"If Marquis Yan can help me lift this Fang Zun, I'll add another ten strings of coins." Fang Xuanling chuckled.”
Zhangsun Wuji also nodded." I'll give it a try later. If I can lift the square statue, I'll add another 50 strings of coins."”
There was no doubt that these High Dukes were the tycoons of the Great Tang.
"Why are you two here?" Du Ruhui asked angrily. Marquis Yan is the marquis of the Great Tang, can't you give him some face? You're already in your thirties or forties, yet you're ganging up to bully a child. Is this your moral character?”
Du Ruhui's words caused Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji to blush.
Li Er waved his hand to stop the people who were about to quarrel and sent someone to prepare the things Yan Jue needed. Foolish Yuchi also said,"Marquis Yan, I don't believe it either."
Yan Jue chuckled." General Yuchi, I've disturbed His Majesty's elegance the day before yesterday. You weren't feeling well yesterday. Since you're lucky enough to meet me today, why don't we have a good spar after the court session?"”
Foolish Yuchi's expression changed and he felt extremely awkward.""Cough, cough, cough…Well, this old man is not feeling well today, so it's not easy for me to fight. I'll definitely accompany you another day.”
Old Yuchi said the same thing as yesterday. What made Foolish Yuchi depressed was that every time he saw Yan Jue, Yan Jue would take the initiative to invite him to a duel.
And every time, he would use his health as an excuse to reject him. As time passed, he developed a bad habit. Foolish Yuchi was always sick. To be honest, she was frightened by Yan Jue.
Yan Jue wrote and drew formulas on the paper, using Arabic numbers. These apes were confused and could not understand them.
"Marquis Yan, what do you mean by this?" Li Er asked in confusion. Why are these words so strange?"
Yan Jue raised his head and said," Your Majesty, this is from a country called Arabia when I was traveling overseas with my master. I learned Arabic numbers there. My master realized that these Arabic numbers are easier to understand than Chinese characters, so he has been using them for his studies. This is 1, this is 2, this is 3…and this is 9.”
"This humble subject feels that using these Arabic numbers to replace the Great Tang's numbers of one to nine can save a lot of effort. Look at these five numbers combined together, it's ten million, six digits is one hundred thousand, seven digits is one million, and so on. It's simple and easy to understand, and can greatly improve the basic operations of mathematics.”
"Congratulations, Master, for contributing Arabic numbers and adding a new tile to the education of the Great Tang. You have received three million contribution points. Congratulations on taking another step forward on the path of lazing around and waiting for death.”
Yan Jue opened his personal information and smiled happily when he saw the 11300MB traffic. Oh potatoes, potatoes. He was about to have a meal of stewed beef with potatoes.
It was illegal to kill cattle in the Tang Empire, but they had to eat the beef. At most, they would make up a lie and say that the cattle were too tired to commit suicide by jumping into the river. They would learn from Cheng Yaojin and commit suicide at home.
This number moved Li Er. Du Ruhui was weak and sickly. He looked at it shakily and said,"Your Majesty, these Arabic numbers are indeed subtle. I feel that the people of the Great Tang should learn them and use them in mathematics and accounts.”
Li Er nodded and praised," It's indeed useful. Yan Hou's contribution of such wonderful words can save many scholars a lot of time and resources. It's indeed not bad. You will be rewarded after you finish physics."”
After the formula was completed, Yan Jue began to make a stand. Soon, a triangular stand was made. One end of the long pillar was holding a hemp rope, and the other end was fixed to the square with a rope.
The famous physicist, Archmedes, once said," If you give me a pivot, I can move the entire Earth. Archmedes was even older than the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, as early as B.C., there were Westerners who pointed out that the Earth was round. I'm afraid that no one in the Great Tang would believe that the Earth was round."
After he was done with the support, Yan Jue folded his sleeves and chuckled."Your Majesty, sirs, Lord Wei Zheng, it's time to witness a miracle. Please pull this rope with all your might, Lord Wei Zheng, and Fang Zun will be easily lifted.”
Li Er and the ministers were surprised, and so was Wei Zheng. He circled Fang Zun and muttered,"Just this one pivot point is enough for this old man to lift this thousand jin square statue? I don't believe it, I don't believe it."
However, the next moment, what happened to Wei Zheng made the ministers and Li Er's jaws drop. Wei Zheng pulled hard and Fang Zun rose from the ground.
Wei Zheng was stunned. He quickly pulled the rope down. The square statue was two meters off the ground and above his head. Wei Zheng, who did not believe it, stepped on the pillar with one foot. The square statue did not fall for a long time.
Wei Zheng looked up at everyone in disbelief. When he realized that everyone was staring at him, Wei Zheng put Fang Zun back to his original spot and swallowed his saliva.
This was too strange. Just these few pieces of rotten wood could make someone lift a thousand pounds? This subverted Wei Zheng and everyone's concept of weight.
"How is it, Lord Wei Zheng?" Yan Jue gloated.”
Wei Zheng shook his head and sighed.”
"How can this be considered a strange and obscene skill?" Yan Jue said unhappily. "This is physics. You don't understand. If you give me a suitable pivot, I can move the entire Nine Provinces.”
This sentence frightened Li Er and everyone else. Li Er asked suspiciously,"Marquis Yan, how big is the Nine Prefectures? Can you really lift up such a huge Nine Provinces?”
Zhangsun Wuji chuckled." Your Majesty, Marquis Yan's words are unexplainable. Even if he can rise, where are we going to find a support point for him?"”
The ministers nodded in agreement.
Yan Jue pointed to the sky and said," The pivot is easy to find. The pivot is thousands of miles away in the sky. You may not know this, but the Nine Regions we live in is actually a huge earth ball. There is a country overseas called Ancient Greece. They called the Nine Regions Earth, so the land we live on is round.”
"Nonsense, how is that possible?"
"What nonsense. How can it be round? Which part of it looks round?"
"Marquis Yan, don't forget your words." Du Ruhui also frowned.
"Haha." Yan Jue chuckled and said," If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can send a fleet to set off from the coast of the East Sea. In less than three to five years, the fleet of the Tang Empire will enter the East from Tubo.”
Li Er frowned. Although he felt that it was ridiculous, he wanted to prove that the earth was round. However, Li Er sighed and said,"How big is the Eastern Sea? Which ship in the world could cross the ocean?”
Suddenly, Li Er's eyes lit up. He grabbed Yan Jue's collar and laughed sinisterly."My good Marquis Yan, the Marquis of Langya County of the Great Tang, you must have the skills to build ships, right? Obediently hand it over, and I'll grant you a piece of Feng Shui treasure land in Chang 'an.”
Fengshui treasure land? Yan Jue's heart skipped a beat. Although he wanted to use this precious land to farm, marry a wife, and wait for his death, he felt that it was inappropriate to bring out too advanced technology now because the resources of the Great Tang could not keep up.
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