Who Did You Say My Father Is? - Chapter 45

The reason for the massive wealth of the Louizette Count’s family was that they were the first to dive into the mining development industry.

I was already aware of this much from reading the novel. However, during the lesson, I realized that the truly important details were never mentioned in the novel.

The Count’s family started mining after acquiring undeveloped mines and obtaining the mining rights from the royal palace. They mined relentlessly, not even knowing how many mountains they had bought.

From these mines, they extracted not only precious metals like gold, silver, and diamonds but also coal and other fuels. Among these, the most valuable was the magic stone, regarded as a divine gift. The Louizette Count’s family became as wealthy as they are now because of these magic stone mines.

I realized that money indeed begets money as they earned from selling jewels from the cheaply bought mountains, bought more mountains, and mined more valuable minerals.

It seemed inevitable that the rich get richer, and the poor stay poor.

“But then, there were objections to the Count’s family monopolizing the mining rights, right?”

“Yes, my lord. As expected, our Countess is quick to understand!”

Hanna didn’t miss praising me in between her explanations. It seemed like just sitting there and nodding was enough to warrant praise.

Had I ever received such unconditional adoration and affection before…? Certainly not in my previous life. Feeling somewhat overwhelmed, I straightened up, sat up straight, and pulled my shoulders back.

“But the Count’s family could continue monopolizing the mining rights because…”

“They had a powerful backer.”

Hanna nodded. Before I even spoke, she already knew what I was getting at. It was a simple principle: if people are complaining but nothing changes, it means someone more powerful is backing them up.

“So, it was the Toskur Grand Duke? And that’s why you were so subservient to him? But the timelines don’t match. This story must be over 30 years old.”

“Half right. The reason the Count’s family was under the thumb of the Grand Duke is correct, but the real power behind it was not the Grand Duke himself, but his mother, Lady Marina.”

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