As Ye Qing and others began to go to Qufu County, Zhu Shijie, who was originally alone with Xiao Zhen, had a beautiful little lady behind him. Although she was wearing a coarse cloth shirt and skirt, it was still obvious that at the age of about sixteen or seventeen, if she changed into beautiful clothes, her appearance would definitely be even more amazing.

The young lady lowered her head and followed Zhu Shijie. At this time, Ye Qing also learned from Xiao Zhen that this Zhu Shijie was actually a great mathematician, which made him quite appreciated by Zhu Xi and others.

As for the little lady who had been following him, it was actually a woman who was sold to a brothel because her father owed debts and then fled. When he was being chased and beaten by a madam and a friend on the street, he happened to be met by Zhu Shijie. So, after the madam's father's debt was extorted by Zhu Shijie for fifty taels of silver, he redeemed the woman.

Although Xiao Zhen is not assigned any official position on Shandong East Road, he has been following Lu Yanlun to expand Yangzhou and Jinan Prefecture in the past two years, so he is now quite influential on Shandong East Road. Even the magistrate of Qufu County should treat him with courtesy and high standards when he sees him.

So Xiao Zhen had already arranged the residence after Ye Qing arrived in Qufu. Since Ye Qing entered Qufu, he had entered the trap set by hunters, and there was air conditioning behind him.

Zhong Can and Jia She were called in front of Ye Qing personally, no matter whether it was the magistrate or anyone else, in short, no one was allowed to let them meet with him, so as not to be completely involved in the need to repair the Confucius Temple.

Although Ye Qing has been plotted by Xiao Zhen to be involved in the conspiracy of repairing the Confucius Temple, Ye Qing has not made up his mind for a while. Along the way, although he has seen that most of the affected fields can be cultivated, he is not very clear whether the fields that were just ravaged last year can usher in the ideal autumn harvest after spring plowing, and Ye Qing is not sure about this.

So, judging from his current shortage of money, he didn't want to repair it at all, but now Xiao Zhen stopped him in Qufu, and Zhu Xi and others were waiting for him to come here on his own initiative. Ye Qing is now in a difficult situation.

Xiao Zhen and Zhu Shijie followed him all the way to the inn that they had prepared for him for a long time, and the two had no intention of leaving.

After asking the two to sit down, Ye Qing had to ask: "Mr. Xiao, you shouldn't look at me like this. Are you really afraid that I will run away? And you, the repair of the Confucius Temple should have little to do with you, right? Why do you want to stay here too?"

Zhu Shijie's face turned red again, and he looked at Ye Qing with a hurdle, then looked at Xiao Zhen, who was sitting on the side with a smile. His lips moved for a long time, but he still couldn't say a complete sentence.

Xiao Zhen sat aside and smiled without saying a word. He brought Zhu Shijie. It was because when he was expanding Yangzhou City, Ye Qing once said proudly in front of him, that is, he had a calculation method that was faster and more convenient than calculating the chips, and he didn't need to bring abacus or the sticks that used calculating the chips.

Zhu Shijie can be said to be a young man who is extremely obsessed with mathematics. In addition, Xiao Zhen admires him quite a bit, so in order to keep this young man by his side, he told Zhu Shijie what Ye Qing bragged about in front of him and he didn't even believe him, which made Zhu Shijie curious and wanted to see the faster calculation method that was added to Xiao Zhen's fire.

However, since Zhu Shijie met Ye Qing, especially when he knew that Ye Qing's true identity was actually the governor of all the Song dynasties in the north, he instantly lost the courage to compete with Ye Qing. The reason why he still followed Ye Qing to his post at this moment was that he was still very curious, but he just didn't dare to speak.

Xiao Zhen looked at Zhu Shijie, who was sweating with anxiety or fear under Ye Qing's gaze, smiled bitterly and said, "It's really the shadow of a famous tree. It can calmly calmly, so he calmly suppressed this obsessed with mathematics."

He knew that even when Zhu Shijie faced some great scholars such as Zhu Xi, as long as it was related to mathematics, Zhu Shijie could talk with great confidence no matter how many times he was in front of him. However, after seeing Ye Qing today, even though Ye Qing always smiled easily, Zhu Shijie faced that equally easy-going gaze, for some reason, but for the confidence in mathematics, he disappeared without a trace and did not dare to ask Ye Qing for advice in person.

After hearing Xiao Zhen’s explanation for Zhu Shijie, Ye Qing suddenly realized that the reason why this young man appeared was just to compete with him in calculating things.

Abacus has appeared at this time, but it is not the same as in later generations. Calculation is still popular in the world. Therefore, although some people can use the calculation method of abacus, at this time, because the person who wrote "Enlightenment of Mathematics" has not yet written the basically the same abacus method as in later generations.

In today's calculations, although the so-called mainstream still uses calculation chips to calculate, just like when Xiao Zhen was expanding Yangzhou City, he used small sticks to calculate under the city wall. Ye Qing kept saying sarcastic words, so the meaning of the number zero is not yet. When zero is still replaced by empty spaces in the calculation chips, coupled with Ye Qing making trouble next to him, Xiao Zhen squatted under the city wall and calculated several times, and all calculated different results. In the end, Ye Qing was harshly ridiculed.

"I want to ask the adults for a faster calculation method." After hearing Xiao Zhen speak for him, Zhu Shijie hurriedly got up and said to Ye Qing.

Looking at Zhu Shijie's nervous sweat, Ye Qing smiled. Unexpectedly, the old things that happened back then were still resentful by Xiao Zhen, and he resented himself until now.

"Mr. Xiao, if I really come up with a quick algorithm, can you be able to adapt..." Ye Qing's eyes turned and he began to bargain with Xiao Zhen.

"Even if you can take it out, it will be approved by Mr. Zhu. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will swear me again." Xiao Zhen hurriedly blocked Ye Qing's cheating path, and then shook his head and said, "As for the tranquility, I'm really sorry for Lord Ye. Among so many scholars, I don't have that influence, let alone in this matter. I'm just a slave who was kidnapped and sent to the point of being enslaved."

"You have pushed all the money." Ye Qing didn't care about Xiao Zhen's words, but it scared Zhu Shijie, who had been nervous on the side, and she felt cold sweat on her forehead again.

Xiao Zhen had no affiliation with him, and strictly speaking, Xiao Zhen was still a Jin man. If it weren't for his relationship with Lu Yanlun, Xiao Zhen wouldn't have paid much attention to him, and wouldn't have helped him build the two cities of Yangzhou and Jinan.

"Then... the student is brave enough to compete with Lord Ye..." Zhu Shijie saluted to Ye Qing again.

After a while, when Zhu Shijie faced Ye Qing, he actually changed three self-proclaimers in succession. First he claimed to be a young man, and then changed his name to the lower class. Now that he saw that Ye Qing had no intention of objection, he instantly called himself a student again. This completely treated Ye Qing as a great scholar like Zhu Xi.

"Forget it. Since you often travel around and search for the best answers for your calculations in your mind, I won't show off my skills. But..." Ye Qing stroked his chin and thought for a while, saying, "I have a suggestion, and I hope you see if it is feasible."

After saying that, regardless of whether Zhu Shijie was willing or not, he asked Zhong Can to bring paper and pen, and then wrote out the Arabic numerals from zero to nine.

Zhu Shijie, who was standing beside him frowned, and when Xiao Zhen saw Zhu Shijie frowned, he immediately came over with interest. He thought, "Would Lord Ye really have this ability? It can make this little madman who is obsessed with mathematics treat it so seriously."

Ye Qing didn't pretend to be mysterious. Without waiting for Zhu Shijie to ask, he began to talk about everything he knew about Arabic numerals, especially when talking about the number zero, when he understood that in addition to being able to replace the empty space in the calculation sheet, his eyes instantly became particularly bright. Then, through the quick inquiries, Ye Qing also frankly did everything he knew. As for what he didn't know, he shrugged his shoulders very frankly, indicating that he didn't know.

Time was dark without realizing it, and when Ye Qing looked out the window impatiently several times, Zhu Shijie still ignored it, completely devoid of his previous timidity and caution, observing his words and expressions, tirelessly disregarding Ye Qing's impatientness, and he wanted to empty out the little thing about math in Ye Qing's belly.

So until Jia She's report came from outside, and when Zhu Xi and others came to visit, Zhu Shijie raised his head and looked out the window: "Ah, it's so late."

Looking at the confused and innocent expression, Ye Qing wanted to kick the bastard out, but after thinking about the food he had just eaten in his stomach and the tea that Zhu Shijie made for him, Lord Ye resisted the violence against Zhu Shijie.

As Zhu Xi's footsteps rang outside, Zhu Shijie, who stretched his waist, hurriedly looked at the things on the table, which had been written and painted by him. I'm afraid even he himself would take a long time to figure it out, and then folded them all.

"Sir... can these students be taken back and pondered?" Zhu Shijie asked nervously as if he was afraid that Ye Qing would not let him take him away, or was afraid that others would see him.

Ye Qing shrugged his shoulders, patted his stomach and said, "But I warn you, everything I know has told you. Even if you don't understand tomorrow, you can only figure it out and answer it yourself. Don't bother me anymore, otherwise..." Ye Qing sneered at the moment Zhu Xi walked in and said, "Otherwise, I will throw you into the prison..."

"Don't worry, the students have remembered everything that the adults have explained, but they still need to go back and think more. I hope the adults agree." Zhu Xi, who did not walk in at all, just looked at Ye Qing with a gaze, waiting for others to nod and allow.
Chapter completed!