Chapter 408 Yuan Zhuo's Abacus

"I am angry every day when I am not born. ̢̜̳̱͈̹͓͛͜ḩ̷̻̩͍̱̗͔̺̏̓͊̀͂̀ͅṵ̵̙̻͉̦͙̗̥̉̓̓͊̑̂̑x̸͍̘̳͂͊̂̊̀͊̕͘ ".

Liu Bei was sincerely impressed by Liu Hong.

But this person has passed away. Even if he laments again, nothing can be changed. He can only force himself up and smile:

"When Taixue is re-established and returned to the old capital, the name of Shi Le and Liu Hong should be established in Taixue so that it will be known to future generations."

This is what it should be, so everyone nodded frequently and agreed with this.

After gathering himself, Liu Bei noticed something else placed next to the "Qianxiang Calendar". When he picked it up, he discovered that its style was quite strange.

This small wooden frame is like a wooden window, but unlike the wooden window, the wooden bars in the middle are equal horizontally and vertically, and there is only one horizontal bar.

Each vertical wooden stick is very thin, and there are five wooden beads strung on each wooden stick. The horizontal wooden strips in the middle are just separated by wooden beads. There are four beads on one side and only one on the other side. This single bead The side is also painted with vermilion paint, which is really exquisite.

"What is this?" Liu Bei was suddenly curious.

He picked it up and fiddled with it for a few times, not understanding its meaning. Then he looked outside and felt that it was not used in this way. After shaking it twice, he could hear the sound of the beads sliding and hitting together, so Liu Bei suddenly made a guess:

"This instrument is pleasant to the ear."

So Liu Bei saw that Kong Ming, who had a somewhat sad look on his face, couldn't help but laugh, while Jian Yong next to him didn't show much respect and laughed out loud.

Liu Bei, who knew that he had guessed wrong, was not embarrassed at all. He even shook it twice and listened to the crisp sound of the beads colliding twice before putting it down and waiting for Kong Ming to clarify his doubts.

"This was made by Liu Yuanzhuo to facilitate calculation."

After saying that, Kong Ming took it and gave a brief demonstration.

His dexterous and slender fingers fiddled with the beads one after another in accordance with the dictated calculations. As the beads scattered around, a rather complicated calculation was completed, and Liu Bei successfully understood its function.

Jian Yong on the side did not forget to explain:

"According to Zhong Sili, Liu Yuanzhuo worked hard for the Qianxiang Calendar, and the calculations required were beyond imagination, so he made many things to facilitate calculations."

"This is the only thing that I have kept with me for several years. What the Lord sees now was made based on Zhong Sili's dictation."

Liu Bei suddenly sighed again:

"Since this thing was made by Liu Yuanzhuo, why not call it..."

Before Liu Bei blurted out, Kong Ming quickly said:

"My Lord, according to Zhong Sili, Liu Yuanzhuo called this object an abacus."

Liu Bei immediately pinched his beard in embarrassment and said:

"Wearing abacus? What a good name."

The awkward atmosphere subsided for a while, and Zhang Fei from Yan came forward:

"I don't think the name 'Yuan Zhuosuan' is as nice as the one given by my eldest brother."

Liu Bei suddenly blushed and shouted loudly:

"Why did you ever say that? Third brother, don't try to taint someone's innocence!"

As for what he was thinking, he would definitely not say it even to death.

Seeing his lord and General Zhang Yide "getting along", Ma Chao said with sincere envy:

"My lord, Jin Lan, is as affectionate as those of flesh and blood."

Kong Ming glanced sideways and shook his head: No wonder in later history, this man and Yide attacked together, and two thousand enemies were defeated by Sancao.

I'm afraid that when Yide repeated his old tricks, Ma Mengqi was still waving the flag and applauding.

If there is an attack to the east of Tongguan in the future, Zhang and Ma must not be allowed to attack together.

Kong Ming silently remembered it in his heart.

Helplessly looking at Zhang Fei who was running away with his head in his arms, Kong Ming sighed helplessly and stretched his head to look outside the door.

The light curtain appears at the end of the month every time, with an interval of three months. The last time it appeared in Chengdu was the end of January, and now it is the end of April in Chang'an.

However, the temperature at the end of April in Chang'an was similar to the temperature at the end of January in Chengdu. Looking down at the climate change map he had drawn based on the light curtain, Kong Ming suddenly felt a little sad:

The weather will continue to get colder for more than a hundred years before it is expected to slowly recover. How can we explain this century-old change?

Fortunately, what made Kong Ming slightly relieved was that when the time went from the end of April to the beginning of May, the weather in Chang'an could finally be called warm.

After the cold subsided, the first thing that greeted us was the increasingly busy Chang'an.

The ruins need to be renovated, the old houses need to be repaired, the ruins of the past need to be cleared one by one, and even some old streets need to be resurfaced. The sound of tools and materials hitting each other is "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Finally, he fell into a relatively secluded small courtyard and got into Xia Houyuan's ears.

"No more!"

Xia Houyuan, who held the black chess piece and pondered for a long time, immediately threw the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, wiped it twice so that the whole chessboard could never be restored to its original appearance, and shouted at the same time:

"How can you calm down and play chess with all the noise? I can't play anymore!"

Du Xi, who was playing chess against him, didn't feel much regret in his heart. To be honest, he was already numb after winning. This Xiahou Miaocai's chess skills were good but not bad. There were almost no bad words. Even if he won this game again, it would be useless. What a sense of accomplishment.

So Du Xi turned his attention to Zhang He, who was standing next to him watching chess:

"Jun Yi is coming?"

Zhang He did his best. After Xia Houyuan stepped aside, he sat quietly on the chair and patiently picked up the chess pieces one by one and put them back into the chess box according to their colors.

There was even a leisurely chat with Du Xi:

"What do you think Liu Bei is doing?"

"What are you doing?"

Du Xi snorted coldly:

"Why else? The Liu family has regained the Three Qins, so they naturally have to give an explanation to the people in Guanzhong. They will build houses, repair roads and dig canals. These people in Guanzhong will kneel in front of Liu Xuande and shout, "Let your son join the army and die for the Han Dynasty."

"Liu Xuande must be very proud now."

Xiahou Yuan, who was relieved, was stretching his body at this time - he could not lead the army in seclusion here, so he could only rely on himself to exercise.

Bending his hips, Xiahou Yuan interrupted:

"I heard that Liu Bei made the Imperial College very lively. You only need to register to go in and listen to his lectures on how to farm."

Du Xi still snorted coldly:

"It's just a trick to register the population."

So Zhang He sighed helplessly.

After his military power was confiscated and sent to this villa, he roughly understood the whole story.

The result was that the attitudes of the two people who were previously in the Wei River Valley Road changed instead.

Xiahou Yuan, who wanted to die to avenge Prime Minister Cao before, was now eating and drinking. He yelled at Liu Bei for no reason, causing the people outside the courtyard to yell and curse, and then he had the leisure to curse with him for an hour with a smile on his face.

Du Xi, who had previously taken the initiative to attack Xiahou Yuan and advocated surrender, was gloomy every day. He would curse at the slightest dissatisfaction, and would always be full of derogatory remarks whenever he talked about Liu Bei, just like now.

Zhang He shook his head and said:

"Such means are easy, why doesn't Prime Minister Cao do it to win the hearts of the people?"

So Du Xi stopped talking.

Xiahou Yuan said in a relaxed tone:

"Hey, if we had the military discipline of Liu Bei, this would be easy."

Zhang He didn't quite understand, but just heard Xiahou Yuan praise Liu Bei's magnificent military appearance. He was quite curious because he had never seen it with his own eyes.

After all, he faced the Qiang cavalry led by Ma Chao from beginning to end.

Du Xi looked stinky, so Zhang He arranged the chessboard while chatting with Xiahou Yuan who was shaking his butt next to him:

"I heard that Liu Bei took a lot of civilians out of the city a few days ago, planning to mark a new city."

"Most likely he thought the palace was an eyesore, and he couldn't live in it after it was built. I think it's okay for him to live in it."

"I heard from the people that they disliked the excessive manure in Chang'an."

"...That's not nonsense."

"They also said they wanted to dig a new canal."

Du Xi quickly interrupted: "Hey, it's really going to cost people money and labor again!"

Zhang He didn't even bother to lift his eyelids:

"Drilling canals to distribute food."

Du Xi was speechless.

Every time the video content ends and the rhythm changes, I feel uncomfortable for two days.

In addition, this time it won't be long. The author was in a bad state before, but now he has adjusted.

As I said, the rhythm should be brisk and avoid being lengthy.

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