My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4247 Repeated Cycles

"Brother Liu, no matter when or where, human life is always of paramount importance!"

When one's life and property are threatened, as long as there is a way to survive, everything else must give way to that way to survive.

The common people aren't mindless fools; when it comes to matters of life and death, they can naturally distinguish the pros and cons.

One path to survival might bring some drawbacks, while the other is a path to death where one's life and fortune are constantly at risk.

If the people in those Western countries are not mentally ill, then they naturally know which path to choose.

Brother Liu, the people have a scale in their hearts; they can distinguish right from wrong.

After answering Young Master Liu's question with a clear, cheerful smile, Lei Jun turned and silently gazed at the western horizon.

"Hopefully, the people of those Western countries will soon have their wishes fulfilled."

Liu Mingzhi saw Lei Jun turn his head to look at the horizon behind him, and heard his words full of emotion. He smiled and raised his right hand to gently tap his eyebrows with his little finger.

"Brother Lei."

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's calm, soft call, Lei Jun immediately turned around and looked at him.

"I'm here, Brother Liu, please speak."

Liu Mingzhi silently put down his right hand, which was gently rubbing his brow, and with a smile still on his face, he turned his head slightly to meet Lei Jun's gaze, who was looking at him.

"Brother Lei, which countries did you and your caravan go to this time to do business in the Western countries?"

Lei Jun glanced around and pondered for a moment before smiling and looking at Young Master Liu, saying loudly, "Brother Liu, my brothers and I from the caravan have already visited all the relatively wealthy countries such as Rome, the Principality of Greece, and the Kingdom of Prussia."

The kingdom furthest away was the British Isles, separated by a strait.

Originally, I was thinking of taking my caravan brothers to that kingdom called the White-Clad Caliphate.

Unfortunately, all the goods carried by our caravan were traded within the territory of the British Empire.

There was no other way; I knew I had to lead the caravan back home.

I originally thought that this journey back to my hometown would continue uneventfully, day after day!
Who would have thought that I would have the extraordinary privilege of unexpectedly running into Brother Liu again halfway through my journey?

Upon hearing what Lei Jun had just mentioned, Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

"Wow! They've even been to the Kingdom of the Sun Never Sets."

Brother Lei, you've traveled quite a distance for this business trip!

Seeing the sudden surprise on Young Master Liu's face, Lei Jun raised his hands and gently rubbed them against his face a few times before letting out a long sigh with a look of deep regret.

"Ugh!"

"Brother Liu, my brothers and I, along with several hundred others, don't want to travel so far to do business."

If we had a choice, wouldn't my brothers and I also prefer to do business closer to home?

However, those businesses that were close to home and could earn a lot of money had long been firmly in the hands of those predecessors.

If we newcomers want to make substantial profits in business, we naturally have no choice but to go to more distant places to do business.

Ultimately, it's not that we wanted to run that far, but that we had no choice but to run that far.

Hehehe, hehe~ hehehehe.

Brother Liu, it all boils down to a few taels of silver!
Fortunately, hard work pays off. Although it was hard work traveling thousands of miles to do business in the Western countries, at least I was able to get the generous rewards I wanted.

I am quite satisfied with this situation; at least it didn't mean that our group of several hundred people made a wasted trip.

I still maintain the same saying: contentment brings happiness, contentment brings happiness!

As Lei Jun finished speaking, his tone a mix of sighing and magnanimity, Young Master Liu chuckled lightly.

"Hahaha, yes, those who are content are always happy, and those who are content should always be happy!"
Brother Lei, before you and your caravan brothers begin your journey home, what is the overall situation like within the realms of Rome, the Greek Duchy, and the Frankish Kingdom?

When Lei Jun heard Young Master Liu ask him this question, he immediately straightened his expression.

"Brother Liu, to be honest, it's chaotic, very chaotic."

Among the many Western kingdoms, the most chaotic were the Greek Duchy, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Frankish Kingdom.

Especially at the borders of these three kingdoms, there was constant warfare and endless fighting.

Today you send troops to attack my border cities, tomorrow I will send troops to harass your important border areas.

In short, it's either you hit me or I hit you.

It goes on and on, endlessly.

In this chaotic situation where it was either you attack me or I attack you, the lives of the people in some cities in the rear of the three kingdoms were relatively better, and they were not greatly affected by the war. However, the people living in border cities or strategic border areas suffered greatly.

Faced with this chaotic situation of constant warfare, the people who had suffered from the war in the border areas of the three kingdoms naturally had no choice but to leave their homes.

During my recent journey back to my hometown, I have seen many refugees every day who are displaced by war.

Some of the older refugees simply couldn't get up anymore after walking for a while.

How pitiful! How truly pitiful!

As Lei Jun gently shook his head and sighed, he suddenly raised his hands and bowed slightly to Young Master Liu.

"Brother Liu, I dare to say that the current overall situation in the Western countries is similar to the overall situation between our Great Dragon Dynasty, the former Jin Dynasty, and the former Turkic Kingdom."

The kings of the various kingdoms, as well as their ministers, each dreamed of unifying the world they envisioned.

The path to unifying the world naturally involves warfare between the two sides.

Looking back, the war between our Great Dragon Dynasty and the former Jin Dynasty and the former Turkic Kingdom lasted for nearly two hundred years before we finally unified the world.

Two hundred years! Two hundred years!

It's unknown how many years of war the Western nations will have to fight before they can unify the world they envision.

After smacking his lips twice, Liu Mingzhi opened his mouth with a deep look in his eyes and silently exhaled a long breath.

"Hoo!" "No matter when or where, when war breaks out, it is always the ordinary people who suffer in the end!"

As soon as Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he immediately turned around and looked out at the clear blue sky behind him.

He quickly withdrew his gaze from the western horizon.

In an instant, he suddenly turned his head with a smile and looked at Lei Jun.

"Brother Lei, there's a saying in our Dalong that goes something like this: 'Everyone sweeps the snow from their own doorstep and doesn't care about the frost on someone else's roof.'"

The affairs of our Great Dragon Celestial Empire are the affairs of our Great Dragon Celestial Empire, and the affairs of the Western countries are the affairs of the Western countries.

As members of our Great Dragon Dynasty, my brother and I only need to mind our own business.

As for other people's affairs, let's just leave it to fate!

If we have the chance, we'll lend a hand if we can.

Conversely, if it doesn't, then we can only let nature take its course.

As Liu Mingzhi spoke with a light laugh, he casually put his hands behind his back.

"Alright, alright."

Brother Lei, let's not talk about other people's business, let's talk about our own.

Brother Lei, according to the calendar in our Great Dragon Dynasty, it's already the end of October, and in just a few days it will be the beginning of November.

November, December.

From now on, there are only two months and a few days left until the Spring Festival of our Great Dragon next year.

However, even if we travel at full speed the entire way from the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate to Yangzhou City in Jiangnan of our Great Dragon Dynasty, it would still take at least four or five months.

If traveling at a normal pace, it would take at least ten months.

In that case, Brother Lei, you and your hundreds of brothers will definitely not be able to have a reunion dinner during the Spring Festival this year.

Faced with this situation, I wonder what your thoughts are, Brother Lei?

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's light-hearted question, Lei Jun casually pulled out his pipe from his waist, skillfully untied it, and then pinched off a tuft of tobacco and stuffed it into the pipe bowl.

Immediately, with a smile on his face, he held up a tobacco pouch and gestured gently to Young Master Liu.

"Brother Liu, shall we have a pot now?"

Liu Mingzhi glanced down at the pipe in Lei Jun's hand, took a deep breath, and then chuckled as he pulled out his own pipe from his waist.

"Hahaha, Brother Lei, in the eyes of us people of the Great Dragon Dynasty, whenever we are far from home, the word 'hometown' is always a topic worth discussing in depth."

Things become more valuable away from home, but people become less valuable away from home.

Hometown! Hometown!
Now that we brothers have brought up the topic of our hometown, how could I, as the elder brother, not have a pipe of tobacco, given my deep longing for it?

When Lei Jun saw that Young Master Liu had already taken out his pipe from his waist, he quickly held up the pipe in his hand and handed it to Young Master Liu.

"Brother Liu, would you like to do it yourself, or should I pack it for you?"

"Brother Lei, I can do it myself."

"Hey, Brother Liu, please!"

Liu Mingzhi chuckled and nodded. He slightly raised his right hand, flicked his fingers to take a small pinch of tobacco from Lei Jun's pipe, and then stuffed it into the pipe in his left hand.

Upon seeing this, Lei Jun immediately put down his pipe and then hurriedly reached into his pocket to pull out a matchbox.

With a soft pop, the match lit up.

In an instant, Lei Jun raised his left hand to protect the match between his right fingers and moved closer to Young Master Liu.

"Brother Liu, come here!"

"Okay, sure." Liu Mingzhi smiled and nodded slightly, then immediately held up his pipe and moved it towards the matches in Lei Jun's hand: "Mmm, all done, all done."

Upon hearing this, Lei Jun immediately used a match to light the tobacco in his pipe.

"call!"

After slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, Lei Jun turned his head with a smile and glanced at Young Master Liu, who was also holding a pipe and puffing away.

"Brother Liu, to be honest, I don't really have any particular feelings about not being able to have a reunion dinner with my wife, children, and elderly relatives this year."

Moreover, I not only didn't have any particular feelings, but I also felt quite calm.

Brother Liu, two years ago, when I led my hundreds of brothers on the journey to do business in the Western countries, I already knew this day would come.

To be honest, at the beginning, I had absolutely no idea where India and the Abbasid Caliphate were located, or even the western countries further west of the Abbasid Caliphate.

At the time, all I knew was that these places were very far away, even farther than the distance to the thirty-odd kingdoms of the Western Regions.

However, for the sake of a few taels of silver, even though I know these places are far from our Great Dragon Dynasty, I still came.

Brother Liu, to be honest...

Two years ago, when I said goodbye to my wife, children and elderly relatives, I made a promise to them that I would definitely return home within five years.

Now, only two years and a few months have passed since the five-year agreement I made with my wife, children, and elderly parents.

This means that in about three years, you will be able to reunite with your family again.

Brother Liu, I had already anticipated this day before I officially set off with the hundreds of brothers in the caravan. What special feelings could I possibly have?
Of course, if I had to say something, all I can tell you right now is that I am actually very happy.

Because, in just about ten months, I will be able to see my family again.

Lei Jun's lengthy speech was still full of undisguised magnanimity.

As he just said, he had already anticipated this day before he officially set off to do business in the Western countries. Therefore, he naturally didn't have any particular feelings about not being able to have a reunion dinner with his wife, children, and elderly relatives this year.

After listening to Lei Jun's magnanimous words, Liu Mingzhi was momentarily at a loss for words.