Chapter 1872: A Letter from Longyan

Following Li Hongtian's instructions, the Longyan Envoy quickly delivered a warning letter personally written by Li Hongtian into the hands of George III of Britain.

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"Your Majesty, the Longyan side has sent an Envoy with a letter, please take a look."

George III nodded imperceptibly and said indifferently: "They must want to talk to us about cooperation."

Ever since Longyan was sanctioned, economic cooperation between Britain and Longyan merchants had increased.

This was even more true for trade between the two countries, so it was not strange at all to have frequent correspondence.

George III took the letter, opened it, and glanced at it nonchalantly.

The attendant did not respond.

But upon seeing the contents of the letter, his expression changed abruptly. George III closed the envelope, looked at the Envoy, and asked angrily: "Where is the Envoy sent by Longyan?"

The attendant was stunned; he had never seen George III in such a temper after reading a letter from Longyan.

He hurriedly pointed outside and said: "He is waiting outside."

"Summon him in!"

"Yes."

Soon, the attendant led a Longyan person into the palace. He looked at George III, his body slightly bent before quickly straightening up, and said indifferently: "Greetings to the great Majesty of Britain."

George III stared at him and said straight to the point: "You Longyan want to terminate all cooperation with our Britain?"

"Why?"

"Do you Longyan treat the cooperation between us as child's play!"

George III's voice was not loud, but it shook the entire palace into silence.

The maids and attendants in the palace were so frightened that they knelt down in a hurry, while the Longyan Envoy stood in the empty Great Hall, facing the British Emperor, George III.

George III stared at him coldly, without saying a word.

The Longyan Envoy gave a faint smile and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Britain detained two of our Longyan citizens for no reason; no matter what we do, it is not excessive!"

George III raised an eyebrow, very displeased with the Longyan Envoy's attitude, but the other party had the confidence to speak this way.

George III knew very well about the two Longyan people he mentioned; it was he who had issued the order for their house arrest.

George III said coldly: "Those two are suspected of kidnapping our British scientists. Before the matter is investigated clearly, we will absolutely not release them."

The Longyan Envoy sneered: "Nonsense!"

"Those two Longyan people were in your Britain for tourism; they never appeared at any scientific research meetings in your Britain."

"They don't even know a few British scientists, and you say they attempted kidnapping?"

The Longyan Envoy took a step forward and stared coldly at the grim-faced George III: "It is you in Britain who, during this period, not only let our people encounter robbers but also made things difficult for our Longyan visitors in various ways."

Seeing the arrogant manner of the Longyan Envoy, a British servant immediately shouted: "Presumptuous!"

He did not move, watching George III's gloomy face turn even more livid; the hand holding the Scepter was trembling.

He took a step back, bowed, and said:

"Your Majesty, we Longyan are sincere in our cooperation with you in Britain. Every Longyan citizen is the most precious person to us. I implore Your Majesty to give us Longyan an explanation."

George III took a few heavy breaths, his eyes slightly closed, as if weighing the situation.

George III said indifferently: "Very well."

"Withdraw."

The Longyan Envoy nodded and withdrew.

George III's chest heaved with anger; he slowly opened his eyes, which shot out a sharp glint.

He could not fall out with Longyan yet; Britain still needed Longyan's goods to maintain their economy.

What's more, Britain's Dreadnought-class Battleship had only just been successfully developed, and now was the critical period for mass production.

And the most important part of the Dreadnought-class Battleship was the Longyan Giant Steam Engine.

If they were to break off the cooperative relationship with Longyan at this time, then the army composed of Dreadnought-class Battleships that George III dreamed of would have no hope at all.

George III sighed and said to his servant: "Accelerate the research on the Longyan Giant Steam Engine; I want a satisfactory answer within this year."

Without core technology, they would be held back.

Thinking of how Longyan was still underdeveloped six years ago, it was all because of Liu Zheng, who made everything develop too quickly.

George III sighed.

There was no Method to deal with such a situation.

He summoned someone to investigate Hu Xi'er and Mo Cheng.

Now, these two people could not be ignored.

At this time, Longyan.

After Liu Zheng returned, he killed a group of the Royalist Faction, and Xie Ming died...

However, the passing of the Longyan Emperor did not attract anyone's attention, having gone through a series of reforms by Liu Zheng.

Whether there was an emperor or not made no difference to Longyan.

Now, the vast majority of power was in the hands of the parliament; the Longyan Emperor was just a figurehead, but even this figurehead was coveted by many.

Don't look at how many concubines Xie Ming had; when he died, he did not leave behind a single heir.

Especially some members of the Xie Family.

It was impossible for Xie Chan to become the Female Emperor, and Liu Zheng had no thoughts about the throne.

The Xie Family members all wanted a share of the spoils, but Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to establish a new emperor at all.

This caused opposition from many people, but they were all from the Royalist Faction.

Liu Zheng couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them, and they didn't dare to take any excessive actions, so they could only submit memorials to the parliament, but they were all rejected.

As for Liu Zheng, he spent every day accompanying Xie Chan.

To Liu Zheng, accompanying Xie Chan was the most important thing right now.

Xie Chan was about to give birth soon.

As for all those messy, trivial matters, Liu Zheng dumped them all onto others.

To him, accompanying Xie Chan was the greatest matter of all.

Yet, the news that Liu Zheng's child was about to be born spread throughout the entire Longyan.

This was a major event.

Although the wedding for Xie Chan and Liu Zheng had been held, the two of them had run away on that very day.

This left the many Junior Officials, who had prepared for a long time, feeling very regretful.

They took this opportunity to make up for the regrets of the previous time for Liu Zheng and Xie Chan.

The entire nation was once again filled with joy.

This time, Liu Dahao and Feng Sanniang kept a tight watch on Liu Zheng and Xie Chan, just to prevent the two of them from repeating the situation from last time.

This left Liu Zheng unable to laugh or cry; how could he and Xie Chan possibly run away this time?

This time, the Ministry of Revenue held the wedding according to the exact same specifications as the previous one.

This time, they were determined to hold the wedding properly.

Liu Zheng and Xie Chan were most averse to such things, and the two of them pushed the matter aside.

"Chan'er, the bridal chamber night is a joyous occasion for you; how can you say you won't hold it just because you don't want to?" Feng Sanniang said anxiously.

"That's right, Zheng, is our family short on silver? The wedding must be held as it should be."

Liu Zheng and Xie Chan said together: "No!"

Xie Chan held Feng Sanniang's hand and said: "Mom, Liu Zheng and I have already had a travel wedding; how can we hold another one?"

"Even if it's for the baby's full-month celebration, it's enough for our family to be together; why make such a fuss?"