Lawyer Pei was also confused at this time, "Aye, Your Majesty, I haven't even started calculating yet!"
"Then why don't you just hurry up and forget about it?"
Pei Ji's eyes widened and he urged directly.
"Yes Yes!"
Lawyer Pei panicked and did not dare to delay any longer. He took out a pile of small sticks made of copper and iron from a small cloth bag made of silk. These small sticks were exactly the same size and thickness.
Immediately, they began to be placed on the table.
Seeing these small sticks, Li Xuan's head couldn't help but hurt.
Calculate!
These small sticks were people's calculation tools in ancient times.
Usually, people can carry hundreds of arithmetic chips in the arithmetic bags they carry around their waists.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a rule that all officials must carry an arithmetic bag with them.
These calculation chips are like mobile phones in later generations. Anyone who knows how to do arithmetic will carry them with them. If you meet someone on the street who refuses to pay back their debts, you can take out the calculation bag to settle accounts if you disagree with them.
However, this method of calculating chips is weird. You have to put these little sticks on the ground to calculate. After learning it for a while, you have to give up.
It’s so troublesome! As soon as the ones at the back are arranged, the ones in the front have been forgotten!
After a while, Lawyer Pei put away these small copper rods with a proud look on his face, clasped his fists at Pei Ji and Li Shimin and reported: "Aye, Your Majesty, according to the price of the little master, we need to give the little master one hundred and forty. Nine cents!"
It’s exactly the same!
"hiss……"
Hearing this, Pei Ji and Li Shimin couldn't help but look shocked and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.
"May I ask, young master, how you calculated it?"
"Addition, subtraction, and multiplication with up to hundreds of digits, just repeat it in your mind, and just like what I just said, you can calculate it!"
Li Xuan said calmly.
"Could it be that the method used by the young master is the legendary mental arithmetic technique?"
Pei Ji quickly asked, his eyes just staring at Li Xuan, full of expectation.
"It should count!"
Li Xuan can't guarantee that there is anyone in this era who is more proficient in the "Nine Nine Songs" than himself!
"Then I wonder if I can figure out how much I need to pay?"
On the side, Li Shimin also looked interested.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xuan replied directly: "Your Majesty and Li Wei spent a total of forty-four cents on dinner together, plus the money for medicine used by Li Wei, the total is one thousand nine hundred and forty-four cents!"
"real or fake?"
This time, Lawyer Pei finally realized what he said. As soon as His Majesty finished speaking, the Master calculated the answer.
Could it be that he was blinded?
Thinking about it, Lawyer Pei kept mumbling, picked up small abacus in his hand, and began to arrange them quickly.
"Aye, my lord, my mistress's calculation is absolutely correct!"
After calculating the results, Lawyer Pei looked at Li Xuan with even more intense eyes.
After hearing this, Pei Ji and Li Shimin looked at each other and then looked at Li Xuan.
"Master, if there are eight servants in my house, five of them who are strong can eat three steamed buns, and three who are thin can eat two steamed buns, how much will they have to pay?"
"One hundred and five cents!"
"If each person needs to eat a bowl of food and drink a bowl of rice soup, how much will it cost?"
"Two hundred and one cents!"
"My young master, if you add the prince to protect you..."
Seeing Li Xuanneng's immediate answer, a hint of surprise flashed across Pei Ji's face and he continued to ask.
However, Li Xuan was a little impatient.
"Pei Gong, Your Majesty, I only have this basketful of steamed buns at home now, ten of them! As for the rice soup and stir-fried vegetables, they have already been completely eaten. You two only need to pay forty coins to distribute these to the people outside. The guards eat it!”
Forehead!
Pei Ji was startled for a moment, then laughed.
However, after all, he is a veteran of three dynasties and has already developed a face as thick as a city wall.
"Da Lang, pay another forty coins and give these steamed buns to Pei Xiang and the others to cushion their stomachs!"
"ah?"
Lawyer Pei, who was fiddling with the calculations and calculating the arithmetic results mentioned by Pei Ji, couldn't help but be stunned. He hadn't calculated it yet, so why should he pay for it again!
"Why are you standing there in such a daze? Why don't you quickly pay for it and share these steamed buns? Do you want Pei Xiang and the others to starve to death?"
Seeing Lawyer Pei's appearance, Pei Ji couldn't help but feel angry.
"I'll go right away!"
Lawyer Pei's expression changed. He didn't know why he had offended Aye again.
He quickly took out a large bunch of copper coins from his pocket, counted them, and placed them in front of Li Xuan.
Then, he stood up, carried the basket with steamed buns on the table, and walked out. Fortunately, there were not many servants and guards following him this time, and each of them could eat half a steamed bun.
After returning, Lawyer Pei was stunned.
I found that Aye and His Majesty were both lying on the table, with a pile of calculation chips in front of each of them. They were frowning, concentrating on calculations, and mumbling incessantly.
"Brother Li, what's going on?"
"The young master came up with an arithmetic problem!" Li Wei whispered.
"What arithmetic problem can actually stump Aye and the prince?" Lawyer Pei was even more curious.
A trace of fear flashed in Li Wei's eyes, and he whispered: "Nine hundred and ninety-nine cents, and one thousand pears in season. Eleven cents for nine pears, and seven pears for four cents. What's the price of pears? ?”
"this?"
After hearing this, Lawyer Pei couldn't help but open his eyes and took a cold breath.
Is there such a calculation problem in the world?
Thinking about it, I couldn't help but subconsciously sit down and start calculating.
Seeing this, a trace of satisfaction flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.
Sure enough, if you want to get rid of these people's "chasing problems", you only need to solve an arithmetic problem that they can't solve, and you can be clean.
Then, he quietly stood up and walked out.
…
Half an hour later.
Pei Ji and Li Shimin still had their brows furrowed, and there were faint beads of sweat on their foreheads.
"Um?"
Li Shimin looked up and looked around, stunned.
"Li Wei, where is the young lady?"
"My lord, the young master is resting in the main room!" Li Wei returned quickly.
"Let's go find that young master!"
With that said, Li Shimin stood up and followed Li Wei to the main room.
As soon as I entered the door, my eyes lit up.
There is a room full of novel gadgets, and even the decoration in the room is of a style I have never seen before.
Especially the front room.
There are only three strange and exquisite beddings placed, two small and one large, and they seem to be covered with several layers of animal fur!
Between the three Hu beds, there is also a small long table.
As for the young master, he was lying on a strange-looking bed by the window. The bed was made of rattan and there was a small round table next to it.
Shaking and swaying, it looked very comfortable.
"Li Wei, do you know what this is?"
Li Shimin asked, pointing to the three Hu beds in front of him.
"My lord, please forgive me. This is my first time seeing this thing!"
Li Wei was full of embarrassment,
"Your Majesty, this thing is called a sofa. It is used for people to sit on and entertain guests!"
As he spoke, Li Xuan exerted a little force on his waist and sat up from the wicker chair.
Li Xuan woke up just as Li Shimin and Li Wei came in.
It's just that I haven't wanted to talk.
"May I ask, young master, what is the name of this thing?"
Li Shimin was not surprised by this, but pointed to the wicker chair aside and asked with curiosity.
"Back to my lord, this is a deck chair. It is used by boys to rest in their spare time. And because it is made of rattan, it can also be called a rattan chair!"