Lu Ming returned to the Snow Dragon Castle again and brought two large equipment bags. One bag was full of lighters, and the other was full of daily necessities, including various items such as small mirrors, small telescopes, soap, paper and pens, etc.
Soon, Lu Ming naturally became a northern continent businessman known to many castles, and many people from other castles came to visit him.
However, Lu Ming was with Yatagu every day, asking him about the cultivation of red fruit trees.
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The imperial capital now has a special community for Chinese people, called Han Street.
After the United Kingdom moved its capital to the central city of the Sonyans, New Newman, the original capital of the Sonya Kingdom.
This certainly brought great satisfaction to the Greater Sonya group.
But it also made the political color of the imperial capital fade a lot, and the economy became more active. In addition, with the rapid development of science and technology in the past decade, the imperial capital became more and more prosperous, especially the new district area. There were tall buildings everywhere, neon lights flashing at night, various huge colorful billboards, calendar girl advertisements showing charming smiles on double-decker buses, pedestrians and cars coming and going, making Lu Ming feel as if he was in another world, as if he had returned to the prosperous city in the 1960s and 1970s in old movies in his previous life.
Hanren Street is located on the eastern side of the new district.
The municipal council of the imperial capital is now majority-Griffinni, including Han Street, and there is also a Central Plains representative on the municipal council.
The traditional ideas of territorial and ethnic autonomy are so deeply rooted in this world that the West Griffinni region of the United Kingdom has been filled with separatist sentiments for several years.
The Griffinni Regiment of the United Kingdom's Defence Forces also became a destabilizing factor.
This was also a huge headache for Henry II.
It has swallowed up the Sigrifenni region, but it is difficult to truly digest it.
If we do not follow the principle of autonomy for various groups and regions, but insist on building a unified empire like the Central Plains Dynasty, it will probably require a real world war, a massive population reduction, and blood and rain before we can truly eradicate the tradition of autonomy in our world culture.
At this time, Lu Ming came to the imperial capital.
I came here with Alice.
Alice went to primary school for a few years during these years. She probably had enough fun and later spent most of her time in seclusion.
A few days ago, we talked about coming to the capital.
Lu Ming also understood that she might have reached a certain point and needed to come back to her old place. It was very likely that Queen Alice was about to awaken.
Of course I wouldn't stop her, and I would stay with her.
After all, whether she is a hostage or not, it doesn’t matter what. She has lived in Central China for more than ten years and now she has returned to her hometown. Should I just ignore her
When he came to the imperial capital, Lu Ming's identity was Lu Chen, that is, Captain Lu who had fought side by side with the Greifanni army in the western region of Greifanni to fight against the Sonya invading army.
However, Captain Lu has now given up military service and gone into business, and is now the chairman of Universal Entertainment.
Universal Entertainment is a small film company in the imperial capital, which was recently acquired by Zhongzhou Capital from the north.
Lu Ming's old acquaintance, Admiral Walman, the then commander-in-chief of the Griffinni war zone, was also in the Imperial Capital and was a very influential member of the Imperial Capital Parliament.
Admiral Wollman was extremely dissatisfied with the cowardice of William V and his son, so he was relieved of his military post shortly after the end of the war.
Admiral Wollman then returned to his old house in the imperial capital to live in seclusion. Henry II once visited him and hoped that he would come out of retirement, but he declined.
Later, due to boredom, Admiral Wollman ran for parliament at the persuasion of his old friend, Philip, the national leader of the Grand Ducal Party.
Under the propaganda of the Grand Ecumenical Party, he became a tragic hero in the war and won a large number of hardcore voters in the imperial capital.
Even the Grand Ecumenical Party won a landslide victory in the general election three years ago because of his joining, and won the majority of seats in the Imperial Capital Regional Council.
Admiral Wollmann also became one of the leading figures of the Grand Ducal Party.
The day after Lu Ming arrived in the imperial capital, he made an appointment with Walman for tea, and Walman gladly accepted the invitation.
The two met in a private room of a teahouse on Han Street, and both had many feelings to express.
Especially Walman, who sighed and said, "I never thought that we would meet like this eight years later. You were the best commander back then, leading your team to destroy countless invaders' steel-like tanks. And now, you've changed your career to making movies?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "You used to be the best commander. Now there is peace. As for me, I will make more money. It is much better for you to go into politics, General, than to watch your comrades bleed to death every day." At the end, he was also speaking from his heart.
Walman had a complicated expression and nodded silently.
But looking at Lu Ming, he shook his head again, "How can you really be the boss of a film company? But don't worry, even if you are a member of the military intelligence organization of the Northern Territory, it will not affect us."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I'm really not here to develop an intelligence organization. Today's peace and prosperity, I personally think that such a period is rare. If anyone wants to destroy it, they must be an ambitious person."
Walman shook his head. "You people of Central Continent are independent in the North and have developed very quickly. Of course you can say that. But let me ask you, if this region votes to secede from the United Kingdom and reintegrate with the East Griffinni region, what will be your position?"
Lu Ming was silent. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. Seeing that Walman was still staring at him and waiting for an answer, he said, "If the United Kingdom does something that undermines the Imperial Constitution, the Confederations will probably not agree."
"Will you use your Doomsday as a deterrent?" Walman stared at Lu Ming without blinking.
"The End of the World" was the atomic bomb detonated by the Han Kingdom at the Western Region Desert Experiment Base three years ago.
The Kingdom also informed the various confederations of the power parameters of its new weapon, but of course, it did not make any statements about the specific principles of the weapon.
In fact, many Confederates did not believe that such a powerful bomb could exist.
Looking at Walman's expression, Lu Ming knew that he, who still had considerable influence in the Griffinni military, knew that this weapon was not an illusion but a real existence.
Likewise, the Sonyans are aware of this.
Major General Bit made an indispensable contribution by obtaining a long-range video of the explosion.
Staring at Lu Ming who was still silent, Walman continued, "Don't try to fool me again. I knew eight years ago that you could represent His Majesty the King of Han, and you also knew clearly what His Majesty the King of Han thought about the current situation."
Lu Ming was helpless. "General, from the name we gave this weapon, you know that we never hope to actually use it." He paused, "If the Sigrifenni region wants to secede from the kingdom, don't expect us to use this weapon to make any guarantees for your separatist movement."
Walman nodded: "Your answer is too official. As a friend, what is your answer?"
Lu Ming said: "As a friend, my answer is the same. Of course, my kingdom will not allow any citizen of the Confederation to suffer the same fate as the Gaide people did more than a decade ago."
After hearing Lu Ming's answer, Walman patted Lu Ming's hand gently, "Thank you!" Obviously, he was quite satisfied with the answer from this old friend.
Lu Ming thought that there were many Gede elites living in his kingdom, from scientists to bankers, from all walks of life. Although they were not numerous, they were usually social elites and had brought in a lot of capital, making a significant contribution to the rapid development of the Northern Kingdom. It could be said that their voices were already a force that could not be underestimated in the political arena of the Han Kingdom. Among them, there were many revengeful elements who hated the Sonyans so much that they wanted to start a war again.
Recently, a Gedi group filed a lawsuit with the local court of the Kingdom of Khan, requesting the court to investigate the genocidal acts committed against the Gedi by some Sonya soldiers more than a decade ago.
The group also filed a lawsuit with the local court in the United Kingdom's Gadde area.
It is said that the case is an accusation of violence committed by "a small number of soldiers", but in fact it is of course to make some kind of breakthrough through individual cases. Once a court decides to file a case, it will be a great victory.