Chapter 1294: The Whole World Can No Longer Sit Still

In short, as the news of Liu Zheng's wedding spread across the country, the entire Longyan became lively.

At this, whether it was the conservative Royalist Faction or Liu Zheng's supporters, the Reformist faction that backed innovation, all were fired up with enthusiasm.

After all, on one side was a Princess of the imperial family, and on the other was the leader of the reforms, Liu Zheng.

No matter how you look at it, this was a union of the new and the old.

Especially in Liangzhou, where Liu Zheng resided, the excitement of all the people of Liangzhou went without saying. Why? Because this time, Liu Zheng was marrying Xie Chan. That is to say, he was going to bring Xie Chan back to Liangzhou from the Capital.

This also meant that for the first time since ancient times in Longyan, it was not the man marrying into the woman's family to become an Imperial Son-in-law, but a situation of truly marrying the woman back.

A first.

A record broken.

Liu Zheng's wedding, in a large sense, was no longer just a wedding between two people, but a challenge to tradition.

A subversion.

Therefore, even though the wedding date was still three months away, Liangzhou had already begun celebrating in advance.

Every street was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers, glowing with lights. Every household, as if their own son were getting married, began to paste up "double happiness" characters. Liangzhou had not been this lively for a long time, and this showed just how much he had won the hearts of the people in his hometown.

Liu Dahao and Feng Sanniang were also so happy they could not stop.

"Hahahaha, this brat, he's finally willing to get married!"

Liu Dahao, holding his second son, laughed heartily.

"Good, at least he has a bit of conscience!"

Feng Sanniang also secretly wiped away tears.

Xie Chan, this little girl, had not had it easy following Liu Zheng. The two elders knew that Liu Zheng was usually very indifferent to these things. But things were just that magical; the less you cared, the more people liked you.

Of course, for a mother like Feng Sanniang, there were many "daughters-in-law" she liked; for example, Zheng Yue Ru, whom she had been trying to set up with Liu Zheng. Coming from a background in the pugilistic world, Feng Sanniang had no objections at all to Zheng Yue Ru's background.

As for the daughter of the former Liangzhou Inspector Chen Ping, Feng Sanniang also felt very sympathetic.

Unfortunately, there was no Method.

No matter the dynasty, there is only one legal wife.

This son of hers who caused so much worry... without realizing it, he had already incurred so many debts of affection.

Not to mention, it was said that Li Xuanya over in the Li Dynasty had even given birth to a son...

Xie Chan was the same; having been with Liu Zheng for so many years, she still had no official status. This silly girl was still happy every day, skipping and jumping, never feeling like anything was wrong. This left Feng Sanniang feeling both amused and frustrated.

She was, after all, a proper member of the Xie Clan imperial family!

Now, it was finally complete.

"Did you hear that, little Congcong, your brother is getting married! Hahaha, are you happy?"

Feng Sanniang teased Liu Cong in Liu Dahao's arms, her face beaming with smiles.

Liu Cong, already over a year old, could already talk and was instantly infected by his parents' emotions, waving his hands and feet: "Brother, brother!"

The family was full of joy.

Liu Dahao waved his hand, his spirit soaring: "Pass down the order, throughout all of Liangzhou, starting today, distribute free meals for three months!"

This could not be called anything but grand.

Although Liangzhou was now economically developed and few people were begging, there were even very few people in rags on the streets.

But after all, Liangzhou was just too developed, causing many outsiders to flock to Liangzhou like crazy.

These newly arrived outsiders, harboring a longing for Liangzhou, still had no guarantee of livelihood when they first arrived. Therefore, the distribution of free meals was a godsend for them.

Grand!

Bold!

Distributing free meals, job opportunities, and housing security were things Liangzhou had been doing all along.

Now, the entire Liangzhou's

infrastructure had developed to a degree that left others far behind. Especially after Liu Dahao, under Liu Zheng's suggestion, began building "affordable housing for talent" to attract talent from all over the country, and even all over the world.

This was the real trump card.

As long as you had some skill, once you came to Liangzhou, you didn't need to worry about food and drink, what was there to fear?

This also caused the talent in Liangzhou to start gushing out in various ways.

This was a virtuous cycle of social development.

At the same time.

Recently, it was also the graduation time for the Liangzhou Academy and the Liangzhou Military Academy.

Talent from different fields was once again filling the armies of Liangzhou.

Wave after wave of talent began to be transferred to all parts of the country.

Nowadays, the Liangzhou Military Academy was also a nationally famous military academy.

As long as it was talent from the Liangzhou Military Academy, they would definitely be sought after and snatched up by all local armies.

Everyone knew that products from Liangzhou were high quality, and this applied not only to goods but also to talent.

Therefore, the talent graduating from the Liangzhou Military Academy would not necessarily all serve in the Liangzhou army; they went to Qingzhou, Jinzhou, Chuan Shu, Jingchu, and so on. Thus, without realizing it, Liu Zheng, as the honorary president, already had students all over the world.

This would bring great help to his rule over Longyan in the future.

Of course.

Returning to the topic.

It was still Liu Zheng's wedding.

Invitations had already begun flying across the globe.

Tsarist Russia had also received one.

Menshikov gripped the invitation in his hand tightly, the anger on his face evident.

What is the meaning of this?

What is the meaning of this?

The war here has only just ended, my Tsarist Russia is still in deep water and scorching fire, and you invite me to attend a wedding?

To hell with that!

Not going!

He tore up the invitation in public and continued to indulge in singing, dancing, and a life of drunken dreams and death.

Britain.

William IV was also having a headache.

A wedding?

Right now, their British army is still fighting the Longyan in Suez, and you want me to attend a wedding?

How should one put this?

If I don't go, they will say I am petty.

If I do go, what if they keep me in Longyan?

To hell with that!

The parliament discussed it, and everyone in Britain felt that they should not go.

Just send a gift over when the time comes.

They are the dignified Empire on which the sun never sets; does a mere Longyan Chief Minister think he can make William IV come?

He is overthinking it.

Meanwhile, Xie Fang, far away in Australia, was also feeling conflicted at this moment.

He had been having a headache recently because the people in Australia were not listening to him.

And they were becoming increasingly disobedient.

Although he still completely controlled the Australian army, the situation of everyone acting on their own had emerged. Ultimately, it was because of the differences in race, ethnicity, and faith among the people. He could not always rule with high pressure, killing and killing every day.

This was also extremely detrimental to the development of Australia.

He even began to regret it a little, wondering what he was even doing this for.

He should have listened to Liu Zheng back then and learned from him, simply becoming a hands-off manager. Unfortunately, his desire for power was too strong. He was never willing to let go of the power in his hands.

However, the example of Liu Zheng was a living slap in the face.

It seemed that the more he wanted to delegate power, the higher his popularity became.

This really is a strange phenomenon.

Is he getting married?

Xie Fang rubbed his temples and let out a deep sigh.

Facing Liu Zheng's warm invitation.

Should he return to Longyan?