Well, we now know something important: the total quantity of non-zero digits that occur after the first digit is equal to the sum of these digits, minus one.

好吧，我们现在知道了一些重要的事情：第一个数字之后出现的非零数字的总数等于这些数字的总和减去一个。

In so far as mercantilists sought to discover objective reasons for the height of the rate of interest-and they did so more and more during this period-they found such reasons in the total quantity of money.

就重商主义者寻求发现利率高企的客观原因而言——他们在这一时期越来越多地这样做——他们在货币总量中找到了这样的原因。