After swapping bodies with the princess, this prince slaughtered his way through the court and becam

"Master, sir, Li Zhou requests an audience."

A servant came to report.

"Please come in quickly!"

Li Zhou can now be considered a distinguished guest in the entire Xuanwei Prefecture.

When Li Zhou arrived, Ren Bing's family actually stood up to greet him!

"Mr. Li! Please have a seat!"

Ren Bing's family took the initiative to greet Li Zhou and helped him to his seat.

Li Zhou quickly declined, saying he dared not.

"Your Excellency is too kind to this humble subject! Please, have a seat!"

"Moon, go get a bowl of rice for the master!"

"yes!"

Li Zhou now enjoys extremely high prestige throughout the entire Ren family.

When the servants saw Li Zhou, they would respectfully address him as "Sir".

The Ren family also held Ren Bing in the highest esteem.

After all, he personally nurtured a good-for-nothing playboy into a talent of the Ren family.

Similarly, Li Zhou was also deeply grateful to the Ren family.

As a teacher, he was extremely knowledgeable about the county examination.

It's not that he taught well, it's that the prince himself is amazing!

Thinking of this, Mr. Li Zhou took the initiative to raise his wine glass and toast Ren Jingxing:

"Congratulations to the Crown Prince for achieving the top score in the imperial examination!"

"Your talent is unparalleled in the Great Wei Dynasty, a sight rarely seen in a century. I toast you!"

Ren Jingxing then drank with Li Zhou.

In the midst of the euphoria, Li Zhou hesitated for a moment, then asked, somewhat nervously but feigning nonchalance:

"After the exams, Lord Marquis, you didn't find any other teachers for the young master, did you?"

Ren Hou shook his head:

"No, the other teachers all charge money, sir... cough cough, we don't trust the other teachers!"

Mr. Li Zhou was not angry at all; on the contrary, he was glad that he had made the decision earlier.

Luckily, I decided not to ask for money back then...

"Rest assured, my lord, I will certainly teach the young master well, and there is no need to pay tuition."

The sudden mention of money made Ren Hou somewhat embarrassed.

He quickly changed the subject and asked:

"By the way, I remember back then, Mr. Lu went to the gambling den and placed bets. Did you withdraw all the money?"

Li Zhou's eyes lit up at the mention of this.

"It's been brought up, hahaha!"

Thanks to the young master, I earned five hundred taels of silver that day!

At that time, very few people in the entire gambling den were making money!

After the results came out, those who had lost money tried to cause trouble and demand that the gambling den refund their money.

As a result, Marquis Anren personally led troops to suppress the rebellion!

Later we learned that Marquis Anren had actually staked five thousand taels of silver!

The heir apparent's odds were one to ten, and Marquis Anren made a net profit of fifty thousand taels that very day!

Upon hearing that it was 50,000 taels, even Marquis Xuanwei showed a look of envy.

At this moment, Li Zhou suddenly seemed to remember something and asked:

"By the way, I remember you also went gambling back then, didn't you, Lord Marquis? How much did you gamble?"

After saying this, the mother, Madam Li, was stunned for a moment.

"You gambled too? How come I didn't know?"

Marquis Xuanwei coughed twice awkwardly:

"Ahem, it wasn't a large bet, so I didn't mention it..."

Li's eyes narrowed immediately:

"How much is 'not much'?"

Marquis Ren Bing of Xuanwei became increasingly uneasy:

"Only, only one hundred taels..."

Li immediately fell silent, her temples twitching slightly.

"You made a hundred taels?"

Marquis Xuanwei pursed his lips, finally sighed, shrugged, and replied:

"I bet one hundred taels..."

"What?!"

Li's eyes widened:

"You made a thousand taels, why didn't you say so?"

Ren Bing slowly took out the silver notes, feeling guilty, and said:

"Wasn't this to surprise you?"

Lady Li put away the silver notes and glared fiercely at Marquis Xuanwei.

Li Zhou was stunned. He realized that he seemed to have ruined the Marquis's plans.

"Ahem, well, I'll stop learning today and take my leave."

Marquis Xuanwei hung his head, while Lady Li smiled broadly and sent a maid to see Li Zhou off.

Shen Shumin smiled and narrowed her eyes.

He felt very warm towards the Ren family's home environment.

If one could stay in the Ren family mansion for the rest of their life, that wouldn't be a bad thing.

Thinking of this, Shen Shumin blushed.

The next morning, Li Zhou came to give Ren Jingxing a lesson.

Ren Jingxing was not Wei Xinyan; he knew nothing about the Four Books and Five Classics.

If we teach like this, we'll definitely be exposed.

He was also not interested in the imperial examinations.

So he made an excuse that he needed to help the Ministry of Agriculture build waterwheels and left directly.

Watching Ren Jingxing's departing figure, Li Zhou blinked.

Why did this scene seem so familiar to him?

Has the Crown Prince lost interest in studying again?

At this moment, in the open space outside the Ministry of Agriculture, a group of officials and craftsmen were sweating profusely as they were calculating something.

A large wooden hoop is lying on the ground right now.

This is the main body of the waterwheel.

"What are you carpenters good for?"

The wooden wheels were all made, but the center point couldn't be found.

Without a center, how do you lay the spokes?

What should I do if it starts spinning and wobbling back and forth?

As a result, the official in charge of managing the carpenters got angry:

"Lord Zheng, this is where you are wrong."

We agreed beforehand that no one should be sent to work on the wooden wheels during the manufacturing process.

Where is the wooden wheel? Where is the center? These are all fixed, yet you moved the wooden wheel away!

"Can you blame me for not being able to find the center?"

Two officials were arguing at the door.

The carpenters were sweating profusely, trying to find the center of the circle.

Ren Bing led Ren Jingxing to the front of the yamen and asked:

"Lord Zheng, what is the matter?"

Lord Zheng was furious and pointed at the carpenter, cursing:

"Isn't it because these carpenters are incompetent?"

They had finished making the wooden wheels, but hadn't had time to add the spokes yet.

As a result, after it was moved, the center could not be found!

The spokes can't be installed now, so we might have to make a new one.

"This wooden wheel costs several hundred taels of silver!"

The official who had been insulted pointed at his nose and retorted with insults:

"Nonsense! How can you blame us for this?"

Who gave you permission to move the wooden wheels?

Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he wouldn't be able to find the center of this wooden wheel!

Ren Jingxing looked at the carpenter who was constantly measuring and calculating inside the wooden wheel, and scratched his chin.

Is it really that hard to find the center of a circle?

The official in charge of the carpentry glanced at Ren Jingxing and sneered:

"Is it that difficult? Even among the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, few can easily solve the problem of finding the center of the circle!"

This isn't something you can understand just by reading a few books of the Four Books and Five Classics!

Upon hearing this, Lord Zheng snorted:

"Hmph, what's so great about you? No matter how great you are, you still haven't enjoyed something like a waterwheel."

To tell you the truth, the waterwheel was actually the idea of ​​this Prince Ren!

If you want to act tough, you'd better find someone else!

Upon hearing that Ren Jingxing was the one who wanted to produce waterwheels, the officials' attitude towards Ren Jingxing changed noticeably.

But he was still unconvinced.

Ren Jingqing shook her head and walked towards the waterwheel's wooden wheel:

"I'll give it a try!"