The third princess then asked the old man who had just asked the question, "Lord Zhongchang, may I ask if the correct answer is twelve days?" ”

"Exactly, exactly!" The old man's face was full of excitement, "I have been thinking about this problem for decades, and I finally figured it out at the beginning of this year.............. It was calculated so quickly by two masters! The old man really admires it! ”

After the old man finished speaking, he bowed to Ma Fan and Shen Chongshan, his face full of expressions of loss and excitement.

And Shen Chongshan's expression when he looked at Ma Fan was full of disbelief.

The rest of the people in the hall also cast strange glances at Ma Fan.

originally thought that this young man relied on his appearance to get into the eyes of the third princess, but after a competition, it turned out to be Shen Guoshi who was lagging behind.

"This young man defeated Mr. Qingshan, the famous of the Eastern Continent Kingdom, and Mr. Mo Gu, the most outstanding math master in Songzhou City, in Songzhou City!" At this point, the crowd began to talk.

"No wonder, although Mr. Qingshan and Mr. Mo Gu are not as good as Shen Guoshi, they can be regarded as masters in the mathematics world, I didn't expect this Ma Fan to be so young that he .............. it."

"Shh............h Then Shen Guoshi is here, it's better to say less! ”

"Who is coming up with this third question?" At this time, the third princess had a smile on her face, and anyone could see that the third princess must be very happy in her heart at this time.

"I'll do it!" At this time, Yin Zhongyong came out again, took a wine bottle in his hand, drank the wine in the wine bottle in one gulp, and then put the wine bottle on the ground: "How to calculate the capacity of this wine bottle?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Shen Chongshan ran to the wine bottle, squatted down, and lowered his head to observe the wine bottle carefully.

The opening at the top of the decanter is round, and the inside is arc-shaped, and the arc extends down to the bottom of the decanter.

This is a wine bottle with the same inner wall as a wine glass.

"If it's cylindrical above and hemispherical or partially spherical below, I can still calculate............ But is this part hemispherical or partially spherical? Shen Chongshan said to himself.

Obviously, this question also stumped Shen Guoshi.

Ma Fan stood still, motionless.

In fact, there are already specific methods for how to calculate the volume of a wine glass. However, this relies on advanced measurement technology.

And the wine bottle in front of him, although it looks round on the surface, but it is irregular, not an irregular arc, so with the current measurement level of the ruins realm, it is extremely difficult to calculate the volume of this wine bottle.

However, Shen Chongshan's words made Ma Fan look at this national scholar a few times.

"The wine bottles of the Eastern Continent are all straight at the top and round at the bottom, and the lower part is hemispherical.......... So, just calculate the volume of the cylinder in the upper part and the volume of the hemispherical shape in the lower half to calculate the volume of the decanter..........."

"That being the case, come on! Quickly measure the values of the decanter...........

The third princess spoke.

"It's coming!" At this time, one of Shen Guoshi's disciples stood up and began to take the initiative to measure.

Soon, the values in the decanter were measured.

The moment Ma Fan reported these values, he wrote the answer on it.

However, this time he did not raise the answer sheet in his hand, but stood quietly in the hall, waiting for Shen Guoshi to answer the question.

After a while, Shen Guoshi also calculated it and immediately raised the answer sheet in his hand.

The third princess was a little surprised when she saw that Ma Fan did not move.

Ma Fan did not raise the answer sheet in his hand, but crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it on the ground while no one was paying attention.

Shen Guoshi's answer was............. Approximate four-two-three money........... Ma Fan didn't answer............ "The third princess looked at Ma Fan puzzled, "So............ What is the correct answer? ”

Ma Fan looked at Shen Guoshi and said softly: "Shen Guoshi, I still have a way to measure the volume of this wine bottle..............

"What's the solution?" Shen Guoshi was a little surprised when he saw that Ma Fan did not raise the answer sheet in his hand.

"Haha, you haven't figured out the answer for so long, and now you want to disturb people's ears?" At this moment, Yin Zhongyong said loudly with disdain on his face, "You are lucky in the first two questions, this question, it is obvious that Shen Guoshi has won!" ”

Ma Fan looked at Yin Zhongyong and ignored it, but continued: "Just pour water into this wine bottle, then pour it into a regular container, and then calculate the volume of water in this container.............

"That's a great idea! It's simple and accurate, why didn't I think of it? Shen Chongshan slapped his thigh.

"Apply what you have learned, and what you have learned must be able to be used............. Ma Fan thought of some countries in the human world, where teachers teach for exams, which is completely detached from the essence of teachers' teaching.

"Apply what you have learned, and be able to use what you have learned............. This sounds like an initiation! Shen Guoshi's eyes lit up, and he muttered: "What is the point of some unrealistic algorithms that I am studying hard now, but they can't be used in real life at all?" How can we calculate the volume of the sake bottle if the shape of the decanter is irregular, or if the craftsman was negligent in making it, so that the shape is not really cylindrical or hemispherical? Shen Guoshi's face was full of distress and chagrin, and he muttered to himself.

"But............ I'm talking about measurements, not calculations............ Therefore, Shen Guoshi won this question................" Ma Fan said with a smile, "Shen Guoshi is clever, and the younger generation is willing to bow down!" ”

Shen Chongshan came back to his senses, looked at Ma Fan, and was surprised again.

"This third question, Shen Guoshi wins!" The third princess announced: "Three questions, three competitions, one draw for both sides, one win for each, and the overall result is ........... Draw! The third princess said as she looked at Ma Fan.

Ma Fan stood there with a smile, saluted Shen Guoshi again, and then retreated.

After Ma Fan left, Shen Guoshi suddenly saw a paper ball left where Ma Fan was standing just now, thought about it, stepped forward, picked up the paper ball, and unfolded the paper.

The words "four, two, three money" came into Shen Guoshi's eyes.

"This ............. He figured it out before I did! But why ..........." Shen Guoshi took the piece of paper, and his hands began to tremble slightly.

"Genius, genius!" Shen Guoshi suddenly realized that the accounting room of the third princess turned out to be a rare mathematical genius in a thousand years! Moreover, this person actually threw his answer on the ground without showing it when he had already given birth to himself, which was completely out of his own face!

Shen Guoshi presented the piece of paper to the third princess: "Her Royal Highness Princess Qiqi, the minister just .......... Actually, I lost ..........."

The third princess curiously took the paper handed over by Shen Guoshi, looked at the words of dragon flying and phoenix dancing on it, and showed a heartfelt smile on her face.

"I'll just say this guy! However, how could he ............ this opportunity to become famous just now" The third princess raised her eyes and looked at the outside of the hall, her eyes full of puzzlement.

"Shen Guoshi, today's competition, you won!" The third princess folded the paper into a ball, put it in her sleeve, and said to Shen Chongshan in front of her.

"But........... Chen Mingming..........."

"That's the end of today's business! Shen Guoshi and Ma Fan staged a wonderful mathematical contest for everyone here today, which opened our eyes! Come! Shen Guoshi and Ma Fan were rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver each! The third princess said decisively.

"Three princesses Shengming!" Yin Xiwang hurriedly took the lead in saluting.

"Three princesses Shengming!" The rest of the people also saluted the third princess.

Although everyone didn't know what the third princess and Shen Guoshi said there, the results of the competition just now made everyone fascinated, after all, a newly recruited Tsing Yi account room next to the third princess was able to be equal to the current Donglu Guoshi, no matter what, this young man is good.

Yoon Joong-yong sat in his chair with a cloudy face.

"Hmph, what's the big deal about being just a little good at math..........." Yin Zhongyong was about to laugh loudly, but when he looked up and saw Shen Guoshi in front of him, he immediately reacted, belittled Ma Fan like this, it was equivalent to directly belittling Shen Guoshi, so Yin Zhongyong immediately shut his mouth.

Yin Zhongyong originally wanted to make Ma Fan ugly with Shen Guoshi's hand, but instead of doing what he wanted, it made Ma Fan make a big show in front of everyone, so he was extremely unhappy in his heart.

Just as he was about to say something again, Yin Xiwang on the side saw this and immediately grabbed him.

"Since the three princesses have rewarded Shen Guoshi and Ma Fan, the two masters, I, as the lord of Wangzhou City, must always do a little bit of landlord friendship............. Come on, take two jars of peach wine and give them to the two masters respectively! ”

Soon, someone took two jars of complete peach wine and gave Ma Fan and Shen Guoshi one jar each.

A jar of peach wine is about ten catties and is worth five hundred taels of silver. Ma Fan was naturally not polite, and returned to the Wangcheng Courtyard with the wine jar.

However, as soon as he returned to the other courtyard, Ma Fan changed hands and gave this jar of wine to Chief Xiao and Commander Bai and others, almost all the entourages under the third princess, and each of them got some peach wine.

"Ma Fan, I heard that you gave everyone all the peach wine that City Lord Yin gave you yesterday?" The next day, the third princess asked Ma Fan with a smile.

"This........... I see that everyone is working weekdays, and Manager Xiao and Commander Bai like to drink this wine very much, and the others ............. It seems that he has never drunk this wine, so .............." Ma Fan saw that the third princess seemed to have a special meaning in her smile, and she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart.

Could it be that the third princess mistakenly thought that her actions were buying people's hearts?

However, the third princess's next words made Ma Fan's face red.

"I also want to get a little bit, do you want to give it?" The third princess looked at Ma Fan, and her lips opened slightly. At this time, the third princess herself couldn't have imagined that she would beg for a glass of peach wine in front of a subordinate.

"Huh?" Ma Fan didn't expect the third princess to say such a thing for a while.

"Anything else?" The third princess couldn't help but pursed her lips.

"Huh? This........... I should have it............. Still not............." Ma Fan was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Is there any?"

"Yes............. There is a little ............" Ma Fan felt that his brain was about to suffocate at this time, and the way the third princess pursed her lips was simply fascinated by all beings.

After speaking, Ma Fan ran towards his room as if he were running away.