The first rebel of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 415 A group of people are not as good at arithmetic as Li Yin

In the Tai Chi Palace
Li Shimin frowned and asked, "Kong Yingda, what did you say? How much paper can he produce in a year?"

Kong Yingda replied:

"If you don't count his full production, one year, 250 million taels! If he goes all out, it will cost 2000 million taels!"

Empress Zhangsun on one side was very puzzled.

"What paper needs so much money?"

"Your Highness, it's not that the paper is valuable, but that the output of the paper produced by the Sixth Prince is too high, it's outrageously high! He only costs a penny for a piece of paper!"

"How high is the output? How many sheets can be produced in a day?"

When Empress Changsun asked such a question, Kong Yingda was immediately overwhelmed.

The point is that Li Shimin also wants to know.

"The old minister knows that there are a lot of things that can be made, but I don't know how many, because I can't figure it out. This question is too professional! This... the sixth prince didn't explain it clearly. Why don't the old minister ask now?"

"No need, let the people in the palace do the math!"

But Li Shimin said.

Those going back and forth will waste a lot of time.

Why not let the professionals in the palace do the math!

When Li Shimin made this decision, it would be better to ask someone to ask, and there is a direct answer.

After that, they called several people in the palace who were particularly strong in arithmetic to calculate together.

He also told them that a piece of paper is worth a penny, so that they can be calculated.

Each of them had an abacus in their hands, and under Li Shimin's order, they began to count.

There were a lot of abacus sounds in the entire palace.

Although Li Shimin was in a hurry, there was nothing he could do. These calculations were inevitable.

Unexpectedly, Li Yin only said two numbers, and let them calculate for a long time. If Li Yin was used to calculate, it would be a direct set of formulas, and the result would come out directly in less than a minute.

But the ancients only had the concept of addition and subtraction but no multiplication and division. How could they quickly calculate it?

Even for the shopkeeper's bookkeeping, it only records the input and output, and then deducts the cost and labor, etc., and it is calculated one by one, unlike the future where there are so many formulas that can be applied.

A group of people waited, after a long wait.

The leader held a thick notebook and said, "Your Majesty, we have already figured it out."

"Oh? What's the exact number?"

"If it's 250 million taels, then the daily output is 700 million sheets of paper!"

"What about the 2000 million taels?"

"This data is a bit complicated!"

"How about that?"

“一个月按30天算的话，每一天大概是要五千550五万五千550五张左右的数量。”（2000万两/360=5555.5555……万）

I also added about one, because it is inexhaustible, and there is still a quantity of 0.555555 after that.

But the ancients didn't have the concept of rounding off, and it took people a long time just for this number.

This made Li Shimin very depressed.

There is also left and right.

But nothing was said.

"If you calculate it like this, how much will it cost in a month?"

Empress Changsun asked again.

These people feel like they are dying.

I can only say: "Rong Chen does the math again..."

"Okay, okay, don't forget it, stop it! It's nothing!"

Li Shimin was angry.

After all, a simple arithmetic can take so long.

He knew that if Li Yin came, it would be different.

Because he can get the result, there must be a way to calculate the specific amount, otherwise how could it be so accurate?

Those people stood there in shame.

The questions they asked were too difficult, okay?

The amount is so large that everyone can't count it.

Some hands are going numb.

Then Empress Changsun asked again:

"That piece of paper is only a penny, can I make money?"

Li Shimin didn't know about this either.

Kong Yingda didn't know even more.

In the end, Li Shimin could only say: "Let's accumulate more! Sell more paper, and he can make money!"

"That's really hard money. Min'er has worked so hard for Datang!"

she said again.

I don't know if it will make money or not, but Li Yin did hit the price down.

"This is also where I feel comforted! It's a good thing for him to have such an idea!"

"Then do we still have to collect them all?"

Kong Yingda asked inappropriately at this time.

Li Shimin was embarrassed.

The bullshit I bragged yesterday, how can I get it back now?

Li Shimin regretted talking too much.

"Have you talked to him? Said that I will take all his money?"

he asked.

"This, I think it's a bit high, and I didn't talk too much, so come back and discuss it with His Majesty!"

Li Shimin is very satisfied with Kong Yingda's performance.

Fortunately, he didn't say anything, otherwise, how would he use up more than 5000 million sheets of paper a day?

The national treasury is just full, and it costs a lot of money, and it is impossible to find a place to store it.

"You've done a good job. If you collect all the paper, there will be some paper that won't be used, which will cause a lot of waste. That's not acceptable!"

"So, what does His Majesty think?"

"Based on the needs of the palace, the maximum annual income is 50 taels, if not enough, add more!"

He directly took one-twentieth of the production.

In fact, Li Yin is not afraid that the paper will not be sold at all, but Li Shimin has said so, so naturally he has to contribute.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to use so much paper in the palace now, right?"

50 taels, 139 million sheets of paper are needed a day.

How could the palace use so much?

"This is also to support Li Min, otherwise I would have thought more! It just so happened that during this period of time, all the books in the palace, such as bamboo slips, were converted into books bound by paper, and some booklets were also replaced by paper. Just consume as much as you want."

This was all Li Shimin could think of, and he only needed to wipe his ass with paper.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

said the crowd.

Li Shimin thought of another thing.

"By the way, I heard that you invited Li Yin to give lectures at the Imperial Academy? How did it turn out?"

"Shicai, the old minister went to invite the sixth prince! He also agreed."

Li Shimin asked curiously: "Oh? Do you know what he wants to teach?"

He really wanted to know, what did Li Yin want to teach?
That's why I asked this question.

"This minister doesn't know!"

"Is that so? Well then, come back and report if you have anything to do! If there's nothing wrong, you can go down!"

"Yes!"

"Let's go too!"

Then he said to those arithmetic elites.

The dozen or so people agreed and left the palace.

when everyone leaves.

Empress Changsun asked: "Your Majesty, you want to know what Min'er is going to do, why don't you go and see?"

"How can I go?"

"Disguise, just hide in the dark and observe!"

Empress Changsun said.

"Actually, the concubine wants to see it too."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"If that's the case, Queen, how about you and I go to the Imperial College tomorrow?"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

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(End of this chapter)