Song Beiyun

Chapter 266: On January 1th of the second year, the nine days are sunny and the palace is opened

The first court meeting after the winter solstice rest, and this is also the last court meeting before the year. If there are no urgent military and political affairs, the next court meeting will be the big court meeting after the new year.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the court meeting this time is relatively relaxed. Officials at all levels will make a year-end summary, and everyone will chat with each other about some interesting things.

But today, Zhao Xing carried out an organizational plan for the first time, mobilizing the duties of about seven or eight people, including Wang Jie, the guest doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and Cong Rui, the supervisor of the Shaofu.Although this arrangement is a bit abnormal, and even the Ministry of Officials has not received any news, it seems that this transfer is the little emperor Zhao Xing's innocuous playfulness. Thinking that it was the end of the year, I didn't bother to argue with this easy-talking emperor anymore, and let him play around.

After some chores were done, everyone chatted for a while about interesting things during the rest, and the time was almost up, and the most photographed during the fun chat stage was Song Beiyun, a sixth-rank official who was not even qualified to participate in the court meeting.

This group of people, if they get the chance, they will definitely beat up people like Song Beiyun, such as the imperial city envoy who is not doing his job properly, the sixth-rank officials who take the lead in making trouble, the little red chasing cattle and laughing generously, and the fertile land irrigation is extravagant and wasteful.

The entire court seems to be in the Black Song Beiyun, and when everyone mentions him, there seems to be a happy atmosphere in front of the hall.

But not everyone ridicules like this. For example, Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, he has been standing in the corner and watching coldly. Although because of his third son before, he has some grudges against Song Beiyun in his heart, but later he also visited the doctor. Officer, the senior medical officer said that if Song Beiyun hadn't pulled the third child out of the misery in time, the child would have been useless, so Zhang Shangshu had nothing to grudge.

As for Song Beiyun's jokes, he would not laugh like those people. As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he is proficient in arithmetic. Song Beiyun's questions at the gate downstairs, his daughter has long been verbatim CC'd home.

During those few days, his daughter disappeared during the day and sat at the table thinking hard at night. This abnormality aroused Zhang Shangshu's curiosity. After the topic, I started playing with it for a while.

But I don’t know if I don’t look at it. I saw the old man fell into it at that time. Isn’t it the art of building a dam from another angle to irrigate the fertile land?Isn't Xiaohong chasing the bull and Zhang San and Li Si walking towards each other exactly the art of the battlefield?What's more, Li Jia built the house for five days before Huang Yi took over. He also explained that Huang Yi was not good at craftsmanship. The problem of building a house in a few days.

Some of the hundreds of questions have already been solved, but most of them are still unsolved. How can the old man bear this?Last night he did the problems there without sleep, and the more he did it, the more he became sober. Even until now, his mind was full of frogs jumping into wells, Xiaohong chasing cows, Li Jia building a house, monkeys stealing melons, and fertile land. Irrigate.

These questions are difficult, but they are indeed not too difficult, but many ideas are eye-catching. Being able to solve so many interesting questions at one time, Song Beiyun is also a master of arithmetic.

And Zhang Shangshu still had to go to Song Beiyun in person after the court meeting. After all, he still had a few difficult problems and wanted to test him.As a bigwig in mathematics, of course he couldn't laugh at mathematics like those people. The only thing he could do was to keep his head down and not listen or interfere.

As for one person who didn't get involved, that was the high-level Qingliu player Dali Temple Qing Ding, because before Song Beiyun, this person who talked about the rule of the country and closed his mouth about the king's law was the object of ridicule by the hideous and stinky people around him.

After finally waiting for the court meeting, Zhang Shangshu got out without even hearing the call from Prime Minister Zhao behind him, and ran towards the Secretary of the Imperial City with his head depressed.

Naturally, the people in the Imperial City Department did not dare to stop him, not to mention that he is one of the six ministers. You must know that the Imperial City Department is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry, and he is the big boss in name.

"Where is Song Beiyun?"

He dragged a guard and asked, but the guard's face was very ugly, because in his opinion, Zhang Shangshu came to arrest his daughter, but he couldn't help but say it when he met a senior official, so he pointed at a After leaving the house, he quickly ran out of the Yamen.

Zhang Shangshu came out of that room with his hands behind his back, and walked in as soon as he pushed the door, but he didn't see Song Beiyun just after he walked in, but he saw his most beloved little daughter lying in front of a table in the corner, crackling He was doing calculations, and while doing the calculations, he was still chanting words like "64, [-]".

There are also various manuscript papers piled up next to it, with incomprehensible symbols written on them.And on the manuscript paper, there is also a small book bound into a volume. Zhang Qing will look through it from time to time when he is calculating.

Zhang Shangshu walked over, picked up the book and turned it over a few times, frowning slightly, but before he could speak, his daughter coquettishly shouted: "Master...it's too difficult, I can't figure it out." .”

Hearing his daughter's complaints, Zhang Shangshu looked over, but found that the paper under her hand was covered with all kinds of strange symbols, like insects crawling.

"cough!"

Hearing this cough, the pencil in Zhang Qing's hand fell to the ground in fright, then she stood up quickly, lowering her head obediently: "Father... why are you here?"

"I heard that you go to this imperial city all day to see what you are doing."

After all, he walked to Song Beiyun's seat and sat down, and began to flip through the book. There were many strange symbols on it, but there were notes under the symbols, such as what the X was for, and what was the cross for. There is even a set of ninety-nine multiplication tables and relatively complete formulas for triangles, trapezoids, cylinders, cones, and circles at the back.

Who is Zhang Shangshu?When he was young, he was No. 1 in mathematics, and he had immersed himself in it all his life in the Ministry of Industry, but now he saw this booklet and connected it with the strange symbols before, and he was unavoidably shocked.

And this pamphlet not only uses mathematical methods, but also has detailed explanations about the laws of physics, many things even Zhang Shangshu has never heard of.

"Miss Qing."

"Daddy..." Zhang Qing lowered his head like a child who has done something wrong: "Can you return that book to me..."

"What were you talking about?"

"Circumference."

"Bring it here." Zhang Shangshu twirled his beard and looked at PI above him, squinting his eyes carefully.

He may not be familiar with the others, but he is very proficient in the circle. Zu Chongzhi, the predecessor, counted to the seventh digit, and more than [-] years ago, Zhang Shangshu counted this number to the nineteenth digit.

It's just that later he felt that it didn't have any effect, so he didn't go on with the actuarial calculation.But seeing his daughter calculating this now, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy. In order to show off in front of his daughter, he decisively asked the child to take her calculation results.

"this much?"

"Mmm...Master...Master said, we need to reverse the calculation according to the formula." Zhang Qing put the stack of reverse calculations in front of his father, with a flustered expression: "I don't know whether it is right or wrong. , Master asked me to count down."

Zhang Shangshu didn't talk nonsense with his daughter, and began to look at her calculation results, and he really couldn't understand many symbols on it, so he had to check the reference book next to him while reading, but professional players are professional players after all, mastering the speed He was much better than his daughter, a half-baby. He quickly understood the meaning of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and the root sign. Then he completely ignored the existence of his daughter and plunged into the ocean of mathematics.

"Master..."

Zhang Qing hurried to the dining hall, and found Song Beiyun who was eating a duck, and Song Beiyun looked up at her: "Didn't you just finish eating?"

"My dad is here..."

"Ah? Zhang Shangshu?" Song Beiyun scratched his head: "What is he doing here?"

"I don't know." Miss Qing also looked confused: "He didn't say either."

"What is he doing now?"

"Do the question..."

ah?The dignified minister, came to the Imperial City Department to do a question?What kind of mental illness is this?But since he's here, he can't drive him away. Let's not say that he is a minister, even if he is the head of the parent company in name of Huangcheng Division, Song Beiyun has no reason to make a fuss.

"He hasn't eaten yet after the court meeting, right? You go to the dining hall and get some food for him." Song Beiyun pointed to the master chef who was serving vegetables: "Let the master get some duck legs, meatballs and stewed mutton and send them over. "

"Oh……"

Zhang Qing took the food and put it in a food box and sent it to Zhang Shangshu, while Song Beiyun was gnawing on the duck while thinking about how he would tell Master Shangshu about his entry into the Ministry of Industry after Chunwei.

It is definitely impossible to step down as the Secretary of the Imperial City. The Queen Mother and the group will definitely not let people go, but it is unprecedented to want to join the Ministry of Industry with a position here. It's time for Zhao Xing to say something nice.In addition, I have almost given up all the power to Yan Shu, so Zhao Xiang wouldn't make it difficult for such an unknown pawn like himself.

On the other side, seeing Zhang Qing bring the food, Zhang Shangshu just nodded his head, and then continued to concentrate on counting, formulating formulas with his right hand, crackling the abacus with his left hand, and bowing left and right so fast that he flew up.

Zhang Qing looked dumbfounded. She has known her father for more than ten years, and she has never seen him so strong. Thinking about her clumsy appearance and looking at her father's appearance, which seems to be about to throw the abacus into a rage, it is really shocking. .

"It's easy to use..." Zhang Shangshu's stomach growled, he also put down the pen, pressed the things under his head with a paperweight, picked up the rice bowl and started to eat. After two mouthfuls, he raised his head and asked Zhang Qing: "What are you doing?" All Imperial City Divisions learn these things?"

Chapter 267, January 1, 10nd Year

"Father, I like to learn this! You don't let me chew words, and you don't let me know numbers. What do you want me to do? Do you want me to embroider and sew? My daughter doesn't want to! My daughter wants to be like her brothers, even if she is not an official. , and I don’t want to become that embroidered pillow.”

Zhang Shangshu couldn't react immediately when his daughter who suddenly exploded said this. He opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Zhang Qing when he was about to speak, but this time his temper also came up, and he slapped the table. On: "Shut up! Look at the things taught by disrespect!"

Miss Qing burst into tears when she was reprimanded like this, while Song Beiyun, who was eavesdropping outside the window, blinked silently, expressing that she had no idea why there was a sudden quarrel inside.

"When will you change your strong temper? Can't you let daddy finish his speech?" Zhang Shangshu snorted coldly: "I ask you to learn these here, when will I stop letting you learn?"

"what?"

Hearing this conversation, Song Beiyun couldn't help laughing. He quickly covered his mouth with his hands. Zhang Qing was caught off guard by the sudden interruption of his sad mood. She didn't even know what expression to use to face her. Father.

"My father wants to tell you that although I don't know if Song Beiyun is really talented or not..."

"Yes, master, yes, master is very powerful." Miss Qing argued for Song Beiyun with tears in her eyes: "Master is very good at reciting poems and doing right things, and doing calculations in astronomy."

"Why do you always interrupt my father's words? You have to know that even Zhao Xiang is not easy to interrupt my father's words. If it's another person, I will punish you for contradicting the official today!"

"Oh……"

"Where did I just say?"

Miss Qing thought for a while, "I said that Master is extremely handsome, talented and beautiful."

When Song Beiyun heard this sentence outside, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood. This child really can't even praise others, and he has completely inherited the excellent blood of a science and engineering student.

Zhang Shangshu didn't answer the question, but continued: "Although my father doesn't know if Song Beiyun is a real talent, but what he taught you is real. These things seem strange, but they are extremely simple and good." Use, just one line, that man..."

"formula"

"Yes, the formula. The formula is even more magical, and it is even more handy when calculating." Zhang Shangshu looked down at the booklet: "Father took this notebook away first. If Song Beiyun comes, let him He went to my house to ask for it."

"Father!" Zhang Qing opened his hand to stop him: "Father, how can you take my things!"

"Your?" Zhang Shangshu looked down at a handwritten note that made his heart skip a beat: "Is this yours?"

"Master gave it to me, isn't it mine?"

"That would be even better. Father, go back first to see if there are any mistakes. I will give it to you when you return to the mansion after school."

"You..." Miss Qing was as angry as a toad: "Take it away as you like, and you still have to say so much, just to make people think that he is not as good as you."

"You child! What are you talking about?"

Zhang Shangshu was struck by the words in his heart, his old face blushed, and he stuffed the note into his arms: "Seeing that you are fine, I will leave first."

At this moment, Song Beiyun pushed the door open from the outside with a creaking sound. He looked at Zhang Shangshu with a blank expression, and after reacting for a while, he hurriedly saluted: "I pay my respects to Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry."

"Well, there is no need to be too polite." After all, a minister is useless in front of his daughter, but he still has to maintain his prestige in front of subordinate officials: "Song Beiyun, you have to teach Qing'er well, since she wants to learn arithmetic, Let her learn it over there."

"Your official obeys." Song Beiyun smiled, "Actually, Mr. Zhang, I actually have something to ask you."

"Oh? Please?"

Zhang Shangshu was actually a little surprised. He originally came here to ask Song Beiyun where the ideas for those questions came from, but now that he saw this thick formula collection, he didn't have the heart to ask those questions.It's just that Song Beiyun had something to ask of himself...

A normal official would not go to the Ministry of Industry to apply for a letter, right? The Ministry of Industry is the most lucrative department, and the money is held by the Ministry of Households.

"Master Zhang, you also know that the Imperial City Division is theoretically a department under the Ministry of Industry, and the Third New Division is inseparable from the Ministry of Industry. The Imperial City Division..."

While Song Beiyun was talking, he shook his hands a couple of times calmly, and Zhang Qing ran out obediently.Seeing her leave, Song Beiyun continued: "In the future, the Imperial City Division will set up a law enforcement department related to mining and smelting. The annual income of this department is about..."

He leaned forward and said to Zhang Shangshu: "Master Zhang, at least 300 million inflows per year, the Ministry of Industry will become very important in a very short period of time. The Imperial City Division will also set up a special law enforcement department for industrial and mining taxation."

"What do you mean by telling me this?"

Zhang Shangshu is a typical scholar-type leader. He is obviously not sensitive to the composition of power. Even 300 million guan does not seem to be very attractive to him. After hearing him ask this question, Song Beiyun immediately knew what kind of person he was. people.

"Secondly, the new three divisions will focus on the research and development team, and the three disciplines of mathematics, physics, and engineering will develop rapidly, because no matter whether it is mining, smelting, or forging, these three disciplines cannot be avoided."

When he heard this, Zhang Shangshu's eyes finally lit up: "You mean, the Secretary of the Imperial City wants to cultivate the skill of object detection?"

"It's not the Imperial City Department, it's the Ministry of Industry." Song Beiyun said with a smile: "I just want to go to the Ministry of Industry, but now the Queen Mother will definitely not let him go, so I can only ask Mr. Zhang to speak a few words, as long as I can Let me take an idle job in the Ministry of Industry, and the rest is easy to talk about."

Zhang Shangshu lightly twirled his beard, looked back and forth a few times: "This is not a big deal, if you are really capable, it's okay to ask you to be a servant. It's just... I have a condition."

"Sir, say it."

"Tomorrow I will fall into 50 people, and you will teach them the new algorithm."

"50 people?"

"Too much? The 20-person head office, no matter how bad it is for five people!"

It was the first time I saw someone haggling like this, and before the other party even spoke, I had already cut the price down to one-tenth. If this bookworm Mr. Zhang ran out to do business, his daughter would be sold to a brothel sooner or later.

"Five people..." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "How can five people do it?"

"Three people! No more."

"Master Zhang, don't lower the price by yourself." Song Beiyun stretched out ten fingers: "100 people, not one less! But if you agree, if you fail the assessment, I will be kicked out."

Zhang Shangshu looked at Song Beiyun in amazement. He felt like a lion opened his mouth for fifty, but one hundred for the other side?What does it mean?

"Anyway, I have nothing to do after the next year. I will wait for the completion of the new third division. I will teach these 100 people, not only teaching them arithmetic, but also many other engineering knowledge."

"Oh???" Zhang Shangshu's smile suddenly bloomed: "Do you know how to study engineering?"

"My lord, do you know the picture of the Empress Dowager's golden pine and crane with thousands of weaves?"

"Well, the old man knows. The craftsmanship is so high that it reaches the pinnacle, but I don't know..." He suddenly recalled and looked at Song Beiyun: "Could it be you?"

"It's the next official." Song Beiyun said with a smile: "It's just Mr. Zhang. You must carefully screen these 100 people. Some knowledge may shake the foundation of the country if it is spread. Don't say it is me, it will be I am afraid that even a pillar like you can't bear it."

Zhang Shangshu, who is not interested in politics, is sensitive to this aspect. He naturally knows what engineering represents. Although armor, weapons, crossbows, and city walls are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, all of them are in the category of engineering, so those advanced products The infrastructure is all produced by the Ministry of Industry, if it is leaked...

"Yes." Zhang Shangshu's face darkened: "I will consider it, so let's make it so. I will invite the officials tomorrow."

"Okay, it's a deal."

Zhang Shangshu returned home with a full load, and Miss Qing, who saw her father walking briskly, came to Song Beiyun's office, put her chin on the table, and looked at Song Beiyun pitifully: "Master..."

"What are you doing?"

"He took my reference book away..."

"That's your father, go home by yourself." Song Beiyun opened the drawer and took out the tea leaves: "Go, go, don't bother me, go and do the questions yourself. You only did four of the more than 100 questions, so feel free to do so." ?”

Zhang Qing returned to the desk pitifully and continued to work on the questions, while Song Beiyun also started the daily Kung Fu tea session.

Song Beiyun, who entered the life of the retirement group in advance, divided and washed the tea carefully. He even burned a tea tray and a few tea pets out of clay, with a cobblestone on it, which looked decent.

When the room was fragrant, Yan Shu came in after sniffing ghostly: "Jasmine, Fuyao Xianzhi, the businessman pays more attention to profit than parting, and went to Fuliang to buy tea the month before last. Good tea, good tea."

"You're really fast at rubbing people's things." Song Beiyun took out a cup with a bamboo clip and put it in front of him. After scalding it with water, he washed it again with floating tea, and finally filled a cup of tea: "A dog's nose is a true spirit." , this is still a cold person."

"Huh? Miss Qing is here again today."