Prince Jing nodded: "That's right."

Zhang Zhuo slowly looked at Chen Liqin: "Master Chen, I'm afraid you won't be able to take this boy back with you.

Chen Liqin remained silent.

Zhang Zhuo continued: "I'm afraid your Chen family's annual household expenses are not as much as his two thousand five hundred taels of silver per year. He is much more comfortable living outside than in your Chen family. I take what I said before as mine."

I didn’t say that if you want to bring him back, you can’t use money. I’m afraid you’ll have to use emotion instead of reason..."

Chen Liqin ignored him and just took a step forward, wondering: "Your Majesty, five thousand taels of silver is a huge sum of money. Where does it come from?"

Prince Jing led the two men to the brick wall and asked them to hit it with a sledgehammer: "They developed this thing called 'cement', which solidifies several times faster than glutinous rice mortar, and the cost is only that of glutinous rice mortar."

20%. My palace has purchased this formula and promised to share their annual dividend of five thousand taels of silver. What do you think, do you two adults think this formula is worth it?"

Zhang Zhuo's eyes gleamed. He took a little cement and rubbed it and asked: "The cost is only 20% of the glutinous rice mortar, and it solidifies faster than the glutinous rice mortar? It's worth it, it's worth it! Your Majesty, do you think this thing belongs to those people?"

Made by a young man?"

Prince Jing nodded: "Exactly, Chen Ji came up with the recipe, and they did it together."

Zhang Zhuo suddenly realized: "No wonder when everyone divided the money, he said he would give it 30%, but others asked him to give it 50%. It turned out that he was the one who made this thing."

Only then did Chen Liqin recall what Chen Ji had said to Prince Jing yesterday about the "art of carburizing into steel", and Prince Jing had stopped him from taking Chen Ji back home...

In the kiln factory, Chen Liqin looked at Chen Yi who was surrounded by the crowd with a complicated expression.

He thought that as long as he took care of the young man at home, let Chen Ji vent his anger, and persuaded Chen Ji nicely, he would be able to bring Chen Ji back.

He also thought that maybe if he cut off Chen Ji's money, Chen Ji would go home obediently.

But now, the son he kicked out of the house no longer needs that home.

At this time, Chen Ji and others raised their hands and said to Prince Jing: "Your Majesty, we have been tired for a few days. We have to go back and change clothes to celebrate today, so we will leave first."

Prince Jing waved his hand: "Go ahead, you are allowed to drink today."

Chen Ji responded with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After saying that, he hesitated for a moment, turned around and cupped his hands towards Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin: "Master Zhang, Master Chen, take your leave."

Chen Liqin said nothing.

Zhang Zhuo watched the young men get on the bullock cart and sway out of the kiln factory. His eyes flickered: "It seems that your boy has gone to the palace. If he can become a celebrity in front of Prince Jing, you and I will tell you."

Maybe I can use him to hook up with Prince Jing and get a share of the Yuzhou pie from the Liu family before leaving."

Chen Liqin frowned slightly: "Mr. Zhang, the Liu family is fierce. You and I are tied up and frightened in Yuzhou, so why let an inexperienced child get involved?"

Zhang Zhuo rolled his eyes: "It's not like you want him to charge into the battle. Why are you so anxious to protect the calf? If you had taken care of him earlier, you wouldn't have let him call you Mr. Chen. Why are you pretending to me now?"

Chen Liqin's face turned darker and darker: "You!"

However, at this moment, Zhang Zhuo suddenly raised his hand to stop Chen Liqin's words.

After he pondered for a while, he asked: "Mr. Chen, I wonder if there is a matchmaker in Chenji? There is a girl in my family who has just grown up and is waiting to be married..."
Chapter completed!