Chapter 1111 - 586: Explosive News (2)

Half a year later.

During his study abroad years, Li Zhongda longed to "ride" a Western beauty. At the age of 40, twenty years later, he finally achieved his wish.

Dai Li accepted his invitation, flew from Belgium to Great Xia, and directly stayed at his house. That night, they immediately combusted into passionate intimacy.

Another month passed.

The two received their marriage certificate together, officially entering a legal cohabitation state.

When Li Zhongda posted the marriage certificate on his social media, his ex-wife was very surprised and chatted with him for quite a while.

Through their conversation, he could sense that his ex-wife did have some regrets, which made him feel exhilarated.

After marriage, Li Zhongda genuinely felt that Dai Li was much better than his ex-wife.

She wasn’t pretentious, was reasonable and easy to communicate with, did household chores diligently, and even worked hard to learn how to cook Great Xia dishes.

In contrast, his ex-wife didn’t earn much salary, was unwilling to do housework, clearly lived off him, yet always showed an independent woman’s attitude.

Now, with Li Zhongda working leisurely and all household chores handled by his wife, they even received an additional monthly foreign family subsidy of 2000 yuan. Life couldn’t be more pleasurable.

By the way.

The so-called "foreign family subsidy" is a special initiative by Great Xia for families where one member is a foreign national.

Since foreign nationals haven’t obtained a citizen certificate and can’t work, the family burden is heavier, hence Great Xia introduced such a subsidy.

In short, the core purpose is only one—encouraging Great Xia men to marry foreigners.

Because foreign women must have three children to obtain a citizen certificate, they are more motivated to have children.

Not long after.

Dai Li became pregnant with twins, and the family could receive even more subsidies.

This Belgian woman was extremely satisfied with the current life.

Li Zhongda, however, felt a bit troubled because life wasn’t as leisurely anymore. To take care of his wife, he willingly took on many household chores.

Fortunately, his son with his ex-wife was in college, and the tuition and living expenses were subsidized by the state, so he didn’t have to worry much.

This morning.

After washing the dishes, Li Zhongda complained to his wife: "Once next month’s subsidy arrives, I must take a loan to buy a Xue Wu housekeeping robot."

Dai Li laughed: "Xue Wu is selling so well right now. I heard the delivery queue is already six months long, even if you order now, you’ll still have to wait."

Li Zhongda shook his head: "It won’t take that long. The third phase of the factory is being planned, with Great Xia’s industrial capability, it will be fully built and start production in at most a month.

"Now that you’re pregnant with twins, we can apply for priority delivery for our order, at most in two months, we’ll have Xue Wu."

Dai Li was very surprised: "That fast?"

Li Zhongda nodded: "You’re not a Great Xia person, so you’re not very familiar with Great Xia’s many technologies. Now, Great Xia’s factory construction has realized unmanned intelligent building.

"Super intelligent AI formulates detailed construction processes from the design drawings, commanding robots and intelligent engineering vehicles throughout. You won’t see a single human on the construction site.

"Humans get tired, cut corners, and need food and rest, but robots don’t need any of that. They can operate round the clock with maximum efficiency."

Li Zhongda concluded: "A month is more than enough to complete the factory construction, maybe even just twenty days."

Dai Li was filled with emotion: "Great Xia is simply like a country from the future."

That phrase "country from the future" was not her original, but a sentiment expressed by countless foreigners.

Li Zhongda, with an unsurprised tone: "Except for Great Xia, no other country on the Canglan Star can complete industrial construction anymore."

Dai Li concurred: "I think so too."

Li Zhongda picked up his phone and walked toward the study: "I have a little work to do, let me get busy first."

The community work he was responsible for only required about an hour of actual work each day.

Half an hour in the morning, half an hour in the afternoon, and most of the time he worked from home, so he had plenty of time to take care of the home.

Dai Li got some fruit from the fridge, washed and cut it, and brought a plate to her husband, then happily watched dramas on her tablet.

After a while.

A pop-up appeared suddenly at the bottom right of the tablet.

It contained a few lines: "Carmenia Federation leader Eduardo quietly left the Federation yesterday and arrived at Atina Kingdom on the Nan Jing Continent.

"In ten minutes, Mr. Spirit Crows and Eduardo will jointly deliver a groundbreaking speech to the world, which will completely alter the global landscape.

"Click the link below to watch the speech live. There are various gifts to be drawn in the online live room."

Dai Li froze for a second, then quickly stood up and hurried to the study door.

She pushed the door open and shouted: "Honey, something big is about to happen."

Li Zhongda nodded and said "Mm": "I just saw the news, you go ahead and turn on the TV. I’ll come over as soon as I finish what’s in my hands."

Dai Li responded with an "Oh".

Ten minutes later.

The couple sat side by side in front of the TV, starting to watch this heavy-duty program.

The opening shot of the show panned over a group of Great Xia-style palaces.

Li Zhongda blurted out: "The Twenty-four Solar Terms Palace."

As Yang Fan’s Mr. Spirit Crows identity gradually took over national power, the Twenty-four Solar Terms Palace made increasingly frequent appearances in news programs.

Various messages about this magical cluster of palaces spread more widely along with it.

Now, not only the people of Great Xia, but the whole world knows that this is a cluster of palaces located in an independent space.

This single point elevates the national image, or rather the prestige, of Great Xia by a notch.

After all, apart from Great Xia, what other country possesses such a magical place?

None at all!

Quickly.

The camera rotated in mid-air, showcasing more and more beautiful sceneries of the palace complex.

Li Zhongda made a quizzical sound, saying: "The palace background has changed."

Great Xia National Television seemed to know the audience wanted a longer look at the Twenty-four Solar Terms Palace, giving quite a lengthy shot.

A while ago, outside the palace complex was the picturesque scene of "the lone smoke rising straight in the desert," coincidentally teaching the whole world this ancient Great Xia poem.

Now the outside of the palace changed.

The boundless desert was nowhere to be seen, replaced by endless snow-capped mountains, with the sky continuously snowing down falling snowflakes.

The ground, roofs of the palace complex, and landscape garden were all covered with a thin layer of snow.

The voice of the TV host came out as a narration: "Yesterday the temperature at the Twenty-four Solar Terms Palace was twenty degrees, akin to the blooming warmth of spring.

"Now Mr. Spirit Crows has adjusted the weather on the Space Island, the temperature has dropped to minus five degrees, and the snow that fell to the ground is real snowflakes."

Dai Li stared for quite a few times, feeling utterly amazed: "How magical!"

She immediately asked: "Honey, how would you describe such scenery using an ancient Great Xia poem?"

Li Zhongda, essentially a poor student, racked his brain for a few seconds before recalling a line: "A thousand mountains with no birds in flight, ten thousand paths without a trace of humans."

Dai Li repeated this line several times.

A few seconds later.

The camera suddenly changed, focusing on two figures in the square in front of the palace.

They walked side by side, slowly crossing the square towards the first palace, the Lichun Palace.

One of them was the famous Mr. Spirit Crows.

The other person’s appearance was somewhat unfamiliar to the Great Xia people.

But as a white person, Dai Li recognized him at a glance: "Federation leader Eduardo, he looks much older."

Li Zhongda felt a sense of witnessing history: "This seems to be the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries since the Age of Calamity, right."

Dai Li nodded: "It is indeed."

The camera zoomed in to within two meters.

The voices of the two leaders came from the TV speakers.

The first sentence heard by the world was a piece of explosive news.

"...I should be the first leader to be declared guilty of treason by the Federation’s high authorities."

This was Eduardo’s voice.

"But my escape from the Federation is to save hundreds of millions enslaved by demons. I don’t consider myself to have betrayed the Federation.

"In fact, quite the opposite, it is now the Federation high authorities who are the traitors. They collectively betrayed the Federation, betrayed the founding principles of the pioneers, and also betrayed all the Carmenian citizens."

Li Zhongda was shocked.

Dai Li also listened, dumbfounded.

The Federation leader committing treason? Are the Carmenians playing this wild?