Short stories about India (such as geography, hobbies, habits. . . . . )

There was a king in ancient India who liked playing chess very much. Ministers are required to play chess with him every day. On the one hand, the king is good at chess, on the other hand, ministers are afraid of the king. So the king has never met an opponent, he only has to win and lose.

One day, the king felt that it was boring to always fight the defeated soldiers, so he ordered: whoever can defeat him can satisfy a wish put forward by this man. One of his ministers had never played chess with the king. He came forward and asked for a game of chess with the king. The king ignored the minister at all, but in the end, the clever minister won. Although the king lost, he said generously, "Make your request and I will keep my promise and meet your request." The minister said softly, "I just want some wheat to fill the chessboard." There are 64 squares on this chessboard. Your Majesty, please put one grain of wheat in the first box, two grains in the second box, four grains in the third box and eight grains in the fourth box ... and so on, and fill all 64 squares. Hearing this, the king said without thinking, "such a small request, I will meet you at once." "

So he ordered the minister in charge of grain to calculate the number of wheat grains according to the minister's calculation method. The minister in charge of grain calculated, went up to the king and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, according to his request, there is not enough food in the whole country! You see, 1+2+22+23+24+25 ... =18446740737095516 15 grains, while1m3 of wheat is about/kloc-. The king was assassinated. What can he do?

"Your majesty, don't worry. We can open the grain depot and let him count for himself. Even if you count two grains per second and count 12 hours per day, then 10 can count 200,000 cubic meters, so it will take him 290 billion years to count all the grains. " The minister in charge of grain said to the king, "Your Majesty, I don't think he really wants so many grains of wheat. He just wants to see who is smarter than him. " The king was very happy to hear the analysis of the minister in charge of grain. Because he has two smart and loyal ministers.