Chapter 359 Cen Yiyi Returns to Beijing with Silver
Seeing that Yun Shu had not made any move, the craftsman seemed to have guessed something and cautiously volunteered:

"In fact, after this sword was forged, I have tried it several times."

"alright."

This man is a swordsmith and has tried it before, so he must know more than her, a layman.

Yun Shu handed him the sword without hesitation:

"You come."

"Yes."

The craftsman took the sword with both hands, and waited carefully until Yun Shu and the others retreated a distance before he chopped down with force with one hand holding the sword and the other hand the knife.

Clang!
The slender sword body and the broad blade met in mid-air.
The dazzling light reflected from the metal made Yun Shu subconsciously look away.

Then the next moment, she heard a crisp sound of metal falling to the ground -

It's a half-broken knife.

The collision between the knife and the sword just now caused the blade to break completely, but the long sword was not damaged at all!

Yun Shu stared at the sword in amazement for a while, and then tried it himself, not wanting to believe it.

This time she clearly felt that she had not tried her best.
But when the sword was swung out to cut off the broken knife, it was not much different from cutting tofu!

"It is indeed a precious sword!"

His fingers gently stroked the sword. Although he felt it was impossible, Yun Shu couldn't help but ask:
"Is it possible to mass-produce this sword?"

"Your Highness, this won't work."

When the craftsman heard this, sweat seemed to be dripping down his forehead, and he quickly explained:
“This sword was forged with black iron for a full six months before it was finally formed.

Not to mention that black iron is precious and hard to find, even if it is piled up into a mountain, it may take half a year to make a handful, and mass production is impossible!"

"A sword is naturally more difficult to obtain."

Yun Shu nodded in understanding:

"That's good too. If it can really be mass-produced, I won't be able to give it to Yi Yi anymore."

She put the sword back into the sword case and put it behind her back:

"I'll take this sword away. I'll have someone send you an extra reward later."

"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness!"

The craftsman was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.
Yun Shu, however, had already carried the sword box on his back and turned around and left swiftly.

The sword has been made, but I don’t know when Yi Yi will be able to come back.

It would be great if we could make it before New Year’s Eve.

……

I wonder if God heard her mumbling.

The next day, when Yun Shu went to the imperial study to work as a slave as usual, there was suddenly a loud noise outside.

After a while, Li Dehai came in with a smile on his face:

"Your Majesty, there is news from Yangzhou that the daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an came ashore yesterday with the first batch of silver ore dug from Japan.

Hundreds of ships filled with silver!
It so happened that the Liu family caravan was also in Yangzhou at the time. They drove the steam truck that they had just acquired last month and brought Miss Cen and some silver back to the capital.

Miss Cen is waiting outside now."

"Let her in quickly!"

We had just fought a war with the seven kingdoms for three months, and had spent a lot of money.
In addition, after the seven countries surrendered, governing these places also required huge expenses.

Even though the national treasury has become much richer in the past two years, it is almost unable to bear the consequences after this series of operations.

Seeing that Minister Yan was about to submit memorials to the palace every now and then to complain about being poor, the silver that Cen Yiyi brought back at this time was definitely timely rain! Emperor Xuanwu was so excited that he even forgot that Cen Yiyi was not the female general shown in the life choice simulation system.
She is now...

Looking at the little girl who had her ponytail tied up high with only a red cloth strip, and walked with full of heroic spirit... but she was not even twelve years old,
Emperor Xuanwu was silent.

Fortunately, Cen Yiyi has really grown a lot in this year.
The little bun who used to be so soft and sticky in front of Yunshu, can now speak clearly and politely in front of Emperor Xuanwu.

"Your Highness, your humble servant Cen Yiyi pays respect to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"

"No gift."

Emperor Xuanwu came back to his senses and responded calmly:
"Why are you alone? Where is the Marquis of Wu'an?"

"Your Majesty, Japan has many mineral veins. My father is worried that some villains might have evil intentions and cause trouble, so he insisted on guarding the island himself.

It’s just that too much gold and silver was dug out, and it’s impossible to transport it back to Tiansheng all at once, so I sent a special servant to bring back a batch first.”

Cen Yiyi took out an account book from her bosom and respectfully presented it to Emperor Xuanwu:

"This is the account book written by my father. Your Majesty, please take a look."

"Ledger?"

Emperor Xuanwu opened the booklet and at first glance he saw that it was filled with densely written words.

But when you look more closely, you find that it only states the specific amount of gold and silver on each ship.

The first batch consisted of 138 ships.

The total amount of gold and silver on it was 350 million taels of silver.

I don't know if it's because Yun Shu has made me have a bigger appetite in the past two years.

Emperor Xuanwu looked at this number and thought it was nothing special:
"I heard that Japan is extremely rich in gold and silver mines, but now it seems that there are not many."

"That's because she only brought back a very small part."

Although Yun Shu had not seen the account book, he could roughly guess:

"The large steamship has not yet been completed, and the small boat that Yiyi and the others took out before couldn't hold much silver."

Cen Yiyi: “?”

Who is speaking?

Why did she seem to hear the voice of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess?

"I'm here!"

Behind the small desk, Yun Shu finally managed to push open a gap in the pile of papers, and saw Cen Yiyi looking around in confusion for her.

Yun Shu smiled and stretched out a hand from the gap and waved at her:

"What I just said is correct, right?"

Following that hand, Cen Yiyi finally saw Yun Shu in the gap: "!!!"

day!
She originally thought that it was hard enough for her to go to Japan with the army and practice martial arts and read military books diligently every day.

When I saw her today, I realized that the one who has a really hard time is Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess!

How come there are so many memorials that His Highness is completely buried in them?

Cen Yiyi stared at the pile of memorials in shock for a long while before nodding with difficulty:

"Your Highness, what I brought back this time is indeed only a small part.

It is even far less than one-tenth or one-twelfth.

Maybe... one in a hundred?"

If one out of a hundred is worth more than 300 million, then if all of them are dug out, wouldn’t there be at least more than 30 billion?
Emperor Xuanwu thought about it in his mind, and his brows relaxed immediately:
"I see. Thank you and your daughter for your hard work!"