Chapter 699: The Byzantine Empire

After the duke left, Catherine smiled sweetly at Shen Feng, she advocated freedom, this kind of little trick is obviously not the first time to use, with her character, if she is trapped in the palace every day, she will definitely be stuffy, in the end, she is lonely, few people in the palace can chat with her happily, most of them are in awe of her, either dare not speak casually, or say some flattering words, what she wants is very simple, just find someone to chat happily, just like now. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After spending a long time in the princess's boudoir, she came out as if nothing had happened, and the sailors on the deck were mending the ship that had been damaged by the wind and rain, in fact, the sea was far more dangerous than the land, and there were countless dangers at sea in ancient times, but because there were relatively few records at sea.

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"What sound?" Standing at the stern of the boat, he suddenly heard a strange shout, and when he looked up, he saw three people floating on the surface of the sea not far away, using the broken log.

"Shen, I can't find you anywhere, so you're hereβ€”" Duke Antonio walked over from behind, looking a little flustered.

"Mr. Duke, you have come just in time, there are three people over there who have fallen into the water, you should have them rescued quickly. ”

"Sir, this doesn't seem to be very good, for the sake of the safety of you and Her Royal Highness the Princess, we'd better leave it alone, you have a saying in your country, more is better than less. ”

"If Princess Catherine saw it, do you think she would sit idly by?"

"As you sayβ€”" Princess Catherine walked up from behind, and at this time she was already wearing a noble princess dress, plus the high heels she had sold, and the whole person looked elegant and dignified, "Mr. Duke, please do me a favor, okay?"

"Yes, I see. ”

The three people who fell into the water were quickly rescued, one of the three elders and two young people, and the three were wearing strange clothes, and they did not look like Han Chinese.

"Your Royal Highness, do you understand what they are saying?"

Catherine smiled, "They are Persians, and they say that if we can send them back to Persia, they will give us a great fortune. ”

"We're going to Persia too, and by the way, we can give them a ride, just to ask them a little bit about Persia. ”

Princess Catherine conveyed it in Persian, and then the Persian woman also said something, and seeing that the smile on Catherine's face was a little perfunctory, she couldn't help asking, "Miss Princess, what did she say?"

"She told us to prepare the room, food, water and slaves. Catherine smiled helplessly, "There is a saying in your country that they are not the ones who are not the ones who are not the ones who are the people of the rice, and they should not be the people who are the people of the rice." ”

Catherine's unique Chinese Shen Feng can not be understood every time, but these three people make themselves stunned, they are really unkind, they don't treat them as outsiders when they come up, but also slaves! Where are the slaves here, is Persia still a slave society? This is also too backward, "Tell them, you are now in difficulty not tourism, there are no slaves here, there is no independent room, stay or not to stay at your will." ”

Catherine relayed the words, and the woman and the two young men immediately showed dissatisfaction, but perhaps under the roof of others, they did not say much, let alone thank them, and went directly into the cabin.

From this point of view, the three people seemed rude and arrogant, especially the woman, whose demeanor and deeds showed the posture of a superior person, and her head was raised too high when she looked at people, obviously not as tall as Shen Feng and Catherine, and her eyes were still squinting from top to bottom.

The other two young people seemed to be the woman's children, and their appearance was not bad, but their attitude was not much better, the woman looked at them curiously, probably seeing that the other party was a foreign person, and it happened that Shen Feng was also observing them, she immediately put away her eyes and turned her head, her face showed disdain, probably because she felt that Shen Feng was not an ordinary person, and the young man kept staring at Catherine, made a courtesy to Catherine, and said a few words in a whisper, until the woman left.

"Catherine, will they be the nobles of the Persian kingdom, if they are nobles, maybe they can inquire about some news. ”

β€œmay be。 Catherine said with a sly smile on her face, "But the woman said they were merchants, Mr. Duke, and you were once a merchant, do you believe what the woman says?"

Antonio shrugged his shoulders and said, "Merchants are not so stupid, they are at least the nobles of the kingdom. ”

The woman wears gold and silver, which treacherous merchant does not know that wealth is not exposed, like her swaggering end is either robbed of wealth or robbed, these three people are saved, they are saved, they don't pay much attention to it, and they can reach the country of Linyi in a few hours, this era is different from the history of cognition, and I don't know if I can reach Persia smoothly.

"Miss Princess, are there still slaves now?" The slaves of slavery have no personality at all, and they are locked in a dark room with bracelets and anklets like lowly beasts, the West has had a slave society for a long time, but now it is the Middle Ages, and the slave society should rarely exist, but the slave phenomenon is not uncommon, such as Dahua will use the Shu people as slaves.

Catherine said: "There are countries that still enslave slaves, such as Persia and the Byzantine Empire, and they both have a lot of slaves. ”

"Eastern Roman Empire?" isn't that the Byzantine Empire, the Byzantine Empire has existed for thousands of years, and I don't know how many years the Byzantine Empire here began, "When was the empire formed?"

Catherine said, "495 years." ”

It wasn't a hundred years late, but it wasn't much different, like Catherine's Plantagenet dynasty was more than a hundred years earlier, and the Kingdom of Persia still exists today, it seems that although the history here is biased, it's only a matter of time, "Is the empire the most powerful in the West now?"

Catherine had a sad look on her face, "The Empire is like a greedy hungry wolf, constantly extending its minions to the surrounding villages and cities, plundering money and food to feed the Empire, and even threatening my homeland. ”

Shen Feng was curious: "Then is there a cross expeditionary force?"

Catherine wondered, "The Crusaders?"

"That is, a series of famous religious military operations with the approval of the Roman Catholic Pope, almost near the Mediterranean, is there?"

Catherine shook her head blankly.

It seems that there is no crusade at this time, "Miss Princess, please don't worry, the so-called prosperity must decline, although the Eastern Roman Empire is strong at this time, it is a matter of time before it perishes." "There is no Crusader Force yet, and it will be a long time before the Empire is destroyed.

Catherine added: "The empire is not unshakable, the empire once had a battle with the Rouran nation, in that battle the empire's 300,000 troops were defeated by the Rouran nation 50,000, and since then, the empire has never proposed an eastward crusade. ”

Damn, Rouran is so awesome, even the Byzantine Empire has fallen down, but it is normal, the West is not very clever in military tactical literacy, and it is only when scientific and technological civilization develops that the West has made a qualitative leap.

Catherine picked her blue eyes and smiled: "Shen, the person who should be surprised is not you, at least except for you, you have defeated the Rouran army, how crazy this is, your deeds are enough to shock the empire." ”

Shen Feng said with regret: "The army I defeated is not the main army of the Rouran clan, at least not the invincible army you know, there will be miracles in the war but there will be no fairy tales, my military level is only a beginner, how can I defeat the Rouran army." ”

Catherine said: "Although I have not experienced that war, but the people of your country are praising you, there may be various reasons for failure, but success will definitely not be accidental, there is a saying in your country that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, this sentence will have another meaning from another angle, what do you think?" A wave blew by, slowly lifting her long golden hair, and the charm was seductive in an instant.

Ahh

As he was talking, he suddenly let out a scream from the cabin, his voice trembling revealed fright and grievance, Shen Feng often heard it when he teased the young ladies of the family, at this time there was only one man in the cabin, that is, the Persian man who had just been rescued, and only the boatman's daughter entered the cabin, and it was obvious that the boatman's daughter was insulted.