After the little Henry couple were escorted to Rome, Agnes didn't even go to see them, because it was the betrayal of little Henry that directly led to the death of their father Henry IV, otherwise maybe Henry IV is still alive now, which also made Agnes unable to forgive little Henry from the heart, and even more reluctant to see him, but this also made little Henry relieved, because he did not have the face to see Agnes' sister again.

However, Zhao Jia took the time to visit the little Henry couple, but he didn't say much, he just hoped that he would never come back after leaving Europe, otherwise if he was caught by them next time, I am afraid he would not let him go so easily.

Little Henry stayed in Rome for nearly a month, just at this time the fleet of the Great Song Dynasty came to the Mediterranean, so the little Henry and his wife went to the Great Song with this fleet, but it was not until the ship that Little Henry knew that the place he was going to was the Great Song, and his eldest brother Condra had been living there for some time.

For the distant country of the Great Song Dynasty, little Henry is also very curious, and at this time he has given up what ambitious career, and now he just wants to spend the rest of his life quietly with his wife, so when he heard that he was going to the Great Song Dynasty, he not only felt sad, but also a little excited, after all, he was also very curious about this legendary country, especially this country only sent a fleet, and beat him and Condela to the ground, so he also wanted to see this country with his own eyes.

But when little Henry first got on the boat, he found something that shocked him very much, because the ship he was on this time had no sails, he had seen the ships of the Great Song Dynasty before, and knew that their ships were all driven by sails, but the ship they were on had no sails, and there were no oars. On the contrary, there were two chimney-like things, which were spewing thick black smoke outward, which made him feel very strange, and he couldn't understand how the ship was driven, let alone what these chimneys were for.

It was with this curiosity that little Henry got on board. He had been paying attention to the actions of everyone on the ship, but unfortunately most of the people on the ship couldn't understand him, otherwise he would have wanted to inquire. When it was time to open the ship, he clearly felt that the hull of the ship began to vibrate, as if a monster in the hull had come to life, and then the ship slowly left the harbor under the impetus of a movement that came from nowhere, and the speed became faster and faster, and the wind and waves could not affect the speed of the ship at all.

"What a strange ship. How the hell did they get such a big ship to run? Little Henry stood on the deck, looking at the scenery of the sea and muttering to himself, although he was a prisoner of the Great Song Dynasty, he was not too restricted, as long as he was on the ship, he was free, and there were even twenty guards on the ship, on the one hand, to guard him, and on the other hand, to protect his safety.

The people on the ship were unable to communicate with little Henry due to a language barrier. As a result, he couldn't figure out how the ship worked, and he wanted to look around the ship for answers. It's a pity that the captain didn't let him run around at all, because the machine in the cabin could easily hurt people if he wasn't careful.

When this fleet arrived at the Strait of Gibraltar, little Henry found that it had also become a port for the Song people, which made him sigh again, the strength of the Great Song in Europe was getting stronger and stronger. Even he felt that the goal of the Great Song Dynasty was not only their Holy Roman Empire, but that it was likely that after the Song people gained a foothold, they would sweep across the entire European continent, and that none of the other kingdoms would be able to escape.

The flotilla relied on the port of Gibraltar for two days to replenish the supplies consumed. In addition, what made little Henry even happier was that it may be that the language barrier between him and the people on the ship was known to the upper echelons of the fleet, so the fleet specially equipped him with an interpreter, and the other party was also a Song man, a very young man, his name was Xu Bao, who was proficient in many languages in Europe, which allowed him to finally communicate with the people on the ship through the other party.

"Xu Bao, can you help me ask, why this kind of boat under our feet can run so fast without sails and oars?" As soon as he saw Xu Bao, little Henry immediately asked the question that had been held in his heart for a long time.

"Hehe, you don't need to ask others, I can help you answer, the kind of ship we take is called a steam ship, this kind of ship is driven by a machine called a steam engine, although the steam ship has not appeared for a long time, but because of its fast speed, it is not affected by the wind direction and ocean currents, so it has become popular among the maritime merchants of our Great Song Dynasty, and now there are four steam ships for every ten ships in the country, and this proportion is still growing......"

Xu Bao smiled and helped little Henry explain the use of steamships, but he didn't say much about the principle of steamships, not that he didn't understand, but he didn't think it was necessary, in fact, his identity was not simple, because he was a student who graduated from the Great Song Dynasty Tokyo Gewu College, majoring in business, and his family was a famous maritime merchant in the Great Song Dynasty, this time he was leading the family fleet to Europe, and the ship that Little Henry was riding belonged to him.

Hearing that their ship was actually powered by something called a steam engine, little Henry was also very curious, clamoring to see it with his own eyes, speaking of which, although he was a prisoner, he was Agnes's brother after all, and Agnes was the titular empress of the Holy Roman Empire, and at the same time was one of the daughters-in-law of the Yue family, whether it was the Yue Wangfu or the Holy Roman Empire, they were all behemoths for Xu Bao, so Xu Bao finally took him into the cabin after thinking about it.

Seeing that Xu Bao agreed to take him to see the thing called the steam engine, little Henry was even more excited, and immediately followed Xu Bao into the cabin that the captain had not allowed him to enter, but when he saw the steel beast that was burning with flames and making a loud roar, he also felt a deep shock, and at the same time, he finally understood why the chimney on the ship was spewing black smoke every day.

After seeing the power of the steam engine, little Henry couldn't react for a long time, his mind was the shocking scene brought to him by the steam engine, and even after returning to the cabin, he was silent alone for a long time, although he didn't know much about the Great Song Dynasty, but just from the steam engine he saw, he could already see the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, this kind of strength is not military or economic strength, but a higher level, that is, the strength of civilization, and it is precisely for this reason that the Great Song Dynasty can form a crushing conquest of them.

It was the great shock brought by the steam engine to little Henry that made him more interested in the Great Song Dynasty, and even he had completely thrown his identity and personal gains and losses out of the clouds, and began to devote himself to the understanding and research of the Great Song Dynasty.

Leaving the Strait of Gibraltar and entering the Atlantic, Xu Bao's fleet began to sail at full speed, and the speed advantage of the steam engine was fully evident in the ocean-going voyage, and it took them less than twenty days to reach the port of Niutou at the southern tip of Africa, during which time they were replenished with fuel and fresh water at another port on the way.

After several years of development, Niutou Port is also more prosperous, it has become a prosperous commercial port from a complete military port, there are many people living in the port, these residents are not only Song people, in addition to Tianzhu people, Persians, Arabs, etc. are mixed together, various beliefs have exchanges and conflicts, but it is not very serious, which also makes little Henry have an eye-opening feeling.

After leaving Niutou Port, the fleet followed a prosperous route port by port, on the way they passed through Tianzhu, Nanyang and other places, many of these ports have belonged to the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, which also gave Little Henry a preliminary taste of the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, but Little Henry learned from Xu Bao that these ports are nothing, if they want to feel the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, they must go to Guangzhou, only when they get there, can they be regarded as the native of the Great Song Dynasty, of course, if he wants to know more about the Great Song Dynasty, he must go to Tokyo City, The world's largest city with a population of over one million alone! (To be continued.) )