Chat? Don't talk about it, just say it by yourself, that's called storytelling, and they don't understand what they say, what is there to talk about? The women and children all ate alone at the end of the canopy, and Hong Tao sat in the canopy with the Bo family and the Chen family, which was the main table. They don't have a table for dinner, they just sit barefoot on the board, which Hong Tao hates, because he is tall, so he has to bend over like a big shrimp, fortunately when he was a child, he practiced kneeling in a sports school for a few years, otherwise he can break his waist after eating a meal.

"Little brother has read?" Everyone else doesn't have such a good appetite as Hong Tao, they seem to prefer to eat those indica rice, and they are not interested in seafood and the like, just watching Hong Tao perform alone. Chen Mingen picked up the wine bowl, looked at Hong Tao, who had been fighting with the crab legs, and asked thoughtlessly.

"Yes, I went to school in Australia for 10 years, but the Chinese characters on our side are not the same as here, I can recognize most of them, but they are connected, and the meaning may not be understood correctly." Hong Tao still couldn't adapt to the habit of speaking at this time, but fortunately, these Tan family members didn't pay much attention to it, and when they heard that there were too strange words, they laughed.

"10 Years Academy! Why don't you go to the test to gain fame and fish? As soon as Chen Mingen's wine bowl was put to his mouth, he took it down again, and looked at Hong Tao incredulously.

"On our side, after 10 years of school, you can find a better job to do, and becoming an official does not depend on studying, but on everyone's voting. This official must not only be able to read and write, but also understand some professional knowledge...... For example, an official in charge of shipbuilding must not only be able to read and write, but also understand the general process of shipbuilding, and know what kind of craftsmen to work in what positions. If he doesn't manage it well, then in two years, everyone won't need him, and he will be selected and replaced by someone else. Hong Tao still said it leisurely, he didn't dare to say that he had studied for 16 years, but he couldn't find any good job, which is already considering the ability of people to accept at this time, who would have thought that 10 years seems to be a bit much. Simply, make a mistake a mistake, and make that ethereal Australia a little more mysterious, and if you do something more out of the ordinary in the future, everyone can understand.

"Your grandfather is the villager we elected, and there is such a place? So what else do you want the officials to do? Bo Fu also understood Hong Tao's words, and pointed to Chen Mingen and asked Hong Tao.

"Official?" Hong Tao didn't explain the election to them, he heard a word that was more representative of the times.

"It's my son of heaven in the Song Dynasty! Let's call him the official family. Chen Mingen said as he hugged his fists in the direction of the coast.

"I wonder what year it is? Who is the official? "Hong Tao finally knows what dynasty he has crossed into, the Song Dynasty! However, the Song Dynasty was divided into the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, and we still have to ask.

"In the year of Wuzi, the first year of Shaoding, the official family should be Lizong, we can't remember what it is called, it is his Zhao family." Chen Mingen took a big sip of wine, and he didn't seem to be very interested in the court at this time.

"I heard that our Song Kingdom is fighting with the north, is the current capital still Tokyo?" Hong Tao didn't know anything about the era name of Shaoding, who Song Lizong was, and what year it was in the first year of Shaoding. He didn't have any historical time in his mind at all, only that the Southern Song Dynasty began in the early 12th century, so he had to ask.

"That was a hundred years ago, my ancestors sailed all the way south to avoid the Jin people, and like you, they planned to sell goods to make a living. But the natives here do not accept outsiders, and they don't understand the language, so they have no choice but to enter the Tan family and live on the sea. Chen Mingen not only gave Hong Tao a vague answer, but also told his family background, with a sad face, and tilted his neck to dry a bowl of wine.

"Oh......" Hong Tao didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only keep his head shut and not speak, and at the same time silently pondered in his heart. The Southern Song Dynasty was founded for more than 100 years, so it should be the beginning of the 13th century, and how long will it be before the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols? That's got to be counted. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty should be in the middle of the 14th century, and the Yuan Dynasty is only more than 90 years old. So do a simple subtraction, the result made Hong Tao a little depressed, it seems that there are not decades left from the difficulty of the cliff mountain, it seems that he has crossed into a not very stable era, and it is estimated that he will be choking if he wants to mix for the rest of his life.

"Don't be afraid of northerners! They are far away, we have boats, as long as there is the sea, we can live! Seeing that Hong Tao was also bored, Bo Xiaoer patted him on the shoulder, patted the boat board again, and encouraged Hong Tao word by word in Chinese, which was not very fluent.

"The second brother is right, the sea is our home, no one can occupy it, come, I also give you a bowl, thank you for taking me in as a foreigner." Hong Tao thought about it, too, who Nima is the emperor, and he has a half-dime relationship, according to his own historical knowledge reserves and character, if he is really thrown to Lin'an, I am afraid that he will not live for a few days and will have to be arrested by the government as a fine worker.

Living habits, the way you speak, the way you dress, and your every move are different from others! This thing can't be changed anytime soon, or even for a lifetime. Now it's a good thing to accidentally bump into the Tan family group, at least they won't kill themselves because they are too different from them, this is a thing worth celebrating, whether the wine is hard to drink or not, let's have a bowl!

"Little brother, although you are a foreigner, our Chen Mingen and our Tan family will not coax you. Originally, I wanted you to enter our row of boats and be our juniors, but if you have studied, you will not be able to go ashore to make a living after entering the Tan family, and it will ruin your reputation and make you ashamed of your ancestors. Let's think about it, it's better not to do this matter, tomorrow when my in-laws come over, let's get you together, you still go to Quanzhou to see, if there is a big ship to the South Seas, you can follow them back. As soon as everyone's emotions adjusted, Chen Mingen spoke again.

Originally, Hong Tao had some doubts about this Chen Mingen's very happy acceptance of himself, the Tan family is at the bottom of the society, and a lot of work cannot be done, and even the school is not allowed to enter, this is a means for the successive governments to prevent them from being uncontrolled, Hong Tao is very clear, and there are also these introductions in the museum of the Tan family in later generations. But this Chen Mingen didn't say this to himself at the time, he probably just wanted to take advantage of himself, and he saw that his tall body could work. Whoever has a strong laborer, especially in ancient times with low productivity, who is not happy, and this strong laborer only needs to take care of food and does not need to be paid, which is more worry-free than hiring long-term workers in Nima.