Yi Si was usually not at the farm but he would definitely come here at this time every year. One reason was to check on the farm's harvest. The harvest was not good to begin with and if the people below were to slack off, the days would be even more miserable. However, Yi Si's main purpose for coming to the farm at this time was not his own farm but to catch up with the harvest and earn some extra money.
He calculated quickly. Not everyone had this kind of talent. Therefore, after "accidentally" helping the neighboring farm, Yi Si's reputation spread among the farm masters. At this time, the farm masters who were impatient with their own farm inspection would come to Yi Si for help. In any case, Yi Si used a short amount of time and was highly efficient. His accuracy was almost one hundred percent and he only needed to pay some remuneration. It saved a lot of time and allowed the farm masters to catch evidence of their subordinates lying in the shortest time possible. Why not?
To be honest, Yi Si's extra income at this time of year was not much less than his own farm's.
The woman from the Mu family was the owner of a nearby farm and was one of Yi Si's sources of income. Not long after she left, someone came to look for Yi Si. No wonder he had set the table here and looked like he was going to do something big. This way, people who entered the farm could easily find him and it would be convenient for them to accept work.
Ji Ju did not stay at Yi Si's farm for long. After seeing the situation with the well water, he went to the other farms to ask. Sure enough, every farm was in the same situation. The water in the well was decreasing every year. If the weather remained the same, it would be difficult to continue.
Now, only Yi Si's small farm with few wells was a little more difficult but in a year or two, there would be more people in trouble. He had thought that finding some drought-resistant crops would be able to ease the situation but now it seemed that there was still no solution.
When Ji Ju returned, he was very quiet and was not in a good mood. The chief steward did not understand why and only found out when Shao Xuan whispered to him.
The chief steward thanked Shao Xuan gratefully and then hurried to get some medicinal tea for Ji Ju. At the same time, he was thinking about how to persuade the farm master. Ji Ju was their golden thigh. If Ji Ju fell ill from thinking too much and something happened to him, how would the stewards live in the future?
According to Shao Xuan's knowledge, there was a river not far from the Royal City. The Royal City had dug a canal to bring the river in years ago but the canal might not be able to solve everything. After all, the farms outside the city were too spread out and if there was a drought, the canal would dry up. Also, Shao Xuan felt that this was not the only thing Ji Ju was worried about. There were other things that Ji Ju just did not want to tell him.
Seeing that Ji Ju was not willing to talk, Shao Xuan did not continue asking. He and Guang Yi had already stayed here for many days. They had seen the Thousand Grain Gold grow again after passing the second tribulation. They had also identified many useful crops and obtained precious seeds. Shao Xuan planned to leave. There was nothing to do even if he continued to disturb them.
However, before he left, there was something he needed to settle.
The next day, Ji Ju locked himself in his room in Qingmang Palace and did not come out. Shao Xuan went out on his own. The guards at the gates already knew Shao Xuan and did not stop him when Shao Xuan said he was just going out for a walk.
Shao Xuan went straight to Yi Si's farm.
Yi Si had just finished checking a thick roll of cloth for someone. Beside it were five burlap bags filled with grains. This was his reward.
A large man with an oily face took the roll of cloth and left with a dark expression. He must have found out that his subordinates were greedy. His footsteps were filled with the smell of blood.
When he saw Shao Xuan enter, Yi Si only glanced up without much enthusiasm. "What's wrong? Is the owner of the Golden Grain Farm not here today?"
"No, I have something to ask you," said Shao Xuan.
"Oh? I don't do things without a reward. "Yi Si raised an eyebrow.
"If you can solve it, of course there will be a reward."
Hearing that, Yi Si finally looked at Shao Xuan. "Tell me, what is it? How much do you need me to calculate? Or do you want to change the accounts? "
"None of those." As he spoke, Shao Xuan took out a small piece of light-colored linen cloth. There were two concentric circles drawn with paint on the cloth. There were also some symbols and lines on the drawing. This was the diagram of the circles left behind by the Yi family that Shao Xuan had copied from the walls of Gongjia Valley. However, he had broken down the complicated diagram and simplified it before drawing it on the cloth. Now, he was showing it to Yi Si.
He could not understand these diagrams left behind by the Yi family so he could not deduce what he wanted from the diagram. However, he saw that Yi Si was very talented in calculations yesterday. He also did not seem to have much ambition. According to what he heard from the steward of the Golden Grain fields yesterday, Yi Si's family was only a marginal part of the Yi family. Otherwise, they would not have been able to survive in such a small field with poor soil quality and only one working well. Also, Yi Si could not perform divination so he could not survive in the Royal City's divination street. He could only use his talent to earn money.
Yi Si saw that Shao Xuan had only taken out one piece of cloth. He was surprised. Just one piece? That was easy.
However, when Yi Si unfolded the cloth and saw the diagram on it, his pupils constricted. He shot up and stared at Shao Xuan. "How did you get the diagram of the Yi family?"
Diagram of the ring? So the circular diagrams were called diagrams.
"You don't need to know how I got it. You just need to tell me how to solve this diagram," said Shao Xuan.
Yi Si stared at Shao Xuan for a few seconds, then sat down again. He tapped his fingers on the table. "What do you want to know? Solution? You can't possibly know. "
Shao Xuan did not refute. He pointed at the lines and symbols on the diagram and asked Yi Si to explain.
Yi Si did not refuse. He briefly explained the meaning of those symbols and the broken line. He did not mention the core secrets, nor did he mention the key to how they used the ring analysis diagram to calculate quickly. To them, it did not matter if outsiders knew about this. The Yi family had many secrets but very few people could understand them. The Yi family and the Gongjia family were just as confident and arrogant.
However, Shao Xuan only needed to know what the lines and lines represented, and how large the numbers were. That was enough.
To verify, he added some numbers into the diagram and asked Yi Si to tell him the final result. Then, he took out a thin charcoal stick and a piece of cloth. Since there was no place to put them, he placed the cloth on the other side of Yi Si's table.
Yi Si stared at the diagram as he calculated. Shao Xuan did the same. He did not have a crazy brain like Yi Si so he could only do rough calculations.
When Shao Xuan was done, Yi Si was already waiting.
When Shao Xuan stopped writing, Yi Si looked away from the piece of cloth Shao Xuan was writing on. He looked at Shao Xuan in surprise. "You're done too?!" Usually, if it was someone else, it would take at least half a day. How could he be so fast?
Shao Xuan could not help but admire Yi Si's calculation speed. He could not even do it with his fingers.
"What's the result?" Shao Xuan asked.
Yi Si was still doubtful as he handed the cloth over.
Shao Xuan looked at Yi Si's result. It was the same as his own. He was satisfied. Although he was slower than Yi Si, he just needed to understand how the ring analysis worked. He could also copy the complicated diagram from the mountain wall.
"You really calculated it?!" Yi Si was shocked. Why was there someone like this around? Was he trying to steal his business?
"Mm, how much will I be paid?" Shao Xuan asked.
Yi Si thought for a moment, then extended five fingers. "Fifty golden leaves!"
Fifty golden leaves were equivalent to five bags of grains on the ground.
"However, if you can tell me how you calculated it, I won't take the reward." Yi Si said, "You just need to tell me the rough method you used. You don't need to tell me the details."
Shao Xuan counted fifty golden leaves and put them on the table. He then collected several pieces of cloth and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Yi Si called out.
Shao Xuan thought Yi Si was going to ask about the calculation. Unexpectedly, Yi Si said, "Recently, there have been fewer birds in the sky."
Shao Xuan looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Are you going to leave the field soon? If so, be careful. "Yi Si did not overdo it.
He could not do divination, but he could come to such a conclusion based on the changes in the birds in the sky?
"Thank you!" Shao Xuan thanked him and left Yi Si's field.
After Shao Xuan left, Yi Si took out a piece of cloth and used a brush dipped in sticky paint to write on it.
If Shao Xuan was here, he would definitely find that what Yi Si wrote were several vertical multiplication and division formulas that he had listed out during his calculations.
Although what Shao Xuan wrote at that time seemed to be written upside down in Yi Si's opinion, the numbers and the vertical lines were all unfamiliar to him, what Yi Si wrote at this moment was exactly the same as the vertical formulas, numbers and lines listed on the cloth that Shao Xuan had drafted!
After he finished writing, Yi Si looked at the unfamiliar symbols and lines on the cloth and thought. From time to time, he would use the brush to draw on a number and mark it with a symbol that he was used to.
"Young master, someone from the An family fields is here to ask for your help …" A field steward came over and told Yi Si.
Yi Si kept the cloth and signaled for the steward to bring the person in. "After this, close the gates. That's all for today."
"Huh?" The steward was still calculating the profits from the past few days. How much profit could he get? Why was the young master not taking any more jobs?
"Then … What about tomorrow?" asked the steward.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow."
"Yes."
Although it was a pity, the steward still followed Yi Si's instructions. He hung a sign at the entrance of the field, indicating that the people who came later could go back. The young master was resting today and did not say when he would start taking jobs again.
Regardless of what happened at the field, Shao Xuan went back and called Guang Yi, who was looking after the stewards, over to discuss and leave.
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