Chapter 28 You are good at calculating, right?
It was just dawn, Li Nuo got up early, sat up from the bed, and stretched comfortably.
He had spent the past two days extremely fulfillingly, and his sleep was particularly sweet. He felt full of energy when he woke up. The only drawback was that his life span, which was already short, was shortened by another day. After a quick breakfast, he took his butler Wu and headed straight to the Chang'an County Government Office.
Not long after, Pei Zhe, the magistrate of Chang'an County, yawned and walked out of the back hall. He greeted Li Nuo weakly, "Sir, you're here so early..."
One of them is working, and the other is making a living, so of course their enthusiasm is different.
Li Nuo asked with a smile: "Did Master Pei not sleep well last night?"
Pei Zhe pounded his waist. Yesterday, the tigress at home suspected that he had secretly gone to the brothel again. He said he didn't go, but she insisted on proving it himself. In order to clear the suspicion, he testified that he fell asleep in the second half of the night. He originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but a bailiff reported that the yamen had not opened yet and Li Nuo had arrived, so he had to go out to greet him.
Seeing that the magistrate of Chang'an County was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "Master Pei, go to sleep. Don't worry about me."
Pei Zhe covered his mouth and yawned, saying, "No, no, the young master is here, how can I sleep any longer? There are still many official matters to be handled in the government office."
It must be said that besides having his sweet dream disturbed, he also had to thank Li Nuo.
As the magistrate of a county, and the magistrate of Jing County at that, he has too many things to take care of. Although he has the assistance of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, in Pei Zhe's eyes, those two guys are all incompetent people who have relied on connections to get to their positions. Moreover, they form cliques and factions, and are not afraid of him, the county magistrate, and do not help him share the official duties at all. He has not come to the county government for many days.
And Li Nuo... Compared with Li Nuo, Pei Zhe sometimes feels that he is an incompetent person who got to this position through connections.
Pei Zhe was shocked every time he thought of the ability to identify the murderer among hundreds of people at a glance.
He is not only good at investigating cases, but also enjoys investigating and solving cases. He is simply born to be a lawmaker.
Oh, wait…
Pei Zhe seemed to realize something and sobered up a little. He looked at Li Nuo and asked tentatively, "Sir, you are not going to practice law, are you?"
Li Nuo nodded and said, "Yes, is there any problem?"
Pei Zhe stood there in a daze.
Legalism, Legalism doesn’t advocate construction…
Although a legalist can become stronger by judging cases, if he makes a wrong judgment, his cultivation will regress instead of improve.
This is not the key point. Throughout the ages, disciples of the Legalists at a lower level can still be active in the court, but once they reach the fourth level, the danger will greatly increase. Historically, most of the powerful Legalists have ended up miserably and did not have a good end, resulting in the Legalists now being almost in name only.
Besides...it's fine for others to practice legalism, but as the son of the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, why are you joining in the fun?
Although it is said that the legalists cultivate the Dharma in their hearts and everyone has a different path, in the final analysis, they still have to uphold justice in their hearts, help the weak and punish the wicked and eliminate the evil.
He must know who the biggest villain in Daxia is, right?
Reverse the Tian Gang, reverse the Tian Gang...
But he couldn't say such words. Facing Li Nuo's question, Pei Zhe smiled awkwardly and said, "No, no, as long as you like it, it's good enough..."
Yesterday, Li Nuo asked Lord Pei to arrange today's case. After the county government opened, the people related to the case had already lined up outside the court. Li Nuo did not waste time, walked into the court and began to try the case.
At the same time, at the Song Mansion.
An old man with gray hair flipped through the two booklets in his hands, nodded slightly, and said, "You all did a good job on this assignment, especially Mu'er, who even solved the pheasant and rabbit problem in the same cage. Did you solve this problem by yourself?"
Song Muer answered honestly: "I asked Brother Li Nuo, and Brother Li Nuo told me."
The old man didn't say anything about this. In addition to giving them basic homework every day, he would also give them a difficult problem and let them think about it on their own to develop their mathematical ability.
It doesn't matter whether she figured it out by herself or by asking others, as long as she understands it, it's fine.
The old man continued, "Then tell me how to solve this problem."
This problem of pheasants and rabbits in the same cage is actually the simplest "equation" problem. Confucian disciples who have studied mathematics can easily solve it, but for a six-year-old child, it is still very difficult.
Song Muer said without hesitation: "If we want to eat spicy rabbit legs and braised chicken legs for lunch, we need to use up one leg of all the rabbits and chickens, and then use up another leg... The final answer is eighteen chickens and nine rabbits."
The old man was stunned after hearing this.
Although this solution is different from the commonly used method of solving equations in the Mathematical Classics, it seems to be more clever and even children can easily understand it.
However, this trick is only applicable to simple problems such as pheasants and rabbits in the same cage.
If one or more items are added, this method will not be feasible and we will still have to use the "equation", one of the "nine numbers".
This question was a good opportunity for them to learn the nine numbers in advance, so he said, "Today, I will teach you "equations."
Song Muer asked in confusion: "Sir, what is an equation?"
The old man explained: "Equation is a course. All things are mixed together, each with a number, and the general statement is true. Let each line be the rate, two things are counted twice, three things are counted three times, all according to the number of things, and listed in a row, so it is called an equation..."
The two little girls' expressions gradually became confused.
What Song Muer said just now was so simple that even Song Ning'er, who had been sitting next to her, understood it. But she didn't understand a word of what the gentleman said at this moment.
She pouted and muttered softly, "What? The master's math is not as good as that of a fool..."
Although the voice was small, the old man still heard it.
He had devoted his entire life to studying mathematics, was proficient in the nine numbers, and had taught countless students, including one who was the top scorer in mathematics. But now, when it came to teaching mathematics, he was told by a little boy that he was not as good as a fool. Even though the boy's words were innocent, he still felt that his lifelong learning had been insulted.
The masters of mathematics in Daxia usually never give in to each other, but today they were actually said to be worse than a fool...
Shame, shame...
But he couldn't get angry with the two little girls.
With a depressed mood, after finishing today's lessons, he looked at the two identical little girls. Suddenly, he had an idea. He took out a flower from a wooden box on the desk that he bought for his granddaughter and gave it to Song Muer, saying, "Muer did a good job on yesterday's homework. This is a reward for you."
Although she had many beautiful flower ornaments and this one was not as beautiful as the others, Song Muer was still very happy.
Because Song Ning'er didn't.
If Song Muer is happy, Song Ning'er will definitely be unhappy.
This is an irrefutable law between twin sisters.
The old man left a homework assignment, smiled at the two sisters, and said, "Today's lesson ends here. Next time, whoever completes the homework well will be rewarded by me..."
Watching the two sisters leave, the old man smiled disdainfully, "You are very good at calculating and teaching, right? I want to see how you teach me this time..."
The two sisters returned to a courtyard, and a maid asked, "Miss Mu'er, Miss Ning'er, what would you like to eat at noon? I will ask the kitchen to prepare it."
Song Ning'er, who was a little unhappy, thought for a while and said, "I want to eat spicy rabbit legs and braised chicken legs."
The maid immediately looked at Song Muer and asked, "Miss Muer, are you the same?"
Normally, the two sisters would eat exactly the same thing every day, without the slightest difference.
Song Muer shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat. I ate at Brother Li Nuo's house yesterday. The chef at Brother Li Nuo's house cooks delicious food..."
(End of this chapter)
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