Chapter 594: Measuring the Lake with a Cylinder
"Hey, let's all step aside."
Timur waved his hand, and the ministers returned to everyone.
He smiled again: "I often hear Arhan say that there is a national scholar surnamed Song in the Liang State, and he has listened to a few debates today, and he really lives up to his reputation." ”
Song Che bowed at this time: "The Great Khan has a good reputation, Song is just a market man with dull qualifications, and he is not a national soldier who sees money and makes profits. ”
"Oh? You just said that you didn't worship me when you dry your tongue, why did you bow to me this time? Timur asked.
Song Che said: "If you don't worship it, you will be private." Timur Khan commanded all the tribes of the steppe, and the eagle bird's-eye view was the territory of Hu, but the hero was worth worshipping. ”
"Good!" Timur praised: "A good sentence 'the eagle's bird's-eye view is the territory of Hu', such a bold and bold statement, even Ben Khan did not dare to say lightly, never thought that it would come out of the mouth of a Liang minister, Mr. Song is really a peerless countryman!" ”
"Father, Erchen listened to Arhan say that this Mr. Song is both civil and military, and has great intelligence, and it just so happens that Erchen has a question, and he can't figure it out, and today is when Lord Song is in the court, and he wants to ask for advice."
The eldest prince sultan glanced at Song Che and stepped forward to ask for a question.
Song Che said: "His Royal Highness the prince should listen to the left, Song is really just a businessman, if you ask me for a way to do business, I can also make tea and negotiate with His Royal Highness, this problem, I really have more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”
Timur said: "Hey, Mr. Song is too modest, you don't know how arrogant Arkhand is in our country, and there are only a handful of people who can make him bow down, so Mr. Song should not refuse." ”
Refuse? Can you push it off? As soon as he entered the palace, he used the army to dismount the horse, and when he entered the main hall, he fought with wheels and tongues, and then there was a problem...... Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!
"Alas, since this is the case, then Song has no choice but to express his opinion a little, but," Song Che paused, and then looked at the eldest prince and sultan: "Song is a businessman, everything pays attention to interests, if I solve this problem that has plagued you for a long time for His Royal Highness, can you meet my request?" ”
The Sultan smiled coldly, "Mr. Song has really brought into full play the habits of a businessman," and he readily agreed: "Okay, if Mr. Song can solve my doubts, I will meet your request, but this request is only within my ability, and I can't do it beyond it." ”
Song Che smiled and motioned for the question.
The Sultan raised his hand to the outside of the main hall and asked in a loud voice, "In the northwest of the capital, there is a salt pool, which has dried up in recent years, and we are all worried that it will dry up completely one day, so we want to measure how much water we have left, so that we can find another salt mine in advance...... So, I would like to ask Mr. Song, how many tanks of water can be left in the salt sawa? ”
Got to the fun puzzle session again?
Song Che smiled secretly and asked first: "Your Royal Highness, may I ask how the size of that salt is larger than that of Lop Nur." ”
The Sultan said: "No less than Lop Nur." ”
Song Che said: "Since it is no less than Lop Nur, then Lop Nur has not dried up, so why should Your Highness worry? It is not a problem to use a few tens or hundreds of years. ”
"My Hu country has been passed down for thousands of generations, and it will be passed down forever, how can it be enough if it is only a few tens or hundreds of years?" The Sultan said coldly: "If Mr. Song can't answer directly, why waste time? ”
"Hehe, it's actually very simple to know how many tanks of water can be filled in Yanze," Song Che smiled: "Your Highness can send someone to build a few large water tanks-
If a jar is as big as Shiozawa, it is a jar of water; If the tank is only half the size of Shiozawa, then it is two tanks of water, and so on, you can calculate how much water there is in Shiozawa. ”
"Well, this ......" the Sultan was speechless.
The ministers discussed a lot, and they couldn't help but sigh at the ingenuity of the answer.
Al leaned into the Sultan's ear and whispered a few words. The Sultan suddenly became enlightened, gestured with his hand to the posture of a water tank, and asked:
"What if the tank I built was that big? How many buckets of water can Mr. Song hold? ”
"Wait a minute." Song Che slowly gestured two fingers and said with a smile: "I just promised with His Royal Highness the Prince first, one problem, one condition is met." This is the second question asked by His Royal Highness, if Song can answer it, then he must meet Song's two conditions, Your Highness, can you speak and count? ”
"Whew! That's why businessmen are so annoying! It's just lustful! The Sultan waved his hand, "Yes, as you say, but don't blame me for the first ugly words, if you can't answer the second question, the previous promise will be null and void." ”
Song Che bluntly said that there was no problem, and then walked up to the Sultan, drew the same gesture with his hand, and said, "This tank seems to be two feet wide, is it really so big?" ”
The Sultan said, "Yes, it's so big, how many buckets of water can it hold?" ”
Song Che pursed his lips, pinched his fingers, pondered for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said: "If you use this style of jar to fill water, it can hold a total of eight million eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight buckets!" ”
"This ...... How did you find out? "Sudan is unbelievable.
Song Che said with a smile: "I can't hide it from Your Highness, Song has a 'heavenly ruler' in his heart, which can measure everything in the world, a small one Shinzel, I first measured its length, width and height, and then divided it by the capacity of the water tank, and then got this number." ”
"That's nonsense! You say it can hold so many barrels, it can hold so many? I also said it could hold 6,666,666 barrels! Hu Chen retorted.
It's really nonsense, but what kind of person you should use to deal with it. The sea is incomprehensible, how can the tank measure the lake?
Song Che smiled coldly and shot back: "If you don't believe it, you can let people build this water tank, and then practice it bucket by bucket, anyway, your country will be passed on for thousands of generations, and it will be passed on forever, this generation can't measure it, and future generations can also measure it." ”
Be rendered speechless!
"Humph!" Even if the Sultan was not convinced, he was helpless against this answer, "Mr. Song can really speak and argue, and you can solve this problem." ”
Song Che gestured out two fingers and smiled: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not one question, it's two questions." ”
The Sultan said: "Rory, you directly put forward the conditions, I won't agree if it's too harsh!" ”
"It's not harsh, it's not harsh, but it's easy for Your Majesty and Your Highness," Song Che said.
"Yesterday when I entered the capital, I saw many slaves outside the city, who were thinly clothed, and even wore straw sandals.
I beg your Majesty's forgiveness, I am really distressed to see that I am also a fellow Liang person, so this first condition, I hope to give each of them a pair of boots, broken, old, dirty, out of size, as long as they can keep warm;
On this second condition, I hope to give them an extra pie per meal, so that they can work more energetically, right? ”