Royal daughter-in-law makes money

Chapter 104

"No news has been sent back from the princess. She said that the second prince's wife's family recently sent a lot of silver to the national treasury, which alleviated some of the pressure on the Chuyuan Kingdom's treasury!" Lu Zekai said quickly.

"How naive! Do you think a small business can support the expenses of the entire Chuyuan Kingdom?" Zhou Zhengan didn't take it to heart.

"Your Majesty is right. The Chuyan Kingdom is just a poor little country. It is not worthy of being a rival of our Xijing Kingdom. It will be effortless for us to recapture the Chuyuan Kingdom." Lu Zekai said arrogantly.

"In that case, send someone to Chu Yuan State to talk to them."

Zhou Zhengan felt that if they could reach an agreement, then Chuyuan would become their vassal state. If they couldn't reach an agreement, then they shouldn't blame Xijing State.

Their Xijing Kingdom is strong and its people are rich. Wouldn't it be easy for them to conquer a small Chuyuan Kingdom?

"Your Majesty is right!" Lu Zekai also thought that the war between their Xijing Kingdom and Chuyuan Kingdom would actually expand their territory.

"How's the research on the cannon going?" Zhou Zhengan asked again.

After all, so far, their cannons have only been used to scare people.

In fact, the cannon was just a barrel and had no power at all.

It can't even kill an ant, so it can't exert its power to leave no grass growing wherever it goes.

"Your Majesty, I have asked people to speed up the research. I believe good news will come out soon." Lu Zekai said with his head down.

He also hoped that this matter would be done quickly, but no matter how they studied it, they could not understand how the cannon could produce that black fireball-like thing.

"Huh, you always say that." Zhou Zhengan felt that he had heard this for several years. Every time he was told to speed up, it was of no use at all.

The cannon was something that the people of Xijing Kingdom accidentally saw in an ancient book.

Although they made the cannon according to the methods in ancient books, they had never witnessed the cannon's powerful power to destroy all grass within a radius of 100 miles!

"Your Majesty, is there a second half of that ancient book?" Lu Zekai said with a frown.

After all, they have tried many methods without success, so maybe their research direction is wrong?

"Send more people to collect ancient books." Zhou Zhengan thought about it and thought that maybe there really was a second half of the volume.

Perhaps the second half of the book will explain how the cannon can exert such great power.

"Send more people to Nanyue Kingdom and Chuyuan Kingdom to collect ancient books. By the way, let Nanyue Kingdom also send people to Chuyuan Kingdom for marriage. To show your sincerity, you send two people to Chuyuan Kingdom for marriage!" Zhou Zhengan said with a malicious look on his face while drinking tea in the cup.

"Your Majesty, do we need to choose a princess?" Lu Zekai asked nervously.

"Let the seventh princess Tonghua go, and choose another princess at the same time to show the sincerity of our Xijing Kingdom. Tell them that they must marry the second prince and the fifth prince." Zhou Zhengan said with ill intention.

After all, he felt that the two princes' wives were just merchant daughters.

And his seventh princess Zhou Tonghua is the most beautiful woman in their Xijing Kingdom.

Chu Yuan State

imperial study room

Chu Yuanming's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the map and letter in his hands.

"Huh! The Kingdom of Xijing has quite a deep plot!" Chu Yuanming felt like a monkey who had been fooled for many years.

Among those letters were letters written by Concubine Wan to a man named Zhou Yu.

The prince and Chu Haojue stood below and said nothing.

After all, Concubine Wan was the emperor's concubine, and as juniors, it was not easy for them to question her.

"Father, no, I will go and destroy the Xijing Kingdom! It's time to expand the territory of our Chuyuan Kingdom." Chu Haojue said angrily.

In the past, he would not have dared to say this.

But now they have gunpowder.

He thought that destroying the Kingdom of Xijing should not be difficult.

"Don't act rashly. You know, Xijing State still has cannons. Who can guarantee how powerful those cannons are?"

Chu Yuanming shook his head, still unwilling to let his son take the risk.

After all, the Crown Prince is the only choice for the Crown Prince, but the Second Prince is also the only choice for the General Protector of the Nation.

"Second brother, I think we should take a long-term view on this matter." The prince also disagreed. Their Chuyuan Kingdom started the war first. After all, there is also a Nanyue Kingdom. I don't know what their attitude is now.

"Who knows if their cannon is a paper tiger? No one has ever seen it in action." Chu Haojue felt that although he had never seen the cannon in action, he had seen the power of gunpowder. It was still unclear which one was more powerful.

"Have the spies from Xijing Kingdom sent back any useful information?" Chu Yuanming looked at the prince and asked.

"Your Majesty, the spies didn't bring back any news. However, it seems that people from Xijing State have visited Yue State in Nanyue and brought back a lot of things. However, our people haven't found out whether they have reached any kind of deal?" The prince was very confused when he thought about this.

"Now, we have confirmed that the spies of the enemy country are Concubine Wan and An Xiuyuan. As for the places marked with red dots on the map, I will let Liuyun check them one by one. Second brother, you will find a way to deal with all these tunnels and leave no one behind." Chu Yuanming did not want such a danger to exist where he lived.

"Father, what do you want me to do? Have they been filled out one by one?" Chu Haojue was very troubled. If he had to fill in all of them, how much manpower and material resources would he have to spend?

Besides, this matter cannot be filled in a high-profile manner.

Damn Xijing Kingdom, they basically dug secret passages underground in the entire capital of Chuyuan Kingdom.

Chu Haojue wondered if the people of Xijing had the skills of groundhogs, who were so good at digging burrows.

Nowadays, it is easy to dig holes but difficult to fill them.

What made Chu Haojue even more puzzled was why, after digging so many secret passages, no one discovered them?

"Go back and ask your wife, maybe she can give you some good ideas." Chu Yuanming didn't know what method would be most appropriate.

But he will not be able to rest easy until these holes are filled.

"You said we should fill up all those secret passages. Is there any good way to do that?" Qiao Anan looked at Chu Haojue with some suspicion.

How could you ask a woman like her this question?

Shouldn't we go find someone from the Ministry of Industry?

Qiao Anan felt that Chu Yuanming must be used to ordering her around.

Otherwise, why would you ask yourself such a question?

"I'm afraid father wants me to get out the gunpowder and blow up all those secret passages?" Qiao Anan said with a sigh.

"Will this work?" Chu Haojue thought that this secret passage ran through the entire capital city.

He had experienced the power of gunpowder before. If the gunpowder was really ignited in the secret passage, the underground secret passage would definitely be destroyed.

But there is no guarantee that the houses on the ground will not be affected?