Chapter Nine: Prosperous Chang'an (II)

Looking at the two people in front of him, the blond-haired young man looked at it carefully, and then said to the young man in Mai with a little doubt: "Is this the wisest nobleman you sued us, the disciple of Guiguzi?" ”

"Yes! Mr. Charlie, you have a really good memory. The Mai young man said excitedly: "These two are now well-known celebrities in my Tang Dynasty, didn't you also say that you were going to visit Guiguzi in Xujiazhuang?" Standing in front of you now are his two disciples. ”

"It's such an honor to meet both." When the blonde young man heard this, he was also very pleased, and performed a standard European etiquette, and said to Di Renjie and Wu Zhao: "I saw the books from the Tang Dynasty in Europe, and the thing called paper gave us a great shock, and we knew for the first time that the words in this world can not only be recorded on sheepskin, but also on paper, and we have also seen porcelain and tea from the Central Plains, these things, now in our Europe, can even be exchanged for the same weight of silver, So I organized a group of merchants to come to this magical country from far and wide to see the prosperity of this place with my own eyes. ”

Although the blonde young man's pronunciation is a little non-standard, he can still be quite clear, and it can be seen that he has put a lot of effort into learning Chinese.

At this time, Xiao Wu had already picked up the handwriting tablet in his hand and wrote a blank piece of paper.

Seeing what the woman was writing on a blank piece of paper with a pen, the blond young man asked curiously, "What is this recording?" ”

"I'm recording what you just said." The corners of Xiao Wu's mouth curled up and smiled.

"What did I say? What is there to record about what I said? The blonde young man asked, a little overwhelmed.

"No, no, no, what you just said is historic." Before Xiao Wu could speak, Di Renjie preemptively said. "We are planning to report on the image of our Datang in the eyes of various countries in the Datang News. You've come all the way from Europe. Your opinion is very representative of Europe's view of my Datang, so it is very commemorative, and it is also worth seeing for the people of Datang. Di Renjie said lightly.

The blond young man scratched his head, he was sometimes unable to understand what the Tang people were saying.

"Mr. Charlie, do you remember the newspaper you read when you were learning Chinese? They're the reporters of that kind of newspaper, and they're going to publish what you've said in that kind of newspaper, and eventually a lot of people will see it. "Seeing the blonde young man couldn't understand. The Mai young man next to him hurriedly translated to him in the European language.

"Oh! Can it really be?! When the blond young man heard Mai's translation, he suddenly became very excited, pointed to himself and asked, "I'm just a businessman, I heard that in Datang, the status of businessmen is not high, can my words really be published in that kind of newspaper?" ”

"Yes." Di Renjie said lightly: "Now can you tell me what you saw and heard when you came to Datang?" You can be more detailed so that we will consider giving you more space in the newspaper. ”

When the blond-haired young man heard this, his heart suddenly burst into joy, and his words were a little unfavorable: "I...... My name is Charlie Mark and my hometown is in the distant city of Richland, Europe. In my hometown, the population is compared to Datang. It can be said that there are very few, in our city-state, there are only about tens of thousands of citizens, around the city-state, we will grow food, self-sufficient, and live a decent life, but one day, a caravan came to the city-state, and the leader of this caravan was a yellow-skinned Asian, and he spoke something we did not understand, but after an interpreter's explanation, we knew that he was a merchant who came to our city-state to sell. With that, the blonde young man swallowed.

"He brought with him a lot of things that we had never seen before, such as mirrors that could see what he looked like, and gems that were as transparent as crystal, which they called 'glass,' and fine porcelain, and refreshing tea leaves, and he was like an angel who brought treasures hidden in heaven.

The lord of our city-state, with 10,000 Gu gold coins, exchanged for the mirror that could show his face, and a bunch of shining gems, he set those gems in his crown, and became a veritable city lord king, at that time, I was very curious, where did the yellow-skinned angel get these treasures, so I followed him for many days, and finally he told me that he came from a distant eastern city-state, and the name of that city-state was Da Tang, and since then, he has taken his caravan to the next city-state, disappeared from us, I always remember what he said in my heart, so I also made a will, one day I will go all the way to the east and come to the Tang City-State to have a look. ”

Wu Zhao wrote, stopped the pen in his hand, as if listening to a story, and asked with relish: "What about later?" ”

"Later, I saved up for many years, and I met a group of friends who wanted to do business, and after meeting a young man who had traveled from Datang, we asked him to take us to do business, so we have the opportunity to get here now." The blonde youth said word by word.

"Now that you have arrived in Chang'an City, what do you think of your journey along the way, and what do you think of Datang?" Xiao Wu looked at the words recorded in Yu Wencheng's notebook on the side, Yu Wencheng was very serious, and a blank piece of paper was already full, so he nodded reassuringly and asked the blonde youth.

"Opinion......" The blond young man seemed to be brewing something, and finally sighed slowly: "The road to Datang is more difficult than I imagined, we have climbed over the snowy mountains, crossed the desert, and encountered thieves, but fortunately we have no loss of personnel, we trekked through mountains and rivers, and finally under the guidance of the tour guide, we came to the Datang territory, here, we have seen what is the real prosperity." The blond young man swallowed, "The fields here are full of plants called potatoes, and there are fertile fields everywhere, and there is no barren and uncultivated land in sight, to be honest, if you step into Datang, I really can't imagine that the people here are living like this in paradise." ”

"Hmm." Di Renjie was also very satisfied with the evaluation of the blonde young man, "Then can you tell me how you feel about coming to Chang'an City?" ”

When it came to Chang'an City, the blond-haired young man seemed to suddenly become interested, and said in an exaggerated tone: "Chang'an City, it is simply a paradise on earth, I have never seen such a huge city, there are at least fifty of us here, no, a hundred city-states, from the east to the west of the city, it even takes an hour or two to walk, this huge castle of the city-state left a deep impression on me, of course, the most impressive thing for me is the palace where the emperor of the Tang Dynasty lives, we as merchants, But when I came to the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty summoned us because we were Europeans, so he summoned us to inquire about the situation in Europe, in his huge palace, I could see the huge pillars inlaid with gold leaf, and the throne made of precious stones, from these things, I could see what kind of luxurious life the Tang Emperor lived, it was so rich here, it was simply full of gold, and Chang'an City was a city of miracles. ”

"Very good, very good, finally, do you have anything else to say?" Di Renjie said politely.

"Hmm...... Datang is really too prosperous, and there are many novelties that I have never seen before, such as this steam locomotive, if this thing is placed in our Europe, I think that someone will be willing to buy 100,000 Gu Si silver coins, as well as all kinds of inventions, medicines that can treat diseases, in short, I am willing to live here forever, I don't want to leave again, by the way, I have already given myself a Han name, it is called 'Cha Gaoshan'. ”

After listening to this European introduce what he saw and heard, Di Renjie also had a spring breeze, "Check Gaoshan, well, a very good name, in tomorrow's Datang News, I think what you see and hear will be shared by the people of Chang'an............ (To be continued......)