King Leng pursues his wife, but abandons his concubine

Chapter 75
An An lowered her small head in frustration. At this time, the old man also slowly walked to An An's side, standing in front of the table in front of An An, looking at the results calculated on the wooden abacus.

An An, however, felt inexplicably anxious and feeling like years passed by, ah, this feeling is so similar to the complicated and nervous feeling in her heart when she was very young, when the teacher handed out the corrected test papers in class!

"this--"

The old man dragged his voice again and said, I don't know if it was because An An was too nervous, she felt that the old man's voice seemed to be drawn very long this time?
Everyone waited with bated breath for the old man's next words, because the next words were the key points.

"That's the answer—"

The old man seemed to be trying to whet everyone's appetite, but he didn't finish the sentence all at once, but procrastinated over and over again, making everyone's hearts tighten.

"is correct."

It was as if there was a thunder explosion on the flat ground, and it was earth-shattering. Is there anything? !

An An even wondered if she heard it wrong just now. He, he just said that her calculation was correct?
It is actually correct? !
Did she hear correctly? !
An An was so excited that she was about to cry. Could it be that she was right?Could it be that it was really such a coincidence that a blind cat met a dead mouse for her—wrongly hit?
God, earth!She really is a hidden genius!
An An glanced at the old man with tears in her eyes, and wished she could rush forward and hug him hard to express her joy!

And those women who had disdained An An before wanted to come over to see what An An's answer was, but were disappointed to find that An An's wooden abacus had been shaken by the old man and returned to its original position.

I could only say "Oh!" regretfully, and stood back to my original position.

An An couldn't wait to rush to the old man and asked, "So, can I get the 1000 taels of gold?"

"Not yet," the old man shook his head. "This is just the first test, and there are other questions. Besides, besides you, there are three other people who have passed this test."

After the old man finished speaking, he pointed to the other three passers.

An An was slightly taken aback, but could only continue to break through the level. It was a fluke to pass the level. It seems that the 1000 taels of gold are not so easy to get.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate the four of you for your successful promotion, and I look forward to your next performance! Then, you have to listen carefully, huh! The second question tests your attitude towards people and the way you handle things correctly : If there is such a day when a disaster strikes and all the food planted by the people unfortunately fails to harvest, then the imperial court will send people to set up a large iron pot to serve porridge and cloth rice to the hungry victims. So, at this time, our question comes—if we calculate roughly based on the number of hungry people, how many catties of third-class rice should each of the hungry people in the countryside get? How many baskets of low-grade vegetables? How many eggs? Equivalent For the market price of Chengyue Kingdom, how much money does the court need to allocate to these rural hungry people? At the same time, how many catties of second-class rice should each of the urban hungry people get? How many baskets of second-class vegetables? How many eggs? What is the market price of Yueguo, how much treasury money does the imperial court need to allocate to the hungry people in these cities? Finally, how many catties of first-class rice should each be allocated to the hungry people from the official family? How many baskets of high-quality vegetables? How many eggs? According to the country’s market price, how much treasury silver does the court need to allocate to the hungry people of the official family? When the final settlement is made, how many catties of rice do the court need to distribute to these victims? How many baskets of vegetables? How many eggs? Converted into treasury silver, the imperial court needs a total of How much to allocate? How to distribute it skillfully so as to meet the needs of the victims to the greatest extent without shaking the foundation of the imperial court?..."

The old man explained the second topic in detail bit by bit, speaking in an orderly manner, but the speed of speech gradually accelerated bit by bit. Maybe others didn't notice it, but An An noticed it keenly.

"That's it for the second question. I want to hear your opinions."

The old man finally finished speaking the whole topic, paused for a while, looked at An An and the others, as if expecting to listen.

An An didn't know what other people's opinions were, anyway, she was already dumbfounded.

An'an in the cloud is covered with black lines, I'll go, what the hell is this?Her mind is completely muddled now, okay?

An An subconsciously repeated the same trick, moved her steps quietly, stepped back a little, and then moved to the last position.

If she hits the first bird, she shouldn't be the first one to go up stupidly, and then be the first one to be cannon fodder!
Still being in the last position made her feel more secure, and it was also convenient for her to observe the situation.

Except for An An, the other two women also took a small step back. Obviously, they didn't think of an answer either.

Instead, a woman who looked a little older, also the woman in purple clothes who had been standing quietly, stood up, "I thought about it."

An An looked at this heroic woman, and found that although she was not good-looking, there was a bit of shrewdness and intelligence inadvertently revealed between her brows and eyes.

The woman in purple spoke out the solution plan in her heart, and a series of numbers popped out of her mouth from time to time like pouring beans one after another...

An An's head hurts when she heard it. With so many numbers, it's rare for her to be so slick. She was so sloppy when she said it.

The old man standing in front of the purple-clothed woman nodded his head while stroking his snow-white beard and listening. Obviously, he also agreed with the solution that the purple-clothed woman said.

After the woman in purple finished speaking, a woman standing next to her said unconvincedly to the old man: "Actually, I thought so too, it's just that she took a step ahead of me, sir, you can ask another question. "

"So, do you all have the same answer?"

The old man looked at the four of them and asked.

"Yes!"

The other two answered the old man's question firmly with one voice.

Only, except An An.

The old man saw the hesitation and disapproval on An An's face, and asked her curiously: "Don't you have the same answer as them? Or, have you thought of another way to deal with it?"

In fact, An An didn't have a different solution from the woman in purple clothes as the old man thought. She just felt that it was a little inappropriate to divide the rescue of the victims into different ranks.

"I just think that what the sister just said is wrong. Of course, in the final analysis, there is something wrong with the question you gave us, sir."

An An thought about it, and decided to express her truest thoughts, because the concept of "everyone is equal" in the 21st century has already been deeply ingrained in her mind, and she really can't agree with it, in such an embarrassing environment , but also to divide those innocent victims into several grades. In this way, wouldn't it be a step on their dignity, and cruelly sprinkle a handful of salt on their already riddled hearts? ?
"The old man's question just now was personally spoken by the current emperor. How dare you say that there is a problem with the question? If you can't answer it, you can't answer it. Just say it. Why do you want to kill yourself and speak nonsense? What language?!"

The old man seemed to be very angry with An An's words, but in fact, he was also a little bit afraid. He hurriedly scolded An An, hoping that An An would stop in moderation and stop asking for trouble.

"But, what I said is the truth!"

An An retorted unconvinced: "Originally! Disasters fell from the sky and the people suffered. In order to show his benevolence and compassion, it is understandable for the emperor of the Moon Kingdom to distribute porridge, rice and vegetables. It would indeed make those disaster victims extremely grateful, and the people of the entire Moon Kingdom might still lament the emperor's great grace and wisdom. What about three, six, nine, etc.? Isn't this too ridiculous?"

An An paused, ignoring the old man who was too stunned to speak, and then continued: "In my opinion, since the imperial court wants to open the treasury to help the victims, it should treat everyone equally, and the food that needs to be purchased must be purchased in large quantities. In fact, more than It is food for food, clothes and tents should also be purchased together. The so-called, 'help people to the end, send Buddha to the west'. The court can't just focus on filling the stomachs of the victims, and ignore their lives. Let’s die! Do you think what I said makes sense?”

The old man was about to yell at An An again for his ignorance and absurdity, but the young man who had been standing on the stone bridge and never left shook his head at him, signaling him not to speak too much.

The old man who didn't dare to disobey the young man's order shut up sensiblely, but looked at An An with some warning in his eyes, suggesting that she shut up.

But the old man is not Leng Yuechen after all, how can he have such a great deterrent effect, the warning in his eyes is of no use to An An, she is not affected at all.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The woman standing next to An An saw that she was so showy, and immediately became dissatisfied: "What question did you ask, sir, we just need to answer it, if you can't answer it, forget it, what nonsense?! How dare you question the exam questions given by the emperor?" , aren’t you afraid that Mister will sue you to the emperor and punish you for disrespect?!”

"Punish me for being disrespectful? Hehe, big sister, please stop being ridiculous! When did I become disrespectful to the emperor? Is it because I pointed out that there is something wrong with this exam question? Please, if you make a mistake, point it out bravely. Then correct it, so that the problem can be solved early and unnecessary mistakes will not be made, isn't it?"

An'an argued hard, seeing that the woman was obviously still unwilling, and said aggressively: "Do you still think that what I said is wrong? Well, I would like to ask you now, if you happen to be one of the disaster victims You are one of them, and you are still the lowest class of disaster victims in the countryside, what do you think when you see the court treating you like the plan proposed by the purple-clothed sister just now? Do you still think this is the best solution?"

The woman standing next to An An was choked by An An's question to her, and then found that what she said was very correct, and she couldn't even say anything to refute her, so she could only raise her face in embarrassment. Yan Fei gave An An an eye knife, and then silenced weakly.

The victorious An An then added: "You know, since ancient times, no wise king can do everything in detail, so sometimes the king will inevitably make some very subtle mistakes. Today's exam question is proof I think that when someone discovers this small mistake, it is necessary to help the emperor of the Moon Kingdom to correct it in time!"

In fact, An An just wanted to quote the following sentence.

"So, what I just said did not mean to be disrespectful to the Emperor of the Moon Kingdom at all."

"It does not make sense……"

Everyone was a little dizzy by An An's logic.

"...But, the answer to this question is..."

Although what An An said is quite reasonable, it is not the correct answer to this exam question after all. The old man wanted to say something more to restore the situation out of control, when he heard a sound coming from the stone bridge not far away. The voice of a young man.

(End of this chapter)