socalfunplaces Chapter 257
Chapter 257
As soon as these words came out.
There was an uproar in the Jinluan Palace.
Zhao Yuheng also suddenly understood everything.
"So that's it. The 1360 wen is because Zhang San spent 1330 wen on clothes and the 30 wen left by Zhang San. In this way, this money is correct!"
"This prince has been fooled!"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Suan's face turned pale, and he looked at Gao Yang's face as if he had seen a devil.
This Gao Yang, he really knows!
"Mr. Suan, what do you think?"
Gao Yang said lightly with a smile on his face.
Suan Wudao had a complicated expression. Although he was extremely unwilling, he still said, "Master Gao, as you said, this is indeed a logical misleading question!"
"These 1360 coins cannot be added to the 30 coins in Zhang San's hand, just because Zhang San spent 1330 coins on clothes and the 30 coins left in Zhang San's hand!"
"But I haven't lost yet. As long as I can answer the two questions asked by Master Gao, then this game will be a draw! Now, please teach me, Master Gao!"
Suan Wudao took a deep breath and looked at Gao Yang with a serious face.
Gao Yang's attainments in mathematics far exceeded his imagination, even far exceeded him, but if he lost today, he couldn't afford the price at all, so he still wanted to try now.
What if he won?
Seeing this, Lu Zhen couldn't hold it anymore.
He rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Suan Wudao.
Even if he was scolded by Wu Zetian today, he would punch this unrighteous man in the head. This guy is too shameless and has no integrity of a scholar.
Can't afford to lose a little rice on the chessboard?
Not to mention Lü Zhen, even the Chu State envoys and Chu Ningyu were silent for a while.
Once this matter gets out, it will be really ugly.
But they have no choice but to bite the bullet and make trouble.
Just when Lü Zhen was about to take action, Gao Yang grabbed Lü Zhen.
"General Lü, the visitor is a guest!"
"Two countries are discussing, so they should be generous!"
Lü Zhen stared, as if he had seen a ghost. He glanced at Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhuang, whose bodies were almost stiff on the ground. It was hard to believe that this was what Gao Yang could say.
This is called "the visitor is a guest, so they should be generous"?
Gao Yang looked at Mr. Suan and said calmly, "Mr. Suan, I will not ask two questions, but only one!"
"If Mr. Suan can answer it within half an hour, let alone a draw, I will admit defeat directly. I will just regard Mr. Suan as helping me solve my doubts. After all, how much food can it take to put rice on the chessboard?"
As Gao Yang said this, Suan Wudao's eyes lit up.
He said excitedly, "Mr. Gao, are you serious?"
"A gentleman's promise is as good as a promise. I take my words seriously!"
"Then please teach me, Mr. Gao!"
Mr. Suan was excited and excited.
But Chu Ningyu's eyes were not happy at all. Instead, they were full of solemnity. She felt more and more that a huge crisis was coming.
If Gao Yang had asked the question directly, she would not have been so panicked, but Gao Yang changed two questions into one question and promised that as long as the old man could answer it, Wudao would win.
Why would a poison scholar do such an uncertain thing?
Even if there was a 99% certainty, she felt that Gao Yang would not take the risk, unless it was - 100% certainty!
Chu Ningyu was extremely nervous and was extremely curious about what Gao Yang's math question was!
Gao Yang looked at Chu Ningyu with a meaningful look in his eyes.
"When I was young, I saw someone planting trees. There were not many trees, only twenty in total, but the area was so large, so I was thinking about a math problem at the time!"
"If there is a fixed area with enough space, but there are only twenty trees, if four trees are planted in each row, how many rows can be planted at most?"
"I am too stupid. I have been thinking about it for many years, but I still don't have an answer. Today, Master Suan is here, so please ask Master Suan to solve this puzzle for me!"
As Gao Yang said this, all the officials in the Jinluan Palace were stunned.
Chu Ningyu was also surprised.
Gao Yang was so confident that he was even 100% sure of the problem, but it looked so ordinary. In an area, there are a total of twenty trees, and four trees are planted in each row. How many rows can be planted at most...
In her opinion, this tree planting problem is not even as good as the problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage!
No!
Absolutely not!
This problem must have a mystery, it can't be so simple!
Chu Ningyu made a conclusion in her heart and tried to deduce it in her mind.
All the officials also stared at Gao Yang with a look of suspicion.
Obviously, this question also made them a little unbelievable.
"What's so difficult about this question?"
"I already have the answer!"
Wang Zhong looked atEveryone was silent, and they spoke directly.
"May I ask General Wang, what is your answer?" Gao Yang asked.
Wang Zhong glanced at everyone and said directly, "Five elements!"
"Twenty trees, four in a row, all arranged horizontally, that's the five elements, how difficult is that?"
But as soon as he said this, Suan Wudao's expression suddenly changed.
His old and turbid eyes were filled with strong disbelief, and the whole person instantly stepped back a few steps and sat on the ground.
"No, that's not right!"
"Graphics, symmetry, and arrangement!"
"Gao Yang, where did you get these questions from?"
The old man Suan's voice was full of fear, and the whole person seemed to be about to collapse.
This change caught all the officials off guard in an instant.
Wang Zhong was even more stunned. What was going on with Suan Wudao? Why did he sit on the ground directly, as if he had lost three of his seven souls?
"How can this not be the five elements?"
Wang Zhong said with a puzzled look.
At this time, Shangguan Wan'er's head buzzed, and she also realized the difficulty of this tree planting problem. She looked at Gao Yang with shock on her face, and her beautiful eyes were full of shock.
"General Wang, the five elements are too few!"
"It is definitely more than five elements!"
Wang Zhong subconsciously asked, "Since it is not the five elements, how many rows can there be at most?"
But as soon as this question came out, Shangguan Wan'er shook her head directly.
"This, I don't know either."
"The amount of calculation for this problem is really too huge, and as the number of rows increases, the constraints behind it are becoming more and more stringent, and even involve various graphics and symmetry!"
"With my level, it is impossible to solve this math problem, and I am not even worthy of studying this problem."
The more Shangguan Wan'er said, the more solemn her expression became, and the more complicated her beautiful eyes looked at Gao Yang.
Wang Zhong was stunned when he heard this.
After all, Shangguan Wan'er's reputation as a talented woman resounded throughout Chang'an.
She actually claimed that she was not worthy of studying this question at all, so how difficult was this question?
Although Cui Xinghe also knew that this question was definitely not just about the five elements, he still felt that Shangguan Wan'er's words were too exaggerated.
He couldn't help but ask: "Is it possible that Mr. Gao's 20-tree planting problem is more difficult than the Pythagorean theorem problem left by the famous and world-renowned No. 1 math sage?"
Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Cui Xinghe and said without hesitation, "In my mind, this Pythagorean theorem problem that made countless students wail is not worth mentioning in front of this problem!"
"These two are not at the same level at all!"
Shangguan Wan'er's words directly shocked the entire Jinluan Palace.
No one expected that this small tree planting problem would be so difficult!
At this time, Gao Yang also said lightly, "I can solve the problem of the Pythagorean theorem!"
"But for the tree planting problem, even I don't know how many rows there are at most. I only know a higher arrangement method. But the Mathematics Director of Da Chu has devoted his life to studying mathematics, and I think he can solve my doubts."
"I am looking forward to it!"
In fact, this problem is not difficult. In the 16th century, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and ancient Egypt completed the arrangement of 16 rows. In the 18th century, some people speculated that the tree planting problem should be able to reach 18 rows, but it has not been confirmed.
In the 19th century, a mathematics master completed the arrangement of 18 rows!
In the 20th century, two mathematics enthusiasts broke the record of 18 rows with electronic computers, pushing the record of the tree planting problem to 20 rows, and someone abroad invested 200,000 US dollars in the hope that someone would make a new breakthrough!
In the 21st century, the tree planting problem was taken out again by mathematicians, and they wanted to break through 20 rows!
But so far, no one has done it!
It is worth mentioning that the mathematician in the 18th century who only guessed that the tree planting problem could reach 18 rows but did not pass down a specific arrangement method, he has a well-known name - Gauss!
Is this question difficult?
The chief of the Mathematics Department of Da Chu, Suan Wudao, asks for a fight!