Chapter 399 Ridiculous results

Author: Mo Se Jiangnan

Chapter 399 Ridiculous results

After the craftsman from the Ministry of Industry gave the answer, another quarter of an hour passed.

The students at Huangzhuang are still calculating in an orderly manner.

However, in the eyes of the officials from the Yanjing Ministry of Industry, what they did was just pretending.

It's just a small matter like building a bridge, sesame seeds and mung beans, but these people actually have to calculate it for so long. Compared with the real craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, these young people are still far behind.

At the beginning, those present were still waiting patiently.

But after waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, the students in Huangzhuang were still calculating.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry and the craftsmen inevitably began to whisper.

"What on earth are these people thinking and why is it taking so long?"

"It's just a matter of building a bridge, but I haven't been able to figure it out for so long. With their level, they still want to compete with our Ministry of Industry?"

"Perhaps our questions are too difficult?" someone said loudly on purpose.

On the surface, this person was mocking the students of Huangzhuang. In fact, Xiangzhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong. He was clearly mocking Zhu Han in an indirect way.

Zhu Han is a serious prince, and he is also the founding prince of the country. Regardless of his ability and prestige, he is famous all over the world.

But this time, Zhu Han took over the power and directly deprived the Ministry of Industry of the construction of the Imperial City of Yanjing.

I don’t know how many people’s interests were affected by this.

They didn't dare to do anything to Zhu Han. After all, Zhu Han's eldest brother, Zhu Yuanzhang, was never a good-tempered person. But if he made a few sarcastic remarks, he would not be polite.

Zhao Helun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, pretended to be angry and scolded: "Who is talking nonsense? Do you really think that the prince's students are not as good as you? That's just the prince trying to save face for you, and he doesn't want you to lose too badly."

Zhu Han raised his eyes with a look of laziness: "Master Shangshu, there is no need to be like this. It is indeed my students who have failed to live up to expectations. After this incident is over, I will definitely train them well."

"It also saves these guys, they all have their eyes high and don't take the world seriously."

Zhao Helun's smile almost froze on his face.

He was not really defending Zhu Han, he was clearly telling the truth and ridiculing Zhu Han for refusing to admit defeat. As a result, His Royal Highness, it seemed as if he had not heard the underlying message at all.

That natural look almost made Zhao Helun vomit blood.

However, after all, he was a man who had been in officialdom for half his life. In his heart, he wanted to point his finger at Zhu Han and yell at him for being shameless.

But he was able to suppress the anger in his heart and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is no need to criticize them so harshly. After all, they are still young people, and it is inevitable to make small mistakes."

"It's just... I don't know when these students will be settled."

"Our craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, after all, still have their own work to do, so we can't just wait here all day for the results, right?"

Before Zhu Han could say anything, Zhang Yunjie suddenly ran over happily holding a piece of paper.

"We've figured it out! Your Majesty, we've figured it out."

Zhu Han had a straight face and scolded him dissatisfiedly: "Do you feel proud of having calculated these things?"

Seeing his prince's attitude, Zhang Yunjie, who was originally beaming with joy, suddenly lost the smile on his face.

He lowered his head and saluted depressedly with clasped fists: "I've met the prince, and I've met all the adults. We have calculated the various materials and labor costs needed to build the bridge. I would like to ask the prince to take a look at it."

As he spoke, Zhang Wenjie respectfully raised what they had calculated above his head.

An official from the Ministry of Works immediately went over and took the piece of paper.

"Huh?"

When she saw the piece of paper, it was filled with densely written things, and there were many words that she couldn't understand.

This inevitably made the officials of the Ministry of Industry feel more and more strange. They couldn't understand what the students in Huangzhuang meant.

Now was not the time to think about this. The officials from the Ministry of Works quickly sent the piece of paper to Zhu Han and Zhao Helun, and then retreated among the officials from the Ministry of Works.

He had just returned when someone asked impatiently.

"Then what's written on it? Did you read it just now?"

"Is there any discrepancy between the results they calculated and what our craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry just said?"

The official running the errand shook his head with a strange look on his face: "I don't know if it's accurate."

The surrounding officials were confused for a while.

"What do you mean you don't know? Then you really haven't read the content above, right?"

The official in charge of running the errands said with a sigh: "Yes, I have read it, but I didn't read it all, and I didn't understand it a bit."

The officials at the Ministry of Industry were all confused and had no idea what this guy was talking about.

"What do you mean you haven't finished reading? As an official of the Ministry of Industry, you can't even understand the amount of supplies?"

The errand official explained helplessly: "The list of materials they calculated has a lot of data written densely on it, and there are also a lot of strange symbols on it, which I can't understand at all!"

After listening to his explanation, someone suddenly burst out laughing: "I understand what's going on."

The eyes of the people around him suddenly lit up, and they asked eagerly: "Brother Nian, do you understand? Please clear up our doubts quickly."

The official from the Ministry of Works sneered proudly: "I think these people don't understand anything at all. So, they deliberately calculated a lot of numbers. In this case, maybe there is a chance that a blind cat will kill a mouse, and they will be fooled."

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People around him suddenly realized.

"So that's it."

"They have been busy there for a long time. If they really didn't calculate anything, it would be ridiculous, so I might as well write more."

"At this level, he dares to speak so brazenly and compete with the craftsmen from our Ministry of Industry. He is really fearless even if he is ignorant."

As he was talking, someone suddenly asked in confusion: "If that's the case, then why do they write those strange symbols?"

Someone immediately sneered and explained: "This is not simple. As long as others don't understand what they write, then it's not up to them to explain it. At that time, they can just quibble and pretend to be the correct answer."

When the officials from the Ministry of Industry heard this, they burst into laughter.

Even before the results were announced, they had already concluded that the students of Huangzhuang were scribbling.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Helun and his subordinates have surprisingly consistent ideas.

As soon as he saw the results delivered by the students from Huangzhuang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry frowned.

Especially the mathematical symbols used when labeling the formulas used in calculation results.

Zhao Helun has been studying Confucian classics since he was a child, and he doesn't even know any of them.

"Your Highness, the King of England." After the initial ecstasy, Zhao Helun lowered his voice with some anxiety, and said with a look of resentment: "Your students are really ignorant."

"What?" Zhu Han felt confused.

Why was the reaction of the Minister of Industry of Yanjing so different from what he imagined?

Zhao Helun let out a long sigh and said sadly: "I know that it is too difficult for these students to compete with the experienced craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry."

"But no matter what, since it is a competition, we should take it seriously."

The more Zhu Han listened, the more baffled he became.

Isn’t this all nonsense? This competition is related to the construction of the national capital. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is one of the most important things since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, if nothing else happens, this will be the permanent capital of the Ming Dynasty.

How could his students mess up such an important matter?

"Master Zhao, what's wrong?" Zhu Han asked doubtfully.

When Zhao Helun saw that His Highness the King of England was still stubborn, he said with a half-smile: "Your Majesty, if your students really can't calculate it, just admit defeat honestly. Why write randomly?"

"Writing?" Zhu Han doubtfully took the calculation result in Zhao Helun's hand.

After reading it ten lines at a time, I felt even more strange.

Zhu Han didn't know whether the results calculated by his students were correct or not, but he was absolutely sure that his students did not write anything randomly. Many of the data were inferred using those formulas, which are all marked.

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After thinking for a moment, Zhu Han quickly understood what was going on.

These guys who only know how to read and hold on to the Four Books and Five Classics without letting go, have no idea what their students are writing.

Zhu Han didn't bother to explain to them and waved to Zhang Wenjie: "Bring a pen over here."

Zhang Wenjie quickly took out a pencil from his pocket and handed it to Zhu Han.

There is also a cap made of rice paper on the tip of the pencil to prevent the pencil tip from breaking.

This was all redeemed by Zhu Han from the system and given to the students of Huangzhuang for use.

After all, although a pencil is not easy to use for writing calligraphy, it is indeed much more convenient than a brush in terms of efficiency.

When the Huangzhuang students did their calculations just now, they used pencils.
To be continued...