

"what?"

Everyone was following the calculation, surprised, nodded and discussed.

"Yeah, that's right, the three spent a total of twenty-nine taels, and one or two?"

"This is really a weird thing. It is obviously thirty taels, but why is it counted as 29 taels?"

"..."

Everyone from Tuluo is a little discouraged, this question is really strange.

When Emperor Xiaohui saw this, he was in a good mood, "Why not, you can answer this question, and all the ladies of the Great Xia Kingdom can also solve the problem. No matter who solves it, I will have many rewards. With two columns Incense is limited."

Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin calculated on a small notebook.

Qin Ruiqi reacted first and leaned to Qin Mian's ear, "Daddy, there is something missing in these silvers."

Qin Mian gave him a thumbs up under the clause.

Lei Tie handed the tea cup to Wife.

Lei Ruilin's reaction was not slower than that of his brother. He pulled the clothes of Qin Mian and Lei Tie and motioned to the two fathers to watch his calculations.

Qin Mian also liked it, and was proud of his two sons.

Breath: Breath. One breath is one breath.