Chapter 140: Zhao Yan Goes to Europe
"Husband, look at the scenery over here!" Xue Ning'er pointed to the beautiful scenery outside the train window and shouted excitedly, Zhao Yan immediately leaned to the window to look out when he heard the sound, and saw that there was an endless rice field outside, and many farmers were driving buffaloes to farm, which looked very peaceful and quiet, and there was a kind of pastoral beauty of a farmhouse.
"Husband, it's still beautiful here, you see the ups and downs of the mountains here, doesn't it look like a giant dragon?" At this time, Yelusi pointed to the scenery outside on the other side of the train and shouted excitedly, Zhao Yan had to run over again to take a look, and then also praised a few times. In contrast, Cao Ying, Yan Yuru, and Ouyang Wanling were very quiet, sitting together and sipping tea at this time, but the eyes of the three of them also looked at the scenery outside the car from time to time, and the corners of their mouths also had a somewhat graceful smile.
In fact, the scenery on both sides of the train is not very beautiful, but Xue Ning'er and they usually spend most of their time in the palace in the capital, although the scenery in the palace is very beautiful, and Zhao Yan often takes them to visit around the capital, but they feel tired of watching it for a long time, so they also feel very novel when they go out of Beijing this time, and the train ride is also very stable, which also makes Xue Ning'er and their interest very high, and they are almost excited to talk non-stop along the way.
Zhao Yan looked at Xue Ning'er and their excited appearance, he was both happy and a little guilty in his heart, although he usually had a lot of time to accompany his wives, but he rarely took them out of the capital like this, this was his negligence as a husband, but fortunately, it was not too late to find out now, this time he planned to take his wives out for a good time.
Xue Ning'er and Yelusi were excited for a while, and finally felt tired, so they sat down with Cao Ying and them to drink tea, until then Cao Ying said to Zhao Yan: "Husband, are we really going to Europe this time?" ”
"Of course, the shipping lanes of Europe have already been opened. The safety can already be guaranteed, and Jia'er's bastard boy is clamoring to sail around the world, I don't think it can be stopped, so it is better for me to sit in Europe for a while on his behalf, so that he can fulfill his wish, but after the voyage is completed. He has to stay in Europe honestly, and it's better to give us a few more grandchildren, and we must not run around anymore! When Zhao Yan finally talked about his grandchildren, he also showed a dissatisfied expression on his face, saying that Zhao Jia's time to get married is not short, but now there is only one son and one daughter, this speed is too slow compared to others.
"Husband, is Europe fun, will this boat ride be boring?" At this time, Yan Yuru, who had always been very quiet, couldn't help but ask. Zhao Yan suddenly decided to take the whole family to Europe to play, they happened to be idle at home, so they all agreed, but now they are calm down but they are a little worried, after all, Europe is too far away from the Great Song Dynasty.
"I've only heard of it in Europe, but there are a lot of ancient buildings there, and the customs are also very distinctive, so there must be a lot of places to visit. And I heard that the Roman cuisine there is also famous, especially the caviar that is abundant in the Caspian Sea. It is a delicacy in the world, but unfortunately it must be eaten locally, and it cannot be transported to the Great Song Dynasty at all, and there is no need to worry about the journey, I asked people to develop a special passenger ship for manned play, with various amusement facilities on it. The ship is powered by a steam engine, which is fast and smooth, and the safety is guaranteed, and it will reach Europe in more than a month! Zhao Yan said confidently at this time, he was also fully prepared for this trip to Europe. For example, the luxury passenger liner was originally an industry under his name, and he was going to invest in the passenger transportation industry to make money, but he requisitioned it in advance.
"It's still thoughtful, and he actually prepared a boat to go to Europe, speaking of which, there are really a lot of people in our family, if you don't prepare a boat, you really can't fit it." At this time, Cao Ying also smiled and said, this time Zhao Yan went to Europe as a tour, in addition to him and Cao Ying, there are also a group of his children, it can be said that everyone who can go has gone, this is also the largest operation of Zhao Yan's family in these years, which is also convenient for family exchanges, and now his children are resting in other carriages.
"Hehe, it's rare to have a chance to go out and play, it's better to go out for a turn than to stay in the capital every day, and this world is very big, there are many places worth visiting, such as Australia, which has just been discovered in the south of the South Seas, where not only the scenery is beautiful, but also there are all kinds of exotic animals, such as many animals there have a bag on their bodies, and there are huge lobsters and crabs in the sea, the largest lobster is said to weigh dozens of catties, and it is even more rare that the taste is also very delicious, and you must go there to taste it if you have the opportunity!" Zhao Yan laughed again when he heard this.
Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Cao Ying and the others also showed yearning expressions, although they usually have fine clothes and fine food, but after a long time of this kind of superior and rich life, it is inevitable that they will feel a little boring, plus they often hear Zhao Yan mention the wonders and delicacies of the world, and they can't help but have a little yearning in their hearts, and now they can finally take a look with their own eyes.
The train went all the way, Zhao Yan's family was not lonely when they talked and laughed, and every time they passed through a place, Zhao Yan also deliberately asked the train to stop and taste the local food, anyway, this train was specially arranged for their family, on the one hand, it was convenient for them to enjoy the scenery of various places, on the other hand, of course, it was also for the sake of safety, after all, the people on the ordinary train are complicated, God knows if there will be any danger.
In this way, the train stopped and stopped, crossed most of the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally came to the port of Guangzhou, where Zhao Yan's family had lived for a long time, and Zhao Yan's eldest sister and second sister lived here, so Zhao Yan deliberately stayed in Guangzhou with his family for nearly a month after coming here, and by the way, he was also ready to go to sea.
A month later, Zhao Yan's family finally boarded a luxury cruise ship to Europe, the name of this new steamship is called Europe, because it is mainly to run the Great Song Dynasty and sail in Europe, of course, in addition to this ship, there are sixteen steam warships accompanying the escort, and at the same time, well-informed businessmen heard the news, they also came to the port to assemble, ready to follow the fleet to Europe together, after all, there are warships with you at least don't have to worry about safety.
At the same time that Zhao Yan's family left the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu, who was far away in the capital, sat alone in the vertical arch hall, and then let out a long sigh, he really envied his third uncle's family for being able to go to Europe to play, but poor him, the emperor, could only stay in this deep palace every day, and it was difficult to get out of the palace. However, he soon thought of the upcoming Feng Zen ceremony, and he couldn't help but show an excited expression at the moment, this opportunity to go out is really rare, he must seize this opportunity to have a good time! (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm sorry, the name of the previous chapter should be "Landing in the Wa Kingdom", but Lao Yu accidentally made a mistake, because the author has no authority to modify the chapter name, so now I have contacted the editor to revise it, and it is estimated that it will be corrected soon.