Chapter 169 Solution

Author: Qiye

Chapter 169 Solution

The county magistrate looked at the young man kneeling in the hall, "..."

It feels really uncomfortable to be forced to work overtime.

The county magistrate sat back helplessly, straightened his official hat, cleared his throat, and then he was stunned and asked, "Who is here, and what do you mean?"

Song Huan and Fu Yuanzhi also sneaked into the first row of auditoriums before anyone could react.

Fu Yuanzhi lowered his head and looked at Song Huan's hand holding his, which was as soft as boneless but also covered with a thin layer of cocoon.

The heat passed through his hands, and Fu Yuanzhi felt that his ears were hot, and he was afraid that they were about to smoke.

At this time, Gao Dalang had already explained his origin clearly.

The county magistrate asked again, "Then why do you want me to make the decision for you?"

Gao Dalang then told what happened, "The villain heard the shouts of a jade bracelet seller on the street. He was carrying a small wooden frame with all the jade bracelets hanging on it. He shouted while walking, and the villain started to shout.

I wanted to buy a bracelet to go home to give to my family, but I ran too fast. Unexpectedly, when I turned around the courtyard wall, I bumped into a seller selling jade bracelets. The seller and the small wooden frame he was carrying were knocked down.

On the ground."

"When the salesman took off the wooden frame on his back, there were fragments on the wooden frame and on the ground, and even a complete jade bracelet was gone."

"The villain knows that he has caused a big disaster, and he is willing to pay for it, but the salesman actually said that there are three hundred jade bracelets, and wants the villain to pay thirty taels of silver. The villain can't see where there are three hundred jade bracelets in those fragments.

Bracelet, isn't this an attempt to blackmail someone? So I want to ask an adult to help me break it off."

The county magistrate said, "What about the salesman? I will bring the salesman up here."

The salesman's clothes were a little messy and he was carrying a baggage on his back, which was obviously the fragment of the jade bracelet.

I saw him kneeling down the hall with a bitter look on his face.

The county magistrate directly ordered the salesman to spread out the broken bracelets for everyone to take a look at.

The salesman obediently spread out the broken bracelets.

The magistrate observed it carefully and said directly, "Are you sure this is the quantity of three hundred? Your wooden frame can only hold six to seventy at most, right?"

The salesman's eyes shrank, and then he said, "Sir, the villain deserves to die! The villain shouldn't lie to him, but there are one hundred and fifty of them, sir!"

Standing at Song Huan's position, you could see the salesman's eyes flickering. Obviously, he still didn't tell the truth.

At this time, Gao Dalang also begged and shouted, "Sir, this number will never be one hundred and fifty!"

Gao Dalang looked at the salesman and said angrily, "We're here now, and you still haven't told the truth!"

The salesman was unmoved, fell to the ground, and said directly, "Sir! I didn't lie. There really are one hundred and fifty of them!"

For a while, the two parties were in a stalemate.

The county magistrate did not think of any good solution for a moment.

At this time, Fu Yuanzhi said something to Song Huan. Song Huan took one look at the broken jade bracelet on the ground, then got out of the crowd and left.

After Fu Yuanzhi waited for Song Huan to leave, he took the opportunity to bow to the magistrate in the hall and said, "Sir, I have a way to identify how many broken bracelets there are."

The county magistrate saw that Fu Yuanzhi was wearing a Confucian shirt and long boots, and knew that he was at least a scholar. His expression changed from being disturbed at the beginning to returning to normal, "Who is this?"

Fu Yuanzhi put the document he carried with him in the palm of his hand. Seeing this, the Yamen servant on the side stepped forward to take the document and presented it to the county magistrate.

When the county magistrate saw it, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled and gave the document back to the Yamen servant. After Fu Yuanzhi put the document away, the county magistrate asked, "Does Fu Xiaolian have any good ideas?"

Fu Yuanzhi bowed and said immediately, "The student's solution is to wait for someone to come back. It won't take long. During this time, you can take a good rest."

The county magistrate nodded, "Then just wait for Fu Xiaolian's arrangements."

Within a quarter of an hour, Song Huan came back. She bowed to the county magistrate and then handed something wrapped in a handkerchief to Fu Yuanzhi.

Fu Yuanzhi bowed to the county magistrate and said, "Sir, can the student ask the salesman a few questions?"

The county magistrate waved his hand.

Fu Yuanzhi then opened the thing in his hand, and a jade bracelet similar to the one sold by the salesman appeared in his hand. He walked up to the salesman and said, "Look carefully, is this jade bracelet in my hand the same as the jade bracelet you sold before?"

Not much different?"

The salesman couldn't understand Fu Yuanzhi's operation for a while. He only took a closer look from side to side and nodded honestly, "Absolutely."

Fu Yuanzhi asked again, "Are they about the same size?"

The salesman nodded.

Fu Yuanzhi confirmed again, "Hold it and see how it feels in your hand. Is the weight similar?"

The salesman was confused, took the jade bracelet, touched it perfunctorily, weighed it again, and nodded.

At this time, the county magistrate was just like the salesman, not understanding what Fu Yuanzhi was going to do. However, as a county magistrate, of course he couldn't act so ignorant. Even if he had questions in his heart, he couldn't ask them immediately.

Fu Yuanzhi nodded with satisfaction, bowed directly to the county magistrate and said, "Sir, after greeting the student, you can proceed to the next step."

The county magistrate looked like "I understand, I'm very satisfied" and nodded with satisfaction.

God knows, he is just pretending.

Fu Yuanzhi said again, "Can I borrow something from you, sir?"

The county magistrate nodded, "Fu Xiaolian just says."

"Weigh." Fu Yuanzhi said.

The county magistrate waved his hand, and the Yamen servant immediately went down and brought up the scale.

At this point, the county magistrate finally understood the meaning behind Fu Yuanzhi.

I just feel regretful, why didn’t he think of it!

It must have been Li San's case that made him unable to react.

Next, we will apply division among the four arithmetic operations learned in elementary school.

Total weight ÷ unit weight = total quantity

At the seller's astonishment, Fu Yuanzhi found the number of jade bracelets from a pile of broken jade bracelets.

There is no need to piece together, you just need to simply weigh the total weight of the broken bracelets and the weight of a single bracelet, and then perform calculations to get the result.

The result is, sixty-three jade bracelets.

The county magistrate snapped at the salesman, "How dare you deceive me!"

The salesman was really scared this time. He was trembling on the ground and panicked. He said straightly, "The villain is obsessed with things. Please forgive me!"

With so many people watching and asking for forgiveness, what prestige does the county magistrate have? He is sure to "kill" this chicken!

The county magistrate directly ordered Gao Dalang to return the sixty-two jade bracelets and money to the salesman.

But because the salesman deceived the county magistrate, he was eventually given twenty pieces of banquet as punishment.

According to the initial bidding price of three hundred and thirty taels by the salesman, it works out to one hundred taels per bracelet.

Sixty-two bracelets are six thousand two hundred coins.

Gao Dalang had a sad face. He could get the two hundred coins, but he couldn't get the six taels of silver!

In the end, Fu Yuanzhi lent it to Gao Dalang, and the money was lost.

Of course, Gao Dalang couldn't suffer a loss. He had lost his money. Seeing that the salesman had no intention of giving him the broken bracelet, he grabbed it directly and glared, "Even if I bought it!"

Salesman, "..."

Before the salesman had anything to say, he was dragged down by the yamen servant to beat him.

Gao Dalang is a young and strong boy, otherwise Uncle Gao would not let him work part-time with his friends from the same village.

Gao Dalang was particularly grateful for Fu Yuanzhi's help and asked his father to pay back the money just by saying he would go home.

Fu Yuanzhi laughed and said, "Nothing, let's wait until we leave Changliu Village to figure it out. This money will be used to deduct the rent, and we will use it if there is any leftover."

Gao Dalang looked a little embarrassed on his face, but he was complaining in his heart.

When his father was able to rent the house to Brother Fu, they valued the few taels of rent. But now, it's all gone to him. It's not good to live in it, and they have to pay for it.

His legs hurt just thinking about him.

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