I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Bei Yan casually said the truth that the comparison was too shocking, then he unfolded the straw paper and looked at the process carefully.Although a lot of extremely obscure classical Chinese was used in the proof process, and the way of expression is also extremely strange. It does not look like a mathematical research, but more like a parallel prose, but judging from his geometric skills, the whole process should be no problem at all. .

And it's far more than just "no problem"—Bei Yan took a look at the calligraphy that would definitely enter the exhibition, couldn't help but sigh, and said something that was both cathartic and self-pitying from the bottom of his heart:

"Hey, the gap between people is really bigger than between people and dogs!"

·

Wang Zhi took the few straw papers, and also looked at them carefully.

But as a standard liberal arts student who had broken up with mathematics since high school, Wang Zhi quickly put down the paper, using calmness to cover up the embarrassment that he could not understand at all.

"So, can you confirm this person's mathematical talent?"

"It's absolutely certain." Bei Yan, who was sitting across from him, nodded immediately: "Of course, it doesn't mean that there is anything special about solving this problem, and this problem is not too difficult..."

Mu Chen was drinking water, and immediately coughed violently when he heard this sentence.Bei Yan circulated these scraps of paper before, and he also took a look at them. He couldn't understand a single word of those papery proofs. After scanning around, he could only glimpse the sketches drawn on the back of the scraps of paper—the simple graphs The seventeen or eighteen auxiliary lines are densely drawn, crisscrossing and weaving densely. It doesn't look like a schematic diagram, but rather some kind of unpredictable magic circle... Mu Chen can't even remember the marks of those auxiliary lines.

Bei Yan squinted at him with a calm expression.

"—Although this question is the final question of the competition selection, it is limited in terms of absolute difficulty." He said indifferently: "In general, as long as it is a student who can be recommended to the Department of Mathematics of Beiqing, it should take a little time. It can be done. But the key is not this. The key is that this question uses a lot of theorems in "Elements of Geometry", and the proof idea is completely new, which is completely different from the ancient Chinese mathematics system... In other words, this It only took less than a week for the official surnamed Zu to basically master most of the content in "Elements of Geometry". If you consider the foundation of geometry in this era, then his learning ability..."

The few modern people around the long table were silent.You may not know any mathematics, but you understand what this set of operations means.To put it simply, there may be quite a few mobile game players in the country who can become the king, but whoever can complete this achievement with a broken mobile phone with a broken touch screen and the broken Internet speed of Tianyi 3G, I'm afraid...

Mu Chen was silent for a moment, and finally murmured:

"So, he really belonged to Zu Chongzhi—?"

"I can't be sure now." Bei Yan shrugged: "After all, mathematical talent should not be inherited... But no matter whether his ancestors have taken junior high school mathematics textbooks, this kind of person must not be let go for nothing. If you really want him To stay in the Middle Ages is simply the greatest waste, and even a crime against history."

Mu Chen blinked.As a modern person who grew up reading biographies of scientists, he certainly understands the incomparable role of this kind of mathematical genius in promoting the development of human history; even to put it bluntly and vulgarly, all the characters they met in the Middle Ages are tied together. Not as valuable as this small official with the ancestral surname... Because of this, he used his brain a little and quickly came to a conclusion:

"Such a talent must be recruited, right? Otherwise, it would be too violent!" Mu Chen blurted out, "Isn't he a small official of the Craftsman Supervision? We can write to King Qi immediately and ask him to transfer him over. Go to the training camp outside the city and transfer it to our subordinates."

Bei Yan didn't speak, but looked slightly sideways at Wang Zhi, as if seeking help from a historical consultant.The customs of the Middle Ages are very different from those of the modern times, and there is still a legacy of scholars among officials, big and small.Recruiting talented people in this era is not just as simple as adding treatment and poaching the wall.If they accidentally touched the buffs of "loyal ministers don't care about two masters" and "a fox will die on the hills", they can only stare...

Sure enough, Wang Zhi thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

"It's too ostentatious." He said succinctly: "King Qi is now the actual emperor, and the craftsman supervisor is just a small department under the Ministry of Industry; if you order a transfer rashly, how many levels do you think you have passed? Such an abnormal thing will immediately attract the attention of the court chiefs, and if not done, it will muddy the water."

He paused, and pointed out the key point implicitly:

"—Besides, it may not be a good thing for our ally to notice our intention to recruit."

Everyone was silent for a moment, then comprehended.After dozens of days of getting along, King Qi's characteristics have been fully revealed - this man is obviously an ambitious and extremely difficult character, but he was suppressed by the traverser with absolute violence, and he can only surrender for the time being.If he really got a glimpse of the time-traveling team's preference for math geniuses, something might happen.

Of course, Mr. Zu, who didn't want to be named, ranks far higher than King Qi in the list of the crossing team, so it's okay to tear him apart from Bei Chao... But now, it seems that there is no need for this.

Wang Zhi knocked on the table and directly threw out his suggestion:

"Actually, it doesn't need to be so complicated." He said lightly, "The Craftsman Supervisor is just a small workshop for designing machinery and making toys for the emperor. In such a sensitive and turbulent situation, it is basically a tasteless thing that is completely ignored by the big bosses... …So there is no need to make a big fuss, as long as we make a deal with that Mr. Zu in private, and calculate the right time to pick me up here with my family members, the matter will be settled. No matter how scheming King Qi is, he can’t come to snatch people.”

"Besides, Mr. Zu is willing to send over the "Elements of Geometry" and the draft of the solution, which means that he still has a good impression of us! As long as we make good use of this opportunity, the work of recruiting should not be difficult..."

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After everyone discussed it and made a decision, they began to implement the secret collusion plan of Wang Zhiwang's adviser.They selected a batch of newly revised "Elements of Geometry" (adding some research on geometry by later generations, as well as quite a lot of annotations), and quietly replaced all the old editions.These books are no different from the original ones, except that the title pages have been scented with chicken tongue.The smell of this spice is not obvious, and only after repeated reading can you smell a faint smell in the pages of the book.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao heard of Zhuge Liang's virtuous name, and once presented him with chicken tongue incense, implying his thirst for talents and his willingness to wait for a vacant position.As long as Mr. Zu reads this new book carefully, he must be able to appreciate the subtle intentions in it.

After the "Original Geometry" was replaced, they originally planned to place cameras in the other courtyard and the camp outside the city to see how Mr. Zu took the books, but after trying, they had no choice but to give up.There is no other reason - since Bei Yan paid the first interest on time, the impact of the incredible profit immediately swept the entire capital, and immediately detonated all the enthusiasm of the officials.It's one thing to spread word of mouth on paper for the so-called blood profit, but it's another thing to actually hand over the shiny copper coins one by one.

To put it bluntly, everyone is an official and a butcher on weekdays, and the money is returned, and the greed is returned, but I never thought that there would be such a skill!

If you don't make this kind of money, even if you are a human being, you are definitely not a normal person!

So in just one day, the turmoil created by the bonds spread throughout the court.From the middle servant to the censor, all officials are restless.Those who have connections and skills will ask people everywhere, and bring servants gifts to block the gate of Prince Qi's mansion, and the traffic will be heavy; those who have no connections can only send servants to watch the other courtyard of Prince Qi's mansion outside the city, spy on the movement and the camera to make a decision. .As a result, the outside of Biezhiyuan, which had always been quiet and leisurely, immediately became crowded with people, and seventeen or eighteen heads could be seen on the hillside in the distance at any time.Even if the servants below went out to buy, they might be intercepted by some eyeliner popping out of the grass, and then they stuffed a bag of copper coins or silk, and then tried their best to find out all the inside stories in the palace.

Mu Chen and the others were annoyed by the spies, and they were expelled several times but it didn't work.In the end, Bei Yan was so angry that he simply recruited hundreds of homeless servants in Chang'an, and asked them to set up gazebos to sell tea, and there was no counter-price for a pot of twenty dollars.In the Northern Dynasties, money was expensive and goods were light, and a hundred coins was enough for small households in Chang'an City to live comfortably for a year.As a result, at such an outrageous price, the tea was wiped out in an instant.Bei Yan rewarded all the proceeds from selling water to these lonely women, and he could only complain in private:

"Forget it, let's treat it as a relief project for low-level women!"

In this way, the "relief" was rotated for two days.Wang Zhi returned from Tianshui Pavilion again, bringing news of Prince Qi's Mansion.Simply put, after trying for so long, some smart people finally figured out another way.

"Someone gave a memorial to the king of Qi." Wang Zhi conveyed to them: "It is said that he deeply feels the sage king's compassion for farmers, and his subordinate officials should follow suit as a whole; All farm implements and waterwheels are lent out and dedicated to the imperial court for emergency relief."