"Hey, She Dengke, what are you going to do if you have money?" Liu Quxing asked vaguely while sitting on the edge of the Shi Nianzi table, eating the burrito brought by his master.

"Of course I want to buy a house for my family first. I want to buy a house with two entrances. My father, my mother, my eldest brother and my sister-in-law live in the back yard. My second brother, second sister-in-law, and third brother and third sister-in-law live in the front yard.

.They have worked too hard these years. The whole family has to squeeze into one room to make a floor, and it is not easy to turn over."

"What about you? Where do you live?"

She Dengke stuffed the last burrito in his hand into his mouth: "I live in a medical hospital, there is no need to leave a room for me at home...Liu Quxing, what are you going to do with money?"

Liu Quxing thought for a while and said: "I want to take my mother out of the Liu family so that she doesn't have to look at my mistress anymore. Every time she comes to give me money and food, she gets looked down upon when she comes home.

A meal of ridicule is inevitable."

"It's great to have money," She Dengke lowered his head and said, "Money is like an old fairy, it can help people realize their dreams."

Liu Quxing suddenly asked: "After you have money, will you still be an apprentice in a medical clinic?"

She Dengke was startled for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Yes, do you still want to be an apprentice if you are rich..."

There was a snap.

The bamboo stick fell on She Dengke's back, causing a burning pain.

She Dengke turned around and saw that Old Yao had walked up to him at some point. He looked at Liu Quxing angrily: "Grandson, you are digging a fucking hole for me again!"

Old Yao looked at the two of them with a sneer: "Okay, if you have money, you won't be an apprentice at my Taiping Medical Center, right?"

Liu Quxing hurriedly jumped down from the stone roller and said with a flattering smile: "Master, that's what She Dengke said, and it has nothing to do with me. I will definitely learn medical skills from you in the medical clinic and be respected like you in the future!"

Old Man Yao sarcastically said: "Why do these rich men come to our Taiping Medical Center to endure hardships?"

She Dengke said in a panic: "Master, don't get me wrong, we will definitely stay in the hospital to serve you. We will remember all the kindness you have shown us in the past two years."

At this time, Liang Gou'er was lying on the straw mat not far away, holding a grass stem in his mouth and shaking his legs: "Five thousand taels of silver, how do you plan to divide it? Haha, how many brothers have turned against each other in the past, not because of

We share adversity because we share wealth and honor."

Liang Maoer raised her hand: "I'm just here to help, I don't care."

Liang Gou'er suddenly sat up and said, "Except for the old traces, you have done the most work these days. Why don't you tell them apart?"

Liang Maoer glanced at him: "Brother, please don't speak now, it's none of your business."

Liang Gouer: "..."

He opened his mouth but no words came out for a long time. Finally, he simply leaned back, covered his face with a straw hat, and his crossed legs shook faster than anyone else.

Everyone gradually became quiet and looked at each other, no one dared to speak first.

How should we divide the five thousand taels of silver? It would be a good idea to divide it equally, but everyone knows that it is unfair to Chen Ji.

In this silence, Bai Li wanted to take a step forward to speak, but Prince Jing stretched out his hand and pulled him aside.

He looked at the group of young men with great interest: "Everything in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Only in front of real interests can you see a person clearly. Don't talk for now, let's see

Let’s see if your friends can stand the test.”

Bai Li hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "But why do you have to test human nature? It's unfair to the person being tested."

Prince Jing was startled, then smiled and said: "Silly boy, there is no fairness in this world. You must learn to protect yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, a carriage slowly stopped outside the kiln.

But Zhang Zhuo opened the car curtain, jumped out holding the hem of his official robe, and after landing, he turned around to help Chen Liqin, and then they strode into the kiln together.

When the two came to Prince Jing, Zhang Zhuo cupped his hands: "Your Highness..."

Prince Jing raised his hand to stop him: "Don't disturb them with your words first. Let's see how they divide the money. Sharing money between brothers is always a good show. You two came at the right time and happened to catch up."

Zhang Zhuo was surprised: "Split the money? What kind of money are you sharing?"

Prince Jing smiled and said, "I will slowly explain it to you later. By the way, Mr. Chen, Chen Ji is also among them."

At this time, Zhang Zhuo squinted his eyes slightly and carefully identified everyone in the crowd. He pulled Chen Liqin aside and asked in a low voice: "Hey, why is that boy of yours here?"

Chen Liqin hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I knew he was here yesterday and even made a special trip to take him back home, but he didn't come with me."

Zhang Zhuo said unexpectedly: "This child is so angry. He would rather come to the kiln to do menial and heavy work than follow you back to the Chen Mansion?"

Chen Liqin sighed: "It was my fault as a father. After he went to Taiping Medical Center, I asked the housekeeper to send a boy to give him monthly silver every month. Who would have thought that this boy secretly withheld the money and paid it to him three times a month?

The two taels of silver were changed to 300 wen per month, but later they were simply delayed and refused to be paid. Presumably he came to the kiln factory to earn some money for himself?"

Zhang Zhuo looked at Chen Liqin and said, "Master Chen, what happened to the young man?"

Chen Liqin replied: "It has been killed with a stick."

Zhang Zhuo stroked his beard and asked again: "Where is the housekeeper? Has he been beaten to death with a stick?"

Chen Liqin shook his head: "No, I will punish you with ten strokes of the stick."

Zhang Zhuo smiled meaningfully: "This boy of yours is more resilient than my boy. He would rather endure hardships and suffer than go back and suffer from such cowardice. I must have been harmed by his friends when he stayed in a gambling house? Listen to my advice, you give it first

That kid of yours has two hundred taels of silver to suppress his panic, and then you can beat your stupid housekeeper to death to vent his anger, and I'm sure you can take him back."

"Kill the housekeeper?" Chen Liqin looked at Zhang Zhuo in surprise: "Why is this? This housekeeper is also an old man I brought from the capital. He has worked hard for more than ten years, and he has worked hard without any credit."

Zhang Zhuo was delighted: "Did General Hu Guang's contribution during the late Emperor's reign be great enough? He recovered Chongli Pass and held off the Jing Dynasty's cavalry for more than ten years. His contribution was so great that he dared to wield military power and roar into the court. What was the final outcome?

The late emperor first promoted Liu Wencheng to the cabinet as Minister of War, and then allowed Mr. Liu Ge to cut off General Hu Guang's wings and confiscate General Hu's family and exterminate his clan. When Mr. Liu Ge was scolded by everyone as a traitor, the late emperor declared

The edict denounced Mr. Liu Ge for returning to his hometown, and he was immediately praised as a wise king."

Chen Liqin's expression changed: "Sir, be careful what you say!"

Zhang Zhuole smiled happily and said firmly: "You are a gentleman, and you will not go to the eunuchs to accuse me. You are just too pedantic."

Chen Liqin was unhappy when he was called pedantic, so he emphasized his tone and said: "Master Zhang is not like a scholar, but more like a villain."

Zhang Zhuo casually handed over his hands and said nonchalantly: "It's a reward, it's a reward."

The cold wind is biting.

Liu Quxing and others' hands were red from the cold but they didn't realize it. They all shut up and figured out how to divide the five thousand taels of silver.

Everyone looked at you and me, but no one wanted to speak first.

Chen Ji spoke in silence. He looked at Liu Quxing and others and said with a smile, "I won't be humble to you either. I will take 30% of the money every year and you will share the rest."

Take 30%?

Zhang Zhuo subconsciously looked at Chen Liqin. He counted, there were six or seven people in the room, and the boy from the Chen family wanted to take away 30% of them when he opened his mouth? How should the remaining people be divided?

Chen Liqin frowned, and he cupped his hands to Prince Jing and said, "Your Majesty, I have no way to teach my son in this humble position. I will definitely take him back to the government to discipline him strictly and teach him humility and courtesy."

"Ha," King Jing laughed loudly: "Master Chen, don't be anxious. You are not even anxious about penny. Why are you anxious?"

Chen Liqin was startled.

The next moment, I heard She Dengke's loud voice and said angrily: "No!"

The kiln became quiet again, and Chen Liqin frowned, fearing that Chen Ji would get into a fight with others over the money distribution, which would be an insult to the gentlemen.

However, She Dengke suddenly said: "Chen Ji, we all know in our hearts that without you we wouldn't have such a sum of money. Although we did our best, it was just two days of freezing and two days of manual labor.

, you can still do this kind of work by spending a few taels of silver in Dongshi Market. You can take half of it, and we can share the rest. Liu Quxing, what do you think?"

Liu Quxing's face darkened: "Look at what I'm doing, it seems to make me greedy for money!"

She Dengke asked: "You are telling me whether you agree or not!"

Liu Quxing gritted his teeth and said: "Agree! Agree! You big fool, he even said a 30% split, why don't you just accept it? Do you know how much a 20% split is?"

She Dengke glared: "Your grandson, you finally said everything in your heart!"

The prince laughed and said: "Okay, okay, if everyone keeps it in their hearts, they will become sulky after a long time. Now that they have spoken out what is in their hearts, it is quite frank. To be honest, even I am jealous of this money, so don't let it go tonight

Bai Li is inviting you to dinner, and you must treat Chen Ji. The best private room in Yingxian Building is their most famous Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. If Chen Ji dares to frown, we will beat him up!"

Liu Quxing said heartbroken: "Yes, he has taken so much money, if he dares to frown even when entertaining guests, we will beat him!"

Chen Ji smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't frown. The young monk holds the money precept and cannot touch money. The remaining prince, Princess Baili, Brother Mao'er, Senior Brother She, and Senior Brother Liu, you can divide it equally among the five of you."

The young monk clasped his hands together and asked curiously: "After dinner, shall we go to Hongyi Lane?"

Everyone laughed: "You flower monk!"

…

…

Bai Li smiled and looked at Prince Jing: "We didn't start fighting as you wanted!"

Prince Jing regretted: "I thought I could see a good show, but everyone has an innocent heart, which is very valuable. I only hope for the innocent heart, and don't let the human furnace turn it into black."

By this time, Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin gradually felt that something was wrong.

Previously, they thought they were sharing the wages of the kiln, but if it was just wages, how could they afford to go to Yingxian Tower and Hongyi Alley?

Zhang Zhuo looked at Prince Jing and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, how much money are they dividing?"

Prince Jing smiled and explained: "Five thousand taels of silver every year."

Zhang Zhuo subconsciously took a breath of air: "So, the boy from the Chen family took away 2,500 taels of silver alone?"

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!