Chapter 1293: Time to Get Married

Liu Zheng has been living quite a leisurely life lately.

He goes to bed early and rises early every day; after getting up in the morning, he exercises a bit and then walks to the parliament. That's right, he walks instead of taking a horse carriage. His residence in Jinghua is not far from the Taihe Hall, and Liu Zheng does not have the habit of putting on airs. Although he does consider his own safety, it is truly quite difficult for an assassin to appear in Jinghua at present.

Moreover, Pei Qianyun is always by his side, so even if there were assassins, he would not be afraid.

Consequently, the lifestyle of this Chief Councilor has influenced quite a few people.

When those high-ranking officials saw that the Chief Councilor himself was walking, they thought, why should we still take horse carriages? Thus, a craze for low-carbon travel and walking to work broke out in the Jinghua parliament.

This left Liu Zheng feeling both amused and annoyed.

Recently, Liu Dahao and Feng Sanniang sent several urgent letters from Liangzhou, urging Liu Zheng to get married.

Thinking about it...

The time is indeed about right.

Getting married.

This was something Liu Zheng had never really thought about before. Because he had always felt that he was still very young. Now, calculating it, young? He has been in this world for a full six years... at twenty-eight, he is no longer young. In ancient times, he would have long since been married with children.

Furthermore, Xie Chan is already twenty-five.

In ancient times, girls would marry and have children at fourteen. The two of them are already firmly in the category of late marriage.

Getting married!

Liu Zheng thought to himself that Longyan is now considered stable, there are certainly no more variables regarding the constitutional monarchy, and the greatest formidable enemy, Tsarist Russia, has also been contained. As for the localized struggle in Suez, Liu Zheng does not give it too much thought. That is a battlefield for training Jiang Xuan, and at the very least, there is the East India Company, several countries in Central Asia, and the Ottoman Empire, which has already gained real benefits and is willing to send troops.

His Suez can still be held.

And even if one takes a step back and says that even if Suez cannot be held, Liu Zheng does not feel it matters.

Having already acquired Australia as a springboard, he actually no longer has an excessive pursuit of Suez as an entrance to Europe. It is better to have it than not; having it is of course good, as it is much more convenient. But without it, given the current rapidly developing Liangzhou Navy, there is not much difference between entering Europe from Suez or going around through Australia.

Liu Zheng is getting married.

As soon as this news spread, the entire Longyan was shocked.

Finally getting married?

Good heavens, after so many years, it is indeed time to get married.

Thinking about it this way, Liu Zheng actually waited until this age to truly consider marriage for the sake of the entire Longyan.

Carrying the burden forward!

Truly and genuinely carrying the burden forward!

They became excited.

Liu Zheng's supporters in the country all became excited.

When the Ministry of Rites learned of this matter, the entire department was also stirred.

These people have their work cut out for them.

Who is Liu Zheng now?

He is absolutely the number one person in Longyan! He is standing at the pinnacle of power! And who is he marrying? A royal Princess; currently, the Xie Clan in the country should be the only one who can represent the Xie imperial family. Both of their statuses are top-tier, both are at the peak.

The scale of this wedding will be grand.

It absolutely cannot be small.

Liu Zheng is now equivalent to the Emperor of Longyan! Longyang Princess being the Empress is simply adding strength to strength.

The Ministry of Rites suddenly became busy.

The Ministers and Vice Ministers first acted as if facing a formidable enemy, discussing what kind of scale and what kind of process it should be if Liu Zheng and Longyang Princess were to get married.

Follow the royal wedding?

That is already the highest scale in Longyan history.

However, strictly speaking, there is no longer an Emperor in Longyan. Would this royal scale be too high?

Someone immediately said it was not high. First, Liu Zheng is the Chief Councilor, the person who calls the shots in Longyan. Second, Xie Chan is a Princess, someone who almost became the Female Emperor. With these two paired together, the royal wedding scale is not high at all.

Once the Minister heard this, he realized it made sense.

Prepare it.

With an order, the Ministry of Rites began various preparations.

Zheng Yue Ru in Liangzhou did not speak for a long time when she received this news.

She only lowered her head to calculate the accounts.

This day had finally come.

It was just that Zheng Yue Ru had long been mentally prepared for this matter; ripples only stirred in her heart, and afterwards, she quickly calmed down.

Because she knows her status; she has always been a Chief Manager for Liu Zheng.

Is it said that she is not important to Liu Zheng?

No, she is very important, extremely important, and to some extent, even more important than Xie Chan. There are too many matters regarding Liangzhou, Yintan City, and the Liangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Currently, Zheng Yue Ru is at the helm for all of them, and the economic situation in Liangzhou recently is still developing rapidly. But it no longer has much to do with things like Refined Salt and Perfume.

It is Weaponry and Equipment.

Yintan City has now become the world's largest arms dealer.

Especially in times of war, people's demand for weaponry, or rather, their demand for cutting-edge weaponry, is even greater.

It is hard to imagine that even enemy countries like Tsarist Russia and countries with constant friction like Britain have to find ways to come to Yintan City to buy weapons—because they have been tortured beyond recognition by Liangzhou's weapons.

Therefore.

The more wars that occur globally, the more money Yintan City makes.

Every day, a large amount of Weaponry and Equipment is transported via transport teams to Loulan, and from there, shipped to all parts of the world.

Just from this one item, Zheng Yue Ru could feel the terrifying profit.

It can be said that the arms business alone is enough to support the entire Liangzhou.

It is easy to imagine just how important the thing currently in Zheng Yue Ru's hands really is.

Marriage?

Isn't it just a title?

Zheng Yue Ru shook her head and continued to lower her head to calculate the accounts, because at the door, there were still many merchants from all directions and all over the world waiting for her to grant them an audience.

……

Shen Manqing, who also received this news, was herself in the Capital.

She is no longer some courtesan now.

But a true Master of Zither in the Imperial Palace.

Being closer to the Imperial Palace, she appeared even more indifferent to this matter.

Her background destined that she could never become the legal wife of Liu Zheng.

While others looked at her with complicated expressions, she simply stood up gracefully and ordered indifferently: "Go to the Ministry of Rites and ask what cooperative work we need to do."

"Yes!"

……

"He is getting married?"

In the Western Regions, Reguli was melancholic for a while, but then followed by becoming excited.

"Good, good, good!"

"It is time to get married!"

"Quick, quick, quick, go prepare a grand gift for me!"

"Yes, Empress Dowager!"

……

At the same time.

Li Xuanya of the Li Dynasty also issued the same order.

Xie Fang in Australia also prepared a generous gift at the first opportunity.