Of course, Xu Wenzhao didn't finish talking.
If Shen Lang answered more than five questions correctly, it would prove that Xu Wenzhao was causing trouble for nothing and wanted to apologize to Shen Lang in front of everyone.
But is it possible
It is impossible for the sun to rise in the west, so there is no need to say.
"Remember, finish the answer within half an hour, and don't wait after the deadline!"
Then, Xu Wenzhao personally lit a stick of incense.
It was exactly one hour when the incense was burned.
…
Seeing this scene, the Earl couldn't help shaking his head helplessly.
I'm afraid Shen Lang will suffer later!
This Xu Wenzhao was like this when he was young, he had no tolerance for others, and he was extremely competitive.
But as a successful master, the most important thing is to employ people. Put key talents in key positions.
People make the best use of their talents and things make the best use of them. The earl was considered successful in this regard before, but now facing this situation, he is really helpless.
On the left is his son-in-law, although he is very naughty and has a certain generation gap with him. But from the bottom of his heart, the Earl appreciates and likes this son-in-law.
On the right is his confidant, who has been in charge of the counting house of the uncle's house for more than 20 years, and he is very dependent on him.
So sometimes, even if you are the master, it is difficult to do whatever you want.
But for the dozen or so teenagers present, it was a wonderful show.
They were so excited that they could hardly contain themselves, and Shen Lang actually fell in love with the meanest teacher Xu Wenzhao, which was a rare thing in ten years.
Simply 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 even more.
Who asked you to marry our goddess
You are not unlucky, why are you happy
…
Shen Lang took the ten questions and looked at them, and couldn't help but let out a low cry in his heart.
oops!
How difficult would it be if I thought you, Xu Wenzhao, had racked his brains for more than an hour to come up with the questions
It turned out that it was so simple!
Asking me, a dignified master, to answer your ten arithmetic problems is like killing a pig with a sledgehammer!
Look at this first question.
The first person holds one grain of rice, the second person holds two grains of rice, and the third person holds three grains of rice, a total of one hundred people.
Ask, how many grains of rice do these hundred people hold in total
This is the fourth grade of elementary school? Or fifth grade math problems
When Shen Lang wrote the answer, he felt like he was mentally retarded, to solve such a simple question.
Of course, this topic is too simple for Shen Lang to look at directly, but it is difficult enough for people in this world.
There were at least a dozen students present, and there were basically none who could get this question right in a short time.
(This question was used in the 1993 Fourth Grade Mathematics Olympiad in a certain city, and someone hasn't solved it yet. Don't ask me how I know.)
…
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.
Today there are objects whose numbers are unknown, two are left when counting three or three, three are left when counting five or five, and two are left when counting seven or seven.
Alright, all the equations are used.
In barely three seconds, Shen Lang came up with the answer 23, not even using an alien computer.
The third question is more interesting.
The three of them walked together for seventy years, five trees with twenty-one plum blossoms, and the seven sons reunited in the first half of the month.
Do you think writing a poem can cover up his true identity as a simple math problem
Shen Lang still answered the answer effortlessly.
Then the fourth, the fifth, the sixth... the ninth.
Really, none of the questions could make Shen Lang feel the slightest bit difficult.
No subject could take him more than two minutes.
Therefore, he put all his expectations on the last finale question.
…
This last question actually took up a whole page, Shen Lang glanced at it, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
This question is interesting and difficult!
Even super difficult!
A total of 20 trees are planted, four trees are planted in each row, and several rows are planted at most.
Draw the method with a picture, if it is less than fourteen lines, the answer to this question will fail!
This question seems simple, but it is a thousand-year math problem on the earth.
Ordinary people always think that if there are 20 trees in total, and 4 trees are planted in one row, that is 5 rows.
Of course, this is not the case at all, because trees can be planted in irregular shapes, which is far more than 5 rows.
In the 16th century the Romans completed the arrangement of 16 rows.
The famous mathematician Gauss in the 18th century completed the arrangement of 18 rows.
It was not until the end of the 20th century that two computer masters used computers to complete the arrangement of 20 rows.
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 arrangement of 23 rows.
This question is also the one that Xu Wenzhao is most proud of. He discovered it from an ancient arithmetic classic.
Then, he never got tired of it, and it took him more than ten years to finally complete the arrangement of fourteen lines.
Not only that, but he also likes to make things difficult for everyone with this question.
Including colleagues in the Earl's Mansion, the Earl, and those scholars who have just been admitted to fame.
Because no one's mathematical attainments can reach his level.
When he draws fourteen lines of planting methods, 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, it was just for showing off.
Let you Shen Lang, a country bumpkin, see how awesome I am, Xu Wenzhao
Well, for Xu Wenzhao, being able to solve the 14-line arrangement is really amazing.
But for Shen Langer, this has not yet reached the level of the sixteenth century.
And he can easily draw the arrangement of 23 lines, which is at least thousands of years ahead of Xu Wenzhao's answer.
20 trees, 4 trees in each row, actually planted 23 rows.
It's against the sky, completely crushing Xu Wenzhao's 14 lines!
I'm afraid it will shake Xu Wenzhao out of his wits!
…
Shen Lang completed the first nine questions in less than ten minutes.
The last question took him more than half an hour!
Of course, he answered very quickly in his mind, and he had the most powerful answer in an instant, the answer that created a record.
However, it takes a certain amount of time to present it on paper.
This is a very precise geometric pattern, you can't get it wrong a little bit.
Therefore, it took Shen Lang just over half an hour.
While he was answering the question, in order not to put pressure on him, neither the Earl nor the old master stood by.
Xu Wenzhao sat on it and watched Shen Lang answer the questions, feeling very proud in his heart.
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 very normal behavior.
In his opinion, the first nine questions are all rigid questions, if you know it, you will know it, and if you don’t know it, you won’t.
And Shen Lang definitely doesn't know it at all, even if he can't blow his mind, so after hastily scanning these questions, he wrote an answer randomly.
And the last question, although it is the most difficult, is a soft question.
20 trees, 4 trees in each row, how many rows can be planted at most
Anyone who sees this topic will have hope in their hearts, and then crazily invest in it, constantly trying various counter-solutions.
It turned out that even if it took several months, it was impossible to answer it.
It took Xu Wenzhao more than ten years to complete the arrangement of fourteen lines.
So it can already be concluded that Shen Lang can't answer half of the questions.
One hundred lashes is a foregone conclusion.
Why is Xu Wenzhao so determined
Because the first nine questions Shen Lang did not have any calculation process at all, and did not use calculation chips.
Even masters of arithmetic have to do calculations on the sidelines for a long time.
There is no calculation these days that doesn't use calculations. Once it is useless, it can only prove one thing. He doesn't know anything, he is just writing nonsense.
It's not just Xu Wenzhao who thinks so, but the Earl also thinks the same way.
Shen Lang has never used a calculation once, I am afraid that he really can't answer a single question.
This is troublesome.
Could it be that he really watched him being whipped a hundred times
This kid has delicate skin and tender flesh, and Xu Wenzhao definitely doesn't know the severity, so what if he is really injured
Therefore, the Earl quickly cast a wink.
Immediately, a servant outside the door ran quickly to report to the countess.
Next, Xu Wenzhao wants to whip Shen Lang, the Earl is not easy to stop him, but his wife is a woman, so he can stop him.
After all the ten questions were answered, Shen Lang could obviously hand in the paper, but he deliberately didn't hand it in, instead staring at these questions in a daze.
Xu Wenzhao felt even happier.
Young boy, you won't be able to understand the questions I asked even if you stare at them for ten years.
I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, how dare you come to provoke me? How dare you stand in my way, how dare you take away my nephew's favor
I'll kill you later.
Because of the wind, a stick of incense burned out in less than an hour.
Xu Wenzhao said coldly: "Time is up, hand in the paper!"
Then, he walked down directly and took away the test paper on Shen Lang's desk.
"Things that are ignorant, if you don't listen well in class, even if you dare to speak crazy, you have learned it. The ignorant have no fear..." Xu Wenzhao said flatly.
Then, he took a look at Shen Lang's answer.
first question.
Xu Wenzhao glanced at it dismissively, and then he was about to turn his attention to the second question, and instinctively put a big cross on it.
But after a pause for a second, his eyes returned to the first question.
Unexpectedly... got the answer right
How can this be
Although the first question was the simplest, it was far beyond what he was teaching at this time.
People who don't know advanced arithmetic can only add one to two, three to four, and so on. By the time it reaches one hundred, the time for a stick of incense has long been used up.
However, Shen Lang gave the most accurate solution and answer.
Looking at the second question, it turned out to be correct.
The third question is still correct.
Xu Wenzhao felt something was wrong, and his expression changed instantly.
Questions 4 and 5 are still correct.
It couldn't even be more correct, Shen Lang's way of solving problems is even more brilliant and precise than Xu Wenzhao's.
Cold sweat began to break out on Xu Wenzhao's back.
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 these five questions correctly, what should he do
Next, Xu Wenzhao looked at the sixth question, the seventh question, the eighth question, and the ninth question!
Instead of breaking out in a cold sweat, he was completely shocked.
Hell, this is absolutely hell!