The daughter of the prime minister died tragically and was reborn to kill people everywhere

After hearing what the emperor said, the queen felt relieved to see that he really wanted the prince to succeed to the throne and had no intention of testing him.

But in the end, he still said something.

"I feel that the Crown Prince's character is not strong enough. Your Majesty, should you test him for a while longer?"

The Queen now understood why the Emperor had always asked the Crown Prince to leave the capital recently.

"Well, let's talk about it when he comes back after leaving the city."

The emperor thought that it would take at least one or two years to survey and mine such a large mine and to sort out all the affairs.

If large-scale mining requires a lot of time to come up with regulations, what about the possibility of conducting it in secret?

The most difficult issue is probably the manpower problem.

What the emperor didn't expect was that the prince returned to the capital in just half a year.

The emperor was a little bit unbelieving when he saw the prince, who had become darker and thinner, and whose two rows of big white teeth showed when he smiled.

"Prince, why are you back?"

"Your Majesty, your words make your son sad. When your son finishes his mission, he will naturally come back to report to you.

Besides, my son has not been home for a long time, and he must miss his father and mother, right?"

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He hadn't seen his son for only half a year. How come this originally gentle and polite man had turned into such a scoundrel?

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the prince. He has been in the mountains with those soldiers for a long time, so he has learned their slick ways, hasn't he?

Originally, he did not arrange the southwest affairs so quickly.

But he was lucky. Not to mention the treasure map that Mu Yunyao got, it directly helped him to locate the approximate location of the iron mine, which greatly shortened their survey progress.

The most important thing is that they discovered a large amount of coal on another hill not far from the iron mine. At first, no one knew what it was.

Chu Li'er, who was forcibly sent to the mountain by Mu Yunyao's men, recognized the thing at a glance.

At her suggestion, the prince arranged for another group of people to mine coal and use the mined coal to smelt iron.

Then they found that they could produce higher yields of iron and of better quality.

Mu Yunyao thought that this might be the reason why the Third Prince was able to come up with a batch of more sophisticated weapons in his previous life.

In the end, Mu Yunyao did not take Chu Lier's life. Instead, after Xiao Qianmo's men brought Mu Junsheng over, she sent him to the mountain to keep her company.

Since they claimed to be true love in their previous life, she would help them. In order to let them live together better, Mu Yunyao was kind enough to have someone build a house for them on the mountain that could shelter them from wind and rain.

Except for not being allowed to go down the mountain, they are absolutely free in other aspects.

As for if they want more supplies, that's not impossible. Chu Li'er has been wandering around the mountains anyway. As long as they can help the people who are mining iron ore, the prince's people will not be stingy in giving her what she wants.

Not to mention, in this situation, Chu Lier was really reluctant to reveal a lot of things that she herself only half understood.

For example, pulleys and the like. Later, when Mu Yunyao went up the mountain, she unexpectedly discovered that the roads used for transportation on the mountain were actually paved with rails.

Then, one iron-wheeled cart after another was stuck on the rails, and the mined ore was put into the cart and pulled to the smelting place by old oxen, which really saved a lot of effort.

When Mu Yunyao saw those people couldn't help but give a thumbs up when they talked about Chu Lier, she suddenly felt that human potential was indeed infinite.

Originally, she thought that things like glass and soap were already the limit of Chu Lier, but she didn't expect that putting her in other places would have this effect.

I was also glad that I didn't want to kill her with a knife before.

The prince even directly painted a rosy picture for her, promising that as long as the mining of Youyun Mountain was completed, he would let her go down the mountain, and he would also promote her to a higher position, just like Mu Yunyao.

This made Chu Li'er more motivated. From being reluctant at the beginning, she finally took the initiative to offer suggestions.

Not to mention, she couldn't stand up to smart people with ideas that she only half understood.

All she had to do was come up with an idea and it wouldn't take long for someone to come up with it for her.

Moreover, they all humbly stated that this was all thanks to Chu Lier, which made her very happy.

However, what she didn't know was that the prince had already told the people below that Chu Li'er was a spy, just not very smart.

Let the subordinates coax her more and praise her more on the surface, and then try to get as much stuff out of her as possible.

All those who can be brought here by the prince and are in charge of things are the prince's confidants, and naturally they will obey the prince's orders.

The emperor was not surprised when he heard that the prince was able to handle the matter over there so quickly, thanks to luck and the help of Mu Yunyao's brother and sister.

There was just one thing he didn't understand.

"It takes a lot of people to mine iron ore? Even if you send all the death row prisoners and the criminals who have been in prison for more than ten years, it would probably be a drop in the bucket, right?"

The emperor really didn't know where the prince got so many people.

The prince grinned at him.

When the emperor saw those two rows of sparkling white teeth, he felt his eyes hurt.

The emperor narrowed his eyes and scolded, "Hurry up and tell me."

The prince then stopped smiling.

"I have to thank Princess Yunxi. It was she who gave me the idea."

The emperor was even more curious now. "What's the idea?"

There are many veterans in the Southwestern Army and the Zhenbei Army who are over 45 years old and have hidden injuries and are not suitable to go to the battlefield again.

Logically speaking, these people should let them go home.

It’s just that many people left home when they were young. They were young teenagers when they left, their parents were still alive, but when they returned, their home was no longer there.

Some people have close-knit families who are willing to accept them, so they may be able to continue living there.

But most people have been on the battlefield for too long, and it is difficult for them to integrate into the ordinary people with their aggressive temperament of being ready to charge and kill at any time.

Some people even become angry and kill someone just because someone approaches them while they are sleeping.

Yunxi asked me to tell these people when they leave that if they are not used to life in their hometown and want to come back, she will arrange things for them.

But if you choose to come back, you must at least sign a ten-year contract with us. It is not a contract of selling yourself, but a confidentiality contract.

These people have been trained and are quite strong, so it would be most appropriate to put them in the mountains and let them do some blacksmithing and smelting work.

Besides, they have military experience and are very strong in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance. Even if the people of Nanzhao discover Youyun’s secret one day, or they find the way into the mountains, these people will be the first line of defense for the iron mine.

Except that they cannot leave the mountain at will in the first ten years, the treatment given to these people will not be worse than that outside.

Later, if they yearn for life outside, they can also move down the mountain to retire.