I want to do things on the Westward Journey

Chapter 179 How many times can it be folded in half at most?

The King of Wuji Kingdom was very happy when he heard this and hurriedly ordered: "Invite them in!"

"According to the order!" the eunuch agreed and walked out, and soon brought Chen Xiao and Xiao Bing'er to the main hall.

Chen Xiao slapped the king of Wuji Kingdom, and said, "Your Majesty, the poor are being polite!"

"You are welcome, Daoist, give me a seat and watch tea!"

Some eunuchs and maids were busy for a while, moved seats for Chen Ling and Xiao Binger, and brought tea.

The king of Wuji Kingdom smiled and said, "Prince Immortal, I have heard from the prince just now, do you want to take these two young men back?"

"Yes!" Chen Ling nodded, and said: "Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, these two young people are the reincarnation of spirit beasts from the fairy world, so the poor must take them away, and please allow your majesty to do so conveniently! "

"Haha!" The king of Wuji Kingdom laughed loudly when he heard it, and said, "Master Taoist, you are said to be a person with magic power. Even if you take them away by force, I can't do anything about it. But, I want to tell the priest Honestly, what do you think?"

"Oh?" Chen Xiao was taken aback after hearing this, and said, "Your Majesty, what reason do you want to explain?"

The king of Wuji Kingdom said: "Mystery, what I want to say is very simple. Now, this son has become a eunuch, so he is a member of our palace, and this girl has also entered the palace, that is also People from our palace."

Chen Ling frowned, and said, "Your Majesty, what exactly do you mean? Do you want to say that I have also entered the hall now, and I am also from the Wuji Kingdom?"

"Haha!" The king of Wuji Kingdom smiled and said, "Master Dao, I didn't mean that. Although our Wuji Kingdom is very friendly to Taoists, I don't want to restrict the personal freedom of Taoists. I mean, Shi Shibao and Shi Yuan The son made a lot of noise in the palace and brought some troubles to our palace, so if the Taoist priest wants to take them away, does he want to show us something?"

Chen Xiao said: "Your Majesty, do you mean you want money?"

"Yes!" The king of Wuji Kingdom smiled and said, "Master Daoist, what do you think?"

Shi Shibao cried out as soon as he heard it, and said, "Chen Xiao, you must take Yuan'er and me away, so you pay the money!"

Chen Xiao and Xiao Bing'er looked at each other, and Xiao Bing'er asked: "Your Majesty, how much do you want?"

"Haha, not much, not much," the King of Wuji Kingdom laughed and said, "Master Daoist, I want to ask you a question. Have you ever played chess while practicing?"

Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, but he understood immediately. It seemed that the king of the Wuji Kingdom really had no good intentions and wanted to use that math problem to defraud him of his money?

However, how could Chen Xiao be stumped by this matter?He was thinking in his heart, since you want to cheat me, then let's compete who is better! ,

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, of course I have played chess. What do you want to say?"

"Hehe!" The king of Wuji Kingdom was very happy when he heard that, and said, "Master Daoist, since you have played chess before, let me ask you, do you know how many grids there are on a chessboard?"

"Of course I know this," Chen Xiao said with a smile, "Your Majesty, this chessboard has a total of 71 grids. If you count the river boundary, there are a total of 72 grids."

"Okay, the Taoist priest is really knowledgeable," the King of Wuji Kingdom said with a smile: "In that case, I would like to ask the Taoist priest to give me some silver coins. We will use these 72 grids as the standard. What do you think?"

Chen Xiao was still pretending to be stupid, and said, "Your Majesty, please speak clearly, okay?"

"Boy, tell the Taoist priest!" The king of Wuji Kingdom was very happy. He thought that Chen Xiao would be fooled, so he narrowed his eyes.

The prince of Wuji Kingdom smiled and said: "Master Dao, what my father means is this. There are 72 grids on the chessboard, and we only want to charge you a few pennies for these 72 grids. For example, you only need to use the [-] grids. Put one penny in the first grid, two penny in the second grid, four penny in the third grid, eight penny in the fourth grid, and so on. share?"

Just when Xiao Bing'er was about to speak, Chen Xiao started laughing and said, "Your Majesty, Prince, I am really going to die laughing."

The king of Wuji Kingdom was taken aback, and said, "Master Daoist, what do you mean by that?"

"Hehe, what do you think?" Chen Xiao said with a smile: "I said, Your Majesty, is your Wuji country poor and crazy? Is the treasury so empty that you actually thought of collecting money every penny? This article For money, two coins, four coins, and eight coins, even if there are 72 grids, I’m afraid there will be no more than ten taels of silver in total, right?”

"Huh?" Xiao Bing'er was stunned when she heard this, she wanted to remind Chen Ling, but on second thought, the senior brother must have his own reasons.

When the king of Wuji Kingdom and the prince heard this, the eyes of both of them showed excitement.

The two looked at each other, and the king of Wuji Kingdom said, "Master Dao, what do you mean, you agreed to do this?"

"Haha, it's not a big deal!" Chen Xiao smiled coldly and said, "However, I can see that His Majesty is very interested in arithmetic, right?"

The king of Wuji Kingdom smiled and said: "Master Daoist, you are right. I really like the knowledge of arithmetic. Then you mean to give me 72 squares of money?"

Chen Xiao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I not only want to give you money, but also double it. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"Haha, is this true?" The king of Wuji Kingdom was overjoyed when he heard that, and said, "Master Daoist, please take the money? Come, open the treasury and prepare to move the money!"

Chen Ling smiled and said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute, I have something to say!"

The king of Wuji Kingdom said: "Master Daoist, do you want to go back on your word?"

"Haha, of course not," Chen Xiao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I just said that I would give you double the money, but there is a condition!"

The king of Wuji Kingdom said: "Master Taoist, what conditions do you have?"

Chen Xiao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, since you like math, I'll give you a simple math problem. If you answer correctly, I'll give you double the money, how about it?"

"Okay, okay!" The king of Wuji Kingdom was very happy when he heard that, and said, "Master Daoist, why don't you just say it?"

When Chen Xiao saw that the king had been fooled, she sneered and said, "Your Majesty, I want to ask, is there any silk or cloth in your black chicken country?"

"Yes, yes," said the king of Wuji Kingdom, "Master Daoist, what do you mean?"

Chen Xiao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have solved the arithmetic problem of Pindao. May I ask Your Majesty, if I give you a piece of silk, how many times can you fold the silk in half? Of course, you don't need to cut it with a knife when you fold it in half. It can be folded in half by hand!"

The king of Wuji Kingdom laughed when he heard it, and said, "Master Dao, isn't your question too simple? If a piece of silk is big enough, it can be folded in half a hundred times without any problem!"

(End of this chapter)