The young patriarch of the Taiyuan royal family!

Li Yuanba and Li Xiaogong glanced at each other, but they didn't expect that the Taiyuan Wang family was really hard enough, and they actually sent the patriarch's sons over, is this to cultivate an heir?

"Yes, Brother Zihao, when you were famous in Taiyuan, how arrogant you were, why are you cowardly at this moment?"

At this time, a short and thin young Confucian with a dark face standing next to Lu Chaolin also spoke.

"Chaohang, shut up for me! Which round got you to interject here? Lu Chaolin turned his head and glared at the short, thin, black-faced young man, and then said to Wang Zihao with some apologies:

"Brother Zihao, my brother is not sensible, please don't blame him! However, what the younger brother said is not unreasonable! In this way, before you and I left, several Shibo made it clear that I would have full authority to deal with this matter! Since we represent five surnames and seven families, the stakes are naturally borne by us. Brother Zihao, what do you think? ”

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate.

Now the singing and harmony of the Lu Chaolin brothers is tantamount to forcing Wang Zihao into a corner.

Don't say anything, that is, it is clear that your five surnames and seven wangs are afraid of the Li royal family, if this is spread, where will the five surnames and seven wang have any face to speak of, this is a slap in the face, and it hurts.

Stand your mind, don't look at Lu Chaolin now and he is very positive, but once he loses the bet, then Wang Zihao, as the initiator, will inevitably bear all the responsibility, and he, Lu Chaolin, will definitely be the first to run.

The two villains who expressed their position and did not express their position in their minds fought for a long time, and finally Wang Zihao gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "I bet with you!" ”

"Good! That's it! Li Yuanba slapped the table, stood up, and said: "The six arts of a gentleman, which one to compare first, you can choose!" ”

"Wait a minute...... Wang Zihao waved his hand and said, "There are a total of six of the six arts of a gentleman, how to evaluate winning or losing?" Isn't it just that you and I have our own opinions? That's not as good as not comparing! ”

"I wonder if the old man is qualified to be the judge of this gambling fight?"

Wang Zihao's voice fell, and three loud voices sounded at the same time, and everyone followed the reputation, but found that it was Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and an old man in a dark robe.

Li Yuanba only knew Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang, and as for who this old man in a dark shirt was, he really didn't know.

"It turned out to be Lord Yu, Lord Chu and Lord Wang!"

Compared with Li Yuanba's ignorance, Wang Zihao is much stronger than him, I saw him bow to the three of them, and said: "The three adults are all scribes of my Tang Dynasty, so they naturally deserve this judgment!" ”

"Lord Wang?" Li Yuanba muttered twice, gently tugged at the hem of Li Xiaogong's clothes, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Wang, who is this Lord Wang?" ”

Li Xiaogong knew about Li Yuanba's situation, so he didn't show a dark color of surprise, but said: "This name is Wang Xiaotong, and he is Tongzhilang Taishi Cheng." Although he is just an official position from the seventh grade, he is well-known in our Tang Dynasty, and he can be called a master of arithmetic! ”

When Li Xiaogong said Wang Xiaotong's name, Li Yuanba remembered who this was.

Wang Xiaotong was born in the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu, in the early Tang Dynasty, he served as a doctor of arithmetic in the early Tang Dynasty, and Tongzhi Lang Taishi Cheng, who had in-depth research on the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and Zu Chongzhi's "Fixation", and wrote "The Ancient Arithmetic", and proposed the cubic equation and its solution at the earliest time in the world.

Such an achievement can indeed be called an arithmetic master!

……

"Well, since this matter has been decided, let the scribes in this hall testify that if the six arts of a gentleman defeat the four arts first, he will be the winner! Do you have any objections? ”

Among the three people who accepted the judging task, Yu Shinan had the highest status and fame, so Yu Shinan stood up and asked everyone.

"No objection!"

Wang Zihao and the other eight people, as well as Li Yuanba, shook their heads at the same time.

"The six arts of the gentleman, which art do you want to compare with the first one?" Yu Shinan then asked.

"I am the master, you are the guest, this first comparison is up to you!"

Li Yuanba looked at Wang Zihao with a faint smile on his face, and that mocking look was as if victory was already beckoning to him.

"Since you are so polite, if Wang makes another excuse, it will be too ignorant to elevate! Okay, then Wang is welcome! ”

Wang Zihao did not refuse, because this gambling battle is related to the reputation and foundation of the five surnames and seven hopes, and the more choices there are, the more hope of victory.

He lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly said to Wang Xiaotong: "Lord Wang, you are my arithmetic master of the Tang Dynasty, and the first competition of this gambling battle will be handled by you yourself and solve the problems for the students!" ”

Number!

The first comparison chosen by Wang Zihao turned out to be the number of arts among the six arts, which is really insidious enough.

Because the Tang people are the least good at or the least willing to pay attention to the mathematical arts, although the mathematical arts are widely used in life, can solve the daily measurement of land, accounting and tax collection and other practical problems, but also can calculate celestial bodies, deduce the calendar, etc.

But at the same time, this mathematical art is classified with yin and yang feng shui, because in the early Tang Dynasty, the literary and martial arts were at their peak, and there was little attention to yin and yang feng shui and the like, except for the royal family and those big families.

The number of arts that Wang Zihao chose for the first time made it clear that he was bullying Li Yuanba's 'lowliness' in the first trial.

At least that's what Wang Zihao thinks in his heart, because of the preconceived concept, and Li Yuanba has never introduced himself, so Wang Zihao means that Li Yuanba, like the literati in this hall, is from a small family.

People from small families definitely don't care about digital arts, and Wang Zihao sees this point, so he puts digital art in this first comparison.

In fact, where do you know this thing, he is happy, Li Yuanba is even happier than him in his heart!

If it weren't for the bad influence in front of outsiders, Li Yuanba would have slapped the table a long time ago, laughing at whether Wang Zihao's head was squeezed by the door, and he chose a subject that made Li Yuanba the least likely to lose.

Although Li Yuanba was obsessed with history and archaeology in his previous life, he had also mixed the life of the devil's high school, what three-dimensional equations and functions, for him, it was simply a drizzle.

And according to his years of historical research, he is sure that this Wang Xiaotong will not have any problems, after all, the overall arithmetic level of Datang is there, he can't use the volume of the sun star to test a young man who looks no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and another young man who is only a weak crown, right?

"Good!" Wang Xiaotong fully implements the characteristics of those college science and engineering men in later generations, who are cold and stuffy. Sao, cherish the word like gold, "Who are you waiting for?" ”

"I'm on my side, as for them?" After Li Yuanba finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Zihao and the others, and said, "Let them all go!" ”