Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Problem of the Great Food Envoy

The eldest grandson Wujian sighed lightly and said, "My father has already explained to him what the situation is between the eastern countries, and he also showed him a map. But Mubashaf was very stubborn. Thinking that our Great Sui wanted to deceive their war horses and scimitars, he deliberately drew a fake map to show him, and the merchants and residents he asked on Dongdu Street were all people we arranged......"

After Yu Wenming heard this, he didn't care and said, "That's not afraid!" Let him go to Goryeo! I don't believe that after this guy went to Goryeo, he could still think that Goryeo was stronger than Dasui. ”

The eldest grandson shook his head and said: "Of course, this is the easiest way, but the Holy Lord can't afford to wait, because when this Mubashaf goes to Goryeo and then returns to the Eastern Capital from Goryeo, I'm afraid that one year may not be enough." Moreover, if the Goryeo people are worried that our Great Sui and Da Shi have formed an alliance and obtained excellent war horses and weapons, it will be unfavorable to Goryeo in the future, and they may simply kill this Mubashaf and his party. ”

Yu Wenming thought about it, after all, Goryeo had a war with the Great Sui ten years ago, when the first emperor Yang Jian was in power, and they both regarded each other as enemies. How could they have allowed Mubashaf to go back and form an alliance with the Sui Dynasty?

At this time, the eldest grandson Wujian was already a little dry-mouthed, she picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then continued: "My father, as the secretary of the Honglu Temple, was ordered by the Holy Lord to convince Mubashaf before he set out to conquer Tuyuhun that even if he could not form an alliance, he must reach a trade agreement and strive to buy a large number of war horses and weapons for big food. If we fail to complete this mission by then, we will have him beheaded, and our whole family will be assigned to Lingnan ......."

"My father and the officials from the top and bottom of Honglu Monastery finally moved Nambasaf three days ago to agree not to go to Goryeo and reach a trade agreement with my Great Sui as soon as possible. After all, the silk and porcelain of my Great Sui are also the goods that their big cannibals like very much......"

But unexpectedly, Mubashaf said that before he left, his uncle demanded that the country allied with the Great Food must be the most powerful and advanced country in the East. Therefore, we must prove that the Great Sui is the most powerful and culturally advanced country in the East, so that he can not go to Goryeo and return directly to the Great Food. Otherwise, he would not have been able to give an account to the Great Food King. The eldest grandson's innocent and pretty face showed a lonely look.

"How can this be proven?" After Yu Wenming heard about it, he also felt a little funny.

"It's not difficult to be the most powerful, Mubashaf also visited the military appearance of my Great Sui Forbidden Army, saying that it is not worse than them, and it is powerful, and it is just a matter of mouth. However, it is difficult to prove that the culture of the Great Sui is the most advanced. According to Mubaraf, their wise man had prepared several difficult questions for the countries of the East to solve. Whoever can answer the most questions will definitely be the most culturally advanced country. When the eldest grandson said this, his face was covered with a layer of frost.

"Oh? Mubashaf's question, can't even Ling Zun and the officials of Honglu Temple answer it? When Yu Wenming heard this, he was also shocked. Changsun Sheng was able to come up with a plan and successfully split the Turks into two parts, the east and the west, which shows that he is definitely a resourceful person. If he didn't know how to solve it, it would be difficult enough.

"Not only can't my father and his subordinate officials answer, but even those officials in the court and those famous Confucians in Guozi Temple can't answer." The eldest grandson Wujian also said with a hint of crying: "I suspect that Mubashaf is deliberately playing tricks on us. He didn't want alliances or trade deals at all. I'm afraid there is no solution to those problems at all! ”

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and then sobbed: "Right now, there are only five days left before His Majesty sets out to conquer Tuyuhun, but we can't answer any of those questions." The saint had already lost his temper and said that if my father hadn't been able to convince Mubashaf in five days, he would behead all the officials of Honglu Temple, big and small...... I thought that you were able to come up with such a perfect method for the imperial examination when you were in a hurry. Maybe you can answer Mubashaf's conundrum......"

When Yu Wenming heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, when he was competing for poetry, whether it was composing poems or the method of the imperial examination, it was the result of his plagiarism of the learning of later generations, how could he be in any hurry.

He had to say: "Eldest grandson girl, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that my talent is not to say that I am compared with Ling Zun, I am afraid that I am much inferior to Brother Ling, and they can't answer the questions, how can I answer them?" ”

After hearing this, the eldest grandson Wujian only said that he refused to help, and was so anxious that he grabbed his hand tightly and said: "Yuwen Gongzi, I know that this is very abrupt, and it will even put you at risk, but my father really has no way out!" He has begged everyone, Pei Ju, Su Wei, Princess Luo Qi, they can't solve these problems. And the Holy One has always refused to let go! So I'll just ask you to give it a try! ”

Looking at the little beauty in front of her with a panicked face, and the poignant appearance of pear blossoms with rain, Yu Wenming's heart couldn't help but soften.

He sighed and said, "Okay! Eldest grandson girl, tell me what those questions are, and I'll try to see if I can solve them......"

The eldest grandson Wujian was overjoyed when he heard this, so he hurriedly said: "The questions of those big cannibals have almost nothing to do with governing the country, morality, and literary talents, but are relatively close to arithmetic, reasoning, and case judgment. For example, the first question is: A young man in Dashi wanted to plant seven trees in front of his house, but his father demanded that the seven trees be arranged in six rows of three in order to show respect for Allah. How does this young man dig a pit to ensure that the saplings grow up to meet the conditions his father requires? ”

When Yu Wenming heard this, he immediately frowned, there were only seven trees, but he asked to be lined up in six rows, three trees in each row, this condition is too difficult to achieve.

Seeing that Yu Wenming's face was difficult, the eldest grandson Wujian was also uneasy in his heart, and muttered: "Young Master Yuwen, the topic of Mubashav is indeed very difficult, most of our readers in the Central Plains study poetry and songs, and the officers and soldiers in the army study the arrangement of troops and the art of war, how can anyone study these problems......"

"Wait! I figured it out! After Yu Wenming pondered for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his face was happy.

"What? Yuwen Gongzi, have you really figured out the answer? The eldest grandson Wujian looked shocked. She really didn't believe it, Yu Wenming answered so quickly.

"Look, isn't that exactly three trees in a row?" Yu Wenming took a pen from the table at this time and drew it on the paper.

He drew an equilateral triangle first, and then six more dots at the three vertices of the triangle and the center of the three sides. Finally, he is at the very center of the equilateral triangle. A circle was clicked.

"These seven circles represent the seven trees, Sister Innocent, can you see if they can be arranged in six rows? Three trees per row? Yu Wenming smiled slightly.

The eldest grandson Wujian looked at Yu Wenming's sketch of the flowers on the paper, held his cheeks and looked at it for a long time, and finally suddenly realized: "There are really a total of six lines, and each row has three trees." Yuwen Gongzi, you are too powerful! ”

"Hehe, it's just a matter of arranging the graphics a little more! Eldest grandson, move on to the next question! Yu Wenming said with a smile.

"Yuwen Gongzi, don't call me the eldest grandson girl, if you don't dislike it, just call me innocent!" The eldest grandson said with a blushing face.

"Okay! Innocent, then you can move on to the next question......" Yu Wenming didn't care about this title, and agreed casually.

A strange look flashed in the eyes of the eldest grandson, and she said slowly: "Mubashaf's second question is ......"

……

In the hotel hall of the Honglu Temple in the Eastern Capital, several large cannibals dressed in white robes and turbans are holding a woman in their arms, eating large pieces of meat and drinking wine. From time to time, they also put their large hands through the woman's chest and stroked them inside. The women moaned a few times, but their faces showed a foxy look, and they tried their best to tease.

"Hey, Lord Mubashaf! This oriental woman really has much more delicate skin than our big food women, and it feels like a ...... That's a lot of good! A big eater man with a beard couldn't help but touch the prostitute's ass in his arms in a daze, and the woman snorted softly in her nose, and then two jade arms hooked his neck and kissed him on the face.

At this time, sitting in the upper seat, a middle-aged man in his forties with a short beard like a steel needle poured a sip of wine into his throat and said, "Usa, you can indulge in these days, but if the Sui people can't solve the question of Muhammad in five days, we will have to go to Goryeo!" Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to Your Majesty! ”

When Usa heard this, he said disapprovingly: "My lord, it seems that the Sui people can't solve this question. I heard that even their most powerful ministers in the court, as well as the famous Confucian of any country, can't answer...... But do we really have to go to faraway Goryeo? According to the merchants of other countries in the city, the territory and army of the Great Sui surpassed that of Goryeo by dozens of times, and they had defeated the Turks many times before. Is it necessary for us to look far away? ”

"I didn't go to the field to investigate, I'm still not at ease!" Mubashaf picked up the wine glass in his hand and said with a straight face: "With the blessing of Allah, we finally passed through the territory of the Turks without danger and came to the east. Besides, if they can't even answer the question of the Prophet Muhammad, I'm really skeptical. Is the Sui Dynasty really as powerful and advanced as the Changsun Sheng boasted! ”

After Usa and the others heard this, they also felt justified and nodded yes one after another. At this moment, a big food guard with a scimitar on his waist hurriedly walked in from outside the door, and then made a Muslim etiquette and said: "Lord Mubashaf, the eldest grandson of the Sui Dynasty, said that they have answered the three questions you said earlier. Please go to the palace early tomorrow morning to officially sign the trade agreement! ”

"What? Did they really solve the problem? The wine glass in Mubashaf's hand suddenly fell to the ground with a "snap" and shattered.

At this time, he stood up with a "whew", and said in an unquestioning tone: "Usa, you will go to the palace with me tomorrow!" I'd like to see which wise man of the Sui Dynasty solved this problem! ”