What a mess this is!

At this moment, not only are those students trapped in the triple cycle of self-torture of who I am, where I am, and what am I doing, but even Zhang Shou himself is a little doubtful about life. Hasn't he already crossed over, how can he still be exposed to foreign languages? And the most embarrassing thing is that this is not the English he is familiar with!

Also, it was still early for English to become the most common language in the world, after all, the Britons' empire was already the second generation, and he still remembered that the first generation of the empire was Spain in the sixteenth century with a long list of country names in front of the title of king through various marriage operations, and between the two generations of empires, France also made French dominate in Europe.

However, if we want to talk about the most dominant language in Europe that produces books in this day and age, it is probably Latin, which is called the dead language...... This is a god pit, not to mention him, in the future generations are those language geniuses who are proficient in multiple languages, and there are many people who don't know Latin! Especially now that this is the East, who knows Latin to have ghosts!

Zhang Shou tried his best to maintain his unfazed image in front of the students, but he couldn't help but scold the emperor for suddenly having something. However, he still calmly flipped through the "arithmetic classics" that he didn't recognize a single of the ghost drawings, and finally raised his eyes to look at the person who personally sent these books.

"Grandpa Chen, these books are ......"

Seeing Zhang Shou's calm face, Chen Yongshou thought to himself that after all, it was the wizard that the arithmetic master Ge Yong valued the most, and he really had real talent and real learning, and he could understand this kind of exotic book like a book from heaven. You know, he flipped through it casually before, but now his head is dizzy, and if you look at these students, they are all about to be stupid by these books.

So, he bowed with a smile, and then explained very respectfully: "Master Zhang, the emperor gave Mrs. Ge some books before, this is another part, which was brought back from overseas by a fleet. ”

Of course, he would not specify which fleet had brought it back from overseas - after all, he did not know whether Zhang Shou knew the inside story of the royal family's vast fortune - so after saying this vaguely, he explained the rest very clearly.

"But these books are all in foreign languages, and even if Mrs. Ge sent the books as they were, he complained that he couldn't read them. So the emperor promised the old lady and asked a few interpreters to translate all these words. However, this is different from other things, and those translations are likely to be translated badly, so it is up to you, Mr. Zhang, and the students. ”

Hearing Chen Yongshou's words, Ji Jiu was shocked. Translating the text of these ghostly symbols? Are they? He has only known the Chinese characters of squares since he was a child, how can he know these ghost-drawn things! He can't learn this again, he'll definitely die!

And Zhang Da, who was originally motivated to take the Jiuzhangtang exam, couldn't help but rejoice in his heart that he hadn't been admitted yet, if he still had to learn Fanbang script in Jiuzhangtang in the future, then even if he wanted to miss a teacher like Zhang Shou, he couldn't help it...... God knows that when he first saw it, he felt as if he had been cursed, and his head was frozen!

Zhang Shou also felt that the emperor did not have the most pit, only more pits, however, the words of scolding the mother could be said in his heart in private, he could say it to Ah Liu, and he could even say it to Zhu Ying, but it was absolutely impossible to say it in front of Chen Yongshou at this time.

So, his brows furrowed slightly, and he immediately said in a very solemn tone: "Although I have indeed gained a little from studying the Sutra, I really can't do anything about these Fanbang characters. And those who have mastered the Fanbang script, not to mention how many kinds of scripture they have, but their arithmetic skills are also extremely weak, even if they help each other, it is difficult to complete this work. ”

Seeing that Chen Yongshou seemed to be thinking about how to report to the emperor, he threw out one of the most important reasons: "Moreover, these Fanbang characters are purely translated by translators, even if I bring students to assist, because we don't understand Fanwen, it is easy to make mistakes and omissions." The best thing to do is to find a few people who are familiar with these languages as an aid. ”

As for the so-called translation, the languages of the small countries in Southeast Asia are probably proficient, and how many percent of them can understand French, Spanish, Italian, etc.? Even if they can understand this, they can understand Latin? In these years, those who are proficient in Latin are either gods or big nobles, and small nobles don't have the financial resources, and even if they learn it, most of them stumble.

Ji Jiu, whose face was almost white with fright just now, finally came back to life, after all, Lu Sanlang and Qi Liang were not there, and he was a leader anyway. Thinking that if he didn't persuade him, when he came back, Lu Saburo knew that he had taken on such a hot potato-like errand, and he would definitely blame him to death, so he quickly coughed and said: "The teacher is right, there must be some people from Fanbang who are proficient in the language to help." ”

For such a request, Chen Yongshou of course knew that it was very reasonable, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I also know that Mr. Zhang's words are reasonable, but I have to say that those Fanbangs are completely different from my dynasty." ”

Chen Yongshou was able to be the steward of the Qianqing Palace, it was definitely not because he was honest - in fact, he was also in Guangzhou for the royal family - or more precisely, one of the stewards who took care of the affairs of the fleet for the emperor, and it was actually a bit professional to come to the Qianqing Palace to be the steward brand.

However, Chu Kuan once proposed to the emperor that all those who worked hard for the emperor in remote areas, but inevitably had access to a large amount of money, must be rotated frequently, and they must be rotated under the nose of the Son of Heaven, so that the emperor has the opportunity to get close to people and deepen their understanding, so that Chen Yongshou has the opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step.

Therefore, when he explained to Zhang Shou and the obviously confused students at this time, he naturally seemed very professional.

"In our Ming Dynasty, civil officials implement the imperial examination, although there will also be grace, there will be recommendations, there will be exceptional appointments like Zhang Bachelor, but in the end there are very few, generally speaking, if you want to be an official, you have to go down to the scientific field, and show off your talents and raise people to enter the Shishi so that you can be admitted one level at a time. As for the honors, it is only with military merits that they can be hereditary, and if it is not a great merit, the hereditary will be demoted. ”

"The title that is not demoted is often written on the iron coupon of the decree, and it will be demoted after three generations."

Seeing that everyone nodded, Chen Yongshou sighed and said: "However, let's not mention those small countries in the south, and those chaotic states in the west, the system is not like this. Their king will divide a large number of nobles because of his military exploits, and he is also a prince and a prince, similar to us, but this is a fief to give real power, in the final analysis, it is similar to the system of the Zhou Dynasty......"

When Zhang Shou heard Chen Yongshou carefully explain the various systems in Western Europe in those years, he suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

Of course, he knew a little bit about the feudal lordship in Europe. Although he was not as talented as Emperor Taizu, and he could even draw maps so decently, he still had some understanding of this era. For example, calculating the time, it is now the year when the European Middle Ages have completely passed, the curtain of the Renaissance is in full swing, and the cattle are jumping out one after another......

And Chen Yongshou introduced the system, and then he changed his words, and said very helplessly: "So, unlike my dynasty, where scholars are all over the world, the number of students alone is hundreds of thousands, those small countries, the population is only a little bit, and there are checkpoints between various territories, and the tax rates are different, and the so-called king often decrees not to leave the capital, but the most important thing is ......"

"Except for the so-called aristocracy, there are very few literate people on their side, and they are pitifully few!"

Seeing that a group of students around him were all listening attentively to what he said, Chen Yongshou coughed dryly and said: "This is true, for example, there are dozens of people in a boat, and often only three or four can write, but they only write down some basic things superficially, can calculate some accounts, and that's it." That's it, it's a big step forward. You know, just a hundred or two hundred years ago......"

"These small countries don't even know how to make paper, they just make paper out of sheepskin tanning and copy words on it. Because sheepskins are expensive, a thin book of poetry may be worth a house, and a book of scriptures from their denomination may even be worth a manor. Even the small nobles of the hereditary realm don't necessarily know how many words they know or how many books they have read, let alone ordinary people? ”

"Therefore in these small countries, the son of the farmer will always be a peasant, the son of a shoemaker will always be a shoemaker, and the son of a blacksmith will always be a blacksmith. And when a city selects officials, it only looks at their background, what is the use of collecting books or literacy? ”

At this moment, Ji Jiu finally couldn't help but ask, "But if these books are so precious, wouldn't it be too expensive to transport them back thousands of miles away?" And if the guy who sells books fools people, and these books are not Western scriptures, but some messy and crooked poems, wouldn't it be spent in vain? ”

Zhang Shou also remembered that although the price of books in Europe was slightly cheaper than in the previous parchment era, it was also very limited - after all, the price of books in the Ming Dynasty was actually not trivial, so how much did it cost to buy books on the fleet that shipped these books?

"It didn't cost much." Chen Yongshou smiled and said casually, "These books are said to be treasured by a rich man, but one of his relatives was ruthless for a while, so he colluded with his family servants and stole the books. How did the captain know this, since the other party said that he was going to attend a ball and exchange books for silk at a low price, he used three cloud brocades to exchange these books back. ”

Hearing this, a large number of people were stunned. Although Yunjin is also very expensive, this is not a change of ...... It's a grab it! However, there are also people exchanging glances, such as Zhang Datou and Ji Jiu. As the ancestors of the scheming and plundering, they were naturally interested in this kind of hooking. Although he has been educated by Zhang Shou to be honest, he also knows that the wealthy businessmen of the people cannot be regarded as a target......

But what if it's those small countries overseas that don't obey the king? Will you be able to grab a good ticket in the future? Listening to the tone of this father-in-law Chen, it seems to be a mess of loose sand over there.

By the way, I remember that Zhang Shou once told them about the history of the Yuan Dynasty before, as if when the eldest son of Badu went west, he almost knocked down that small country. If it weren't for Meng Ge's death under the Diaoyu City, maybe the Mongols would now have a big piece of territory not only in the north, but in the west!

Chen Yongshou didn't know that his statement had aroused some thoughts, and he didn't know that a group of rebellious and rebellious nobles in their bones had a plan in their hearts to go there to earn a vote when they learned that some small countries existed on the other side of the sea.

But in any case, storytelling can arouse everyone's interest, and Chen Gonggong is certainly willing to continue to tell it.

"Usury was very prevalent in the city where the merchant ships arrived, and the guy who stole the books and sold them to us had borrowed usury from a rich relative, and he couldn't pay the money. However, the paper could not contain the fire, and the rich man finally found out. But he didn't just want his books back, he wanted more, so he bought off a nobleman's private soldier. ”

"He rushed to the port with these men and accused our merchant ships of being pirate ships. You know, in the vicinity of that city, the word piracy is a very serious accusation, and if you catch a pirate, you can take all the pirate's property for yourself. ”

"As a result,......" Chen Yongshou dragged out a long note, but said with a smile, "Of course they were beaten to pieces by the escort of the merchant ships." These guys don't have long eyes, and they're not ordinary merchant ships that aren't well armed enough, that's ...... The merchant ship under the name of a certain big man in the capital is well-armed and well-trained, and it can't defeat a group of rabble! ”

Fortunately, he changed his tune quickly, not saying that it was the emperor's ship, and there were many guns on it, and the attack and agility were extremely good...... The most important thing is that this time it is a whole fleet of ships that call at the port, and there is not just one ship!

Even if Chen Yongshou omitted the most important part, a large group of people were still full of excitement and honor. There is no way, in today's Ming Dynasty, land warfare may still have a chance to see, but ship warfare ...... No one has ever seen it, not even a real sea ship! Even if they listened to Chen Yongshou's meaning, they might not have fired the cannon, but they were all very excited to hear it.

The captain was in command, and the convoy not only beat them to the ground, but also captured the rabble by the way. Afterwards, he hung out the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, made his identity clear, and asked the other party to pay for ransom according to the rules. Such a fuss is known all over the city. But the most interesting thing is that the rich man's illegitimate son ran away first, willing to use himself to exchange those nobles' private soldiers first! ”

This kind of wealthy grievances, the students of Jiuzhangtang can forget it, but these students in Banshan Hall listened to it with relish, and some people even laughed for a while. At this time, Zhang Shou also explained with great interest: "The illegitimate children in the West are different from our dynasty, whether they are kings or nobles, they can't have three wives and four concubines, they can only have one wife, but they can keep a lot of mistresses." ”

"And the illegitimate children born to these mistresses do not have any inheritance rights, but the king can knight the illegitimate son, the big nobles can put the illegitimate son in a generous position, and the small nobles can raise the illegitimate child at home, although there is no way......"

Zhang Shou casually explained a few words, and everyone was stunned for a while, and Chen Yongshou said with a smile: "That's right, that illegitimate child is said to have been born to a rich man and a peasant woman, and he has been raised at home since he was a child, and he is very favored and has some talents. The captain saw that he was very calm, and he didn't want the matter to end up, so he agreed to him, let go of the private soldiers, and let his father ransom him. ”

But this kid had to inch in, and he didn't have the consciousness of being a prisoner at all, and he even offered to visit the ship. The captain thought the man was interesting, so he didn't tie him up, but really let the man wander around the ship, and only used the artillery and weapons depot and other places as forbidden areas, and did not allow him to go, who knew that after he was ransomed, he actually got on the ship in the cargo box, and was almost not thrown into the sea by the sailors......"

Speaking of this, Chen Yongshou suddenly had an idea: "Speaking of which, this kid is very smart, and he actually learned to speak our words during his journey across the ocean." Although it is still very blunt, there is no big problem with daily communication. He seems to know words. ”