Chapter 382 Abacus Beads
Liu Jianan looked in the direction of the smashing sound. It turned out to be a group of people from the Explosive Monkey Tribe, holding wooden sticks in their hands, smashing the surrounding stalls crazily.
They not only smashed the goods, but also the vendors and customers who came to buy things.
The leader even said arrogantly: "Go and call out that kid Yang Yan, I must skin him alive today!"
Yang Yan naturally heard the noise, and came with two men in big strides: "What are you doing?"
"Are you Yang Yan?" The man raised his eyelids and said arrogantly, "My name is Hou Ji, this is Hou Liang, do you know him?"
Yang Yan glanced at Hou Liang: "Yes, isn't he the one who made trouble in the Bifang market and was chased out by me? Why, you brought a group of brothers to mess up my place today? Aren't you afraid that Lord Bifang will blame you and let your Explosive Monkey Tribe suffer?"
"Don't use Bifang to pressure us, we are not afraid!" Hou Ji weighed the stick in his hand, "I came here today to vent my anger for Hou Liang. Also, what's your reason for prohibiting the tribesmen of the Explosive Monkey Tribe from entering the Bifang Market?"
Yang Yan sneered, "Just because I'm the manager here."
"Tsk, you really think you're an important person. If you know your place, change this rule, and we can consider giving you a way out." Hou Ji smashed the pottery on the stall with a stick, and the fragments flew everywhere in an instant, "Otherwise, this will be your fate!"
The atmosphere was tense for a while.
Yang Yan became the manager when he was a teenager, responsible for all matters of the Bifang Market, and was used to meeting all kinds of people.
Hou Ji thought that he could scare him with just these few words, but fools are just dreaming.
"Since the Explosive Monkey Tribe is looking for death, I am too lazy to say more. It is hard to persuade a damned ghost with good words." Yang Yan took a step back, "Yang Li, Yang Jiu, come on!"
Yang Li and Yang Jiu were the thugs following Yang Yan. They shouted loudly and their clothes exploded in an instant.
Their upper bodies swelled a little, and a pair of red wings grew from their backs. A bright red totem grew on their chests, extending all the way to their necks.
This is the totem of the Bifang Bird.
Liu Jianan's supernatural power can clearly detect that Yang Li and Yang Jiu's strength has changed by leaps and bounds after their clothes exploded.
He judged that this should be some kind of atavism phenomenon, and it can be controlled. It looks powerful, but it is a bit wasteful of clothes.
After the two completed the awakening of their bloodline, their momentum changed drastically.
They flapped their wings and flew into the air. With a sweep of their wings, flames from the tail of their wings attacked the people of the Exploding Monkey Tribe.
"Fire, Brother Ji, we are on fire, what should we do!" Hou Liang exclaimed.
The other tribesmen were also in chaos, screaming and shouting.
"A bunch of rubbish, don't you know how to get out of the way?" Hou Ji scolded him angrily.
He didn't expect that Yang Yan's men could control fire. If they really fought, they would have no chance of winning!
"Let's just forget about this today. If there is a next time, I will definitely not let you off!"
After saying this, Hou Ji wanted to run away.
Yang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cruel arc appeared at the corner of his mouth: "You came to the Bifang Market to make trouble and now you want to run away? How can such a good thing happen in the world? Monkey Ji, I don't care if you, the Explosive Monkey Tribe, do evil in the jungle, but if you want to go wild in the Bifang Market, you will have to bear the wrath of Master Bifang."
Monkey Ji was sweating coldly on his back, and his tongue was almost tied: "Then what do you want?"
"You have to leave something behind when you come to the Bifang Market, your hands or your feet, you choose." Yang Yan said coldly.
Monkey Ji exclaimed: "That's impossible, we can't be without hands or feet!"
Yang Yan shrugged: "Then leave everything behind."
As he said that, he gave Yang Li and Yang Jiu a look.
The two of them understood and immediately flew towards Hou Ji, using their sharp claws to cut off Hou Ji's limbs!
"Ahhhhhh!"
Blood gushed out and screams shook the sky.
As a result, only the upper body and head of Hou Ji were left, and he fell to the ground like a blood gourd.
If a person loses a large amount of blood in an instant, it will cause shock, and in severe cases it may lead to death.
Liu Jianan didn't know whether Hou Ji was dead or in a coma, but no matter which one it was, his end was enough to shock the other members of the Explosive Monkey Tribe, and even some other guests who wanted to take advantage of the situation.
Yang Yan clasped his hands together and said at the right time: "I, Yang Yan, have been the manager since I was seventeen years old. I have held countless Bifang fairs. The people of the Bifang tribe never cause trouble without reason, but they are never afraid of trouble. Whoever wants to act wildly at the Bifang fair will end up like this!"
The crowd of onlookers held their breath subconsciously, fearing that they would become the next Monkey Season.
Yang Yan looked at the other members of the Explosive Monkey Tribe again: "What about you? Do you want to leave by yourselves, or do you want me to send you away?"
Hou Liang's legs were trembling, and he was completely shocked by the scene in front of him!
He just wanted his brothers to come over and seek justice for him, how could it be, how could it be... "
We, let's go!" he screamed.
Yang Yan shouted, "Stop!"
Hou Liang immediately stopped on his feet.
"Take away everything on the ground, don't delay the normal operation of the Bifang Market." Yang Yan ordered.
"Okay, okay..."
Hou Liang quickly picked up Hou Ji, who was lying on the ground and didn't know whether he was dead or alive. His clothes were stained with blood, but he didn't dare to say anything. He wished he had two more legs so he could leave this hell.
After driving away the people from the Explosive Monkey Tribe, Yang Yan arranged for people to clean up the mess around, and then came to Liu Jianan: "Little Brother Gu, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Liu Jianan shook his head: "I have seen Brother Yang's thunderous and powerful ways."
"Thank you." Yang Yan laughed heartily, "To deal with these annoying flies, you have to scare them all at once, otherwise they will hang around in front of you for no reason, which is very annoying."
Liu Jianan nodded in agreement, just like the five brothers of the Gu family.
Due to the existence of the time and space anchor point, he can't kill them for the time being, and he will be disgusted from time to time.
Fortunately, he has mastered the method of opening the nightmare array. When he encounters something unpleasant, he can pull the Gu brothers into the nightmare octagonal cage and vent them.
"Of course, this time the attack is so heavy, it is also to kill the chicken to scare the monkey," Yang Yan was afraid that his behavior would scare Liu Jianan and destroy their cooperation, and hurriedly explained, "The people who come to the Bifang market are mixed, just take this opportunity to make those who have evil intentions quiet down."
Yang Yan's words made Liu Jianan realize that the Bifang market, which seemed calm on the surface, was actually turbulent.
It's no wonder. As the only market in the whole Savage Continent, many tribes have their eyes on it, and they all want to get a piece of the pie from it.
If it weren't for the Bifang tribe where Yang Yan was, which had the Bifang heritage and the ability to take care of the Bifang market, I'm afraid it would have been a mess long ago.
This also made Liu Jianan more curious about the Bifang tribe.
For example, the changes in Yang Li and Yang Jiu during the battle, is it the ability passed down from Bifang, or some magical technique.
Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to ask Yang Yan directly. It's
obvious that this is the privacy of other tribes. Not to mention that he is just a partner favored by Yang Yan now, even if he arrives at the Bifang tribe and gets the approval of the tribe leader, he shouldn't pry into the secrets of other tribes.
When we return to the jungle, we will ask the wood spirits. They will definitely know.
...
Two days later.
The Bifang Market came to an end, and Yang Yan asked his subordinates to load the supplies onto the carriage.
Liu Jianan noticed that the one in front of the carriage was not a horse, but a scale-covered alien beast. He asked Yang Yan curiously, "Brother Yang, what kind of alien beast is this? It looks so majestic."
Yang Yan explained patiently, "This is a fire unicorn, a variant of the auspicious beast unicorn. Although it does not have the ability to bestow blessings like the unicorn, it has awakened the ability to walk on fire clouds."
Liu Jianan tentatively touched its scales, which were warm and very novel.
Moreover, even though the Fire Kirin was being touched by him, it had no intention of attacking him and looked very docile. It was
much better than a certain white tiger that only knew how to be lazy and play tricks.
Liu Jianan suddenly asked: "Brother Yang, since your race is born with the ability to control fire, why bother buying the Heavenly Fire in the Sleeves? Isn't it better to use the ability to make fire directly?"
"The tribesmen of the Bifang tribe can control fire, but that is an exception. Not all tribes have our good luck to receive the favor of Bifang." Yang Yan gestured for him to be relieved, "Your things will not have trouble selling. I can guarantee it with my reputation."
At this time, Yang Li came to report: "The things have been loaded on the car. Manager Yang, are you still calculating the profit of this Bifang market in the car as before? ?”
Yang Yan nodded: “Not bad.”
Yang Li: “Then I’ll get you the knotted ropes.”
Liu Jianan watched Yang Li take a large bundle of knotted ropes and couldn’t help but exclaimed: “So much?”
Yang Yan laughed and said: “This is nothing, judging by the market conditions these days, these may not be enough.”
Liu Jianan watched Yang Yan bring all the knotted ropes onto the carriage and sat on the side, but the knotted ropes took up most of the space.
He also invited Liu Jianan to sit over with him: “You can find a place to sit, just don’t sit on the knotted ropes.”
Liu Jianan frowned slightly. If Yang Yan wanted to count like this, how long would it take him to count?
He thought about it and thought that if he taught Yang Yan Arabic numerals now, although it would make it easier for him to count, it would not be of any benefit to him.
So he took out an abacus from the purple gold gourd: "Brother Yang, our Huaxia tribe has its own counting tool, look at this."
Yang Yan frowned and looked at the abacus: "What is this?"
It was a square wooden board with many beads strung in the middle. He had never seen such a thing before.
Liu Jianan explained: "This is an abacus. Each of the vertical beads represents one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million." He pointed as he spoke, trying to make Yang Yan understand the basic structure of the abacus.
Yang Yan nodded in confusion: "This thing can count? How does it count?"
"On the rightmost side, each bead on the lower part represents one, a total of five; each bead on the upper part represents five, a total of two."
"When you count, move one bead from the bottom up, and when you move the fifth bead, move all of them down, and move one bead on the upper part up. When you move two beads on the upper part, move all of them down, and then move one bead on the lower part of the front vertically up, and so on."
Liu Jianan explained while showing Yang Yan how to do it.
It may be a bit confusing to explain, but it is simple to actually operate. Yang Yan is very smart and quickly understood the tricks.
The more he saw and heard, the more his heart beat fast.
Genius, the person who invented the abacus must be a genius!
He dared to bet that once the abacus was released, it would be popularized at the fastest speed.
It was really easy to use. Just move a bead to count, and it looked intuitive and simple. The accuracy rate was much higher than that of knotting ropes!
First it was the fire in the sleeves, and now it was the abacus.
How many times did the Huaxia tribe have to shock him before they stopped!
"I used to sit in a well and watch the world, but today I know what is a miraculous skill and what is twice the result with half the effort." Yang Yan said with great emotion.
Liu Jianan smiled slightly: "If Brother Yang likes it, I'll give you this abacus."
Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and took the abacus from Liu Jianan's hand like a treasure.
"I am ashamed to accept such a great gift. It is not because I am greedy and want to take advantage, but it is Brother Xiao Gu's abacus that makes me happy." Yang Yan thanked him from the bottom of his heart, "From now on, if Brother Xiao Gu needs anything, I will be willing to help you!"
Liu Jianan shook his head and laughed, "Brother Yang, you are too polite. This abacus is not a precious thing. I have many more. And you see, the structure of the abacus is relatively simple, and it can be mass-produced by copying."
Yang Yan nodded. It was because of this that he was more grateful for Liu Jianan's gift.
You should know that Liu Jianan's behavior was equivalent to teaching him how to make and use the abacus, without keeping anything to himself.
"It is said that a teacher is someone who imparts knowledge and resolves doubts." Yang Yan bowed to Liu Jianan solemnly, "Teacher Xiao Gu, please accept your disciple's greetings."
Liu Jianan: "..."
It was a pity that he had given Gu Letian an apprentice for nothing. If he had known
, he would not have used the name Gu Letian. But never mind. Although it sounded a bit awkward, he was quite proud that someone called him teacher.
After everything was ready, Yang Li asked, "Manager Yang, shall we set off back to the tribe?"
Yang Yan asked Liu Jianan for his opinion, and after getting his reply, he nodded, "Let's go."
Yang Li was a little surprised. Why did Yang Yan suddenly care so much about this young man?
But an excellent subordinate knows what to ask and what not to ask.
So he said, "Yes," without looking away, and sat in the front of the carriage, driving the Fire Kirin away on the clouds.
After the initial bumps, Liu Jianan had gradually adapted to the speed of the carriage.
He opened the window curtain and looked out. All he could see were layers of fire clouds, as if the sky was on fire. It was a very spectacular sight.