Zhou Hexuan stood up slowly, and bowed quite gentlemanly: "Hello this lady, my name is Zhou Hexuan, and I am from distant China. ”

"I know, they're all talking about you," the woman said, gesturing toward the crowd and smiling, gracefully clasping her hands over her abdomen, "you can call me Mrs. Spencer." ”

Spencer is a wealthy and aristocratic family in Britain, and when the woman declares her name, an indescribable sense of superiority is overflowing.

Zhou Hexuan smiled evilly and said in a flattering tone: "Disrespectful and disrespectful, it turns out that Mrs. is from the Wool (ool wool) family. ”

The woman corrected unhappily, "It's the Spencers, not the Wool family." ”

"Isn't the Spencer family the wool family?" Zhou Hexuan specially read ool very seriously, so that people could understand that he was not talking about the surname "Wuer", but directly referring to the original meaning of the word wool.

Hearing this, the surrounding guests looked over one after another, wondering how Zhou Hexuan would end.

Insulting the surname of a nobleman is a hundred times more serious than insulting the nobleman himself. A hundred years ago, it is estimated that someone threw a handkerchief at Zhou Hexuan on the spot, demanding a life-and-death duel.

The woman's face turned blue with anger, and before she could speak, another man suddenly came. The man stared at Zhou Hexuan and sneered: "I am Earl Spencer, I hope Mr. Zhou will give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise...... Hum! ”

Earl Spencer?

Zhou Hexuan carefully looked at the man in front of him, trying to guess from the age of the other party, whether this person should be the grandfather or father of the future Princess Diana - it should be a grandfather.

Earl Spencer personally appeared to question, which immediately attracted the attention of countless people, and even Prince Albert and the princess approached.

Mountbatten looked at Zhou Hexuan with a grin, as if he was enjoying a good show. This guy is not as simple as it seems, he is full of viciousness, grudges and desire to control in his bones, but he hides it well.

Vivien Li looked worried, and quietly pulled Zhou Hexuan's sleeve, for fear that Zhou Hexuan would offend the Spencer family because of her.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile on his face: "Hello Earl Spencer, I'm sorry to offend your surname. I'm a historian, so when I heard about Spencer, my first thought was Mr. Henry Spencer, who raised sheep in Australia. Wool Henry was so famous, he was one of the richest Englishmen during the Industrial Revolution in England, and he almost monopolized the wool trade in Britain. ”

When Zhou Hexuan said this, Earl Spencer's expression suddenly became extremely exciting, and the enemies of the Spencer family were eager to slap and applaud.

Zhou Hexuan told the black history of the Spencer family in a few words, Australia belonged to the British exile convicts at that time, and the ancestors of the Spencer family herded sheep in the place of exile, which can be imagined to be not a serious citizen.

Earl Spencer said coldly: "Mr. Zhou, the first Earl Spencer, obtained the title by virtue of his military exploits, and it has nothing to do with wool. ”

"Oh, you mean that Mr. Henry Spencer, who has the same name as Wool Henry," Zhou Hexuan looked suddenly realised, "I know this man." He did have made great achievements, and he was able to be awarded the title of baron. ”

"It's an earl, not a baron!" Earl Spencer emphasized.

Zhou Hexuan said: "I know, Mr. Henry Spencer made enough military exploits to be made a baron, and then bought an earl for 3,000 pounds with the money from the sale of wool in his family. ”

"You're slandering!"

Count Spencer's lungs were about to explode, and he took out a white handkerchief and threw it at Zhou Hexuan: "I want to duel with you, life and death!" ”

Zhou Hexuan waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, a duel is a barbarian's practice." If the Earl of Spencer disagrees with what I say, you can go to your own family tree, or go to the Royal Library and look through the documents from the Industrial Revolution period, and you will be able to get a clear answer. ”

Earl Spencer's face was cloudy, he really didn't know the history of his family, only knew that the first Earl Spencer started his business by military exploits. As for the things before the fortune, there is no record in the genealogy at all, but there is a slight mention that the ancestor was a big businessman.

Could it be that what he said was true?

Thinking that Zhou Hexuan is a world-famous historian, Earl Spencer does not dare to delve into it, if more black history of his ancestors is dug up, it will be a great shame.

"Hmph, I'll go back and check the literature, and then I'll reason with Mr. Zhou!" Earl Spencer turned around and left.

Mrs. Spencer, who had laughed at Vivien Leigh, did not dare to talk any more now, and ran after her husband.

The surrounding nobles suddenly whispered:

"The ancestors of the Spencer family, really the shepherds who were exiled to Australia?"

"It should be true, the Spencer family is still in the wool business now."

"It's a sensational topic."

"It turns out that the title of the first Earl of Spencer was bought for 3,000 pounds."

"Mr. Zhou is worthy of being a university scholar, and he actually knows so much about the history of the British aristocracy."

“……”

In fact, Zhou Hexuan has not said anything yet, the ancestor of the Spencer family, Wool Henry, started by patting the British royal family.

In order to curry favor with Charles I, Henry specially raised 200 purebred lambs, and only allowed these lambs to eat grass and drink milk, so as to prevent the lambs from coming into contact with other animals. When it was time to shear the sheep, Henry had the best part of the wool sheared and knit a close-fitting waistcoat for Charles I with the essence of the long hair of 200 sheep.

Charles I was very happy about this, and the Spencer family came into the eyes of the British royal family, and then relied on all kinds of curry favor and bribery, plus shady methods, and finally the Spencer family gradually monopolized the British wool trade.

At that time, the Spencer family was only rich, and belonged to the nouveau riche who were looked down upon by the aristocracy. Although Henry Spencer was appreciated by Charles I and made a nobleman for life, this title of nobility could not be hereditary. After several generations of hard work, his descendants persevered to send money everywhere, and finally bought a hereditary earl by bribe, and thus became a well-known aristocratic family.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Mountbatten clapped his hands and laughed, and at the same time muttered in his heart: You must not quarrel with this guy in the future, who doesn't have those disgraceful old bottoms on their ancestors.

Vivien Li looked at Zhou Hexuan with admiration, she was ridiculed by the nobles for saying the wrong words, but Zhou Hexuan was able to use knowledge to make the nobles so angry that they didn't dare to speak anymore, it was really amazing!

Prince Albert was very interested in this, and he was about to step forward to talk to Zhou Hexuan, when he heard Zhou Hexuan suddenly say loudly: "It was true that I offended Earl Spencer just now, but I am by no means malicious, I just want to say that all people are created equal, and there is no difference between poor and inferior in blood." Is there anything to laugh at just now, my dance partner, Miss Vivien, for calling pudding dessert? No, it's not worth laughing at all. More than 2,000 years ago, there was a shout that 'the prince will be Xiangning', and the Chinese believe that nobility is not innate, but comes from personal and family efforts. I'm a historian, and I can use history to talk about the use of English. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Hexuan suddenly asked Albert, who was not far away: "Is His Royal Highness the Prince interested in hearing it?" ”

"Of course, please...... Please speak. Albert smiled.

Zhou Hexuan opened his mouth and said: "From the perspective of historical development, English itself is a crude language. ”

Well, I'm not targeting anyone, I mean - it's all rubbish!