Chapter 16 The Origin of "The Travels of Marco Polo".

The two of them sat on the deck, showering in the salty sea breeze, clothed in the warm glow, and listening to the sound of the sea drifting.

Wei Chendong seemed to fall into deep memories, and said emotionally: "This is an ancient Chinese story, due to the lack of records, not many people know it now, the content is like this: in the Yuan Dynasty of China, in order to show the national prestige, the political axe built a ship called 'Zhuyue', which was particularly luxurious, and it was the most powerful ship in the world at that time, such as a swimming pool, a luxurious restaurant, and you can also fly kites, play football, and play mahjong on it......

"What? Playing mahjong? Playing football? Tilis's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief.

Wei Chendong was stunned when he heard it, knowing that it was a little exposed, but his face did not show it, and he said seriously: "Football is actually invented by the Chinese, that is, the ancient Chinese juju, as for mahjong, it is the quintessence of China, it is very fun, I will teach you when I have time."

Tilis nodded as if she didn't understand, and returned to the point, Wei Chendong continued to tell the story.

There were more than 1,800 people on the cruise, almost all of them rich, and there were dozens of Westerners who came to China to do business, and among them was an English girl named Rose, who fell in love at first sight with a young Chinese named Jack, and during this journey, the two were quite speculative, intimate, and the love affair quickly heated up, but all this aroused the jealousy of another person, who was Rose's suitor, an Italian named Charis. In a game of mahjong, he lost a lot of money to Jack, and later he challenged Jack, but was knocked down by Jake with a punch, so that he hated Jake even more and secretly prepared to murder him......"

Seeing that Tilis could listen attentively, Wei Chendong smiled slightly and continued to speak.

As it happens, the passengers on the ship unanimously decided to have a match for the Eternal Shimmering Gold, and Charis felt that his opportunity had come, so he secretly emptied the center of the rope that was going to be used for the rapping beforehand, and then prepared to frame Jake again. A few days later, this unprecedented race finally began, with all the passengers on board participating at the same time, more than 1,800 people, more than 900 on each side. Before pulling the peace, Challis managed to put Jake at the rear, while he himself ran to the front. With an order, everyone worked together, because the distribution of personnel was still relatively even, so both sides did not go up and down each other, and the stalemate lasted for a long time, and people used the strength to poop, only to hear' Bang', the rope thicker than the thigh was actually broken from it all at once, because of the habitual surname, the people who did not react, suddenly fell backwards, Challis because of the preparation, so, when pulling out, did not use force, Rose was also taken care of by him, and was not injured, poor Jacques was miserable, and a leg was crushed on the spot, if it wasn't for the first few people to help him block it, he might have been crushed to death directly. ”

"And then?" Tilis, who could listen attentively, couldn't help but ask.

Wei Chendong made a gesture of no urgency, and continued to speak: "But the matter did not end there, because suddenly more than 1,800 people sat down on the deck with force all at once, and it was the two ends of the ship, at that moment, I only heard it." The click' sound, the people were also startled, but after finding that there was nothing wrong, they were relieved, what they didn't know was that there was already a crack in the middle of the hull, just at the bottom of the ship, only because the passengers were on the deck, so they didn't find it, and when the paddle workers below came up to report, people immediately messed up. Helpless people, had to watch the hull sink little by little, more than two hours later, the hull broke from the middle, everyone fell into the water, but before falling into the water, Jake did not forget Rose, desperately dragged the stump leg to protect her, at the moment of falling into the water, for her to find a small barrel-shaped wooden product, but for safety, he did not enter himself, but was still soaked in the water, the weather was already in December, the temperature of the sea was already zero, poor Jake was soaked in the water, The body temperature is rapidly draining, and at the last moment, Jake put a heart-shaped necklace he made on Rose's neck, but he sank to the bottom of the sea with a smile, and Rose watched in pain as her beloved left in front of her until the rescuers arrived ......"

"It turned out that the Chase had passed through Bermuda unknowingly and was about to reach the American continent, and it happened to be discovered by the local Indians, who saved the people floating on the water......"

"Good people don't live long, bad people live for a thousand years, but Challis survived well, and the survivors stayed in the Americas for a while, asked the local people to build a ship, and returned to Europe, after this incident, Challis did not give up hatred, but also prepared crazy revenge, he prepared a big conspiracy, and changed his name to Marco Polo, and then exaggerated his own experience in the East, he wrote a book called "Marco Polo's Travels", which not only passed on the high technology of China at that time, but also introduced, The Oriental country is full of gold, not to mention the house, even the stepping stones in the toilet are paved with gold bricks, even the rain in the sky is golden, and the stool pulled by the Oriental people is gold bars, anyway, there is so much gold that there is no place to put it, and there are countless other treasures, littered in the pit, those pearl agate are used as toys for children they don't play. In this way, the book was wildly advertised on the European continent, when the poor Europeans dreamed at night that they would dig out some treasures from the toilets of the Orientals, and finally, some greedy people could not stand this extreme temptation, and after a long time of preparation, they learned the techniques of the East, and the Western robbers still set foot on the sacred land of the East......"

The plot is full of twists and turns, and Tilis's mood also rises and falls with the changes in the plot, sometimes excited about the love between Jake and Rose, and sometimes angry about the insidiousness of Challis.

"Alas, Tilis, you can also see it, our country's wealth has been robbed by this gang of robbers, property has been stolen, culture has been trampled on, Marco Polo's main thing is China, his conspiracy succeeded, but it has harmed hundreds of millions of our compatriots, it is really a dog hybrid born of a dog and a monkey", Wei Chendong gritted his teeth.

"Later, Rose really couldn't look at it, came to China alone, and told the Jia family about this incident, but the number is a tofu ballast project, and some of the main personnel are afraid that the matter will be exposed, so they will find a way to erase the truth, so history does not record this incident, the Jia family later told his friend Mr. Wei, that is, my ancestor, but our family has preserved the truth of this matter, and only looks forward to one day to avenge the victims of the ......" Wei Chendong sighed, The expression was quite sad.

That's it, Wei Chendong talked exaggeratedly, added oil and vinegar, and finished telling this story vividly, because at this time, the real Titanic had already sunk, Wei Chendong naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to tell anything about Jack and Rose's love affair on the Titanic, the British themselves don't know, how could he know, and this guy also used history to cover up, indicating that there is no evidence, even if Tilis wants to check it in the future, he can't find out, and besides, he also brought Marco Polo in, As long as you know a little bit about European history, you will know this name, presumably Tillis also knows, in this way, the credibility of the story is further enhanced, and Marco Polo is also quite controversial, it seems that the arrival of European robbers has nothing to do with him, so that Tillis believes it even more.

At this time, Tilis didn't think much about it, she was already deeply moved by the content of the story, sympathizing with the suffering of the lovers Jake and Rose, and at the same time hating the insidiousness of Charry.

"Uh......" Wei Chendong was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect to make up a story casually, and he moved this girl to tears.

"Alas, Tilis, compared with the Zhuyue, the current China is more worthy of sympathy, after all, a boat and a country cannot be compared."

"Damn Marco Polo, he's shit", Tilis said fiercely, holding her pink fist.

"Huh? You haven't said how that song came about", Tilis suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, of course it was created by Rose, the heart-shaped necklace around her neck is called the Eternal Heart, which is the name given by Jake, and Rose used the name of the necklace to create a song in memory of her lover", Wei Chendong sighed again, his expression was full of sadness.

"It's so touching...... Tilis's eyes welled up with tears again.

"So, the American continent was also discovered by the Chinese," Tisley asked curiously.

"It stands to reason that it should be, but our ancestors did not develop it like the Europeans", Wei Chendong can only justify himself.

"Alas, it is indeed a great nation, full of magic, but since the bandits came, everything has changed, I am also a Westerner, don't you hate me?"

"Tilis, we are Chinese kind, we will not destroy a forest because of a tree, nor will we even want a pot of soup because of a grain of mouse droppings, there are good people and bad people in every country, I believe that Tilis's motherland is the same, like Tilis is a more kind and simple girl, and she is sympathetic to our Chinese suffering, which is enough......"

Wei Chendong's expression was serious and serious, and he said it righteously and awe-inspiringly, which also moved Tilis deeply, what a good person.

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