In the years of famine, I was well versed in history and pampered the Northern Army

Chapter 109 Treasure

"Evidence? Of course there is no evidence. You can try anything hard you can imagine on it."

As he spoke, one of the ministers took out the Black Water jade that he had presented as tribute from the Black Water area to try it.

Legend has it that the black jade from Heishui is the hardest thing in the world. Today we want to see which one is the hardest.

Lu Qian was not usually interested in the affairs of the court, but he was very happy to see this performance.

Seeing the minister grinning and squeezing and scratching hard, finally, scratches appeared on his mirror-like black water jade in front of everyone's naked eyes.

"How...how is this possible? My mother said this is indeed the hardest thing, this..."

Indeed, he had tried to use everything to scrape against the Black Water Jade, and every time the Black Water Jade remained intact.

There is even a legend that there was once a soldier from a country in Heishui who had nearly lost his life on the battlefield many times. Finally, the enemy shot an arrow straight at his heart, piercing all his clothes. However, it was because he had a jade token given to him by his mother on his chest that saved his life.

Now that he really saw something that could scratch the black water jade, he found it hard to accept, but he was also really shocked. He had never thought that there was something in the world that was harder than black water jade.

But Lu Qian was very happy:

"Okay, okay, the witch didn't lie to me. Such a hard gem can perfectly symbolize the indestructible image of our Yunjin! I just don't know how many gems the witch gave me."

She didn't expect Lu Qian to be captured by the stone so quickly. She had prepared many other excuses.

Seeing Lu Qian ask this, Xu Luohan replied:

"There are thousands of them."

Only after hearing this did Lu Qian finally burst into laughter.

"Okay, okay, now all these treasures belong to me, Yun Jin. But you are a great contributor, reward me, reward me!"

Because of his daily extravagance and debauchery, the thing that Lu Qian has the most in his harem is treasures. On a normal day, there are concubines in the harem as numerous as flowers, but if each of them is rewarded with some treasures, the rooms of many concubines will be full of jewels.

So if Lu Qian said he wanted to give it to the Xu family as a reward, he would definitely be generous.

But these diamonds only cost his daughter 100 million. If Lu Qian wanted to give her a reward, it would be tens of billions. Although the Xu family is so rich now and Chu Qingyin is not short of money, who would complain about having too much money?

What's more, this is not a losing business at all. If the money is invested, it will be squandered anyway. If he rewards it to himself, he can make some contribution to the country.

Xu Luohan returned home. She didn't expect that the plan she and Chu Qingyin had discussed that night would go so smoothly. They were both in a very good mood. They opened champagne to celebrate at Xu's house again, and everyone in the family was happy.

"I didn't expect our Qingyin to grow up so quickly. I haven't seen her for such a long time, and now she's so capable. She even has such a good business mind. I'm really relieved to hand over the Xu family to you."

On weekdays, the grandfather is always serious when facing others, but he is always kind when facing Xu Qingyin. Today, seeing that his granddaughter is really so capable, he is very happy.

"Who says not? I knew long ago that our Qingyin definitely had this business talent. I was more foresighted. I trained him since he was young and had him read relevant books every day. He followed me to the company. Look, didn't he succeed? Our Qingyin is really talented."

My uncle also said so.

The Xu family was naturally filled with joy that night. With such a large order placed and hundreds of boxes of jewellery being brought home, even my grandfather, who wasn't particularly fond of money, was overjoyed.

But it was different in the palace. There were only hundreds of thousands of diamonds, and many of them were given to people outside. After all, at this time, diamonds symbolized the blessings of the witches and also symbolized the majesty of the Yunjin Kingdom.

Foreign envoys would certainly want one too, so there were only about 100 diamonds that could be given as rewards to the concubines in the harem. Some people would definitely not have one, and if someone did not have one, they would become the laughing stock of the entire harem. After all, diamonds symbolized the emperor's love at that time.

"Has His Majesty rewarded you with diamonds these past two days? I wonder if you've been blessed enough to receive one. I heard this was given to us personally by the shrine maiden. We often hear of the shrine maiden's blessings and instructions, but this is the first time she's given us anything."

Concubine Wu walked cautiously and tested the woman next to her. In fact, he himself did not have diamonds, but he always felt that his sister was more favored than himself, so he tried every means to test it out.

Unexpectedly, the person next to him smiled evilly and took out the diamond necklace from his neck.

"I never thought that my sister didn't have the diamond. I always thought that my sister was so favored by the emperor, and she was good at dancing and singing. I didn't think of you when she bought the diamond last time. I heard that the diamond symbolizes the emperor's eternal love. If you don't even have this, then my sister is terrible..."

When she said this, the concubine next to her covered her mouth carefully, as if there was something she couldn't say, which made the woman next to her face turn green with anger.

Although Concubine Zhou was a concubine, she was usually favored by the emperor. The reason she got this diamond was only because her family status was relatively high.

Concubine Wu was even more favored by the Emperor. Since she lived close to Zhou Fei, she would usually show off any good things she got to Zhou Fei. So, today, being able to use this diamond as an opportunity to anger her was a good thing for him.

Saying that she sang and danced was nothing more than saying that she seduced the emperor. Now that there were no diamonds, it meant that she had no so-called favor at all, which meant that all the security she had before was based on her own means!

Isn't this a complete humiliation? But her lips trembled with anger. She really didn't have this problem, and she really couldn't say anything.

The emperor gave the imperial concubine dozens of diamond treasures, which was enough to show his favor for her.

Of course, the regulations for the queen were the same as those for the imperial concubine, but many of the lower-ranking concubines in the palace did not have diamonds. Everyone was not even allowed to see the mysterious substance of diamonds, which only added to its mysterious and desirable properties.

What's more, people outside the palace also knew about treasures like diamonds. The emperor only awarded one diamond each to some high-ranking nobles. Since the ladies in the family had obtained these diamonds, they naturally loved them and would often compare them with others when they went out.

All of a sudden, this became a treasure that was popular throughout the capital, and all other gold, silver, and jade wares had to take a back seat.