"Thankfully, Cobalt Blue is only used in high-end porcelain; we discovered the issue in time and only lost one kiln load. Our Kiln Factory didn't lose much, just over three hundred taels. But had we sold them all, we could have made five thousand taels. You're an expert, and you can do the math yourself. I'm not cheating you; you know it in your heart."
"The main issues were the lost production during those few days, the wages we had to subsidize for the kiln workers and master craftsmen, and the silver used to compensate the merchants. All in all, it's nearly impossible to keep it under fifty thousand taels, closer to eighty thousand taels, in fact."
"How could it be so much?!" Old Master Wang immediately jumped up upon hearing this, "At most it would be seven or eight thousand taels."
