Taipusi Qing was not coming to the stage, and he was in a panic. When Qin Xiao spoke, it was like the sound of nature to Taipusi Qing. He looked back and saw Qin Xiao, but he was grateful in his heart.
When Yuan Gai Wushuang saw the young viscount standing up again, he still had a smile on his face, but a cold light flashed across his eyes, and he stared at Qin Xiao and asked, "Do you have any idea?"
"I'm just surprised that such a simple problem can actually trouble the entire Bohai Mission and they can't do anything." Qin Xiao sighed: "It seems that your country will come to visit me in the Tang Dynasty more and learn more from my country in the Tang Dynasty. With wisdom, you won’t be stumped by such small problems in the future.”
Everyone in the Bohai Mission naturally heard the disdain and ridicule in Qin Xiao's tone. Cui Shangyuan smiled and said: "I wonder if you have any good ideas?"
"It's very simple. From now on, these one hundred horses don't need to be fed. Just starve for a day." Qin Xiao said: "After one day, prepare fifty troughs, one for each mare, and fill them with fine materials. When a mare eats horse feed, she feels sorry for her foal's starvation, and will naturally call out. The so-called mother and son share the same trough, and then all the foals will return to their mothers. In this way, your so-called problem will be solved immediately. Solved easily."
As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials in the court felt relieved. They thought that the problem raised by the Bohai Mission was indeed extremely difficult to solve at first glance. However, as soon as Lord Qin said these two words, the problem was solved easily. As Lord Qin said, it is really simple to solve this problem, but if Lord Qin had not come up with this method, no one would have thought of it for a moment.
"Envoys, do you know if this method will work?" Qin Xiao smiled at the Bohai envoy: "If you think this method is not effective, we can make a bet and test it together, with one hundred thousand taels of gold as the bet. , I don’t know how?”
The ministers smiled and thought that in the solemn court, Lord Qin actually wanted to gamble with the Bohai Mission. Could it be that the Golden Palace has become a casino?
But looking at the faces of Cui Shangyuan and others, they all knew that Qin Xiao's method must be good.
Sure enough, Cui Shangyuan had already bowed to the saint and said: "The Tang Dynasty is indeed a great state. This Viscount is very wise. This method should be effective. The envoy would like to express his gratitude to His Majesty the Great Emperor."
Qin Xiao solved the problem in a few words, and the saint was naturally happy. He thought that the Seven Kills Auxiliary Star was indeed his lucky star, and instantly saved the face of Tang Dynasty and himself, maintaining the power of the emperor and saying with a smile: "Just follow this method. "
"Your Majesty, I also have a small question that I would like to ask the Bohai Mission." Qin Xiao suddenly handed over his hands and said: "The so-called reciprocity of courtesy, our Tang Dynasty has solved a small problem for the Bohai Mission, and we also hope that the Bohai Mission can help me. Solve a small problem."
The officials knew that Qin Xiao did this intentionally, to give the Bohai people a counterattack, and they were all happy to see the result.
The saint naturally knew that Bohai was the issue that Tuan had just raised, and that he was deliberately making things difficult. He was actually quite unhappy in his heart. Although Qin Xiao solved the problem without making Datang lose face, the Bohai people's frivolity still made the saint dissatisfied. At this moment, Qin Xiao Xiao clearly wanted to go to the Bohai Mission, so he did not stop him and said with a smile: "Courtesy is reciprocal. If you have any questions, you can naturally ask them for advice."
Qin Xiao then faced everyone in the Bohai Mission. Cui Shangyuan and others immediately concentrated their attention. Everyone knew that Qin Xiao's so-called asking for advice was definitely not a good thing. They thought that they could not lose face in front of the Tang Dynasty today.
Most of the Bohai officials who can be sent as envoys are smart and intelligent people, and they are all outstanding in terms of wisdom and eloquence.
"Dear guests who have come from afar, this question is a bit complicated. I will only ask it once and will not repeat it.
"Fu, listen carefully." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "I like to eat chicken, and I often have people buy chickens from Liaodong. The climate in Liaodong is cold, and in that environment, the chicken is very chewy...
..!”
There was a silence in the main hall, and it was impossible to hear what Qin Xiao's problem was.
"I have two servants. I bought fifty chickens, thirty roosters, and twenty hens from Liaodong." Qin Xiao said slowly: "When they came back, they didn't take care of them well and got lost.
Twelve chickens, three males and nine females. So they bought twenty more chickens in Luojia Village, ten males and ten females. However, after walking for two days, another twenty-three chickens came away.
, nine males and fourteen females, so they bought thirty more chickens in Fanjiatun, thirteen males and seventeen females...!"
Everyone in the Bohai Mission calculated silently. This topic was indeed very complicated and they needed to be good at calculation. Cui Shangyuan and deputy envoy Zhao Zhengyu did not dare to neglect and calculated quickly in their minds. Even Yuan Gai Wushuang also concentrated on it.
"But they were unlucky. They lost fifteen more, seven males and eight females. They had to buy twenty more in a town, ten males and ten females. Then they lost five more males and six females. They had no choice but to buy them.
They found a village and bought eight males and eight females. However, they encountered an eagle on the way and took away three males and two females. So they bought five males and five females in a village, but they got chicken plague and nine males and seven females died.
, in desperation, they bought ten males and ten females in a town, but in order to replenish their strength, they ate three males and two females, and rushed to a village to buy four males and six females...!"
Qin Xiaokan said that at this time, not only some members of the Bohai Mission were showing embarrassment, but also the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty were also shocked, thinking that in order for Qin Viscount to eat chicken, the two chicken buyers had really worked hard, but
Everyone knows that this is just a fabricated story, just to make things difficult for the Bohai people.
However, this in and out is indeed very complicated. If you are not a person with outstanding mental arithmetic skills, you will be confused just listening to it, let alone calculating it.
On the contrary, many officials in the Ministry of Accounts have been doing mental arithmetic. Some of them have been taking care of accounts all day long and have outstanding mental arithmetic skills.
Qin Xiao kept talking. For a while, even the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs were confused and their minds were confused. Many people in the Bohai Mission were concentrating on calculations at first, but then they obviously gave up. Cui Shangyuan and Zhao Zhengyu
His expression gradually became depressed, but only Yuan Gai Wushuang closed his eyes and looked calm.
"It's only a hundred miles away from Kyoto. The two of them bought three males, three females and six chickens in a village." Qin Xiao finally stopped and asked with a smile: "I wonder if you understand? If you understand, then may I ask?
.....?"
"No need to ask." Yuan Gai Wushuang finally opened his eyes, with a contemptuous smile on his lips: "When we arrived in the capital of Tang Dynasty, your two servants brought back a total of thirty-six chickens, sixteen and twenty.
Only a mother."
As soon as this statement came out, the civil and military officials in the entire court were shocked.
For such a complicated question, all the officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Tang Dynasty have given up. They feel that it is too difficult. Unless they take a piece of paper and a pen to calculate, it is absolutely impossible to answer the number immediately in such a short period of time. However,
Unexpectedly, the Prince of Bohai was so smart. As soon as Qin Xiao finished asking the question, he had already calculated the quantity, and even told the male and female clearly.
However, many officials were suspicious and couldn't help but look in the direction of the palace scribe.
During the Tang Dynasty meeting, there was naturally a pen clerk responsible for recording all the events at the meeting, and everyone's words and deeds would be recorded truthfully. Qin Xiao's question just now was extremely complicated, and it would be very difficult to repeat it, but the record-keeper would definitely
Record every word Qin Xiao said.
If one wants to determine whether the number mentioned by Yuan Gai Wushuang is accurate, it can only be calculated in detail by the recordkeeper.
When Cui Shangyuan and others saw that Yuan Gai Wushuang answered immediately, they all breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of pride on their faces.
"Whether my answer is accurate, you can verify it carefully." Yuan Gai Wushuang looked at Qin Xiao and said, "I have also solved your problem for you."
"Thirty-six...!" Qin Xiao sighed: "The prince has a good memory and can still remember this number. But you are too hasty."
Yuan Gai Wushuang frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
"My question hasn't been asked yet, why are you rushing to answer it?" Qin Xiao said lightly: "When did I ask how many chickens I brought back?"
Everyone was stunned immediately.
Yuan Gai Wushuang was also puzzled: "Then what do you want to ask?"
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "I want to ask, in which villages and towns did my two servants buy chickens along the way? I said before that I like to eat chicken, but I like to eat in the northern environment.
The chickens raised in the cold are chewy, but I don’t like the chickens I bought from the villages in the south, so I wanted to find out from which villages and towns the chickens they bought came from. The prince rushed to answer, but he was a bit too smart.
Too bad."
Yuan Gai Wushuang's face immediately became a little ugly.
Everyone else in the court was also stunned, never expecting that Qin Xiao would ask this question.
From the beginning, everyone thought that Qin Xiao must be asking about the number of chickens. Even the males and females were remembered carefully, so when Qin Xiao mentioned the number of purchases and losses, everyone remembered it, and
Remembering the number of roosters and hens respectively, who can think of which villages to buy chickens from? When Qin Xiao asked, both the Tang Dynasty officials and the Bohai envoys in the Jinluan Palace were at a loss, and they wanted to go back and calculate.
, but I can’t even remember how many villages and towns I passed through.
Many officials of the Tang Dynasty were thankful, secretly thinking that this question was directed at the Bohai people. If the Bohai people asked this question, everyone would be preconceived to calculate the number of chickens. Who would be able to answer the number of villages and towns? Everyone would immediately gloat at the misfortune.
Looking at the Bohai Mission.
Yuan Gai Wushuang seems to be trying hard to remember, but the number of villages and towns has been everyone's blind spot from the beginning, and has been completely ignored by everyone. Now that he thinks about it, he can't think of it at all.
"You guests who have come from afar, can't you solve this problem?" Qin Xiao said regretfully: "It seems that what I asked is inappropriate."
Cui Shangyuan Jianyuan had a Wushuang expression on his face, knowing that he could not remember it either. He had no choice but to say: "The Viscount's question is unexpected, and we really cannot answer it."
"A boring question from heretical sources." Yuan Gai Wushuang felt a little unwilling and sneered.
"Who are you saying is heresy?" Immediately, an official loudly reprimanded: "How can I allow you to speak nonsense in the Jinluan Palace? If you can't answer, you can't answer, and you even utter arrogant words. You Bohai people are so narrow-minded."
Another official said angrily: "The question you asked just now was also intended to make things difficult. Lord Qin's question is clearly out there. It's just that you can't answer it yourself. If you want to blame it, it's your own lack of knowledge and skill."
Qin Xiao's problem made the Bohai delegation extremely embarrassed, and naturally they were very happy. No matter what attitude he had towards Qin Xiaohuai before, Qin Xiao was now teaching the Bohai people a lesson for the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, the officials of the Tang Dynasty in the court could still
Having clearly distinguished between ourselves and the enemy, of course he supported Qin Xiao unconditionally at this time.