Just as he was about to speak, Li You continued to ask,"A mother and son went to buy fragrant rice and flour. They bought one jin of fragrant rice and two jin of flour, spending a total of thirty-two wen. When they got home, they realized that it was not enough, so they went to the shop to buy two jin of fragrant rice and one jin of flour at the same price, spending a total of twenty-eight wen. Then how much was the fragrant rice and flour per catty?”
"This…this…"
Liu Sanxing's face was flushed red, and even many of the officials in the court began to think.
How…how much was it?
After thinking about it, they were shocked to find that they could not figure out this question for a while!
"Eight wens per catty of fragrant rice and twelve wens per catty of flour!”Li You sneered and said," If Lord Liu doesn't know, why don't you change to another one?”
"Some old people went to the market and bought a pile of pears. One pear for each person, one more pear, two pears for each person, and two less pears.”
Everyone in the morning court was subconsciously immersed in Li You's sudden brainstorm. Even Li Shiming was thinking hard.
"What the hell are these questions?" The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt that it was a roundabout way." How did Yang Jie think of these questions?”
Just as everyone was thinking hard, Li You had already announced the answer."There are a total of three old people and four pears!”
The ministers who were still thinking about the problem were all shocked. Some of them flew into a rage out of humiliation and said,"Isn't Your Highness calculating too quickly? This is simply impossible!"
"That's right. How would we know if His Highness is deliberately asking some unreasonable questions and then randomly saying some numbers to fool us?”
Everyone was furious. After all, they had been beaten up by Li You on three consecutive questions, which made them feel very embarrassed.
It couldn't be that the elites of the entire Great Tang gathered here couldn't even compare to Li You, right?
"Is this question very difficult?" Li You smiled coldly. If one person had two pears, then the two old people would need four pears. If there were three pears, then there would be one less pear, which did not meet the condition of two pears less.”
" Then, let's guess that there are four pears for three old people. This obviously meets the first condition. If an old person gets two pears, then three old people need six pears. If there are four pears, then there are two fewer pears. Therefore, the final answer is four pears for three old people!”
Li You's words made many people feel like their heads were about to explode.
As for those who were smart, such as the Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian, after thinking for a moment, their eyes immediately lit up.
"Wonderful! That's the reason!"
Immediately, there were a few others who started to mutter to themselves.
"I see!"
"I didn't expect there to be such a solution!"
These words made the confused ministers even more confused. Why couldn't I understand His Highness the King of Chu's words at all?
By the way, do you really understand or are you pretending to understand?!
Immediately, someone cast an angry gaze over. This kind of atmosphere where others understood but they did not, made it seem like their intelligence was inferior to others. It was really terrible.
"Then I wonder if Lord Liu understands or not?”
At this moment, Li You had already looked at Liu Sanxing with a meaningful gaze.
Obviously, Liu Sanxing didn't understand at all. His face had turned purple. He felt that he had lost a lot of face in front of His Majesty and his colleagues.
"This…this is only because I don't know how to calculate! It doesn't mean anything!"
"Oh?" Li You pressed on step by step." You're just the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and you're not even proficient in mathematics? Where is your so-called experience as the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue?”
"This…I…I…"
Liu Sanxing subconsciously took a few steps back and his body swayed. Li You shouted coldly,"Moreover, even your mathematics is far inferior to this king. What right do you have to tell this king how to make money?？”
Liu Sanxing's mouth was wide open, and his fingers were trembling violently!
"Ignorant, ignorant, arrogant, and complacent…I've never seen such a shameless person!”
Li You's three-hit combo completely destroyed Liu Sanxing's defense line. His face turned pale and he fell to the ground!
"Who else wants to question my talent in this field?”
Li You turned his head again, his deep gaze sweeping across the entire scene.
"This king always welcomes everyone to come and seek advice.”
The ministers were silent.
They looked at Li You in surprise, then at Liu Sanxing, and then at each other.
At this moment, no one dared to step forward!
They had just suffered the contempt of their intelligence in mathematics. If they stood out without any confidence at this time, they would very likely be slapped in the face by Li You again, causing them to lose face greatly. No one would do that.
" It seems that everyone can't deny that mathematics and making money are closely related." Li You smiled." Very good.”
Especially the two questions that Li You asked just now, both of which were related to business. At this moment, no one had the face to jump out and question Li You.
However, they were still very unconvinced.
" Arithmetic is just a little Doyle. Even if you're proficient in mathematics, it doesn't mean you're proficient in making money…"
Another person muttered softly. Li You immediately looked over with a smile."Hmm? Which lord was speaking? Can you please come out for a moment?"
Immediately, the officials all shrank back subconsciously, and no one admitted it.
Li Shi Min coughed and said,"Alright, although I can't tell you the details, I can guarantee King Chu's talent in this field.”
His subordinates were being bullied by Li You, and no one dared to speak. Even Li Shimin couldn't stand it anymore.
When Li Shiming said that, everyone was stunned and started to discuss in low voices.
He did not expect that King Chu would have His Majesty personally endorse him in this aspect!
This time, it seemed that there was a conclusion as to whether King Chu was good at making money or not. This was because Li Shiming had personally made the final judgment. If they doubted, they would be questioning Li Shiming's judgment!
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