Chapter 254

Wei Hao said that he wanted to make a bet with Li Shimin, and when Li Shimin heard it, he immediately nodded in agreement.

"Okay, as long as you find these problems in the book, I read 100 books, if not, hum, don't mention my reading in the future!" Wei Hao stood there and said very proudly.

"You wait with me, you said it yourself!" Li Shimin pointed at Wei Hao and said happily.

"Cheng, then tell me, which book was written?" Wei Hao nodded, looked at Li Shimin and asked.

When Li Shimin heard this, he stood there thinking about it, and found that there was really none.

"You've read so many books, you don't know how many books are piled up in your study, have you read them all?" Wei Hao saw him thinking there, and immediately asked Li Shimin proudly.

"Well, the books I read are too miscellaneous, you wait, I will definitely find them for you!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

"I'm waiting, hum, and education, no one knows that the Ministry of Industry is actually the most important, craftsmen are actually very important, good craftsmen, craftsmen who have the ability to invent new things, can bring great benefits to the entire Datang.

Don't talk about anything else, let's talk about paper, father, you said, how much wealth you bring to Datang, let's not talk about other benefits brought, just talk about wealth! And the porcelain I made, father, you say, isn't it a huge wealth, and there is also the salt, right? Why doesn't anyone pay attention to it?

On the contrary, those who shout benevolence, righteousness and morality, but corrupt the country's money behind their backs, but they are high, they read a lot, but in addition to standing on the heads of the people, what wealth have they created for the people? Also, let's talk about building roads, I'll just say a simple thing, on the Yellow River, can you build bridges? Wei Hao continued to ask Li Shimin as he spoke.

"How is it possible, the Yellow River is so wide, how can the bridge be built?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and asked, thinking about what Wei Hao said just now, indeed, these inventions can bring you great wealth to Datang.

"Of course you can fix it, it's just that those officials don't know how to repair it at all, they think that these studies are just strange and obscene techniques, useless!" Wei Hao said with great certainty.

"There is also gunpowder, Wang Jun has suffered before, there is no funding, if you give him enough funds and let him study it well, he has made gunpowder, how much benefit can it bring to Datang, although gunpowder is made by me, but Wang Jun can also get it out sooner or later, but no one pays attention to him!" Wei Hao continued to ask Li Shimin.

"Well, you mean to say that you have to pay attention to those craftsmen!" Li Shimin thought about it for a moment and asked Wei Hao.

"Of course, we should pay attention to craftsmen, those who say that craftsmen are inferior, that is pedantic, that is a fool! Let's just talk about those projectile cars, those that throw stones, are still improving, what is the advantage of improvement, that is, in the area where the enemy can't hit themselves, they can still hit them, so that they can decide the outcome of a battle, can greatly reduce the casualties of our army, and improve the chances of our army's combat victory, but what about those officials, who values them? If you go to the Ministry of Industry, there is not a single stove in the entire Ministry of Industry, and the officials of the entire Ministry of Industry are all poor haha, isn't it ironic? They brought so many benefits to Datang, but in exchange they were snubbed by the court, and they were still the poorest! Wei Hao continued to complain there.

Li Shimin heard it, and thought about it while walking in front with his hands behind his back.

"Craftsmen, the court is the person who should be valued the most, more than those who read, those who read, just say that after the success of the study, become an official and manage the people, but they can't bring wealth, and the craftsman can, father, I really feel unworthy for those craftsmen, so you said that you want me to manage the study and the school, I actually never have much interest, however, the sons also know that the father and the emperor need more children from the poor family, so the ministers will go, otherwise, I don't care about such a thing!" Wei Hao continued.

"Well, what you said, I'll think about it, but over there in the study building and the academy, you really need to use snacks!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

Wei Hao nodded, and then the two of them continued walking.

"Does the craftsman you just mentioned have anything to do with what you said about why thunder? Those craftsmen understand? Li Shimin thought of this and asked.

"They don't understand, but they can slowly study it, to figure it out, if there is not enough living security, who will study this, it is useless for you to look at this, but this is a basic thing, just like mathematics, do you know? Pi is proposed! Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Zu Chongzhi, this I really don't know very well! People from which dynasty? Li Shimin asked.

Zu Chongzhi is a person from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it is only more than a hundred years from now, and the pi he studied is not popular at all now, and even said that the thing he wrote is still kept in which family, and it is still unknown.

"The Northern and Southern Dynasties have studied how to calculate the area of the circle, which is very important, because to determine the pi, then you can determine a lot of mathematical algorithms, for example, I want to build a circular bridge pier, how many bricks do I need to use, I need to build a round patio, how much earthwork I need to dig out, etc., this is basic research, it looks like it has no practical effect, but it is extremely useful, but unfortunately no one understands!" Wei Hao said with a little emotion.

Datang's mathematics is still very low-level, Wei Hao specially read the book of arithmetic, and found that it is not as good as mathematics in primary school, just like that, how can Datang's science and technology develop, without the support of mathematics, natural science cannot develop at all.

Li Shimin saw Wei Hao so emotional, and immediately asked, "Do you understand?" ”

"Of course I understand, father-in-law, it's not me who blows it with you, all the people in the entire Datang combined, the arithmetic may not be as good as mine, if I come up with a problem, it is estimated that the entire Datang people will not be able to solve it!" Wei Hao immediately said proudly.

How can Li Shimin believe him, just him, there is still a problem, and no one can solve it?

"Okay, you say, I also studied arithmetic, you say come and listen!" Li Shimin immediately said to Wei Hao unconvinced.

"Okay, let's just say a cone, the diameter of the bottom circle is 30 inches, the height is 60 inches, find out what is the volume of this cone!" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and asked.

Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao dumbfounded.

"Father, what do you think I'm doing, you're counting!" Wei Hao said to Li Shimin.

"Well, how to calculate it here, wait until I go to the Ganlu Palace, anyway, you remember, you have to manage it well in the school, but you are not allowed to hang your children, and you are not allowed to play cards in the school, it's not like that, you look at what the prison of the Criminal Department has become now, every time you go over, it is to play cards, how many ministers come to impeach you, you go to Shangshu Province to ask, how many of your impeachment chapters!" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and reprimanded.

Wei Hao heard it, pursed his lips, and didn't speak.

Then Li Shimin continued to walk forward, and Wei Hao followed.

After walking for almost half an hour, Li Shimin returned to Ganlu Palace, while Wei Hao went to Da'an Palace to see the old man, and when he arrived at Da'an Palace, he naturally needed to play mahjong.

"You kid, you have nothing to do to provoke those ministers, no one dares to provoke them like this!" Li Yuan sat there and said to Wei Hao while playing cards.

"I'm used to their problems, they say they're going to beat me, can I put up with them? Let me tell you, this is Uncle Cheng hugging me, otherwise, I would have beaten them in the court, there is no way, several people hugged me, and I couldn't walk over! Wei Hao said depressedly, feeling that he still suffered a loss, failed to hit them, and suffered a big loss.

"If you don't fight and fight in the court, you're not afraid that your father-in-law will clean you up?" Li Yuan continued to say to Wei Hao.

"Eh, don't mention him, pit goods, I'm a captain, and I haven't been a captain for a whole year, eh, can the old man resign from this captain?" Wei Hao thought of this question, so he looked at Li Yuan and asked.

"You are a colt, and the colt must be the captain of the colt, don't you want to be a colt?" Li Yuan glared at Wei Hao and said.

"Forget it!" When Wei Hao heard this, he dispelled this idea, the horse still has to do it, otherwise, how to marry Lizhi!

On the side of Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin summoned Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and those from Qin Tianjian to throw Wei Hao's problem to them and let them solve it.

"This thunder and snow, that's the weather change, why is there this, like, well, how to say it, this is God's will!" Yuan Tiangang said.

He could calculate when it would rain or not, but he really didn't know why it would rain or why it would thunder!

"Then why do you see lightning first, and then you hear thunder?" Li Shimin continued to ask them, completely blinding those people to ask, you look at me, I look at you.

"Your Majesty, why do you want to know this?" Yuan Tiangang couldn't help but look at Li Shimin and asked, you are an emperor, why do you want to understand this?

"It's not that I want to know, it's Wei Hao who asked these questions, aren't these questions in the book?" Li Shimin looked at them and asked.

"This, Shuchen is lonely and unheard, I really haven't seen it!" Yuan Tiangang shook his head and said, thinking in his heart, why did Xia Guogong want to know these things, he was really full and had nothing to do.

"In addition, there is a question here, which of you can solve it, a circle, 30 inches in diameter, 60 inches in height, find out what is the volume of this cone!" Li Shimin looked at them and asked.

"Huh?" Those people all looked at Li Shimin in shock.

"You are all from Qin Tianjian, and you are also very good at arithmetic, I hope you can solve it, this question was made by Wei Hao, he concluded that you can't solve it!" Li Shimin sat there and said.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we will definitely give you the answer!" Li Chunfeng immediately said.

And Yuan Tiangang looked at Li Chunfeng depressedly, what do you have nothing to do, can you figure it out?

"Well, I'll have an answer tomorrow!" Li Shimin nodded and said, and then asked them: "Is there really no answer to those questions in the book?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there may be, but we haven't seen it!" Yuan Tiangang immediately arched his hand and said.

"Oh, that's okay, the day after tomorrow, I ask those ministers, the day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow!" Li Shimin heard it, nodded, and said with a little disappointment.

Soon, Yuan Tiangang and the others went back to calculate this topic, but everyone didn't know where to start, the cone, the volume, it was terrible!

"Why did you say yes? You can figure it out now! Yuan Tiangang said to Li Chunfeng.

"Isn't that simple? It's not difficult to calculate the volume, right? Li Chunfeng looked at Yuan Tiangang puzzled and asked.

"Then you count!" Yuan Tiangang waved his hand and said, he won't, but Li Chunfeng is dumbfounded, he won't, because Yuan Tiangang will.

"This... Won't you either? Li Chunfeng looked at the people in Qin Tianjian and asked, regretting that he had agreed too quickly.

Those people all shook their heads, no!

"No, this, is it hard? Why don't we do the math together? If you can't figure it out, you'll be ashamed! Li Chunfeng looked at Yuan Tiangang and asked.

Yuan Tiangang was very helpless, this was what His Majesty wanted, if he couldn't figure it out, it would indeed be very embarrassing, and then, all night, they were discussing the volume of this cone.

"Is Wei Hao idle, why do you want to count this, I see, let's go to the arithmetic and ask those gentlemen, maybe they will!"

The next morning, they hadn't slept all night, and they still hadn't figured it out.

"Well, let's go, ask someone else to go!" Yuan Tiangang also admitted defeat, and he couldn't figure it out, so he could only turn to everyone for help.

Soon, they went to the arithmetic hall under Guozijian, which was full of some good arithmetic, and after they asked the question, the entire arithmetic hall was calculating this, but no one would.

In the evening, it still won't, there is no way, they can only go and tell Li Shimin, Li Shimin wants them to come up with an answer today, but it is already evening, if they still don't give it, it will be a protest, will they also need to say it.

"What, didn't work out? Is it hard? Just that simple a question? When Li Shimin heard Yuan Tiangang say that he didn't calculate it, he looked at him in shock.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it was not calculated, not only did the ministers not calculate it, but even those people in the Mathematics Hall did not calculate it!" Yuan Tiangang said very helplessly, the title looks simple, but it really doesn't count.

"Is it that hard?" Li Shimin still feels incomprehensible, how can such a simple topic not be calculated.

"Your Majesty, otherwise, tomorrow Your Majesty will ask those ministers to see if they will?" Yuan Tiangang looked at Li Shimin and asked tentatively.

"Well, okay, I'm going to ask tomorrow!" Li Shimin nodded, he really had to understand this matter, otherwise, Wei Hao didn't know what he would be proud of, and he just couldn't see him proud.

The next morning, after Wei Hao finished practicing martial arts, he went to breakfast, and after breakfast, Wei Hao still wanted to sleep a little back.

"Rabbit cub, why haven't you set off yet, you are going to the court today!" Wei Furong came to Wei Hao's side, and looked at Wei Hao and shouted anxiously.

Wei Hao was stunned for a moment, go to court!

"Oh my God, I forgot!" Wei Hao hurriedly stood up and ran outside, now the sky is already dark, and the palace doors are open!

"Don't go yet, you bunny!" Wei Furong is in a hurry behind, but now is not the time to scold Wei Hao.

Soon, Wei Hao rode to Chengtianmen, then dismounted, and ran inside quickly, now those ministers are already in the court, discussing those things, and when Wei Hao arrives at the Ganlu Palace, Cheng is the heir on duty.

"Stop, you're late, you can't go in, you can't go in until Your Majesty summons you!" Cheng Zhisi stopped Wei Hao and said.

Wei Hao stared at Cheng Chuhei.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't dare let you in, this is the rule!" Cheng Chusi rolled his eyes and said.

"Oh, okay, don't go in, I'll just wait outside!" When Wei Hao heard this, he didn't embarrass him, and walked to the corridor next to him and sat down.

"I said that you kid too, you can be late for the last dynasty?" Cheng Chusi followed behind Wei Hao and spoke.

"I forgot, really, I forgot to go to court!" Wei Hao looked at Cheng Chuhei very sincerely and said, and then the two of them sat on the corridor, waiting for the next court.

Then, for about half an hour, the main matters were discussed, and those ministers were already ready to go down to the court, at this moment, Li Shimin opened his mouth and said: "There are a few questions to ask you, well, Wei Shenyong, what about Wei Shenyong?" ”

Li Shimin shouted.

"Huh?" Li Jing also turned his head to look left and right, he knew that Wei Hao had come out, but why didn't he see him this morning.

"Back to Your Majesty, it seems that you didn't come!" Cheng Yanjin immediately stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Have you taken a leave of absence?" Li Shimin looked at Wang De and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, no, there is no registration here!" Wang De immediately opened the book, this was sent from the city gate, if you want to ask for leave, the city gate will be registered, and before going to the court, it will be sent to the Ganlu Palace.

"What a gut, dare not come to the court?" Li Shimin pretended to be very angry and said, thinking in his heart, no wonder it was so quiet today, it turned out that this kid didn't come.

"Your Majesty, if you want to go outside and take a look, maybe something is delayed, and now come here!" Wang De immediately asked Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded, and then Li Shimin opened his mouth to ask them questions, why it rained, why thunder, etc., and the ministers who asked were you look at me, I look at you, thinking about who has a problem, to investigate these problems, and then Li Shimin continued, talking about the problem of cone volume, those ministers listened, but no one spoke.

"Which of you will answer these questions?" After Li Shimin finished speaking, he looked at the ministers and asked.

"Your Majesty, these questions should be answered by the people of Qin Tianjian, right?" Fang Xuanling stood up and arched his hand and said.

"They won't!" Li Shimin said a little depressed.

"Huh?" When those ministers heard this, they were all shocked, the people of Qin Tianjian actually wouldn't?

"Besides, you are all readers, and you can tell me, don't you have the answers to these questions in the books?" Li Shimin continued to ask those ministers.

And at this moment, as soon as Wang De arrived outside, he saw Wei Hao and Cheng Chuhei chatting there.