Chapter 29 Can’t Tell!
Chang'an County Government Office.
Li Nuo had already judged all the cases before the end of the court session today.
Judging cases was his forte. As he became more familiar with the Daxia Law, he was able to judge cases faster and faster, and was able to complete his tasks ahead of schedule.
Today's harvest was good. Although they were still some trivial and family cases, the code actually added two days to his life. When he woke up in the morning, he had twenty-four days left. After judging the last case in the afternoon, it became twenty-six days.
All in all, it’s a net profit for the day.
After leaving the court, Li Nuo said to the Magistrate of Chang'an County, "I'll trouble you, Lord Pei, for tomorrow's case."
Pei Zhe looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.
Li Nuo noticed that he seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
The magistrate of Chang'an County explained: "My lord, you may not know that tomorrow is a day off. All the police officers and clerks in the yamen will rest and bathe at home..."
Then, he added, "Whether to take a day off or not is not a big deal to me, but I'm afraid my subordinates will have objections. After all, they have been working hard for ten days and must be quite tired..."
Li Nuo has read through the "Daxia Law" these days, which includes regulations on official holidays. Civil servants of Daxia work ten days and have one day off.
It seems that it is more difficult than working five days a week and having two days off in later generations. In fact, officials of Daxia had it much more comfortable. They would have one day off on the vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, summer solstice and winter solstice. For important festivals like Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival, they would have at least three days off and never adjusted their holidays.
Daxia attaches great importance to filial piety. On the birthdays or death anniversaries of parents, you can ask your supervisor for leave, and it will definitely be approved.
If his superiors did not approve, and a letter of impeachment was submitted, the saliva of the censors would be enough to drown him.
How can we expect a person who is not filial to his parents to be loyal to the country?
By this calculation, there are more than 300 days in a year, and you can probably take more than 150 days off.
Li Nuo glanced at the yamen runners around him. They indeed looked listless. They had to endure ten days of hard work to get a day off. If they were asked to work overtime, what would be the difference between them and the stupid leaders of later generations?
But if he doesn't do something, wouldn't his day be wasted?
Li Nuo thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Master Pei, please help me select ten people who are willing to stay in the government office and work tomorrow..."
Before he finished speaking, many yamen runners secretly took a step back.
After finally getting a day off, they had already planned to have fun. Who would be willing to stay in the government office and work?
Li Nuo continued, "I will give these ten people one month's salary as compensation."
A group of yamen runners looked up suddenly when they heard this.
What?
If I work one day tomorrow, I can get an extra month's salary?
Then why bother taking a break?
Fearing that they would be eliminated, those who reacted quickly had already run out and said to the Chang'an County Magistrate: "Sir, I am not tired. I am willing to stay in the yamen and work tomorrow!"
"I, I, I'm not tired either!"
"And me!"
"I'll stay too!"
In a flash, the number of applicants exceeded ten. The last person to stand out saw that the situation was not good and immediately said, "Sir, choose me. I only need half a month's salary!"
Everyone else was secretly cursing this guy in their hearts, but they had no choice but to lower their prices, one after another.
"We only need half a month..."
"Ten days for me. Ten days' salary is enough."
Pei Zhe could understand these guys who were scrambling for the top job. If he could get a month's salary for just one day's work, he would be willing to do it. His salary was managed by his wife. If he could save some private money, he would have money to go to Fengqi Tower to help those poor women next time...
A gambling father, a sick mother, an unmarried brother, and poor girl. As a parent official, if he doesn't help them, who will?
Thinking of this, he looked at Li Nuo and said with a smile: "Young Master, you have no official status. If you try a case alone in the county government office, I'm afraid it will cause gossip. How about this, let my wife go back to her parents' home tomorrow, and I will stay here with you..."
Li Nuo said embarrassedly: "This is not good, how can I delay Master Pei's family affairs?"
Pei Zhe waved his hand and said, "The people's affairs are the most important. I am unworthy of being a parent official. I still have a lot to learn from you...
Not long after, Li Nuo left the Chang'an County Government.
The yamen runners and constables may seem impressive, but in fact their salaries are not high, only two taels per month, which means twenty taels for ten people. Li Nuo doesn't know how much money his family has, but he probably can afford twenty taels.
When he returned to Li's house, Song Muer was already waiting in his yard.
There was only her and a maid from the Song family in the courtyard. Song Jiaren was not seen. Li Nuo was worried that she would ask him to play shuttlecock with her or do her makeup. The portraits of the female assassin and Zheng Yuanwai's concubine had become dim. Now, apart from his good looks, he had no special skills.
What Li Nuo was worried about did not happen. Song Muer came over with a booklet and said delicately, "Brother Li Nuo, I have a question I don't know how to answer. Can you tell me about it?"
Hearing that he was just explaining the questions to her, Li Nuo felt a little relieved.
Back then, he had scored full marks in the college entrance examination in mathematics. How could he be stumped by elementary school mathematics?
Li Nuo took the booklet handed over by Song Muer and was slightly stunned when he looked over.
It's not that he doesn't know the answer to this question. Li Nuo has been reading books in his free time these days. Most of the time, he just skims through them instead of reading them in detail, aiming to understand the world as quickly as possible.
Li Nuo had a rough idea of the level of mathematics in Daxia. Modern mathematics had not yet sprouted here. The mathematics in Daxia was all for solving practical problems, such as measuring area and volume, calculating grain prices, taxes, etc.
Song Muer's question is used to calculate the price of grain.
"Now there are nine dou of hemp, seven dou of wheat, three dou of beans, two dou of leeks, and five dou of millet, which cost one hundred and forty coins; seven dou of hemp, six dou of wheat, four dou of beans, five dou of leeks, and three dou of millet, which cost one hundred and twenty-eight coins...; one dou of hemp, three dou of wheat, two dou of beans, eight dou of leeks, and five dou of millet, which cost ninety-five coins. How much is one dou worth?"
In terms of type, this question belongs to the same category as the chickens and rabbits in the same cage problem.
However, there are only two unknowns in the problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage, but this problem has five.
For Li Nuo, the system of five linear equations is not difficult to solve, and it can be solved by using the elimination method or the matrix method.
The difficult part is how to explain it clearly to Song Muer.
After all, she was only six years old, and even in later generations, this was content in high school mathematics, and high school mathematics tests were generally not so difficult.
Song Muer didn't even have the concept of a system of equations, so it wasn't easy for Li Nuo to explain it to her.
He first found a piece of scratch paper, listed the matrix of the problem, quickly calculated the answer using linear algebra, and then converted the problem into Daxia's formula and listed it on another piece of paper.
The numbers of Daxia also have their simple writing method, and there are corresponding symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Song Muer could understand the individual formulas.
But she didn't understand why the two equations could be added together.
Li Nuo had no choice but to start from the most basic and explain it to her step by step. Fortunately, Song Muer was smart. After Li Nuo gave her a few examples, she gradually understood the operations between the equations.
The rest is much easier.
Solving a system of five linear equations is nothing more than a process of addition, subtraction and elimination. Li Nuo had already calculated the answer. He only needed to tell Song Muer how to do it and let her calculate it step by step. Although it took a little longer, she finally calculated the answer herself.
Li Nuo looked at her and asked, "Do you understand?"
Song Muer was surprised to find that the problem that she had just thought was so difficult was actually solved by herself.
She curled her lips and murmured, "I told you, you speak better than the gentleman, and the gentleman is not happy when he hears it..."
She looked relaxed, but Li Nuo was not.
In order to make her understand, he started with simple examples, step by step, gradually, almost breaking down all the knowledge points and feeding them into her mouth bit by bit. If she still didn't understand, Li Nuo would have no way out.
Fortunately, Mu'er did not let her down. Li Nuo touched her head and said, "You can't say that, sir..."
"Brother Li Nuo!"
Before Li Nuo finished speaking, a familiar voice came from not far away.
He turned around and saw Song Ning'er and Song Jiaren walking in from outside.
Song Ning'er trotted over and greeted him with a smile.
Li Nuo was a little surprised. When did he and Song Ning'er become so familiar with each other?
Song Muer stopped halfway through her run and looked fixedly at Li Nuo's side.
Song Ning'er glanced at her and raised her chin proudly.
After a moment.
Li Nuo looked at Song Muer who turned around and ignoring him with a pout, then looked at the complacent Song Ninger, and covered his face helplessly.
Who would have thought that Song Ning'er would pretend to be Song Mu'er to ask him questions?
The two sisters looked exactly the same, wearing the same clothes, having the same hairstyle, and jewellery. Even the sachets they wore had the same scent. He really couldn't tell them apart!
(End of this chapter)
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