Just like that, the two troublemakers from the Chao family left in a rage.
That's very good. They won't cause me any trouble for the time being.
However, the questions posed by Baili Tang have not been solved yet.
Except for Liang Qiuyu, everyone else, including Eunuch Yang, was ordered by Baili Tang to calculate the problems. Each of them calculated their own problems.
Why didn’t Concubine Liang participate?
Isn't she curious?
Because she found that if she used the old method to calculate this problem for several days, it would be difficult to get the answer. She had seen a similar problem in an ancient book, which said that someone gave a problem to a monk:
On a Go board, one grain of rice is placed on the first square, two grains of rice on the second square, four grains of rice on the third square, sixteen grains of rice on the fourth square... Now, how many grains of rice can be placed on the last square?
This problem has been solved by someone in Jingguo a long time ago, and there is a pattern to follow.
If you can't find the pattern and continue to calculate using the old method, you will go crazy.
The six questions Your Majesty asked are ten times more difficult! If you can't find the pattern, it will be difficult to solve them!
No wonder Chao's father and daughter were so angry that they left on the spot!
Your Majesty...you are so evil!!
Xiaolian had written all the questions on the ground with broken tiles.
Xiaolian's father was a scholar, and when he was at home, he had taught her reading, writing, and arithmetic. But her mother worked hard to save money for that man to go to Beijing for the imperial examination... and he never returned for four years.
Xiaolian first glanced at the questions: "General Meng, Xiaolian thinks we should put the first one aside and try the third question first."
For the first question, they had tried dozens of ways to solve it, but to no avail.
"How many ways are there to put 8 identical balls into 4 identical boxes?" Meng Fang read.
So the two of them set up the puzzle again. After a lot of effort, they finally figured out the answer to the problem.
Lord Wang and several other lords were also using traditional methods to calculate.
The same thing happened to Eunuch Yang and several young palace maids. But Eunuch Yang was constantly wiping his forehead. How could he understand arithmetic?
Only Master Zhang Dongzheng was calculating using Arabic numerals, and he had already solved two problems.
In this era, there is such a talented person. If he were in modern times, he would probably be a top student.
Why did this person only show his talent to Baili Tang now?
Because Baili Tang "conquered" him!
Let alone anything else, the Royal No. 1 Thresher and the Royal No. 2 Building are enough to make Zhang Dongzhengdong admire Baili Tang with all his heart!
Zhang Dongzheng appears humble and polite on the surface, but he is actually unruly at heart. If it weren't for someone he admires from the bottom of his heart, he would "speak three points and keep seven points to himself."
Outside the palace, Liang Wenqing saw Chao Hong and his daughter coming out and asked worriedly, "Why did the Lord and the Young Lady come out? The safest place right now is Baili Tang's palace!"
Chao Hong frowned and listened to Liang Wenqing continue.
"Western Cloud County has countless spies. If they see the Lord enter Baili Tang's palace but do nothing, they will surely become suspicious, wondering if we have reached some kind of agreement with Baili Tang. They certainly don't want to see this outcome."
Liang Wenqing continued his analysis, "Between you and Baili Tang, either both will suffer losses or one will die. It's best to eliminate both of you. If you return to the camp now, you will be assassinated on the way. Then, the enemy will surely blame Baili Tang!"
Chao Hong was slightly surprised and nodded. Liang Wenqing's analysis made sense. He was so angry that he didn't think it through.
Baili Tang naturally tried every possible way to drive away this dangerous person, but he and Baili Tang could not have a big fight. The consequence would be that if Baili Tang died, he would die too, and the Chao family's revenge would never be avenged.
"Go back." Chao Hong said, "Wenqing, go back to the camp first."
What if this is Liang Wenqing’s plan?
After Liang Wenqing returned to the camp, he lied to everyone and said that Chao Hong's parents were captured by Baili Tang?
There was nothing Chao Hong could do about it; he could only trust Liang Wenqing. With their strength, they couldn't possibly return safely to the camp dozens of miles away.
Regardless of whether Liang Wenqing would do this, there is someone who has already done it!
This person is Pang Hai!!
The man Liang Qiuyu was originally going to marry!
He was also the mastermind behind instigating Chao Man'er to sell the funeral broth for his father!
Pang Hai hated and feared Baili Tang, the man who had "taken his wife." Ever since he'd done that to Liang Qiuyu that day, he'd worried she'd denounce him to the emperor, but it seemed she hadn't. He and his family remained safe and sound.
But he was still worried!
Therefore, he kept "adding fuel to the fire" in Chao Man'er's ears and saying all kinds of "bad things" about Liang Qiuyu.
Chao Man'er, who is not very scheming, would not believe it this time?
Originally, it was the tyrant emperor who stole someone else's fiancée!
But Pang Hai didn't have the guts to incite over 30,000 people to "rebel." Someone controlled his family and forced him to do so!
At this moment, Chao Hong's 30,000 troops have been dispatched!
Chao Hong certainly has more than just these men and women, but his men have special identities, and most of them are farmers. They might be harvesting rice in their fields at this moment.
Most of the people he incited to rebellion were poor people from the surrounding area. Their fighting ability was average. And after Baili Tang's "riot," these people must have begun to waver in their hearts.
If one can have happiness and stability, who would be willing to rise up in rebellion!
Chao Hong was a thin-skinned man. When he thought about returning with his daughter in disgrace, his face turned as stinky as a black ditch.
On the contrary, Chao Man'er was heartless. All she could think about was how to solve Baili Tang's problem. She didn't care whether it was safe or not. She couldn't do anything about it anyway.
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