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In the Zichen Palace, the official Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair, next to him, was the servant Gan Ling who was respectfully serving, and under the main hall, the eight major ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were whispering together, and the target of everyone's curiosity was the Western Xia Fugitive Concubine and the European princess Sophia who were curiously looking at the things in the palace in the Zichen Palace.

"It's really different from our Great Song people! The head is golden, but the eyes are blue, the bridge of the nose is too high, the body is too thick, the lines are too hard, the complexion is too white, and the most important thing is that this woman is too tall and looks like a monster! King Meng Zhao Yuanyan looked at Sophia, who was standing in the middle of the hall, looking around, and whispered to the two prime ministers beside him, Wang Zeng and Zhang Shixun.

In fact, from the hundreds of years after the Tang Dynasty, there have been no Europeans in the Central Plains, and this situation has continued until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty when the Mongols rose, Temujin led the Mongolian iron horses to drink the Danube, and Europe remembered that there was a huge country in the East, and there were new exchanges between Europe and Asia, and at this time in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was the time when there was a lack of communication between Europe and Asia, no wonder it was the well-read Zhao Yuanyan, who was shocked when he saw Sophia.

"This woman has a faint hair! The Europeans in Zhao's mouth will not live in the wild and eat them raw! I've heard that only those uncivilized savages have so much hair on them! Wang Zeng, who looked old, saw the faint fluff on Sophia's face with his dimly old eyes. He was also shocked.

"Definitely not, listen to Lord Zhao, that European country of mules and horses has the same long history as our Han nationality, with a history of thousands of years, and its own language, writing and art. How can the people of this kind of country be the same as the savages! Yan Shu looked at Sophia carefully, turned to the other deacons and said.

Although Sophia looked around with curiosity on her face, she was very angry in her heart, just the disgust and contempt in the curious eyes of Meng Wang Zhao Yuanyan had already made Sophia very annoyed, not to mention that these people actually talked about it there without hesitation, and let Sophia hear it, you must know that she has not only learned party words in her years in Western Xia. Moreover, he has a deep study of the Chinese language, and he can clearly hear the words of Zhao Yuanyan and Wang Zeng.

These weak, skinny monkey-like old men are really annoying! Why can't so many people find a man who appreciates my beauty? What a disaster! Sophia thought with a sigh in her heart.

"The crown prince and master Zhao Lei are here!" At this time, an elongated tone came from outside the Zichen Palace, and it landed with the voice. Zhao Lei, dressed in a purple official uniform, walked into the hall.

"Chen Zhao Lei has seen the official family!" Zhao Lei walked into the Zichen Palace, walked to the front of the official Zhao Zhen without squinting, and said respectfully.

"Aiqing is flat!" When the official Zhao Zhen saw Zhao Lei coming, his originally lazy body immediately became excited, and he said loudly to Zhao Lei.

After greeting the official Zhao Zhen. Zhao Lei immediately turned his head to look at Sophia, the most conspicuous person in the hall.

Belle! Zhao Lei, who saw Sophia, showed a stunning look at the first glance, and Sophia was in Zhao Lei's eyes. The figure is convex and backward, plump and hot, with a long waist and long legs, soft gold, charming blue eyes, and her skin is white and greasy and elastic, coupled with her timid expression when she first arrived in Da Song, the whole blue enchantress made Zhao Lei's heart pound.

When it came to Zhao Leidi Sophia, it was also a sight to behold. Zhao Lei's tall and mighty, resolute military temperament, and standing tall all made Sophia feel a little intoxicated, especially the appreciation and amazement in Zhao Lei's eyes, so that Sophia finally found a man who could appreciate her, and her heart began to tremble.

Zhao Lei looked at Sophia's awe-inspiring expressions when he saw the official Zhao Zhen and the others, and knew that Sophia already knew the identities of these people in the palace, so he was not hypocritical, and asked directly to the beautiful European princess in front of him: "Princess Sophia!" ”

"Sophia has seen adults!" Sophia has lived in Western Xia for several years, and she is still very clear about the etiquette of the Han people, and said respectfully to Zhao Lei.

"Now that Zhao Aiqing is here, then you can start asking! Ask about the situation in Europe, and see if the Great Song Dynasty has any chance to establish business relations with them. The official Zhao Zhen saw that the person had expired, and waved his hand to the ministers of His Royal Highness and said.

Hearing the words of the official Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, who was eager to know the information outside, hurriedly asked Sophia: "Princess Sophia!" The official wants to know that you are the princess of that country, how did you appear in Western Xia? ”

"I am from the European country of Niland, my motherland is a small country with a population of 30,000, after being annexed by Otto the Great ten years ago and becoming the princess of the dead country, I wandered around with a few loyal family guards, and finally met despicable human traffickers, who sold me to Western Xia, and finally became Yuan Hao's concubine." Sophia didn't care about the previous things, and replied very casually, in fact, Europe is now in the most chaotic period, there are hundreds of large and small countries, basically every day there are coups d'état, every day new countries appear and old countries perish, there are more kings, ministers and princesses in the dead countries than cow hair, she Sophia is just a famous beauty in Europe, but she has no influence in politics at all.

"30,000 people can form a country!" Wang Zeng heard Sophia's words and said with an incredulous expression on his face.

"I heard that there is a very large country in Europe, called a country of mules and horses, and its territory is larger than the entire Central Plains?" King Meng Zhao Yuanyan also raised his own question at this time and said.

"Mules and horses!" After Sophia finished speaking with a puzzled face, she suddenly realized that Zhao Yuanyan was talking about Rome, holding back a smile, she said seriously: "Back to this lord, the Roman Empire fell five or six hundred years ago, and the Carolingian Dynasty, which inherited the Roman Empire, was also divided more than sixty years ago, and now Europe is in the darkest era, and the heroes are rising together, which is even more chaotic than the Warring States period before the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"There are really mules and horses. There is really Europe, Zhao Aiqing's words are true! On the dragon chair, the official Zhao Zhen heard Sophia's words, and immediately muttered to himself with a strange expression.

"I want to know what happened in Europe after the fall of Rome, can Princess Sophia tell me more about it?" Zhao Lei also asked Sophia in a deep voice.

"Of course! It's Sophia's honor to solve your questions for adults! Sophia looked at Zhao Lei's mighty face carefully, and said with a smile.

"After the fall of Rome. Charlemagne of the Frankish tribe, in collaboration with the Holy See, intended to restore the Roman Empire, establishing the Carolingian dynasty, which, after the death of Charlemagne's grandson, was divided into three states, the eastern part of which was the Saxon dynasty of the Germanic Otto the Great, the enemy who annexed my homeland; and Otto the Great's brother-in-law, Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, was elected King of the Franks by the princes of West Francia; The Carolingian peninsula of Normandy in the north was occupied by the Vikings, who established a state called England.

The Iberian Peninsula in western France was annexed by the Great Eclipse Empire more than 200 years ago. Later, it split into two countries, Spain and Portugal; In the eastern part of Europe, Grand Duke Meeszko established the Kingdom of Poland, while the Magyar chieftain Stephen established the Kingdom of Hungary, and the whole of Northern Europe was the territory of the Vikings, who were savage and powerful. Although no state was established, there were many tribes and they were more aggressive. Sophia slowly told everything she knew about the situation in Europe, and the Great Song Junchen said.

"There are so many countries in Europe, Princess Sophia, I don't know how many troops there are in the whole of Europe. How many people? The privy envoy Chen Yaozuo asked the most concerned question of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers.

"Europe is different from the Great Song Dynasty, and European countries have very few regular armies, and it is estimated that all countries combined. The number of regular armies will not exceed 100,000, but once there is a war, they will call all the people to fight, and they can call up a million troops to fight at any time! Sophia thought for a moment and said in a coquettish voice.

"There are only 100,000 regular troops in the whole of Europe!" Hearing Sophia's words, the privy deputy Chen Xi glanced at his mouth and said with great disdain, in his opinion, the whole of Europe is not as strong as the Great Song Dynasty. After all, there were 1.2 million regular troops in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

"What we need to discuss is not the strength of those countries in Europe, but how to establish ties with Europe and develop bilateral trade." Yan Shu was dissatisfied with Chen Xiliang's arrogance, glanced at him, and asked in a deep voice.

"Miss Sophia if she arrives in Western Xia?" The third envoy, Ye Qingchen, looked at Sophia and asked carefully.

"After my homeland was annexed by Otto the Great, I fled to the Kingdom of Hungary with my escorts, and was soon caught by slave traders, who knew the identity of my princess and tried to sell me to Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid dynasty of Arabia, but on the way I met the Seljuks who attacked Baghdad, and those Seljuks were the descendants of the Turks, and when they caught me, they sold me to the kingdom of Khwarazm, who was at war with the kingdom of the Black Han at that time, and after the defeat, I was sent to the kingdom of the Black Han as compensation, The Heihan Kingdom sent me to Xizhou Hui Que Kingdom, and Xizhou Hui Que sent me to Western Xia as a gift, and then I became Yuan Hao's concubine. Sophia remembered the hellish journey and said with fear.

"That is to say, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to communicate with Europe, it must pass through the Western Xia, the Xizhou Uighurs, the Black Han Kingdom, the Flower Thorn Zimo Kingdom, the Seljuk Kingdom, and the Abbasid Kingdom before they can reach Europe!" Hearing Sophia's answer, Prime Minister Zhang Shixun cautiously and solemnly continued to ask.

"That's right! After the Abbasid kingdom and the Black Sea, the Transylvanian kingdom established by the Dacians and Romans in Europe, if you want to go to Europe, the most conservative estimate is that it will take a year. Sophia nodded in reply.

Sophia's words made the palace monarchs and ministers a little suspicious, one way for a year, two years back and forth, two years to go to Europe to do business, and it was a huge risk, would anyone do such a dangerous thing!

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