Chapter 103 The Prince's Stubbornness

Li Nanke didn't hear what Huang Sheng was saying at all; she was busy distributing the silver notes.

He raised his head, his dark, bright grape-like eyes looking excitedly at Huang Sheng.

"Master Huang, we've earned a total of 140,000 taels of silver. If we split it 20/80, how much will I get?"

She was young and had not formally studied arithmetic, so she couldn't figure it out right away.

Huang Sheng's lips twitched.

He finally agreed to take on an apprentice...

"Little girl, did you hear what I just said?"

"Oh dear, Master Huang, please help me with the calculations first, I can't figure it out."

She blinked her big eyes, her smiling face both soft and adorable.

Huang Sheng sighed and had no choice but to give in.

"Of the 140,000 taels of silver, you get 20%, which is 28,000 taels. If you calculate it this way, 20% of 100,000 is 20,000 taels..."

Once he took on the role of his master, Huang Sheng began to talk incessantly.

Li Nanke's face fell, and she automatically ignored what Huang Sheng was about to say.

"I only received 28,000 taels..."

He poured all the silver notes onto the table, and the little boy squatted on the armchair, counting them one by one.

I have one.

A piece of Chen Cong.

Another one from Shen Cong.

Another photo of Shen Cong.

Shen Cong...

His round little face was all wrinkled, as if he had been cutting off a piece of flesh.

All the big stuff went into Chen Cong's pocket.

It hurts.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at Huang Sheng with a deep gaze.

"Master Huang, with so many silver notes, Prince Xuan probably won't count them one by one, will he?"

Huang Sheng: "No."

Li Nanke's eyes darted around, and her little hands suddenly grabbed two cards from the left box and put them into the right box.

Huang Sheng then changed the subject: "Prince Xuan would naturally not order, but his accountant would."

Li Nanke...

With puffed-out cheeks and a dejected look, he took the two silver notes back.

Then he patted his chest, as if to comfort himself.

"Forget it, Li Nanke, I should be an honest child."

Huang Sheng couldn't help but laugh.

This little girl is just so incredibly cute.

He patiently waited until she finished distributing the silver notes before asking, "Did you even hear what I was saying?"

Li Nanke blinked. "I heard that. Master Huang said he'd teach me the ways of business."

Huang Sheng stared wide-eyed at his only remaining good eye.

"You heard that, and you're not excited at all?"

Li Nanke chuckled.

“I told you before, Master Huang would definitely teach me.”

"Are you really that confident in yourself?"

"Of course, I'm so cute, it would be your loss if you refused me, Master Huang."

Huang Sheng...

"You silly girl, who ever praises themselves as cute?"

"I'm telling the truth. I'm an honest and good kid."

Li Nanke got off the chair with a grin, poured a cup of tea, and walked over to Huang Sheng.

Then he knelt down respectfully and raised the tea leaves above his head with both hands.

“Disciple Nanke, offer tea to your master. After you drink this cup of tea, you must take me with you wherever you go.”

When I get old, I can't complain that my apprentice is too controlling or nosy.

Huang Sheng realized the meaning behind Li Nanke's words, and was stunned for a moment, his hand trembling slightly as he took the tea.

Then he looked up and drank the tea in one gulp, coughing because he drank it so fast.

After a moment, he uttered a single word, "Okay."

Li Nanke waited until he had drunk his tea before getting up with a smile on her face.

“Master, you drank my tea. Tomorrow you will move to the Marquis’s residence. It will be easier for you to teach me if you live closer.”

Huang Sheng remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

"good."

Li Nanke picked up the wooden box on the table and handed it to him.

"Master, please send this wooden box to King Xuan first."

"good."

When he realized what he had agreed to, Huang Sheng glared at her angrily.

“I am your master, not your servant.”

"Hehe, I'll do whatever it takes for my master. Thank you for your hard work, master. I'm going home now. See you tomorrow."

Li Nanke picked up another wooden box from the table, turned around, and ran away.

Huang Sheng looked at the wooden box in his hand, raised his hand to touch the blindfold, and couldn't help but laugh again.

The little girl just said she'd take care of him in his old age.

He got up, locked the warehouse door, and slowly left with the wooden box in his arms.

The sun was shining brightly outside, dispelling the gloom brought by days of torrential rain. The floodwaters on the streets were gradually receding, and refugees from nearby counties that had been severely affected by the disaster began to come and pray in the corners.

Huang Sheng casually bought a steamer of steamed buns and gave them to those people, earning their profuse thanks in return.

He subconsciously raised his hand to touch the blindfold, his expression blank.

Since his entire family was killed by bandits, he has been filled with hatred and hasn't shown any kindness for many years.

Today is the first time.

I guess it was influenced by the little girl.

He shook his head and quickened his pace to the Prince Xuan's residence.

He handed the wooden box to Shen Cong, who didn't even glance at it before tossing it to Er Feng.

He couldn't help but laugh as he recounted the scene of Li Nanke distributing the silver notes, all crumpled and crumpled.

"...Splitting the profits 20/80, Your Highness has gone too far in skinning us. The little girl's face is practically scrunched up like a bun."

Shen Cong leaned lazily against the soft pillow behind him, thought about Li Nanke's face scrunched up like a bun, and a faint smile appeared on his pale face.

He then raised an eyebrow slightly, "So you're protecting her now?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Erfeng, who was kneeling behind him, couldn't help but purse his lips and mutter under his breath.

"It's as if you didn't protect her? If you didn't want to protect her, why did you brave the rain to enter the palace in the middle of the night?"

"Aren't you just worried that she'll be framed and punished by someone with ulterior motives? She was up all night, got soaked in the rain, and had a fever for two whole days..."

Shen Cong shot him a sharp glare.

Erfeng tugged at his beard and made a sealing motion with his hands.

Chen Cong stroked the stove in his hand and hummed softly.

"You're overthinking it. I'm just afraid that the money I've invested will go down the drain."

Erfeng secretly made a face behind his back and silently said two words.

Stubborn!

Huang Sheng carefully examined his face and realized that he was indeed paler than usual, and his eyes and brows looked somewhat listless.

He asked with concern, "Is Your Highness alright?"

Shen Cong nodded.

"It's alright, don't listen to the second wife's nonsense."

Erfeng was unconvinced, but dared not speak out.

Shen Cong raised an eyebrow and asked Huang Sheng again, "It seems we've decided to take this disciple as our apprentice."

Huang Sheng touched the blindfold, nodded, and smiled.

"The little girl isn't afraid of me. She knows about my past, but she doesn't look at me with pitiful eyes like ordinary children do."

Despite her young age, she possessed a remarkably astute mind; a child of only seven or eight years old, she was able to conceive of donating grain and selling it at a fair price.

That alone puts them ahead of more than half the world's population.

Shen Cong clicked his tongue lightly.

"I can tell you're your apprentice now, you're full of praise, not like before when you kept calling me a little brat who hasn't even been weaned yet."

Huang Sheng touched his blindfold and chuckled.

"Everyone has moments of poor judgment. Not everyone can be as discerning as the prince, able to discover even an eight-year-old child."

Shen Cong gently touched the hand warmer with his fingers, without making a sound.

The little girl has a natural sense of contradiction; sometimes she is as naive and weak as an eight-year-old child, and at other times she acts as calmly as an adult.

Giving her money to buy grain was only met with a sliver of hope.

Now, with the arrival of torrential rains and levee breaches, the two points have unknowingly become four points, and there is even a steady upward trend.

He was eager to see what else the little girl could "divine".

"By the way, go back and tell Li Nanke to be prepared to enter the palace to see the emperor at any time."

Suddenly remembering something, he picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on a piece of paper, then handed it to Huang Sheng.

"Take this to your good disciple."

Huang Sheng glanced down at it, and his expression changed.

"Your Highness, this..."