Chapter 49

Of course, Xu Wenzhao did not finish his sentence.

If Shen Lang answered more than five questions correctly, it would prove that Xu Wenzhao was making trouble out of nothing. He would have to apologize to Shen Lang in front of everyone.

However, was that even possible?

It was impossible for the sun to rise in the west.

"Remember, you have half an hour to answer the questions!"

Then, Xu Wenzhao personally lit a stick of incense.

It took exactly one hour for the incense to finish burning.

…

Seeing this scene, Mr. Count could not help but shake his head helplessly.

Later on, Shen Lang would probably have to suffer!

Xu Wenzhao was like this when he was young. He had no tolerance for others and was extremely competitive.

However, as a successful master, the most important thing was to use the right people. Put the key talents in the key positions.

Make the best use of the talents. Previously, Mr. Count was successful in this aspect. However, facing this situation, he was really helpless.

On the left was his son-in-law. Although he was naughty and had a certain generation gap with him. However, deep down, Mr. Count appreciated and liked this son-in-law.

On the right was his confidant. He had been in charge of the accountant's office for more than 20 years. He was someone he relied on a lot.

Therefore, sometimes, even a master couldn't do as he pleased.

For the teenagers present, it was a wonderful show.

They were so excited that they could hardly control themselves. Shen Lang actually fought against the most powerful teacher, Mr. Xu Wenzhao. It was a rare occurrence.

They were looking forward to it.

Although they were a little on Shen Lang's side, they wanted to see Shen Lang get whipped a hundred times.

Who asked you to marry our goddess?

If you're not unlucky, how can everyone be happy?

…

When Shen Lang took the ten questions and looked at them, he could not help but whisper in his heart.

Aiya!

I thought Xu Wenzhao had racked his brain for more than an hour. How difficult would the questions be?

It turned out to be that simple!

Asking me, a master's student, to solve ten arithmetic questions is like using a butcher's knife to kill a pig!

Look at the first question.

The first person holds one grain of rice, the second person holds two grains, and the third person holds three grains. A total of one hundred people.

Question: How many grains of rice do these 100 people hold?

Was this the fourth grade of primary school? And it's a fifth-grade math problem?

When Shen Lang wrote down the answer, he felt like an idiot for trying to solve such a simple question.

Of course, to Shen Lang, this question was indeed too easy to look at, but to the people of this world, it was difficult enough.

At the very least, among the dozen or so students present, there was basically no one who could answer this question in a short period of time.

(This question won the 1993 Mathematics Olympiad for Grade 4 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 was still very simple for Shen Lang, it was already very difficult for this world.

Today, there are things whose number is unknown. Two are left after three, three are left after five, and two are left after seven. The total number is less than a hundred. How many things are there?

Not bad, you're even using equations now.

In less than three seconds, Shen Lang came up with the answer 23, without even using the alien computer.

The third question was even more interesting.

Three people walk together for seventy years, five trees for twenty-one plum blossoms, seven children reunite for half a month, one hundred and five people know!

Did you think that by writing a poem, it could cover up the truth that it was a simple math problem?

Shen Lang still answered the question effortlessly.

Then came the fourth, fifth, sixth … ninth question.

Really, none of the questions could make Shen Lang feel the slightest bit difficult.

None of the questions could take him more than two minutes.

Therefore, he placed all his expectations on the last question.

…

This last question actually took up an entire page. When Shen Lang took a look, he could not help but widen his eyes.

This question was quite interesting, but it was quite difficult!

It was even super difficult!

There were a total of twenty trees, four trees per row, and a maximum of a few rows.

Draw the planting method. If there are less than fourteen lines, this question will fail!

This question looked simple, but it was a millennium-old math problem on Earth.

Ordinary people always thought that there were a total of twenty trees, four trees per row, and that would be five lines.

Of course, this was not the case. Because the trees could be planted in irregular shapes, and that would be more than five lines.

In the sixteenth century, the Romans completed the arrangement of sixteen lines.

In the eighteenth century, the famous mathematician Gauss completed the arrangement of eighteen lines.

It was not until the end of the twentieth century that two computer experts used computers to complete the arrangement of twenty lines.

This was already a record.

Twenty trees, four trees per row, and twenty lines were planted.

However, in the twenty-first century, a new record was set. Someone completed the arrangement of twenty-three lines.

This question was also the one that Xu Wenzhao was most proud of. He had found it in an ancient arithmetic book.

Then, he never got tired of it. After ten years, he finally completed the arrangement of the twenty-four lines.

Not only that, he also liked to use this question to embarrass everyone.

This included his colleagues in the Count House, the Count Lord, and those scholars who had just passed the exams.

This was because no one's math skills could reach his level.

When he completed the arrangement of the twenty-four lines, he would receive a shocked and amazed expression from others.

Now, he was using this question to test Shen Lang as the final question of the test.

Of course, he did not expect Shen Lang to solve it. He just wanted to show off.

I'll let you, Shen Lang, see exactly how awesome I, Xu Wenzhao, am!

Well, for Xu Wenzhao, to be able to solve the arrangement of fourteen lines was indeed awesome.

However, for Shen Lang, this was not the level of the sixteenth century.

But he could easily draw the arrangement of twenty-three lines, which was at least a thousand years ahead of Xu Wenzhao's answer.

Twenty trees, four trees per row, and twenty-three lines were planted.

This was simply heaven-defying. It completely crushed Xu Wenzhao's fourteen lines!

He was afraid that Xu Wenzhao would be scared out of his wits!

…

For the first nine questions, Shen Lang only used less than ten minutes to complete them.

For the last question, he used more than half an hour!

Of course, his answer was very fast in his mind. In an instant, he came up with the most awesome answer. It was a record-breaking answer.

However, it took a certain amount of time to present it on paper.

This was a very precise geometric pattern. There could not be a single mistake.

Therefore, it took Shen Lang more than half an hour to complete it.

While he was answering the questions, the Count Lord and the Old Master did not watch from the side in order to not give him any pressure.

Xu Wenzhao sat on top and watched Shen Lang answer the questions. He was very proud of himself.

He had been paying attention to Shen Lang. He realized that Shen Lang did not spend much time on the first nine questions. Instead, Shen Lang spent most of his time on the last question.

This was a very normal behavior.

In his opinion, the first nine questions were hard questions. If he knew it, he knew it. If he didn't, he didn't know it.

However, Shen Lang definitely did not know it. Even if his brain exploded, he would not know it. Therefore, after glancing at the questions, he randomly wrote an answer.

As for the last question, although it was the most difficult, it was a soft question.

Twenty trees, four trees in each row. How many rows could there be?

Anyone who saw this question would have hope in their heart. Then, they would crazily try to solve it.

In the end, he realized that even if he spent a few months, he would not be able to solve it.

Xu Wenzhao spent more than ten years to complete the arrangement of the fourteen rows.

Therefore, it could be concluded that Shen Lang would not be able to solve half of the questions.

A hundred lashes had become a foregone conclusion.

Why was Xu Wenzhao so sure?

It was because Shen Lang did not use any calculation process for the first nine questions. He did not use any calculation chips.

Even if he was a master of mathematics, it would take him a long time to calculate.

In this day and age, there was no calculation chip. Once it was useless, it could only mean one thing. He did not know anything. He was just writing blindly.

Xu Wenzhao was not the only one who thought so. The Count Lord thought so too.

Shen Lang did not use any calculation chips. He was afraid that he would not be able to solve a single question.

This is troublesome.

Do I really have to watch him get whipped a hundred times?

This kid's skin was soft and tender. Plus, Xu Wenzhao did not know the severity of the situation. What if he was injured?

Therefore, the Count Lord quickly gave a look.

Suddenly, a servant outside the door quickly ran to report to the Count's wife.

Next, Xu Wenzhao wanted to whip Shen Lang. The Count Lord couldn't stop him, but the Count's wife was a woman.

After solving all ten questions, Shen Lang could have handed in the paper, but he deliberately did not. Instead, he stared at the questions in a daze.

Xu Wenzhao's heart was even happier.

You little white face. Even if you stared at the questions for ten years, you would not be able to solve them.

You don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. How dare you provoke me? How dare you block my way? How dare you take away my nephew's good thing?

I will beat you to death later.

Because of the wind, it took less than an hour for the incense to burn down.

Xu Wenzhao said coldly, "Time's up. Hand in the paper!"

Then, he walked down and took away the paper on Shen Lang's desk.

"Ignorant and incompetent. You didn't listen in class and dared to talk nonsense. Since you have learned it, ignorant people have no fear …" Xu Wenzhao said lightly.

Then, he took Shen Lang's answer and looked at it.

The first question.

Xu Wenzhao looked at it with disdain. Then, his eyes moved to the second question. He instinctively wanted to put a big cross on it.

But after pausing for a second, his eyes returned to the first question.

Did he … get it right?

How is this possible?

Although the first question was the simplest, it was far beyond the content he was teaching.

Those who did not understand advanced arithmetic could only add one plus two, plus three, plus four, and so on. By the time they reached 100, the incense's time would have already been used up.

However, Shen Lang gave the most accurate answer.

Then, he looked at the second question and it was still correct.

The third question was still correct.

Xu Wenzhao felt that something was wrong. His face instantly changed.

The fourth and fifth questions were still correct.

In fact, they could not be more correct. Shen Lang's way of solving questions was more brilliant and accurate than Xu Wenzhao's.

Xu Wenzhao's back began to sweat.

He had personally said that as long as Shen Lang answered five questions correctly, he would apologize to Shen Lang in public.

Now that Shen Lang had answered all five questions correctly, what should he do?

Next, Xu Wenzhao looked at the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth questions!

He was no longer breaking out in a cold sweat. He was completely shocked.