The last time Li Nianfan came here, he didn't have time to stroll around, but this time he had too much time to relax.

Moreover, the palace of the Xia Dynasty had obviously been improved and was much more luxurious.

But at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and then Zhou Yunwu came striding in, looking hurried. When he saw Li Nianfan, he immediately smiled and bowed, saying, "Yunwu has seen you."

Li Nianfan also returned the greeting, "King Zhou."

Zhou Yunwu said sincerely, "Last time, the Xia Dynasty was troubled by internal and external troubles, and I was unable to entertain you properly. Yunwu has always felt guilty. Now that you are here, I must do my best to be a good host this time."

Next, Zhou Yunwu personally took Li Nianfan to stroll around the palace, with an earnest attitude, which made many palace maids and servants look at him in astonishment, wondering where he came from.

You know, King Zhou has always been neither humble nor arrogant, showing the demeanor of a king, and even proposed the theory that mortals should be self-reliant, but he has never been like this before.

Humble, yes, humble!

From the main hall to the back hall, then went to the prison to gain knowledge, and then came to the back garden and toured the royal palace of the Xia Dynasty.

Along the way, Zhou Yunwu introduced various things and explained to Li Nianfan the various major events that happened in the Xia Dynasty, focusing on how the people lived and worked in peace and contentment and how optimistic the current situation was.

He was obviously the king, but he felt like he was reporting on his work, and Li Nianfan's words "not bad" immediately made him overjoyed.

Everyone came to the back garden, where there were clusters of flowers, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, and several large koi were paddling underwater.

Li Nianfan was enjoying the scenery and smiled at Long'er, "Long'er, look, your peers."

In return, Long'er rolled his eyes, while Nannan giggled on the side.

Behind him, Meng Junliang looked at Zhou Yunwu and couldn't help but step forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, haven't you encountered many difficulties recently? Why do you only report good news and not worries?"

"Sir, you have helped us a lot. How can I have the nerve to ask for everything?" Zhou Yunwu shook his head and continued, "Since the master has given me the heavy responsibility, I should take it up! Strive to satisfy the master, instead of saying only problems."

Meng Junliang fell silent.

He naturally understood this.

Zhou Yunwu said, "Sir, you have walked a lot. Sit down and rest. I'll ask the servants to make tea."

"Okay." Li Nianfan nodded.

On the side, Nannan couldn't wait any longer and said, "Brother Nianfan, I want to go out for a walk."

Nannan and Long'er were naturally not interested in the topic that Zhou Yunwu and Li Nianfan were talking about, and they had long been impatient.

Li Nianfan also saw it and said with a smile, "Go, don't make trouble."

Zhou Yunwu quickly called a palace maid and said solemnly, "Take the two girls out for a good walk. Remember, don't be negligent in the slightest!"

Everyone sat down, Zhou Yunwu swallowed his saliva, and said expectantly, "Sir, what do you think of the Xia Dynasty now?"

"Live and work in peace and contentment, and prosper. Very good."

Li Nianfan said with a smile, paused and said, "But... there is one thing that is not good enough."

Zhou Yunwu and Meng Junliang were both stunned and looked puzzled.

Although the Xia Dynasty is facing a bottleneck now, as far as the city is concerned, it is definitely the leading city in the entire cultivation world. How can it still be insufficient?

Zhou Yunwu said seriously: "Please teach me, sir."

"Haha, it's not a big deal, it's just that the entertainment life is a little insufficient." Li Nianfan smiled, "When material life tends to be perfect, only when the entertainment that matches it becomes richer can people feel more satisfied."

This sentence is actually half a joke, but it is also true.

Entertainment is more conducive to governance at certain times.

"Entertainment?" Meng Junliang and Zhou Yunwu both showed a thoughtful look. They are both smart people and can naturally perceive the mystery.

Meng Junliang couldn't help but ask, "But... how can this enrich your entertainment life?"

"Look at this, poker!" Li Nianfan took out the poker again.

This deck of cards was just made not long ago, so Li Nianfan still likes to take it out very much. This is one of his rare entertainment items.

Looking at Zhou Yunwu and Meng Junliang's confused expressions, Li Nianfan's smile became deeper, "No more talking, I'll teach you, want to play?"

"I really want to, but I dare not ask you."

Immediately, a human emperor, a great scholar, and a saint of merit, the three of them gathered together to play poker...

Outside the back garden.

A group of ministers were looking forward to it. Most of them were old and were looking inside stupidly.

At this time, a palace maid walked out of the back garden.

Immediately, they surrounded her one after another, eager and anxious.

"What's going on? What are the king and the military advisor doing in there?"

The maid was startled and trembled, "They are...playing poker in there."

"Playing poker?" Everyone was stunned, looking at each other, with expressions of confusion and surprise.

"Who is Poker? When I heard the name, I also wanted to play it."

"How can the king do such a rough job personally? Poker is very brave. He should let us play it."

"I understand!" An old minister suddenly showed an epiphany, and began to analyze it in detail: "Isn't the king here to receive a distinguished guest? I guess the negotiation broke down, and this Poker is the name of that distinguished guest!"

"What you said makes sense."

"It makes sense and basis. It is probably the case."

"Well played, well played!"

The ministers stroked their beards and smiled with satisfaction. The king turned back from the road of licking, which was a cause for celebration.

"You all misunderstood." The palace maid was trembling and almost crying. She said weakly, "Poker is a game. The king and the noble guest are playing it happily."

"Game? Play?"

"Stupid, stupid! At such a critical moment, the future of our Xia Dynasty is at stake, and you are playing poker?"

"Playthings will lead to loss of ambition, playthings will lead to loss of ambition!"

The ministers immediately showed expressions of grief and wished they could rush in and risk their lives to give advice.

"Alas, the king's distinguished guest is really... going to affect the fate of our Xia Dynasty!"

An old minister suddenly sighed, shaking his head, and sighed: "I just asked around, you know, along the way, the king didn't act like a king at all, he was obedient to the distinguished guest, his attitude was extremely humble, many servants even thought he was a fake king!" "

Is this true? He is possessed by evil spirits, this is definitely possessed by evil spirits! The king is not like a king, our Xia Dynasty is going to perish!"

"Where is the military advisor? What does the military advisor do? How come he is also deceived?"

"Military advisor? Don't mention it!"

A general came forward with a sad face and burst into tears, "Not long ago, the military advisor took that distinguished guest to Dianjiang Hall, and they actually... actually... Wuwuwu..."

Everyone was anxious, "What happened, tell me quickly!"

"He actually mocked the training in our Dianjiang Hall, and General Lin just refuted it a few times. Guess what, the military advisor asked him to apologize!"

"What? Is this true?!"

"What a mess, what a mess!"

"This guy wants to destroy our Xia Dynasty!"

The ministers were so anxious that their eyes were red, and some of the sentimental ones had already shed hot tears, feeling sad.

"This matter cannot be delayed. Everyone, follow me to give advice!"

"That's right. We can't wait any longer. Let's go together. If we die, we die!"

Immediately, everyone agreed and headed for the back garden in a mighty manner.

"Bang!"

At the door, a row of guards drew their swords in unison, the blades shining brightly and the murderous aura was overwhelming.

"The king is entertaining guests. Anyone who dares to break in will be killed without mercy!"

This...

"It's not that we can't wait, but there's no rush."

​​"That's true, that's true!"

...

"Three of a kind."

"I can't bear it." "

Pass."

Li Nianfan put down the last card, "A four, sorry, I win again." "

Come again, come again!" Zhou Yunwu felt extremely aggrieved. The key was that he couldn't accept this last way of failure.

He couldn't help but look at Meng Junliang, "Military Advisor, why do you seem absent-minded?"

"Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something and got a little distracted." Meng Junliang frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on the cards, he always felt that there was something very important in his mind, but it was always fleeting and hard to grasp.

What was it?

He stared blankly at Li Nianfan shuffling the cards, then dealing them, and then holding the cards in his hand with lifeless eyes staring at the numbers on the cards.

Zhou Yunwu couldn't help but joked, "Military Advisor, you are the landlord in this game, why are you daydreaming? You can't even recognize all the numbers on the cards, right?"

Numbers?

That's right, numbers!

Meng Junliang's body shook violently, as if he had just woken up from a dream, staring at the numbers on the poker cards with wide eyes.

At the beginning, the scenes of Li Nianfan teaching them seemed to be replayed.

This is one, this is two, this is three...

"This, this is..."

His soul seemed to start trembling, goose bumps appeared all over his body, and he felt like his scalp was about to explode.

"Bang!"

He stood up suddenly, and the chair under his butt was pushed several meters away by his butt and collapsed to the ground.

"Simplified version of the numbers! Yes, we count the population, count the food, count many things, why don't we use a simple number to count? It's so clear and easy to understand, even the elderly and children can easily recognize it!"

He seemed to have opened the door to a new world in an instant. His lips trembled, his face flushed with excitement, and he trembled, "Why didn't I think of it, why didn't I think of it! It's a stroke of genius, it's simply a stroke of genius!"

His voice was hoarse and high, and when it reached Zhou Yunwu's ears, his pupils suddenly shrank and his heart pounded.

"Bang!"

The stool behind Zhou Yunwu was also pushed away, and he stammered: "Military... Military Advisor, what did you just say? Say it again?"

Meng Junliang said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this is a simplified version of the number! If this method is popularized, statistics will be very simple in the future!"

"Yes, it is a simplified version of the number, and it is also a blessing for our Xia Dynasty!" Zhou Yunwu was already a little overwhelmed, as if he saw a great event beckoning to him. He took a deep breath and faced Li Nianfan. With an extremely pious attitude, he bowed respectfully and said gratefully: "Thank you, sir, you have benefited the people of the world again!"

Meng Junliang also raised his hands and bowed deeply, "Sir, you are not playing games at all, you are clearly giving us some advice! Junliang's brain is slow, and I didn't think of it until now. I am really ashamed of your teachings!"

You are not ashamed of anything, I am ashamed!

I really just want to play cards quietly.

Li Nianfan stared blankly at the two people who were acting so solemnly, his lips moved, and finally he showed a look of relief, "Well, the boy is teachable, it's good that he understands!"

Well, it's like this, since he has already acted so pretentiously, he can only continue to pretend.

Zhou Yunwu said respectfully, "Sir, you are truly a genius. You can even think of such a method. This is the creation of a new number that will surely be passed down through the ages."

Meng Junliang even suggested, "Sir, this number should have a name. Why not name it after you?"

"Don't do that!" Li Nianfan immediately raised his hand to stop him, "Let's call it Arabic numerals. It's easy on the mouth and sounds good."

"Arabic... numerals?"

Meng Junliang and Zhou Yunwu were both confused, and then nodded at the same time, "What a good name, obscure and profound but easy to remember. You are worthy of being a sir! The names are unique."

"Enough, enough." Li Nianfan waved his hand, feeling that the two of them were a joke, and couldn't help laughing and said, "Do you think Arabic numerals are just like this?" "

Is there any mystery?" Zhou Yunwu was shocked and said respectfully, "Please teach me, sir."

"Ahem, sit down, sit down, and learn slowly."

Li Nianfan made a gesture of invitation, and then said, "Little Daji, take out our paper and pen."

He began to write on the paper.

"I will teach you how to add and subtract numbers first. Look carefully, this is 1+1=2."

"1+1=2?" Meng Junliang frowned and thought for a long time, puzzled, "Why is this? I don't understand."

"This is a symbol, which is convenient for calculation..."

"So that's it, 1+1=2, I finally learned it."

...

"Next, I will teach you the multiplication table, come and recite it with me."

...

After more than an hour, the cheeks of Meng Junliang and Zhou Yunwu were numb and stiff, because for such a long time, their mouths were kept wide open.

As Li Nianfan's explanation came to an end, their brains exploded with a bang, as if a magical door had opened.

"It's like a revelation, a wake-up call! This method, sir, is not an exaggeration to say that it is the words of a saint!"

Zhou Yunwu was extremely excited, and even his whole body was shaking. Just this one method was enough to make the entire Xia Dynasty undergo earth-shaking changes. This was a blessing for millions of people!

"It's indescribable, it's simply indescribable!" Meng Junliang didn't know what to do anymore. In the end, he bent his legs and knelt down directly. "Only prostrating myself can express my admiration for you, sir!"

No wonder he was like this.

As the saying goes, if you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening.

As a great scholar, Meng Junliang has been pursuing a way from the beginning to the end. However, now, Li Nianfan has shown him another vast world. If it were not for Li Nianfan, he would probably never see it in this life. This is equivalent to the grace of rebirth!

Under extreme excitement, it is inevitable to do so. Rather than worshipping Li Nianfan, it is better to say that he is worshipping this brand new way.

Li Nianfan helped Meng Junliang up and said with a smile: "Okay, you don't have to do this. This is just a new subject. It will be called mathematics in the future. This is the top priority. Remember to let the children learn more, and the key is to practice more!"

Meng Junliang and Zhou Yunwu nodded solemnly at the same time, "Of course, of course!"