Chapter 93: Jerry. Polo

I have bought the houses from the palace to the Shifeng Trading House, and I have chosen a relatively secluded place as Shen Yiqiu's residence, which is the base of the dragon's teeth, and it is safe and sound.

Shen Yiqiu sighed when he saw my appearance in the trading house: "The old man has always thought that he is erudite and covers a wide range of things. ”

I smiled and said, "There is no end to the knowledge in the world, and it is not possible for one person to encompass it all." ”

Shen Yiqiu nodded and said: "What Gongzi said is very true, the grass people very much agree with the initiative of Gongzi University, and only by gathering the strengths of everyone can we not lose a cent." ”

I said "En" and said to Xiao Tian beside me, "Xiao Tian, didn't Fang Ling come today?" ”

"Childe, Miss Fang has been here, and when she saw that you were not there, she went out, she said, she will go directly to Tongle Building later."

"Oh, Song Rui, that Jerry. Is Polo's ID card ready? ”

"Hui Gongzi, my subordinates have already got it."

"Okay, let's go and meet this foreigner together, and by the way, pick up the wind for Mr. Shen."

"Foreigner?"

Yuan Jian and the others were already used to the new nouns I said inadvertently, and they didn't ask much.

In the No. 1 room of Tianzi, more than ten people entered it without being crowded at all.

"Brother, you are here, this Mr. Polo is very interesting, he knows so many interesting things overseas, and it is completely different from the style of my dynasty. Brother, let me introduce you, this is Jerry from Venice. Mr. Polo. Fang Ling, who arrived early, smiled and pointed at me and said, "Mr. Polo, this is my brother Huyan Donghai, and he is also a friend of Ouyang Gongzi." ”

I saw that Jerry was fifty years old, tall, with blue eyes and white skin, and a big beard, and he was indeed a typical European.

Jerry performed the standard European etiquette: "Son Huyan, under Jerry." Polo, it's an honor to meet Your Excellency, I just heard Ling Mei talk about your deeds, and I feel that this trip will be very exciting. ”

Yuan Jian, Wen Tianxiang and others have never seen foreigners, and they are all staring intently.

Although Jerry's Chinese is sandwiched and slow, his words are clear and can be fully understood.

I replied according to Jerry's gesture and said, "Qiao, Harrow, welcome, guest from afar, Mr. Jerry, I am Huyan Donghai." ”

Fang Ling and the others didn't understand what I meant by Qi Ao and Harrow, and they looked at me directly.

Jerry was taken aback: "Young Master Huyan, are you Italian and English?" ”

I laughed and said, "Mr. Jerry, I only know this one in Italian, but I know some English." ”

Jerry stammered excitedly: "Qiao (Italian, hello), ah, God, I can't imagine that Childe is more than Ling Mei said, and he wants this, this is wonderful." ”

Europe was still very backward at the end of the Song Dynasty, and England was not famous at all, but fortunately, Jerry had been there, so he could understand it. The reason why I said Harrow was purely a habit of seeing foreigners in later generations, English is the most popular language in the world, but I didn't expect that the British Empire was still unknown at that time.

Ouyang Jianqing corrected: "Mr. Jerry, you shouldn't say wonderful, you should say erudite. ”

"Sit down, Mr. Jerry, please be seated."

Jerry sat down and looked at me and said, "Sorry, it's erudite, it seems that my Chinese still needs to be improved, Young Master Huyan, have you been to England?" ”

I had to casually make it up: "No, I read it from an ancient book." ”

"Oh my God, your country is really great, it is recorded in ancient books? Amazing, amazing. Jerry gave a thumbs up.

"Jerry, how did you come to China, by the way, you know a man named Marco. The Venetians of the Baltics? ”

"Marco? My cousin's name is Marco, do you know him, son? Jerry was even more surprised.

"No, I don't know, don't mention this, Jerry, tell me about you, how did you come to my country?"

Jerry said: "Huyan Gongzi, I come from the Republic of Venice in Italy, our family is mainly engaged in business, in order to find a vast market outside Venice, I traveled the world with my cousin Nicolò, that is, Marco's father, and another cousin Mafu when I was in my twenties, we traveled most of Europe, in 1260, we traveled overland from the Black Sea coast to Central Asia, where I heard a merchant say that there is an ancient country in the East, called the Great Song Kingdom, which is full of gold. We passed through Tibet, all the way east to Chengdu Mansion, I didn't expect that I had a strange disease, the whole body was weak, had to stay in Chengdu Mansion to recuperate, and my cousin they were ready to continue to go east, but just when the Song and Mongolian War broke out, my cousin they went north to Mongolia, and then I met Ouyang Kechun, got its secret recipe to rescue, in order to recover, I wanted to go north to find my cousin and his party, but encountered the border closure, I and my cousin they also lost contact, so they stayed in Ouyang's house, over the past few years, I gradually adapted to the life of the Song Dynasty, And more and more I feel that the Middle-earth culture is broad and profound, and the authentic Middle-earth culture is in the Song Dynasty, I dispel the idea of going north. It happened that Ouyang Jianqing was going to come to the capital to take the martial arts examination some time ago, so I came to Lin'an with him, hoping to live here for a while in order to better understand the customs of the Song Dynasty. ”

"I see, in Marco. Before Polo, his family had already been to China. "I thought about it.

Fang Ling listened and asked, "Mr. Polo, what is better overseas compared to my dynasty?" ”

"Well, I think the economy of the Song Dynasty was relatively developed, no matter the size of the city, the vastness of the territory, or the people's lives, there are few countries overseas that can be compared."

"Brother, we have a chance to go to Mr. Polo's country to play?"

"Hehe, this is not easy, Miss Fang, it takes several years to get from here to Venice, and the journey is difficult, you have an old saying, Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky, I think it is several times more difficult to go to Venice than Shu Road."

This Jerry seems to be about to become a Chinese expert, and he even knows the difficulty of Shu Dao.

I said, "Ling'er, it is not impossible to go to Venice, it will take several years to go by land, and the road is rugged, there are many bandits and robbers, if you can build an extremely powerful fleet and go from the sea, it will only take a year or two." ”

"Miss Fang, Gongzi Huyan is reasonable, I heard Gongzi Ouyang say that the ships of your Song Dynasty are far larger than those of our country, maybe it is really possible."

As the host, Xiao Tian kept beckoning everyone to drink and eat, and the first time he ate a dish with MSG, Jerry also shouted, delicious and delicious.

I motioned for Wen Tianxiang to take out Jerry's identity credentials: "Mr. Jerry, this is your identity credentials, what are your plans here?" ”

"Childe, Lin'an is the capital of the Song Dynasty, I want to walk around here, first, to learn more about the humanities of the Song Dynasty, and second, to find out if there is a fleet to go to sea."

I thought about it and pointed to Shen Yiqiu and said, "Mr. Jerry, my friend Shen Yiqiu is in the process of establishing Royal Lin'an University, and needs to hire a geography teacher. You can teach while getting familiar with the environment in Lin'an, and the treatment is preferential. ”

Jerry got up and saluted Shen Yiqiu and said, "University teacher? Very well, I am very willing to help, Mr. Shen, it is a pleasure to meet you. ”

Shen Yiqiu hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted back: "Mr. Jerry, you are very welcome." ”

Jerry asked, "Mr. Shen, is there any difference between your university and other schools in your country?" ”

I took over and said, "No, the university that Mr. Shen is running is mainly teaching and researching natural sciences, similar to your University of Padua. ”

Jerry was surprised again: "University of Padua? It was the best university we had there, founded in 1220, and I used to go to school there, but how did Childe know about it? ”

I smiled and continued to make up: "I heard a friend mention, Mr. Jerry, you have gone to college, that dare is better, you have experience, just to help Mr. Shen prepare for this university, Mr. Shen is a famous scientist in my dynasty, you two are of the same age, I believe you will have many common interests and hobbies." ”

Ouyang Jianqing said happily: "This is very good, I am also worried that once I join the army, it will be very inconvenient for Mr. Jerry to be alone." ”