Jinrong spoke with candor, "Father, no matter how intricate these things are, they are just a business. To achieve such results in these endeavors, I invested a great deal of manpower and resources. Back when this business was started, we had insufficient funds, so it was only by pooling together the funds from three parties that these affairs were set in motion—it's a joint venture."
Jinrong glanced up at the emperor and saw a smile that wasn't quite a smile on his face, as if he was waiting for him to spin out more tales. Jinrong couldn't help but pull a long face and said, "Imperial Father, buying materials is always necessary for railway construction, and even if the bolts were crafted by me, they still cost labor and materials. All I can promise you, Father, is that as long as the court requires, the Mechanical Workshop will sell all its threaded parts to the Ministry of Works."
