Chapter 49

Of course, Xu Wenzhao didn't finish speaking.

If Shen Lang answered more than five questions correctly, it would prove that he Xu Wenzhao had nothing to do and should apologize to Shen Lang in front of everyone.

But is it possible?

It is impossible for the sun to come out in the west, so there is no need to say it.

"Remember, answer within half an hour, and you won't be waiting for it to expire!"

Then, Xu Wenzhao personally lit a stick of incense.

It was exactly an hour when the incense burned.

...

Seeing this scene, the Earl shook his head helplessly.

After a while, Shen Lang is afraid that he will suffer!

This Xu Wenzhao was like this when he was young, with no tolerance and a strong will to win.

But as a successful master, the most important thing is to use people. Put key talents in key positions.

People make the best use of their talents. The Earl was successful at this point before, but now facing this situation, he is really helpless.

On the left is his son-in-law, albeit naughty and has a certain generation gap with him. But from the bottom of his heart, Lord Earl admires and likes this son-in-law.

On the right is his confidant, and he has been in charge of the uncle's account for more than 20 years.

So sometimes, even if you are the master, it is difficult to do whatever you want.

For the dozen or so teenagers present, it was a wonderful show.

They were so excited that they could hardly contain themselves. Shen Lang actually ran into the meanest teacher, Xu Wenzhao, which was a rare occurrence in ten years.

Just so looking forward to it.

Although they were a little bit on Shen Lang's side in their hearts, they wanted to see Shen Lang being whipped a hundred times.

Who asked you to marry our goddess?

You are not unlucky, how are you happy?

...

Shen Lang took a look at these ten questions, and couldn't help but let out a low voice in his heart.

oops!

How difficult would it be for me when you Xu Wenzhao racked his brains for more than an hour to come up with a topic?

Turns out, it's that simple!

Asking my dignified master to answer your ten arithmetic problems is like killing a pig with a knife!

Look at this first question.

The first person holds a grain of rice, the second person holds two grains of rice, and the third person holds three grains of rice, for a total of one hundred people.

Ask, how many grains of rice do these 100 people hold?

Is this the fourth grade? Or fifth grade math?

When Shen Lang wrote the answer, he felt like a mental retardation to solve such a simple problem.

Of course, this topic was too simple for Shen Lang to look directly at, but for people in this world, it was already difficult enough.

There are at least a dozen students present, and there are basically no people who can answer this question in a short time.

(This question was taken in the 1993 fourth-grade math Olympiad in a certain city, and someone hasn't solved it yet, don't ask me how I know it.)

...

Then Shen Lang looked at the second question.

Huh?

Interesting!

Although it is still very simple for Shen Lang, it is already very difficult for this world.

Now there are things that I don’t know how many. There are two left when you count three or three, three when you count five and five, and two when you count seven or seven. The total number is no more than one hundred.

Okay, all formulas are used.

In almost less than three seconds, Shen Lang came up with the answer 23, even without the alien computer.

The third question is more interesting.

Three people walk together for seventy rare, five trees and plum blossoms twenty-one, seven sons are reunited for half a month, except for one hundred and five people to know!

Do you think that writing a poem can cover up the truth that he is a simple math problem?

Shen Lang still answered the answer effortlessly.

The fourth, the fifth, the sixth...the ninth.

Really, there is no question that can make Shen Lang feel so difficult.

There was no question that would take him more than two minutes.

Therefore, he put all his expectations on the final finale.

...

This last topic actually took up a whole page. Shen Lang glanced at it and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

This topic is interesting and difficult!

Even super difficult!

There are a total of twenty trees, four in each row, with a maximum of several rows.

Draw the method with a picture, if it is less than 14 lines, the answer to this question will fail!

This problem seems simple, but it is a thousand-year-old mathematical problem on the earth.

Ordinary people always think that there are 20 trees in total, and 4 trees are planted in a row, that is 5 rows.

Of course this is not the case at all, since trees can be planted in irregular shapes, which are well over 5 rows.

In the sixteenth century the Romans completed the arrangement of 16 rows.

Gauss, a famous mathematician in the eighteenth century, completed the arrangement of 18 lines.

It was not until the end of the twentieth century that two computer experts used computers to complete the arrangement of 20 lines.

This is already a record.

20 trees, 4 trees in each row, actually planted 20 rows.

However, in the 21st century, a new record was born, and someone completed the 23-line arrangement.

This question is also Xu Wenzhao's most proud question. He found it from an ancient arithmetic book.

Then, he never tired of it, and after more than ten years, he finally completed the arrangement of the fourteen lines.

Not only that, he also likes to embarrass everyone with this question.

Including colleagues in the Earl's House, as well as the Earl, as well as those scholars who have just been admitted to fame.

Because no one's mathematical attainments can reach his level.

When he draws the fourteen lines of cultivation, he can get shocked and amazed expressions from others.

Now he took this question out to test Shen Lang again, as the final question.

Of course, he didn't want Shen Lang to answer it at all, he just used it to show off.

Let you Shen Lang, a country bumpkin, see how awesome I, Xu Wenzhao, are?

Well, for Xu Wenzhao, being able to solve the 14-line arrangement is indeed quite impressive.

But for Shen Lang, this has not reached the level of the sixteenth century.

And he can easily draw a 23-line arrangement, which is at least a thousand years ahead of Xu Wenzhao's answer.

20 trees, 4 trees in each row, actually planted 23 rows.

It's simply against the sky, completely crushing Xu Wenzhao's 14 lines!

I'm afraid it will shock Xu Wenzhao to the core!

...

Shen Lang completed the first nine questions in less than ten minutes.

He spent more than half an hour on the last question!

Of course, in his mind, he answered very quickly, and in an instant, he had the most awesome answer, the answer that created the record.

However, it will take a certain amount of time to appear on paper.

It's a very precise geometric pattern, and you can't get it wrong.

Therefore, Shen Lang only spent more than half an hour.

In the process of answering the question, in order not to put pressure on him, neither the Count nor the old master were on the sidelines.

Xu Wenzhao sat on it and watched Shen Lang answer the questions, feeling very proud.

He has been paying attention to Shen Lang, and found that he spent very little time on the first nine questions, but spent most of his time on the last question.

This is a normal behavior.

In his opinion, the first nine questions are all hard questions, yes, yes, no, no.

And Shen Lang is definitely not at all, he can't even think about it, so after hurriedly scanning these questions, he wrote a random answer.

The last question, although the most difficult, is a soft question.

20 trees, 4 in each row, how many rows are there at most?

Anyone who sees this topic will have hope in their hearts, and then go crazy into it, constantly trying various countermeasures.

It turned out that even if it took a few months, it was impossible to answer.

It took him Xu Wenzhao more than ten years to complete the arrangement of the fourteen lines.

Therefore, it can be concluded that Shen Lang could not answer half of the questions.

One hundred lashes have become a foregone conclusion.

Why is Xu Wenzhao so determined?

Because of the previous nine questions, Shen Lang did not have any calculation process at all, and he did not use calculation.

Even the mathematicians have to do calculations on the side for a long time.

How can there be calculations that don't need to be calculated these days, once it's useless, it can only prove one thing, he doesn't know anything, he's just writing nonsense.

Not only Xu Wenzhao thought so, but also the count.

Shen Lang didn't use any calculations once, I'm afraid he really couldn't answer a single question.

This is trouble.

Did he really watch him get whipped a hundred times?

This kid has fine skin and tender flesh, and Xu Wenzhao must not know the severity, what if he is really injured?

Therefore, the count quickly gave a wink.

Suddenly, a servant outside the door ran quickly and went to report to the countess.

Next, Xu Wenzhao wanted to flog Shen Lang, and it was not easy for the earl to stop him, but his wife was a woman and could stop him.

After all the ten questions were answered, Shen Lang could obviously submit the papers, but he deliberately did not submit them, instead staring at these questions in a daze.

Xu Wenzhao felt even more happy.

The stinky little white face, even if you stare at the question for ten years, you will not know.

I don't know the sky is high and the earth is thick, how dare you come to provoke me? How dare you stand in my way, how dare you take away my nephew's good deeds?

I'll kill you later.

Because of the wind, a stick of incense was burned in less than an hour.

Xu Wenzhao said coldly: "Time is up, hand in the papers!"

Then, he walked straight down and took away the test paper on Shen Lang's desk.

"Things that you don't learn, don't listen to well in class, and even dare to speak madly, you have learned it, and the ignorant are not afraid..." Xu Wenzhao said lightly.

Then, he took a look at Shen Lang's answer.

first question.

Xu Wenzhao glanced at it disdainfully, and then turned his eyes to the second question, and instinctively made a big cross on it.

But after a short pause, his eyes returned to the first question.

Actually... you got it right?

how can that be?

Although this first question is the simplest, it is far more than what he taught at this time.

People who don't understand advanced arithmetic can only add one, two, three, four, and so on.

However, Shen Lang gave the most accurate answer and answer.

Looking at the second question, it turned out to be correct.

The third question is still correct.

Xu Wenzhao felt that something was wrong, and his face changed instantly.

The fourth question, the fifth question, is still correct.

Even if it could not be more correct, Shen Lang's problem-solving method was smarter and more precise than his Xu Wenzhao.

Xu Wenzhao's back began to break out in cold sweat.

He said it himself, as long as Shen Lang answered the five questions correctly, he would apologize to Shen Lang in public.

Now that Shen Lang has answered all five questions correctly, what should I do?

Next, Xu Wenzhao looked at the sixth question, the seventh question, the eighth question, and the ninth question!

He was no longer in a cold sweat, but completely shocked.

Heck, it's an absolute hell!