Chapter 1929: Withdrawing

At this moment, Longyan.

The hundred-day banquet had finally ended, but Liu Zheng's good days had also come to an end.

Reguli, Shen Manqing, Zheng Yueru, Li Xuanya, and Xie Chan—the five women were arguing incessantly over who should be the mother of little Liu Qian.

Originally, these women who had not obtained Liu Zheng were fighting for the position of godmother to little Liu Qian.

In their own words, it was.

"Since we cannot have you, then we shall have your son!"

Liu Zheng was speechless.

In the end, his old man was still the most capable; he thought of a method: Xie Chan was little Liu Qian's birth mother, so her status could not be changed, but the four of them would all be little Liu Qian's godmothers.

This proposal immediately brought the five of them to a consensus.

Liu Zheng deeply felt his old man's prowess; he had managed to resolve all of his troubles without the slightest effort.

However, from then on, Liu Zheng was in for a miserable time.

After reaching a consensus, although their feelings for Liu Zheng were still those of affection, it now felt more like a sense of relief.

Especially now that they had reached a consensus, they had actually formed a united front with Xie Chan.

Now it was Liu Zheng's turn to suffer.

Because of the things Liu Zheng had done, the five of them acted as if they had discussed it beforehand, teaming up against Liu Zheng.

For the past few days, in order to avoid the limelight, Liu Zheng had dived straight into the Liangzhou Laboratory, not daring to come out.

Inside the Liangzhou Laboratory.

Liu Zheng finally met the person who had improved the steam train and significantly increased its cargo capacity: Stephenson.

Facing this man, Liu Zheng felt an indescribable joy.

His improvements had directly allowed Longyan to take a giant leap into the industrial age.

Longyan had many mines, but it was impossible for all factories to be built near the mines.

They could only choose to build at a closer distance, which made transportation more convenient.

However, doing this would not lower the cost of transporting raw materials.

Currently, half the price of products produced by Longyan factories went toward transportation costs.

But now, with the existence of the steam train, as long as there was a train near the factory, all of this would no longer be a problem.

"Thank you, Mr. Stephenson; you have pushed Longyan's industrial age another great step forward."

Stephenson looked at the young man before him, slightly stunned; after an introduction from those around him, the expression on his face became extremely astonished.

He excitedly grasped Liu Zheng's hand: "Lord Liu Zheng, it really is you!"

This left Liu Zheng at a loss.

Stephenson added: "I have often heard Hu Xi'er and Mo Cheng mention you."

"If it weren't for your open-mindedness, Longyan would not have developed so quickly, nor would it have been able to manufacture steam trains."

Liu Zheng waved his hand and said: "These are merely suggestions."

"The ones who truly completed the research are those scientists; I merely pointed out a direction."

"You are too modest..."

After some mutual professional flattery, Stephenson brought up a matter.

"Mr. Liu Zheng, I wonder if you have ever imagined shrinking the steam engine so that we could develop smaller vehicles for carrying people."

"I believe that the current horse carriage will eventually be phased out."

"Horse carriages are truly too difficult to control, and horses require care and are not stable enough."

Liu Zheng looked at Stephenson, not expecting the other party's ideas to be so advanced; he had actually started thinking about creating a car with a steam engine as its power core.

However, while such an idea was good, it was destined to fail.

Manufacturing it with a steam engine would only increase costs in vain.

Steam was far too bulky; it was simply not suitable for making a vehicle like a car that runs on roads.

Liu Zheng shook his head and said: "A steam engine won't work."

"Its frame already limits its form; even the smallest steam engine is as tall as a person, and the fuel for a steam engine is coal—we cannot keep coal on a vehicle; it would be very dangerous."

"Moreover, current technology has no way to achieve effective thermal insulation, which would make the vehicle extremely hot."

"I think that even in the cold winter, few people would be able to withstand such heat."

Stephenson nodded and said: "That is indeed true."

"However, a friend I know is always saying that these will not be problems; according to his ideas, he is manufacturing something to replace the steam engine."

"I don't think he will succeed; currently, apart from steam, I cannot think of any other method to generate enough air pressure to make a machine run."

He very much wanted to refute Stephenson; right here in this Liangzhou Laboratory, just a few days ago, a machine of the kind he spoke of had successfully operated for five seconds.

But after hearing this, Liu Zheng was slightly taken aback.

He had not expected that there were already people in Britain with such ideas.

Truly worthy of the current Empire on which the sun never sets, to be able to produce such talent in such a short time.

Liu Zheng asked: "Is your friend still in Britain?"

Stephenson nodded: "Yes, sir."

"Not everyone is as lucky as I am to have met Miss Hu Xi'er and Mr. Mo Cheng, and to have come to Longyan with their help."

Liu Zheng did not respond to Stephenson's gratitude, but instead said: "If your friend also wishes to come to Longyan, we welcome him at any time."

"The Liangzhou Laboratory also welcomes his arrival at any time; of course, if he has any difficulties, he can also come to us in Longyan for help."

"I believe my assistance in science is quite substantial."

"Mr. Liu Zheng, you are joking..."

……

At this time, in the British Colonies.

George III looked at the intelligence that had been sent over recently.

The flames of war had been rekindled on the European continent.

The Russian-Austrian Allied Forces had once again attacked Prussia, and this time Prussia had suffered a defeat in the Oder River basin in Poland.

The Prussian troops had been scattered, and now Frederick II was personally leading his troops out to attack.

"Your Majesty, the Messenger from Prussia once came to us to request aid; I neither agreed nor consented."

"What about Longyan? They are also allies of Prussia, and now Longyan controls Saxony."

"If anyone were to aid Prussia, they would be the ones with the most capability," George III said coldly.

The Prime Minister recalled and said: "Longyan did not agree to provide aid to Prussia, but Ling Chen's troops are still in Hanover, and his troops have a tendency to expand toward our territories in Hanover."

George III raised an eyebrow; in normal times, Ling Chen's actions would already count as a provocation against our Britain.

But now that Britain's territories in Hanover have also completely fallen, they also need Ling Chen's troops to help them recover their own territories.

As for the aid to Prussia, George III deliberated for a moment: "Refuse them."

"From now on, just like Longyan, we will not give Prussia a single cent of aid."

The Prime Minister nodded; in his view, this decision was absolutely correct.

The war has lasted for so long, and although Prussia has been winning great victories, it is like a person pretending to be asleep; no matter what you do, there is no Method to wake them up.

It is better to withdraw from this Prussian bottomless pit as soon as possible.

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