Chapter 1499: Entanglement

At this moment, Europe, Austria.

In the command room of Longyan Port, Liu Zheng looked at the investigation report on the port refugees submitted by his subordinates.

Liu Zheng scanned it quickly.

He looked up at the official handling this matter and asked, "Are you certain these refugees all came from Prague?"

"Yes, most of the refugees are from Prague, and a small portion arrived from other places."

Liu Zheng's expression sank slightly; he spread out the map in front of him and ordered, "Mark all the places these refugees came from on the map."

"Yes."

They had long since thoroughly investigated the origins of these refugees according to Liu Zheng's instructions, and they quickly marked all the locations on the map.

Liu Zheng looked at the map of Austria, his expression suddenly stiffening; his heart confirmed his own suspicions.

The places marked on the map of Austria formed a line, and the final end of this route was Prague.

The city bordering Austria and Saxony!

"Has a group of troops arrived in Austria recently?" Liu Zheng asked in a cold voice.

His subordinates looked at each other in suspicion; they had not received any reports recently stating that troops had arrived within the borders of Austria.

"We have not received any news recently."

"No news received..." Liu Zheng murmured to himself, then immediately laughed at himself, almost forgetting that this was Europe, not Longyan.

Although the Longyan intelligence system was powerful, it had not yet fully infiltrated the West, and the Holy Cross Army established by Catholicism had a natural advantage in this regard.

Those who believed in Catholicism revered their Pope without limit.

Yet he never expected that the Holy Cross Army they believed in would do such a thing.

"Alright, I understand. Let those believers in, but keep them under control and management. Those who listen to arrangements will have food to eat; those who don't, drive them out of the city!"

"Yes!"

"Hmm, you may go." Liu Zheng waved his hand to signal him to leave. After he left, he looked at the location of Saxony.

Although he was not entirely certain, the overall trend of the situation in Europe recently made it seem as if every country was preparing for the coming winter.

But in reality, undercurrents were surging.

After the Pope of Catholicism announced the establishment of the Holy Cross Army, there had been no further movement.

And the Eastern Orthodox Church over in Tsarist Russia had also gone quiet.

There had been no news from the naval war between Britain and France for a long time.

Ever since the Longyan Army achieved results in Prussia and Poland, these countries seemed to have fallen into silence.

Now that so many refugees had appeared, it was hard for Liu Zheng not to suspect that there was a story behind this.

Especially in such a sensitive place as Saxony!

Once past Saxony, one could strike directly at Berlin.

If it really were the Holy Cross Army.

Prussia currently did not have enough troops to resist.

Saxony was somewhat far from Ling Chen's garrison in Hanover, and because the strategic position of Hanover was extremely important, Ling Chen's two hundred thousand troops could only hold their ground and could not move.

"Beyond reach," Liu Zheng sighed.

This matter still needed further investigation to see if it was indeed an army that caused so many refugees.

Liu Zheng already had a guess in his heart, but it had yet to be verified.

Longyan Port, refugee camp.

After Longyan issued its policy, most of the refugees chose to enter the city; only a small handful of people believed the Longyan were not well-intentioned and chose to leave.

And among these refugees, there was one who was quite unique.

She neither entered the city nor left, just kept asking the Longyan Soldiers.

"Where is Liu Sheng?"

"This port was won by Liu Sheng; the fact that you Longyan can gain a foothold here is thanks to him."

"He must be here... right?"

The Longyan Soldiers were all annoyed by her questioning, but Liu Zheng had ordered that they were not to take action against civilians.

They could only keep explaining that they had never heard of this person.

Why don't you go into the city and look?

She would not enter the city, but she did not leave either, just wearing herself out here.

Seeing this, the Longyan Soldiers did not know what to do either.

She looked at the city gate, wanting to leave but unable to; first, she had no food.

Second, where could she go to find Liu Sheng? This was the city he was most likely to come to.

But if she entered the city, this port city now belonged to the Longyan; she was not a refugee, her identity was special.

Without an invitation, if she rashly entered the city and her identity was discovered, it would cause quite a stir.

Extremely conflicted inside, she sat at the city gate, not knowing what to do.

Today, Liu Zheng led a team of people to specifically check on the arrangements for these refugees.

The overall progress was quite good; these Austrian refugees expressed their gratitude to the Longyan.

At the same time, they told Liu Zheng about their encounters in Prague; they had experienced war and famine.

They believed in the Lord and believed in Catholicism.

As believers of the Lord, in their eyes, this was the Lord's salvation for them.

Liu Zheng responded to them that they supported Protestantism, and they also believed in the Lord; he would not interpret the Bible, but saving people did not depend on faith.

Upon hearing these words, the refugees felt their hearts tremble, as if something had cracked within them.

Catholicism and Protestantism are as incompatible as fire and water.

The refugees looked at the Longyan Soldiers who were providing them with food, and who supported Protestantism...

Liu Zheng smiled and left, leaving these people time to think.

But at the same time, Liu Zheng also heard about an interesting incident that had occurred at the city gate.

"My lord, to be honest, sometimes I don't understand what these Austrians are thinking; we clearly offered very good terms, so why are they not satisfied?"

"There is also an Austrian who, for some reason, is just lingering at the gate and refusing to leave."

"There's such a thing?"

"Yes, and it's a woman. Our men have talked until their lips were worn thin, and she is still there asking, 'Is Liu Sheng here?'"

"I was just thinking, who is Liu Sheng?"

"Do we have such a person here?"

Liu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned his head to look at the officer in charge of this area and asked urgently, "What does the person you mentioned look like?"

The officer was taken aback; he had never seen this living legend of Longyan show such a flustered expression.

"Speak quickly!"

The officer thought for a moment and said, "She looks quite dark-skinned and is very polite..."

Liu Zheng was stunned; he did not recall anyone in his mind who knew him by the name Liu Sheng.

But regardless, he had to go and see.

A flash of panic crossed Liu Zheng's heart, and he immediately said, "Take me over to see."

The Longyan Soldiers immediately led the way and took Liu Zheng away, while the remaining people were just about to follow.

"You all do not need to follow!"

After saying this, he walked away quickly, even faster than the Longyan Soldiers.

The crowd was extremely suspicious; everyone looked at each other, full of doubt, all asking: "Who is Liu Sheng?"

Liu Sheng... Liu Zheng!?

The crowd thought of a certain possibility, but immediately shook their heads; how could they speculate on the private affairs of the Chief Councilor!