Old Man Yao walked behind the counter and said calmly: "Taking people's money is like killing their parents. What they are afraid of is not taxation, but that you want to re-measure the land."

The more Chen Ji heard, the more something seemed wrong. It was obvious that he had recognized the wrong person.

Who is this? Dusty and ragged, could he be a tax collector? Or...

The middle-aged man stretched out his wrist and put it on the counter: "But food and grass can be easily solved. It just takes a little more trouble and more words. But the glutinous rice required by the front line is difficult for us."

Old Yao put three fingers on the middle-aged man's pulse: "Can't find the glutinous rice?"

The middle-aged man explained: "Too many city gates were destroyed by the Jing Dynasty this year, and a large amount of glutinous rice mortar was needed to build the city walls. There was a flood this summer, and many families could not even eat. How could we free up glutinous rice to build the city walls?

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After that, the middle-aged man sighed: "In fact, the glutinous rice is enough, but it is a pity that the batch in early autumn was intercepted by the capital and sent to His Majesty to repair the Renshou Palace and the mausoleum."

Chen Ji was puzzled. This middle-aged man seemed to have a very good relationship with his master, and he actually said everything to others. Old man Yao, who had always avoided talking nonsense, did not stop him from talking.

He knows that glutinous rice is one of the strategic materials these days, because all the adhesive materials used to repair the city walls are made on site by mixing glutinous rice with slaked lime and limestone. The amylopectin in the glutinous rice mortar has an excellent binding effect.

Once the glutinous rice mortar calcifies after 20 years, the repaired building can last for thousands of years.

But in this era, many people don't even have enough to eat. Glutinous rice is a life-saving food. If it is used to build city walls, the people will starve to death.

At this time, the middle-aged man coughed a few times, and Old Yao ordered Chen Ji: "Bring me a cup of tea!"

Chen Ji entered the kitchen, brought a cup of warm tea and placed it in front of the middle-aged man. He lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Please have some tea."

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at Chen Ji with a smile: "Why are you suddenly using honorifics so politely? Didn't you teach me a lesson just now?"

Chen Ji said awkwardly: "I was just talking about chess, and I didn't mean to teach you a lesson."

The middle-aged man raised his hand and nodded at him in the air, and said with a smile: "It's normal for young people to be a little arrogant. There is no need to be so humble."

Chen Ji quickly said: "No, no, I'm not arrogant."

Old Man Yao wondered: "What happened just now? What nonsense did this kid say?"

The middle-aged man laughed: "Who didn't do this when I was young? When I was young, I often went to you to treat my injuries. When I followed His Majesty to beat the second emperor brother, His Majesty knew that he couldn't beat him, but he still insisted on letting me go first, causing me to be beaten.

It’s so miserable.”

Chen Ji took a breath of air.

Finally, we can confirm that this is Prince Jing!

However, he could not connect the simple middle-aged man in front of him with the majestic and vast Prince Jing's Mansion.

No airs, no temper, just like an ordinary neighbor, completely different from what I imagined.

At this time, Prince Jing looked at Old Man Yao: "How is my health?"

Old Man Yao said calmly: "I'll prescribe you some medicine and rest for a while. But don't run out any more recently. If you don't rest, you may have big problems."

Prince Jing shook his head: "Some things cannot be delayed. The cavalry of the Spring King Dynasty will go south next year. If the city wall cannot be repaired before then, many people will die if Chongli Pass is lost, and even the capital is in danger."

Old Man Yao said calmly: "I'm just giving you advice casually. It's up to you whether you listen or not. But I suggest you stay in Luo City, where you can also discipline the prince and the princess, so that you don't have to act wild and make mistakes.

It's been a long time and a short time. During the days when you were away, the prince and the princess went out to play over the wall every day and in the middle of the night, making me so noisy that I couldn't rest well."

Chen Ji: Huh?

No, Lao Deng, why are you filming someone from behind?

He turned to look at Prince Jing, only to find that Prince Jing's expression turned even worse...

Prince Jing asked slowly: "What have they caused recently..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard movement from the backyard, as if someone was climbing over the wall.

Immediately afterwards, the prince's voice came: "It's strange. Even though our father didn't come back, the honor guard came back first. I don't know what you did to make this happen, causing me to climb over the wall one more time. Chen Ji, come and push Pai Gow together.

Watch me kill everyone today and win you all... Hiccup!"

When the prince walked to the main hall of the medical center and saw Prince Jing, he was so frightened that he burped!

Prince Jing played with the white chess piece in his hand and said in a calm tone, without anger or authority: "Climb the wall? Pai Gow?"

The prince plopped down and knelt on the ground: "Dad, it was all the young monk who led me to read it, it's none of my business!"

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Sorry, I was delayed because of the live broadcast of Yuewen tonight, so I just finished writing now.
Chapter completed!