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Chapter 486: Han Numerals

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    Liu Cong picked up his pen and wrote a few words: "The Wu army is guarding five thousand troops, and the guarding general is Ding Feng!"

    Then he took out "Historical Records", opened it, and looked for these words in it.

    The first word is on page 12, line 3, number 5.  The second word is on page 23, line 5, number 7, and the third word is on page 2, line 4, number 5.

    Liu Cong spent a long time looking for these three characters, and he found a problem. For example, the first character should be numbered 1235. Would it be mistaken for the 20th on the first page?  What about the fifth word in three lines?  If this is really the case, the first page should be written as zero one, the third line should be written as zero three, and the fifth character should be written as zero five. Then each word must correspond to six numbers, otherwise it will easily happen.  Confused.

    But it¡¯s very troublesome to write like this.

    "Arabic numerals!" Liu Cong suddenly thought that these Arabic numerals are not complicated. In modern times, children who have not gone to school can learn them quickly. This can make Tianwang Camp popular!  Moreover, this book, which is a code book, can also use Arabic numerals to indicate the page number.

    Thinking of this, Liu Cong neatly wrote the ten Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 on a piece of paper.  Then he sent people to bring Ma Liang, Ma Zhong and Pang Degong, the dean of Luoyang Academy, and others.

    "See my lord (Prince)!" The three of them saluted Liu Cong.

    "No courtesy!" Liu Cong waved his hand and motioned for them to kneel down and sit next to him.

    "Thank you, Lord!"

    "My lord, why are you calling us here today? What's the important thing?" Ma Liang asked.

    "Look at these ten numbers!" Liu Cong pointed to the ten Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 written by himself on the paper.

    "Thiswhat number is this?"

    "My lord, I have never seen it before!"

    "My subordinates have never seen it before!"

    Ma Liang, Ma Zhong, Pang Degong and other three people were all confused and full of doubts.

    "This isthis is the new number of the Han Dynasty that I just invented."

    Liu Cong wanted to say that they were Arabic numerals, but he suddenly realized that Arabic numerals did not appear in India until the third century AD, and they were not what they are now, so he simply said that he invented them himself.

    "The numbers invented by the prince"

    "Yes, the previous numbers were inconvenient to use, so I invented another one!" Liu Cong smiled, feeling somewhat embarrassed, "Look, this is zero, this is one, this is two  ¡­¡±

    Liu Cong explained one by one. After finishing the nine numbers, he began to explain how to combine numbers within one hundred. After that, he planned to briefly talk about the combinations of numbers above one hundred, but suddenly he found that Mr. Pang De,  Ma Liang and Ma Zhong both stared wide-eyed, as if they were primary school students who didn't understand at all.

    "Youdon't you understand?"

    "My lord, I understand these ten numbers, but the following ones are"

    "Your Majesty, can you tell me again?"

    "My lord, please tell me again, my subordinates don't quite understand!"

    "Thisgood" Liu Cong nodded, wondering in his heart, these are all smart people, why can't they understand?  Maybe it¡¯s because my ability to accept new things is not strong!  So he took the trouble to tell it again.

    "What's going on now, are you clear?"

    "Oh" Pang Degong nodded, but then shook his head.

    Ma Liang¡¯s expression was the same as Pang Degong¡¯s.

    "My lord, these subordinates from eleven to nineteen have understood. How should I write twenty?" Ma Zhong asked.

    Liu Cong looked at Ma Zhong with a dark look on his face. If this was a primary school student, he would definitely fail.

    "My lord, please tell me again!" Ma Liang also said from the side.

    "Ji Chang, you don't understand either?" Ma Zhong still understands if he doesn't understand. Ma Liang is a famous resourceful man in the world!

    "I don't quite understand"

    "Okay!" Liu Cong had no choice but to say it again.

    "Wonderful, wonderful!" Mr. Pang Degong shouted out as soon as he finished speaking, with a very excited expression on his face. "This method of counting is really convenient and simple. For example, you can write eighty-nine like this,  Fifty-seven can be written like this!"

    " Pang Degong said while writing two numbers.

    "Yes, yes, that's it!" Liu Cong nodded, feeling like he was teaching primary school students.

    "Your Majesty is truly a god!" Pang Degong admired sincerely.

     Pang Degong understood, but Ma Liang and Ma Zhong were still unclear.  Liu Cong was impatient and asked the two of them to study with Pang Degong. At the same time, he warned Ma Zhong that he must learn it quickly, and then select four smart soldiers in the Tianwang camp to learn all these numbers and master them clearly by tomorrow morning.  , and then accept his examination.

    After the three people left, Liu Cong also left the study. He didn't plan to test it anymore on his own, and planned to directly learn the password from the soldiers of Tianwang Camp.

    Early the next morning, Ma Zhong led four soldiers from the Tianwang Battalion to Liu Cong¡¯s study in the Han Palace.

    Liu Cong looked at Ma Zhong and the four soldiers, their eyes were bloodshot. It was obvious that they had studied hard last night, but they were still full of energy.

    "How well has the Han Dynasty mastered the new numbers?" Liu Cong asked.

    "Reporting to my lord, my subordinates have mastered everything and have taught the four of them, please check it out!" Ma Zhong's tone was full of confidence.

    "Okay, then I will test you!"

    So Liu Cong casually mentioned a few numbers and asked them to write them in Arabic numerals, which are now the new Han numerals.

    Several people picked up their pens and wrote quickly.

    "Not bad!" Liu Cong smiled and nodded, took out the book "Historical Records", and then randomly wrote six numbers 120305.  "Look at these six numbers, they represent a word, and where is this word? It's in this "Historical Records"!"

    After listening to Liu Cong¡¯s words, the five people all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

    "The first two numbers, 12, indicate that the word is on page 12, the 03 in the middle indicates that it is on the third line, and the 05 at the end indicates the fifth one!" Liu Cong said as he flipped through the book and found the corresponding word.

    Then Liu Cong wrote six more numbers and demonstrated again.

    "Do you understand now?"

    "I understand!" All five people nodded.

    So Liu Cong randomly wrote out a few groups of numbers, each group was six, and gave each of the five of them a copy of "Historical Records" and asked them to find it.

    After a while, several people found the corresponding words and wrote them on the paper.

    Liu Cong looked at the five people who wrote exactly the same thing and felt very satisfied.

    Then he wrote ten more Chinese characters and asked several people to look for them in the book. After finding them, they would write down the corresponding six numbers.

    This time it took longer, about half an hour, but to Liu Cong¡¯s satisfaction, what several people wrote was exactly the same.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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