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 these young people and the real craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, there is still a big gap.
At the beginning, those present were patiently waiting.
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, had never been a good-tempered person. But if he made some sarcastic remarks, he would not be polite.
Zhao Helunyang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, scolded angrily: "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 and looked tired: "Sir, 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 people of 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, mocking Zhu Han for refusing to admit defeat. As a result, His Royal Highness, it seemed as if he had not heard what he was saying 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 are going to settle down."
"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 with clasped fists depressedly: "I have met the prince, and I have met all the gentlemen. We have calculated the various materials and labor costs required 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.
"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 who ran the errands looked strange and shook his head: "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 how much supplies there are?"
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 laughed and said, "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 what it is."
"They have been busy there for a long time. If they really haven't calculated 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 of our Ministry of Industry. He is really ignorant and fearless."
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 with 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 Highness, 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.
It's just that when they handed in the results, they copied it again with a brush.
Zhu Han emphatically drew a few circles on the calculation results of his students, and then returned the answer to Zhang Helun: "You don't need to read other calculation formulas, because you can't understand them anyway, just look at the results.
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Zhao Helun didn't take Zhu Han's words to heart. He didn't think that the pile of ghost-like things were really useful.
He took it without sincerity and glanced at the content framed by Zhu Han again.
Just looking at it like this, Zhao Helun's eyes widened in disbelief, and he subconsciously exclaimed: "This is impossible?"
It turned out that it was clearly written on it.
This project is expected to use stone: 3.7 million to 3.76 million kilograms.
This figure is not very different from the previous estimate of the Ministry of Industry.
In this case...
Zhao Helun quickly looked at the other numbers.
Every result is similar to what the Ministry of Industry General said before, but there are some differences overall.
But soon, Zhao Helun saw the last content.
He, who was already nervous, suddenly relaxed again.
Hehe smiled and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't have any objection, I will have the results announced?"
Zhu Han nodded slightly, as if he didn't even bother to say an extra word: "Yes!"
Immediately, someone read the results loudly.
The officials and craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry quickly pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
but……
Most of the officials from the Ministry of Industry were listening with the attitude of watching the excitement.
They had known before that the students of Huangzhuang had calculated many results, and they also thought that the students of Huangzhuang were fooling around with their answers.
"It is expected to use 3.7 million to 3.76 million kilograms of stone. It is estimated to employ 8,500 to 9,000 people. The estimated construction time is 1,100 to 1,250 days!"
Hear this.
As expected, the officials from the Ministry of Industry burst into laughter.
"Sure enough, I calculated so many numbers."
"If this calculation is possible, then as long as the range is large enough, wouldn't it be possible to calculate everything accurately?"
Unlike these officials who were gloating over the misfortune, the craftsmen looked at each other in confusion.
Regarding the calculation results of Huangzhuang students, most of them didn't know whether they were right or wrong. They just vaguely felt that their calculation method seemed very convenient.
If the various materials used can be controlled before the start of the project,
Within a certain range, this will definitely be of great benefit to project construction.
In fact, they did this in the past when they were responsible for some projects, but they didn't do it in such detail.
But then, the person who read out the results said loudly: "This result only applies to the original method of building bridges using stone as the main raw material for bridge construction."
"If a reinforced concrete structure is used, only 70,000 kilograms of steel and 2 million kilograms of cement are needed. The construction crew can be reduced to 190 to 220 people, and the construction time is 90 to 120 days."
The craftsmen of the Yanjing Ministry of Industry exploded immediately after hearing the second result.
"What nonsense!"
"This is all nonsense."
"I think they are not here to compete at all, but to embarrass themselves."
"Hahaha, three months to build a bridge? Do they think building a bridge is just building blocks? This is really the funniest joke I have heard this year."
The officials from the Ministry of Industry also laughed unbridled.
The students in Huangzhuang all looked at these people with pity. They didn't feel angry about these ignorant people, they just felt pitiful.
They have no idea how powerful the cement made by His Majesty the King is.
Zhao Helun deliberately looked helpless: "Your Majesty, if you have no doubts, I will declare the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry the winner."
When the answer was read out just now, Zhao Helun already knew the outcome.
It takes three months to build a bridge. His Royal Highness, like his classmates, may have a serious brain problem.
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Han stopped Zhao Helun: "Why did the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry win? Since you asked the question, you should announce the answer first, right? Why do I think my students should win?