Chapter 16: The Worst of Times and the Best of Times

Li Daoyi suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "Hehe, Li Daoer, do you know arithmetic?"

Li Daoer said with a smug face: "Of course." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info think about it, I used to be in charge of going down the mountain and shopping, if I didn't know arithmetic, it wasn't the material to be slaughtered?"

"Okay, then I'll test you, how much is four thirty combined?"

"Uh... Four thirty... That's thirty sticks plus thirty sticks, plus..."

Li Daoer really looked for sticks on the ground and added them one by one, and Li Dao wanted to laugh all the time. However, Li Daoer's arithmetic thinking has indeed improved a little compared to the ordinary people on the Warring States Continent, for example, he knows how to regard ten as a whole, and put a stick to represent ten, not one, in order to simplify the operation steps.

As mentioned earlier, the scientific and technological background on the Warring States Continent is very similar to that of the early Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the people of that era also knew a little simple conversion of gold, silver, and copper coins, and the real arithmetic, unless the shopkeepers in the major businesses and the hundreds of talented people who had specialized in arithmetic, there was really no one who knew it.

And Li Daoyi is here with a 21st century science bachelor's degree in arithmetic, and there is no doubt that he is a mathematician in this world. However, he is definitely not the best in mathematics on the Warring States Continent, and he can be ranked in the top ten at most, so he burns high incense, thank God.

Although the technology here is 108,000 miles behind the 21st century before Li Daoyi crossed over, there are still some capable people who have mastered the technology that surpasses the contemporary people for thousands of years.

For example, among the three schools that attach importance to science and technology, there are already masters who can calculate the movement rules of certain stars by relying on mental arithmetic. This is obviously not a realm that Li Daoyi can achieve.

"Don't add it! one hundred and twenty!"

"Uh... Did you calculate it by heart?"

Li Daoer listened to Li Daoyi say the answer, stared at Li Daoyi, and looked at Li Daoyi in disbelief.

"Yes, what's wrong? Dare to underestimate the copper coin arithmetic taught by the master, you are really ignorant to the extreme! One of the theoretical pillars of the copper coin arithmetic to predict the future is probability and statistics, and probability and statistics are the things in higher mathematics. Do you understand?"

Li Daoyi's nonsense made Li Daoer confused. Li Daoyi said that the term "advanced mathematics", he can still understand, isn't it mathematics that is more advanced than ordinary arithmetic? However, if you kill him with a term like "probability and statistics", he won't understand what's going on!

However, it has to be said that in a practical sense, probability statistics is indeed a very, very important means of predicting the future. A few days before Li Daoyi crossed over, he was browsing information on the Internet and saw a post saying that several mathematicians formed a group to gamble, and the result was extremely high and he made hundreds of millions. Although such news is not credible, it is groundless, and there is some truth in it.

"I don't understand, I really don't understand this!"

Li Daoer scratched his scalp and admitted defeat.

"I don't understand what you mean, but I think it's amazing!"

Li Daosan listened like a nymphomaniac on the side, dancing excitedly. It can also be seen from this that Li Daosan's desire for knowledge is very strong. Unlike some people who are not interested in new things at all, such people cannot innovate and grasp the lifeblood of the times.

"Hehe, junior brother, you should first cultivate Dragon and Tiger Fist with your heart. After you have cultivated Dragon Tiger Fist to the extreme, I will teach you arithmetic. Now, I'll take your second senior brother down for a while. ”

Li Daosan nodded obediently and said, "Well, good!"

After Li Daosan stepped aside to practice Dragon and Tiger Fist, Li Daoer asked puzzledly, "What are you taking me to do?" Are the people from the engineering team here?",

"Well, we'll be in the open space in front of the hut soon. You hurry up and follow me, and when the time comes, you will be in charge of logistics with the engineering team. ”

Li Daoer said a little excitedly: "Okay!"

Li Daoyi looked at Li Daoer's excited expression, as if he saw a hungry wolf facing a little rabbit, so he warned: "It's good, when it comes to logistics, if there is anything good to eat, you can eat more." However, when the time comes, you must not embezzle with the people in charge of logistics. Otherwise, let others know, where will we put the face of our Wudang Mountain Sect?"

"Haha, boss, you can rest assured! Who am I, Li Daoer? You know, I do things above board, how can I do such dirty things?"

When Li Dao heard this, he scolded in his heart: You are really a strong man, and you don't blush when you lie! You can steal food when you go down the mountain, let alone let you take care of logistics. Pity me I don't have any extra troops to deploy here, otherwise, no one will have your turn to contact the people in charge of logistics!

As the two spoke, they returned to the open space in front of the thatched hut.

At this time, the first batch of people from the construction team also happened to climb here from the bottom of the mountain.

In fact, the first batch of people who walked in the forefront were not the official members of the engineering team, but the eight family members sent by Wang Guiyuan. Because the real team members had to carry construction tools and some materials, the speed of climbing the mountain was extremely slow, and the eight family members climbed up first empty-handed.

Needless to say, these family members were sent by Wang Guiyuan to supervise the work. Moreover, Li Daoyi looked at these family members who came to supervise the work and was a little familiar. Soon Li Daoyi recalled that these family members were the ones who sat at the gate of the palace and laughed at him when he first arrived outside the palace that day.

"Daochang Li! Daochang Li! The junior has arrived at the place with the engineering team. If you have any commands, just give them advice. ”

The man at the head of the family saw Li Daoyi standing in front of the thatched house, hurriedly walked over, and said with a salute.

After Li Daoyi returned the salute, he said: "Donor, all the way away, it is inevitable that you will have to travel and travel, please sit down and rest first." After all the members of the engineering team arrived, I asked my junior brother and the logistics staff of the team to find an open area to set up tents and bury pots to cook. ”

"Thank you, Chief!"

"Thank you, Chief!"

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According to Wang Gui's instructions, several family members converged with the four engineering teams in Wudang County, and immediately rushed to Wudang Mountain without stopping. After the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, they only rested for half an hour and continued to climb the mountain, and they were already too tired to get up. At this time, when they heard Li Daoyi signaling everyone to rest, they all found an open space and sat on the ground like soldiers who had lost a battle.

The engineering team behind them slowly followed, and the newcomers saw that the family members were all sitting on the ground resting, and they couldn't help but put down the tools in their hands and began to sit down and rest.

As a result, more and more people were sitting in the open space in front of the thatched hut, and Li Daoyi stood next to the few family members and watched the new construction workers smile.

While smiling, Li Daoyi couldn't help but feel a burst of sadness.

The toiling masses, he finally saw the real coolie farmers on the Warring States Continent.

The construction workers wore brown clothes made of rough kudzu with many patches, and most of them had old black scarves wrapped around their heads, which were wet, apparently to cool down. Their skin was tanned and shiny, and their bodies were all skinny and bony, but the exposed muscles and tendons on their arms gave a powerful feeling.

There are also some women and children in the team, who are supposed to be family members of the team. The clothes worn by the women are slightly better than the men's, of course, nothing more than fewer patches. Their faces are also full of wrinkles and the vicissitudes of time, and the unique feminine beauty of women can no longer leave a trace on their bodies. ...,

Because of malnutrition, the children have developed big heads and bulging bellies, and they are terrible. A pair of innocent eyes flickered and blinked, constantly looking around, and their eyes told their fears, as if from time to time their lives might be taken away by various natural and man-made disasters.

People in this era, from the moment they are born, have lost their sense of security.

Warring States Continent, this is definitely the most chaotic era.

On the surface, a hundred schools of thought contended, and various cultures, various theories, and various martial arts reached unprecedented prosperity in history. But in fact, all kinds of sects, various schools of thought against each other, the struggle has never stopped, except for the founders of each sect once raised their arms and shouted to protect the people, and love not attack, most of the current heads are trying to improve the strength of their own sects, where do they care about the life and death of the people?

Behind each sect, there are some powerful princes and warlords fighting for hegemony, and as soon as they make a move, the number of deaths must definitely be calculated in tens of thousands.

Working people struggle like ants to survive for a mouthful of food. The ruler sings every night, immersed in the wine pond and meat forest, not knowing that death is coming!

Prosperity is false prosperity. Luxury, built on the blood and tears of working people.

Of course, for some, this is also the best of times. Many nobles, families, and princes have been waiting for this era for a long time. They have long prepared all kinds of resources, ready to compete in the Central Plains in this era and dominate the world!

Once the success is achieved, there will be very few successful people, and it is still the people who will suffer in the end.

Deformed!

People with deformed eyes!

The upper ones are deformed in thought, and the lower ones are deformed in their bodies.

At this time, Li Daoyi's heart was greatly shocked, and he no longer selfishly only thought about developing his own sect alone, and everything would be fine. As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, a man, a person who stands up to the sky and the earth should be burdened.

The worries of the world are worried, and the joy of the world is happy!

At least, while doing things that are meaningful to oneself, and being able to do things that are still meaningful to the world, that is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth.