Kangxi stared intently at the contents of the paper, his eyes shining, and asked Mingxiu.
"Where did you get this information from? It's not in the book."
Mingxiu gave him a strange look. She didn't understand either. Logically speaking, if Kangxi could understand English, it meant he should know a lot about foreign things and have been in contact with many foreigners. How could he not have seen addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?
She remembered there was also Ferdinand Verbiest, didn't she?
Could it be that it hasn't been released yet? That shouldn't be the case.
“This is what my mother taught me. She told me that a foreigner taught her this a long time ago, and she found it very useful, so she used it.”
After speaking, he glanced at the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, you can understand English now, don't you have any foreigners around you to tell you this? My mother heard from the foreigners she met before that many people over there understand it."
Kangxi's expression turned somewhat unpleasant in an instant, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
Mingxiu rubbed her shoulders and took a sip of water from Kangxi's teacup.
Seeing the glare from Kangxi, she chuckled.
"Your Majesty, my mother also taught me a way of keeping accounts. Would you like to hear it? I find it quite convenient."
Kangxi stared at Mingxiu, motionless.
Mingxiu felt a chill run down her spine at the look in Kangxi's eyes. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Kangxi speak:
"If it's such a miraculous thing, why didn't your father present it to you?"
Mingxiu's heart skipped a beat. This was a sign of doubt. She didn't show it on her face, but blinked her eyes and said with a hint of grievance...
“My father doesn’t know how. After all, this was taught by foreigners, and my mother was a little worried, so she only taught it to me. It’s probably because I’m a girl, and she thought that when I get married, I won’t be fooled when I look at the account books.”
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