After several dealings, Mr. Zhang knew nothing about himself and knew it. The dispute between verbalism is definitely not Ye Xingyuan's opponent. If you continue to entangle here, you can only bring shame on yourself. You can only leave and wait until Ye Xingyuan can't figure it out!

The red paper was unveiled, and Ye Xingyuan came over to look at the question, but first heard a sound of surprise around him, because there was only one question, and in the level designs of previous years, it was extremely rare to have only one counting question.

Anyone who is familiar with the Courtesan Conference knows that arithmetic questions like this usually require at least 180. A powerful sea of ​​questions is used to test the numerical ability, and then a large number of people are eliminated. According to common sense, the first level is often the most difficult, with at least 60% or 70% elimination rate, so that the number of people in the next two levels can be controlled.

But this time there was only one question. Could it be that this question alone could make more than 70% of the scholars who participated in this courtesan conference return in vain? This courtesan Ding is too underestimating the people of Hanjiang Prefecture!

Ye Xingyuan was also surprised. After looking closely, he saw a piece of white paper with dense and beautiful handwriting. I don’t know if it was written by the courtesan or written by someone else.

"The cattle shed in the western suburbs of heaven, and the four colors are divided into black, white, brown, yellow, and also divided into male and female. First, the number of female cows is used to determine the number. The number of female cows is the total number of female cows and half of the number of female cows, and one-third of the number of female cows.

The number of black cows is one quarter of the number of yellow cows, one fifth of the number of yellow cows, and the total number of brown cows is added. The number of yellow cows is one sixth of the number of white cows, and one seventh of the number of white cows, and the total number of brown cows is added.

Let’s talk about the number of oxes and the number of white oxes is one-third of the total number of black oxes, plus one-quarter of the total number of black oxes. The number of black oxes is one-quarter of the total number of yellow oxes, plus one-fifth of the total number of yellow oxes. The number of brown oxes is one-sixth of the total number of white oxes, plus one-seventh of the total number of white oxes.

Let’s ask how many cows are there in the heavenly court?”

The literal meaning of this topic, coupled with the rhythm of tongue twisters, can make people crazy! The scholars who came to attend the conference took a breath, and many of the companions who were proficient in arithmetic turned pale. Although they had not calculated carefully, just looking at this topic, you can know that the calculation amount would be extremely large.

If you could give a pencil and a few pieces of draft paper at this time, Ye Xingyuan would have found a corner to squat down and start making equations, and then start drawing circles to curse the questioner.

Where is the simplest level of number calculation in your imagination... What kind of messy questions are all this? Ye Xingyuan thought that with the exclusive magical powers of "nine-nine multiplication table" and "two-dimensional equation", he was enough to stand out for the heroes, kill all directions, and easily break the level.

Ideals are beautiful, but reality is too cruel. Ye Xingyuan is speechless. He is a serious liberal arts student, a master's degree in classical literature and history of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He is proficient in exegesis and pronunciation in elementary schools, and is known as the youngest master of Chinese studies. However, in mathematics, he is really only at the middle school level. He may still remember some algebraic geometry in junior high school, but most of the mathematical supernatural powers in high school were returned to teachers.

If you take this kind of question, you may even be a high school math master. Moreover, his math grades at the peak of middle school are at most considered to be at the middle level among classmates.

By briefly summarizing it up, you can see that there are eight unknown numbers in this question, but only seven equations can be listed, which is obviously a system of uncertain equations.

Fortunately, most ancient numerical arithmetic problems were like this. As long as you can find the minimum solution, even if you complete it, you don’t need to think too much. However, this calculation is extremely complicated and complicated. With no tools in hand, I’m afraid I will really count it for one day!

Ye Xingyuan was still staring at the topic in a daze. Ouyang Ziyu was already in pain in her mind. She looked back at Ye Xingyuan and asked guiltily: "Can you do this question?"

With Miss Ouyang's level, she may be shocked by four operations with three digits or more. This kind of high-end and sophisticated thing involving indefinite equations makes her feel dizzy just by looking at it.

Lu Wei was quite confident, "My cousin is a genius. He wrote nine poems in one breath that day, which shocked the entire school. What is this mere calculation path?"

Ye Xingyuan smiled bitterly. What does writing poetry have to do with arithmetic? I thought that at most, this place was just some questions like chickens and rabbits in the same cage. With the knowledge of later generations and rough mathematical knowledge, as long as I calculate it with a little careful consideration, I will stand out. Who knew that this question was so domineering?

He thought for a while and ordered Lu Wei, "Go and get me a few pieces of white paper and find a charcoal pen." In this case, it is of course unrealistic to rely on mental calculations. Since he has already come in, he has to try it out anyway.

At this time, some people who started calculating directly had already started crying, "What kind of strange question is so complicated?" Someone shouted again, "If you calculate it, it's probably astronomical numbers, and when will you calculate it?"

This is already considered a person with vision. Knowing that the question is difficult and can roughly estimate the difficulty of calculation. More people are stunned and don’t know how to start this strange question at all, so they can only be dazed.

The two people around Mr. Zhang were the accountants he invited from the largest commercial bank in the city. The abacus was exquisite in one hand. At this time, both of them were sweating, writing with a pen in one hand, and flying with five fingers in the other hand, making the abacus crackle.

Although they were not idle, their hearts were completely empty. When they looked at each other, they could see the panic in each other's eyes. They thought they were proficient in math and had no rivals in this mansion. Unexpectedly, they encountered unprecedented problems in the math and science level of the Golden Autumn Flower Court of Hanjiang Mansion!

There were those who closed their eyes and thought hard, and there were those who cried out in a mournful manner, but there were also those who did not leave on the spot. There were also those who were clamoring on this first big ship. In comparison, the new Ding Huakui's pleasure boat was purity.

During the courtesan conference, Miss Ding did not have to greet guests or show up. She just had to rest quietly in the cabin and wait for the final result.

She sat behind the amber bead curtain, stretched out her half of her forearm as white as jade, with her rings and long green fingers, picked up a cup of fragrant tea on the table, took it to her mouth and blew it gently, and then asked, "What's the matter with the first level of calculation?"

Outside the bead curtain, there was a maid in red in a tight-sleeved and long jacket. After hearing the question from Miss Ding, she hurriedly bowed to report, "The news came just now, everyone was at a loss, I am afraid that the lady's question is really too difficult."

In fact, if the wind on the river is quiet, you can prick up your ears and listen carefully, and you can even vaguely hear the complaints on the first ship. Talented men from Hanjiang Prefecture and several nearby prefectures and counties gather here, but no one can face this problem calmly and freely.

Miss Ding said lazily: "But it's just half the question. What's the difficulty? There is really no one in the Hanjiang Mansion. If a master borrows the magical powers of heaven and earth, he can calculate the question clearly in one stick of incense."

When she asked the question, she had deliberately removed the second half, otherwise the final result would have been countless times larger, which was really not the range that these people could calculate today. In order to make this level more realistic, she had to reduce the difficulty.

Even so, there are probably not many people in the entire Hanjiang Mansion who can calculate the answers with no problem by calculating hardships, not to mention the time limit.

The maid in red flatteredly said: "Miss, genius, how can these ordinary people compare to? However, in the Central Plains, the literary style is too strong, and the Taoist articles are emphasized, and the practical learning is neglected. No one pays attention to this method of mathematics, and it is not just a problem with the Hanjiang Prefecture."

Miss Ding was a little excited, "That's it. If there is any news, come and report it to me." The maid in red agreed and turned around with a small step. Miss Ding put down the teacup, retracted her arm into the bead curtain, and sat silently.

On the first big ship, Lu Wei had already found white paper and charcoal pens for Ye Xingyuan. The ship was prepared and all kinds of calculation tools could be borrowed. However, most people chose abacus, and only a few people used paper and pen to calculate.

Ye Xingyuan took the charcoal pen, frowned, and painted like a ghost drawing talisman. He assumed unknown numbers and made equations. This path has been touched for a long time and was unfamiliar with the use of charcoal pen, so it was even more puzzling to draw it.

Ouyang Ziyu was very interested at first, staring at her for a long time, but in the end she couldn't tell anything about it, just felt boring.

She saw that others were either thinking hard or helping with calculations. Only she and Lu Wei stared at each other, and she felt a little embarrassed. She directed Lu Wei and said, "You go and help your cousin. You are also a scholar. You should understand these things, right?"

Lu Wei waved his hands repeatedly and said in panic: "How can I compare with my cousin? I didn't understand anything when my cousin wrote and painted, and I wanted to ask someone for advice."

What Ye Xingyuan wrote is like a word but not a word, like a painting but not a painting. Not to mention Lu Wei, even all the scholars on the ship, including a group of math masters, could not understand it. Perhaps in their eyes, those mathematical symbols may be the same as drawing spells...

Ye Xingyuan felt relaxed at this time, and was in a daze as if he had returned to his youthful middle school years, and was working on math problems with difficulty beside his teachers and classmates.

He knew that he was not an arithmetic genius, but he was patient and careful. As long as he could find a method and solve it step by step with a stupid method, he would always get the correct result.

What's more, in this world, the solution to systems of equations can probably be considered a unique magical power. I don't know how much more skillful the method of powerful calculations is, and it can't be considered a stupid method.

Ye Xingyuan patiently substituted the eclipse and calculated step by step. The noise in his ears gradually disappeared, and he devoted himself to this complex algorithm problem.

Time flies half an hour, and by this time, the most outstanding arithmetic masters have fallen into a bottleneck. The method and principle of this question are actually not much different from the questions recorded in "Nine Chapters" and "Unified Return". The only difference is that the conditions are more complex, so the order of magnitude that needs to be calculated is even larger.

The title in "Nine Chapters" is only two or three yuan, and the order of magnitude calculated is at most hundreds or thousands, but this question is enough for eight yuan. The rough estimate of the order of magnitude calculated is above one million, or even tens of millions! How do people calculate this?

Against the backdrop of a group of people gritting their teeth, being stunned, or being red-faced, Ye Xingyuan wore a blue shirt and sat scattered on the ground, concentrating and calming, which made him look a little prominent.
Chapter completed!