"Hey, everyone, please step aside."
Timur waved his hand, and the ministers returned to their seats.
He smiled again and said: "I often hear Arhan say that there is a scholar named Song in the Liang Kingdom. I listened to several debates today. He really lives up to his reputation."
Song Che then bowed solemnly and said, "The Great Khan has given you too much praise. Song is just a dull-qualified businessman. He is a profit-seeking businessman with a blind eye for money. He is not a national scholar."
"Oh? You just said you wouldn't bow to me even if you had nothing to say. Why are you bowing to me this time?" Timur asked.
Song Che said: "If you don't worship him, you are a public servant; if you worship him, you are private. Timur Khan leads all the grassland tribes. Wherever the eagle can see from a bird's eye view, it is the territory of the Hu State. However, heroes are worthy of worship."
"Good!" Tamerlane praised: "What a saying, 'Everywhere the eagle looks down from a bird's eye view is the territory of the Hu State'. Such ambitious and bold words, even this Khan did not dare to say them lightly. He never thought that he would say it from the mouth of a Liang minister. Come on, Mr. Song is truly an unparalleled scholar!"
"Father, I heard from Alhan that Mr. Song is both civilized and military, and has extraordinary intelligence. I happen to have a question that I can't figure out. Today is the day when Mr. Song is coming to court, and I would like to ask for advice."
The eldest prince Sultan glanced sideways at Song Che and stepped forward to ask for questions.
Song Che said, "His Royal Highness must have listened to the left. Song is really just a businessman. If he comes to me for advice on doing business, I can still make tea and discuss it with His Highness. I am really more than capable of this difficult problem." insufficient."
Timur said: "Hey, Mr. Song is too modest. You don't know how arrogant Arhan is in our country. There are only a handful of people who can make him feel inferior. Mr. Song should not refuse."
decline? Can you push it off? As soon as he entered the palace, he used the army to show off his power, and when he entered the hall, he started to fight with each other. Now another problem arises... Sima Zhao's intentions are known to everyone!
"Well, in that case, Song will have to express his opinion briefly. However," Song Che paused, then looked at the eldest prince Sultan: "Song is a businessman, and everything is about profit. If I solve this problem for His Highness, This problem that has been bothering you for a long time can you satisfy my request?"
Sudan smiled coldly, "Mr. Song really brought out the businessman's habits to the fullest," he readily agreed: "Okay, if Mr. Song can help me clear up my doubts, I will satisfy your request, but this request is limited to my ability. It’s within the range, but if you go beyond it, you can’t do it.”
Song Che smiled and gestured for the question.
The Sultan raised his hand and pointed outside the hall and asked loudly: "There is a salt lake in the northwest of Dadu. In recent years, there are obvious signs of drying up. We are all worried that one day it will completely dry up, so we want to measure how much salt it has left. How much water is needed so that we can search for other salt mines in advance... Then, I would like to ask Mr. Song, how many tanks can be filled with the remaining water in the salt marsh?"
Is it time for another interesting problem-solving session?
Song Che smiled secretly and asked first: "Your Highness, how is the size of the salt lake compared to Lop Nur?"
Sultan said: "No less than Lop Nur."
Song Che said: "Since it is no less than Lop Nur, then Lop Nur has not dried up, so why should your Highness worry? It will not be a problem if it lasts for dozens or hundreds of years."
"Our Hu Kingdom will last for thousands of generations and will be passed down forever. How can it be enough if only a few dozen or even a hundred years are enough?" Sultan said coldly: "If Mr. Song can't answer the question directly, why bother wasting time by beating around the bush?"
"Haha, it's actually very simple to know how many tanks of water the salt lake can hold," Song Che said with a smile: "His Highness just sends someone to build a few large water tanks -
If the tank you build is as big as the salt lake, it will be one tank of water; if the tank is only half the size of the salt lake, it will be two tanks of water. By analogy, you can calculate how many tanks of water there are in the salt lake. "
"Uh, this..." Sultan was suddenly speechless.
The ministers discussed the matter one after another and couldn't help but marvel at the cleverness of the answer.
Alkening to the situation, Argent leaned close to the Sultan's ear and whispered a few words. Sultan suddenly became enlightened, gestured with his hand like a water tank, and asked again:
"What if the water tank I built is so big? How many buckets of water can Mr. Song hold?"
"Wait a minute." Song Che slowly pointed out two fingers and said with a smile: "I made a promise to His Highness the Prince just now. One question, one condition. This is the second question His Highness asked. If Song If you can answer it, you must meet Song's two conditions. Your Highness, can you keep your word?"
"Hi! That's why businessmen are so annoying! They are so greedy!" Sultan waved his hand, "Okay, I'll follow what you said, but don't blame me for saying the ugly thing up front. If you can't answer the second question, the previous promise All are invalidated."
Song Che said frankly that there was no problem, then walked up to the Sultan, made the same gesture with his hands, and said, "This tank seems to be two feet wide, is it really that big?"
Sultan said: "Yes, it is so big. How many buckets of water can it hold?"
Song Che pursed his lips, pinched his fingers, and pondered for a while, then his eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "If this style of jar is used to fill water, it can hold a total of 8,888,800 Eighty-eight barrels and a half!”
"How...how did you know this?" Sudan couldn't believe it.
Song Che smiled and said: "To be honest, Your Highness, Song has a 'Heavenly Ruler' in his heart, which can measure everything in the world. I will first measure the length, width and height of a small salt crystal, and then divide it by the capacity of the water tank. , and we got this number.”
"That's nonsense! You said it can hold so many barrels, so it can hold so many? I also said it can hold 6,666,666 barrels!" Hu Chen retorted. .
It is indeed nonsense, but the method should be used to deal with what kind of people. Sea water cannot be measured by a measure, how can a cylinder measure a lake?
Song Che smiled coldly and retorted: "If you don't believe it, you can have someone build this water tank, and then practice it bucket by bucket. Anyway, your country will last for thousands of generations, and it will be passed down forever. This generation cannot measure it, and future generations will not be able to measure it." You can measure it."
Speechless!
"Hmph!" Even though Sultan was not convinced, he was helpless with the answer. "Mr. Song is really good at speaking and debating. You have solved this problem."
Song Che held up two fingers and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's not just one question, it's two questions."
Sultan shouted: "Lori, you are so harsh, if you just make the conditions, I won't agree to them if they are too harsh!"
"It's not harsh, it's not harsh. On the contrary, it's easy for His Majesty and His Highness," Song Che said:
"When I entered the capital yesterday, I saw many slaves outside the city. They were wearing thin clothes and even wore straw sandals to work;
Your Majesty, please forgive me. As a fellow Liang people, I feel really sad when I see this. Therefore, for this first condition, I hope to give each of them a pair of boots, whether they are broken, old, dirty or out of size, as long as they can keep them warm. Can;
As for the second condition, I hope to give them one more pie per meal, so that they can have more energy to work, right? "
