Royal daughter-in-law makes money

Chapter 43

"Why?" Chu Yuanming did not immediately agree with Qiao Anan. He didn't understand why they had to hide such a good thing.

"Your Majesty, you have seen that this gunpowder is extremely powerful. If it were used in war, it would be to protect our people. However, I do not want to accidentally injure innocent people."

Qiao Anan knelt in front of Chu Yuanming and said sincerely.

His Chu Haojue looked at Qiao Anan, then at Chu Yuanming.

He also knelt in front of Chu Yuanming.

"Get up, I promise you. If other countries do not take the initiative to harm our people, we will definitely not easily use this thing to deal with them." Chu Yuanming said after thinking for a while.

After all, Chu Yuanming felt that this thing should be used to protect the people, not to harm them.

Originally, they were the weakest among the Three Kingdoms and the one that was oppressed. Now that they have this gunpowder, they will not be oppressed by the other two countries and can better protect the people of their Chu Yuan Kingdom.

"Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous." Qiao Anan breathed a sigh of relief.

I am also happy that my country has such a good emperor.

"Get up. Speaking of which, I also want to thank your Qiao family and thank you." Chu Yuanming personally helped Qiao Anan up.

Show your kindness to the fullest.

"Your Majesty, doesn't blame me?" Qiao Anan looked at Chu Yuanming and asked seriously.

"Why should I blame you? I am very happy that our Chu Yuan Kingdom has you, and the Qiao family has you!" Chu Yuanming thought to himself that he was not stupid.

It's a crime to punish the God of Wealth, as this is his cash cow.

It is said that harmony brings wealth, so he must be nice to others.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to tell you." Qiao Anan saw that Chu Yuanming was so reasonable.

I feel like I can't be too stingy. Although I can't produce gunpowder in bulk,.

But doesn’t he still have iron ore?

If the emperor knew that the Qiao family gave them another iron mine, he would probably be very happy.

"Oh, An An, is there anything else you want to tell me?" Chu Yuanming thought about it and wondered if he should put the marriage of the two little ones on the agenda?

After all, they are both old enough to get married.

"Your Majesty, today I dared to visit the military armory and found a problem." After thinking about it, Qiao Anan told the truth.

"Oh? An An, did you find any problem?" Chu Yuanming was thinking about the fact that those weapons were not very good. In fact, he had known about it for a long time. He also wanted to change them, but his pocket would not allow it.

Besides, good fine iron is also difficult to find.

"Your Majesty, the weapons I have are not good enough. I wonder why Your Majesty doesn't replace them with sharper weapons?" Qiao Anan raised the question in her mind.

"Well, it's not that I don't want to exchange it. But those weapons can't be exchanged just because I want to. The lack of silver in the national treasury is one thing, but the most important thing is that fine iron is hard to find." Chu Yuanming did not treat Qiao An as an outsider at this time and spoke truthfully.

After all, this is a fact that everyone knows.

Not to mention the people of Chuyuan State, I'm afraid even the people of Xijing State and Nanyue State are very clear about how poor their Chuyuan State is.

"Your Majesty, there is a mountain under the name of the Qiao family. A few days ago, they discovered that there seemed to be iron mines. But we are not familiar with iron mines. Why don't Your Majesty send someone to investigate the situation of the iron mine? The Qiao family is willing to give this mountain to the court." Qiao Anan said.

"Really?" Chu Yuanming didn't expect that the Qiao family could give him such a surprise.

Iron ore! That's not something you can buy with money.

Now, not only Chuyuan Kingdom is short of iron, but Xijing Kingdom and Nanyue Kingdom are also short of iron.

"Your Majesty, we in the Qiao family don't have anyone capable in this area. We just found that the thing looks like iron, but we are not sure whether it is iron or not. We need you to send someone there to check it out before we can confirm it." Qiao Anan certainly knew that there was iron there, and the iron there was much better than the iron used in the weapons of the military district.

It's just that they can't admit it.

After all, the Chu Yuan Kingdom also has laws that prohibit private individuals from owning iron mines, silver mines, gold mines, etc.

If any of the noble families discovered private property, they would either hand it over to the imperial court or secretly excavate it themselves.

If you dig yourself and are discovered by the court, you will be held accountable.

So when the Qiao family discovered that there was iron on that hill, they did not make it public.

Qiao Anan had thought about the Qiao family mining the iron ore and then selling it, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do so.

After all, the Qiao family's wealth is already eye-catching enough.

"Well, tomorrow you can ask the second brother to deliver the deed to that mountain to the palace, and I will send someone to check it out." Chu Yuanming nodded and said.

Chu Yuanming knew clearly that although Qiao Anan said there might be iron, it was most likely that there was real iron ore there. However, he would have to send someone to see it tomorrow to know the quality of the iron ore.

"Your Majesty, the title deed to this mountain is here." Qiao Anan took the title deed with her when she went out today. Without hesitation, she handed it to Chu Yuanming.

Chu Yuanming was stunned for a moment, thinking that the Qiao family was really...

Chu Yuanming sighed in his heart, thinking that he couldn't always let the Qiao family suffer.

"But your Qiao family has made great contributions. I wonder what reward you want." Chu Yuanming asked.

"Your Majesty, the Qiao family dare not take credit for this matter. It would be an honor for the Qiao family if we could help Your Majesty relieve his worries." Qiao Anan quickly refused. After all, this was not a bargaining chip.

If the Qiao family gave it to the imperial court, the imperial court would at least remember their kindness.

Qiao Anan also understood the principle that a big tree attracts the wind.

If they have good things, they hide them.

The emperor might even be wary of the Qiao family.

Sure enough, after hearing what Qiao Anan said, Chu Yuanming nodded with satisfaction.

If all people were as sensible as the Qiao family, then why would they need to worry about the national treasury?

"I wonder what Mr. Qiao has been busy with recently?" Chu Yuanming wondered whether he should reward Qiao Zhencheng with an official position.

But I don’t know what Qiao Zhencheng is busy with recently.

"In reply to the emperor, my father is now at home with my mother, and occasionally goes out to meet relatives and friends." Qiao Anan thought for a long time before speaking.

After all, Qiao Zhencheng is now living a comfortable life in retirement. Qiao Anan is also afraid that the emperor will say that Qiao Zhencheng is not ambitious.

She was also worried that if she lied, the emperor would accuse her of deceiving the emperor.

"He really knows how to enjoy himself." Chu Yuanming was envious when he heard it.

I wondered when I would be able to live a life like this.

Now that the prince is young and cannot handle things on his own, he is destined to be a hard-working person.

After hearing what Chu Yuanming said, Qiao Anan could only smile awkwardly.

In fact, she also thought so. However, to outsiders, Qiao Zhencheng's daily life now seemed to be without ambition!

But so what? The Qiao family already had more money than they could spend.