Chapter 1893: The Laid-back Couple

At this moment, Longyan.

Liu Zheng grinned broadly, holding his son, and made a funny face to make him laugh.

"Liu Zheng, stop making funny faces every day, be careful not to scare little Qian."

Liu Zheng's son was named Liu Qian; it is said that Feng Sanniang had someone calculate the name. Liu Zheng and Xie Chan, this couple, were very laid-back and had no intention of changing the name Feng Sanniang had chosen, so it was settled just like that.

After all, Liu Zheng and Xie Chan had no talent when it came to naming.

"Qian'er, look, your mother says I'm scaring you again. Show your mother a little smile."

Liu Zheng teased little Liu Qian until he broke into a big, wide grin.

Xie Chan gave Liu Zheng's back a sharp pat, took her son into her arms, and said fiercely to Liu Zheng: "Go away, don't keep teasing him like that."

Turning her face, she looked at little Liu Qian with a smile again and said softly: "Good boy, Qian'er, time to have your milk."

Little Liu Qian stretched out his two small hands and hugged her.

Xie Chan turned her head to look at the slightly aggrieved Liu Zheng and said: "This Longyan of yours, it's not a solution for you to be carrying us mother and son around every day."

"Liangzhou has called for you several times, and there is also the Emperor of Longyan. Xie Ming deserved to die, but those Royalist Faction members, at the end of the day, still have some influence in our Longyan."

"If you don't enthrone a new emperor for a long time, it's easy for trouble to arise."

"Especially that Prince Xie Zhao, I see he has been in very close contact with the ministers in the court recently. Is he thinking of becoming the emperor?"

Liu Zheng straightened his back and said: "Without my nod, no one can be the Longyan Emperor."

Xie Chan rolled her eyes at him and said as if coaxing a child: "Fine, fine, fine, I know you're tough. But you should go take a look at Liangzhou; those madmen at the Liangzhou Laboratory might be manufacturing some terrifying things again."

Liu Zheng thought for a moment and nodded; indeed, he should go take a look. The Liangzhou Laboratory might have really researched something good by now.

And then there was electricity; he didn't know how their research on that was going.

But he looked at Xie Chan and said: "Everyone working now gets three months of maternity/paternity leave. What's wrong with me, the Chief Minister of Longyan, taking two days off? Anyway, all the big and small affairs are now decided by the Cabinet and the Senate; I only need to control the direction."

Xie Chan rolled her eyes at him and didn't say anything more.

Liu Zheng chuckled: "Fine, fine, fine, I'll listen to you. Let's go back to Liangzhou and take a look now."

"But not today, right, son?"

Liu Zheng made another funny face, teasing little Liu Qian, who was drinking his milk, into patting his little hands.

Xie Chan glared at Liu Zheng.

Three days later, Liu Zheng's whole family set off from Qingzhou to return to Liangzhou.

And at this time, on the other side.

Members of the Royalist Faction were hiding in some corner of the Capital, discussing a major matter.

"When are we going to act? Once Liu Zheng returns to Liangzhou, what chance will we have left?"

Someone said coldly: "Fighting against Liu Zheng, do you think we are qualified?"

"We absolutely cannot move against Liu Zheng. Our goal is merely the throne; there is no need to cross Liu Zheng."

"With his prestige in Longyan, it is impossible for us to move against him. What we want is the current powerful Longyan, not a chaotic Longyan."

"Then what do we do now?"

"Can't kill, can't fight, are we just going to rely on submitting petitions now?"

The group fell into silence. Ever since Liu Zheng's series of reforms, the land of these Royalist Faction members, who held hereditary titles of Marquis and Viscount, had already been divided up.

In the history of Longyan, there had been many instances of reducing the power of vassal states, but this time it was different.

Previous reductions of vassal power involved taking land back into the hands of the state or the emperor, but this time, Liu Zheng's reduction of vassal power did not involve confiscating land, but rather distributing it downward.

Commoners of the past had obtained land.

Then there was the restructuring of power; the power of Longyan had also undergone a great degree of change due to Liu Zheng's reforms.

The emperor had already been reduced to a figurehead.

Liu Zheng's Constitutional Monarchy had already jumped beyond the Monarchy.

The power in the hands of these Royalist Faction members had also been weakened. On the surface, they were still the heads of certain departments.

But the people under them were the top talents of Longyan selected through the examination system established by Liu Zheng.

Under such circumstances, the Royalist Faction had lost their land and their power.

Except for their final positions on the surface, these old Nobles only had this shred of dignity left.

Prince Xie Zhao swept a cold gaze over the group and sighed: "If we can't fight, then we talk!"

"I will go talk to Liu Zheng. If we can't reach an agreement, we will raise an army immediately, while we still have some strength left."

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Liangzhou.

Once a land of bitterness and poverty, after experiencing Liu Zheng's governance, it had already vaguely become the most prosperous place in Longyan.

Wealthy foreign merchants could be seen everywhere; in the past, such a scene could only be seen in a few coastal cities of Longyan.

But now, Liangzhou was the place where foreign merchants visited frequently. The weapons here, the fine wine here, everything here...

... were things those merchants desperately needed.

These products of Longyan, if placed abroad, were all commodities capable of causing a huge sensation.

After these few years of deep cultivation by Longyan, these products of Longyan had become necessities for Western countries, especially things like soap.

For those Western Nobles.

This small piece of soap was a sharp tool that directly helped them enhance their decency.

Attending a party—to put it colloquially—if you didn't use Longyan soap, you would be too embarrassed to go out.

Liu Zheng got off the train; this was a carriage set up specifically for him on the steam train.

Looking at the steam train station built in Liangzhou, Liu Zheng felt a thousand emotions.

He had been away for almost a year, and Liangzhou had changed drastically, becoming even more prosperous than before he left.

The street was lined with restaurants, and lanterns lit up the entire street, making it look extremely prosperous!

"When the lanterns here light up at night, it's as if you're inside a sea of stars; it's a pity, Liu Zheng, that you spent the Spring Festival outside and didn't get a chance to see it."

"But it's a shame these lanterns are all made of paper; in just one night, they get blackened by the smoke."

Liu Zheng let out a laugh and said, "Xie Chan, in a while, I will show you what true lanterns are."

As long as there is electricity and light bulbs are produced, eternal lanterns can be created.

Xie Chan looked at Liu Zheng and smiled, "Don't wait until our son is grown up to show me."

Liu Zheng smiled without a word.

As the greatest discovery and application in human history, electricity went through many difficulties when it first appeared.

Now that the Laboratory in Liangzhou already has a Capacitor, Liu Zheng believes that in a short period of time, a power plant will be able to be built.

Electric power will then be able to be produced.

And then, the birth of the light bulb will not be too far away.

After thinking of this, Liu Zheng looked at his old steward waiting for him up ahead.

He and Xie Chan boarded the Horse Carriage and returned to the old family home in Liangzhou.

Liu Zheng looked at his old residence and was slightly stunned: "This is our home?"

Xie Chan nodded silently.

"Father said that our family is different now, and the residence must be luxurious to match your status, so our home became like this."

Liu Zheng was stunned, looking at the gold and jade in front of him, the carved beams and painted rafters; even the rivets on the door were plated with a layer of gold, appearing aggressively wealthy.

It was so bright it made Liu Zheng's eyes ache.

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