Chapter 1343: Mouth-Watering

"Baron?"

Liu Zheng said indifferently, "I don't care for it."

After speaking, he looked at Teresa's face, which was blushing and mouth-watering; back then, she had made a bet with Liu Zheng just like this, and ended up losing an Austrian Baron title to him.

In reality, it was just a rubber check, as everyone understood.

However, he did not expect the Duke of Lorraine to intend to use the same trick again.

He also wanted to reward Liu Zheng with a rubber check.

Upon hearing this, Lorraine's old face hardened, not caring for their noble Austrian Noble status: "What could a Longyan merchant like you possibly look down upon?"

"I have heard that your Longyan used to be divided into 'Scholar-Farmer-Artisan-Merchant'; the merchant status was once the lowest rank in your Longyan."

Liu Zheng was stunned; it had been so long since he had heard these four words, and the Longyan of today had long since changed.

Could this old fellow's thinking still be stuck in the last century?

"Respected Duke of Lorraine, I think you have misunderstood one thing; Longyan is no longer the Longyan of the past."

"In my eyes, your Baron status is the same as the status of an ordinary person in our Longyan."

"Heh."

The Duke of Lorraine was dismissive. Immediately after, his own grandson, Franz, leaned in to whisper, telling him the information he had gathered on Liu Sheng.

"Grandfather, not long ago, he was already enfeoffed as a Baron by Teresa."

The Duke of Lorraine was taken aback and turned his head to look at his grandson, trying to find that trace of a lie in his eyes.

But there was none; Franz spoke up with slight embarrassment and continued.

"Not only that, he is now also a recognized great artist in Vienna."

The Duke of Lorraine was shocked in his heart and looked at Liu Zheng, unable to believe it; in his impression, Longyan was a country without culture.

No art, no upbringing, barbaric.

Simply put, a bunch of Barbarians!

Liu Zheng stared at him and smiled: "Duke of Lorraine, dare you come up with something practical and bet big?"

The Duke of Lorraine asked with a sullen face: "What do you want?"

Liu Zheng thought carefully; they lacked a port in Europe, so why not...

"The ownership of a port."

Once these words were spoken, the whole room was horrified. Everyone looked at Liu Zheng in disbelief; even Teresa had not expected him to open his mouth so wide.

The ownership of a port—this was simply a joke!

"Liu Sheng, you are a madman, daring to want our Austrian port!" Franz jumped up and cursed loudly.

Although Count Austin felt guilty in his heart, his gaze toward Liu Zheng had also changed at this moment.

Teresa looked at Liu Sheng angrily; Austria currently only had three ports in the Mediterranean Sea, one of which was currently occupied by Longyan...

And even if it hadn't been occupied by Longyan, she would not have agreed to give it to Liu Sheng; this was all Austrian land, how could it be dispersed?

Dark clouds gathered on the Duke of Lorraine's old face: "Fine, I agree to your terms!"

When these words were spoken, everyone, including Liu Zheng, was stunned.

Agree to Liu Zheng?

This move by the Duke of Lorraine was practically selling out the country.

But Liu Zheng understood instantly, realizing the Duke of Lorraine's plan, and cursed the old fox in his heart.

"I can give you a port, but whatever problems that port has now, you must solve them yourself; if you want it, go take it."

Teresa realized it then—a problematic port; it was indeed the Duke of Lorraine.

How could Austria give a problem-free port to Liu Sheng? Only that one port was currently occupied by the Longyan army.

Austria still didn't know the situation of that port; it might have already been destroyed by Longyan and was undergoing emergency repairs.

Even if Liu Sheng was a Longyan person, as long as Longyan did not leave for a day, that port belonged to Longyan, and his agreement with Austria would not take effect.

But only when the Longyan people left would this port belong to Austria.

By then, the port and the city would still be Austria's; as for the port you, Liu Sheng, wanted, sorry...

This was snatched by Austria from the hands of Longyan, so it was not within the scope of the agreement.

Killing two birds with one stone.

No matter what, he could never use this port to make money; it was truly vicious.

Making the Longyan people fight the Longyan people.

Liu Zheng naturally understood and revealed a hint of joy on his face, saying: "It's a deal; the ownership of that port belongs to me from now on."

The Duke of Lorraine accepted it gladly and agreed: "No problem, with Grand Duke Theresa as a witness, this agreement absolutely counts."

"But you must be truly innocent!" the Duke of Lorraine said viciously.

In his view, no matter what, he would not lose out in this matter; this was another rubber check, and Liu Zheng might not be without problems himself.

In the near future, the Duke of Lorraine would regret this decision so much that his intestines turned green.

"Verbal promises are not proof; sign and seal it!" Liu Zheng wrote up an agreement.

The Duke of Lorraine took a look, saw there were no problems, and signed it.

Teresa sighed and finally wrote her own name in the witness spot.

After signing, the corners of Liu Zheng's mouth lifted, his heart ecstatic; how could they know that the person who ordered the occupation of that port was standing right in front of them.

Now he could rightfully own this port.

After a while.

Xie Chan looked at Liu Zheng with a cold face, as if questioning why he had brought a large group of guards to raid a house when they were living there perfectly well.

You don't mind the shame, but I do; if this gets back to Longyan, where will the face of the Longyan Princess, and the face of you, the Longyan Chief Minister, be put!

But after Liu Zheng explained a little, Xie Chan also revealed an excited look in her eyes.

"Really, that bunch of fools in Austria..."

Xie Chan almost blurted it out, hurriedly shut her mouth, looked around, and finding that no one had noticed her, continued: "That bunch of fools in Austria are really going to lose the ownership of a port to you?"

"So that means, no matter what happens in the future, our Dragon Flame Army can occupy Austria's port under this name for a long time."

"What Austria's port? From now on, that port belongs to the Dragon Flame," Liu Zheng said righteously.

Xie Chan nodded vigorously; he was truly her husband, being able to say such a shameless thing.

Meanwhile, the Duke of Lorraine and Franz, who were ransacking the house, fell into an awkward situation.

Franz secretly glanced at his grandfather; the smile on that old face was as terrifying as a forced grin.

It scared Franz so much that he had long wanted to slip away.

"Franz, tell your grandfather the truth: did Liu Sheng ever receive these things?"

"This..."

Franz scratched his head; he knew very well in his heart how could Liu Sheng have received these things? It was all his own framing.

"He probably did. I see it's getting late; why don't I go find some food for Grandfather first while you wait?"

The Count of Lorraine's old face sank, and he grabbed Franz, who was about to slip away.

He knew he had been swindled by this grandson again; he had lost face big time this time.

Teresa and Count Austin watched from the side, not saying a word.

At this moment, Liu Zheng walked over, gloating, looked at the two of them, and chuckled: "How is it? Did you find the things mentioned in the evidence? Do you want to tear down the whole house and look again?"