Chapter 1647: The Price

Occupying Prague, from any perspective, is advantageous for Liu Zheng.

But for Teresa, this is the greatest desecration of her.

The refugees in Prague will also erupt again, and the whole of Austria will fall into even greater chaos because of this.

If they do not occupy Prague, the Longyan Army must both maintain the security of their rear and attack Saxony, which will be a very difficult task for them.

But it is not something that cannot be done.

War is for profit.

However...

"Write a letter to Li Hongtian, tell him to go negotiate with Vienna, we want to establish a train transport route!"

Liu Zheng said indifferently.

"Yes!"

The cost of doing this will consume a massive amount of Longyan's financial resources, but it is also the only Method to stabilize the Longyan Army's retreat route without attacking Prague.

Although doing this is helping Austria develop.

But Liu Zheng does not care.

A true powerful country cannot be made strong simply by relying on one or two Railway transport lines.

A true powerful country must at least have military power, financial power, and culture.

It must be strong in these three aspects.

Military power can ensure that the country will not suffer from invasions by strong enemies.

Financial power can ensure the normal operation of the country and allow the people to live good lives.

Culture can make the people more cohesive.

Liu Zheng's order was issued quickly, and the plan to attack Saxony will begin after Li Hongtian has negotiated the cooperation project.

Now, in Longyan's Factory, all parts are produced systematically.

What is produced are all parts.

It is not like Britain or any other European country, which solves all production processes within one Factory.

This takes too long and is too wasteful.

Moreover, the quality of the parts is difficult to guarantee.

Now, Longyan's industrial system is becoming increasingly perfect.

Every Factory produces parts, and there is a Method to directly guarantee quality control.

A Steam Engine might require the cooperation of hundreds of factories from the start of production to completion.

And the manufacturer producing the Steam Engine only needs to hand the corresponding blueprints to the source manufacturers and let them produce according to their own needs.

In this way, the production of all components will greatly reduce time costs.

For Longyan, the time required to produce one Steam Engine now, from ore smelting to assembly onto a steamship, will not even exceed two weeks.

While Britain, which claims to be the Empire on which the sun never sets, currently has a time cost of at least half a year to produce one Steam Engine.

And it also requires a longer time for polishing.

Just from this point, they have no way to be mentioned in the same breath as Longyan.

Transporting Rail from Longyan and assembling it into a Railway does not take much time.

The time wasted on it is mostly the construction between roads.

By the time Li Hongtian finishes negotiating the project, this time will be enough to build the Rail.

Liu Zheng looked at the map, quietly waiting for news of Li Hongtian's return from the negotiations.

At this time, Egypt.

Nashadier is leading Marina to Sugela's home.

Sugela is a famous local tribal chief; if he can be persuaded to resist France, it will be of huge help to the completion of his mission and the disintegration of the French Colonial Zone.

Marina brought Nashadier to a building with an extremely intense religious style.

Its appearance is like a combination of a building and a tower.

Although it has an intense religious style, Nashadier could not recognize at all which sect's style this building belonged to.

However, the sect styles in Africa are always very strange.

On such matters, Nashadier did not take it too much to heart.

Marina said to the guard at the door: "I am Marina from the Marina Family, please ask Sugela for instructions, I will be visiting him."

The guard looked at Marina, looked at the gold hidden on her body, and then watched as Marina took out a golden badge.

Engraved on it was the totem of the Marina Family.

"Please hand this to Sugela, he will verify our identity."

Seeing this badge and the pattern on it, the guard finally looked at the two of them seriously; their mistress also had the same pattern on her hand.

They were all such patterns.

Thinking of this, the guard immediately went inside to report.

Soon, Marina saw a very familiar face walk out from the castle; it was her own sister, Ailina.

"Sister, why did you come here?"

"Come in quickly."

Ailina opened the door herself and came out to welcome them; seeing her own sister, her face was full of smiles.

Marina was the same; she and Ailina were biological sisters and had a very good relationship.

It was just that after Ailina married far away, the contact between the two sisters had become much less.

Marina followed her sister and walked into Sugela's castle.

Nashadier followed them in, and it was only then that Ailina noticed the burly man with an extraordinary aura behind Marina.

Just by standing there, this man possessed a piercing aura.

It made people shiver with fear; Ailina felt exactly this way now, and she whispered to Marina, "Who is that person behind you? He doesn't look like the guards of our family."

Hearing this question, Marina secretly glanced at Nashadier.

Her own sister actually mistook Lord Nashadier for her guard, which Marina found amusing.

Strictly speaking, she could only be considered Nashadier's Mistress; for her, Nashadier becoming her husband was an extravagant hope.

A guard, indeed.

What kind of person would even be worthy of such a guard?

Marina did not dare to answer, instead stealing a glance at the cold-faced Nashadier.

Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Nashadier's magnetic voice.

Nashadier said indifferently, "Marina and I—she is my fiancée. Respected Sister Ailina, I came in such a hurry this time that I didn't bring you any gifts; my apologies."

Hearing this, Marina's eyes widened instantly, and she looked at Nashadier in disbelief.

Fi, fiancée!

For her, this was simply an extravagant wish!

Although she knew that Nashadier saying this was a lie, merely a means to gain her sister's trust.

Yet even if it were fake, Marina felt incomparably happy.

Marina took the opportunity to hook her arm into Nashadier's, saying very shyly, "Sister, I forgot to introduce him to you."

"He is my husband."

Facing such news, Ailina's expression froze for a moment, and she couldn't help but curiously size up how this man had conquered her sister.

She knew very well that her sister had eyes higher than the top.

Their family was a prominent local clan, possessing countless wealth and power.

This had cultivated her sister's standards, and she looked down on ordinary men.

But this man, who looked like a guard, had actually managed to conquer her sister.

It was simply inconceivable.

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