Chapter 1937: Life and Death Choice

At this time, Longyan.

After little Liu Qian's hundred-day banquet, the guests left one after another.

Little Liu Qian's three godmothers also left in low spirits.

"Little Liu Qian, when you get the chance, have your mother take you to the Western Regions to visit your eldest godmother."

"Little Liu Qian, Third Mother is staying in Liangzhou; I'll come to see you another day."

"Little Liu Qian, Fourth Mother will bring you some little sugar figurines from Jinghua later."

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Only little Liu Qian's 'Second Mother', Li Xuanya, remained. Liu Dahao had discussed with her that little Liu Xiang should be acknowledged by his ancestors, as he was, after all, Liu Zheng's son.

Regarding this matter, Liu Zheng was naturally overjoyed, and Xie Chan, having spent the last few days with little Liu Xiang, was also in full agreement.

However, Li Xuanya was destined to be the Prime Minister of the Li Dynasty.

It was impossible for her to have a formal status in Longyan; this would be bad for Liu Zheng's reputation.

Because of this matter, Liu Zheng was furious.

"To hell with reputation, I don't care for it. If those purists want to say something, let them say it!"

"Xuanya must enter our Liu Family's ancestral hall!"

Xie Chan did not mind acknowledging this sister, but she could not withstand the insults from those purists.

But the current Longyan was Liu Zheng's world. Regarding such matters, Liu Zheng did not have the slightest hesitation and directly had a group of purists killed.

He used his own logic to tell them directly what it meant to make people submit with 'propriety'!

After Liu Zheng killed a group of these purists who only knew how to criticize the current power-holders, the entire court and public felt the pressure.

No one spread this matter anymore.

A few days later, it died down.

However, Liu Zheng received an urgent military report.

He immediately arrived at the Military Department's hospital, looked at the soldiers surrounding the front of the ward, and asked.

"Where is the person, and what is his condition?"

"Reporting to the Chief Councilor, he is inside..."

Liu Zheng hurried inside and looked at Cao Xi, who had lost his limbs, lying on the hospital bed.

Cao Xi was a general of their Longyan, who had originally followed him to campaign in Australia.

He had performed countless meritorious deeds at sea.

Although he was currently serving as a garrison and taking orders from Xie Fang in Australia.

But in fact, Cao Xi was still a soldier of their Longyan homeland!

"Speak!" Liu Zheng said in a deep voice.

Although it was already July, the hottest time of the year, the room was filled with a bone-chilling cold because of Liu Zheng's words.

"Chief Councilor, we found General Cao Xi near the coast of Longyan. When we found him, his limbs were already rotting. The doctor said that if they were not amputated in time, it would endanger his life."

"So..."

Liu Zheng turned his head to stare at them and said in a deep voice: "I am asking you who did this!"

"Was it pirates, or the army of some country!"

The soldiers were so suppressed by Liu Zheng's aura that they could hardly breathe, and they said urgently: "According to our investigation, it has been confirmed that it was pirates, but to be able to destroy the Yinzhou Ship that General Cao Xi was riding on!"

"It must have been supported by a national-level power to be able to do so. How could other ordinary pirates possibly defeat our Yinzhou Ship!"

"Pirates..." Liu Zheng murmured.

He walked out of the ward in a huff. It was absolutely impossible for General Cao Xi to be defeated by pirates!

According to the intelligence gathered by the soldiers, there were still wrecks of the Yinzhou Ship nearby.

Although the Yinzhou Ship in Australia was still a first-generation model of Longyan, it was not something that could be defeated by those still using warships from the Great Age of Discovery.

Liu Zheng narrowed his eyes. Australia—what exactly had happened to the shipping routes to Australia recently?

Pirates appeared frequently, and there was also the attack by the French forces.

"Investigate!"

"Investigate for me!"

"Whether it is pirates or some country, whoever dares to harm our Longyan general,"

"must be prepared to bear our wrath!"

Liu Zheng's voice boomed. The soldiers under his command immediately stood at attention and assumed a military posture.

"Yes!"

Liu Zheng's order was quickly transmitted to the Military Department.

Not long after, the Military Department formulated an annihilation plan.

They would dispatch ten supply ships and twenty destroyers to wipe out all the pirates or whatever countries were hovering on the route from Longyan to Australia!

The Longyan army, having completed preparations that same day, officially set off.

An annihilation operation on the Pacific Ocean battlefield officially began.

General Cao Xi had not yet regained consciousness, which made General Liu Zheng very worried. Whoever could attack Cao Xi was definitely not some ordinary pirate.

Furthermore, why did they send General Cao Xi after Australia lost contact?

Could it be that some change had occurred in Australia?

Liu Zheng thought of a certain possibility, and he immediately found Zheng Yueru, who had not left long ago.

Zheng Yueru was responsible for all the big and small affairs in Liangzhou.

But she was not only responsible for finances, but also for intelligence from all over the world.

Zheng Yueru watched Liu Zheng hurry over in a rush and teased, "What's the matter, Liu Zheng? We only just parted ways a short while ago, and you've already run over here to see me?"

"Aren't you afraid Xie Chan will find out? Don't forget your current status."

Liu Zheng glanced at her and said directly, "Yue Ru, there is no time for jokes. I need special intelligence regarding Europe and Australia from this recent period."

"I suspect the matter with Cao Xi has something to do with those countries in Europe!"

Zheng Yueru clicked her tongue and clapped her hands, and someone brought the intelligence over.

Liu Zheng snatched it from her hands and began to read; Zheng Yueru rolled her eyes, feeling somewhat disappointed.

She had thought Liu Zheng came to see her, but it turned out his purpose for coming was just for this pile of intelligence.

Zheng Yueru went upstairs alone.

Liu Zheng read the intelligence by himself until late at night, yet he did not discover anything unusual in Europe recently, at least not from the intelligence currently available.

Liu Zheng did not find any intelligence regarding the French naval forces advancing toward Australia.

The intelligence system of Longyan was already very advanced, but even so, it had not found a single shred of intelligence regarding the mobilization of the French navy.

This made Liu Zheng realize the slackness of the intelligence system during the days he was away.

No, perhaps it was not slackness...

Although Liangzhou was the intelligence center of Longyan, the intelligence still needed to be transmitted here from Europe.

With this back and forth, the time taken was quite long.

Furthermore, communication was not advanced at present, and much information was still being transmitted using carrier pigeons.

The Telegraph Machine they were manufacturing was still in the research and development stage and had not been deployed at all.

Under such circumstances, it was a very normal thing for intelligence to be lost.

Liu Zheng sighed and did not continue reading.

At this time, on the Pacific Ocean.

After Liu Zheng's order was issued, a surge of activity stirred up on the Pacific Ocean.

Countless pirates fled at the news, and some even fled directly to Longyan to surrender, praying to hide inside a prison in exchange for their own safety.

During this period, the occupancy rate of Longyan's prisons even skyrocketed.

To cope with this situation, Longyan even began to build prisons on a large scale.

These prisons were all being constructed by the pirates themselves.

The Longyan people themselves could not understand what these pirates were thinking.

Regarding these questions, the pirates' answer was: "Survival and death have never been a question!" The recent transcoding is serious, which gives us more motivation to update faster. Please use your little hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.