During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, arithmetic has shown the image of regression, the ancestors' "Ten Books of Calculation" has almost reached the point of being lost, according to the investigation of the ten books of the Arithmetic at that time should only be hidden in the palace, and the only emperor himself who may be fortunate enough to see it may be able to get this glance among the people, which can be said to be a fantasy.

As soon as Huang Zanhua saw that Tang Ming agreed to make a comparison, he immediately laughed. Thinking that he Huang Zanhua began to contact arithmetic at the age of seven, he was able to help the family calculate the account book at the age of ten, and at the age of fifteen he began to travel all over the world to seek worship of famous teachers, and at the age of twenty, he happened to meet Wu Jing, a master of arithmetic, and was included in his family, and then he was sent to the prince to study diligently for 20 years.

It happened that Zheng He was just about to organize the navy and was selected by him, and brought to the army as a Zanhua, who had specialized in arithmetic for many years, Huang Zanhua was indeed a talent, but he was now facing a descendant who had crossed over, and it could be said that the chances of winning Tang Ming were slim.

"Listen to the question, nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, buy one thousand pears in time, nine pears for eleven, and four dollars for seven fruits.? How much is the price of a pear? Huang Zan's face was full of smiles as soon as he finished the question, a teenager, he believed that this question would stump Tang Ming.

Tang Ming pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then he already had the answer in his heart: "There are six hundred and fifty-seven pears, a total of eight hundred and three dollars, and three hundred and forty-three, a total of one hundred and ninety-six dollars. Huang Zanhua doesn't know if the kid answered correctly or not? ”

Huang Zanhua's originally smug smile instantly froze, and he looked at Tang Ming with a relaxed face in disbelief, this question was seen in the "Four Yuan Jade Jian" compiled by Zhu Shijie, an arithmetic scholar in the Yuan Dynasty, when he was studying diligently, he wasted his strength and solved this problem with the help of his teacher.

I didn't expect that the person in front of me, who had no literati education, could easily calculate the result, and it was all in it. Compared to back then, he and his teacher searched for verification many times before finally determining this answer! Could it be that this son happened to have seen this problem too, otherwise at his age, he would be able to solve this problem so easily.

"Yes, definitely!" Huang Zanhua finally found an excuse for himself, because he couldn't believe that Tang Ming, a fifteen-year-old baby, could outperform himself and his teacher.

Capsizing in the gutter was not the result Huang Zan wanted, and at this time he didn't dare to underestimate Tang Ming, and after a little contemplation, he said: "It seems that the mentor of the shaft is indeed a master, Huang Lao'er is gone." If you can answer my question again, it will be your turn, if I can't answer or answer incorrectly, then I will lose so can you agree? ”

Looking at the rapid change in Huang Zanhua's face when he said the answer just now, Tang Ming knew that this old man must have been frightened by himself. I want to test myself when I come up with such a question, which shows that this person's arithmetic skills are also very limited. And it is precisely such a person who dares to claim to be a master of arithmetic in front of others, it seems that the arithmetic of the Ming Dynasty is really not an ordinary regression!

"Huang Zan, please ask for the question, and the kid will follow." Tang Ming was no longer polite, and casually arched his hand, and let him continue to solve the question. This kind of person doesn't need to be polite to him at all, at this time, only by trampling him on the ground can he wake up, otherwise he will always sit in the well and watch the sky, and there will be progress there!

Huang Zanhua was no longer verbose, and sorted out his thoughts a little before coming up with the question: "Excuse me, I don't know how many things are, two of three or three are left, three of five or five are left, and two of seven or seven are left." Ask how much. ”

Tang Ming was stunned for a moment, Huang Zanhua was really as he guessed, and he still used the questions in the ancient scriptures to test himself. He already knew the classic title of this "Sun Tzu's Sutra". replied with a sneer: "The answer is 23, the smallest positive integer of this question, and the other answers will not be answered one by one!" ”

Huang Zanhua only felt that the world was spinning, and he only heard this question from his teacher, although he knew how to solve the problem, he still didn't know much about it. According to the teacher, this question is a classic topic in Sun Tzu's arithmetic, and this book can only be read by the emperor himself. Tang Ming, a small military clerk, would never have access to it, but he could calculate the answer without hesitation, wouldn't such a demon be even more powerful than his own teacher!

After waiting for a long time and not seeing Huang Zanhua's reaction, Tang Ming had to say again: "Huang Zanhua, is my answer right or not?" If that's right, the kid will come up next. ”

As soon as Tang Ming's words stopped, Nazhi Huang Zanhua made a move that made everyone ashamed. This little old man, who is over half a hundred years old, suddenly knelt on the ground with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Little old man, please forgive me for offending the teacher, the teacher's answer is wrong, and the gold has been convincing!" ”

This kind of change made all the people in the big tent different, especially Li Ba, who was about to see Tang Ming make a fool of himself just now, even more open his mouth at this moment, staring at him in dismay. Huang Zanhua's arithmetic skills Li Ba is admired so much, he has always been complacent, fortunately with the supervisor to come to Huang Zanhua in his own army, more than a year in the army's logistics accounts have not been wrong, Li Ba has always regarded gold as a confidant.

But at this moment, I saw him bow down to Tang Ming, a yellow-headed boy, and shouted to the teacher one by one, although Li Ba is a rough man, but as a master of arithmetic, he is arrogant, and he can't understand it anymore.

"Bang Bang!"

Just when everyone was surprised, the curtain at the door of the inner tent was lifted, and Zheng He walked out slowly with a smile on his face, clapping lightly with both hands.

"See the Overseer!" After everyone in the big account saw the comer, they knelt on the ground and sang the promise.

Although Tang Ming hated the ancient etiquette of kneeling at every turn, he also knew that if he didn't kneel, it was very likely that his head would fall to the ground. When he wanted to kneel down with everyone, he never thought that a pair of warm hands supported him. When he looked up, he saw Zheng He looking at himself gently, and his eyes were full of joy.

"Hahaha, how much ability do you stinky boy have to hide from this overseer, if you dare to confess it to yourself, you will definitely open your ass!" Zheng He had known about the conflict between Tang Ming and Li Ba since he started, but he did not come forward to stop it, but wanted to take the opportunity to test Tang Ming.

It wasn't until Tang Ming was convinced of Huang Zan's demarcation that Zheng He couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart and walked out of the inner tent. He has the impression that he is a protégé of Wu Jing, a master of arithmetic in the palace, and because Wu Jing asked for himself, he agreed to let his disciple follow him to the army.

If you want to say that gold does not live up to its reputation, he does have the ability to manage accounts, but because of the number of years and the fact that he is not used to sitting on a sea boat, Zheng He assigned him to Li Ba. I didn't expect Tang Ming, a fifteen-year-old baby, to be able to make gold arithmetic a teacher in the science of arithmetic, and such strength can already be included in the ranks of real people.

If they had been exercising for a long time, Zheng He couldn't think of what they would achieve in the future. For this reason, he was very happy about his decision to accept Tang Ming as his righteous son, as long as he guaranteed that this son could gain a firm foothold in the palace, he would be his biggest help in the future, and what would be difficult to overwhelm Li Xing and the others at that time.

Tang Ming knew that he had no relationship with Zheng He, the great eunuch, but fortunately, the evaluation of Zheng He in history was not bad, and riding in the same boat with this kind of person should not make his reputation stink.

Letting go of the worries he had always had in his heart, Tang Ming also knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, and it was time to show a little bit of light in front of Zheng He: "Inspector Qiqi, the kid has learned a lot from his family teacher, astronomy, geography, biochemistry, almost everything. Of course, because the kid is young and has limited learning, most of them are involved but not proficient, and he is really ashamed of the teachings of the family teacher! ”

"Good, good! It's good that everything is involved, you are young now, and you are not afraid that you will not have time to learn in the future. Let's go, follow me to the account and tell the miscellaneous family what skills you have learned. Zheng He smiled unabated, patted Tang Ming's shoulder twice, ignored the people who were still kneeling in the big tent, and turned around and walked towards the inner tent.

Tang Ming glanced at the dead gray gold with a slight face, and after a little fist to apologize, he also followed behind Zheng He, Xiao Bai seemed to understand that Tang Ming had won this competition, and followed with a proud look at the wolf's head.

The big tent regained calm for a while, leaving only Li Ba and his three henchmen, but the gold didn't seem to have come back to his senses, muttering in his mouth and not knowing what he was talking about. Li Ba, who was helpless, had no choice but to order his subordinates to carry him to rest, such a blow is estimated to be less than ten days and a half months, and gold can't slow down this breath.

Although Li Ba is a military general, he doesn't know a few big characters, but he is not a person without a mind, he is also very convinced of the wisdom that Tang Ming showed just now, and he happens to have a lot of questions in front of him, it seems that he can ask him for advice. Although he pulled down his face to beg Tang Ming, he was still a little unwilling in his heart, but compared to his future and small life, face was not worth a penny at all.

Staring at the internal account for a while, Li Ba seemed to think of how to get close to Tang Mingtao, and walked out of the big tent with his subordinates.

In the inner account, Tang Ming was heavily kneaded by Zheng He, he really knew it without saying anything, and he couldn't say anything. In the end, Zheng He still told Tang Ming about his grievances with Li Xing and others, and also mentioned the matter of sending him to the palace, so that he could go back and think about it, and give him an answer tomorrow morning.

Tang Ming returned to his residence, only to see that at the door of the account, Li Ba was standing there like a door god, his brows were furrowed, Tang Ming thought that Li Ba had not done anything about the morning, and was about to turn around to avoid him first, but he didn't expect Li Ba to shout loudly: "Oh, Brother Tang is going there!" I, Li Ba, am a rough man, and I don't know how to turn corners when I speak. Please forgive me if I have offended, Li Ba came to apologize this time, and he has prepared some side dishes, I don't know if Brother Tang is willing to give him a face! ”

The sun came out in the west, Tang Ming was stunned for a moment, and then thought that this must be Li Ba's request for himself, as the saying goes, one more friend is one more way, and it is better to settle the grievance than to tie it up. I don't have any deep grudges with Li Ba, so it's okay to take this opportunity to make friends.