Chapter 1501: Borrowing Grain

After touring the refugee camp, Teresa saw that Longyan was not treating these Austrian refugees any differently, and she felt relieved.

After all, the current situation between the two countries is extremely intense, and they are already at war.

It is already very good that the Longyan people can treat Austrian civilians like this now.

Liu Zheng glanced at Teresa and asked, "Teresa, you said you came from Prague; what exactly happened there?"

"Why are there so many refugees now, traveling thousands of miles to come to this port city?"

Teresa's expression suddenly changed, instantly turning as cold as frost.

Liu Zheng felt a chill even standing beside her, and he comforted her: "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."

"No, if it's you, it's fine."

Teresa looked at Liu Zheng and took two deep breaths to calm her mood.

Liu Zheng watched quietly as Teresa's expression gradually became pained and twisted, as if she were recalling something that had caused her a great shock.

Finally, everything returned to calm, but Liu Zheng felt a terror beneath this calm.

Teresa looked at him and spoke.

"The Lord's army is plundering His believers."

A simple sentence, yet Liu Zheng's mind exploded instantly; although he had guessed it long ago, after truly knowing this news.

It still caused him a strong shock.

To think it was true!

"So the Holy Cross Army caused all of this?" Liu Zheng asked in shock.

Teresa did not say, but the expression on her face explained everything.

After the air was silent for a few seconds.

Liu Zheng said in a deep voice: "Perhaps the Lord's eyes have long been blinded."

Teresa raised her eyes, a glimmer of light flashing in them as she looked at Liu Sheng: "The Lord is omnipotent; how could His eyes be blinded?"

"The Lord will judge whether one goes to Heaven or Hell after death."

Liu Zheng smiled; Teresa is a Grand Duke of Austria, and their family is the controller of the Holy Roman Empire.

But the king of the Holy Roman Empire, if not canonized by the Pope.

Then she cannot be king.

The Holy Roman Empire would not have a true ruler; the fundamental reason why Austria is fighting Prussia is precisely this.

In Austria's view, they are the true heirs of the Holy Roman Empire.

On the map of the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia also belongs to the Empire.

But now, Prussia believes in one of the branches of Christianity, the state religion of the Holy Roman Empire: Protestantism.

Prussia wants to use the status of Protestantism within Christianity to ascend to the position of King of the Holy Roman Empire.

The reason is that Austria is not pure; they believe in Catholicism but have incorporated the Lord's enemy, Hungary, into their own territory.

They even have Hungarian Nobles in power!

This is absolutely not allowed by the Holy Roman Empire.

Hungary is the enemy of the Holy Roman Empire; for Austria to actually unite with Hungary to strengthen their national power is, in Prussia's view, a betrayal!

The war between Austria and Prussia, in Liu Zheng's view, is just children born to the same ancestor now fighting over who is the true descendant of that ancestor.

Liu Zheng smiled, looked at Teresa, this loyal believer of Catholicism, and asked her: "Have you ever thought that the Bible of the Lord that you understand and know of."

"Everything of the Lord."

"Is all being told and interpreted by that Catholic Pope?"

"But if he interprets it incorrectly, then what would you think?"

"Is he blinding the Lord?"

After hearing this, Teresa was suddenly stunned, staring tightly at Liu Zheng, as if she had discovered a New World.

"You mean... no, this is impossible!"

Liu Zheng sighed; a person's change in faith takes time. He looked at Teresa.

He did not continue speaking.

But Teresa felt that something in her mind had cracked open a gap.

The light emanating from within made her intoxicated.

But she was also unclear if this was right.

Teresa took a deep breath to calm her mood; the facts had already occurred, but Teresa decided not to think about it for now.

She came to find Liu Sheng for another purpose.

"Liu Sheng, actually I came to find you for another reason."

Liu Zheng glanced at her and said faintly: "Speak."

Teresa's gaze became complex and somewhat difficult to articulate, but she finally said: "Actually, it is like this."

"I want to buy some grain from Longyan through you for disaster relief."

"Although saying this is very... especially since our country and your country are in a hostile relationship."

Teresa looked at him coyly, paused, and then said:

"But the only person who can help me now is you."

Liu Zheng looked deeply at Teresa, and for a moment, he did not know how to speak.

They are also short of grain, but ever since the sea route was completely opened, grain from Longyan has been arriving continuously.

Now the supplies at Longyan Port are sufficient.

But with the two countries at war, such a thing as buying grain from a hostile country would probably only appear in novels.

Liu Zheng remained silent for a long time, finally looking at Teresa and asking, "In what capacity are you saying this to me?"

Teresa was taken aback, looked at Liu Sheng, and finally said earnestly.

"Grand Duke Theresa has never left Vienna; I am merely a refugee from Prague."

"So, naturally, I am using the identity of a refugee to purchase grain from you."

Hearing this answer, Liu Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Very well, I can agree to it, but with my current capabilities, it won't be much."

Liu Zheng added silently in his heart, I agree to you in the capacity of Liu Sheng.

Upon hearing this, Teresa slowly performed a bow: "Thank you for your generosity."

Seeing this scene, Liu Zheng suddenly laughed: "That doesn't fit your current identity, Miss Teresa."

Miss Teresa was stunned; there was nothing wrong with her etiquette.

"Then what should I do?"

Liu Zheng glanced at her, a smile playing on his lips: "Naturally, it is..."

Liu Zheng suddenly leaned in and kissed Teresa on the cheek.

Teresa was stunned and had not yet reacted; after Liu Zheng pulled away, her face instantly flushed red.

"You, you, you!!!"

Seeing this expression of hers, Liu Zheng could not help but find it amusing.

"Miss Teresa, it was you who taught me how to use the Kissing Ceremony back then."

Hearing this, Teresa's face turned even redder: "At that time, it was..."

"Ah!" Teresa shrieked, puffing out her cheeks and looking at Liu Sheng with resentment.

The Kissing Ceremony was far too intimate.

Seeing Teresa's adorable, angry appearance, Liu Zheng laughed heartily.

For some reason, or perhaps because she had been suppressed for too long, Teresa's personality had become much livelier after changing into linen clothes.

She was more like a young girl of her current age.

Unlike in Vienna, where every frown and smile had to be restrained.

But she was still Teresa, the Archduchess of Austria.

Liu Zheng shook his head and stopped thinking about these things; in front of Teresa, he was Liu Sheng.

He was not the Chief Councilor of Longyan, Liu Zheng.

By nightfall, Liu Zheng, exhausted from the day, remembered his promise to Teresa.

After some thought, he wrote this letter on paper.